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PROGRESSIVE MEN
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THE STATE OF WYOMING
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\ | eople vvlm tal.i- no priJe in the nnHe achievements <>t renmte ancestors, will never achieve anything
worthj to b '• nembered with pride by remote generations.— MAI \ii\v.
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^'of kindred and Uic xenealogit's of the ^Ancient
Families deseroeth the highest puiisc— LORD BACON.
WYOMING.
The whole land is old. People, phut-, animal-, of strang ainl
< livi -] here when the world was new. They died. Long the land lay deflate.
i. Then cami bold heroi s of a strange white color, the latest of
many tribes who had crawled over its wrinkled face. They came with "
with rhythmic shouts and \ell>, with the sharp talk nf strange instruments that
.thed smoke and fire. They ran t« and I'm. They hunted to the death the
wild men who had come to the land ages upon ages after tin- first -
I hey killed, in the vig"V <>i their keen enjnyinent, the shaggy beasts that covered
the plains even like great swani> of bees. The.) di:g up the ground. Thev dug
greal ditihes. Their fat kine and their wool-covered l>east> everywhere sur-
r.iiiunted the low hills and plains and ran in the vallevs, and the white men waxed
1'at. Tint ever the\ were tilleil with unrest and ran l<> and fro. They found vasl
'th in the land and in their lalmrs; hut ever they enntimied in run ti > and fro;
and. to this day. they ar< ed MIL; mi ire :^:iin. seeking more \\ealth:
e\'er running to and fro. And the fame of this land hath encircled the earth.
There is no heroic poem in 11ie -world bill is at the bottom
the life of a man. — SIR WALTER SCOTT.
TO OUR PATRONS.
The struggle and accomplishment, the unrest and labors, the depriva-
tions and pleasures, the failures and successes of the founders of the Mate, and of
ilk- present Progressive Men of "Wyoming, are much better told by themselves
tha.i thev could be by others in main ponderous volumes of elaborate historical
disquisitions. These men of activity, who have in this volume given the unpre-
tentious annals of their lives, will, at no far-distant future day, receive a nation's
reverence as a race of heroes, "the demi-gods of the dawn of time," the creators of
civilization in a desert wilderness, swarming with wild beasts and with wilder men.
They will be held in distinctive honor as the founders , ,f families, then equaling
in ability, in prominence ami in wealth, the most distinguished of those established
in the Colonial days of American history by the Cavaliers of .Maryland, Virginia
and the Carolinas, the (Juakers of Pennsylvania, the Knickerbockers of Xew York
and Xew Jersey, the Pilgrims and Puritans of Xew England. The short and sim-
ple annals, which, taken down from their own lips, are here presented to the reader,
•will, in the extended course of time, be considered as a priceless heritage by the de-
scendants of these "men of mark." In centuries to come this volume, containing
their tales of the new land, the unformed but progressive Wyoming, will hi
j value to all American*, which we. practical men of to-day, cannot fully realize.
It has been well said that the custodians of records, who place their knowl-
edge, concerning useful men of preceding generations and their descendants, in
M' luring, puservable and accessible form, perform a valuable public service in
thus rendering honor to whom honor is due, and by thus establishing reliable fam-
ily histories, which loyal descendants will take a just pride in continuing for the
. lit of other generations of their descendants in the centuries yet to come. To
this work the publishers and their assistants have earnestly applied themselves, in
this volume presenting the results of their faithful labors. The\ desire to exp:
their thanks to those progressive citizens of the state whose laudable enterprise
has rendered pi **ible the pnhlieation of this memorial volume. Their grateful
acknowledgment* are also extended to those whose important and valuable services
have been given in aid of the compilation of ibis work — men of brains, of thought.
of sagacity, possessing pride in their u;loriou* commonwealth — and of the many
courtesies e: tended to them b\ the Press of the entire state. ( hie i *i the heartiest
D ii i) » fa tors in their labors, the late ( ',«\ crn. ir Richards, the greatest man in this land
of great men. gave here his latest information and has passed on to the Silent
Land, mourned and reverenced by the people of the whole nation.
The engravings scattered through this volume add much to its charm
value. It is to be greatly regretted that other* of the prominent citizens of the
state' are noi thus represented, but. not fully recogni/ing the value thereof, which
11 will make more apparent, the-, have not in this manner
operated with the publisher*, often, indeed, failing e\en to give the necessaf)
i memoir. ( n many of the oldtime •.\orthies. there, even ii"\v, "remain-
track nor trace." Trusting that the rc*nlt of their arduous labors will meet a i
dial gn cl be fully appreciated, the publishers now hand the ' .on.
Ye sett/no- ilcucii of \\- events in ye life of a person, should
with great care be ctceomplislied. They make up ye record
whereof future men shall judge him. — OLD WRITER.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Abbott, .1. H 34
Adams, A. E 535
Adams, J. D 307
Aiiuins, \\". T
Agee, J. \V 730
Alexander, E 739
Alger. H. C :;ns
Allan, R. P .",7s
Allamand, M. J 714
Allen, C. J 602
Allen, C. Z 604
Allen, H. C 35
All. n. J. \V 535
Alsop, Mrs. M. F 309
Alston, F 737
Amoretti, E., Jr iSa
Anderson, C. ^40
Anderson, D 310
Anderson, L 73:i
.son, Mary J 742
Anderson, O. F 740
Anderson, T. J 741
AiHn'ws, H. A 742
Ank' ny, D. E 743
Arnold, II. M ...
Arnold, \V 74.",
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Avont, C GO :
Avery, \V. S 136
Atrhi.soll, \V
Austin. H. II 746
Ayres, A. \V 626
Baker. N 312
. !•'. A 37
Baily, Mrs. L. M 311
in, Mrs. J HIM
Baldwin. M. X ll:<
Baldwin, R. A
Banks. A. 0 74S
Banks. H. \V 564
Barber. A. W I.","
Barnes, J. F 749
Barrow, M. C ll'H
Barry, S. F 608
Bath, F. C 60G
Bath, H I is
Bath, P. H ::i l
Ham-urn, A. P 1!'2
Bawker, I. S 71^
Bawker, J. T 750
Beehler, J. G 751
Beeman, N 98
Belknap, C. C 750
Bell, G. A 752
Bel!. T :;*•
Beltz, E. T 315
Benedict, G. A 753
Bennett, G 605
Benzon, J 7.v~>
Bergerson, B 40
Bess, J. L 726
Bilkox, J 537
Bird, C r.4 n
Bird. T 606
Black, J. A 40
Blackham, S 31:;
Blake, C. C 60^
Blake, M. J 755
Blakesley, L 608
Blight, ' J 609
lUyih, T 463
Blydenburgh, C. E 610
Hoggs. A 41
Bo! In, <; 316
Bond. F 454
Booth. \V. J 7.",6
Borner, J, G 538
Bowers, \v. W 455
Boyce, \V 317
11. J. B 725
Boyer, J. B 318
Bramel, C. \V 162
r.r:ui(lli'y, K .1 751
Brenning. H. L 12
Bresnalif-n. L. R 322
Bright. J. N 319
Bristol, A. \V 7.~.s
I. X. S 320
Briiiitin. II i::
Brooks. B. B
Brooks, l.. II 324
Brookiu;m. I > 43
Brough, S. It i:>2
Brown \ E i:'6
Brown. .1 I
111 own. .1. !•' 761
Brown, .1. H ' 76:>
Hi-own. M. F 612
''. C 162
Bnmdage. \V. II 612
'•• • uuin, C. K
Budd. D. C 71.j
Buechner, H. E 44
C. t-:
B , A i' 64i
Bull. F 566
Bullock. H. M 542
Bullock. I tr.T
' \ 7';o
Bunce. U. R 7>:i
Bunn, J. G '. 46
Burch. G. \V 62
Burdick. C. \V 461
Burdick, D. C [6
ss, J. H
Burg, G. A 17
Burger. J
Burke, C. E 761
. M
Burkhalter, C. C 772
Burkhalter, G. H 767
Burleigh, O. W 766
it. F. G ;
Burns, H -. 4S
B J. C 76\
Burton. A. F 61::
Burton, T. F 714
Bu i rfield, B. S L92
Butterfield, C. \V l!'l
Butterfield, G. r li'2
Butterfleld, \v. H 192
: - , J. W
B: i ne, .1. P
Byrne, M i.'.i;
Call. A. V 616
Call. J. H 771
... n i-;i
Calls ay, n. i,
R
.l:iii"
on, .1 ".l
d, .1. A 771
m, T 77.",
i X 775
Card, H. B 326
.1. M 27
.11111. C. E 828
77ti
iter, \v. S inr,
Xll
Carr, .). A
•Carr. !•'. I'
i ai ra.nliiT. .1
Carroll. \v. I1
Cartel. .1. V. A
Carter, Mrs. M. E. .
Carter, Hon. \V \.
c'arriithiTs. 1C
Casey, J. G
Cashin. \V. J
Casto, I. F
Casto, \V. C
Cave, S. G
Cazier, C. D
Chalice, A. T
Chamberlain, A. D.
Chapman, G. F. . . .
Chapman, J. W. . . .
Chatfield. E. E
Chatterton, F
Cheeseman, H. E. ..
Cheney, S
Christensen, I
Christmas, H. E. . .
Clark. A. T
Clark. C. F
Clark. F. L
Clark. G
Clark, H. D
Clans?. J. H
Clegg, E
Cltmmons, C. P. . .
Cienclenning, H. M .
Coates, F. W.-
Coble, J. C •
Cockins, E. V
Cockins. S. H
Cody, W. F
Coffey, W
Cole, H
Cole, J
Coleman, A. L
Collett. F. K
Collett, S
Collins, C. W
Collins, M. R
Collins, W. J
Collins, \V. S
Conant, A. A
Conley, J. T
Connelly, W. L
Connors, T
Cook, A. D
Cook. C. H
Cook, F
Cook, J. C
Cooney, M
Copman, W. R
Corbett, J. F
Corn, S. F
Cornelison, J. M. . .
Corn well, R
Corson, S
Cotner, S
Cotner, S., Jr
Cowhick, D. R
Coy. W. B
Crawford, J. E
Crawford, S. A
Creswell, G. W
.779-
111 : ron, .1. A (H
77!' < Yniiipion Bros
in Crook, \V. \\
I:;M Cro , G H 471
586 (Yoiii. I). F
,,i . . \. H r,s
:,n Cnnninnliam. II. B 7!'4
77, Curtis, K. K 200
:,i; Curtis, \V. <;.,
:i27 Cusack, E r.'7
540 Daly, J. H 'il
I Xi Daniels, A. B 62
r.4 1 I lanielson, C 548
780 Davidson, J. C H">
nis Davies, E. I? ''2
330 Davis, 15. K. 64
I'M, Davis, C. A "2 I
Davis, E ?16
7V, Davis, G. \V 96
22 Davison, J 63
617 Davis, W. R 645
567 DeVall, S. G 796
619 Dean, J 339
56 Dean, S 205
ins De jne, J. W 798
329 Decker, C 621
53 DeGraw, F. C 207
472 Delaney, P. J 797
7S1 Deloney, C 2ml
543 Deming, W. C 466
782 Denebrink, F 340
482 Dereemer, C. A . . . 727
717 Dewey, J. C 572
783 Dibble, A. D 69
57 Dickey, J. H 70
614 Dickey, S 341
754 Dickinson, A. L 800
82 Dickinson, I. J 622
653 Dickinson, P. P 204
203 Dickinson, W. H 799
785 Dickson, T. C 67
787 Dinneen, M. P 342
755 Dinneen, W. E 342
2nd Dinwiddie, E. R 343
507 Ditlinger, J 798
331 Ditto, S. D 800
619 Dodd, W. H 343
789 Dodge, J. T • 70
568 Dolan, W 345
467 Dolar, J. W 72
790 Donahue, J 549
543 Doty, S 4/4
465 Dougherty, J 71
467 Downs, A S03
952 Draper, W. F 623
542 Drury, E. S 73
618 DuSault, P. E 75
791 Dudley, Mrs. E. M 74
792 Duling, J. E 346
469 Durnford, Mrs. E 347
332 Durnford, G. T 347
793 Early, C. J 801
333 Early, J 544
620 Eaton, E 546
620 Ecker, J. B 624
334 Edwards, C. H 674
58 Edwards, C 570
793 Edwards, M 803
473 Elder, B. 75
336 Ellingson, E 209
Ellingson. S. J 208
Emge, .1. I' 625
.1. .M 805
Erdei : E C 211
KrirkKun, A 76
K. Al 804
.1. E 2H!)
Fiiddics, R 807
Paddies, .1. \V 806
r.-mvliild, J. E 84
Fiiuviiihl, J. E., Jr ,>f>
Fakl.T, D. A Sin
Farlow, E. J r,2:i
Farlow, J. N . I'll
Faust, E G25
Fuu-t, W. C 717
i awcett, F. B 79
Ferris, G 575
Ferguson, I M^
Fenner, Mrs. S. H 78
Fenton, J. J 577
Fenton, R i;27
Fiero, J. G 386
Fnvsione. W. S -Jl:>
Fisher. E. E 568
Fisher, J. W 347
Foote, F. M 475
Forbes, G. A 631
Foster, J. H 86
Foster, L. B M2
Foster, T. J 349
Fox. G. A 630
Franc, 0 628
Francis, J 813
Francis. T. A 809
Frank. M 350
Freaney, T 352
Freel, Mrs. E. H 351
Freel, J. H 350
Freeman, W. C. C 77
Frevert, F. W 811
Frost, J. M S13
Fulmer, H 352
Fye, A. H S14
Fye. B. M 744
Gadfoy, J 815
Gaines, A 213
Gambell, A. D 786
Gamble, C. T 815
Garlock, H. C 89
Gerber. J. A. . . 213
Gerber. J. F 87
Gerdel, P. H 476
Giessler, L. L 817
Gilford, Van L 816
Gilchrist, A 355
Gildersleeve, A. M 361
Giltner, M. V 819
Gleaver, J. B 819
Goddard, D. E 353
Godfrey, A. C 214
Godfrey, F. E 357
Godfrey, H. M 820
Good, W 88
Goode, A. M 81
Goodman, J. S 21fi
Goodman, J. C 358
Goodrich, G. T 477
Goodrich, \V. D 821
Gordon. P 88
INDEX.
XIII
rt
ii
Gotwals, A 634
Gould, .1. V S22
Gnuld. \V. B
am, J •
Graham, J. R 632
Graham, W - 1 r.
Granim, O liii
G ra ni . D i >
(Jrant, G. C 91
Grant, L. R '•'••
Greene, s. I) 90
Gregg, M. D 821
Gregory, C. M 90
Gregory. H. J 4S1
Giviili. .1 92
Griffin, G. N. .- 545
Griffin, J. H 80
Griffin. J. \V . 4S4
Griggs, N. \V 546
Grimmett, 0 370
Grinnell. C. H 530
Groshon, M 483
Gross, C. .1 834
Grimily, C. J S2::I
D ey, C. A isi;
Guild, C 360
Guild. G. T 362
Guild. J. A :.T4
Guild. .1. H 823
Guild, J. P 487
Guild. \V 217
Gunning, J. C 824
in') ton, T :'." i
Haddenham. H 71 S
Hadi'.! nham, .1 71S
v, .!. F 633
I ) X 547
0 488
Hall. I'. .1 489
Hall. R 490
Hall. T 363
Hamilton, 0. A 93
Hamilton. R. R 838
Hamilton, \V. F 363
Hammond, F. D 828
llamm-r, A. D '.» I
Haniia. O. P 218
I tanner, I). \V 635
! urn. J. C 634
• ii. H din
Hanson, H. S 22::
Hardee, O. P 832
Hardin. S. H 221
Hardman, J 222
Harper, .1 591
Haip -i. K. A 97
Harrison. F 364
Harrison, H. II 224
Harsi-h. P 830
Hart, K. F 825
- , \V 833
Hartley, G 841
arvard, H. r 636
arvey, G. P 365
ey, R. B 22:,
Harvey, \V. H i:H
Hiit.tl.-lil. \V. K 835
Bauf, o 96
HaupliiitT. .1. .1 492
Ha\i ken, A. E M7
Ha-.vken. A. G 847
Hawkeu, C. R sir,
Ha\vken, H. O sti;
Hawken. T. R 846
Haw kins. .1. T s:,s
ey, J. R 225
Hay. H. G 231
Hays, G. V 828
Haygood, A. \V 366
Hecht, H. K a<
Heder, A. G MH
Heder, G 839
Hegge, F. J 368
H.-nh-ieh, C 842
Held. H 232
Heller. J 827
Helraer, F. D 833
Holms. H 636
Hemler, A. A !i!i
Hellrh. .1. M 368
Henderson, A. C s-l 1
Henke. O. R 100
Hepp. C. J 233
Hi rsehler, J. H 234
Hersey, G. P 101
Hewitt, Mrs. A
Hicks. T. B 37]
Higgins. J. E S2H
Hill, A 829
Hinkston. M. A 637
Hinton, \V 493
Hocker. W. A l<>2
Hodgin. H. E ::72
Hoge, A 843
Hoge, J. M 72s
Holden, C. W 235
Holt. T. I) 494
Holliday. W. H 373
Homer. H 550
Ho ker, W. A m2
Hopkins. J. D Vis
Hopkins. M 840
Hornecker, J. M 831
Hoskins, A. D 103
Hosack, .1. S 495
Horr, C. \V :;7t;
Howe, M. G 496
Hudson, E. B 236
Huff, J. T 549
Hufford, V 841
Hughes. \V. S 836
llunsini:i-r, 0 581
Hum. It. C 573
Hunt, W. F 638
Hunt. \V. H 72H
llunti-r. .1 837
Hunter, .1. G
Hiintun, .1 : .
Hyatt, S, \V 551
Hyde. II .v'-i;
Id. •!!. Mrs. A H4
[den, s A 514
[redale, .l«>lm 639
i redale, Joseph 2:;:i
Irvine. \V r, |n
I. .1. I' MS
Iv.-s. C '.H
.hi. Itson, r !•' 369
on, \v. E 504
.lames. I-'. II !
I , T. O
Jenne, .1
lings, H. B 1"!
C. K
Jensen. G :
Jensen. .1 7 1 '.'
Jensen, P
Jesurun. M
Johnson, C. \V
Johnson, J 1"7
1 nson, L. K '
..son. O :
Johnson. \V. G 2
Johnson. \V. \V 849
. i in, J. L .""::
Johnston. J. R ."."L'
John ton '>! R 3
Jones. C. H '•<>:<
Jones. D. J -M
Jones, H. R 552
Jones, J 381
Jones. J. T 851
Jordan, H-. . . 660
Jii'lsun, C. E 382
Kane. R 852
Kastor. 1 383
Kastner. J 853
Keas, A. M 383
Kearns. F
Keister, S. A. D 242
Kelley. .1. L 641
Kelly. W. T 21:!
K'Miast. F ' -
Keninston. W. H 855
K.-ndall, A t08
Kennedy. J. H :
Kennedy, It. .\l :',V,
Kershiicr. A. A
's. rshner. c. I! 580
Kerslmer, G. \\' 719
Kessler. J. A 21!
Keyes. \V. L
Kilpatriek. R. .1
Kilpatriek. S. D r,<«;
Kilpatriek, \V. II
Kimball. E. H •
Kimhall. \V. S
Kime, .1 :.i;2
Kinney. J. R 859
Kitmey. 1'. J 387
Kipping. P L'ti;
Kirkpat riek. .1 Ill
Kirkpalri, i,. J. \V
Kise. s 858
Mass n. H
Knight. J
Knittle. It. II .Ml
Kmdis. A -
Kriiuss. 1 Mil
Krllget, .1 D. c 217
Kuenj ' i \ 2is
Kuiit/.iiian. G 112
Kuyki-mlall. \V. 1 1 I :.
Kuykendall, H 1 !
Lacey, J. \v 21
C 86B
Lane, A. i> 21-.'
l.aiinen. \V :>s
n. H. .
XIV
>!:\.
O 390
C. 10
r, \V. F
Li'hmlji'i-s:. A
i . I
Leifer, <> 17^
, D. \V :;:u
Lester, II
B
Lewis, .1. K
' K J II ••:!
Lewis. .1. I
R. H
y. .1. .1
Lippoldt, H
Logan, G 723
863
Lord, G
•*, J. D
..an, .1 25]
i. .1. A 290
Loveday, 1 807
Low. 6 724
i i • . B. F 251
Luce. W. \V 450
Luikin, C 663
Luman. A 194
Luman, .1 910
Lund, J 254
Lundie. F
Lusk, F. S 117
. .1 <'i3
McAllister, D 118
McAuley, R 555
McAvoy, J. A 255
McCaffrey. B 256
McCallum. D 397
McCarell, J. J 661
McCannel, D. C 662
McCorniick, J. J 721
McCoy, J. L 402
McCreary, L 869
McDonald, D 257
McDonald, K 113
McGee. T. H..: 512
McGee. T. L ST1
McGinnis, W. J 575
McGrath, M 261
McGraw, J. A 870
\! quhara, J. J 120
McLennon. D 665
McLaughlin, J. R 666
McLoughlin. J 513
McNay, 0. W 664
McNeil. \V
McNiven, J 664
McXish, J 264
McPhee, H. M 121
McPhillamey, R Ml
McReynolds, W 498
McWhinnie, C. H 122
MacFarlane, W. F 260
Maghee, G. H 730
Maghee, T. G 210
Magoon. J. H 123
Major. S. T 265
Manley. M 515
Mann, E. W 516
Manorgan, J. A 517
ng, \V. F 871
Marclii'ssauli. A. R
laky, M
.\liiri-in, .1. J 556
.ill. i; s72
.Martin. A. J 667
Martin. L. E 518
Martin, S 121
ton, C. A 668
Mason, A. H 125
Mason. I. G 669
Mason, M 875
Mass, P 146
Mathi ws, F. M 398
intihcws, J. B 873
Matthews, T. X 2»;:;
la . yell, \V S74
May, J. 1 558
May, J. M 127
R 731
tfead, G. S 670
Mt-pks, C. D 876
Megeath, E. Y 877
Megeath, J. G 877
Megeath, T. A ^77
Mellor, W. H 131
Melloy. A. R 127
Mendenhall, W. H 529
Merrill, G S78
Merrill, J. L 879
ill, G. W 520
Meyer, Mrs. B 560
Meyer. J. S 559
Middaugh, I. 0 519
Miller, A. L 398
Miller, C. F 403
Miller, G 669
Miller, H. G 880
Miller, H. E 880
Miller, J. M 560
Miller, J. W 884
Miller, R 2G5
Miller, R. A 723
Miller, W. H 399
Mills, S. A 133
Mitchell, F. S 518
Mitchell, G 521
Mondell. F. W 646
Moody, S. Y 883
Moore, J. R 129
Moran, J 405
Morgan, O. C 565
Morgareidge, C. W 267
Morsch, W. J 523
Morton, J 400
Morris, D. M 561
Morris, W. E 671
Morrison, C. A 134
Morse, R. A 670
Moslander, C 722
Moss, W. H 401
Mott, J 135
Mover. C. A 136
Murphy, M. H 405
Murphy. M 802
Murray, E. S 961
Muria, F. J 724
Muzzy, F. H G59
A 571
\
. \V. S 672
E. .». 354
. G. H 355
Jl, L 883
Neel, S. R 137
in, A 266
on; R
on, T. F 673
Neuber, A. F 139
• inier, E 140
il. F. M 524
Newell, G. H 106
Newell, H. J 268
Xcwll, M. A : 4n7
• i an, J. M 338
Newman, R. L 140
Nichols. M 142
Xii-kerson, H. G 114
Niekerson, 0. K 269
Nicol, F 882
Nietfeldt. H 885
Nihart. F. L 143
Niland, W 886
Nisbet, A 411
Noble, E. R •
Noble, F. F 27o
Noble, J. M 579
Noble, W. P 'M
Noble, Z. T 5il!i
Norton, E. D 4o9
Norwood, C. C 408
Nottingham, W. W 272
Nowlin, D. C •- .. 866
Nylen, C. W 410
O'Brien, J 886
O'Brien, J. D 144
O'Donnell, W. H 887
O'Flynn. T. D 412
O'Neal. C 38
Olsen. P 827
Packard. W. H 889
Padget, J. W 270
Padgett, W. H 890
Pahlow, R 891
Painter, J. R 672
Palmer, C. C 271
Pardee. G. B 275
Parks, S. C 732
Partridge, C. E 145
Patten, J. 1 582
Patzold. 0. A 148
Paul, H. R 4 SI
Paulson, P 432
Paxton, G. E 433
Payton, J. W 892
Pearce, W. H 894
Peay, W. W 676
Pease, W. D 433
Pearson, J 147
Perdue, E 148
Perkins, B. F 43
Perkins, H. L., Sr
Perkins, H. L., Jr
Perry, H 437
Peters, E. E 150
Peterson, G. H SOS
Petersen. H 897
INDEX.
Petty, J 4:ls
. C,. F 441
3, S. E 1:71;
Phillips. A. \V !:;:•
Phillips. .1. B 4:::i
Phillips Bros 139
Plckett, \V. D 897
:. W i.-.n
Pollard. C. A u::
Pollock, (I. x l.-.i
. <>y. R. R 273
1'orath, F 277
Porter, A 895
! on- i. (',. Al 899
Porter, W. I |>:>I
Potter, C. \ 4.1s
Pmvll, C, 153
in
rs, T. G 900
ey, J 153
Preator. R. I. 676
J 902
. J 152
Putnam, A. L 442
Quealy, P. J
Rae, R
Ragan, A. E !io3
Ralston, W. H i;,7
Ralli. P. A 904
Rath, R. E 678
Rathbun, D. B 154
Rawhouser, R 905
Reals, C. A [43
it (liiian, c
\. H 27*
Keel. Mrs. S. E 27*
Reese, D. H 27:<
Reid, C n-l
.1 i;77
.1. M s:,n
Mrs. E 44.1
olds, \V. .\1 7:;s
lt>n in, \V. H 280
aice, C 155
Richards, DeP 19
Richards, J. DeF 145
Richardson, A
Richardson, J. B 156
Hideout, E. N :m7
C. F Mi7
Him r, .1. A 26
Ilipley. A. L 908
Ritterling, H IMI
RoadilVr, \V i;s]
\ :,s::
Roberts, F 909
i H 2M
! tson, A. B iA2
' ' F 11 x
A 1 .". 7
RohinsoD. B 683
on, u. n 911
\V '.' 1 L'
B c; i;,s:t
. \V 158
•aunii. !•:. P in:
i >. . . .'•>:'
Rose, J ."is:;
: . D. C 117
. I.; nds, \V 913
Rowlands, Mrs. K :'H3
1 584
Itiisscll, C,. H 914
eo. S I;T:I
Rutherford, A l.'.s
'
Rutledge, T. J
Ryan, .) 910
itt, .1. 11 411
Sackett, Mrs, U. A in
Safely, G 41?,
lie, F 770
Salmela. J 916
i cock, H. A 415
Sandrivock, T. B
r. I. B
Sawin, M. L 282
:i. Eli 2M
.i, Mrs. M. H 284
1 ining, F •'
uniaker, C 911
Schuneiiian. .1. \V 416
Scott, (I. \V
Si-oit, N. H 585
Scully, D. T 684
Seaman, J > M
Senff, F. L 735
Senff. Mrs. P 736
Si i! •-• -Aii -k, J 589
Ilia er, P. \V n;n
Shaw, C. E 'MI
, J :n:;
Shaw, J. C 587
•in. J. I-I !i21
.ml. P. A 163
Sherlock, J 588
Shi flock, P. R 588
Sill, \V. L 161
Simmon i, A 163
Simmons, Mrs. E. L 164
922
Simpson, J. P '.r_>2
;on, J. S L'N.",
A". L I;M;
Sims, ,T ' irjii
Slack, E. A 2211
Slaughter, J. R L66
Sliney, G. M 7i»;
Small. S. C
Smallpy, E. J 41 1;
Smiley, E. !•: 2:1
Smith, A H;.~.
Smith, A. \V 212
h, C 687
i- 2s:i
Smith, I. N 1C7
, G. II 2s.;
Smith, II 287
Smith. II. F :c_'|
Smith. J. R M7
i T. 11 I'.ss
Smith. (). <• Ms
Smith, .1. .1
Smith. 1.. I r.v.i
Smith S ils'.i
Smith. It 2^7
R. C
Smith. \V. F 17u
i, W. .1 927
Smyth, (J. .1 417
Sneddon, T
Snow, G. W 4l;i
J. T 2!>2
Solliday, \V. H 172
Soclergreen, C. F 171
S< i, II. J 928
i, W L75
Spencer, G. W .- 17::
Spem - . .1. C 174
Spinner. B i;:i_-
Spinntr, K 173
T
i:. T
Stable, J 120
A. A 590
C
Stitzer. F. A 30
Stoll, G
Stoll, \V. R
3tOl . E. \V ::2
Stoner. .]. \V 292
Storrie, J
L
. \\'. .1
Stricklcr, S
Strong. :'. S 697
.;. F. W 526
Strong. .1. 10 176
Strong, .1. H. W
Sullivan. .!. H
Sulliv;,' i1 527
Summers. \V. A I r,!2
Sutherland. A
Sutherland. (',. A 698
Sattou. 10 176
Swan. L. J 528
I'
Sv.anson. C 179
IK
U
. T. P 531
Tait. R 122
r. C. B 42::
lor, H. J. B
"
G
tier, .1. 1).. ,lr
D
Thayer, l>. M 177
i er, R. L r.i'2
Thayer, \v
i. \V. H 293
Thomas, C. S
'i homas, I >. i: 593
.1 .1
Thomas, !.. R 179
1M
' <>
A
Thraus, .1
:. \V 7:. I
Tidhall. I.. C LH'7
Tisc h. II 21' I
Tisch, <>
XVI
INDEX.
.1. AI
Trinnn T. T. S. fiqq
Tun,. ,. I'
Turpin. B .... J.) j
T""i''. K. U- •'•'. ... . '. . '. '. . '. . .'. '. :>]*,
Twit.-iii.l. J
Twitchel E
Van Hyk,., [.;. K ,;-.,
Noy, T. I '_ ' ' ' 940
Van Orsdel, .1. A. . ••••!
Van Patten, w ' ',]'-,
irvoort, F ;, n
Vanoni. V 7MM
ii. A. L. 943
Venter. E 881
tinii-n. F. H :,| ;
Wade, j. B '_
WaRstaff, A. . I . •
waii, j ;;;;; ; V)7
Wallace, D. D g50
Wallace. Mrs. J
Wain. R. A... -,,,
Wain. \V. S i" '534
Waltfi-.--. .1
ward, j. H ;;;;; ,: :
Warner, M. H 7,,-.
Warren, F. E 226
Warren. J. B. . . . 734
Waters. I. U .' . '703
Watson, J. D '.'.'m ,;;,'-
li. S. .
Webb I \
C. P
'. .1
W. I' 71,;.
er, .1. T. ...
\v' intz. .1 .' .704
h, J. M ,
WHIi'r. I) 7('|S
in i . F .'....'.'.'. 297
Wdriior. J. C •",'
ndt, H
W'-rlin. J
Wcrnli. \V. .1
\\'( Sldll, J
Wlia!on. X. H ' . . .'
Whslon, R
\\'hc eler, \v. 1
Whimsy. J. AI '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 300
WicUmire, B. F 599
Wilcox. J. F..
wiide, A ::; ; '-,-
Wilde, J t-_-
Wilkinson, A 258
Wilkinson, J ~>-\
Willadscn, AI 31,1
Willey, J. \v .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' '.' .' 428
Williams, A gi"o
\\'illiams, F. O . 593
Williams, F. M 705
Williams, H. H ' '134
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Williams. Airs. M 303.
\\"illianis. W. R -,,^
Willson Bn 188
\\'il' . : i ; i ...s
Willson. G. ] .].. iss
Wilson. .1. AI .'.' |LM,
Wilson. Airs. M nun
Wil 'I... Tin
\vMson. K ;;; 303
in, S. T .,-, ,
m, 7. 959
ol, M 490
' C |'s7
Wolff. J. JI 71ll
Wood. L 594
Wood. N. D 818
•i ruff. D. P. -],,
Wright, .1. Al .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 958
""'.•is-'inxh-r. .1. W :M;H
Wyman, W. H 186
Wymer, J. A '.'.'..' '. 9
Vomit. H. S .' 7ii
Yensen. S.- 71;;
Youmans, H. M '.'.'.'.'.'. 306
Young. E 602
Y°ung, J 305
Young, W. O gel
Yoder, H. Z. . . . ;;n |
Yoder. P. J ...'.'.'.'.'.'I." 185
Zummaek, C 153
Allan, R. P 57g
Ayres, A. W ,, .,,
Borner, J. G " 53g
Bpeman. N ,
Bresnahen, L. R _ 322
Bramel, C. W ' ](";o
Bucknum, C. K... C'IM
Carroll. W. P ' ' '. ,'•;.,
Carter. Judge W. A '.'.'.'.'. '• ,,
Clemmons, C. P 439
Cody, W. P 82
Deming W. C '466
Early Life in Wyoming. .. :,n;
Edwards, Chas. H. .. • 674
Ferris- G 575
Piero, John G 38g
Gramm. Otto ' 66
Grimmett. 0 379
Gross, Chas. J $34
Hansen, H. . . . 610
Held. H .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 232
Held, Mrs. Henry
Iden, Mrs. Alice ;, i 'j
Iclen, S. A ' 514
Kime, Jas gg2
Leifer, Otto. . .' 17g
Luce, \Y. w '" ' | 450
Luce, Mrs. W. W '.'.'.'. 450
Luman, Abner 194
Maghee, Thomas G .'.'.'.'. 1'1 M
Mass, Philip J^,;
McCoy, John L 400
Mondell. F. W .' ' ' .' "' .' ,;;,"
Moslandei-. Charles
Murphy, M
e, E :....'.'.' .' 354
Newman. J. M 335
Noble. W. P 434
Nowlin, D. C 866
Quealy. P. J [\ 654
Reynolds. Win 735
Richards, DeF 19
Roberson. C. F 418
Sliney, Geo. M . .. .706
Smith, A. W .' 242
Summers, Wm. M 642
Tibbets, Geo. W .' 754
Warren. F. E ' 226
Wilkinson, Anthony ' 258
Wilkinson, John 074
Wood, L '.'.'.'.'. v.M
Mrs. M. J 594
Youmans, H. M . 306
•
PROGRESSIVE MEN
-OF-
THE STATE OF WYOMING
<;<>Y. Di !•( IRKST RICHARDS.
When 'in April 28, 1903, the tolling hells in-
dicated the departure from its mortal tenement
of the ethereal essence "f the late Gov. Del-'
Richards, a great commonwealth was enshrouded
in gloom. A threat man had passed from earth.
Tlie chid' executive of a vigorous, important and
progressive slate had no longer anything to do
with the stirring activities in which he for SO
i period had home a most conspicuous part,
and the mighty commonwealth felt crushed and
paralyzed under the loss of one of its most ar-
dent champions and strongest friends. All over
the In-.. ad land th. inlands upon thousands of peo-
ple f,-lt a personal anguish, not only in the loss
... the governor of the state, hut from the thought
that one of the strongest and truest personal
friends iif the people of the who!.- State had
i. that his loving words of welcome
would no more givii them, that his simnv smile
would never again heam on them, that his earn
ndeavors would never again hattle for the
piople's cause. Xew Kngland has contributed
many notahle men to the C'.nntn \\est of the Mis
sissjppi River. The' stnrd\ spirit which re
Xew K'lgland from the \\ilderness and the sav-
age, and made it the cradle of civih/ation on the
western hemisphere, lias to a large extent built
up the stati lie new West. The most ener-
getic and adventurous of the sons of Xev\ Kug-
land, having in their veins the hlooil of cen-
turies of 1'nrilan ancestry, have left the hillsides
of their native Kast and have come to the rolling
plains of tin- \\e-t. hearing with them the
trolling spirit of free institutions which was
•dit over hy the Pilgrims in the .Ma\ll
They have planted here in the outposts of civ-
ilization the seeds of full freedom, have heaten
hack savagery and laid the foundations of j
and (prosperous states. A line t\ pe of the stalwart
sons of Xew Kngland who have written so large
a page, not onl\ in the hi \merica, hut
.ii die world, was lion. IVKorest Richards.
governor of \\ \..ining. \'o man in the state was
r to the hearts of the people and no man
In n. r deserved th. lion and respect,
ernor Richards was a large man. phvsicalh
mentally, and he possessed all the sterling traits
• if characti r * >t .< \( >ng line < 'f the besl New Kug-
land ancestry. \ native of ( 'harlest, ivvn. X. 11..
where he was horn mi \ugiist i ,. i S (o. his aii-
cestors have borne an honored and prominent
ni the business .m.l public life of Xew !
land for man1 ii >ns. The original A;
Can emigrants of the Richards family arrived at
2O
•..RliSSIVE MEN Or WYOM1
id, Mas.-., in H>,i<>. only irn years after
the historic landing <>f the Pilgrim fathers at
Ph mouth and his maternal ancestors, of the well-
known Jarvis family, came to the Massachusetts
I'.ay o I ••:••. .ihout 1640. No history of Xe\v Eng-
land can be written without frequent reference
•merits of members of these two farn-
ilic-- during early Colonial times or during the
sti irniy ]>eriod culminating in the Revolution.
The great-grandfather of Governor Richards, Dr.
Charles Jarvis, was an intimate friend and close
political associate of Samuel Adams, John Han-
cock, John Adams and Gen. Joseph Warren, and
of others whose achievements are a noble part
of the story of mankind's struggle for liberty.
In the contest with the tyranny of King George,
the ancestors of Governor Richards were prom-
inent among those who bore the heat and burden
of that momentous day and won immortal fame
in the patriotic service they rendered to man-
kind. The maternal grandfather of Governor
Richards, William Jarvis, a son of Dr. Charles
Jarvis, was one of the leading men of Massa-
chusetts for many • years, being appointed by
President Jefferson in 1802 as consul to the city
of Lisbon, Portugal, and acting charge d'affaires
to that kingdom. A man of progressive ideas,
always planning to benefit his own country and
the industries of her people, it was entirely
through his efforts that the first Merino sheep
were brought to America from Spain. This
great service to the sheep and woolgrowing in-
dustries of the nation has been fittingly recog-
nized and acknowledged in the reports of the
agricultural department of the government. In
the report of 1892 occurs this statement : "Con-
sul Jarvis was successful in his efforts to amelio-
rate the trouble to which our shipping was sub-
jected, so that at the commencement of the
Peninsular War he secured the immense neutral
trade of the armies engaged in that conflict. It
was fortunate also that he possessed a mind com-
prehensive enough to see the great advantage to
his country of the acquisition of the Merino
sheep, and the energy of character necessary to
secure them. There can be no question that his
example in securing some of the best sheep in
Spain, not .inly for himself, but for others, was
a great incentive to the trade in them that im-
mediately followed, by which so manv thousand
sheep were transferred to this country to increase
her wealth and encourage her manufactures of
fine woolen goods." The father of Governor
Richards was J. DeForest Richards, a Congrega-
tional minister and one of the leading educators
of the l.'nited States. In later life he was the
president of the Ohio Female Seminary, at Col-
lege -Hill, Ohio, and afterward president of the
Alabama State University at Tuscaloosa. The
Governor's mother, whose maiden name was
Harriet Bartlett Jarvis, is still living at the ad-
vanced age of eighty-three years and is a woman
of strong character, whose faculties are as clear
as in her younger days. During his early life,
his parents removed from Charlestown to Weath-
ersfield, Vt. This place is situated on the Con-
necticut River, just below the old town of Wind-
sor, where in 17/7, the independence of Ver-
mont, then known as the New Hampshire Grant,
was originally declared. Young Richards early
entered the Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden,
N. H., where he pursued a thorough course of
study and was graduated with distinction, later
becoming for one year a student of the well-
known Phillips Andover Academy of Massa-
chusetts. In youth he gave promise of the strong
and manly character he became in later years.
Thorough in his studies and devoted to his
books, he was yet first in all manly sports, ex-
celling both in the classroom and on the campus.
Even when a lad he was noted as an athlete and
his devotion to outdoor sports laid the founda-
tion of the vigorous health he enjoyed up to
recent years. At the close of the Civil War, in
1865, he accompanied his father to Alabama,
where on the father's plantation in Wilcox county
he engaged in raising cotton. After getting the
enterprise fairly started, the father left the plan-
tation in full charge of his son and returned to
his northern home. For three years young Rich-
ards ably conducted the plantation, with varying
success. The father in the meantime had re-
turned to Alabama, and was at the head of the
State University for several years, dyirr ,, howev-
PROGR1 • MEN OP WYOMING.
21
er. at Mobile in iS-j. Hi- estate was found t<>
be so badly involved that llu-rc was practically
nothing left for the heirs, hi 1867, jusl
.•itained his majority, DeForest Uicliards was
-d a member of the first state legislature of
Alabama under reconstruction. In iSnS lie was
the sheriff of \\'ilc«x county, and served as such
f« in r years, lie was then elected ci unity treas-
urer and served two trnns in that capacity. He
then retired from politics and engaged in the
3 tannery, in which he became heav-
ily involved in debt through no fault of his own.
\\ iili his sterling honest] he determined to meet
In- obligations in full, resolnteK set about a re-
organi/ation of his bn-iiu ss and after working
day and night at the shoemaker's bench for two
enabled to pay his debts in full and
have Si, 500 as a capital with which he en-
in merchandising at Camdcii, Ala., where by his
indtistry, [)er.-everance and good judgment he
built up a large and profitable trade. In 1885 he
nove his residence ti> Nebraska and
IOUS tn his leaving Camden, the mayor and
city council of that place tendered him a ban-
quet, at which they presented him with a marble
suititetti , suitably engraved, with expressions of
their n-grt-t at his departure and good wishes
Eor his future welfare. I'pon coming to Nebras-
ka, he established himself in both merchandising
anil banking at ('hadnm. and in 1886, he organ-
i/ed the First National Hank of Douglas. Wyo.
'. lected president of tbc latter institution,
position which he held until ]\\- death. Sub-
•eiitly he was elei b urer of die ci unity
of Dawes, Neb., and upon the expiration of his
of that office, he removed to Douglas,
uliriv he has since made his home. Governor
Richards became largely nth-rested in extensive
livestock :i";! mercantile operations at Douglas,
nnd \\as die owner of mercantile < -lablishments
isper also and other points in northern
\\'\ i lining. He was the p of the Matte
Vallex Sheep < ompanv and of ihe Lander
Transportation Co., \\hieh conducts ver) i
sive fiviglitmg and transportation. emplo\iiu
eial bundred teams and a large number of men.
and during \",n\ handled over six million pounds
of wool. Fi •' rious financial enter-
fortune came to him in no unstinted i
nre. Governor Richards \ - a stanch ad-
lierent of the Republican party, one of the ablest
and most trusted of its leaders in the
stale-. lie W3.S a mOSl ell H unpii HI of
Republicanism in both -> Na-
tion, i in the advoi .rable
measures calculaied to pro - tl re of
that political organization. During his •
in \\"yoming. Governor Richards held many posi-
tions of honor and trust, lie was the may
Douglas for one term, from 1891 to 1894 he
was the comn fficer of the State National
Guard, be was a member of the convention that
framed the constitution of the state, anil a mem-
ber of the State Senate in 1892 and 1893. In
1898. he was first nominated and elected governor
of Wyoming, this term of his exalted office ex-
piring on iiu -first Mon,la\ of January, 1903. At
the time of his lamented death be was sei
in his second term of office as governor, having
been •• ember, H)02. In 1871. Gov-
ernor Richards was united in marriage at Engle-
wood, X. J.. with Miss Klisc J. Ingcrsoll, a na-
tive of Alabama. \\ho is ,,f Puritan and Hugue-
not descent, her father having been born in
field. Mass., a member of the famous Xew Kng-
land family of the name, and her mother I
a representative of a distinguished llugiu-noi fam-
ily of the Carolinas. She received her educa-
tion at ( "amden l-Ymale Institui-
selecl educational institutions of the sou
children were born of this n
The son, I. DeFon i Richards, resides at I '
las. Wyo., the vi lenl of the First Xa-
tional I'.ank. The daughter is married and re-
sides iii ('alifonf nior Richards \\ .-
honored member of the M -;ity. He
was worshipful master of the Mas
ir not or"i i red upon
•them man in that state. In \Y\oming be
has Mid master of the I irand I
and belonged to ' • nsisl
ory of Scottish Rite .md to that Ma-
sonic club, the Mystic Slirine. His funeral ser-
, eoiiducted hv the Masonic fraternil v.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
the nu ist impressive ever held in 'Wyoming. lict-
ter than any words of ours, the utterances (if those
Wyoming people who h;ive known the late Gover-
nor long and well, will portray his nature, charac-
ter and the position he occupied in public and pri-
vate1 life and in the hearts of the people. The
Cheyenne Tribune voices public sentiment in the
followin.tr words: "Governor Richards is gone.
This great man, who has done so much for Wyo-
ming, has passed beyond, yet how truly it can
be said : 'His works will follow him.' The loss
to the state of a man of such sterling worth is
indeed a public calamity. That loving hand which
was ever extended to aid the deserving is for-
ever helpless, yet how sweet will be the remem-
brance of those who have been blessed by that
hand with deeds prompted by the noblest of
hearts. In the death of Governor Richards Wyo-
ming has lost one of its most ardent champions.
Not only within its borders have his good words,
deeds and influence been felt, but in his travels,
which have been of wide scope, the state of which
he was chief executive was ever brought to
the front ; and how unselfishly he performed his
good work, spending his time and money in trav-
ersing the country to tell the people of its great
resources and advantages. He loved success, and
what an example of success his life has been.
Beginning in a humble way, he fought life's bat-
tles manfully, and how beautifully he has shown
to the world what crowning there is in honest,
steadfast, noble effort, backed by unswerving
character. As a friend Governor Richards was
loyal, ever. No truer friend ever lived. One of
the gems in his -lovable character was his loyalty
to his friends against all possible influences. This
is one of the grandest tests of manhood. All
hearts are sad, very sad, today." The following
was written by an individual fully competent to
justly estimate the life, services and character
of the distinguished gentleman who so courteous-
ly and ably filled every station in life to which
he was called, domestic, civic, social, state or
national : "The state mourns. Death has re-
moved its chief executive, but the grief, which is
felt as keenly in the remotest hamlet as in the
capital city, springs not so much from the ti-
dings that the Governor is dead as from the real-
ization that DeForest Richards is no more. The
people's grief is that of friends for a friend, to
those who knew him the greatness of this man
as director of the commonwealth palls before the
nobility of his life as a private citizen ; in the
hour of his soul's departure we grieve for DeFor-
est Richards, who honored, was not honored, by
the title of chief executive. Death has taken
him away, but the memory of his beautiful char-
acter can not die. As governor he was a states-
man, a rare combination, but his character as a
man was rarer still ; he was one of the few of
each generation who love, and are loved, by all
mankind. Death came to him softly while his
devoted wife and daughter were at his side. His
son, himself sick in a city a thousand miles away,
was unable to be present."
HON. FEXIMORE CHATTERTOX.
This honored gentleman, who fills with dis-
tinction the high office of secretary of state of
Wyoming, and by reason of the lamented death
of Governor Richards is now the acting gover-
nor, is a typical representative of the choicest
element of New England manhood, although not
of New England birth. He comes of an old
Vermont family, the lineage of which goes back
to an early period of that commonwealth. He in-
herits in a marked degree the sterling mental
characteristics for which his ancestors were long
noted. Rev. Germon Chatterton, the father,
was a native of the Green Mountain state and
for many years filled' the chair of literature in
Middlebury College. Later, in Oswego, N. Y.,
he practiced law for some years, subsequently
retiring from that profession for the purpose of
pursuing the theological course in the Auburn
Theological Seminary, one of the leading Pres-
byterian educational institutions of America. He
became an able and scholarly divine, filled a
number of prominent pulpits and earned an en-
viable reputation as a leader of religious thought
in his denomination. A man of wide culture and
varied attainments, he impressed his personality
on every community in which he lived, winning
PROGRESSIl'l. MLLX Ol: WYOMING.
a permanent place in religit >ns. educational and
professional circles. After a long and useful ca-
reer, he resigned his pi"' >i'ess, >rship, relinquished
ministerial labors and is now living a life of
IK in. Teil retirement in the state of Xe\v York.
Leverel Chatterton, the paternal grandfather ol
ihe niie of whom we now write, was burn in Rut-
land coiintv. Vt., and passed all his life within
tin- confines of his native state, lie served with
distinction in the War of iSi_> and lived to a
ripe old age, dying in 1874. Ama Mazumon,
wife of Ccrmon ChaUcrton and mother of the
Hon. Fenimore Chatterton. was also of Vermont
birth and died in 1867. Fcnimorc Chatterton
was born in the city of ( Iswego, X. Y.. on July
21. 1860. "When he was but a young child his
parents moved to Washington. 1'. C., in which
city he spent the years of his childhood and
youth and also received his preliminary discip-
line in ihe schools of the national capital. The
training thus acquired was supplemented by a
full course in Columbiana college, from which in-
stitution he was graduated with an houorabK
ncord as a student. Finishing his intellect u:d
education. Mr. ('hatterton took up the study of
law in Washing!* ui. I). C.. but was not admit-
ted to the bar until some years later, breaking
oil' his professional research in 187* foi- the pur-
pose of seeking his fortune in the West. Tn that
\car he came to Wyoming and accepted a clerk-
ship in the poststore at Ft. Steele. in which capac-
ity he continued until purchasing the stock and
becoming sole proprietor some time later. He
conducted the business with encouraging finan-
cial results until 1888. when he disposed of ilu
, i iblishmenl ti < < nter upon his duties as pro
bate judge and treasurer of Carbon county, to
\\ hull , iffices In was elected in the fall of thai
year. Mr. Chatlcrton discharged his dual func-
tions until [890, when he resigned both positions
and took his -eiiaior in the first session
of the State Senate. II. served \\ith credit in
tint body, was a careful and conservative mem-
ber and his name was associated with the im-
portant committees, rendering much valua-blc
ice to his o •nsiitneiits and to the state. I h-
si rvcd three terms in the Senate and his
as a lawmaker fully met the high cxpectai
of the people, who honon <1 him with this sig-
nal mark of their o mfidence and favor. Actr.
by a laudable desire to strengthen and enlarge
his legal knowledge, Mr. Chatterton in 180,2 en-
ured the law department of Michigan Univer-
sity, from which he was graduated the following
year. Meantime he had been admitted to
bar and. opening an office at Rawlins, he soon
\\on a respectable standing among the successful
practitioners of Carbon county. Shortly after
his election as secretary of state he associated
with himself L. E. Armstrong in this legal prac-
tice and the partnership thus constituted still ex-
ists, and it is needless to say that this firm i
high rank at the bar of the state. It is not mere
partisan praise or adulation, nor is it ovi
timation. to say that Mr. Chatterton is at the
present time one of the most scholarly and best-
equipped barristers of the bar where he practices.
As a lawyer, he is sound, clear-minded and well-
disciplined, intellectnalh and professionally. The
limitations which are imposed by Federal i
ers are well understood by him. With the long
line of decision's tnun Marshall down to Fuller.
b\ which the constitutions ha\ • pounded,
he is familiar as are all thoroughly skilled law-
yers. He is at home in all the departments of the
law. from the minutiae of general practi.
the greater topics, wherein are involved consid-
eration of the ethics and philosoplu of jurispru-
dence and the higher concerns of public p
I'.nt he i- not learned in the la\\ alone, for he
has studied long and carefully the subjects that
an to the man • the g reatest im-
port, ihi- questii in of fi tance and p
omy. in which he has kept abreast of the besl
thinking men of the state. In th. incut
of cases he is actuated by the best interest of his
client, being feliciioii ar in statenu
legal principles inv.ilvcd. forcible and thoroughly
earnesl in argnnunt. full of vigor of coin:
never abusive of adversaries; al\\a\s imbued
with \ei a foe worthy the
steel of ihi ahl< -I < ippi men). From I Si i | to 1 S' >' '
Mr. Chatterton served as count, attorney and
in iSiiS WES elected by the Republican |rirt\ of
IV E MEN OF 11'} OMING.
•ining to the high office he now holds, sec-
ivtary of state. His previous intellectual discip-
in one of the most noted educational insti-
tutions in the land, and his training in the intri-
- of the la\v, both, combined with a natural
aptitv undertaking-; requiring abilities
of a high order, ha\e iniiiliarly fitted Mr.
Chatterton for the very important station with
which his fellow citizens have so honored
him. His administration of the office has
demonstrated the wisdom of his election and
it is safe to affirm that the state has never had
a more capable, obliging or popular public ser-
vant. For some years past Mr. Chatterton, with
others, has been largely interested in the min-
ing industry. He was instrumental in organiz-
ing what is now known as the Kurtz & Chatter-
ton mine in the Grand Encampment district and
about 1900 he organized the Kurtz and Chat-
terton Mining Co., and erected works for the de-
velopment of a large area of valuable mineral
property. He has also interests in various other
mining enterprises and has become one of the
leaders of that industry in Carbon county and
elsewhere. In politics Mr. Chatterton yields an
unwavering allegiance to the Republican party
and has served as chairman of the central com-
mittee of his county at different times. He is
public spirited in all which the term implies and
has done much to advance the material and in-
dustrial interests of both his county and state.
All enterprises having for their object the intellec-
tual and moral good of the body politic find in •
him a zealous friend and a liberal patron and he
keeps in close touch with the trend of thought
fin all the great questions of the day, national
and international. In a fraternal way he has
advanced to high degrees in the ancient and noble
order of Freemasonry, having attained the Thir-
ty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. From
1894 to 1896 he was the grand master of the
Grand Lodge of Wyoming, in addition to which
exalted position he served as potentate of the
Mystic Shrine and as deputy grand commander
of the Grand Commandery of Wyoming: Mr.
Chatterton's fidelity to the high duties of citi-
zenship has been signally manifested in every re-
lation of life in which he has been placed. His
is a broad meiiialiiv, his a strong, loyal, and sym-
pathetic nature, and his aim ha^ been unmistak-
ably to live as nearly to his possibilities and
ideals as has been in his power to do, both in
private and public life. Such men deserve much
more than a modicum of respect and honor, and
that these have not been denied to Mr. Chatter-
ton is evident to one who has marked even in a
cursory way the leading facts in this brief record.
HON. JOHN W. LACEY.
Hon. John W. Lacey, ex-chief justice of
Wyoming and for a number of years a distin-
guished lawyer of the Cheyenne bar, was born
in Randolph county, Indiana, on October 13,
1848, the son of Rev. Henry J. and Elizabeth
(Thompson) Lacey, the father being a noted
Methodist divine who passed a long and eminent-
ly useful ministerial life in the Hoosier state
and is now living in a superannuated relation in
the county of Randolph. William Lacey. father
of Henry J., was a native of Georgia, but in an
early day he moved to Wayne county, Ind.,
where he passed the greater part of his life, dy-
ing there a number of years ago. The Judge
is one of a family of four sons and three daugh-
. ' if wh' :m three of the sons are living. In
his youth he enjoyed such educational privilrges
as were afforded by the public schools of the
different places where his father was station •<!.
but, being of a studious nature and a great lover
of knowledge, he determined to prosecute his in-
tellectual researches under more favorable condi-
tions. Accordingly he entered De Pauw Uni-
versity at Greencastle, Ind., where he made a
creditable record as a student, completing the
prescribed course in 1871. After graduating
Mr. Lacey turned "his attention to teaching, but
a limited experience in that calling induced him
to choose some other profession for his lifework.
Having early manifested a decided taste for the
law he began preparing for the legal profession
by a course of preliminary reading under the
direction of Isaac Van Devanter, of Marion. Ind.,
whose office he entered in 1875 and with whom
.V OF WYOMING.
he continued his studies until his
the bar the following year. Prior to 1875 he
t inten als in the office i >f \\'illi;uii
of Xoblcsvillc, lint his most substantial
progress was made in the later period. I
gan legal praetiee at Marion, Intl., and
> ''lose application and conscientious fidelity to
nterests of his clients soon won a conspic-
uous |)lace among the successful lawyers of the
inty bar. For ability, as well as for suc-
:"'il effort, he wa> excel in 1 by few of his
professional brethren, as the large annumi of
which came to him attested, lie con-
tinned at Marion with a constantly incre
clientele until 1884, when President Arthur ap-
pointed him chief justice of Wyoming, in which
high office he served with eminent ability until
the latter part of 1886. In November of that
i.ed his office and resumed the prac-
tice of law at Cheyenne, efi'i cting a copartnership
with \V. \Y. Corlett and Judge Riner under the
firm name of Corlett, Lacey & Riner, which as-
sociation lasted until the death of Mr. Corlett
four year> later. Messrs. Lacey and Riner con-
tinued to practice as partners until the latter's
intnient to the district judgeship in 1890, af-
ter which Judge Lacey was alone until he be-
came associated with Mr. Van Devanter, tlu
firm of Lacey & Van Devanlcr laMiiiv, to the
m time. Judge Lacc\ has ever been a close
Studenl of his profession and his management
of a case at once demonstrates Ins c-'rcful and
pai ki ''reparation and his thorough mas-
tery of the situation, !• '1 -grounded in the
underlying principles of jurisprudenci and
ing the ability ami tacl to apply his tht
ledge to prat-tic',, be is quick to notice
eak pi linl in the argum< nt i >\ an < >pp< ineni
- with aviditv < \ er) detail and its i
• . In iwever, 1>
M ir an instanl of 1 • -riant pi lint 3 upi >n
, : I'mallv turns,
•vhetids with little or no effi irl
lion anil dcpendci < • gr iups ' '
;'ile him lo il 'inbincd fi
]ioint they lend |i . pro\ e. Ju<! L
• .f the i ' ' chief
ce and his record while in t' not
added to his reputan an able jurist,
him distinctive prestige with the bar
itighout the state. At the present time the
firm of \\hicli he is a member has a practice of
and wide scope, his name ap-
pearing in connection with nearly every hnpor-
in the courts of Laramie county. He
is frequently retained as counsel in cases of
large moment in other parts of Wyoming, his
fame as a scholarly and erudite lawyer i
n in every county of the state. In addition
to his professional and judicial career Judge
Lacey has a military record, having served as a
soldier during the latter years of the Civil War.
He first enlisted in i Si ,.;. -oining Co. F. One Hun-
dred and Thirty-seventh Indiana Infantry, but
did not long remain with that command, being
mustered out before the expiration of the year.
In 1864 he enlisted in Co. B, One Hundred and
Fifty-second Indiana Infantry, with which he
ed until the close of the war. mciit
principally doing guard duty in various parts
irginia. Turning to the domestic pag.
the story of Judge Lacey's life we find that he
was happily married at Marion, [nd., in 1878
with Miss Elizabeth Van Devanter. a native of
i bat state and a daughter of his former precep-
tor in the law, Isaac Van Devanter. and of their
felicitous union six children havt t>i
Herbert \ .. Walter M.. Ruth. Elizabeth, I
and Margaret. Tn politics Judge Lacey has
always been a pr , d Republican, e;1:
and unwavering in the support of his poll
1 1 mvictii ins. A poti ntial factor in loi ll
state affairs, be has contributed much to his par-
UCCi 3 • ' ad\ isor. plain
• >rker in the ranks. 1
prominent in the Ma -•> mic Fraternil •• . ha
(lie Thirty-second di
to the commandery.
'! be Judge is ,i public spirit
interested in eA er) thin- pertaining ' • the
fare of his , .n a
r in inangni
nl completion various public improvements.
His life has been ; — l
and Wyominj
him in mam line
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PROGRESSIl I. MEN OF WYOMING.
IK IN. JOI1X A. RIXEK.
In mi profession is there a career more open
In talent than in that <>!' the law and in no field
of endeavor is there demanded a more careful
appreciation of the ethics of life or of the un-
derlying principles which form the basis of all
human rights and privileges. Unflagging appli-
cation, an intuitive wisdom and a determination
to utilize fully the means at hand are the neces-
sary concomitants which insure personal success
and prestige in this great profession, which stands
• as the stern conservator of justice, and into it
none should enter without a recognition of the
obstacles to be overcome and the battles to be
won, for success does not attend all persons who
enter the competitive fray, but comes only as the
sequel of capacity and unmistakable ability. The
subject of this review is one who has won dis-
tinctive precedence in the legal profession and
whose abilities and attainments have placed
him in some of the most distinguished official
positions within the gift of the state. Hon. John
A. Riner, a son of John and Mary (White)
Riner, was born in Preble county, Ohio, in
1850. The father, a millwright by trade, was
also a native of Ohio, but left that state in 1868,
emigrating to Butler county. Iowa, where he
passed the remainder of his life, clyL-ig in 1899.
His father, whose name was also John, was born
in Virginia but moved to Ohio in an early day.
being one of the pioneers of Preble county.
Mrs. Mary Riner, the mother, was of New Eng-
land birth and when young she was brought
from her native state of Vermont to Preble
county, Ohio, where she grew to maturity, mar-
ried and reared a part of her family, thence re-
moving to Iowa where she departed this life about
1897. The youthful life and discipline of Judge
Riner was similar to that of the average boy
reared in country or town. He assisted his par-
ents as long as he remained at home and attended
the public schools, in which was laid the foun-
dation of the broad and liberal intellectual cul-
- ture which he gained in later years. He con-
tinued to be thus employed until attaining the
age of young manhood, when his quickened am-
bition prompted him to select for a lifework the
profession in which so ninny of the world's great-
est men have achieved distinction. After a pre-
liminary course of reading of legal textbooks,
Mr. Riner entered the law department of the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from
which he was graduated with the class of 1879,
the same year beginning the legal practice in
Cheyenne, Wyoming. Inheriting a decisive and
reliant nature, it was not long until he forged
to the front and built up a remunerative busi-
ness. In 1881 he was elected city attorney, the
duties of which he discharged satisfactorily to
all concerned until the expiration of his term,
meanwhile attending closely to his constantly
growing private practice. When it became ne-
ivssury to fill the office of U. S. district attor-
ney for Wyoming, Mr. Riner was one whose
talents and success caused him to be prominentlv
mentioned as in every way fitted for the position.
Accordingly in 1884 he was appointed to the
place and immediately entered upon the dis-
charge of his official functions. He acted in
that capacity for one year and in 1886 was
elected by the Republican party to the upper
house of the General Assembly, where he made
an honorable record as an able and discreet legis-
lator. He introduced a number of important
bills which, becoming laws, had a decided bear-
ing in promoting the interests of the state in
many ways, and he also served as president of
the body during the session. He labored faith-
fully for the welfare of the people, for with him
patriotism has always been above party and loy-
alty to his constituents paramount to every other
consideration. Retiring from the legislature.
Judge Riner resumed his practice, which in vol-
ume, scope and importance at that time was sec-
ond to none in the state. Ever a forceful factor
in public affairs, he was elected in 1889 a mem-
ber of the constitutional convention, in the delib-
erations of which he took a deep interest and act-
ive part, serving on the judiciary committee,
where his eminent legal talents were of especial
value. One year later he was again elected to
th State Senate, but resigned before the legisla-
ture convened, in order to accept a place upon the
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
27
I . S. district bunch, to which he was appointed
01: September 23. 1890. His career on the bj
more than met the high expectations of hi-
friends and the public, for he so discharged the
duties of his high office as to receive the warm
and hearty approval of the bar and all who had
business to transact in this court. His rulings
were fair and characterized by depth oi k-gal
knowledge, attesting a familiarity with the law,
while but few of his decisions ever suffered re-
versal at the hands of the Suprenir ( 'oiirt. The
Judge was married in 1882. with Miss May Jil-
lich of Ohio, and they have four children, Ida
\\.. (iertrude, Dorthra and John A. Fraternally,
fudge Riner has long been prominent in Ma-
sonic circles, having risen to the Thirty-second
degree of the Scottish Rite, being also an active
worker in the Commanclery. For some years he
has been affiliated with the Pythian Krother-
hood in the lodge ot Cheyenne. Judge Riner has
been associated in the practice of law with va-
rious prominent and eminent members of the
( heyenne bar. among them being Judges Potter
and Lacey and \Y AY. Cork-It, the last named
dying in 1890. For a period of seven years he
was an attorney for the I'nioii Pacific Railroad,
in which capacity he demonstrated abilities of
a high order, discharging the often eomplu ited
duties coming within his sphere in such a
way a- io add to his already firmly established
repufili . i'i 33 one of the state's leading k gal
minds. The Judge possesses high intellectuality,
broad human sympathies and tolerance, and is
imbued \\ith fun- sensibilities and clearly defined
principle-. Honor and integrity are synonymous
\\itli his name and he enjoys the respect, ontli-
dence and high regard of the people of his adopt
ed cit\ and state. Hi- eminent success in the
line of his profession offer- the be-t evideno oi
his intellectuality and mastery of his chosen call-
ing. In his political adhcrcncy the Judge has
been a lifelong Republican. A- a member of the
state central committee his council and leader-
ship were effective in promoting harnionv and
strength and giving the part) a prestige which
resulted in victory in more than one campaign,
Mis fame is secure as a patriotic citi/cn.
MOX. J< iSKPII M. CAREY.
Upon the magnificent roll of the foundi
and builders of the prosperity and existence ol
the young stale of \\'yoming -land- no more con-
spicuous or worthy name than that of lion. Jo
eph M. Carey, whose services to the territory and
stile have been o| most distinguished order,
whose prominence and power in public, civic and
industrial circles have been far-reaching and
distinctive from early pioneer days until the
present. It is not our desire to enter into a pro-
lix encomium upon tin- -terling. symmetrical,
many-talented man, but to record in plain and
concise form the statement of bis life to serve
as memorial and incentive in a Her \ears. as a
portion of the just history of ('heyenne and the
state. Senator Care) descended from the old-
time English family of that name, its residence
on .American soil, however, dating back to an
early period in the settlement of the Old Domin-
ion, where it soon attained position and standing.
The ancestors of ex-Senator Carey inclined to
merchandising and agriculture and became mer-
chants of Delaware, where his grandfather. Jos-
eph Carey, was born and passed his life in mer-
cantile and agricultural pursuits. He died in
1838. The father of th< e\-Senator Carey. Rob-
ert H. Carey, born iSi I. died iScji. succeeded to
the merchandising interests of his father and
conducted successful business in Sussex conntv.
Del., in which state he also passed hi- life, mar-
rying there Miss Susan I'. Da\is. burn iSi -.
iSXi. also a member of an old Colonial family,
and rearing four sons and two daughters. The
subject o| tin-, sketch was born on ]anuar\ I o.
1845, in Sussex county. Del., and here h.
ceived his early educational training at public
and private schools. Following these advan-
tages he bei tm< i -indent at the Fort Hi1,-.
I \. Y. I I bllegi lie Institute, \\herc lie was titled
for Cnion College, locate. 1 at Sclu'iectady. X.
Y., where he was in diligent -lnd\ from iSi>3
until 18(15. This college made him an hoii'
chancellor in |S.,| and conferred upon him the
degree of Doctor of l.a\\. Me began the tech-
nical siud\ of the law in the office of i'.cnjamin
"
pie in I 'hiladelphia, Pa., thereafter con-
tinuing instruction inn! lirection of \\". L.
that city, it of the I ui
ai [uitl • hin eH with
ing graduated therefrom in 1867.
lleing thus well fortified and equipped for his
chi'M1!! proiV.ssion, he was • in legal prac-
tice in Philadelphia until 1869. During this pe-
riod he had an admirable preparation for his sub-
sequent useful career in \Yyoming, as by active
practice and attention to a ness matters in Phil-
adelphia he was well educated for western life.
When he was a student in the lawyers' offices
in Philadelphia and after his admission to the
bar In made ; • ih'tical speeches and canvassed
portions of 1 V'in-vlvania and Xe\v Jersey. In
May, iS'«i. Wyoming was organized as a terri-
tory. Mr. Carey becoming the first U. S. attor-
ney for the new territory and he took an active
Hterest and part in bringing order out of chaos.
\ as well qualified for the position. He pros-
ecuted violators of the law in all the counties of
the new territory. His official labors were dis-
charged with ease, promptly and always with
satisfaction to the people and the government he
represented. In recognition of his ability and
services, in 1871, when he was less than twenty-
eight years of age, he was again honored by Pres-
ident Grant by an appointment as an associate
justice of the Supreme Court of the territory.
This office he held until 1876, fidelity to his du-'
tits and an appreciation of their tv.-ponsibilities
marking his full term of office. The centen-
nial year witnessed the retirement of Judge Carey
from both judicial office and the practice of law,
his energies thereafter being expanded in the
development of the state's great industrial enter-
prises. He was one of the earliest to realize the
liaustible resources of Wyoming as a stock-
growing state and he was one of the leaders in
this field of wealth, in company with his brother.
R. Davis Carey of Philadephia, in 1871 he en-
gaged in stock raising, their operations being-
large and while they were interested in sev-
eral large companies, among these the Penn
Cattle Co. and Carey Co., their chief business
has i" • n • • nducted under tin nami < >f J. M. Ca-.
re) c.V l!ro.. which linn still has very large live-
stock interests in \Y\oiuing and the Dakotas.
The citizens of Cheyenne honored themselves, as
well as Judge Carey, when in iS<s<> they i-lectcd
him thi or of their progressive cilv, increas-
ing this honor in iS8j by his second election to
the same official station, while in 1882 they
ned their action by choosing him as mayor
\\ithont opposition for the third time. In the
>ralty he inaugurated and carried to com-
pletion important improvements, constructed
valuable water and sewer sytems and placed the
young city casilv at the front of cilus of similar
size and importance in the Northwest. In 1884
he was chosen the delegate of the territory to
the Forty-ninth Congress, serving with such
clear-sighted statesmanship that he held the of-
fice by successive reelections through three
eventful terms, it being his hand that drew up
and introduced to the favorable consideration of
Congress the important bill which created the
state of Wyoming. It is very easy to see that,
following services of this momentous and ac-
ceptable character, that, in 1890. at the first ses-
sion of the state legislature, the distinguished
delegate of the state should receive still further
honors in his election as Wyoming's first U. S.
Senator. In the dignified body of the country's
leading statesmen Senator Carey 'took his seat
as to the manor born, discharging the duties in-
cumbent upon him to the certain welfare of his
state, dignifying the commonwealth by his con-
ceded ability and holding the honors of this ex-
alted position until 1895. His record here is
surely an enviable one. Among other measures
of vitnl importance to the great West he intro-
duced and brought to successful passage the leg-
islation entitled the Carey Arid Land Law, the
first existing declaration of Congress upon this
important question. He also was successful in
obtaining the necessary legislation under which
several government buildings were constructed
ir» Wyoming, including the magnificent struc-
ture in Cheyenne, and in securing the establish-
ment of four of the goverment land-offices in the
state. But to recapitulate his accomplishments
'
i:i tlu U. S. Senate would In- t<> write a vol
e it to s; !| here as • '
laurels.
of tllr Ljnld
lard, anil in this ci iid b
• :
life in Ch<
state, Senator Carey has ever been an • ip
r. He v ' if tb
. tii iNS;. ami of this
lop and ail,
|i\ tin stat
the honored president, He was also the
denl of tlie \Yhe;uland Roller Mill Co. or-
' 3| r. the \\"heatland Indli-1
and with dier kindn d enterprises lie has
ily and usefully
firm. ]. M. Carey \- Bro., erected the
in Cheyenne in 1*7''. the Delaware block
883, the opera house block in iS'jd.
purchased and rebuilt the Davis block in
"I he\ have t>oni iS~'"> almost ever ('ear added
he citv iii the \\ aj <>\ the erection i
of which the citizens iin- proud. Vs a
i:i r of the Republican p irl \ tbe Jiukv
sh»wn an ' icing 1 er oJ
live years the chairman nf the
l\e]iublie , ' nittee, whi
• ' i the
Rijiublicnn X:iti»u:d Comniitlee. < >n S
-'"• '^77- J'1' Carried .\li-s 1
d, a nath • \\ [i la daugh-
, Edward C. and ! >avi<l. nativ • •
\i-v lire and i. The fainil
Cheyenne in i i the
tl of the V
territory . Tw> ch : • bm-n to i
11
id. The ' ild i-- a gradual
hi cl oi [i iinw
ted at
1 at Yale I 'ni-
ity. \\'e have 'heiv -i\rn -i brief ^vnnpsis
the iiniisn ill' full
li fe i if this n ili/eii i o
inning. His cl 'tis public
and luisii '.ily indi-
life it h : the
mpath • ' , binding hii.
tii ; to his t'.i
bi 'tii • latii nis hi- has st»od tinv,
-t and tm
[ILEY.
( >ne of the leading educator- of the V.
>ne \vho^. E fu-
the presi-
of (he \
man of liberal vi I largi humanitarian-
ism, he is a profound scholar and a line i , \ecn-
ited to his vvi irk, havinjj the
Is nf life both in prix-ate place and public
i n< \nieriean aiio .TC of
1 i nt, a stock which itrib-
nli'd so many distinguish' Xmerican
i ttl.-d tii-si in ;, , ire in
[727. The familv to, ik an a-
in public
i if Xe\v ! ti history am
activ ts in tin- Revolutionary \\"ar.
' minute man. and •
the battle of !',ir.;ker Hill. Dnrir-; the late Civil
- i if the o inlliei . bul the pan til
ident Smiley were patriotic adherents to the
\iiL;ust His
'
Imirei • • h, the
lion leader \\lio was kill
'
r I-".. S''
dliant future.
lie
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol: WYOMING.
sent to tlir . . it brated < >nonilaga Academy, win-re
hr pursued a thorough preparatory course of
sludy. and was graduated as the valedictorian of
the ela-ss of '79. \t tin- same academy, founded
a- early a-, 1X1:;. Thurlow Weed and lloraiio
SeMiloiir received their earl\ education, and
inany other of its sons have hornc honored part
in their country's history. After completing his
course at the academy he engaged in pedagogic
laliors for a time and then matriculated at the
famous Syracuse University, where he entered
upon the full classical course. Although com-
pelled by circumstances to suspend his studies
from time to time for the purpose of teaching in
order to earn funds to meet living expenses, he
pi r-evered in his ambition to acquire a thorough
education and was graduated with the degree
of A. 1'... as a member of the class of '85. From
his previous experience in teaching he was en-
abled to .secure a good position and at once be-
came the principal of the East Bloomfield Free
. \cademv in western New York. He continued
in that position for two years and met with con-
spicuous success. He then tendered his resigna-
tion to take a post-graduate course in the Se-
mitic languages at Yale University, under the
instruction of Prof. William R. Harper,- then one
of the leading professors at Yale and now pres-
ident of the Chicago University, At the end of
a three-years' course of study he received the
degree of I',. D., with special honors. Having
decided to enter the ministry, he remained an-
other year at Yale and pursued a course in the-
ology, philosophy and sociology. He soon ac-
cepted a call from Vancouver, Wash., where IK
became the founder of the Pilgrim Congrega-
tional church. He was very successful in this
chosen work and acquired a high reputation as
an eloquent preacher. In 1894 he received a call
from the First Congregational church of Chey-
. Wyo.. which he accepted, and then removed
his residence from the city of Vancouver. For
many years this church had been distinguished
by the able and eloquent men who had occupied'
its pulpit, among others being the Rev. T- D.
Davis, D. D., now of Doshisha College, Japan,
and the Rev. Josiah .Strong. D. D., author of
"i Mir Country," and the In-h standard of excel-
h nee which they had established \vas continued
during the administration of Doctor Smile}. In
iSijS. he was elected to the presidency of the
State University of Wyoming, and resigned his
pastorate for the purpose of accepting that re-
sponsible position. Since he has been at the
head of the State I Imversit) that institution has
had a remarkable advance- in power and inllu-
no :md is rapidh becoming one of the leading
educational institutions of the West. His man-
agement has been characterixed by ability of a
high order and its influence for good has been
largely extended throughout the state. On June
17. 1891, before coming to the West, Mr. Smiley
wa.s united in marriage with Miss Edith Con-
stance House, of Lysander, X. Y., and his wife
has been a great help to him in his lifework. be-
ii g 'i woman of strong character and of marked
literary tastes, ability and high culture. To their
union have been born two children, Hollis B.
and Dean F.. two bright lads who give promise
of being worthy successors of their father. The
home of President" and Mrs. Smile}- is the center
of a gracious and refined hospitality, which they
take pleasure in dispensing to their large circle
of friends. Doctor Smiley is comparative!}
young and is evidently destined to have a long
anil distinguished career of usefulness. The
honorary degree of A. M. has been conferred'
upon him' by Yale University and the degree of
Doctor of Divinity by his alma mater. He is
one of the strong men of the educational world
and his future career will be watched with in-
terest.
GEX. FRANK A. STITZFR.
Distinguished as a soldier in one of the
greatest struggles in the annals of warfare,
equally prominent as a civilian and as an official,
filling worthily positions of honor and trust, Ad-
jutant-General Stitzer has won a prominent place
among the public men of Wyoming. He was
the tenth in a family of thirteen children born
to John and Sarah ( Sticknor ) Stitzer, natives
of Pennsylvania, and dates his life from August
PROGRESS/I'!-: M1L\ OF WYOMING.
28, [840 Mi1 first saw tlu1 light of day in I'.erks
county, I 'a., ami for a verv limited period only
attended such schools a- his neighborhood ai
forded, being thrown upon his o\vn resources
a* a very early age. lie earned his first money
b\ driving a team on a canal, and al'ler fol-
lowing- this means of livelihood for several years,
he engaged with a party to learn paperhanging,
ii, which he soon became an efficient workman.
Tie was thus employed when the ominous clouds
of impending Civil War darkened the national
h"ri/on and threatened the destruction of the
Cnion. \\'hen the conflict broke out and the
President appealed to the lo\al sons of the Xorth
for volunteers, he was one of the first in his pan
of the country to respond, enlisting early in [86l.
Kntering- the service as a private he was soon
made first, sergeant of his company and by suc-
cessive promotions rapidh rose to the ranks of
first and -econd lieutenant and captain, while la-
ter in flu1 same year he was commissioned major
of a Pennsylvania regiment and with this rank-
he participated in several noted campaign-, dis-
tinguishing himself in a number of bloodv bat-
tles, among1 which were South Mountain. Hull
Run and Antietam. He served four years and
lour months without receiving an injury and
retired from the army with a record for bravery
and gallantry of which any soldier might well feel
ppiiid. At the close of the war Captain Stitxer
resumed paperhauging and decorating, contin-
uing in that line ot \\ork until iSiuj. \\hen lie ac
cepted a clerical positimi with the Lehigli Yallc\
Railroad. After tilling that place for some time
In- resigned and for sixteen years then-after, he
served as fj. S. deput\ revenue collector \\ith
headquarters at Easton, Pa. At the expiration of
that period lie came to \V\oniing in the same ca-
pacity, having received the appointmenf in this
state through the instrumentality of the collector
for Colorado, and continued to discharge the
duties of the po-.il ion during the ensuing
In lSij<> he was appointed adjutant-gen-
eral of \Vyoining. which office he has since held
with credit to hinisi-lf and to the entire
faction of the people of the state. In connection
\\ith his dmies as adjutant general he h.>ld- the
important position of superintendent of the
State Soldiers' Home at Che\cnne, \\"vn., to
\\hich he was appointed on \ugu-l ij. 1X05.
In this, as in other official relation--, he has dcin-
onstrated a wise judgment and a far-reaching
sagacit} of a high order and acquired a reputa-
lion -econd to that of none other of the state's
public men. Since he was old enough to wield
the elective franchise he has been an ardent
supporter of the Republican party, earnest in the
defense of his convictions and active in promot-
11 g the interests of the cause in local, stan
national campaigns. He has proven himself an
able and an efficient organi/cr and an untiring
> ' irker, and \\ bile o >ntributing ti > his partv's suc-
cess in not a few campaigns, his con i poli-
tician has always been honorable and free from
the methods to which so many pro! par-
tisans resort, lie is identified with several fra-
t. rnal organi/:ili»n-. notably tin1 Ala-
Pythian orders, belonging to the Cniform Rank
in the latter, the ( irand Army of the Republic
and l.oyal Legion of the I nited State-. \- a
gallant and intrepid officer on some of the blood-
ie-t battlefields of the Southland he proved his
loyalty to the government, in public and prixate
life he commands unusual respect and esteem,
while as a neighbor and a citi/eii his name ha-
long been synonymous with integrity and h
able, conduct. (ieiieral Stitzcr is a self
man, and as such easily ranks with the most en-
terprising and public spirited o| bis compeers.
It is not too much to sa\ for him that no man
in the cit\ of his re-idence elljov s a gn
gvee of popularity and. as he is still in the prime
of life, his friend- look for him to • still
further honors, although he can well afford to
list on the laurels already earned. ( >n January
i. i Si .I., -it Cressona, Pa., Captain Stit/er and
Miss Joseplmii ll.in-e. .1 daughter of Petei I I.
and Hannah ll.m-e of thai state were united in
the bond- of \\edlock. the union resulting in
three children, Pdgar P.. who holds a position
in the I '. S. CUStom-hoUSe at \eu V irk Cit\ :
flank P., engaged in the in-uranee bii-iti'
Cheyenne: Kmilv |).. a ] IP >h '--ional sicn.
pher i if ( 'heyenne.
UVE ME\r OF WYOMi
EDWARD W. STONE.
Public honors as well as financial success
1 tlir career of tlie substantial busi-
iiaii anil representative citizen wh< >se name
Uirrishes the caption of this biographical re-
view. For a number >>! vears prominently iden-
\vith the commercial business of his own
other towns and also having mineral
interests in various sections of the state, he has
been a nircefiil factor in the industrial develop-
\Vyoming, besides taking an active part
in political and public affairs as a leading poli-
tician and as an official empowered with honor-
able trusts. Edward W. Stone is a native of
Ohio, a state which doubtless has furnished the
West more clear-brained men of of definite pur-
pose than any other section of the American
commonwealth. He was born in the town of
Belpre, Washington county, on February 8, 1862,
being the only child of Loring and Joanna Stone,
natives of Ohio and Indiana respectively. By
occupation Loring Stone was a miller, in connec-
tion with which trade he also carried on the
mercantile business in Belpre. He was a man
of considerable local prominence and the success
which marked his business career shows him to
have been the possessor of judgment, discretion
and capacity of no mean order. At the proper
age Edward W. Stone entered the public schools
of his native town and in due time completed the
full course, graduating from the high school
with an honorable record as an industrious and
consecutive student. Actuated by a desire to
prosecute his studies still further, he afterwards
entered Oberlin College, where he pursued the
higher branches of learning for two years, thus
laying a substantial foundation for the active
and successful career which followed in due
course of time. At the age of twenty he began
working in his father's flouring mill at Belpre
and after spending one year in that capacity,
came west, arriving at Cheyenne, Wyo., in Jan-
uary, 1884. where he soon became bookkeeper
for Mr. J. S. Callins, one of the city's leading bus-
ness men. Mr. Stone continued in the employ of
. that gentleman about five vears. when he be-
came • ited in the grocery business with
Pitt Covert, the firm thus constituted lasting un-
til Mr. Slime sold "in to his nartner and ef-
hi ird a business relationship with John F. \ ret
land. The well-known business house of Yrec-
land i\ Stone is still in exi being one of
the lariM--! and mosl successful commercial firms
of Cheyenne, with a branch store at the town of
I \a. which carries on an extensive trade in that
section of the state. While meeting with success
in his business a li'airs such as few merchants at-
tain, Mr. Stone has by no means devoted all of
his time and attention to private interests. Mind-
iul of the duties which every true citizen o\\
the community in which he lives, he early began
taking an active part in the public affairs of his
city and county, and in recognition of valuable
services rendered to his party, as well as by rea-
si -11 of his eminent qualifications for the office,
In- was elected in 1889 the treasurer of Lara-
mie county. This was the first election under
the present constitution, consequently to Mr.
Stone belongs the honor of serving as the first
'dian of the public funds after Wyoming
was admitted to statehood. In the fall of 1898
he was elected on the Republican ticket a mem-
ber of the upper house of the General Assem-
bly and his senatorial experience was character-
ized by a faithfulness to his constituency that
won him the high regard of his district and, when
he retired from that body he carried with him
the good will of the people, irrespective of polit-
ical affiliation. His career as county treasurer
was also above reproach, for he discharged the
duties of that office with a fidelity to the interests
of the public, which earned him the reputation
of being one of the ablest officials byv whom the
county was ever served. Mr. Stone has ever main-
tained an enviable standing among the busim •-„
men of Cheyenne and by a course of conduct
beyond adverse criticism has proven himself emi-
nently worthy of the high esteem in which he
if held. He is a true type of the successful self-
made man, having risen to his present place in
business and political circles with no assist-
ance beyond his own talents and well-directed
energies. In the true sense of the term he has
•.;!<i ssn jo
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"tin- architect of his own fortune" and. i
tired hv tin- O . : imhnl of sii lis life
affords mam lessons, which, if properly sti:
canii' ; he highway \,
ultiniah LV':|1 is position and o unpetency. Mr.
a Tliirt\ second degree Vlason and oc-
uous place among ill.
bers nf the fraternity throughout \\ *
111 has also held distinguished positions in the
! '\thian order, having been grand chanrellor ; be-
sides in oth'T capacities eomrihutiug to \\^
cess of the loi -.- with which he is identi-
Mr. Stone is a married man, having a
conn md attractive home in Cheyenne,
where he delights to meet his many friend-
dispense a generous hospitaliu \\hich bespeaks
the large mind, warm heart and liberal hatnl.
.vife. whom lie man-Jed at I'.elpre. Ohio, in
January. iSSS, was formerly Miss Mary Harri-
son, the accomplished daughter of Capt. Jack-
son Harrison, [or so man) years a popular Steam-
boat man. pl\ ing the ' ihio ati<l other rivers.
I1EXRY M. ARNOLD.
llenrs M. Arnold, the subject of this sketch.
is 'ii' of tlu tew pioneers' of the Great \Yesi
aining to weave the thread of personal in-
cident inio the historical fabric of the past,
and he has led a life of great activity rep
with interesting experiences at times borderm-
adventure and dangers. Henry M. Arnold
is a scion of an old Colonial family that came
to America a immber of years prior to the
\\"ar of Independeiiee and settled if
the Atlantic States. The\ were t iermaiis and
when the Revolutionary War broke out si
< ii the famih ji lined the \n •• i ni\ and
loiight hravely until independence ired.
:- i ithers distin^ui-bed them the \Yar
ol iSi 2, and uln n tin . if ih,- I
thn atened by the armed hosl si cessi< m,
foseph I I \inoM. HI,- subject's father, re-
sponded to the eall for \-olunteers a:nl ^a\-e up
his life while defending the flag. In an •
da\ Mr. Arnold's grandparents moved to In
•liana and later to |o\\a. in which
I I. Ann ild v. • , ih 1. '
married .Martha i Isburn, ' . and
made a livi-lihi ,i nl b\
cultural pursuits. I b
mil of the Civil \\';ir. eiilistint;- in the
l'"irst Iowa ( a\alry. and, i;i iSiq. \\hile taking
St. Joe from Si. Louis,
captured at ('entralia. .Mo., by a hand
rillas under the notorious I'.ill Anderson and
the whole company, beinv, unarmed was lined
up and shut, but one succeeding in making
pe. Shorilv after her husband's death Mrs.
Arnold went to ( >hio where she lived for about
twent) years, removing to VTork, N'eb.. where
now is her permanent home. Henry M. A:
was born in i lunty, towa, on January
^o. i Si ID, and when i|ttite \oung he wa- taken
by his mother to < >hio and remaine<l in that
slate until the fall of 1^75 \\hen he returned
i" lo\Va to li\e with an uncle, a phxsician of
•icil I'lluffs. lie \\as in the emplo) of this
relative for a peril ne-half \-ear<.
meantime supplementing his early educational
discipline by attending the public schools of the
al>o\v city. In March. iI-'Vo. Mr. Arnold left
Iowa and came to \Y\,>ming, pa^sm- s
time thereafter prospecting in the vicini:
the Raw I tide Buttes and riding tin-
that and other localities. In July of ih.
louitiL; year be drove cattle to Montana and
after his return, resumed prospecting until tin-
spring of iSS4. when he engaged in gardening
"M the Raw Midi-, -pending one summer at that
vocation. Subsequently in company with
Charles Young, afterwards hi- partner, for thir-
teen years Mr. Arnold traveled Over l!
part of \Y\oming and Montana in the cattle
m iSSi. became a C «<k on a
ranch, leaving Mr. N. ik after
stoek in;, esl He passed "ing
Montan 'lu"h
and in ihe fall i if 'Sij; went to
where his partner had gotten together quite
a number of cattle, spending th din-
winter in that state, The following spring
partnership was diss,.l\,-d, alt<r which Mr.
Arnold broif'bi hi> -ba-i of the .
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',A'/.YS/r/. MEN OF WYOMING.
W\oining and put them on land on the 1'lattc
Valley which he had pre\ ii >nsl\ leased, lie
ran stock there until iS<iS when he purchased
a ranch one mile easl of T< (hinglon. where lie
has since remained. meaim hile improving his
land and building up a very prosperous stock
business. \\'hen Mr. Arnold took possession
of his place a considerable part of the land
was comparatively bare and of little value for
grazing purposes, but by a successful system of
irrigation it has been rendered very fertile and
productive, and by reason of this and other
improvements the ranch is now one of the model
properties of the kind in his part of the country.
It embraces an area of 480 acres much of which
is devoted to the raising of hay, which Mr.
Arnold has found quite a profitable industry.
He also keeps a fine lot of high grade cattle,
and everything to which he addresses himself
appears to prosper. As stated in the initial
paragraph Mr. Arnold is one of the few old
range men left in this part of the state, and by
reason of long residence and extensive travel he
is widely and popularly known throughout
\\ "voming and the greater part of Montana.
He is a fine example of the wide-awake, enter-
prising Westerner and has done much for the
material improvement of Laramie county and
the promotion of the cattle industry in this
and other sections. Mr. Arnold is a single man
and appears to enjoy his independent life of
bachelorhood. He enjoys the confidence of
his friends and neighbors and all with whom
he has relations speak in high terms of his in-
tegrity and honorable business methods.
JOHN H. ABBOT.
One of the leading commercial men and mer-
chants of Carbon county, a resident of Hanna,
"Wyoming, John H. Abbot was born in Massa-
chusetts, having been born in 1855, the son of
Ezra and Caroline (Lincoln) Abbot, both na-
tives of that state. His father, a native of Es-
sex county. Mass., was born in 1807^ and was
graduated from the medical school of Harvard
University, and practiced his profession at the
town of Canton, Mass., attaining a high repu
tation and standing, until his death in iS~i. He
\vas the son of Ezra \hhot and his mother's
maiden name was Hannah Poor, a member of
the well-known family of Massachusetts. The
M.liot family resided on land originally granted
to a great-great grandfather of the subject of
this review by ("ieorge TTT. and he took an active
part in the colonial life of the old commonwealth.
The mother of John H. Abbot was born in 1837
and passed away from earth in 1879, being the
mother of four children, of whom he was the
second. She was the daughter of Abraham and
Martha (Howard) Lincoln, the former a native
of Massachusetts, and the latter of Maine. Her
father early made his home in Bath, Maine, and
one of his sons, Frederick Lincoln, was at one
time mayor of Boston. John H. Abbot grew to
manhood in Massachusetts and received his early
education in the public schools, after which he
pursued a course of study in pharmacy and was
graduated in 1876, then removing to Omaha,
Xeb., where he obtained a position in a drug
store and remained in this employment for about
three years, thence removing to Osceola, where
he engaged in the drug business for about two
years. He then sold out the drug store for the
purpose of engaging in merchandising in the
western portion of the state. He continued in
that business for about fourteen years, then dis-
posed of his interests and property in Nebraska,
and removed to Wyoming, where he established
himself at Hanna, Carbon county, where he was
first a clerk in the L'nion Pacific Railway Com-
pany's general store, and was soon appointed as
manager of the local business, in which capacity
he has continued since that time. He has been
successful, and is ranked as one of the leading
merchants of this section of this state. In 1885
Mr. Abbot was united in marriage with Miss
Jessie Gunnell. a native of Illinois, and the
daughter of O. and Harriet (Mitchell) Gunnell,
well-known and highly respected citizens of Il-
linois, who subsequently removed to Nebraska,
where the father was for many years one of the
representative business men of his section, but
is now retired from active business, and residing
PROGRESSIVE MI'.X OF WYOMING.
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at Osceola. Nt-1). '!'<> Mr and Mr-. Abbot have
been born four children. Amy ( i.. Harriet M..
George and |<>lm, all n<>\\ living except John.
who <lu-d iii iSij-i. Mr. Abbol is a stanch mem-
ber of tin1 Republican part\. one of the trusted
o\ tin1 leader- of ihai political organization in
Carbon countv. Popular. progressive, and highly
med hy all classes of I'i- fellow i-iii/rns, he
might, if In- so desired, !»• the recipient of
pnhlic honors in the state. He is one of the
valued citixen- of the community in which
he maintains his home.
HFXRY C. AI.I.F.X.
Intimately associated with the professional
life of the thriving city of Rock Springs, and
taking a prominent part in the public affair- of
the county, Henry ( '. Allen lias not been under-
estimated by a people who have learned to ap
ate his true value as a forceful factor in the
bod} politic. Hi- father, Hon. Henry X. Allen,
horn in Rochester. X. Y., in 1847. rcadiug
irly admitted to the bar and within a
oMtiparativelv .-hort time became one of tthe
brilliant and successful ttien ,,f the pro
fe--iim in \\"e.-tern Xew York, lie was elected
time to time to various high official po-
sitions, notably among- them being judge of the
1 court of Rochester, and he ado
M ion he was called to fill. For several
he was a political leader, and wa- a -hrewd
Campaigner and an eloquent speaker, and be-
fore June- and up. m the hn-thigs he had Few
lls. I lad it not been f«r his iiremalm > death
enecl by exposure while delivering an
on in the campaign of iSSt he doub
'•I have achieved national distinction as s
er, orator and publici-i. lion. llenr\ X.
Allen wa- the son of I >r. \e\\ell \llen. a native
if \e\\ I lamp-hire and for main- years a lead-
and -nrgenii of • r, X. Y.
Hide i I lall I Allen, wife of 1 >OCtOr Mli'll.
rn in the -late of Xe\\ York, and is re-
in of -triMig mentality and
varied and cultured attainmeiiu. She made a
ial study i .f scientific - and lie.
1
noted as a chemist, and in tin- way \\a- a val-
uable assistant to her lui-band in hi- prof,--ional
work, her knowledge of maleria medica having
extensive and profound. She was
i iron- phv-icallv. as well a- mental] ndid
men of symmetrically de\'eloped woman-
hood and lived to the age oi eight years.
The maid' n name of the mother of I I. < . \llen
was l;annie \'an . \l-hne. She wa- born in
Albany. X. Y., in 1851, the daughter of X. J.
and Sarah (Pease) \ an Al-lyne. both pat
if the Empii 'utch
descent. Mr-. Allen is still living, a cultured and
refined lady, and ha- long been active in re-
ligious and charitable work, i. devoted
!ier of the O ional church. Henry
C. Allen was bom in Rochester, X. Y.. on Jan-
nary 24. iSj.v \fter acquiring a knowledge of
the elementary branches in the excellent schools
of Rochester, he prosecuted the highe-
i if -indy in the I 'niver-it\ I -\lvama.
in l8()_> was graduated with honor- from the
law department of that in-tin ion 'here-
after going to ("olorado, \\bere he opened a law-
office at .Montrose. and during the ensuing
built up a lucrative practice and took high
rank as an attorney. Meanwhile he took an
active interest in public and political affairs and
.1 as chairman and sei .f the Repub-
lican Central ('oinmittee. and also held the
of city attorne) for three term-, and served one
term as deputy district attorney, hi the spring
df KPH Mr. Mien located at Rock Spring-,
\Vyoming, where he has since been active!
ed in legal practice, hi- abilities winning him
.1 conspicuous place among the leading lawyers
of the Sweet lint) bar. At tin- tune he
ir the >'
f. .' \ariou- nd is the
retary of the I'.u-ines- Men'- 1 . \- a
lawyer he i- -neee--fnl and ha- a practice wide
in -co]ie and remunerative. He i- \\cll-groiinded
in the underlying principle- of inn-prude:
and rel '
with the greate-t care and -pare- neither time
nor pain- in ' after inlere-t- intrn-l
him. I b . ntlc man of pleasing
^GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
tine Nicial (|iialities and undoubted integrity.
Stu.lii'us and attentive in matters of business, he
•i unmindful of his duties to the community
as a citizen, consequently his name appears in
connect!, in with nearly every enterprise having
for its object the material, intellectual and moral
welfare of the city of his residence. Fraternally
he belongs to the Elks Lodge at Rock Springs
and politically supports the Republican party.
Mr. Allen and Miss Helen Cobb, of Philadelphia,
were united in the bonds of wedlock in 1896.
Mi-.-. Allen is the daughter of Mark Cobb, for
many years editor of the Philadelphia North
American and a noted figure in Pennsylvania
journalism. He served as chief clerk of the
United States Senate during the latter years of
the Civil War and was also private secretary
of Hon. Simon Cameron when that distinguished
statesman was at the head of the war depart-
ment in President Lincoln's cabinet.
W. H. ASHBY.
The buoyant life and daring energy which
so unmistakably is shown in the development
of the Great West springs in large measure
from the coming hither of the bravest people
of all nationalities, who bring the best elements
of their respective countries and localities, form-
ing a composite civilization of the highest value.
This is notably shown in the young, pro-
gressive state of Wyoming, and in this volume,
especially dedicated to the "Progressive Men
of Wyoming," such men demand consideration.
Among this number in the county of Converse
we must particularly give attention to W. H.
Ashby, who, a native of England, has cast in
his lot and given his mental strength and physi-
cal abilities to the task of aiding in the re-
deeming of the state from its primitive condi-
tion of unproductiveness by replacing the wild
beasts with domestic animals and thus ex-
ploiting the numberless resources of the state
in the interests of civilization. Mr. Ashby
comes of an oldtime sterling family of England,
his birthplace being in Northampton, where
he was born on June I5th, 1848. a son of George
and Mar\ \. (Starmcr) Ashby, his maternal
grandfather William A.-hl>\. being a shoemaker,
while on the paternal side his grandfather was
a farmer, as was also his father, who continued
in that honorable vocation all the days of his
life. The eldest of the seven children of the
family, Air. Ashby early had great conceptions
of the advantages presented in the wonderful
land of America, and at the early age of four-
teen crossed the mighty ocean and made his
residence in the scenic city of Ottawa, Canada,
soon however crossing the international line,
he passed two years in New York occupied
with freighting, at the termination of this em-
ployment migrating to Iowa, being there in-
dustriously engaged for two years, thence re-
moving in 1868 to Wyotning, then in the first
period of pioneer occupancy. Cheyenne was
but a small town of tents, but here Mr. Ashby
found congenial friends, and employment for
a time on the Union Pacific 'Railroad and later
in the dangerous life of a freighter. The In-
dians were then roaming in numbers over the
vast- plains and frequently made hostile demon-
strations on the freighting outfits they con-
sidered they could easily overpower, and in this
connection Mr. Ashby had manifold adventures.
In 1872 he engaged in range riding, continu-
ing this life of intrepidity and excitement until
1890, thence going to Grant, Oregon, and en-
gaging in distilling for three years, when a
mighty flood swept away, not only the distil-
lery, but the entire town. Returning to Wyo-
ming, for eighteen months he was in charge of
the Van Tassell cattle outfit, thereafter com-
ing to the La Prele valley and purchasing the
interests of George La Vassar on the upper
La Prele, where he is building a most attract-
ive home and conducting a fine stock business,
having 320 acres of well located land, a por-
tion being under effective irrigation, and rais-
ing large crops of alfalfa, etc. His residence,
barns and other accessories to good husbandry
are creditable additions to the estate, and the
whole form a most desirable home. For a num-
ber of years Mr. Ashby was the efficient fore-
man of the Bridle Bit outfit of the Union Cattle
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i ... running 35,000 head on the 1'luUe River.
Miss Mona Furnall ami Air. Ashby were mar-
ried on January i, 181/0. She is a native of
Ohio, where her father has long been con-
nected with coal mining.
FRANK A. HAILEV.
A varied career has been that of Frank A.
Bailey, now residing at Laramie, in the state of
\\ \ i >ming. A native of Orange county, N. Y.,
he was born in 1847, tne son °f Harrison and
M.-iry ( Randall) Bailey, both natives of that
state. His father responded to the call of his
country for defenders during the trying times
of the Civil 'War, in iS(>i enlisting in Co. C,
One Hundred and Tenth New York Regiment.
In the sanguinary battle of Gettysburg he was
killed and was buried at Florida, X. Y., being
i son of Silas and Sarah (llarrisoin P.ailey, both
natives of New Jersey. Silas Bailey followed
thr occupation of blacksmithing during his life
time, and died in TSYifi at the age of eighty-
two years, also being buried at Florida, N. Y.
Sarab i Harrison i Bailey, the paternal grand-
mother .if Frank A. Bailey, was the daughter of
George A. Xater, a native of Germany and a
citizen of the state of \'e\v York.
The mother of Mr. Bailey was the daughter of
John and Sarah Randall, oldtimc residents of
Xew York state. In early life Mr. Mailev was
practically without any school privileges what-
and being compelled to commence to earn
his own livelihood at the early age of ten years
hi b driver on the Erie Canal for two
seasons. He then went into a machine shop
at Pittsburg, Pa., as an apprentice to learn the
trade of machinist. He remained in this em-
ployment fur about six years and then in 1873
enlist,,] as a private in Co. B, Eighth I 'nited
States Infantry, and in the following year he
was -i, -moiied with his regimen!
Wyo., and subsequently lie uas trails
to Fort Sannders and still later to Fort l.ara
mie. where he remained for about eight month-.
and was then ordered to ( 'alii'ornia, where he
wa- mustered out of the service at A-
island. He then secured employment on a
cattle ranch in California, for the purpose of
acquiring a practical knowledge of the cattle
business, with a view to entering upon that pur-
suit. He remained in California for about four
. then came to Oregon and later to Idaho
and Montana. In iSSS he purchased a ranch
on the Powder River in Johnson count}-. \Y;<>..
and there engaged in ranching and cat-
tle raising, four years later disposing of his
ranch and cattle interests to good advantage,
when he accepted a responsible position on the
1'nion Pacific Railroad. He has remained in
this employment up to the present time 11902).
Air. Bailey has n- u married. He is a
highly esteemed citizen of the community where
he maintains his home.
HEXRY D. ASHLEY.
Among the leading business men of the city
of Encampment. Wyoming, Henry D. Ashley
is one whose enterprise and public spirit have
done much to build up that young city. He
was born at Acushnet. I'.ristol county, Mass..
on May 3, i8<i_>, the son of Calvin and Rebecca
(Davis) Ashley, both natives of that state. His
father was born at Lakeville, Mass., and early
established his home at Acushnet, where he
engaged in farming and was also interested to
quite an extent in the whale fisheries, his home
being adjacent to Xew Bedford, formerly the
great center of that industry in America, and
he remained tlur. until his death in 1868. He
left a family of six sons and four daughters
and after the death of his father. Henry D.
. \shl< v removed with the other members of
the family to Tanntoii in the same state, where
he grew to manhood, received his early educa-
tion in the public schools and learned the trade
of wood-turning, at which he .ployed in
Taunton until iSoo when he removed to [OWA.
where he located at Sioux City, and continued
to work at his former occupation for about four
years, \t the end of that time he reiv
to Des Moines and en-aged in the bakerx busi-
ness for two years, \\hen he sold out and i
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol: WYOMING.
west in Colorado Spring. Colo, lie made
his homo at this place for about one year and
in January. iScjS. came to Encampment , Wyo.,
where he has since made his home, being one
of the pioni ers <>f the place, then in its infancy.
From his first arrival here he has been uni-
formly successful in business. He first engaged
in conducting a lodging house and continued
successfully in that pursuit up to the spring of
1902. In 1901 he engaged in the real estate and
insurance business, associating himself in busi-
ness with Mr. Leo Davis under the firm name
of Davis & Ashley, the former attending to the
mining brokerage department and the latter
giving special attention to insurance and real
estate. On May 3, 1884, Mr. Ashley was united
in marriage at Taimton, Mass., with Miss Min-
nie F. Moxon, a native of Massachusetts, and
the daughter of Frederick and Emma A.
Moxon, well-known and respected citizens of
Taunton. Her father was a native of England
who came to America in 1850, and established
his home in the city of Taunton. Mr. and Mrs.
Ashley are the parents of two children, namely :
Jennie M. and Carleton H., both of whom are
still living, and their home is one of the most
hospitable in the city of Encampment. Mr.
Ashley is largely interested in the Vulcan Cop-
per Mining Co., of which he is vice-president.
This company has valuable mining claims situ-
ated within a few hundred feet of the celebrated
Ferris-Haggarty copper property, and gives
promise of being equally valuable. He is also
the secretary of the Grant Copper Mining Co.,
located at Pearl, Colo. He is the representa-
tive of several of the leading insurance com-
panies, among others the Liverpool, London &
Globe, the Providence Washington Insurance
Co., the Phoenix Insurance Co., of Hartford,
Conn., the Niagara Insurance Co., of New
York, and the Fire Association of Philadelphia.
Although engaged in business but a short time
he has won the confidence of the business com-
munity by his energy, industry and attention
to all the details of his business, and he has
been steadily adding to it from month to month.
He is one of the leading business men of the
locality anil has dune much to build up the
new city of Encampment, lie was a mcniber
of its first citv government ;fnd was reelected
in KJIIJ. He is also a member of the school
board and prominent in all matters that affect
the public welfare or promote the general
1 of the community.
TH< >M \S I1KLL.
The subject of this sketch is a native of
the Dominion of Canada, having been born at
1'ort Xettf. on November _>o. 1803. He is the
son of Peter and Elizabeth (Webb) Hell, the
former a native of Scotland, and the latter of
Liverpool, England. His father came to
Canada from his native country when a young
man, and remained there until the year 1867,
when he removed to Colfax county. Neb.,
where he engaged in farming and stock rais-
ing operations up to the time of his decease,
in 1877. He was a man of education and one
of his brothers is at the head of one of the-
•leading educational institutions of Edinburg,
Scotland. The mother is still living at Nor-
folk, Neb., at the advanced age of seventy-nine
years. She was the mother of fifteen children,
of whom Thomas was the eleventh. His boy-
hood days were passed in Colfax county,
Neb., and there he received his education
until 1878, when he left Nebraska, came to
Wyoming and located at Cheyenne, and se-
cured employment as a range-rider. He fol-
lowed this occupation for many years, and ac-
quired a thoroughly practical knowledge of the
stock business. A considerable portion 'of this
time he was in the employ of the Swan Cattle
Co., one of the largest concerns in Wyoming.
He began business for himself in 1894 and pur-
chased the Node ranch situated about twelve
miles east of Lusk. He shortly afterward also
purchased the Handson property and is now
the owner of about 3,000 acres of land, well
stocked and improved, and is conducting a suc-
cessful and profitable business. His cattle are
principally Herefords crossed with Shorthorns,
and he has a fine herd of 4,000 head, which
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39
is being :nldi-(l to from year to \ear. ( In
ccmhcr 7. iSijj, Mr. Hell married with Miss
( ora L. Root, a native of \Yniiont and the
daughter of I'.. A. Root, a well-known and
highK respected gentleman. no\v residing at
Lnsk. To their union have been horn five chil
dren. l.ioiu-1 Lvcrard, Thomas Llovd, Floyd
Cecil, .\la\\\cll Keith and ( 'ora Irene. Their
home is one of the most hospitable in the state.
Fraternally, Mr. Hell is affiliated with the Ma-
sonic order, having attained the Thirty-second
decree of the Scottish Rile, and he is also a
member of the Independent ( >rder of < >dd Pel
low*. He takes an active interest in the fra-
ternal and social life of the community where
he maintains his home, and is looked upon as
one of the solid busines, men and substantial
property owners of Converse county, being
held in high esteem by his fellow citizens and
\\ c irllu > 'f their confidence.
WILLIAM ATCIIlSi )N.
< >ne of the best ranches in Laramie county.
\Y\oming, is that belonging to William Atchi-
son and situated on the Laramie River eleven
miles west of the Fort, where he has been liv-
ing since iS()S. IK- was burn in Williamstown,
Indiana, on February 21, iS^o, a son of Waller
and Margaret (Craigmyle) \n bison, natives
of Kentucky. The Atchison family is an ancient
Fnglish one, representatives of which came to
rica in earl\ ( 'olonial days, the descendants
latei making their home in < >hio. \\hence the\
scattered, to various parts of the country—
Atchison, Kansas. tvcei\ing its name from
David Atchison. a relative of William. The
Craigmyle ianiih is of Irish extraction, and the
immediate maternal ancestors of William Ale bi-
son were also early settlers in America. Waller
Atchison. father of William, was a merchant
in Xioiisville. Boone C,OUnty, Ind.. \\here lie was
quite prominent and lived until |S(.S, when lie
\\enl lo Minnesota and shortly afterwards tO
loua. where he settled on a farm si\ miles from
DCS Moines. where he followed agricultural pur
suits until his lamented death in August. iSSi.
his remains being interred in 1'olk county. I fis
\\ido\\ still resides in lies Moines and makes
her home with a daughter. William Ate!
received his education in Indiana and at the
age of seventeen years went to Minneapolis,
.Minn., and there worked at the carpenter's
trade for two \ears. becoming an expert in
this handicraft. In the fall of i Si ,S he \\ent with
his father to Iowa and assisted him on the
farm until the latter's death in iSSi. In De-
cember. iSSi, he came west with his wife and
up his residence in Colorado to FCCUpi
his health, which had become impaired. Here
he purchased a ranch about five miles from
Fort Collins and embarked in the cattle busi-
ness in combination with farming, in which he
continued until March. iSS-. when he sold out
and came to Wyoming, and here was cmp!
on the T V ranch with the people on Chng-
\\ater until iSoS. in the fall of which year he
purchased his present ranch, where he has since
been most siicccssfnllv engaged in cattle rais-
ing. This ranch is one of the best managed in
the couiitN and his duelling of the most modern
construction. William Atchison was unit,
marriage at I Vs .Moines. Iowa. «>n September
15, 1875. with Miss F.sthcr I-'.. Kitchel. a na-
tive of Indiana, anil the accomplished daughter
of John and Esther (Peck) Kilchel. uati\e- of
Xew Jersex and Xew York. Mr. Kilchel. a
farmer in Indiana, removed to |o\\a. becoming
a pioneer of Warren count}, and was there en-
gaged in farming until his death on March ,}.
iSi.o. his remains being interred in Warren
county. Mis widow. no\\ eight v-cight yeai
age. lives \\ith a dau-hler in I'age county,
[owa. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. \tclli-
soii has been blessed with three children. Nellie
L.. now Mrs. Roach : Clara M.. imw Mrs. Clmi-
ser. and \\alur !\ The family \vorshi]i at the
Methodisl church and are classed wiih the best
ill of Laramie comity and of the state, be
ing foremost in moral and religions work. \
a citi/en. Mr. \tchisoii is -ed as a Re-
publican and a ITlOSl Useful en i SHlUCh as
lie is ever among the foreiiiosi tO contribute
touanl public improvements and to
4o
i-K(>GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
their introduction when their necessity becomes
apparent. Recognition of the ability of Mrs.
Atchison to successfully administer public af-
fairs has been made by the United States gov-
ernment in her appointment as postmaster of
Grey .Rocks postoffice, the duties of this office
being discharged with great acceptability and
the satisfaction of the postoffice department
and the patrons of the office, with whom she
is distinctively popular.
BERT BERGERSON.
The young state of Wyoming owes much
to her citizens of foreign birth, those men of
rugged type who have brought to their new
homes in the West those admirable traits of
industry, economy and thrift which they learned
in the homes of their childhood beyond the sea.
Prominent among this class in his section of the
state is Bert Bergerson, who is a native of Nor-
way, having been born on October 14, 1855, the
son of Berger and Carrie (Thoreson) Berger-
son, both natives of that country. His father
followed the occupation of farming until his
death in 1887, and now lies buried amid the
scenes of his active life. The mother resides
at the old home in Norway. Bert Bergerson
grew to man's estate and received his early
education in the schools of his native county,
afterwards following the occupation of farm-
ing with his father, until he was twenty-six
years old, then the limited business opportuni-
ties of his home and the reports which had
come to him of the splendid possibilities in
the new world across the Atlantic Ocean influ-
enced him to seek his fortune in America.
Therefore, in June, 1882, with such small sav-
ings as he had put aside from his years of toil,
he took ship and sailed away to the land of
promise in the West. Arriving in America in
due course of time, he proceeded first to Fayette
count}', Iowa, where he had acquaintances and
secured employment as a farm hand, and re-
mained in that vicinity engaged in that pur-
suit, until the spring of 1886, when he went to
Cheyenne county, Neb., and took up a home-
1 claim, and entered u]»>n the business of
fanning for a year when he came to Cheyenne,
Wyo., where he remained for about one year
then secured employment at the ranch
owned by Andrew Gilchrist, xon South Crow
creek, where he continued for a number of
>, returning, however, each spring and fall
to his homestead entry in Nebraska until he
had fully complied with the requirements of
the laws of the United States and had acquired
a government title to the land. In the spring
of 1895 he made an extended trip through
Montana, Oregon and Washington, to find a
desirable location to engage in ranching and
stockraising, but he was unable to find any
that equalled Wyoming. He therefore returned
and in the fall of 1895 secured a lease on his
present ranch situated on Middle Crow creek,
about twenty miles west of Cheyenne. Here he
has since remained engaged successfully in the
business of raising cattle and doing general
ranching. He is still the owner of his home-
stead in the state of Nebraska and his wife is
also the owner of a ranch on the table lands
near Pine Bluffs, Wyo. On June 13, 1900, Mr.
Bergerson was united in matrimony at Salem,
Wyo., with Miss Xathalia Anderson, a native
of Sweden ami the daughter of Lars and Katie
Anderson, both natives of Sweden. This esti-
mable married pair are members of the Lutheran
church, and take an earnest and sincere inter-
est in all works of religion and charity in the
community where the}' maintain their home.
They are the best type of citizens, honest, in-
dustrious, law-abiding and devoted to the in-
stitutions of their adopted country. Politically,
Mr. Bergerson is identified with the Republican
party, and as every good citizen should, takes
an active and patriotic interest in all matters
calculated to affect the public welfare.
HON. JOSEPH A. BLACK.
A resident of Wyoming for nearly a quarter
of a century and occupying during much of that
time a position of commanding influence in the
civil and political councils of the territory and
VE MEX UP WYOMIXG.
, Hon. Joseph A. I'.lack, of the Big Piney
section »f the country, has been a potential
in tin.- scttlcm
the state, and has exhibited in his
work here the sell-reliance. strength <>f mind,
and general resour. - he ac-
•d in a varied and eventful experience else-
where. ()n AUL: 1853, in the state of
Indiana his life began as the son of B. F. and
Louisa (Matthews) Black, the former a native
(if Kentuckv and the latter of Indiana, both
g children of ministers in the Christian
church and prominenl men. The father
,i minister of that faith and a veteran of the
1 War. in which he served as muster of
trans] on in his command. They were
the parents of eight children, five boys and
[s, of whom six are pel living. Joseph
A. I Hack was educated in the public schools of
Indiana and at ; ible private school in
!. whither his parents had removed before
he was of age. In 1873 he sought the free and
ads eiuun ms life of the plains in Texas where
he rode ihe cattle ranges and followed trail
work, continuing this in every state and tcr-
ritory west of Missouri until t8qo, a part of the
time serving as foreman in charge of extensive
In i^Si he came, to \Vv miiing and
within her promising and rapidly improving
hounds In -In- since re irrying on a pros-
iis and e: '. industry on a tract
"f ;_>o acres of land which he owns and has
v> ell improved, and on which he has fine herds
of graded !!• ttli and on which lie has
'Utinuoiisly since 1890. Mr. I'.lack is
i belonging to Evanston ( \\
••-. \'o. i -t 3 grivit inter
in it }, rdthough SO situated that he is
••rcmu-nt lodge attendant. He
Wyoming '
lalnrc in moo and wa ["in 190 I li>
course iu the body vva s highly commend, d and
his service^ to his constituents were of great
and appreciated value. Although a l\i publi-
n pi ilitics, he is fi .
ship and sees tin- int. ' his county with
ith of view and in an enterprising spirit.
lie was married on January i, 1887. with Miss
Mary Jaycox. a native of Illinois, at the time of
ili. marriage living in Wyoming. The;, have
children, Ida, Orline, Edna, Joseph A.
ami Mary. Mr. Black is one of the leading
citizens of the state and takes an active and in-
•nt interest in all her affairs. lie has 1
:dent of \\ yoming since 1880 and has made
substantial contributions to her development
and improvement.
ALKXAMJER BOGGS.
A successful ranch and stockman of Albany
county, Wyoming, is the subject of this sketch,
Alexander Boggs. whose residence is at Pol-
lock, in that county. A native of Indiana, he
born in 1848, a son of Matthew L, and
Amanda iStackho . both natives of
Pennsylvania, where the father was born on ,
March 4, 1813, and followed railroading in his
native state as a conductor on the first railroad
built in the state. He later established his h
in Shelb) county, Indiana, where he engaged
in farming, in 1857. disposing of his farm he-
removed to Illinois, and continued agricultural
pursuits in Coles count}- until 1878. when he
removed to Kansas, when- he was occupied in
ame pursuit up to the time of his wife's
death, then he sold his farm and now makes his
\\iih his children, lie was the son of
Alexander and Magdalinc iShafcri !'.<•
both natives of Pennsylvania. Alexander
Boggs. the grandfather, passed all his lifi
Pennsylvania, living to the age of 8< > \ears. his
wife Magdaline living to the rci
of IO< ' 'i her i if the SU ihis
writing was horn in i8_'7, was married in i
and died in Kansas in 188(1, lieiitL1 the mother of
eleven children. I'niir boys and seven ^irls.
rt attained man's
in Illinois and there received his early
education in the public scIinoU. \i ih
eight' en he was c. impelled b
health to lea\ and eni^a^e in busr
for himself, first following the occupation of
farming in Illinois, later removing to Mimii
PROGRESSIVE \l I \ Of WYOMING.
and still later to Kansas, o mi inning in farm-
ing and >tc ickgn i\\ -ing < ppcrations until 1880,
making hi- residence in the count v i >i Rooks.
In tlu- -print;- of 1880, he came to the territory
of \Y\oniing and settled on a ranch in the
vicinity of Laraniie and devoted his full energy
to the business of raising cattle. In this pursuit
he has mei with success, increasing- his holdings
both of land and stuck from year to year since
that time, and he is now the owner of a fine
ranch, well fenced and with good improvements,
suitable buildings and surroundings for a suc-
cessful ranching and cattleraising business. In
1890 he was united in holy matrimony with
Miss Delia Eychaner a native of New York
and the daughter of Milton and Magdeline
1 1 hunm) Eychaner, of the same state. The
father of Airs. Boggs is still living, engaged in
farming in Iowa, but the mother passed away
in 1870. at the age of forty-six years. She was
the mother of nine children and was the daugh-
ter of John and Mary (Sawyer) Hamm, both
natives of Germany. To Mr. and Mrs. Boggs
four children have been born, namely. Fay.
Pearl, Ethel and Roy, all of whom are living.
Politically Mr. Boggs is identified with the Re-
publican party and takes an active and patriotic
interest in public affairs. He has never sought
or desired political position, preferring to give
his time and attention to the management of
his business interests. He is one of the most
respected citizens of the community where he
resides.
H. L. BRENNING.
In every flourishing community there are
certain men, who, by their enterprise, straight-
forward business methods and public-spirit,
maintain the prosperity and progressiveness of
the place, and. when to these qualifications we
can add the mechanical and technical skill of
an architect and builder, we can see how forms
of beauty in wood and brick will arise to
beautify the town and by its improved appear-
ance attract a desirable element tQ|become its
citizens. These reflections arise when consider-
ing the eminently uselul lite and labor*, of
Henrj \.. I'.rcnning. the popular architect and
builder of 1 )otiglas, the monuments of whose
architectural skill are everywhere patent to the
observer. Mr. Brenning was born in the old
tcwn of Norwood. Ala--., on March 25, 1851. the
son of Thomas and Catherine (Hitchins) Bren-
ning. natives of Norwood and Xew Hampshire.
His paternal grandfather came from (Juebcc to
Massachusetts, becoming a lifelong resident of
the state, his son Thomas following farming in
Norfolk county and raising a family of eight
sons and three daughters. Henry L. nrenning
\\as the \oungest child of this family, and after
receiving an excellent education he thoroughly
learned the trades of carpenter and bridge
builder in the extensive car shops at Norwood,
there applying himself to labor in these lines
and the acquisition of technical instruction in
this connection until 1879, when he was carried
to Leadville, Colo., on the wave of excitement
over the rich mineral discoveries in that camp,
there engaging in profitable employment as a
bridge builder on the line of the Denver &
Rio Grande Railway, in 1880 making his home
in Denver. Not long thereafter he came to
Boulder, Wyo., where he passed two years,
thence removing to Cheyenne, and engaging in
contracting and carpenter work in the construc-
tion of dwellings, etc., continuing in that city
until 1880 when he was attracted* .by the pros-
pective advantages of the new town of Douglas
and removed thither as one of its very earliest
settlers, his wife being the first woman resident
of the town. From that time to the present Mr.
Brenning has been one of the busiest men of
the place, having been the builder of every
structure constructed of brick erected in the
city, the first one of importance being the at-
tractive building containing the First National
Hank, since which construction his services and ^
skill have been in constant requisition, erect-
ing many business houses and numerous resi-
dences costing from $10,000 upwards. He has
just completed the fine high school building of
three stories. 35x104 'feet in size, which was
commenced in 1887, and is now giving atten-
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linn 1" ilk- erection of the elegant I'nity Tem-
ple, which is 75\IJ(i feet in si/c and cil" I wo
stories, constructed »i pressed lirick. These- ami
Other IK iiahlc specimen-, of his handiwork \\'\\\
long stand as monuments |,, |-,js artistic taste,
his work being of solid and enduring char,i< tei
ami his industry and painstaking strongly mani-
fest. .Mr. P.rcnning belongs to hoth the .Ma-
sonic and < >dd I-'cllows fraternal societies and
lie is connected with Wyoming's leading indus-
try as one of the three associates in the Table
Mountain Sheep Co. lie \\as married on I >e
ceniher i, 1X75. at Fremont Temple. I'.oston.
Mass.. to Miss Annie K. Davis, a native of
(Juincy, .Mass., and a daughter of Ilcnjaniin
Long Davis, a descendant of carls and honor-
able families of the 1'lymouth and Massachusetts
colonies. Their family consists of an adopted
SOn, l\oy 1'". Among the people of the section
none stand in higher repute or have more
numerous friends than Mr. and Mrs. P.rcnning.
IIAk.MOX I'.klTTAIX.
A frontier farmer and stocks-rower, a
valiant \imrod in these \\-estern wilds when
they were not as yet much broken to civiliza-
tion and game- was plentiful, with an excellent
record to his credit in each capacity, and a
secure and enviable place in the regard of his
fellowmen, Harmon I'.rittain of near I)a\ton
in Sheridan county. \V\ommg. can look upon
his life in both prospect and retrospect witli
a large measure of satisfaction, having always
mel its responsibilities with a manly and cour-
iUS spirit and having' at hand and before him
enough lit \\orldlv wealth and coi sideration to
gi\c safety and sunshine to his declining years.
II' was born in Indiana on March 7. iS^o. his
l>arents. \\'illiam and Rachel (McReynolds)
I'.niiain, nali\es of Kentucky, having s.-tiled in
that stat,' in earl) limes. Tin-re \\lien he was
six years old his moihcr died, and ten years
later, in 1X411, his father mo\ed to Iowa and in
iSss ivnioud hi- familv to ( ,rnnd\ count).
Mo. After a residence of some \cars in that
coiintv he settled in B iint\ in the same
state and there in I SX< > in the fulness of years
he died and was laid to rest. Harmon I'.rittain
grew to manhood and uas educated in Missouri,
and for more than a i|iiarter of a century was
there engaged in farming. In iXSi. he removed
to \\ \oming and, locating on i '. ek in
Sheridan county, prosecuted a vigorous and
profitable stock industry, handling and raising
s, until iXtjj when he removed his l>a •
operations to Johnson county, thirty miles
south of I'.utt'alo, where he carried on the same
enterprise. In June. [902, he came to Dayton
and purchased a ranch adjacent to the town of
t6o acres oi superior land, highlv improved
and in an excellent state of cultivation, where
lie lias a fine herd of Shorthorn cattle and also
nearly joo horses of good breeds. A sp
leal tire of his ranch and the industries thereon
conducted i- an apiary of unusual proporp
value and productiveness. It is one of the best
in ibis section oi the country and has atti"'
the attention of men interested in lice culture in
main places. ( >n his land he raises large crops
of alfalfa and other farm products, and his beau-
tiful residence is one of the ornaments of the
neighborhood. .Mr. l.rittain was first married
in (iruml) county. Mo., in lSu>. with Miss
Julia I-'.. Leonard, a Kent iickian. \\lio died OD
mber _>7, i<ioo, leaving two children. 'Wil-
liam ]•"., the postmaster at Sheridan, and Sarah
( .. now wife of Arthur ('. issit of I 'ass i 'reek.
(>n lanuarv i. IMOJ. he was again married, on
this occasion to Mrs. Xettic Shadduck. a na-
live of Pennsylvania, the marriage being solem-
nized at I'.ulTalo. In his career as a hunter Mr.
Brittain has Killed twenty-two bears and
and elk. He still pursues the sport with all the
ardor if not all the vigor of his carh da\s and
brings home many trophies of his skill and
prowess.
1) \\ ID P.k( K »KM.\X.
This well-known gentleman is one of Wyo-
ming's honored pioneers, h.uing been actively
identified \uih the industrial hisiory of the
Great Wesl I'n.m iSi.,-. He is an \merican by
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOML\G.
:ng a native' of luigland where his
liinh occurred in iS-'J. His father John
>kmaii. was a blacksmith for the greater
part nf his life residing in the city of Newport,
England, where he enjoyed the reputation of
and skillful mechanic. The mother
died when David was two years old after which
he lived with a sister, Mrs. Griffins, for some
years, later making his home with an aunt, also
a Mrs. Griffins. When still young he began to
learn blacksmithing, in which he soon acquired
more than ordinary efficiency and skill, work-
in u;" at his trade in various places and carefully
husbanding his earnings with the thought of
emigrating to the United States, of which coun-
try he had read much and heard many favorable
reports, and in 1849 he took passage on a
vessel bound for the New World and in due
time reached his destination, where he entered
. a new career under conditions radically
different from those of England. Being master
of an honorable and useful calling, from the
time of his arrival until 1861 he worked at his
trade in Pennsylvania. When th" Civil War
occurred Mr. Brookman was one of the first
young men of the place of his residence to ten-
der his services to the government, enlisting in
[861 in Co. D, Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania Regi-
ment, with which he shared the fortunes and
vicissitudes of war for three years and three
months, taking part in the noted campaigns of
the Army of the Potomac, demonstrating his
loyalty to the flag of his adopted country in
some of the bloodiest battles known to history,
prominent among them being the great battle
of Gettysburg, where his hearing was per-
manently impaired. In all the trying scenes
through which he passed he never shirked a
responsibility, however onerous, nor shrank
from duty even though its performance were
attended by danger and the immediate prospect
of death. At the close of the war Mr. Brook-
man returned to Pennsylvania and engaged in
mining until about 1867, when he came to Wyo-
ming. The year following his arrival he passed
in Carbon and then changed his abode to Rock
Springs, with the industrial growth and de-
velopment of which he was for many years
aciiveK identified. He has been largely in-
ited in mining and was one of the pioneers
of tin- industry in Sweetwater comity. He has
seen the industry grow from an insignificant
• Tit mammoth proportions
and not only has he been a witness of the re-
markable development but he has been largely
instrumental in bringing about the results which
have made this part of Wyoming foremost
among the rich mining regions of the west. In
all material improvements which have marked
the last quarter century of the county's growth,
he has left the impress of his strong individu-
ality upon public and private institutions as well
as upon the industrial developments. In a
large measure he has paved the way that others
might follow, having been a pioneer in many
avenues, as well as an early settler. For a
number of years Mr. Brookman took a lively
interest in politics and was one of the Republi-
can leaders in Rock Springs and Sweetwater
county, but has never been an aspirant for po-
litical honors, although called from time to time
to local offices in which his course was marked
by duty ably and conscientiously discharged.
Since 1898 he has been living in honorable re-
tirement, enjoying the fruits of his many years
of honest toil. His home in Rock Springs is
presided over by an amiable wife and devoted
helpmeet to whom he was united in wedlock in
1894. Mrs. Brookman 's maiden name was
Elizabeth Buchanan ; she is the daughter of
John and Elizabeth (Hazleton) Buchanan, na-
tives of Ireland and at the time of her marriage
to Mr. Brookman was the widow of Robert
Harvey, who departed this life in the Emerald
Isle in 1890.
HUGO E. BUECHNER.
"Earn thy reward : the gods give naught
to sloth," said one of the ancient sages, and
the truth of the admonition has been strikingly
exemplified in human affairs throughout the
ages. The gentleman to whose life story the
reader's attention is here invited, has by cease-
MEN or in
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•nil and endeavor attained a marked sue-
in the business \vorld. hein- n
of tile representative men of Che'
where he lias maitnan
Hu i ] Bui chnei
irei children
it mint;- the family of William and Louise
i Hermann i I'.nechner. and he \\a> born on
toiler .v. I ^40- He attended the schools of his
natii or live years and then eanie to the
Unit. 5, reaching this countr eptem-
Durin- the ensuing three years he
received instruction in the public schools and
in Tune. iS'i.v entered an establishment at XVw-
\". |., wL ianufacturei
.urpose of learning this trade, rnuainin-
'inn . if l;iel,l cv ( 'o. for a little over
ears, during which time he beeani.'
i all branches of the bus:
and earned a reputation second to no
ill workman. In 1^7; .Mr. Bui ' . ame
nm and accepted a p. »ition i
;ry house of Josl; ; ark, with \vhom he
•ned two and g his
ciioii for th. '.U'ius i" •
him-.. -If. and in partnersliiji \\ith i'.
m, under ihe firm nai'
Zehner, ' . started
which i e oi time
\\. ti hit: the leading g the
'i him at the i
of the industry in \V\omin-. Tli part-
nership la-ted until IS*/ when the name 0
firm was change I ti Zehr lui .-hner & G .
by which it CO ' MI until
\\hrii Buechner \ - ame proprii
Under l;
ried . .n. the he i inly ma:'-
of tine jewelry in the Mate and it is
of i In- trade as
Mlted
i I . I-'., and ( 'harl MHT. with
d with the hu-iiii-ss in a
i of ere
ig a member of the firm. Komi the
•lining the enterprise ha, 1" --fill.
fully meeting th. sanguine expectations
of tho-e interested under the -killfnl mai
ment of Mr. I'.ueclnu-r, wl -e atten-
tion 1. 1 e\ lest
Ih.' business increased in
nitude i if . iperati m . he estab-
lishment runniiiL;- at its full capacity in o
eet the constantly in. demand-
their hitdi-iTade yoods. and calls conic from all
their exquisite \vorkman-
;n enirraving and chasing. ^Fr. B
only succeedeil to a hiuh ]>lace in the
business circles of Cheyenne and the state but
nally prominent in the social and political
i the city. In iSSj he was elected to r.
Laramie county in the Seventh Territorial
:iid, when \\'yon:: lifted
li
eral !
In [)olitic-- he is in his al
to the Re|iublican party and has been prominent
,-al and 'fairs. He is also public
spirited and lonable pride in the
'
the i! !' in the confinui
perity of the city. Mr. riuechner has been suc-
•itl in the accnmulai: ealth and is
hich
in the \
He owns a beautiful hi d his domestic re-
lations ai ible. the
family nmvinsj: i'i ihe :iety circles of the
city. !;raternally he is a member of th.
lent Protective ' Irder of l''.lk-. enthus
the jirineiples of that
nix.atioii and active in carrvin^ on-
work in. i under its an- Mrs.
•liner wa- formerh Mi-s Lena Sel
Xewark. X. }., in which city she m;tiTie
husband ir 187 • imioti h:
liter, namely ;
1,-v ( ,.. In- Father's partn man
of excellent b;>
me, wife of I'Vederick I. McKie. and \u
Instils, uho hold- an important position with
the linn hner \- Son, and who will
join in the partnership and tread in the
PROGRESSIVE MEN Of
steps (if liis father, with ;i full km i\\ led^r of
the jewelr\ business. Air. liueehner is to he
congratulated in having two suns who so well
adapt themselves in the business, lie has now
spent forty years in an active service at the
jeweler's bench.
JOHX G. I'.UXX.
lohn G. Bunn, of Meriden, \\ yoming, is a
native of Otsego county, X. Y., and was born
on January 13, 1860, a . son of John P. and
Sarah (Bard) Bunn, both natives of New York
state. His father was engaged in the occupa-
tion of farming in Otsego county and later re-
moved to the county of Delaware, where he
still resides, following the same occupation. The
mother passed away during the residence of
the family in Otsego county and lies at rest be-
neath its sod. Mr. Bunn received his early edu-
cation in the common schools of Otsego and
Delaware counties. X. Y.. and remained with
his father on the farm until he had attained tin-
age of twenty-one years. He then engaged in
business for himself and worked for wages as
a farm hand in New York until 1882. He then
resolved to seek his fortune in the West and
came to Nebraska, where for three months he
worked on a farm, and then secured a position
or, the Union Pacific Railroad as a member
of a repair crew on the line of that road as
far as Ogden, Utah. In the fall of 1882 he
returned to Cheyenne and was employed in
the construction of railroad shops at that place,
remaining in that employment until the spring
of 1883. He came then to Lagrange. \Vyo..
and secured employment on the ranch of Mr.
R. Martin, which adjoins his own home prop-
erty. Here he remained for one year and ac-
quired a thorough and practical knowledge of
the stock .business from that best of all schools,
the school of experience. In the spring of 1884
he tools up the ranch where he now resides on
Bear < reek, about thirty-one miles east of
Chugwater. Here he has since made his resi-
dence and is engaged in the profitable industries
of cattle and horseraising. and he possesses
one of the finest hay and stock ranches in his
section of the state. lie owns 320 acres of
patented land and has a tract of range land
which he holds under lease from the state. His
business is being steadily increased from year
to year, and from small beginnings, by hard
mirk, perseverance and close attention to de-
tails he has built up a successful ranch prop-
erty and also won the highest respect of the
community where he resides. On November
iH. iSS(), Mr. liunn was united in marriage
with Miss Anna Fletcher, a native of Iowa,
a daughter of William and Martha (Ewers)
Fletcher, both natives of Ohio. Her parents
early emigrated from their native state to
Iowa, settling first in Jefferson county, and
thev were among the very earliest of
the pioneers of that section, where they
followed the occupation of farming, later
removing to the county of Decatur where
they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Bunn have six
children, William, Walter, Ralph, Elsie, Arthur
and Archie. They are all still living. Mr. Bunn is
a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America, being affiliated with the lodge at La-
grange. Politically, he is a stanch member of
the Democratic party, giving unswerving and
loyal support to that organization, although he
has never sought or held a political office.
DELWIX C. BURDICK.
Delwin C. Burdick, of Meriden, Laramie
county. Wyoming, is a native of Walworth
county, Wisconsin, having been born in that
section of the great Middle West on Decem-
ber 27, 1856, the son of Edwin and Mary
(Carpenter) Burdick, both natives of New York.
His father was a physician who emigrated from
the Empire State in 1840 to the Badger State,
and settled in the city of Walworth and en-
gaged in the practice of his profession. He
was one of the very earliest of the pioneers
of that section of Wisconsin, and took a
prominent part in the upbuilding of that fron-
tier country. He remained at the beautiful lit-
tle city of Walworth in an active medical prac-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
47
tice ii]) to the time of his <lruth in 1870. The
mother passed away from earth at Walworth
in iS^S, when IHT son Delwin was only two
years of age and both his parents were buried
in \\'al worth county. Mr. Burdick remained in
attendance ii|ion the ])iiblic schools of Walworth
county until the death of his father in 1870,
when at the age of thirteen years he removed
to .Minnesota and lived with relatives in that
state for t\\o years, going then to Rock county,
Wis.. where he attended the public schools, but
being compelled to leave school at an early age,
he secured employment in a feeclmill for four
years, but in 1880, desiring to engage in busi-
ness for himself he left Wisconsin for the Black
Hills of South Dakota, where he engaged in
mining for about one year with little success.
The following year he returned to his early
Wisconsin home and again secured employment
in a feedmill and remained engaged in that
business for about two years. In the spring of
the year of 1883, having determined to enter
upon a field of endeavor where there- would be
suitable rewards for his industry and effort,
where he would have an opportunity to estab-
lish himself in an independent business and to
acquire a competency, he proceeded to the ter-
ritory ot Wyoming, where amid the more favor-
able conditions of a new country he hoped to
acquire a fortune. Here he took up the ranch
which he still owns and occupies, on F.ear Creek,
about fifty miles northeast of Cheyenne, and
at once embarked in the business of cattle rais-
ing. Beginning in a small way he has added to
liis operations from year to year and by careful
attention to business and persistent effort he
has overcome every difficulty which he en-
countered, and is now ihe owner of a fine ranch
.if 4X0 acres of patented land, which is well
stocked and in a prosperous condition. On
November, ji), iXXij. at the city of Chcyemn-.
Wyo.. he was united in marriage with Mrs.
Lilly A. Burke, a native of Coimecticn! and
the daughter of the \\< \ . W. \. I )nn ham, a naii\ e
of Vermont, but no\\ residing in the cit \ of
• •line. Wyo.. having been a resident there
since iX<jX. M,-. Bunlick is a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America, being affiliated
with the lodge at Lagrangc. while Mrs. Bur-
dick' is an active member of the I'rotestant
Episcopal church, most earnest and devoted in
all matters connected with church and char-
itable work.
GUS A. BURG.
A representative Swedish- American citizen
who has prospered in the land of his adoption.
is i .us A. Burg, a prominent resident of Wood's
Landing, in Albany county, Wyoming. Born
in 1844, in Sweden, he is the son of Jonas Burg,
his parents both being natives of the same
country. His father was born in 1801 and fol-
lowed the occupation of farming in Sweden up
to the time of his demise, which did not occur
until he had arrived at the advanced age of
ninety-five years. The mother was born in
iSn and passed away within two 'lays of the
death of her lifelong companion and they are
buried side by side near the scenes oi their
lives' activity. Gus V Burg grew to man's es-
tate in Sweden and he there received his
cation, attending the public schools and availing
himself of every opportunity at his command
for the purpose of acquiring knowledge in early
life. When he had attained to the ig
twenty-one years he began life for himself, on
a farm near the paternal home, where he re-
mained for about one year, then came to
America to ascertain the whereabout < of an
elder brother, who had been a soldier in the
Civil War in this country and had not since
been heard from. In America hi' engaged in
\arious occupations in different localities in the
eastern states for about one year and then came
to ' Miiaha. N'cb.. where he remained for aboul
one year, thence coming to Laramie, in the
territory of Wyoming. In iXuX he engagi
railroading, on the I "nion Pacific Railroad. •
tinning in tli.it employment up to 1874. when
lie located the ranch he now occupies, \\hen- lie
has since been en .raising
first lie entered in a small way in shccpra
ing. but subsequent!) he changed
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF II YOMING.
hi> stock and has since devoted his energies to
cattleraising, in which he is now engaged.
Starting' with two hundred and eighty acres
of unimproved land he has added to his hold-
ings, both of land and stock from year to year,
until he is now the owner of a fine ranch con-
sisting of over 1700 acres of land, well-fenced and
improved, with modern buildings and all ap-
pliances and convenience's for the successful con-
ducting of the cattle industry, being one of the
prosperous and thrifty property owners of the
county. In 1884 he was united in matrimony with
Miss Anna C. Matson, a native of Sweden. To
their union have been born two children, Ames
Oliver and Leonard C., both of whom are attend-
chool in Omaha, Neb. Politically Mr. Burg
i> a stanch adherent of the Republican party, and
for many years he has been active in the coun-
cils of that political organization and taken a
leading part in the public affairs of the com-
munity where he maintains his home. Deeply
interested in the work of the public schools, he
has served as a member of the school board of
his district, and has contributed liberally of
both his time and means to the promotion of
every worthy measure calculated to advance the
best interests of his section of the state. He is
widely respected as a successful, enterprising
and public spirited citizen.
HUGH BURNS.
Hugh Burns, of Inyankara, Crook county,
Wyoming, was born in County Donegal, Ire-
land, on February 24, 1830, the son of John and
Mary (Carr) Burns, whose forefathers had lived
in the Emerald Isle for many generations, tilling
the soil and bearing the burdens of their lot
with patience, fidelity and cheerfulness and doing
what they could in their unostentatious way to
advance the interests of the community. In
1842, when he was twelve years old, Hugh
Burns was brought to America by his parents
who settled in Greene county, N. Y., and there
in the midst of the picturesque and historic Cat-
skill Mountains they pursued the peaceful voca-
tion of their fathers until death ended their la-
bors. Their son Hugh began his education in
his native land and completed it in his new
home, win-re he remained until he was twenty-
four years old aiding in the work on the farm. In
1864 he sought a new country for his hopes and
aspirations, and removing to Leavenworth,
Kan., engaged in freighting operations between
that city and Fort Laramie, Wyo. He con-
ducted his operations to various cities and
camps in Wyoming until 1867, and then halted
at Cheyenne, then only the promise of a town
and mainly composed of tents. From there he
went to Fort Saunders and was there when
Laramie was founded. He worked on ranches
and at other occupations in that neighborhood
until 1883 when he removed to his present ranch
in Crook county, seventeen miles south of Sun-
dance, where he was one' of the first settlers
and saw much of the real hardship and priva-
tion of pioneer life, his very ranch being part
of a battlefield on which whites and Indians had
fought desperately for the mastery and civiliza-
tion had triumphed over barbarism in 1875.
Since then nature has covered the wounds of
that struggle with her greenest tapestry, and
skillful husbandry has transformed the wilds
into fruitful fields periodically white with the
harvests of systematic industry, so that now
what was at Mr. Burns' settlement an ahm i>t
unbroken wilderness is one of the thickly popu-
lated and highly cultivated sections of a great
and growing, although still youthful state, and
it owes its development and progress largely
to his thrift, enterprise and influential spirit of
advancement. He and his two sons, who have
ranches adjoining his, have as fine a body of
land as the county contains, and carry on one
of the most active and profitable stock indus-
tries in this portion of the state. In all the af-
fairs of his locality Mr. Burns has taken a great
interest and a leading part. He is the post-
master at Inyankara and is looked up to as
a man of commanding influence in all lines of
civil and commercial life in the community. On
January I, 1878, at Laramie, he was united in
marriage with Miss Mary J. McCall. a native
of Ireland, where her parents. Terence and Jane
PROGRESSIVE MEN (>!• WYOMING.
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MeCall. were also born of ancestry that had
been resident there from time immemorial. Her
father was a prosperous slioe merchant in [re-
land, and both of her parents have died and been
buried there. Mr. and Mrs. Burns have two
children, both sons, Charles and John. Ml
the family are members of the Catholic ehntvli.
and it is but just to say of the sons that they are
exemplars of the business thrift and energv.
the sterling worth and all the amenities of life
for which their parents have been distinguished
from their youth.
JAMES CARRAGHER.
A prominent rancher of Spring Hill, Wyo-
ming, is fauns Carragher. who is one of the
leading citizen- of Albany county. He was
burn on June 12, 1854, in Livingston county.
X. Y.. the son of John and Catherine (Carney)
Carragher. both natives of Ireland. His father
was a mason by trade and followed that occu-
pation in Livingston county for many years and
up to 1861, when he enlisted in Co. G. Eighth
Xew York Cavalry, and went to the front in
the great Civil War. At the battle of the Wil-
derness he \\as captured and taken as a prisoner
of war to Libbey prison and died there in 1804.
The mother remained in the New Yrork home
and at this writing makes her home at Cale-
donia in that state. James Carraghrr grew 1"
man's estate in Livingston county and received
his early education in the public schools of Cale-
donia. After having completed his education, he
remained at home with his mother and followed
farming until he had attained to the age of
twenty-four years. In tin- spring of 1870. he
rmined to seek his fortune in the country
farther to the west, came \<> Omaha. Neb., ac-
cepted a position in the machine shops of the
I'nimi Pacific Railroad and remained there for
alxmt one year. In iSSo he removed to ( 'olo
rado. \\here b •. d in prospecting and min-
ing in the county of Gunnison with varying SUC-
For about fi air years. He then ah.-m.i
the business of mining, and came to the city ot
Denver, in the state of Colorado. lie then
again entered the emp!o\ o) the Union Pacific
Railway and went to the territory of Idaho,
where he was employed as a st> >n. After
I his engagement in Idaho he
returned to Denver, where he remained a short
time, and then went to Chi where he was
as a stone-mason, securing employ-
ment on a ranch near that city, he rema
three years. In the fall of 1887 he came to
Albany county, and in the spring of the follow-
in u; year he located a ranch on Hear Creek,
about fifty mile- snuth of Douglas. Wyo.. and
there engaged in the business of raising cattle.
He continued here in the cattle business with
considerable success up to i';«o, when he dis-
posed of his ranch to good advantage and pur-
chased his present place on Trail Creek, a tribu-
tary of Horseshoe Creek, in Horseshoe Park,
one of the most desirable ranch locations in the
state. He has since that time continued to
side on the latter ranch, and has met with suc-
cess in his chosen industrv, being now the owner
of 480 acres Q] 'and. well fenced and impr' •
with a modern residence ami all suitable 1 mild-
ings and conve'niences for the carr\in^ on of
a "eneral cattle business. His success i> due
to his own effort .s and to the energy, ability and
good judgment he has shown in the manage-
ment of his ranch and stock interests. [Te is
one of the mosl respected citizens of Mbany
county, and has the warm friendship and es-
teem of all who know him. On November 17.
1899, Mr. Carragher was united in man
,-it Cheyenne, Wyo., with Miss Margaret Mncy.
a native of Wyoming and the daughter of Jack-
si Hi and ' i M 1\ I M>n< • . thi fi finer
a native of Kentucky and the latter of Ohio.
The father of Mrs. ( 'arragher was long en-
d in tin- business in Wyoming, hav-
ing a ranch , ' ' !heyenm I hir-
ing the early days before the advent of tlu
railroad, he was ,1 in freighting from
Missouri River po • the country farther
to the west, and was a:i active and prosp, •
business man for manv \ears in Wyoming and
one of tl ol the i
Ib- passed a\\a\ m March. I S. r .. and lies buried
PROGRESSIVE MEN (>/•' WYOMING.
in Cheyenne. The mother died in 187^, and lies
by tlio side of her husband. Mrs. Carraghcr is
a de\out iiK-mber of the 1'rotestant Kpiscopal
church and IHT husband is a member nt the
Roman Catholic church, lint both take active-
interest in all works of religion and charity in
the community where their home is located.
Politically. Mr. Carragher is identified with
the Democratic party, a conscientious be-
liever in the principles of that political organiza-
tion, although never taking a partisan position
in local politics.
Jl'DGE WILLIAM A. CARTER.
Judge William A. Carter was born on April
15, 1818, at Pittsylvania, Prince William county,
Virginia, a son of Wormley and Lucinda
(Washington) Carter, and the plantation of his
birth had been for generations an ancestral
heritage. The Carter family is one of the old-
est and proudest on the roll of Virginia's
earliest settlers, the first American ancestor,
John Carter, the emigrant, coming to the col-
on}- in 1641) and acquiring landed possessions
and making his residence at Corotoman in
Lancaster county. He soon became a man of
importance and wealth, and in that troublous
period of the Old Dominion's history his record
is that of loyalty, good judgment and conserva-
tive influence. . His son, Col. Robert Carter, at-
tained a higher position than his father and his
wealth was far in excess of his father's for-
tune. In 1730 Lord Fairfax conveyed to him
63,000 acres of the great "northern neck" of
\ irginia, and a historian writes that "on this
tract, around the present village of Millwood,
settled numerous friends and relatives of the
proprietor, bringing with them the traits of the
lowlands." In this attractive country (one
American writer called it "the New Arcady." i
the Lowlanders located their families and serv-
ants : erected the "Old Chapel" church which
still nestles under the lofty sycamores and
here their descendants remain to this day. Be-
fore 1727 Col. Robert Carter, who had filled
various important offices with dignity and capa-
bility, was advanced from the high position of
"president of the council" to the highest office
in the colony, that of governor, in which office
he was succeeded by William Gooch. His
name is perpetuated by numerous descendants,
identified in a marked manner with various
places of the state, as it has been conferred on
mountains, rivers and other localities. At the
time of his death he was considered the wealth-
iest man of the state. Judge Carter was a direct
descendant in the fifth generation from Col.
Robert Carter, but was early left an orphan, his
father dying when his son was but seven years
of age and leaving a widow and five children.
William remained near his birthplace until he
was seventeen, waxing strong and vigorous
amid the pleasant rural surroundings and in
the beautiful country air, receiving the educa-
tional advantages of the country schools. While
yet a lad his heart was filled with thoughts of
the future and the ambition to be a leader
among men, and it was no wonder that his
adventurous spirit caused him to enlist in the
U. S. army for services against the Seminole
Indians at the above mentioned age. His
manly bearing and strong personality impressed
themselves upon his superiors and he was soon
appointed sergeant in Co. A of the Second U.
S. Dragoons. His term of service was faith-
fully served, and after his muster-out he had
no difficulty in obtaining the appointment of
sutler or posttrader at a number of the U. S.
military posts in Florida. The official roster
of the commissioned officers serving in the
Seminole War continued some later prominent
names, and during Mr. Carter's residence in
that locality he formed strong friendships with
the young officers who, later, in the Civil War,
acquired distinction as Generals Harney, Ord
and Sherman. The privations and sufferings
they endured together in the Everglades tended
to bind more closely the bonds of unity, it be-
ing particularly so in the case of Harney, and
it is pleasing to note that that celebrated In-
dian fighter passed one of the last summers of
his life at Judge Carter's home at Fort Bridger.
In 1842, after recovering from a severe at-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOMIXC.
lack (if yellow lever, he returned to Virginia
and. in 184;,. with his brothers, John and Rich-
ard, William A. Carter emigrated to Missouri,
where he purchased a farm seven miles from
Columbia in P.oone county, and engaged in
agriculture. Mere he married on November 2,
iS|S, Miss Mary E. Hamilton, who had just
come to Roone county from Virginia with her
mother's family. Their acquaintance had ex-
isted since childhood and had ripened into love.
The young couple resided on the homestead
near Columbia for over two years. Mrs. Car-
ter was a daughter of Robert and Ann F.
(Carter) Hamilton, natives of Virginia and de-
- . I'dants of early English, and Scotch emi-
grants of the Colonial days, while members of
both branches of the ancestral line participated
in the Revolution as ardent patriots. Her
father was a son of John and Susannah (Beale)
1 Familton. Judge and Mrs. Carter were parents
of six children, of whom we here enter brief
record. \da, wife of Joseph K. Corson, a sur-
geon in the I". S. A.; Anne F., married J. Van-
\. Carter (now deceased); Lulie L. married
.Maurice ( in »hc >n ; \Yilliam A., married Miss
Kate Chase of Omaha. Xeb.. and lives in Den-
' olo. ; Roberta H., wife of \V. TT. Camp
of Alamcda,' Cal. : Edgar X., superintendent of
the I'. S. fish commission, who married Miss
Povdie Faulkner, daughter of Senator Faulk-
i W< i Virginia, and maintains his home-
in St. Johnshury. Yt. The glittering reports
k-oughl from California contrasted too strongly
with the quin pastoral life of Missouri and
again tin- adventurous spirit was awakened in
Mr. Carter. In April, 1850, leaving his wife
to the care of relatives h. Mailed on the long
and dangerous o\erland journey across the
plains and mountains for the bewitching land of
••»M. and with him went his brother Richard and
In-other in-law Richard Hamilton. A severe
illness resulted in partial loss of sight caused
his earl\ return to Missouri. Wild and danger-
ous as was the trip to California, the return
was far more difficult. The constant
to p.'siil.'Htial miasmas and the sleepless vigi-
rei|iiired to circumvent the sa\age men
and dangerous animals to be contended with
in the intricate swamps of Nicaragua soon sap-
ped the constitution of the returning miners,
hundreds of whom there found their last rest-
ing place. His strong mind dominating all
physical discomfort, Mr. Carter reached Cuba
in August, 1851, immediately after the capture
of the filibuster Lopez by the Spanish govern-
ment. All arrivals in the island, especially of
Americans, were considered those of filibuster
tendencies, and Mr. Carter narrowly escaped
confinement and death, but finally reached his
home in Missouri, where for some years he
conducted agricultural operations. When the
military expedition against the Mormons in
Utah was decided upon. General Harney of-
fered Mr. Carter the post-tradership of one of
the posts he, as commander of the department,
was about to establish. JTarney was soon suc-
ceeded by Gen. Albert S. Johnston, and under
his administration Mr. Carter became post-
trader at Fort P.ridger, W\ inning, his opera-
tions commencing in the winter of 1857-8 in the
camp establish' d two miles above the place
where the fort was to be erected. In 1858 the
site of the fort was located and work begun on
the buildings. The poststore and trader's resi-
dence occupied a square adjoining the officers,
and here was Judge 'Carter's home, which in
time became known throughout a wide area
as the center of a bounteous hospitality. This
title of "judge" came to him from his appoint-
ment as I*. S. commissioner, in which judicial
capacity he had frequently to examine and often
commit for trial by the Federal court at Salt
T.ake City, the lawless and dangerous men then
frequenting this wild section. He was a firm
and Fearless official, never swerved from duty
li\ threats or attempted intimidation. Tn
August. iSiti, the exigencies of the Ci\il War
Oi ' away the garrison al Forl P.ridger. <
lain Clark of the quartermaster's department
with one pri\ left in charge of the gov-
ernmi nt pri ipei i \ until the • when
lu- too wa 1 east. At his urgent request
Judge Carter assumed the transportation of
the government propcrlv to 1 lenvcr. This un-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
dcrtaking required forty wagons and besides
arming each driver a guard of twenty selected
men accompanied the train. From Denver
Judge Carter hastily returned to Fort Bridger
where the departure of the troops had left no
security for the safety of life or property.
Bands of Indians were committing outrages
and there was nothing to check their ravages.
Millersville, the station east of Fort Bridger,
was burned, herds of horses were stolen and
fears were entertained for the safety of the
fort. To meet this emergency Judge Carter
organized a company of sixty men from the set-
tlers and employes of the Overland Stage Co.
and himself, and purchasing arms for the outfit
at his own expense he converted a portion of
his store building into an armory and drill
room and daily drills were initiated. Although
having no governmental authority, the installa-
tion of this company maintained order and
peace, and safely protected both private and
public property until the arrival of a company
of California volunteers in December, 1862,
ended the necessity of its existence. General
Conner, commander of this military department,
under an erroneous impression reported to the
\\"ar Department that Judge Carter was actuated
bv selfish and mercenary ends in this matter,
but on visiting the field was convinced that the
action was a patriotic and praiseworthy one,
became one of the warmest friends of the
judge, and becoming convinced that the
stories of Indian depreciations sent him by
Judge Carter did not magnify the danger, in
the spring of 1863 organized an expedition to
punish and conquer the savages. At this time,
and through the whole of the Civil War period,
Judge Carter was in constant and dangerous
activity. He was then a special agent of the
U. S. P. O. department for the inspection of
the handling of the mails, his duties calling him
frequently over the wild route of the Overland
Stage Co., and sometimes to the Pacific coast.
As the stages were not infrequently attacked
by Indians, he had his share of excitement and
often numerous escapes from death. But his
cool and undaunted courage never faltered and
not ;i duty was iiegleru-d and his entire course
was heartily approved by his supp<>riers. Fore-
seeing the departure nf ihe troops Judge Car-
ter had disposed of nearly all of his goods prior
to that event, realizing that in such an emer-
gency as then confronted him an intelligent
business man should so arrange his property as
to make it come under adequate protection, and
had invested in other fields and enterprises. As
early as March, 1867. he had begun to locate
mining claims and was successful in obtaining
valuable properties in the rich mineral region
of South Pass, still keeping Fort Bridger as
his home and base of operations. When peace
was declared, immigration again commenced
into the west, the various branches of indus-
trial activity took on new life and in this prog-
ress and development, especially in the region
around about Fort Bridger, Judge Carter was
a forceful agent. On the discovery of gold at
South Pass, he fitted out and equipped a num-
ber of prospecting parties ; when oil was dis-
covered in a spring in Uinta county not far
from Fort Bridger he utilized this product, with
a small still producing and refining enough oil
for illuminating purposes at the fort before the
advent of the Union Pacific Railroad. He was
the first person to engage in the manufacture
ot lumber in Western Wyoming. He engaged
extensively as a pioneer in cattleraising and
was one of the earliest to note and take ad-
vantage of its wondrous possibilities. In many
other and widely varying fields of commercial
activity he demonstrated his faith in the capa-
bilities and productiveness of his part of the
western territory and success crowned his ef-
forts in a high degree. His plans were far
reaching, wise and sagacious. Although cool,
carefid and conservative, whenever his judg-
ment approved a business venture he gave to
it the whole force of his energetic nature and
persistently carried it to a successful comple-
tion. He took a prominent part in the efforts
made to organize the territory of Wyoming,
and, from his opportunities and the character
of his extensive acquaintance, was largely re-
sponsible for its establishment. At that time
PROGRESS/I'!-: MEN OP WYOMING.
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his winters were passed in Xe\v York and
Washington and his personal connection with
prominent public men and statesmen stood in
good stead in the carrying out of this wise de-
sign, which meant so much in advancing the
progress of civilization in this land of his adop-
tion. During the winter of 1867-8 he devoted
his time and means freely to acquainting mem-
bers of Congress with the true conditions of
the land, and the rights of the people of Wyo-
ming to a representation in the councils of the
nation. His labor was successful and when the
boundaries of the territory were established his
efforts located its western line. He was so
prominently connected with the formation of
the territory that President Grant offered to
commission him as its first governor, an exalted
honor, which he declined, as the duties would
deprive him too much of that domestic life
that was to him the highest charm of existence.
Although his successful business operations
were extensive and multitudinous, they were so
systematically arranged that during his later
\ears he devoted himself largely to the enjoy-
ment of the wealth his ability had produced. His
greatest pleasure lay in lavishly entertaining
the numerous friends with whom he was united
as with bands of steel, and in his hospitable resi-
dence at Fort Bridger many of America's most
prominent people have enjoyed the pleasant
society of the Judge and of his excellent wife,
wln> ably seconded and aided her husband in his
undertakings, dispensing a hospitality as
bountiful as that of royalty. Among their
friends and visitors were the distinguished sci-
entists, 1'rofessors Leidy. Marsh and Cope,
( .enerals Hartley, Sherman. < >rd and Cook, and
the great railroad magnates and financiers, John
\V. and Robert Carrel t of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, Jay Could and Sidney Dillon. With
such friends and companions life passed pleas-
antly and usefully until November 7. iSSi.
when, in his sixty-third year, htdge Carter was
called from earth to those activities that have-
no weariness and mourning rested upon all the
people. < >l" southern birth Judge Carter deeply
sympathized with the South in the troubles
antedating -and accompanying the \Yar of
Secession, but his haired of negro slavery and
love of country united him with the most ar-
dent supporters of the Cnion. Always in
politics a strong supporter of the Republican
party and deeply interested in public man
yet his ardent love of domestic life caused him
to decline all nominations to office or elective
public trusts. His moral courage, tried in many
occasions, was never found wanting. Neutrality
was impossible to him, for he never shirked a
duty or an issue. . His latent resources under
the stimuli of difficulty and opposition were
always equal to the demands made upon him
in meeting weighty responsibilities and bearing
the heavy burdens involved. He possessed the
fine feelings so characteristic of Virginia birth
and breeding and was intensely loyal to his
friends. As there is an inspiration to others
in the achievements of such men. we gather
this review of the salient points of the life of
Judge Carter and lay it as an honorable record
where its influence may descend with helpful
strength to other generations. His memory
will long be cherished and his life is a part
of the history of the state.
FRED L. CLARK.
After years of wandering and working in
various places, pushing one enterprise after
another with characteristic energy and winning
success from many hard conditions through
clearness of vision and resoluteness of purpose,
I 'red L. Clark of near Invankara. Crook county.
\Yvoming. at length halted his wear} Feel in one
of the most pictures, |Ur and desirable sections
of his last ado] .led state and is there engaged
in a profitable and extensive business, raising
cattle in large numbers and of superior grades,
constantly enlarging his herds and improving
their qualitv. Mr. Clark's life began OH
cember 22, lS;>). in Lake COUnty, < >hio. where
his parents. Nathan and Margaret (Tinml
Clark, passed the years of their maturity, the
mother d\ing in [866 and the father in
up to which time he carried on a high-grade
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
merchant tailoring establishment, .doing busi-
ness in Cleveland, although residing at \Yil-
loughby, a beautiful lake town about twenty-
five miles distant. Here their son Fred attended
school and after finishing his education he
clerked in stores, living with his father until
ho was twenty- four years of age. In 1882 the love
of adventure, a spirit of independence and a thirst
for larger opportunities and a freer life attract-
ed him to the far west, and he came to Hailey,
Idaho, and collecting there a fine herd of milch
cows he opened a dairy business which he con-
ducted through the summer, taking his cattle
to Boise City in the fall and disposing of them
at that place and turning his attention to the
stock business, handling blooded horses and
cattle, later entering a general store as a clerk
until the summer of 1889, when he came over-
land to northern Wyoming and located a home-
stead in Crook county fourteen miles south of
Sundance, where he remained engaged in stock-
raising until the fall of 1899, when he sold the
ranch and bought the one on which he now
lives, eighteen miles south of Sundance, at the
foot of Mt. Kara. Lying among the hills with
a pleasing and advantageous succession of up-
land and plain, it is well watered, produces large
crops of hay and grain and has an unusually
fine body of grazing ground. The home place
contains 480 acres and Mr. Clark controls about
800 more, all of which are under tribute to his
extensive cattle business, which is one of the
largest and most renowned in that part of the
state. In addition to its natural beauty and
interest, the section of country in which Mr.
Clark's ranch is located has historic associations
and suggestions of value. What is known as
Custer's trail runs by the ranch, marking the
route of the distinguished but unfortunate gen-
eral when in pursuit of the Indians. His name
is cut in bold letters on the bald rock far up the
mountain side, and it is said that inscription
was the cutting of the general's own hand.
April 18, 1889, witnessed the marriage of Mr.
Clark to Miss Ollie Thompson, who was born
in Colchester, 111., in 1870, the ceremony being
performed at Soda Springs, Idaho, and the
bride was a daughter of Michael S. and Nancy
(Dunsworth) Thompson, members of pioneer
families in the great Prairie State, who settled
in Idaho in 1884 and went to ranching near
Boise City, where Mr. Thompson now resides,
his capable wife having passed into the Eternal
Silence in 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have had
four children, Nathan S., John V., Delia B., de-
ceased, and Ethel L. Politically Mr. Clark af-
filiates with the Republican party, but is more
concerned for the advancement of the com-
munity than party triumphs and he is held in
high esteem throughout a large scope of
country.
JOHN CAMERON.
Enjoying distinctive prestige as one of the
representative farmers and stockraisers of
Laramie county, Wyoming, and standing as a
leading citizen of the community in which he
resides, Mr. John Cameron owes his success
entirely to his own efforts and is clearly en-
titled to the proud American appellation of self-
made man. The story of his life is easily told,
for into his career have entered no thrilling ex-
periences, his every action standing open to the
closest scrutiny and most critical judgment of
men, not an eventful life, but one that has not
been denied a goodly harvest. John Cameron
hails from far-away Scotland, and is a notable
example of the wholesome influence which the
sturdy Scotch element has exercised upon our
industrial and national life. His father, James
Cameron, was a forester of Perthshire, dying
in Scotland in 1884. The maiden name of the
mother was Elizabeth McAntish : she also lived
and died in Perthshire, where her son John was
born, on May 14, 1856, and he received his early
educational discipline in such schools as his
neighborhood afforded, growing up amid the
bracing air of outdoor life, strong of body and
independent of spirit and until his eighteenth
year he remained under the parental roof, con-
tributing his share to the family's support. In
1874 he was enabled to carry out a desire of
long standing and bidding farewell to the ro-
mantic scenes of his childhood he turned his
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Eaci to tin' new world and entered upon a new
destiny. Reaching the United States after an
uneventful voyage, young Cameron proceeded
at nnce to San Francisco, Cal., thence to Los
Angeles, near which city he soon secured em-
plovment on a cattle ranch. After remaining
on the Pacific coast until 1880, he went to Lari-
mer county, Colo., where he followed agricul-
tural pursuits about six years, thence removing
to Wyoming, of which state he has since been
an honored resident. On coming to Wyoming
Mr. Cameron made a judicious selection of land
on the North Platte River, twenty miles east of
!•'< irt Laramie, taking up and buying 564 acres,
admirably situated for agricultural and graz-
ing purposes. He has reduced a part of his
ranch to successful cultivation, besides making
a number of valuable improvements, his place
and the buildings in general comparing favor-
ably with the leading properties of the kind in
this part of the state. He has made commend-
able progress in the stock industry, and from
ihe beginning his career presents ;i series of
continued successes until he stands to-day
among the leading cattle men in the county of
Laramie, being a practical man of progressive
ideas and supervising with the greatest of care-
bis large interests. He bears the highest repu-
tation for enterprising methods and is widely
med by the stockmen of this section and
all other classes of people with whom he has
relations. He manages his affairs on strictly
business principles, is systematic and methodi-
cal and close attention to details, capability and
fair dealing have brought to him not only a high
degree of success, but the confidence of the
public. Mr. Cameron has read much and is a
close undent of current and political <|iiestioiis,
especially those bearing on state and national
legislation. He is the recognized 1 )eniocratic
leader of the precinct in which he lives and has
long been in close touch with the management
of the party throughout the county. His deep
interest in local and state politics has brought
him to the front as a successful party worker
and in a number of campaigns he has done
much to promote the success of the ticket.
From iScjfi to 1898 inclusive he served as a
justice of the peace while for four and one-half
years he was the popular postmaster at Tor-
rington, holding the office until the railroad
was completed, when it was located in a station
bearing the same name. In promoting and
carrying to successful completion public enter-
prises, especially those affecting the material
development of the country, Mr. Cameron has
been a leading spirit. He helped organize the
Torrington Ditch Co., which has proved such
a benefit in irrigating and reclaiming a large
part of Laramie county, and for ten years has
been the secretary of the corporation and one
of its largest stockholders. He has assisted to
the limit qf his ability other measures for the
general good, and his influence is invariably
exerted in behalf of any enterprise calculated to
improve the moral and social conduct of the
people and advance the standard of citizenship.
While on a visit to his native land in 1878, Mr.
Cameron was initiated in the Ancient Order of
Free and Accepted Masonry and has been
an active worker of the mystic tie ever since,
belonging to Scotts Bluff Lodge, No. 201. He
was reared rather rigidly in tin- strict faith of
the Scotch Presbyterian church and has always
been loyal to its teachings and precepts. He and
wife were members of the church and active in
the good work of the congregation with which
they are identified. Mr. Cameron entered mar-
riage relations at Fort Collins, Colo., on June
-'• '88^. with Miss Mary Watson, also a native
of Scotland and daughter of John and Jane
I.McKcnxic) Watson, both her parents Hung
and dying in that country. Two children came
to their marriage, Paul and Tanc Mcl\>
Cameron. Mrs. < ameron died of consum]
alter a lingering illness, on [line ~. 10OJ, and
she was interred in West Lawn cemetery at
< iering. Scott's I'.lnlT conntv, Xeb., passing
to those activities which ha\e no weariness with
the cordial love and blessings of an unusually
large number ol personal irieiid-. who highly
pri/ed her many excellent traits oi character.
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MEN Ul- WYOMING.
HOX. J( MIX G. CASEY.
Hon. John < ,. Casey, mayor of Kemmerer,
\\ \ oining. is a native of \\'ati'rti >\vn, \\'is.. born
in 1X^4, the son of Matthew and Susan ( Milick)
Casey. Matthew Casey was horn in Rosscom-
nion comity, Ireland, and was a thrifty farmer.
\\ho emigrating from Ireland settled at Water-
town. \\ is., where his thrift made farming suc-
cessful for him until his death at the ripe age
of 76. Mayor Casey's mother was born in the
same place as his father, with whom she was
married in Watertown, Wis., .where she still
resides, both herself and her husband beiii:;
devout members of the Catholic church. John
G. Casey remained with his parents until his
thirty-fifth year, when he went to Laramie,
WYO., and opened a saloon, which he conducted
until 1890, when he went to Ogden, Utah, and
followed the same business there for nine years
after which he moved to Kemmerer, Wyo..
where he has since lived conducting the same
vocation. His citizenship is so satisfactory to
his townsmen that they have made him their
mayor and his popularity is ever in evidence
and he is a member of the fraternal lodges of
the Eagles and the Elks of Rock Springs, Wyo.
Mr. Case}- was married in 1882 with Minnie
Sutherland, daughter of August Sutherland and
a native of Sweden. The couple have had four
children : Edward ; George, now deceased ; Har-
ry ; Margaret.
COL. HORACE E. CHRISTMAS.
This prominent attorney and citizen of
Kemmerer, Wyoming, is a native of England,
born in 1857, the son of Charles and Amelia
( Bachelor) Christmas. The father, a capitalist
and man of affairs, was born in Hampshire, Eng-
land, and came to America in 1873, locating at
Grand Haven, Mich., where he lived mostly in
retirement but prosperously managed his own
business, being a successful financier and hav-
ing interests in London, Michigan and Minne-
sota. He was a Republican in politics but
would never accept public office, though asked
to do SO, dying in iSSjj at the age of /O years,
lieiiiL; a member of the Episcopal church and
devoted to his home and the education of his
children. His father was an English county
s(|iiire and capitalist who died at the venerable
age of ninetj two \ears and was buried at Lip-
book, Kn^land. Mrs. Amelia (Bachelor) Christ-
mas was born at Guilfort, England, in which
land she was married and died in 1883, at
Coopersville, Mich., and was buried at Grand
Haven, aged sixty-five years, being a devoted
member of the Episcopal church, in whose af-
fairs she took an active part, and a model wife
and mother, who left four sons and four daugh-
ters, her own parents both dying early in life.
Horace E. Christmas was educated at Ackender
College. Hampshire, England, where he was
graduated in 1873, thence coming with his par-
ents to Grand Haven. Mich., where he was en-
gaged in the lumber business for about three
vears, after which he accepted a position as
cashier of the American Express Co., at Grand
Haven and remained in it until iSSi. when he
went to Omaha. Xeb.. with S. R. Callaway, the
general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad,
and took up the duties of clerk in the purchas-
ing and supply department of the road, in which
he continued until 1884 when he was made chief
clerk of the coal department under D. O. Clark.
This position he held until 1891 when he became
the assistant cashier of the First National Bank
of Rock Springs, Wyo., and so continued until
1895. Meanwhile having studied law, he was
admitted to practice in the Supreme and Dis-
trict Courts in this year. Law was now his busi-
ness and profession, and after a short practice
of it at Rock Springs he moved to Kemmerer
and has since resided there. Colonel Christmas
is a Republican and has always refused to stand
for any elective office, but was appointed post-
master at Kemmerer. His fraternal affiliations
are with the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen
of the World and the Eagles. He received a
military training in England and has alwav-
been actively interested in military affairs. In
Michigan he took a prominent and important
part in the Second Regiment of the Michigan,
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57
National i iuard. later organizing the First Xa-
tional ( iuard of Wyoming of which he was
colonel fur five years. lie held command (by
courtes; < oi the Seventh and Eighth I'nited
States Infantry at Fort Logan and Fort Mil-
sell, \Y\o., and has alwa\s brought enthusiasm
as well as knowledge and skill to his military
work, being a man of fine bearing and cour-
teous and pleasant manners. Colonel Christ-
mas married in iSSo. with Margaret ). Leggat.
i native of < ir.-nd Haven, Mich., daughter of
Roberl and Cornelia i. \verv) Leggat, Her
lather has large mining interests in Bmie,
.Mont., and her mother, no\v deceased, was buried
at Crand Haven. Seven children enlarge and
brighten this family circle, Robert, Charles \..
John A.. Frank M.. Marian, Margaret and
Marjorie.
J( )ll\ C. COI'.LE.
i hie of the most successful stockmen of
\lham county, whose address is Bosler, \Y\o-
ming, is the subject of this sketch review, and
a native of Carlisle, I'a., his birth occurring on
Imii- j, iS;S, the son of John and Hettie (\YH-
liainsi ('ol)Ie. prominent and highly respected
citizens of that slate. John C. Coble grew to
man's estate at Carlisle, there received his early
education in the public schools and suhse
i|uently attending Duffs College, also Cham-
bersbnrg Academy at Pittsburg, also Dickinson
College, al i arlisli Pa., and pursuing thorough
courses ni study at these institutions, being
graduated in the class of '~(>. Desiring to avail
himsi-lf of more favorable business conditions
than he found in his native state, he left the
home of his childhood and early manhood and
wenl to tin \orth Platte valle\ of N'cbraska
anil entered upon the business of raising cattle
until the following year and then removed his
residence to the Powdei River country in John-
son coimn, \V\o. Ilere In- contimied the same
industry and met with great success, remaining
in that locality until 1887. when he removed to
Albam i-»uni\, when- he now resides. From
small beginnings he has increased his herds and
landed p' issessious until he is iio\\ one of tin-
largest property o "ii of the
state. Tlis success and present standing in the
community as a prosperous man of business has
been due entirely to his own efforts, and to the
industry, ability and good judgment with which
he lias handled his operations. Tie has
• •^elusive attention to the cattle business to
the neglect oi all other branches of industry,
natter how inviting as money-making ven-
tures, and has kept down the jes of his
enti rprise within reasonable limits. It is to this
feature of economical management that he at-
tributes a large measure of his remarkable suc-
cess, holding firmly to the belief that the ma-
jority of failures in the stock industry are d:
ly due to the lack of safe and economical meth-
ods of carrying on the business. His own suc-
cess in all his business transactions would 51
to vindicate his judgment. I le is now the owner
of immense tracts of laud in Albany county and
other sections of the state and is one of tin-
solid and most substantial business men and
property owners of \V\oming. For many ••
he has been conducting experiments in the
of line breeds of cattle and hoi 1 has
a large number of the finest and most valuable
animals in Wyoming, his especial pride being
thoroughbred stallions and high cl attic.
He carries on his business operations under the
name of the Iron Mountain Ranch Co., and his
home ranch is one of the most peri,
equipped places for stockraising on a lai
Mr. Coble has in n married and fi-
nally he is affiliated with the Benevolent and
Protective ' >rder oJ F.lU.s and with the Ma
order, taking a deep interest in fraternal life.
No one iii \lham cotmt\ has done more to pro-
Mi growth Hid develi ipment of his
tion or to promote the welfare oi i'
I'ublic spirited, progressive in his ideas .md
cuterpn-ii'v and Straightforw ml in hi-
metlioiN. Mr. Coble stands high in the esteem
of all classes of his fellow cit
ih'- besi type -i ill successful men of the
\Yesi. A man of i har-
acter, he might be prominent in the political life
of his siate if his ambitions led him in that di-
PROGR1 SSIl I ME \ 01 W\ OM
rectii.n, lint thus far IK- lias preferred to give
his entire time and attention to the care and
management of his extensive business interests
and to leave public affairs in other hands.
WILLIAM I',. O >N
The gentleman whose biography is set forth
in the following lines is a western man by birth
and education and his life has been very closely
identified with the states of Colorado and Wyo-
ming. His father, John G. Coy, was a native
of Xew York and the mother whose maiden
name was Emily Adams was born in England.
These parents came west in 1860 settling in
Larimer county. Colo., where .Mr. Coy pur-
chased land and engaged in agricultural pur-
suits about one mile from Fort Collins, and his
son William B. was born at the latter place on
August 21, 1867, and remained with his parents
until about twenty years old, meanwhile attend-
ing the schools of Fort Collins, acquiring a fair
knowledge of the fundamental branches of
study. He was reared to farm labor and early
learned to place a true estimate on honest toil,
the lessons thus learned proving Of great prac-
tical value when he left home to seek his own
fortune. In July, 1887, Mr. Coy came to Lara-
mie county, Wyo., and located on his present
ranch, to which his father had laid claim three
years previi itisly, and from that date to the pres-
ent time he has been actively engaged in farm-
ing and stockraising, realizing liberal results
from both vocations. In 1888 he took up land
adjoining his place and now owns 720 acres, all
admirably situated for grazing purposes, being
well watered and overgrown with a dense
growth of the nutritious grasses on which stock
feeds readily and fattens so quickly. When Mr.
Coy first came to Wyoming he was in partner-
ship with his father, but the relation termin-
ated in 1893, since which time he has carried on
business alone, meeting with gratifying success.
He pays especial attention to cattle and horses,
and from a small beginning has steadily but
surely widened the area of his operations, until
he is now classed with the enterprising ranch-
in, 'ii <>i" liis seriinn, his place being well stocked
with a fine grade of animals, while the future
null i iok is mo- 1 encouraging. Mr. Coy is a true
son oJ" tin- \Yest, imbued \\iili tin- broad mind
and progressive, character of the wide-awake
men of this great region, and possesses those
sterling qualities of head and heart which in-
sure not only financial success, but the con-
fidence and esteem of the public. He is popular
in his community and ready at all times to con-
tribute his influence to any movement for the
good of his fellowmen, and those who know him
best speak in complimentary terms of his hon-
orable business course and manly character.
On February 10, 1891, Mr. Coy and Miss Belle
Paddock were united in marriage near the town
of Minatare, Neb. Mrs. Coy is a native of Ver-
mont, the daughter of Harmon X. and Harriet
(Baldwin) Paddock, and both parents were born
and reared in Vermont. The family moved to
Xebraska in 1886 and after three years there
came to Wyoming, settling on the Platte River
where Mr. Paddock followed farming until his
death on January 22, 1901. Mrs. Paddock now
makes her .home with Mrs. Coy. Two bright
children have greatly added to the interest and
happiness of this home circle ; their names being
Floyd X. and Alice E.
ARTHUR H. CROW.
One of the successful mining men of Wyo-
ming. Arthur H. Crow, of Encampment, is
one of the progressive and enterprising citizens
who have recently brought the southern por-
tion of that state into prominence as a mining
section. He was born on December 28, 1872,
at Tama City, Iowa, the son of Jonathan S. and
Marilla L. (Montgomery) Crow, both natives
of Springfield, Ohio. The paternal grandfather
was also a native of Springfield, and his wife
was a member of the well-known Yager family
of Pennsylvania. This family came originally
from Holland to Pennsylvania during the early
colonial period. The Crow family came from
Scotland, and settled in Xew England during
the early days of the Massachusetts colony,
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59
members of the family subsequently removing
to ( )hio. where they were among tin- earliesi
pioneers. Shortly before the Civil War, the pa-
ternal grandfather, Mathias Crow, disposed of
his property in Springfield, Ohio, and went to Il-
linois, where Jonathan S. Crow, the father of
ill, subject of this sketch, who was the eldest
son of the family, enlisted in tSdi in the Thirty-
fourtli Illinois Regiment, lie saw a great deal
of active service during his army life and was
a participant in the battles of Shiloh and Gettys-
burg, and was in the army of Sherman on his
march to the sea. He served throughout the
entire war. and was mustered out in 1865 with
the ranis of first .sergeant. He then returned to
his former home at Sterling, 111., and engaged
in farming until 1870, when he disposed of his
property in Illinois, and removed, to Iowa, lo-
cated at Tama City, and continued in the oc-
cupation of farming for about two years, then
going to Nebraska, where he established his
home in Howard county and continued sue-
nlly in his former pursuits of farming and
stockraising. After a residence here of about
eight years, he disposed of his farms and en-
gaged in railroad contracting, lie was success
ful in this business, in which he remained for
about eight years. lie then purchased a stock
ranch in Valley county. Neb., where he en-
gaged in stockraising, in which he continued
to be employed until the time of his death on
March ,•;, iSijj. lie left a family of eight chil-
dren. Arthur H. Crow was the fourth son and
hi- grew to man's estate at St. Paul, Neb., ac-
quired his elementary education in the public
schools of that place and completed his educa-
tion at the Normal School of Lincoln, and upon
his graduation from that institution, he engaged
in the stock and grain business in Lineoln in
partnership \\ith .Mr. ( '. M. Jaques. They con
tinned in successful business until iS'i'i. when
they sold their interests there, ami removed to
the young city of Encampment, \Yv<>., where
they acquired large interests in valuable mining
property. Since that time they have been en
imaged in mining, being uniformly successful
in their operations. Mr. Crow is now the
era! manager, a director and a principal owner
of the lllanche Copper Mining Co., which owns
valuable mining claims adjoining the New
Rambler n lie is also a director and the
superintendent of the Copper King Mining Co.,
and a lav • tocl holdi i in the Verde Copper
Mining Co., which owns one of the finest prop-
erties in the new copper district. ( >n May 2O,
89 . Mr. Crow was united in marriage with
Miss Minnie M. Turner, a native of Missouri,
and the daughter of J. J. Turner, wlm
quently removed with his family from Missouri
to Nebraska, where he engaged in farming and
stockraising with great success and is now I
tired. Three children have been born to bless
the home life of Mr. and Airs. Crow. Arthur.
Margaret and John, deceased. Their bor
Encampment is noted for its hospitality. Fra-
ternally. Mr. Crow is affiliated with the order
of Freemasonry and with the Knights of Pythias
and the Modern Woodmen of America.
takes an active interest in all work of charity
and fraternity.
WILLIAM G. CURTIS.
Standing distinctly as one of the alert and
progressive men of Laramie county, heinv,
largely interested in agricultural pursuits and
in the stock industry, and in a public way identi-
fied with enterprise-, tint ' me much
towards developing this part of the country and
making for the general welfare, Mr. William
i i. Curtis is a native <>f Connecticut- where his
ancestors settled in Colonial times, emigrating
to this country from England. Ill's father.
Lucius Curtis, was born and reared in Connec-
ticut and there followed fanning until his <
in iSSi). Ilis wife was before her man
Miss Marv Cleveland; : her husband
to the grave, dyi ^,-pi< mher _•_>. 1*57.
\\hen her son William C. was but five days old.
He was born in the city of Waterhury. Conn.,
on September 17, 1857. and h> the pub-
lic scl Is of his native town early but did not
attend them long i-nough |o complete the pre-
scribed course, laxini; aside his studies when
6o
PROGRESSIl E Ml'. \ <>!• WYOMING.
tuelve years old to work in a i al Bridge-
port. For Mime time thereafter Ik' was engagi 'i
in different manufacturing establishments of
hardware- and cntlerv, working prini-i])a11y in
I'.rid^eport, Torrington and Mcriden until 18*3,
and with tlu- exception of a few months at farm
labor in Illinois, In- worked at mechanical pur-
suits until coming west, passing about ten years
in the I'nion hardware factory at Torrington.
In 1883 Mr. Curtis resigned his position to see
some-thin!;- of the- country and for nearly a year
thereafter traveled quite extensively over the
eastern, middle and southern states, visiting
many places of interest and greatly enlarging
his knowledge before the expiration of his tour,
going as far west as Colorado, where he passed
about three months working on a ranch and
on September 17. 1884, the twenty-seventh an-
niversary of his birth, he arrived on the Platte
River, Wyoming, one mile from his present
place of residence, and there took up a tract
of land for ranching purposes, coming hither to
help build the North Plafte ditch, incorporated
by Colorado people, Mr. Curtis also becoming
a stockholder in it. This ditch, thirteen miles
long, has been of inestimable value in making
habitable a large area of exceedingly fertile
soil which without water would probably have
lain as useless land for years. Two years after
locating his place he began a general system of
improvements which greatly enhanced its value,
meantime devoting his energies to stockraising,
farming and irrigation, making agriculture . a
very profitable undertaking. Mr. Curtis lived on
his first location until June, 1901, when he
moved to his present ranch at Torrington sta-
tion, where he had previously erected one of
the finest country residences of the state and
other buildings in keeping therewith. His
•house, a model of architectural beauty, supplied
as it is with all the comforts and modern con-
veniences which ample means can procure, is
not only the handsomest private dwelling in the
Platte Valley, but it is doubtful if in the state
outside of the larger cities its equal can be
found. Mr. Curtis has attained such financial suc-
cess as few acquire in a much longer lifetime.
and certainly he has not been sparing of his
wealth for the pleasure and satisfaction of him-
self and family. Meeting with rich rewards in
the first irrigating enterprise with which he was
connected. Mr. Curtis, in l8go, was led to un-
dertake another one, inaugurating and incor-
porating the Torrington Ditch Co., in that year.
The ditch of this company was coinpleted in
due linn- ten and one-half miles in length and
it has also been the means of reclaiming a large
area of country, which for fertility and agri-
cultural purposes is not excelled in the state.
Mr. Curtis gave personal attention to the work
and named the ditch "Torrington'' in compli-
ment to the city in Connecticut where he lived
for so many years as a factory hand. The en-
terprise bears the impress of his strong per-
sonality, and his judgment and progressive busi-
ness methods have been the principal factors
of its success. The career of Mr. Curtis since
coming to \Yyoming has few if any parallels in
the state. His rise from a modest beginning
and rapid progress to a position of honor and
affluence in the business world and the high
reputation he has gained as a public benefactor,
attest a mind of wide scope and a leadership
which all are ready to acknowledge. He is
a far-sighted business man, knowing how to
take advantage of opportunities and mould
them to his purpose and where they do not ex-
ist he possesses the rare power of creating them.
The people are under a heavy debt of gratitude
to him for his achievements in their behalf and
they have not been slow in their recognition of
his services, for in 1902 he was nominated and
elected to the lower house of the State Legis-
lature, giving valued labors for his constituents.
The home ranch of Mr. Curtis consists of 213
acres of fine land, it is all irrigable and the
greater part under a high state of cultivation.
He also owns 960 acres of grazing land, also
well watered and exceedingly fertile. In his
agricultural work he employs the most modern
methods, and as a stock-raiser easily ranks with
the leading men of that great industry in the
state. He makes a specialty of fine cattle and
spares no pains to improve his breeds, having
^GRESSIVE .HEX OF WYOMING.
some nf the most valuable animals i if the
county. While deeply interested in business and
public enterprises, .Mr. ('urtis lias not been un-
mindfnl of the duties nf a neighbor ami citizen.
being a most Denial companimi, ever ready in
help a friend or lend his intlnence to am move-
menl For tlu- good of his fellowmcn. lie is
one of the leading Republican politicians o)
aramii county, never failing to take an active
interest in party affairs, thus setting an ex-
ample every true citi/en should follow. lie is
a member of the lodge of the Woodmen of the
Win-Id iif Scotts Pduft's. his only fraternal as-
sociation. The presiding genius nf Air. Curtis's
nit lii uiie is an intelligent and cultured lady,
with whom he \v-as wedded at Avon. ( Vmn..
on lime 17, 1879. Her maiden name was .Miss
••iwner. and her parents, \\"illiam and
•belli l Wat son l Downer, were also born
in * oiinccticut. Two children have blessed the
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. t'urtis. Matlie. now
the wife of Lee Root, born April ^:,. i XSo, and
Elsie, whose birth occurred on March 17, iSf'_>.
who lias passed from earth and was laid to rest
:ii the beautiful cemetery at Auburn. X. Y.
JAMES 11. DALY.
< >:ie of the Dalv brothers of I iillette. leading
merchants and stockmen. James II. Daly, has
had an inter' stin and varied career in tins
I le has seen the lie >\v and ebb ol CO1TI
mercial tides, the rise and deca\ of busim
centers, the Midden expansion of trade under
])rimitive conditions and circumstances ot dith-
culty, and has felt the keen pang> "i disappoint-
and dvi rsity from sudden and ci impl'ete
i N it thri nigh all hi has preset \<-<\ the
sanii 51 ml >nirit of tortitnde and chccrfnl-
has laugh* d at misfortune and elialli I
Kate herself into the lists agains) him with a se
rene and loft :e. lie was born at \Yal-
p-ile, Cheshire county, \. II.. on March 7. 1863,
the son of Michael and Mary V ilhdci Daly,
ralivcs of treland. 'I he laiher came to the
I'liited States when he \\as fourteen \car- old
and \\ent to work on a farm in \ew Hampshire
where he remained until 1873 a:id then removed
to Kansas, settling in Mitchell county, In
up a homestead near I'cloit and tanned il until
i In that year he made I'.eloit his residi
and is now living in that city. James II. i
remained with his parents on the Kansas farm
until he reached his majoritv and was educated
in the public schools. In iSS^ he engaged in
farming on his own account near his father's
place and later worked in a lumber yard in
loil, remaining in that town and vicinity until
1887 when he came to Wyoming and settled at
Sundance. I -"or a few months he worked on a
ranch and was then appointed jailer under
Sheriff James l\\an and afterwards under John
W. Rogers, holding the office four years in
succession. In the summer of iSoi his brother
fohn opened a general merchandising estab-
lishment at ('iillette, and in December of that
year Tames joined him in the cutcrpr.
partner. Their store was small and their stock
was limited, but business \\as brisk and the in-
crease was rapid. The railroad was then build-
ing through this section and (iillette had a popu-
lation of at least 1000. all activities being mi
the boom. When the road passed the town
lame- DaK followed the construction camps with
a stock of goods in a tent and did a thriving
essarj commodities for six months
or more and then returned to (lillettc where his
brother was conducting the main store. In
Xovember, iS<>5. their buildings and stock were
complcteh destroyed 1>\ lire. Thc\ immedi-
atelv put up a temporar\ Structure and con-
tinued their business in it through the winter,
•inning at once the buildings which no\\
li iiis,> their inierprise. These were finished
and readx lor occnpancv h\ the next Sp
and spacious as they were and e in
i i|iiipment, ihe\ had nol • • sufficient to
the demands of their i tg trade.
which has -fowii to oportions an,i js
O\\ the most extensive and carries t'
and most complete stock \\iiliiii a radni
man) miles. In (898 the brothers took up land
t-iuhleui miles uorili (iillette and be-
ii stock' industry which has developed into
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^GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1 fG.
it large mill exacting business. The} have ini-
proved their ranch with the necessar} appurh
nances, ami give to its needs and its progre>s
tlu- same • nl ainl studious attention that
them in all their undertakings.
The\ have also much real estate oi value in the
town. Both are member.- nl the Catholic
church.
A. B. DANIELS.
Conspicuously identified for many years
with life in its wildest phase on the western
border, one of the energetic, pushing men
whose stirring action has been such a forceful
power in the development of the country, and
now a leading citizen of Converse "ounty. where
he maintains his home and center of his busi-
ness operations at Douglas, Wyo., A. B. Dan-
iels was born at Watrousa, near Milwaukee,
\Yis.. on March T, 1855, being the son of Ma-
son Smith Daniels, a native of Buffalo, N. Y..
and his wife, Theodocia M. Ross, who was
born in Indiana. The father migrated from
Buffalo to Wisconsin while it was yet a terri-
tory and engaged extensively in the manu-
facture of lime near Milwaukee for years, later
purchasing a farm in Jefferson county in that
state, and there resided until his death, being
a public spirited citizen. A. B. Daniels was the
second in a family of eight children and at the
early age of fifteen years he left his Wisconsin
home, and he has from that period been Un-
successful architect of his own fortune. His
first field of independent action was Nebraska,
where he started and operated for a year the
first dray and street-sweeper of the town of
Sutton, then paying a visit to Iowa he outfitted
for Colorado, joining the stampede to Lead-
ville, where he made his headquarters for thirty
months, and, engaging in freighting, had in
full measure the varying experiences of that
adventurous life, by his industry and intrepidity
meeting with success. In this line of labor he
was occupied until 1882, freighting to all the
new mining camps, Gothic City and Crested
Butte among the number. In the spring of
2 In- came through in l.aramie \\ith a wa-on
Ereighl -unit, taking the route through Middle
and North i'ark, making his terminal point at
Kawlins. Wyo., helping also to relocate and
' ii.ii' Per the property of While River and Snake
River forts, thereaflrr coining to Rock Creek
and niakinv that place hi.s base of operations in
freighting for three years, making trips to
Fort McKinney, Sheridan and other points.
In 188(1, at the creation of the town of Douglas,
he purchased the lot on which he erected his
present commodious brick store and has been
a resident and an active factor in the advance-
ment of the town until the present writing. His
store is j^xdo feet in size and in its second
story seven "secret societies" have their lodge
rooms. Mr. Daniels has an interest in the
new Unity Temple and in various ways mani-
fests a liberal and generous attitude toward
public improvements and his advice and coun-
cil is often sought, as he is a shrewd, conserv-
ative man, of cautious, yet vigorous action.
Anvthing tending to the benefit of Douglas
meets prompt acceptance and recognition from
him, and he has given excellent service in the
city government. He is financially connected
with the Table Mountain Sheep Co., having its
headquarters at Sand Creek, and with the
Douglas Loan Association of Douglas. Po-
litically Mr. Daniels exercises a great influence
in local circles, while fraternally he is a Royal
Arch Mason and an Odd Fellow. The marriage
of Mr. Daniels and Mrs. Esther Downey oc-
curred on December 6, 1891, and they have two
children. Arthur and Esther. In their beau-
tifully located residence the family dispenses a
generous hospitality to their many friends.
ERNEST B. DA VIES.
One of the prominent citizens of the city
of Laramie. Wyoming, being the present city
marshal of that thriving place, Ernest B.
Davies is a native of England, born in 1850,
being the son of Thomas and Sarah (Brown)
Davies. the former a native of Wales and the
latter of England. The father emigrated from
PRO* •-.'! MEN OF WYOAL
his native country to America in i8;_> and es-
tablished hi- home in the state "f New York,
where In was employed by the New York Cen-
tral and Hudson River Railway as a pattern
maker. Subsequently he removed his residence
from Ne\\ York to Wisconsin, and still later to
Indiana, and thereafter in 18/3 he moved to
Wyoming ami followed the machinists trade.
wheiv In- -till ciintinuecl to reside up to the
time of his decease, which occurred in
i S' i1 1. when he had arrived at the age
of eighty-three years. His father, whose
name was Thomas, was also a mechanic and
followed mechanical occupations during his
life time in his native country. The mother of
Marshal Davies, who passed away in 1869 at
age nt" fifty-four years. was the daughter of
Thomas and Sarah Brown, both natives of
England. Ernest B. Davies came from his na-
tive England to America when a small child
with his parents, attained manhood in Indiana,
where he received his early education in the
public schools. After his school life he learned
blacksmithing and followed that occupation
for several years, being in the employ of the
Lake Shore Railway for the greater portion of
that time. On March 9, 1869, he came to the
then territory of Wyoming and located in the
nt city of Laramie, where he engaged in
blacksmithing until 1876, when he accepted a
as fireman on the line of the Union
Pai ific. Hi- remained in this rmi>!o\ ment until
1880, when he was promoted to locomotive en-
i. lontinuing in the latter position up to
1889, and he then i " ' position .is the
round house until i8<;4, then again
wi-nt on the road as engineer nmil on Do-ember
i", [899, li> me1 with a serious injury through
an accident while in tin- dischargi of hi- duties
[i mg time he v ted Fn im
Upon hi- recovery In- was tendered
position of city mar-hal of Laramie and he
ha> since been hold!;: ffice, discharging
its dutii-- with ability and -ati-l'art ion to his
fellow citi/rn-. In 1877 Marshal Davies was
united in marriage \\ith Miss Eli/a Renshaw.
a native of Greal I'.ritam and lln- dangli'
George Renshaw, also a native of the same
country. < hie child lias been born to bless their
union, nanicK Sarah I!., who is residing with
her parents, whose home is noted for its gener-
ous hospitality. The ancestors of the 1 taxis
family for many generations have been engaged
in mechanical pursuits, many of them occupy-
ing leading positions as mechanics. In public
affairs he has long-taken a prominent part, be-
ing one of the most public spirited and pro-
gressive citizen- of tin- city, always foremost in
matters which have a tendi ne\ to promote the
growth or general welfare of the city. He is
a respected citixen and an honored official who
never hesitates in the discharge of duty.
JAMES DAVIS* >N.
Few men in Wvoming have led a more
active business life than the well-known gentle-
man whose name introduces thi- review. Self-
made in all the term implies, he has won a large
measure of success in a financial way and
public spirited man of affairs his influence has
tended greatly to the material upbuilding of
the various communities with which hi- career
has been closely interwoven. James Davison
was born in ( igdensburg, X. Y.. on Decem-
ber 13. 1855. the son of Richard and Jane
Davison. the father being a native of Ireland
and the mother of New Brunswick. Richard
Davison served over eight years in the I'.riti-h
army as an artilleryman and ' . the
Tinted State- and settled in New York. I Fe
was married in tin- city of Ogdensburg about
1852 to Miss Jane McDonald and became the
father of nine children, seven attaining to ma-
inrilv and lame- being second in order .if birth.
\ft'-r li\ in- in \e\\ York for
ard 1 lavison moved to < >hio \\lu-re he died near
Burton ('iiy at tl< if sixty; his wife. \\ho
lived to be sixty-t\\o ! this
life at \kroi,. ( >hid. in iSoS. James Davison
quite \oimg when his |>arents moved to
( thin, and tli the advanla
mon school education and there b, -.m life
for himself as a e..al miner, \\hich calling he
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PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol; WYOMING.
followed continuously for fifteen years. In
iSjS he \\ent to Ci >1< >raih > where he worked at
mining about two years, at the end of that
period coming to Carbon, Wyo., near which
place he followed mining and stockraising' about
the same length of time. Then after a short
trip to California Mr. Davison located in Vir-
ginia City, Xev., where lie worked for some
time in the Sutro tunnel and devoted consider-
able attention to his chosen calling. At the end
of two years he left Nevada for Utah where he
passed about one year in the Great Horn silver
mine, thence returning to Wyoming and set-
tling at Twin Creek. During the greater part of
the succeeding three years he was engaged in
coal-mining at that place after which he opened
a store at Twin Creek where he carried on
general merchandising and stockraising for
about two years. Closing out his establishment
at Twin Creek Mr. Davison in the spring of
1890 erected the first business house in the new
town of Opal and here continued merchandis-
ing until 1892 when he disposed of his store
and changed his residence to Granger, where
he bought of George \Y. Roberts a stock of
goods, which he handled with success and finan-
cial profit until July, 1901, when he discontinued
trade and removed to his large ranch six miles
west of Opal, where he has since been exten-
sively engaged in stockraising, devoting special
attention to cattle. Mr. Davison's ranch em-
braces an area of 3,056 acres, of which 800 acres
are irrigable, the whole being well situated and
admirably adapted for stockraising. He also
owns 1 60 acres of tillable land adjoining Gran-
ger, besides considerable town property, all in
good condition and continually increasing in
value. Financially Mr. Davison has met with
well merited success and by intelligent manage-
ment and wise i> forethought has accumulated
a handsome property, being one of the leading
stockmen of his section, and the success which
he has already attained bespeaks for him a still
larger and more remunerative business in years
to come. Mr. Davison served two years as
postmaster of Opal and for nine years had
charge of the postoffice of Granger. He was
also a justice' of the peace at Granger and took
an active and prominent part in politics as a
Republican. He has been in cluse touch with
the leaders of his political partv for a number of
years and by his well-timed counsel and ac-
tivity, he has contributed much to its success,
both locally and in the district and state. He
holds membership with the Odd Fellows' fra-
ternity and believing thoroughly in the teach-
ings of the order he has endeavored to square
his life in harmony therewith. Mr. Davison
was married in Evanston, Wyo., on June 19,
1890, with Miss Annie J. Robinson, a daughter
of Arthur and Almecla J. (Snyder) Robinson,
the father a native of Ireland and the mother
of < >hio. Mrs. Davison first saw the light of
day in Primrose, Pa., and she has borne for
her husband five children, William, James B.,
Arthur R., Samuel M. and Jane. The home life
of Mr. and Mrs. Davison is most exemplary and
happy, the domestic circle is perfectly har-
monious and under the guiding hand of the mis-
tress of the house, a most tender and devoted
wife and mother, it has become an almost ideal
one. The career of Mr. Davison in the west
has been attended by many hardships but an
untiring perseverance and wisely directed
energy have enabled him to overcome oppos-
ing circumstances and win an honorable po-
sition both as a business man and citizen. In
his relations with his fellow men he has done
well his part and as already indicated the fu-
ture awaits him with promised success.
BENJAMIN F. DAMS.
Highly esteemed among the people where
he has passed the last twenty years of his life,
having served them in all the best features of
private life and also in public station as a
county commissioner during an important
period in the history of the county, the builder
and maker of a leading stock industry in their
midst which he has developed from a small be-
ginning and holding himself in readiness for
the manly discharge of every duty, Benjamin
F. Davis, of near Newcastle in Weston county.
MEX OF WYOMING.
illustrates in his character and career the ster-
ling (|ualities and useful elements of American
citizenship. He is by nativity one of that rest-
less and conquering class known as New Eng-
landers. having been born at Shutesburv. Mass..
on November 8, 1847. His parents, John II.
and Mary i(iray) ])avis. were also natives of
Massachusetts and passed their lives within the
borders of that state, the father being an ener-
getic farmer and lumberman who died in Feb-
ruary, i go t, surviving his wife by forty years,
she having died in 1861. Both were born and
reared in Shutesbury, and their bodies now
quietly rest beneath the green sward of its
cemetery. I'.enjamin F. Davis remained at
home until he was nineteen years of age, re-
ceiving his education in the public schools of
his native place, at Xew Salem Academy and
at Cazenovia (X. V.) Seminary. In 1867 he
took up the burden of life for himself by ac-
cepting employment in a sawmill in his home
comity, remaining with this outfit for seven
years, when he went to work for a butcher and
si Hin thereafter a hotel, keeping at these various
occupations until 1874. In that year, seeking
a home and an opportunity for larger business
in the boundless \Ycst, he traveled through
Iowa and adjoining states for a year, making
his way gradually into Texas and there cn-
.^a.uing in bridge building for the G. H. iV- S. V
Railroad, in whose emplovment he passed three
years. Tn 1878 he returned north to Nebraska,
there becoming a clerk and salesman for [ones.
Mdice ec Co., lumber merchants, and with
them following the construction of the Ilur-
lin.Ljton Railroad through the state. In the
autumn of 1880 he located in t.'uster county.
S. I'., and did carpentering, ranching and min-
ing, us opportunity offered or necessity re-
quired. Three years later lie came to \Vyo-
ming and taking up the ranch he now occupies,
n a Stock industry on a small scale which
lie lias gradually expanded and improved until
it is one of I he leading enterprises of its kind
in ibis part of the state and it is a indui led on
a ranch which he has great K- developed and
improved with good building- and 1>\ skillful
cultivation. In connection with Mr. Sv
whose ranch adjoins his, he runs a sawmill
which is operated at the junction of .their prop-
erties, lie is also interested in the oil industry,
owning promising land in the Newcastle fields.
In politics Mr. Davis is an ardent and active
Republican, having given close and serviceable
attention to the affairs of his party, bearing
his share of the burdens of its campaigns and
yet not seeking its honors or emoluments. He
yielded once however to a popular demand and
served as county commissioner for the term of
1892-94. Fraternally he is connected with the
order of Freemasons, holding membership in
the lodge at Newcastle.
JAMES C. DAVIDS! >N.
A native son of \Yyoming. and one of Un-
successful and progressive young stockmen of
Albany county. James C. Davidson, of Pollock
postoffice, is the subject of this sketch. He was
born on Marcli 25, iS7<">, at the city of Laramie.
and is the son of James and Elizabeth David-
son, the former a native of Scotland and the
latter of County \Yc\fonl. Ireland. His father
was bom in ( ilasgow in 18^8. and was a brick-
layer in his native country until he had attained
to the age of twenty-tuo years, when he emi-
grated, and upon arriving in this country he
located in Menominee. Michigan, where he re
mained for a number of years, following his
occupation of bricklaying. In 1X74 he canie to
Laramie, in the territory of \\voining. where
he resided until his death in I 8< 10. lie was a
Thirty-second degree Freemason and a mem-
ber of the Independent Unler of < 'dd Fellows.
The mother came to America dnniiL; earlx life
anil passed awa\ at the a^e of lit! \-tonr \
leaving four children, John (deceased). I'rank.
James C. and \Villiam. Jam. ^ t '. Da\idson
grew |o manhood in Laramie. Wyo., and re-
ceived his eaih education in ils public schools.
At the as;e of seventeen years he left school
and secured employment in a mercantile 5l
in his native place. Mere he remained
ei^ht years and acquired a thorough knout*
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
of merchandising', hut believing that stockruis-
ing ottered larger opportunities for the ac-
cumulation of a fortune, he resigned his posi-
tion in the Laramie store and purchased the
ranch at Pollock which he now occupies, and
engaged in cattleraising. lie is now the owner
of a fine ranch to which he intends adding from
time to time and makes a specialty of growing
fine grades of Shorthorn cattle. He is slowly
but surely building up a good paying business
and is one of the rising young stockmen of that
section of Wyoming. In 1900 he was united
in marriage to Miss Irene Johnson, a native of
Germany and. a daughter of Hans and Chris-
tina (Brady) Johnson, both natives of that
country. The parents of Mrs. Davidson are
well-known and respected citizens of Wyoming.
Politically, Mr. Davidson is a stanch member
of the Republican party, and takes an active
and leading part in public affairs. In his sec-
tion he is one of the most trusted and energetic
of the local leaders of the party, ever foremost
in all matters that concern the public welfare.
He is at present the postmaster at Pollock,
having been appointed to that position during
the administration of the late President Mc-
Kinley and he has discharged the duties of the
position to the satisfaction of the public and
the department. To Mr. and Mrs. Davidson has
been born one child, namely, Lloyd, who
already gives promise of being a worthy suc-
cessor of his father. Their home is a popular
resort for a large circle of friends, and they find
pleasure in dispensing a generous hospitality.
HON. OTTO GRAMM.
In compiling a work devoted to the repre-
sentative men of the young and rapidly growing
state of Wyoming, completeness of the record
requires that due reference be made to the serv-
ives of those who in leading business connections
and high official positions have contributed es-
sentially and largely to the development of the
commonwealth. Conspicuous among these is the
progressive business man, Otto Gramm, a man
favorably known as the leader of extensive in-
dustrial enterprises and as OIK- of the state's dis-
tinguished men of affairs. Otto Gramm is a
native of < >hi<>. born in Chillicothe on November
11, 1846, while his parents, Moses and Helen
i Limle) Gramm, came to this country from Ger-
many many years ago and settled in Ohio, where
the}- reared a family of five children, of whom
Otto was the first born. The circumstances under
which he attained manhood were in no wise
encouraging, for his early life was beset with
many privations, not the least of them being
the almost complete absence of educational fa-
cilities, the amount of his schooling being
included in one term under the direction
of a decidedly indifferent teacher. But pos-
sessing an enquiring mind and craving for
knowledge, he made up in a great measure for
this deficiency by industrious reading and close
observation, and he also obtained by contact with
the world in various business pursuits a vast
fund of that valuable education which is only ob-
hlc in the hard school of experience. At
the early age of nine he began earning money for
himself by working in a drug store in his native
town, and in this way passed the greater part of
his time until he was twenty-four. By close ap-
plication he became well versed in the drug busi-
ness so that in 1870, when he left his native state
and came to Wyoming, he was able to open and
conduct a drugstore of his own, establishing
himself in the business at Laramie. He de-
voted himself earnestly to the business until 1886,
when he was elected to fill the dual office
of both probate judge and treasurer of Albany
county, the duties of which he ably discharged
for a period of six years. In the meantime he
took a very active part in political affairs,
of his section of the state and was .so prominently
mentioned for nomination as the first state
treasurer that the office was practically thrust
upon him. For four years he filled this office
to the satisfaction of the people, so firmly fixing
its policy on a sound and progressive basis that
no change has been necessary. At the close of
his term he became lessee of the Laramie Rolling
Mills, the name of which was later changed to
the Laramie Iron & Steel Co., and continued in
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PROGRESSIVE MEX 01- WYOMING.
charge of the enterprise until lyoo. At that
time he relinquished it and engaged in the coal
I, it sinc^ he is still conducting, being the execu-
tive head and general manager of the Laramie
Coal Co.. one of the largest enterprises of the
kind in Wyoming. In addition to the official
stations and business connections named, Mr.
( irainm has been actively identified with various
other industries of local prominence, notable
among them being the First National Bank of
Laramie of which he is a director. He is
largely interested in mining, aside from the local
company of which he is the head, owing valuable
mineral properties in different parts of the state.
Mr. ("iramm has ever manifested a commendable
pride in Wyoming, and is optimist enough to
believe that the state has a most promising
future. He has been a warm friend of its public
institutions, using his intelligence and influence
in all possible ways to advance their best interests
and increase their usefulness. Deprived of early
educational privileges, and highly appreciating
the value of intellectual discipline to the country,
he has been untiring in his efforts to promote the
efficiency of the schools and enhance the power
of education throughout the state. For more
than seventeen years he has been officially identi-
fied with educational affairs and at this writing
( 1902) hr )•• president of the Laramie school
hoard, a position in which his peculiar ability as
an inspiration for good has been of great serv-
ice to the community. lie has also been for
\ears president of the hoard of trustees of the
Slate I 'niversity, and has given to its counsel-
the full benefit of his breadth of view and practi-
cal wisdom. In politics he is alwa\s arti\e. tak-
ing a leading part in every campaign and render-
ing invaluable service to his party, both as an
ardent worker among the rank and file and as
a member of tlv coimU and state committees.
In fraternal circles he is well known and highly
esteemed as an enthusiastic and bright Free-
mason, holding the high rank of past grand
commander of the Knights Templar order of
the state, and also in having taken the Thirty-
seroiid degree given in the Scottish Rile. In
addition to his /eal before the altars of !
masonry, he has earnest and useful relations with
the order of Knights of Pythias, being' past grand
chancellor and with the Benevolent Protective
( inler of Elks, holding membership in their local
lodges. He has one daughter, Edith (i. In the
diverse and important interests with which he
has been identified in his eventful career, Mr.
Gramm has shown grasp of mind and mastery
of details, essential qualities in a leader of great
enterprises. His people have not been slow in
recognizing and employing his splendid abilities,
or niggardly in rewarding his services with their
highest honors and most cordial esteem.
THEODORE C. DICKSOX.
In a retrospect of Western men due recogni-
tion should be accorded to those of the older
generation who came while the savage still
held undisputed possession of the land and were
the forerunners of the civilization which now
prevails. The large majority of those sturdy,
and clear brained veterans, who laid the foun-
dation whereon others builrled, have passed
away, but here and there a scattered few re-
main to recount their deeds of daring and tell
to a younger generation the trials they experi-
enced while blazing the way through a rich
region abounding in obstacles and dangei s,
which none but the most courageous cared to
encounter. Among this class is the worth}'
gentleman whose name introduces this sketch,
whose life for many years past has been ver\
closely identified with the Great West as a
pioneer, and also as a promoter of enterprises
that have had influence in developing the re-
sources of several states and territories. Theo-
dore C. Dickson is a native of M • • •• .tnery
count}, ( >hio, ami a son of Ira and N'ancy
i I '.oho) Hiekson. the father being horn in Ver-
mont of Irish ancestry and the mothei in < >hio
of French. The Dickson family came to
America prior to the War of Independence,
settling in Xew Fngland. The mother's people
were also earl\ COmers tO the I nited Slates and
were ami mg the pii mi • ' ihio. Mr. I i
son was horn mi |anuar\ J, i •"•>.}-'• attended
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1 <fG.
school iii his native comity during his child-
hood rind youth, and when a young man learned
the saddlers' trade, also becoming an efficient
haniessmaker, working at these tnules in Ohio,
later traveling as a journeyman quite exten-
sively through the eastern slates. In 1858 Mr.
Dickson went west as far as the present site
of Denver. Colo., then included in the terri-
torj of Kansas. It is a matter of historical in-
terest thai he was the first man to recognize
the natural advantages of Denver and the su-
periority of its geographical position as the site
for a great populous and industrial center.
"With rare foresight he communicated his ideas
to others and in due time quite a number of
people became interested in the founding of
a town. In September, 1858, when the original
plat was surveyed, Mr. Dickson drove the first
stake and assisted the engineer until the lines
of the future metropolis of the -west were fully
run. The town was first called St. Charles but
the name was changed in compliment to Gover-
nor Denver of Kansas. Mr. Dickson remained
in Colorado about four years spending part of
the time at Denver which he saw grow from
an insignificant mining settlement to a town of
fair propositions and after prospecting in various
parts of the territory he started a store in
Central City, conducting a fairly lucrative trade
there until 1862 when he sold out and went
to Montana to engage in mining, being one of
the pioneer miners of the Treasure state, but
he did not at first realize a fortune. He located
several mines which afterwards became valuable
and bought and sold a number of properties,
but in 1866 disposed of them and returned to
Denver, where in December, 1866, he was
united in marriage with Miss Louisa King of
Illinois. In the spring of 1867 Mr. Dickson came
1 1 > \Yyoming, locating at Cheyenne six months
after the founding of the town. It was then
only a mining camp but within eighteen months
the population had so increased that the term
city was very appropriately applied. Seeing a
favorable opportunity for making money, he
opened a restaurant and for about eighteen
months conducted it with success, realizing suf-
liriein money to enable him to engage in a
more congenial and as he had every reason to
believe, a more remunerative undertaking, cai-
tleraising. Accordingly in 1870 Mr. Dickson
local CM 1 iw<> ranches in Laramie count}-, one in
the northern part and the other east of Chey-
, but only stocked the latter. His business
prospered and it was not long before he was
on the high road to fortune. In 1882 he
brought cattle to his northern ranch and a little
later became interested in the "Green Mountain
I toy" copper mine, which he developed and
worked until the deposit was exhausted. This
also proved handsomely remunerative and when
the ore ran low he disposed of the property and
turned his attention to other branches of busi-
ness, continuing cattleraising and various min-
ing operations until 1890, when he decided to
retire from active life. By close attention to
his undertakings and successful management he
had accumulated a handsome fortune, and now
in his beautiful home in Cheyenne and pleasant
summer home at Frederick, surrounded by his
family and friends, with everything to make
life comfortable and desirable, he is enjoying
the fruits of his many years of toil. He still
has interests in mines he located a few years
ago and which from present indications promise
rich and early returns in gold, silver and cop-
per. As a business man Mr. Dickson possesses
abilities of a high order and his judgment of
men and transactions is rarely at fault. He
manages his affairs upon strictly business prin-
ciples, his methods have been most honor-
able, and he has been prompt and liberal with
his means and influence in public and private
enterprises for the advancement of the com-
munity. He is endowed with marked good
common sense and possesses the mental ca-
pacity to investigate fully every question sub-
mitted to his consideration, being a marked
example of the successful self-made man, such
as only conditions under our free institutions
can produce. In the course of his long and
active career he has come in close personal
touch with all classes and conditions of men,
meeting with a stern practical experience which
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF UTOM/XG.
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proved a true test in developing the genuine
moral fiber and real worth of the individual.
For many years he has been a power in the
political affairs of Laramie county, working dili-
gentK t'nr tlu- success of his party, but never
asking official honors for himself. He was an un-
compromising Republican from the organiza-
tion of the party. I'.v reason of his long resi-
denee in Laramie county he is familiar with
every foot of its territory, being as widely
known and as highly esteemed as any citizen of
the state. Air. Dickson has been twiee mar-
ried, his first wife dying on January f>, iSS^, and
on Februar) 2~. iSS.}. he was united in mar-
at St. Louis, Mo., with Miss I'.clle Rusk,
a native of Maryland and daughter of John
Rusk, Esq. Mr. Dickson is the father of two
children. Hazel 1'.. and Clearmont. The I'.aptist
church represents the religion-- creed of the
family, church relations being held with the con-
fation worshiping at ( 'hc\ cnne.
M'.RAM I). DIRP.LE.
The gentleman whose name heads this bio-
graphical notice is a pioneer of Wyoming and
has held several offices of honor and trust
among her people both before and since she
arrived at the dignitx of statehood. Tie was
burn iii Vermont in 1X^1. a son of Eli and
Sarah I Whitney) Dibble, descendants of old
Knglish families who settled in \ew Fngland
early in our Colonial history and in the Revo-
lution espoused the cause of American freedom
with ardor. F.li Nibble was born at liurling-
ton, \'t., where he followed the manufacturing
of woolen goods for a time after which lie went
to Warsaw. Wxoming count}', X. V., where he
started a \\ooleii-mill. but some \ears later re-
moved to ( >il Creek, I'a., and there erected a
large mill, run by water power, the first in
t hat section of th< O >milrv and there lie passed
the remainder of his life. Sarah I Whitney i
llibble was also born at or near Piiirliir.:t"n.
Vt.. and was married there. She died at War-
saw, X. Y.. in iS|,~. leaving livi- children. At
the death of his mother \hram 1 ). I >ihhle, then
about seventeen years of age, broke off his
academical-studies and started out to make his
own way in the world, passing two years in
Pennsylvania and one in Xew York, then ^oing
to Cass county, Mich., where he remained until
tXoS. From there he came to Wyoming, and
after passing a short time at Bitter Creek, lo-
cated at Rawlins and worked for the railroad
company there and was transferred to Creston
in Sweetwatcr county, remaining there until
iS7_\ At that time he bought the first bui!
lots sold in Green River and erected on one
of them his present dwelling. In the early days
he did a great deal of prospecting and some
mining, but did not quit railroading until [SSj.
In iSS^ ami iSS_i he was the assessor of S
water county, elected as a Republican, he hav-
ing been potential in organizing the party and
making its work effective in the county, and
In ing oni "i' its uriginal members ill the country.
lie likewise was postmaster of Green River
for one full lerm of four years, during the pr< -i
deiicv of Harrison, was later appointed U. S.
mar-dial for the district and in 1*05 he was elect-
ed justice of the peace, an office he has filled
with signal ability and fairness and which he
is still holding, his opinions being so manifest-
ly right that few if any appeals are taken from
his decisions. In 1896 he became a Silver Re-
publican and has since affiliated in politics with
that wing of bis party. Fraternally he has ;
a member of tin- Masonic, order for fifty yi
belonging to the "P.lue Lodge" for that length
of time, and has been connected with the Royal
Arch < hapter, Commandcry and Scottish Rite
For aboul ihi> i years. In iS;|. at War-
saw, X. V., he was united, in marriage with
Miss Marv L. Sawer, a native of Xew York and
a daughter of \udivw and Louisa i I >in<more)
Sawer, natives of Vermont who died and were
buried in Michigan. To Mr. and Mrs. Dibble
were born live children. I.illie. now the wife of
Mr. I'.aMer: Xerta P.; Minnie, now the wife
, Ir. llawley: and Khcil L. and Justin S..
who were killed in the railroad service and
whose remains rest in the cemeter\ at ( ireen
River. Mr. Dibble's cili/enslup has been
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WY()ML\G.
ductive of much good in the development and
advancement of the material, moral-and educa-
tional interests of Wyoming.
JAMES H. DICKEY.
James H. Dickey, the popular manager of
the Mountain Trading Co.'s stores at Diamond-
ville, Wyoming, was born in Kirkwood, St.
Louis county, Mo., on July 30, 1862, his grand-
parents on the paternal side being John and
Mary Dickey, natives of Ireland, who were for
years residents of Pennsylvania, where they
settled on coming to this country. Their son,
James Dickey, was a native of the Keystone
State and married Miss Sarah F. Chandler,
who was born in Havre De Grace, Maryland,
and of their four children James H. Dickey
was the second in order of birth. He received
his educational training in the schools of St.
Louis, and in 1880, when about seventeen years
old, he entered the employ of the Rock Island
Railroad, with his headquarters in St. Louis
and after remaining with that company about
seven months he resigned his position and came
to Evanston, Wyoming, where for the ensuing
seven and one-half years he was a clerk for
Beckwith, Quinn & Co. After this long and
faithful service Mr. Dickey went to Montana
where he was for two years the capable man-
ager of the Anaconda Copper Co.'s mercantile
department at Belt, Mont., and he subsequently
acted in the same capacity for large corpora-
tions of a similar character until 1900 when he
came to Diamondville and took the manage-
ment of the Mountain Trading Co., the duties
of which position he has since most efficiently
discharged. The three stores over which he
exercises supervision do a large business and
are among the most successful establishments
of the kind in this section of the state. In
their management, he displays not only famili-
arity with every detail of commercial life but
an executive ability of high order and a sound-
ness of judgment eminently fitting him for
leadership in commercial life. He has capacity
and aptitude for great undertakings and from
the beginning of his career to the present time
his straightforward course has proven highly
satisfactory to the several companies with
which he has been identified. His sterling in-
tegrity, energy and perseverance has raised
him to a high position among his fellow men
and he has become not only a leader in busi-
ness circles but a potential factor in social life.
Mr. Dickey was married on June 19, 1886, with
Miss Elizabeth Abrahams, daughter of Griffiths
and Maria Abrahams, the ceremony taking
place at Rock Springs, Wyo. Mrs. Dickey's
parents are natives of Wales who came to the
United States a number of years ago, settling
in Utah. Three children have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Dickey, Clifford W., James H.
and Charles C., the first named dying at the
age of six and a half years. Fraternally Mr.
Dickey is a Freemason of high standing, for
he has taken a number of degrees including
those of A. F. and A. M., R. A. M., K. T. and
Sir Knight, and is an enthusiastic worker in
the various organizations of the fraternity. He
is also identified with the Pythian Brotherhood,
in which he has been honored with important
official positions. He has a strong constitu-
tion, a strong mind and clear brain and is now
in the prime of physical and mental manhood.
Temperate in his habits, a genial companion, a
trusted friend and a popular citizen, he is emi-
nently worthy the high esteem in which he is
-held and deserves to be classed with the repre-
sentative men of his community.
JOHN T. DODGE.
A representative, stockman of Albany
county is John T. Dodge, the subject of this
sketch, whose address is McGill, Wyoming. A
native of the state of Michigan, he was born
near Saginaw City in 1850, and is the son of
Nathan and Hannah (Robb) Dodge, both be-
ing natives of Michigan. His father was en-
gaged in farming in Michigan up to the time of
his death, which occurred in 1852, and he was
buried at the city of Saginaw. The mother
passed away in Nebraska and lies buried at
PROGRESSIJ'E MEX OP WYOMING.
Lyons in thai state. John T. Dodge attained
manhood in Michigan and Nebraska and re-
ceived his education in the public schools of
the latter state. At the earlv age of sixteen
years he was compelled to leave school and
earn his own livelihood and engaged in farm-
ing in Nebraska, in which pursuit he continued
with varying success up to 1876, when he
removed his residence to Colorado, where he
established his headquarters at Fort Collins and
i ngaged in freighting operations from that
place, continuing to be thus employed for about
four years, then selling his freighting business
to good advantage, he removed to North
Park, Colo., where he engaged in mining until
iSS^. He then disposed of his mining prop-
erty and removed to the territory of Wyoming,
where he established his home on the Laramie
River on the present site of the Dodgeville
placer mines. At this point while making an
excavation for the cellar of his residence placer
14 old was discovered in paying quantities and
he at once started extensive placer mining
operations. He carried on this business for
some time with considerable success and was
at the same time engaged in the cattle busi-
ness. Subsequently he removed his residence
to his present ranch, situated about ten miles
south of Dodgeville, and he has since there
continued in the stock business, meeting with
substantial success, being counted one of the
representative stockmen oi' that region. In
iSjj, Mr. I lodge was united in the holy bonds
of \\<dlock with Miss Mar\ K. Kelleville. a na-
tive of < »hio and the daughter of Sanu-cl and
Jane i Helms) I'.ellcville, we'll known and highly
respected citizens of that state. To the union
o) Mr. and Mr.s. Dodge six children have been
born, namely, William A., Thomas, Nora A.,
Arthur. Samuel and Walter. Tin three latter
passed a\\av in childhood, and are buried in
Nebraska. Politically, Mr. I lodge is a stanch
adherent of the Republican ]>art\ and an earn-
est and enthusiastic advocate of the principles
of that political or^ani/ation. believing that
their dominance in public affairs of state and
nation to be For the best interest of the public
\\elfare. lie is one of the most trusted leaders
of the party in Albany county, although he has
never sought or desired any office, preferring to
devote his time and attention to his personal
business affairs. He stands high in the esteem of
all classes of his fellow citi/cns, irrespective of
political affiliations.
JAMES l>< >UGHERTY.
( >ne of the oldtime pioneers of Wyoming
and now a prominent ranchman and cattle
owner of llatton, Albany county, is James
Dougherty. A native of Ireland, he was born
in 1833, the son of James and Rose (McCray)
Dougherty, both natives of that country. 1 Us
father, born in 1810, was a merchant, all of his
active life following that pursuit up to the time
of his decease in 1871. He was the son of
i ieorge Dougherty also a native of Ireland and
a merchant, with which he combined farming,
and living to the great age of ninety-ei-ht
\ears, and dying in 1^48. His wife, whose
maiden name was Celia Mc('ue. also lived to
an advanced age, dying in the same year with
her husband at the age of ninety-six years.
The father of (ieorge Dougherty was na
Daniel, and he was a carpenter and a skilled
mechanic, the builder of the first wheel-cart
made in Ireland. The mother of the subject of
this review passed away in her native country
in 1848 at the age of thirty-two years, being
the daughter of Daniel and Rosy (Madden)
Met 'ray, \\ell-known and highly respected
dents MI" Ireland. James Don^herlx yrew to
manhood in his native land, and received his
early education, such as circumstances per-
mitted to him, in the schools Of the \icinil\ of
his home. When he arrived at the age ol
twenty-One \ears lie resolved to free himself
from the hard conditions that surrounded him
in his native conntrv and to seek his fortune
in the connlrv of free institutions, and in the
COmpan) of a number of oilier young men of
like aspirations he left the home of his child-
hood and early manhood, the memory of which
lias e\er been dear to him through all his after
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OF WYOMING.
life, and sailed away to America. Arriving in
New York he soon found employment in draying,
and followed that pursuit for about two years.
He then secured employment on a railroad run-
ning through the states of Maryland and Vir-
ginia, and continued this business until 1861, then
he responded to the call of his adopted coun-
try for troops to defend the flag and the in-
tegrity of the Union, and enlisted as a private
in Co. C, Third Pennsylvania Cavalry. With
this regiment he served throughout the war,
and for a total period of four years, two months
and six days, and was mustered out of the
service with a commission as a captain, a pro-
motion he had earned by gallant service in
the field. During his long term of service he
was in many engagements, but escaped without
serious injury from either wounds or disease.
At the end of his army life he established his
home in Maryland and engaged in contracting,
in which he continued for about three years.
He then removed his residence to Missouri,
but soon proceeded to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Xot finding business conditions here as favor-
able as he had anticipated, he went on to
Laramie City, Wyo., where he arrived in 1868.
Here he engaged in railroading and overland
freighting, going as far as Nevada, and was
in this employment for about four years, then
he engaged in ranching and cattleraising at
Sheep Mountain on the Little Laramie River,
being one of the earliest of the pioneer stock-
men of that section of the country and one of
the first to recognize its superior advantages
as a stockgrowing section. He has met with
success in his business operations and is now
one of the representative business men of the
county. In 1872 Mr. Dougherty was united in
marriage with Mrs. Ellen M. Hunt, a native of
Ireland, whose maiden name was Cosgrove.
She passed away in 1876, leaving one son. The
present wife of Mr. Dougherty at their mar-
riage was Mrs. Mary S. Luber, a native of New
York. They have no children. Mr. Dougherty
is a staunch member of the Democratic party
and for many years he has taken an active and
prominent part in the councils and management
of that party in the county where he resides, and
during the administration of President Cleveland
he received the appointment as postmaster of
Hatton postoffice in Albany county. He is on.- of
the leading citizens of his county and is held in
the highest esteem by all classes of his fellow
citizens.
J. W. DOLAK.
J. W. Dolar, popularly known as "Buck"
Dolar, one of the successful citizens of Kem-
merer, Wyoming, was born in 1862 at Paola,
Kas., the son of Andrew and Caroline (Huges)
Dolar. Andrew Dolar was born in Pennsyl-
vania. He was a shoemaker by trade and long
conducted a shoe store at Paola, Kas.. and at
another time one in Nashville, 111., where he
died in 1890 at the age of fifty-seven, being an
original Democrat in politics and an old John
Brown man. His chief interest was in his fam-
ily, and he was married in Pottawatomie, Kas.,
in which place he was a pioneer and built the
first house. His wife, who was born in Vir-
ginia, is now living on a ranch about seven miles
north of Granger, Wyo. J: W. Dolar at fifteen
years attained his first employment in a livery
stable at Nashville, 111., where he continued in
the livery line for twenty years, for the last four
of them being in business for himself. Selling
cut at this place, he went to Trinidad, Colo.,
where he remained two years, then went to
Granger, Wyo., and engaged in the sheep busi.-
ness, in which he continued for nine years, when
selling his stock he moved to Kemmerer, Wyo.,
returned to his first love and has continued in
the livery business here ever since. Mr. Dolar
has always been a horsetrader and is fully im-
bued with the philosophy that characterizes the
successful men of that vocation and it is by his
good trading and successful investments that
he has made his money. He is a Democrat in
politics. He was first married in 1877 in Du-
quoin, 111., to Mary C. Cowan, a native of Illi-
nois, and a daughter of Isaac and Sarah Cowan.
She died in 1890, leaving one son, John E.
Dolar, and lies buried at Taylorville, 111. The
present Mrs. Dolar was Martha Davis, also a
native of Illinois.
MEX Ol; WYOMING.
EDWIX S. DRURV.
Tlu- founder, editor and one of the proprie-
tors of the Grand Encampment Herald, one of
i lu- leadi -papers of southern Wyoming,
in S. Drury, is a native of Tabor, Fremont
[owa. IK was born on February 23,
iS-_>, the son of C. ]. and Mary (Dunham)
; . h"th natives of Michigan. His paternal
grandfather, Charles Drury. was a native of the
of \'e\v York, removing from that state
many years ago t< > Michigan, where he was one
of tlie earliest pioneers, and long engaged in
agricultural pursuits. The maternal grand-
father of Mr. Drury was also born in New York
and removed from that state to Michigan,
where he snent the latter days of his life, being
a pn iminent minister of the Baptist faith. The
father nf our subject in iSoi answered to the
call of President Lincoln for troops to defend
the integrity of the Union, and enlisted as a
member of ihe Seventeenth .Michigan Regiment
find was in service for some time, but was com-
pelled to retire from active service on account
of illness for a considerable time. Upon his re-
; . li< again enlisted and continued in the
military service up to the close <>f the Civil War.
i being mustered out of the army he deter-
mined to seek his fortune in the far West, and
removed his residence to California, where he
remained for about three fears, engaged in
prosperous farming, stockraising and mining.
Me then returned to Michigan and later re-
'1 his home to Iowa. During his residence
in Michigan he abl\ served the people of his
count \ in the office of sheriff, discharging the
nsible duties of that position with credit
to himself and to th< ' i iction of bis con-
stituents. He was for many years one of the
itive men ' if the secin MI i it tbt-
where he- maintained bis home. F.dwin S.
Drun. was the first son of a family of six chil-
dren, and grew to man's estate in Michigan.
.ing his elementary education in the public
schools of CaSS county. lie early learned tin-
printers' trade and at the age of eighteen
went into business for himself at Lawton,
Mich., where he began the publication of the
in wspaper ki C I ;dcr. In
this enterprise he met with success, due to the
md industry with which he conducted
the business. Subsequently he successfully
'1 i he civil service examination for em;
ment in the service of ihe I Fnited States govern-
ment and was assigned to the Bureau of Print-
ing at Washington, 1). C., where he remained
but a few months owing to the failure of his
health through malaria, and he resigned his po-
sition and removed to Wyoming, where he se-
icw town of Encampment as a de-
sirable location for a newspaper. This was in
the fall of 1897, when there were but three
buildings in the place, but he was satisfied with
its prospects, and returning to Michigan he
closed up his business interests in that
and in the spring of iSo^ made his home at En-
campment, where he associated himself in busi-
ness with his brother, W. C. Drury. and they
i' the publication of the Grand Encamp-
ment Herald. Tlu . y have been \erv successful,
and are now the owners of one of the
equipped printing plants in Wyoming, and their
publication i-, ized as the leading news-
r of that section of the state. ( >n Novem-
ber 29, iSo^, Mr. Drury was united in marriage
with Miss Elizabeth Root, a native of Miclr
and the daughter of D. T. Root, a highly re-
spected citizen and horticulturist of that state.
Fraternally Mr. Drury is affiliated with the
Freemasons and also \\iili ihe Modern Wood-
men of America, and lakes an active interest in
the social and fraternal life of ihe community.
Politically he is a stanch member of the Repub-
lican parlv, rceogui/eil as one of the trusted
1. u-al leaders < •)' that pi >lii '•• In
[SoS be received the appointment of postm.
of Encampment, and upon the expiration of his
term of office was i e.-qi pointed for another term
of four years. His administration has given
'ii to the business men of the com-
munity, as well as to the public generally. Mr.
Drury is largely interested in mining enter
prises in and about Fncampmciit. was the or
ganizcr of the Coldwater ('upper Mining •
74
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
which is the owner of the six valuable Wolverine
claims located at I 'carl, Colo., which promise
to develop into one of the great mines of that
state. He is the vice-president and manager of
this company, and has successfully conducted
its operations, and he also holds the same posi-
tion in the Kalamazoo Mining Co., which owns
property adjoining that of the Coklwater Co.
As a newspaper man and editor, Mr. Drury en-
joys a well-merited reputation, and his publish-
ing establishment is supplied with, all modern
improvements and appliances for the publication
of a live and up-to-date newspaper. Progres-
sive, enterprising and ever foremost in the ad-
vocacy of all measures calculated to be of ad-
vantage to the general public, he is a powerful
factor in the development of this section of his
adopted state. He has done much, both per-
sonally and through the Herald, to attract the
atention of outside capital to the great re-
sources of Carbon county, and to bring about
the further settlement of the country in the vi-
cinity of the city of his residence. He is one of
the rising men of Wyoming, and destined to
take a prominent place in its future history.
MRS. EMMA M. DUDLEY.
The multifarious requirements of American
life, especially among the yet untamed condi-
tions of the great Northwest, afford opportuni-
ties to every class and character of human en-
terprise and usefulness, and open to women of
progressive and resolute spirit as many doors
to profitable activity as to men. Among the
members, of the fair sex who are entitled to
special mention as influential and productive
elements in the civilization and development of
this section, none has shown greater resource-
fulness and self-reliance, or achieved more sub-
stantial and continuous success than Mrs. Emma
M. (Armstrong) Dudley, now of Davis Ranch,
Laramie county, Wyo. She was born in Ot-
sego county, N. Y., on December 23, 1839, a
daughter of William and Eunice (Gibson) Arm-
strong, also natives of the Empire state. Her
father was a stonemason bv trade, a member of
the Masonic fraternity and in 1849 ne removed
his family to Wakeman, Ohio, and there fol-
lowed his craft profitably until his death in June,
1893, at the age of ninety-nine years. His wife
died in 1884, aged eighty-four. Mrs. Dudley
was educated in the schools at Wakeman, Ohio,
remaining there until her marriage on October
3, 1858, to Joseph Dereemer at Norwalk, Ohio,
who was a native of the state and a prosperous
farmer. She and her husband removed to Cali-
fornia in 1863, where, after three years of min-
ing and other pursuits her husband died, his
widow then returning to her Ohio home, where
she remained until 1871, when she came to
Wyoming and took up a ranch on Horse Creek
near her present location and engaged in cattle
raising. In 1887 she sold her ranch and passed
five years in Ohio, educating her daughter. Lil-
lie Lathan, the child of a second marriage, who
attended schools at Wakeman and Norwalk.
During her stay in Ohio at this time Mrs. Dud-
ley's father died, and in September, 1893, she
returned to Wyoming and the next year took
up her present ranch on Horse Creek, thirty-
three miles north of Cheyenne, on which she has
since resided, being busily occupied in her
growing catttle industry, building it up from an
unpretentious beginning to very gratifying pro-
portions. She gives her personal attention to
every detail of the business and with rare ca-
pacity and shrewdness pushes it to successful
issues in every way. Her cattle are of high
grade and have a rank in the markets second
to none. By her marriage to Mr. Dereemer
she had one child, Charles A. Dereemer. Her
union with Daniel S. Lathan occurred at Chey-
enne on March 27, 1871. They had one child,
as has been noted. Lillian E. Lathan, now the
wife of Charlie Bliss, of Cheyenne, and the
marriage of Mrs. Lathan to William G. Dud-
ley took place at Cheyenne on January i<;, 1888.
Mrs. Dudley is a member of the Christian
church, active in the charities and other good
works conducted under its inspiration and super-
vision. She was one of the early settlers on Horse
Creek and braved the fury of savage men and
inhospitable elements, having much trouble and
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
75
nianv exciting experiences with the Indians and
[g weather at times which required the ut-
mosl fortitude and endurance. For a time her
nearest neighbors were twenty-five miles dis-
tant and self-reliance was one of the daily and
hourly necessities of the situation.
PHILEMON E. Dl" SAULT.
1'hilemon E. Du Sault, county clerk of Sweet-
water county, Wyoming', was horn in I Six, .-il
Three Rivers in the province of Quebec, Can-
ada, a son of Remi and Anna (Eoitinville) Du
Sault. Remi Du Sault. also a native of Three
Rivers, was a farmer until i8f>~. when he was
appointed to a position in the Royal Mail serv-
ice, which he still retains at the age of sixty-one,
making his residence at Montreal. His wife
was born at Riviere dti Loup, now Louiseville,
Canada, but died when her son Philemon was
but five years old. Her parents were reared in
the Catholic church, but her father left that
communion and followed Rev. Chiniquy, who
emigrated and founded a colony at Bourbon-
nais, 111., and removing his family to that place
he there passed the remainder of his life. Phile-
mon Du Sault received his education in the
schools of Quebec, Canada, and when he was
eighteen years of age removed to St. Anne, 111.,
but only remained there two or three months,
then went to Chicago for a short time, from
there to \benleen, S. I)., at which place he
"wenl broke," but nothing daunted he tramped
nearly five hundred miles across the plains to
Buffalo, Wyo., and when he reached the town
sat on the steps of the First National Hank of
r.ut'falo. Wyo., to rest. While sitting there he
was approached by I.. II. Parker, foreman of a
large cattle ranch, who inquired into his condi-
tion, gave him employment and advanced funds
for his immediate necessities. Mr. I )n Sault be
gan work for him on July 4. iSSd. and remained
in his employ three years, lie then removed
to Green River and engaged with the I'nion
Pacific Railroad as a clerk, and continuing in
that service until 1X114. when he accepted a place
in the clerical department of ihe Rock Springs
Coal Co. In i8(j5 this company was absorbed
by the Sweet water Mining Co., for which Mr.
I hi Sault acted as traveling salesman for two
or three years and then again went into the em-
plo\ 01 the I'nion Pacific, remaining with that
company until he assumed the duties of county
clerk of Sweetwater county in 1899, an office
he still holds and in which his services have
been of material advantage to the county 'and
have been highK appreciated. In fraternal rela-
tions Mr. Du Sault is identified with the Ma-
sonic order, holding membership in the lodge
at Rock Springs, the chapter and commandery
at Green River and the mystic shrine at Raw-
lins. < hi June 20, 181)4, he was joined in mar-
riage with Miss Annie Jones, a native of Frank-
lin, Idaho, and a daughter of Daniel and Min-
nie (Clarksoni Jones, natives of Wales. Her
father died in 1000, and was buried at Rock
Springs, where his widow still lives and where
the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Du Sault was
solemnized. The\ have one child, Donald Dud-
lev Du Sault, whose presence adds sunshine to
their pleasant home.
BERT ELDER.
One of the active, vigorous and successful
ranchmen and live stoekgn >\\ ei> of Conversi
county, Wyoming, I'.ert Elder, is the proprietor
of a fine ranch situated on the La Prele Creek,
nine miles west of the thriving city of Doug-
las, his postoffice address. Mr. Elder was born
in Bedford count}. Pa., on August .7. |S;S. a
grandson of Robert Elder and the son of I. S.
and Sarah (Rhodes) Elder, both being repre-
sentatives of families resident in Pennsylvania
from the days of William IVnn. and taking
in the wars and Indian troubles in the Rcvolu-
,M\ and later periods, the original Elders
being of mingled Dutch and \\clch lini
while ihe Rhodes were of German extraction.
\n aunt of his mother was captured by the In-
dians in her girlhood and carried to Canada, a
number of years passing 1 i release and
return could be accomplished. Robert I
was a millwright, \\lio erected many solid mills
PROGR1 vs/J /• MEN 01: WYOMING.
in Pennsylvania before his death. J. S. Elder
remained in his native state until iSOS, marry-
ing then- and raising a family of seven sons
and t\vu daughters, of whom Bert was the
fourth in order of birth. The family home was
transferred to the near neighborhood of Har-
risonville, Mo., in 1868, the father there con-
ducting agricultural operations and stockrais-
mg until his death in igor. at the age of sev-
enty-four years. Bert Elder remained with his
parents and became well versed in farming
operations, receiving a good common school
education in Pennsylvania and Missouri, in 1879
joining the stampede of goldseekers to Lead-
ville, Colo., and engaging in mining in that
state until 1882, thence going to Carbonette,
near Glenwood Springs, in the same year, mak-
ing his residence at Tie Siding, \Yyo., where he
was for three years engaged in lumbering oper-
ations, thence, in May, 1886, locating on his
present homestead ranch, where he is success-
fully engaged in stockraising, being prosperous
in his undertakings as the result of his diligent
activity. His ranch is finely located, much of
his land being under irrigation, and he has
greatly improved it by the erection of a com-
modious residence of modern style, comforta-
ble barns, outbuildings and other necessary ac-
cessories to the proper carrying on of his
special branch of husbandry. Mr. Elder formed
a matrimonial alliance on December 23, 1885,
with Miss Florence Sherwin. a native of Illinois,
and a daughter of Marshal and Mary B. Sher-
win, natives of Illinois. The father moved his
family from Illinois to Kansas, and there his
death occurred, the mother and children later
coming to Wyoming in the early eighties. Their
children are Sarah, Rawlin and Mary. His wife
and daughter, Mar}', were drowned in the La
Prele Creek in 1894 and he later married with
Miss Zenana Miller of Carthage, Mo., on Feb-
ruary, 1896. Mr. Elder is interested in the pub-
lic welfare as a member of the Democratic pol-
itical party, and fraternally he belongs to the
I. O. O. F. order at Douglas. He has been the
artificer of his own fortune. Indefatigable in
his efforts and guided by correct principles, he
has secured a tangible reward in the acquisition
of a handsome property and in the respect and
• "ifidence of all who know him.
AUGUST ERICKSON.
Every land has contributed of its best and
most serviceable elements to build up and de-
velop the great Northwest of the United States,
and from none has come a more thrifty, more
industrious, more law-abiding or more progres-
sive people than from the land of Gustavus
Adolphus and Charles the Twelfth, the land of
manly spirit and intellectual progress, the land
of frugality and industry, fair Sweden that basks
in the radiance of the midnight sun. Among
those of our citizens of Swedish nativity August
Erickson, of near Inyankara, a prosperous and
progressive farmer and stockman on Canyon
Springs Prairie, twenty miles south of Sun-
dance, has made a lasting impression on the
community in which he lives and secured a firm
hold on the esteem and confidence of its people.
He was born at Stockholm, Sweden, on Novem-
ber 8, 1857, the son of Lars Erickson, and lost
his mother by death when he was but a child.
He remained with his father until he was four-
teen years old, attending school and learning
what he could of men and life by observation,
at that age being apprenticed to a stonemason
of Stockholm, and after reaching his majority
worked at the trade there for fourteen years.
In 1892 he came to America, and after making
a visit to his brother in Kansas and working
at his trade for a short time in Kansas City,
removed to Wyoming, where he was employed
as a mason by Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins for
a year and a half. He then settled at Inyan-
kara and worked at his trade in that vicinity
until 1895 when he took up the ranch on which
he now lives and conducts a profitable enter-
prise in farming and raising stock, and here Mr.
Erickson has not only redeemed a goodly por-
tion of the virgin soil of Wyoming from its
wild condition and making it to smile with the
PROGRESSIl'E MEX OF WYOM
77
white harvests of peace and plenty, but has
s^iveii an example of sterling manhood, zealous
industry and fidelity to duty which has made
him a potential force for good in the commu-
nity. He was married on March 3, 1883, at
Stockholm, Sweden, with Miss Annie Johnson,
also a native of Sweden, where for generations
her forefathers were among the productive ele-
ments of a progressive civilization. Four chil-
dren have blessed their union, Eric, August,
Oscar and Louis. The family render allegiance
to the- Lutheran church in religious affiliation
and in politics Mr. Erickson is an unfaltering
Democrat.
WILLIAM CHARLES CLARKSOX FREE-
MAX, M. D.
Prominent among the younger generation of
medical men whose endowments and achicvc-
ments have added dignity to a profession which
all ages have delighted to honor is Dr. William
('harles C. Freeman, who since iStjj has been
alleviating the sufferings ' >f humanity in Rock
Springs and the adjacent country. Much de-
pends upon being born well and in this respect
Dr. Freeman was peculiarly tortunate. as he
comes of intelligent, noble-minded parents.
\\ h ise ancesti n or enei . ms were n. >ted for
strong mentality, high intellectual endowments
and sterling moral worth. Dr. William Frei
man. the father, was a native of < >mario, Can-
ada, born in iS.y>. \ fi < r receiving a tine liter-
ary education he took up the study of medicine,
graduating from the Toronto Medical College
and subsequently prosecuting his researches at
Guy's Hospital, London. Eng.. and Edinburgh
l~nivcrsit\, Scotland, and I'.ellc \ue Medical Col-
lege, Xew York. II.' began medical practice
.'•orgeio\\n. ( )ntario, in 1857. and until iSS.)
lie did a lar^e and lucrative profe-, -ioinl busi-
ness in that city, bein^ om- of tin aMrst phvsic-
ians and surgeons in the entire province. In i 88. j
he came to Roek Springs. Wyo., and was in
practice uninterril] >tcdl\ until KJOO when death
|int an end to his labors. lie attlained much
more than a local repute, especially in surgery,
where he had ven few equals and never met a
superior. His original investigations enabled
him to make a number of new discoveries, in
eal science and he generously gave to the
profession the benefits of his studies and re-
lies in main- able and scholarly paper-..
\Viih all of his intellectual culture and high pro-
fessional attainments, he was a quiet man.
solutely free from ostentation and found his
keenest enjoyment in the bosom of his family,
where shut from the world, he pursued unmo-
lested his fascinating scientific studies. He
faithful to his practice, and had not an exces-
sive modesty prevented, he might have become
one of the most distinguished surgeons of his
day and generation. Uaac Freeman, fath<
William, was a native of ( hnario, as was also
his wife, who bore the maiden name of Hannah
Kelley ; his father, also Isaac by name, was
of three brothers who came from England in a
very early day and settled in Massachu
Miss Mary Cobban, win. became the wife of
Dr. William Freeman, was a native of Ontario
and a daughter of Dr. James and Catherine
ijarmyi Cobban, the father being a prominent
physician and surgeon of that province. 1 lei-
son, William Charles C. Freeman, was born in
' mlario in 18(18 and received his literary educa-
tional trailing in the schools of Georgetown,
Ontario, the (iitelph Collegiate Institute, at
I iuelph, I >ntario. the I "pper ( 'anada I ',<
and the Toronto Cnivcrsitv. Having decided
to adopt for a calling the profession in which
his father and his maternal grand father ha.i
achieved Mich signal success, he be^an a pn
liminan c< iun icdical trainiiu' [tienl
ly entering Trinii \ LJniversitj Medical i "liege
ai Toronto, Canada, from which noted instiin
tion he was L;radnaled with an honorable n
in iS.)^. Immediate!} after obtaining his de-
gree lie b. 'Mil medical practice at Rock Springs.
Wyo.. and it was not loin; until his superior
professional abilities brought him prominently
to the notice of the public as a physician and
suriM'.'ii iiional merit. Me soon estab-
lished liimself in the > em of
the people and gained a large and lucrative
practice which presents .1 of SUCCCSSCS
rarely equaled in the career of one so \oung.
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol' WYOMING.
His ruling ambition has been ti> excel in his
chosen calling, tin- best energies of his mind
have been lenl in I hat direction, and in this he
lias not failed, as is sh<>\vn in part by the many
•"tt.'.hlc cures he has etT-cted and by the enthu-
si.:s;,i with which he still keeps up his studies
and researches. The Doctor has performed a
number of very difficult surgical operations in
\\ln.-h. the greatest skill was required and is
easily the peer of any of his professional asso-
ciates as a family physician. Hooks are his
lovi ' c< >;i:panions and his library is replete with
the ablest medical works and authorities, and
he i-~ a close and critical reader of the latest
standard literature bearing upon his profession.
He has served as city health officer of Rock
Springs and was for some time physician and
surgeon to the Sweetwater Coal Mining Co.
He has built well upon the broad foundation
of intellectual culture and moral principles a
goodly edifice which will stand the test of time,
and though still a young man he has achieved
a reputation such as few men much older in the
medical world attain. He takes an active interest
in all matters pertaining to the good of his city
and links his influence to whatever tends to the
intellectual and moral advancement of his fel-
low men. He belongs to several benevolent
and fraternal organizations, among them the
Independent Order of Redmen, I. O. O. F.,
Ancient Order of United Workmen, Degree of
Honor and the Eagles. He was married in
i >ctober, 1896, with Miss Marie R. A. Levesque
and is the father of two children, a son Paul
Deschnes Cobban and a daughter Mary Fran-
ces Dorris. Indicative of the inherent energ\
and progress of the Doctor it may be stated that
he is the only physician in Rock Springs who
visits his patients by means of an automobile.
MRS. SARAH H. FENNER.
Although quite a young state there will be
found among the inhabitants of Wyoming some
of the brightest people in the Union, whose
intellectuality is and ought to be a matter of
congratulation to those whose good fortune
has given them a home in the \oung common-
wealth, and among these intellectual residents
of the state may be mentioned Mrs. Sarah H.
I'Ynner. the amiable postmistress of Opal,
LJinta county. She is the widow of John W.
Feimcr, who was born in Rhode Island, a son
of John and Lucy Fenner, natives of the same
tate. He was always engaged in merchandis-
ing and in very numerous travels through the
country, dying in Vermont on July 4, 1 886, his
remains were interred in North Bennington,
Vi.. where he was married with Sarah H.
Wright, the subject proper of this review, on
December 25, i8<-.<j. Mrs. Sarah H. (Wright)
Fenner is a daughter of William B. and Sarah
A. (Randall) Wright, the former being a native
of Xew York and the latter of Massachusetts.
Her grandfather, Chester Wright, married with
( Hive Hosier, both being natives of New York
of English descent. Freeman Randall, the ma-
ternal grandfather of Sarah H. Fenner, was a
veteran of the Revolution and her father was
always active in the public affairs of his day,
both parents being devout and consistent mem-
bers of the Established Church of England. To
John W. and Sarah H. Fenner were born three
children : William, born in North Bennington,
Yt., and dying at the age of six weeks; Alice
P., who died and was buried in Ogclen, Utah,
on January 23, 1901. when she was twenty-
three years, two months and two days old ;
Walter E., now living on his ranch seven miles
west of Kemmerer, Wyo., who married Miss
Cora M. Wright, a daughter of James M. and
Avis (Robinson) Wright, old settlers in Wyo-
ming. Mrs. Fenner, who was lone a teacher
o o .
of more than ordinary erudition and experience,
came west immediately after the death of her
husband and continued her educational labors
in various schools from 1886 until her abilities
attracted the attention of the U. S. postoffice
officials and she was appointed postmistress
of Opal on November 7, 1896; a position she
has since filled to the entire satisfaction of the
public and the Postoffice Department. She is
the pioneer teacher of Wyoming and her coin-
in <r was welcomed as heartily as that of the
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
79
sturdiest pioneer who ever put loot inside of
the territorv. She gave her inestimable services
to the charge of the first school organized on
Hanna's Fork, I'inta county, and has taught
in Evanston ami various other places beside
Opal with invariable success. And she was ably
fitted for her profession by an academic and
normal education in Vermont and has been en-
gaged in teaching since she was seventeen years
of age. A woman of great financial ability and
executive power, she erected the first hotel in
Opal, conducted it for three years and then
retired from its management.
FRANK B. FAWCETT.
Comfortable in worldly possessions after
many hardships and much privation, safely an-
chored from the storms of life after many strug-
gles with fate and adverse fortune, ripened by
experience in many longitudes and through
contests with eivilixed and savage men, Frank
B. Fawceti, of the renowned Stockade Beaver
Creek region of Wyoming, a prominent ranch-
man, stockraiser and public official of Weston
county, has risen to his secure place in the con-
fidence and esteem of his fellow men through
efforts and vicissitude, having attained to his
presenl estate l>\ his own endurance and manly
demeanor under all circumstances, being well
entitled to the peaceful haven he has built
among this people, lie was born on the fruit-
ful soil of < 'olumbiana county, Ohio, on March
15, 1850, the son of Samuel and Hannah E.
(TTarlanl Fawcett, where his father was a lead-
ing contractor and builder at Salem, and passing
a busy and useful life, being now more than
ninety years of age. The mother died in 1855.
when her son I -"rank was bill five years old. lie
remained with his father until he was fifteen
years old. attending school and aiding in the
business and at this early age left the paternal
fireside for tin- far \\Vst, going to Michigan and
hiring out as a lann hand near Ilillsdale, there
working during the summer and attending
M-houl for a short lime in the winter. II.
mained there for two \ears and in i8do renio\ed
to Kansas and went to working on a farm near
Kmporia until ( ictoher, 1808. when he enlisted
in the Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry for service
against the Indians. Mis service took him
through Kansas, the Indian Territory and Texas
and with General Custer in his expedition
through the Southwest. His term was for six
months and most of the time he was under the
guidance of that gallant commander whose he-
roic death is one of the deeply tragical events
of our history. At the end of his military ca-
reer Mr. Fawcett settled in Wilson county,
Kan., and engaged in milling for two years,
then turned again to farming and until 1884
devoted his energies to that pursuit in Wilson
and Allen counties, Kan. In the year last
named he sold out and moved to the Black
Hills, remaining there engaged in farming until
1887 wrhen he came to Wyoming, and in July
took up the ranch on which he now lives on
Stockade Beaver Creek, sixteen miles northeast
of Newcastle. He has found this a permanent
anchorage and has remained here, busy with his
farming and stock industries and contributing
his share of inspiration, example and substan-
tial aid in building tip the country and develop-
ing its resources, being a citizen of broad vie\\ s,
progressive ideas and decided public energy and
intelligence. He came into this country with
nothing and is now one of its most substantial
citizens, with a well improved and highly culti-
vated ranch, containing a commodious and om
venient residence, tastefully arranged grounds
and every other evidence of thrift, comfort and
enterprise. From a wild and rugged frontier
he has seen the landscape changed into an ex-
panse of peaceful and productive farms, furnish-
in- happy homes for industrious and peaceful
residents and all the bounty of Mother Karth
lor their sustenance. In public affairs he has
taken a constant ami forceful interest, giving
freely his time, energy and hit/ 0 the
improvement of the community, both as a pri
vale citi/cn and in official station, having s,
as coiinl\ commissioner from i So | to 1X0,11 and
a-ain from 1808 until looj. during the last four
years being chairman of the hoard. lie is a
So
MEN or WYOMING.
in politics, hut a patriot rather
tlian a |>ariisan. Al loin, Kan., on July 30,
1X71, Air. Faweett was united in marriage with
Miss .Martha C. Armstrong, a native of Indiana
and daughter of John and Julia E. Armstrong,
the former born in Virginia and the latter in
Tennessee. They were taken by their parents
to Indiana in early life and there Mr. Armstrong
i prosperous farmer until 1868, then re-
moving to Kansas and locating in Allen county,
there pursuing his chosen occupation of farming
on his homestead until a few years ago when he
removed to Morgan in that county, where his
wife died on June 15, 1902, and where he still
lives. Mr. and Mrs. Fawcell have eight chil-
dren ; Mary, married to Paul Kipping, who has
specific mention on another page in this work ;
Alice, married to Mr. Bedell ; Julia ; Elsie ;
John; Frank ;' Frederick ; Harrison.
JAMES H. GRIFFIX.
Among the more prominent of the oldtime
citizens of the state of Wyoming, is Mr. fames
H. Griffin, a native of Dearborn county. Indi-
ana, who came to the territory of Wyoming in
1875 ancl 'las since seen the country west of
the Missouri River pass through all of its
stages of development from the wilderness and
the barren alkali desert to its present civiliza-
tion. He comes of a family of pioneers, being
the son of David and Elizabeth (Andrews) Grif-
fin, the former a native of Virginia and the
latter of Indiana. The father came to Indiana
with his parents from the Old Dominion when
but one year old, in 1810, and grew up with
and took part in the development of the great
Middle West. Not having a taste for farming
in which occupation his father was engaged,
David Griffin served an apprenticeship to and
learned the profession of piloting on the Ohio
and Mississippi Rivers and followed that re-
sponsible profession during all the years of his
active life, voyaging between Pittsburg and
New Orleans. During this early period in the
history of the country most of the transporta-
tion, both of passengers and freight, was on
river steamers and manv of these vessels were
veritable lloaling palaces, the river pilot in
those day, being a personage of the greatest
importance, for hundreds of lives and millions
of dollars in pmperi \ were daily entrusted to
his skill and care. The father of our subject
followed this responsible occupation from early
manhood to old age, more than forty-seven
years, and wa> considered one of the safest and
most reliable of the great number engaged in
that important calling. In 1885 he retired from
business after a long life of activity, responsi-
bility and usefulness, and removed to Wyo-
ming, where he made his home with his son,
James, up to his death in 1887. The mother
survived him, dying in Hamilton county, InrL,
in 1898, where he was residing with a daugh-
ter. James H. Griffin grew to manhood in
Dearborn county, Indiana, and received his
early academical training in the common
schools and in the graded school at Aurora.
He resided in the old home in Dearborn county,
following the vocation of brick moulder most
of the time until 1875. when, having arrived at
mature manhood, his birth having occurred on
December 12, 1852. he determined to seek his
fortune in the far West and came to the then
territory of Wyoming and secured employment
on the ranch known as the "J. H. D. ranch."
owned by the Durbin Bros., on Horse Creek.
He remained here for two years and went to
the ranch located on Bear Creek, owned by
Seabury and Gardiner, with whom he remained
for seven years, being foreman during the
greater portion of that time, having entire
charge of the extensive interests of his em-
ployers. In this capacity he had an excellent
opportunity to thoroughly familiarize himself
with the management of the stock business and
in 1884 he took up a ranch adjoining his pres-
ent ranch property and personally engaged in
the cattle ancl horse business. He remained at
this place, meeting with substantial success and
constantly increasing his business, until 1892,
when he purchased the ranch where he now
resides and where he is extensively engaged in
cattle and horseraising. Here he has 520
acres of land patented, with large adjacent
range, and also controls several thousand acres
PROGRESSH'J' MEN OF WYOMING.
81
of leased lands, all cm Hear Creek, one of the
finest and most picturesque sections of the
State. Mr. Griffin is considered one of the
si ilid and .substantial stockmen of \V\oming,
and beginning in the early days without capital
and with few advantages of outside support, he
has, by economy, good judgment and careful
and practical management, built up a success-
ful and prosperous business. On March 19,
iSXi. Mr. Griffin was united in marriage at
Mi-sissippi county, Mo., to Miss Tillie J. Shreve,
a native of Indiana, a daughter of Thomas and
Malinda (Andrews) Shreve. Her parents came
from their native state of Indiana to Nebraska,
in 1880, settling in the county of Otoe, where
they followed farming, subsequently however,
removing to ( !ass county, where they continued
in the same occupation until their death, which
occurred in i<;or, the mother passing a\va\ on
March 27, and the father on March 31, in that
year, both being buried in Cass county. To
Mr. and Mrs. Griffin has come a family of five
children. Gertrude M.; Ola E. and Lola M.
(twins); Ruth D. : Sadie L. ; all are living, and
all residing at the parental home except Ger
trude, win i was married on November 12, icpi,
to V. \V. Hughes and they reside near Phillips,
Wyo. Politic-lily. Mr. Griffin is identified with
the Republican party, taking an active and pa-
triotic interest in public affairs, believing it to
be the duty of ever) citizen to give a portion
of his time to the promotion of the public
welfare, but lie has never held or sought any
public office with the exception of postmaster of
Phillips, which In- has held for sixteen years.
A. M. GonDE.
< MH- of the successful ranch and cattle men
of \lham county, Wyoming, is \. M. Goode,
a prominent resident of the city of Laramie.
A native of \ irginia. lie was born in the county
• if ' In iterfield, in 1X45. the son of ' rei >i ge and
Martha il'.orseei Goode, both also Virginians.
The father was born in 1818, and followed the
occupation of farming in his nati\e state, sub-
sequently removing his residence from Virginia
for a short time to Kentucky, whence he soon
returned to his native state, becoming a farmer
near the old town of Lynchburg, Bedford
count}-, until his death on March, 25, 1901, at
the advanced age of eighty-three \ears. He
•he son of Kdward Goode, a pioneer minis-
ter of the Baptist denomination who passed his
life in the ( )ld Dominion. The mother of the
subject of this review is still living and m
her home on the old family homestead. A. \Y.
Goode came to man's estate and received his
earl) education in the Virginia schools, a\ ail-
ing himself of such oppuntmitii - as \\ere offer-
ed him to obtain an education, but leaving
school at an early age. for with many of his
young associates he answered the call of \ ir-
ginia for troops to enga je in the Civil \Yar, en-
listing in Co. I, Thirty-fourth Virginia Infantry.
C. S. A. lie served with his regiment during
the entire war. and, although engaged in many
battles, escape'! without a wound, and without
serious injury to his health. After the war he
removal to towa, soon however removing to
Missouri, where be engaged in fanning, subse-
quently removing to Texas with a view oi
gaging in raising cattle. \ot finding conditions
there as favorable as he had anticipated, he
came on to the territory of \\ voming in 1875,
locating at Laramie, where he remained until
1*71). when he availed himself of his h'
right near that place, and began in a modest way
to raise cattle and horses. Starting with his
homestead of i do acres of land, he has in-
creased his holdings until now he is the owner
of a line ranch propertj of over 4.OOO acn
fenced and improved, with suitable buildings
and appliances and the necessary and convi
appointments Eor an extensive ranching and
slockraisiii'; industry. l'.\ 1' • vcrance.
thrift and business ability, he has built up a
large and line property, and i >:,sidcred
of the solid business men and substantial
propert) owners of his section of \Y\oming.
his ranch being situated about seven miles
southeast of I aramie. Mr. Goode has ni
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol' WYOMING.
married. L'olitically, lie is a member of the
I tenioeratic partv. bin has never sought or
deMred to hold public office, lie is one of the
most highly respected citizens of Albany county.
COL. WILLIAM K. O >DY.
Each age, each race, each country, inscribes
itself with more or less distinctness on History's
dial. The cities of the world's infancy, and some
of later date, deep-buried in the ruins of time and
almost faded from our traditions of their day,
revisit us in the freshly exhumed sculptures and
picture writings unearthed by the German ex-
plorers and in the sparkling pages of their nar-
ratives. The Egypt of Sesostris and the Phara-
ohs survives in her obelisks and pyramids no less
vividly than in the ever enduring records of
Moses and Manetho. Jerusalem, in her lonely
humiliation, best typifies the Hebrew state and
race for centuries, while her uncrumbling edi-
fices and reviving dignity suggest the unconquer-
able spirit and intense intellectual energy of her
people which dominates all the marts and money-
centers of the modern world. Ancient Rome
lives for us in the Capitol and Coliseum, as does
her medieval and sacerdotal offspring in St. Pet-
er's and the Vatican. Royal and feudal France,
the France of Richelieu and Louis le Grand, still
lingers in the boundless magnificence and prodi-
gality, the show\' sieges and battle-pieces of Ver-
sailles, while the England of the last four cen-
turies confronts us in the Bank, very substan-
tial and well furnished, the fit heart's core of a
trading, money-getting people. And so we Amer-
icans will be found in due time to have written
ourselves most legibly, though all unconsciously,
on the earth's unfading records; how, or in what,
time alone can tell. We have already linked
ocean to ocean with hoops of steel and_ put our
electric girdles around the world. We have ar-
ranged for portraying, as on a common dial, all
the storms and calms at any moment prevailing
within the earth's atmosphere and foretelling
those that are to come, thus providing in advance
against the rage of the elements. Our character-
istic and most typical record may be in these or
in -' imething verv different from any or all of
them. Essential History insists upon writing it-
self, and will not be controlled or anticipated.
( eriainly one of the most striking phases of our
multiform life, impulse and activity, with all its
trials and triumphs; its challenge to every condi-
tion and circumstance, and its conquest over
;di. is in the wild life of the pioneers on our
western frontier and the mighty fabrics of hu-
man progress, civilization and philanthropy that
have been woven from the fruits of their daring
and endurance. They were the trail-blazers for
an oncoming army of great events, the heralds of
a new evangely of beneficence which should aid
in making and keeping our land what it has most
aptly been called, the great charity of God to the
human race. The wilderness into which they
ventured was deep, boundless and seemingly im-
penetrable. Wild beasts, wild men and Nature
herself seemed all in arms against them. The
ordinary armor of civilized man. organized and
concentrated effort, convenience in communica-
tion and transportation, the power to mass forces
and supply them with munitions of war, was
wholly unavailable, even the means of supporting
life itself was uncertain and often difficult of at-
tainment. Yet this race of heroes halted not nor
hesitated. With intrepid courage and all-con-
quering resourcefulness, with the sublime faith
that moves mountains and laughs at impossibil-
ities, they went forward and occupied the land,
in all things compelling it to minister to their
needs. The story of their daily lives, common-
place, 'monotonous and unworthy of note as it
may have appeared to them, is in brief the narra-
tive of an empire's birth, of the start of a new
epoch in human annals. And among the prod-
ucts and the exemplars of this far western life,
the molders and makers of this new domain, es-
pecially the conservators for legitimate history
of its picturesque form, its decided tints and its
thrilling incidents, perhaps no man stands forth
in the gaze of the world in proportions more he-
roic, with attributes more striking, scenic settings
more spectacular, yet withal truthful, or elements
of manhood more characteristic of the time, the
region and the conditions, than Col. William F.
J
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PROGRESSIVE .l/A'.Y Ul: WYOMING.
Cody, the world-rcno\\ ned "P.uffalo I'.ili." whose
portraval "i ilii~ sparkling chapter of American
history lias preserved its fcatun -s ami made them
known to the peoples of many climes and tongues.
1 le was i me of the star actors in the dramas \vliich
his "Wild West" epitomizes and depicts, and he
lias thrown them upon the great canvas of hu-
man stor\ in glowing and imperishable portrait-
ure. \\'illiam Frederick ( 'ody was horn on Feb-
ruary jd. 1840, in Scott county, Iowa, the son of
l-aac and Mary P. (Laycock) Cody, who re-
mo\ed to Kansas when he was eight years old
and were the first white settlers in that state.
They located in Salt Creek Valley five miles west
of where now stands the city of Leavenworth,
which the father helped to lay out and to the
progress of \\hich he was a substantial contribu-
tor. He was very active in helping to make
Kansas a free state, conspicuous in the border
trouhk- which signalized the birth of that now-
great and progressive commonwealth. Every
hour of time was fraught with danger to the
prime movers in public affairs and all men went
armed. At a hot political meeting Mr. Cody was
fatally stahhed and taken home in a critical
condition. lie was not safe there, however, even
in his wounded and practical!}' dying state, and
was- obliged to flee from his home and family
and rind shelter where he could. He died of his
wounds and exposure in April, 1X57. The -»n
thus thrown on his own resources at the
earlv age ol eleven \ears and, being the only ho\
in the family, became literally its head and a
very necessary contributor to its support. lie
secured employment as messenger for the firm
Lussell, Major, & Waddcll. at that time the
extensive freighters in the United Stales.
His duties obliged him to visit every fort and
militarv post west of the Missouri, and his fidel-
it\ , capacity, courage and modest] 3OOn madi
him a favorite with the plainsmen and sold
while hi- educated him rapidly in
knowledge of human nature, independence of
thought and action, self-reliance and readiness
for emergencies. It was during this time, too,
that he had his first , in lighting ludi
-hooting one dead when he was only el
years old. In November, 1863, he was sumn
home by the serious illness of his -mother, who
died not long after his arrival. For a number of
years she had kept a wavside inn in Salt <
Valley and had made its name, "The Valley
(irove House." a synonym for all that involves
comfort and abundance in entertainment.
icter and strict propriety in a public h<
Py this time the Civil \\'ar had begun and young
Cody enlisted in the Seventh Kansas Cavalry
and acted as scout for that regiment until the
close of the war. I "pon his discharge from the
army he became one of the famous pony-ex-
press riders, being the youngest bo) who ever
crossed the plains in that capacity. In 1866 he
married at St. Louis, Mo., with Miss Louisa
Fredricie, a bright, beautiful and accomplished
young lady of that city, and their union has been
blessed with four children, two of whom died in
infancy. After his marriage he severed his con-
nection with the pony express line and engaged
in business near Leaven worth. Put his mind
was too large, his nature was too resourceful and
his habits of restless activity were too well fixed
for this quiet life, so he soon disposed of his in-
terests and again started west. Locating at Fort
I laves. Kansas, he entered the employ of the Kan-
sas Pacific Railroad, then in course of construc-
tion, and some little time later took ct to
furnish meat for the railroad builders. While
tilling this contract he ac<|nired the title of "P.nf-
falo | nil" from the great number of buffaloes he
slew. 4,280 in eighteen months. Tie had become
a dead shot with the ritle and never missed his
mark. \fter the completion of the railroad he
enlisted in the Ninth U. S. Cavalry, and
signed to ilntv a> a scout and guide, with head-
quarters at F< <rt • in, Xeb. In thi-
vice he took part in many battles with the In-
dians and had numerous hair-bn adlh esc
Befor< its i-ouclnsion he was made chief of scouts
For tin- I >' partment of the Missouri and the
Platte, a well-can
promotion for merit. \Yhile statiomd at th.
he w as al 0 the Mel gislatnre
from that district. I luring bis brilliant militaiv
i he sen id under nearly all of the
PROGRESSIVE MEN (>/•' WYO I// /G.
generals of the time and nu i m im noted charac-
ters of his own and otluT lands. I If acted a>
guide for the ( Irand-l >uke Ale\i> of Russia in
his celebrated hunting expedition, piloting the
party through the whole of the trip and bringing
it hack unharmed and loaded with game. For
this sen-ice he was richly rewarded and received
from the Grand-Duke, as a personal souvenir of
the expedition, a scarfpin studded with precious
stones. In 1870 Colonel Cody obtained leave of
absence from the government, organized his first
theatrical venture, and for a few years thereafter
played in the principal cities of the United States
with phenomenal success. In 1876 the Sioux war
commenced and, disbanding his show, he joined
the Fifth U. S. Cavalry and took an active and
leading part in that sanguinary contest. In a
furious hand-to-hand fight in the battle of Indian
Creek, he killed Yellow Hand, one of the most
noted and dangerous of the Cheyenne chiefs.
After this war he reorganized his exhibition on
a larger scale than before and in 1882 added new
features, rebaptizing the organization as "Buf-
falo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough
Riders of the World." With this aggregation
he has since been on the road, except when oc-
casional calls have enlisted his aid in suppress-
ing minor Indian uprisings, and has made many
successful tours of the United States and Europe.
But, although for years busily occupied with
this gigantic enterprise, he has not lost interest
in the welfare of his country, nor lacked indus-
try or zeal in pushing forward the development
of that section of which he is so truly typical.
In the autumn of 1894 he became a resident of
Bighorn county, Wyo., founding there the flour-
ishing town which bears his name, near which he
owns numerous fine ranches, all stocked with his
own superior grades of horses and cattle. He
has erected one of the most elegant, most com-
pletely equipped and best conducted hotels in the
state; holds interests in many commercial and in-
dustrial enterprises at Cody ; is president of the
Shoshone Irrigation Co.. which has been instru-
mental in placing under cultivation thousands of
acres of choice land ; and in every possible way
has helped along the development and improve-
ment of the region in which he has cast his lot.
iervices in this respect have been of inestim-
able value and the town of Cody, with the healthy
progress, rich productiveness and advanced cul-
tivation of the country around it, forms the be >
ii.i liniment to his enterprise, ability and patriot-
ism. What an interesting career has been that
of this man! Born to the destiny of toil and
obscurity of the frontier and inured to all its
dangers, hardships and privations, deeply schooled
in its rugged life and bearing the marks of its
burdens, it has yet been his lot to be courted,
feted ancl honored by the rich and the titled of
earth's gayest capitals, to have the very flowei
of the most advanced civilizations wait upon his
presence and Royalty itself bidding for his
smiles. The delight of innocent childhood, the
inspiration of budding youth, the stimulus of
vigorous manhood, and the entertainment of ret-
rospective old age, the diversion of the rich and
the festival of the poor, his show has ministered
to the enjoyment and the instruction of all classes
and conditions of men. It has transported the
wild flavor of our western plains and mountains
to the busy marts of the East, carried the wild
life of the New World into close contact with
the culture of the Old, mingling the barbarism of
the one with the refinement of the other, and
so brought the ends of the earth together. And
through all his varying experiences, his fidelity
to duty in every field, his courageous endurance
in every difficulty, his early trials and later tri-
umphs, his mighty successes and the adulation
which follows them, he has remained the same
strong, true man, preserving unimpaired the firm
fiber, high tone and unbending dignity of his
American citizenship and the loyalty of his faith
with his country, his manhood and his fame.
Tried by all extremes of fortune he has never
been subdued by any.
JOEL E. FAIRCHILD.
The gentleman to a brief review of whose
career these lines are devoted is one of the re-
cent comers to Wyoming, having been a resi-
dent of the city of Kemmerer since 1899. He
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
is a scion of urn- <>f the old Col unilies of
N'orili ('arnlina. lint traces liis paternal ancestry
hack to Massachusetts, \\here tin- Fairchilds had
settled in a very carlv age as emigrants from
Scotland. Mr. Abigail Fairchild, the pat.
^raiidfather. was horn in .\lass.-iehusetts. but
when quite \oung went to Xorth Carolina,
where he married, reared a family and parsed
[lie remainder of his life, being a blacksmith
and following that calling for mam years in
\Yilkes county, where he also devoted some at-
tention to agricultural pursuits. Tie was a lad
of thirteen when the colonies declared their in-
dependence, and throughout the seven years
\\ ar of the Revolution h.- served as a -oldier
in a Xorth Carolina regiment, taking part in
a number of b; and hearing himself hra\i 1\
until the I'.riton was driven forever from Ameri-
1 lores. He had a son by the name of
Abigail, whose birth occurred in the county of
Wilkes on July 4, 1804. Abigail Fairchild, Jr..
:inrried in his native state to Miss Catherine
Yannay. a daughter of Jesse \V. and Mary
i Vanna\. both parents descendant ol
<ild and well-known lamilies nf \\'ilkes county.
Mr. Fairchild became a well-to-do farmer and
lived to the ripe old age of eighty-six. As a
staunch Democrat he took a lively interest in
public and political affairs and is reniemh
man of wide intelligence, -O.M! common
sense and sound judgment. Me always mani-
d a pardonable pride in his home and fam-
ily and dying left to his desrt-ndants a name
and reputation above the shadow of anything
dishonorable. Mr-. Fahvhild died at the
•irty-nine years and In ilu- side of he
I husband she sleeps beneath the <|uict
sliadow.s of the Xe\\ Hope churchyard near
their i ild home.
J< >F.L [•.. FAlRC'lULU. JR.
Joel I-'., l-'airchild of this review is a son of
the Abigail and ('alheriiii- Fairchild referred to
above, lie \\as burn in \Yilkes county. Xorth
( 'arolina. in i X V '. and was reared to agricultural
pursuits on the family homestead. He early he-
familiar with the varied duties ,,f the
farm and grew up in the lull understanding that
man should earn his bread by honest toil.
ruder the tutelage of honorable God-fearing
its he laid broad and deep a [
usefulness and en. d to make hi-
respond to his highest ideal of manly conduct.
After remaining under the paternal roof until
his i \\ent\-third year he started out for him-
self, choosing for a vocation the ancient and
honorable calling of husbandry, which he fol-
d in his nali until the national at-
e murky with the smoke of
impending Civil \Yar. When the great stm
of the sections en ing Fairchild
the Southern cause and in iS< i; Co.
B, Thirty-seventh Xorth Carolina Infantry,
with which lu - d until the Confederacy
ceasi o be, sharing \\ith his comrades all the
itudes and fortunes through which his
regiment passed, taking part in many i'
campaigns, e.sj>eciallv in Yirgiuia, and partici-
pating in some of the bloodiest battles in the
annals of modern warfare, among them li
the Seven Dav>' fight in the Wilderness and
the terrible battle of Gettysburg, receivi'
re wound in the latter. Mr. Fairchild en-
1 the service as a private, but for bravery
under many trying and dangerous circum-
uas gradually promoted until he be-
came first lieutenant of his eoinpam . in which
capacitj he was dis, -barged when the Souihcrn
cause \\eiit down with the surrender at Appo-
mattox. After the war Mr. Fairchild returned
to Xonh ('arolina and resumed agricultural
pursuits, remaining in his native county until
i Sin), when he sold out and migrated t" Ilooue-
ville. Mo. I'urcb farm near that pi
he engaged in agriculture upon i|iiile an e
sive scale and continued the acli\ niou
of his labors until i S. »S. when he disposed of
his place and retired from further labor. \s ;i
farmer Mr. 1'airchild ranked \\ith the enur|iris-
ing and successful men of his eounty. an<l by
ition and management he
aci|iiired a liberal share of worldly wealth, suffi-
cient, in fact, to place him in independent cir-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YOMING.
cumstanccs, so that he can pass the remainder
of his days in the enjoyment of that rest and
quietude, which only men who have battled long
and successfully with the world know how to
appreciate. After selling his farm he moved to
Booneville, where he made his home until 1899,
when for the purpose of recuperating his health .
he changed his residence to Kemmerer, Wyo.,
where since that year he has lived greatly to
his physical advantage, the clear, bracing moun-
tain air being peculiarly adapted to the building
up and revivifying of his declining energies.
Mr. Fairchild was married in 1854 with Miss
Frances Phillips of North Carolina, a daughter
of William and Jemima (Yates) Phillips, both
natives of that state. This union was termi-
nated by the death of Mrs. Fairchild, who en-
tered into rest in 1873, at the age of forty-two,
leaving six children : George W., May, Hamil-
ton, Ellen, Katie and John. On December 31,
1876, Mr. Fairchild was again married, choos-
ing for his companion Miss Lucy Waller of
Missouri, a daughter of Benjamin and Lucy
Waller, natives of Kentucky, a union which has
resulted in one daughter, Ray Fairchild. In
politics Mr. Fairchild has been a Democrat ever
since old enough to cast a ballot and sees no
reason why he should not continue to support
the old historic party of the people. He has
never been an aspirant for official honors or
public distinction, but has labored earnestly for
his friends with ambition in those directions.
He has borne well his part in life and exer-
cised a wholesome moral influence wherever his
lot has been cast. A man of unquestioned
veracity and pronounced integrity, he has won
a place in the esteem of his fellows which time
will strengthen, and all who have the pleasure
of his acquaintance speak in complimentary
terms of his sterling qualities and manly worth.
J. H. FOSTER.
Combining in his veins the chivalric devo-
tion, gallantry and courtesy of the South, the
vivacity, grace and geniality of France, and the
rugged virtues of the Scotch-Irish race, and
having taken conspicuous part and prominence
in various realms of human activities not often
the lot of man to experience, J. H. Foster of
Manville, Wyoming, is one whose life and
career present unique features. He was born
on March 26, 1854, in Nicholasville, Ky., the
son of Robert and Mary (St. Clair) Foster. His
paternal grandfather came to America in the
early part of the nineteenth century from the
north of Ireland, and after a residence of some
time in Indiana made his permanent home in
Kentucky. The father was reared in Kentucky
and in 1861 enlisted in the Confederate service
under the famous General Zollicoffer, with
great loyalty following the fortunes and mis-
fortunes of the Confederate forces until the
close of the war which saw their defeat. His
wife was a lady of most admirable qualities,
born and educated in Paris, France, and was a
mother capable of impressing her children with
the principles of right, justice and honor. When
peace came Robert Foster joined his family
in Illinois, whither the sad fortune of war had
driven them from Kentucky, where he was en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits until his death,
leaving a family of ten children and surviving
his wife for fifteen years. When our subject
was fourteen years old he went with an uncle,
John Foster, a celebrated clown connected with
John Robinson's circus, to be his understudy
and learn the business. In this connection he
made such rapid progress that in two months
time his proficiency was so great that his uncle,
who was advanced in years and was at this time
taken ill, persuaded him to take his position
and allow him to retire. For four years there-
after Mr. Foster accompanied the John Robin-
son's circus and as a clown was equal to any
in the country, acquiring a high reputation and
a great popularity, in his life demonstrating that
"a circus man," could be a man of character
and good morals, for during his life as a clown
he never used tobacco, never used intoxicants
and never used profane language. His life on
the sawdust ended, Mr. Foster learned the
painter's trade and for five years was the fore-
man of the Chicago & Alton Railroad shops at
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol: WYOMING.
Bloomington, 111., thereafter serving for i
years most efficiently mi the polio force of that
dn, then tendering his resignation t» remove
west In try the benefit of the \\estern climate
..[i his wife's impaired health, coining at once
in \lan\ ille, Wyo., the place of his present
deuce, and here he ha- heen successfully and
prominently connected \\nli the stock iinhi
at present running a fine brand of Hereford
cattle, and has been an active, useful and popu-
lar citizen, holding at this writing the office of
count) assessor, to which he was first cl<
in Hjoo. He was the secretary of the McLean
count} i 111.) Agricultural Society, and the emir-
teous secretary of the Converse county Fair
Association for six years, \vhile in 1900 he was
the I". S. census enumerator for tin- Mam-ilk
district. The duties of his several important
official position, have been discharged in a
manner highly creditable to his ability, honor
and integrity, also exhibiting his great natural
tact and power of easily acquiring triends. lie
I- a Republican in political creed. < >;i Septem
Si i, Mr. Foster and Miss Ida M. Porl
a daughter of the Denial proprietor of
the I'alace Hotel at < ialesburg. 111., were mar-
ried. Their children are Hyde E., train dis-
patcher at Livingston, Mont.: ( 'apitola, now
Mrs. A. }•'.. Smith, of Manville. Wyo.; William
P.. a telegrapher at Whitehall, Mont.; Mil-
ton, cartoonist; and I'lerlha Grace, Krnest and
K\a St. ('lair, who are at the home at Manville
where the iamiK most charmingly entertain
their numerous friends and aec|uaintan, < -.
Milton has demonstrated a rare talent as a car-
toon M .
J. FREDERICK GERBER.
I. Frederick ( lerber, of Granite Cam on,
Wyo.. is a native of Swit/crland. and was born
in that land of libem on June i. 1*15, the son
>.i John and Katheryn (Frn-il Gerber, both
natives of Swit/erland. lie grew to manhood
amid the mountain Mirronndin^s of his early
bom,', receiving there a good education and
assisting his father in the work and man
ment of his little farm, lie remained at home
until he had attained to the agi of twcnt
, when reports of the wonderful new world
id the sea (Killing to him, he resolvi
seek his fortune there. Leasing the home of
his childlioo,] with little or no capital savi good
health ami a determination t<> succeed, he ar-
rived in Xew York in March, iSMi. and soon
to ' imaha, M> b., then a small town
(.m the extreme western [i md here he
soon secun d einpl' >\ ment as a butcher. lie fol-
I this occupation until June. tSoj, when he
accepted a position with the I'nion Pacific Rail-
road, then under construction, on the station
•it was erecting in Omaha, and was also em-
d in other work connected with the build-
ing department of that company. In iSoS he
returned t<. the meal business m < miaha.
there followed that vocation until I Sjo, when
he came to Xorth I'latle, Xeb., and aft
three months' stay went to Sidney, where he
enter,,! the employ of the Pratt \ Ferris
tie Co., with which he remained until the spring
of iS™. working during mosl of thai time as
a teamster between Sidney and Fort Rohi-
In 1877 he was f' ir five months •• m a
large beef contract at Fort Robinson, then pro-
ceeded to |-'ori ( 'u-u-r. Mont., subsequently
i;oing to I'lo/eman. where he \\orked at butcher-
ing for the company which had the contract for
supplying beef to the military posl at l-'ort Cus-
ter, remaining there until May, iS~S. when he
returned to the south and came to <.'he\ ennc.
where lie secured employment at his trade for
about three years, lie then removed to Den-
ver, Colo., where he followed the same occupa-
tion unlil iSij^. then he locate,! a ho
about twenl\ miles north of Pine I'duti's. \\'yo..
and engaged in cattlcraUing. impro\ing his
land and stcadilv extending his business and in-
, i-e.ising his herds. Through hard work. 1
of CCOnom) and careful attention lie built Up a
prosperous and successful business \\liich L;a\e
promise of growin- to lar-e proportions, but
iii ihe spring of looj his heallh. which hail been
failing for some years, became so poor that
he was compelled to .ui\e up active business and
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PROGRESSITE MEN OF WYOM1.\(',.
dispose of his ranch and stock. He has since
been living a quiet and retired life, making his
home with his brother John A. Gerber at Gran-
ite Canyon. Fraternally. Mr. Gerber is af-
filiated with the order of Red Men, being a
member of the lodge at Denver. Politically,
he is a member of the Republican party, and
is a man of many admirable traits of character,
and from his long experience on the western
frontier he can .relate many interesting reminis-
cences of life on the plains, especially of the
early days of the construction of the Union
Pacific Railroad through Wyoming, Nebraska
and Colorado.
WILLARD GOOD.
Born on April 3, 1858, in Bartholomew
county, Indiana, the son of Thomas and Lucy
\. i Piersol) Good, removing with his parents
to the frontier of Iowa when but a small boy,
and beginning life for himself at the age of
fourteen, William Good of Crook county has
passed almost his entire earthly existence
among pioneers, surrounded by the scenes of
new countries as yet undeveloped and just
awaking to systematic production and improve-
ment. His father was a native of Indiana and
his mother of Pennsylvania. The father farmed
in Indiana until 1870 when he removed his fam-
ily to Jefferson county, Iowa, and there fol-
lowed his regular vocation for a period of
seven years at the end of which he went to
Missouri for a time, then returned to Indiana
where he has since resided. Willard Good re-
ceived a limited education in the public schools
of Jefferson county, Iowa, remaining at home
and working with his father on the farm until
he was fourteen years old. He then left the
parental roof and taking up the burden of life
for himself, proceeding to the northern part of
the state and working on farms for eighteen
months, thence going to Davis county, Mo.,
where his parents were living, and worked on
a railroad for a year and a quarter, in 1880
coming to South Dakota, where he located at
Spearfish for nearly a year, then went to Central
City in that state and made mining his occupa-
tion fur a year, and going to Missouri to spend
the winter. In the spring of 1884 he found a
permanent resting place in Crook county,
\\yii., locating on the ranch he now occupies
two miles northwest of Sundance, where he has
since been engaged in raising cattle and de-
\elnping the agricultural features of a tract of
land on which nature lavished a wealth of fruit-
fulness which only needed the hand of the hus-
bandman to make it ready for enjoyment. It
comprises 700 acres and has been well improved
with necessary buildings and careful cultiva-
tion, diligence and skill having made it one of
the most desirable ranches in this portion of
the state, as it was one of the first to be taken
up, there being when Mr. Good settled here
very few residents in the section. On March
i, 1883, at Bethany, Mo., he married Miss
Melissa Piles, a native of Kentucky. They have
Iwn children, Alice and Willard. Mr. Good is
an ardent Democrat in politics and gives to
his party a zealous and devoted loyalty, yet
seeks not for himself its places of honor and in-
lluence, being content to push forward the ad-
vance of his section of the state as a worker
in the ranks of progress.
PETER GORDON.
Peter Gordon, of Kemmerer, Wyoming, a
prominent and well-known man, was born in
Scotland in 1843, the son of James and Maggie
(Grant) Gordon. His father, a shoemaker by
trade, was also a native of Scotland and like
many others of his name and craft was promi-
nent in the affairs of his country, dying in 1879
at the hale old age of 86. The name of Gordon
has always been prominent in the annals of
Scotland, and our Mr. Gordon traces his an-
cestry in that land for many generations. His
mother was a most devoted mother, a member
of the Protestant church and of most excellent
traits of character. She died in 1876 at the age
of 82. Peter Gordon received his early educa-
tion in Scotland, where he followed the work
of a farmer in Banffshire and Murrayshire, until
*GRESSIVE MEX OF U'YOMIXG.
89
, when he emigrated, coining to Boston,
Mass.. where In- took up railroad work for two
years in the neighborhood of Boston and then
went t<> Xeu York for a year after which, he
•-od the international line into Ontario and
omnium! railroad work for eight years on the
.! Western Railway thence coming to
Waterfall, Wyo., he worked two years longer
on railroads and opened a general store and
saloon in Fossil, Wyo., which he conducted for
ten or eleven years. There he sold out two
years ago and established a business at Big
I'iney which he was able to sell to good ad-
vantage in February, iijo2. Returning to Fossil
lie again engaged in a business, which he still
owns. In September, 1902, he engaged in the
saloon business at Kemmerer, at which place
he now makes his home, being a Republican in
his politics. He married in iSm with Miss
Jessie Herd, like himself a native of Scotland.
She died four years ago, leaving these children :
James, Maggie, Elsie, Anna and Peter.
HARRY C. GARL( >CK.
*
.\o life characterized by activity and in-
dustry can fail to be instructive and useful for
if merits are revealed it is a good example, if
faults are conspicuous it is useful as a warning,
lint in the career of the enterprising young man,
Harry C. Garlock. to whom this review is de-
voted, ill reader will find much to commend
and little to criticise. Tie belongs to that large
and practical class of men whose minds and
energies are enlisted in the great livestock in-
dustry, and. inheriting as lie dues a natural apti-
tude for the business, he has already won a
COnSpictlOUS place aillon^ ihe SUCCCSSful caltle
raisers of his county. Wesley J. ("iarlock. tb<
ther of I larry. is a native of \'e\v York, removing
oeliigan when a young man. and. locating in
Livingston county, for many vear- he enji
the reputation ,,f being one of the mosl
perienced and Mirre^sful stockmen of the state,
and passing a gnodh portion of his life there
,i- ,i farmer and stockraiser. devoting especial
attention to tine grade, of sheep, and being
first breeder of Shropshire sheep in that state.
He served as judge at many state and inter-
national fairs and expositions, and was con-
sidered one of the best judges of sheep in the
whole I nitcd States. In 1893 he disposed of
interests in Michigan and coming to Wyo-
.•; took up land in Albany county and gave
his attention exclusively to stockraising. He
also purchased a residence property in Laramie
3 winter home, but by reason of failing
health was obliged to seek a more congenial
clime; accordingly in icpi he removed to Cali-
fornia, where he now lives. His wife is a na-
tive of Scotland and a woman of character and
ability. Harry C. Garlock was born in Liv;
ton county, Mich., in November, 1875, and dur-
ing his youthful years he attended the public
schools, and early in life began working with
his father, whose ripe experience in the live-
stock business early influenced the young man
to turn his attention to that important and
profitable industry. He accompanied his par-
mis to Wyoming and resided with them until
his twenty-first year, when he began life for
himself as a mail carrier for the I". S. go
nient. later choosing cattleraising as th
means of acquiring a fortune. In the fall of
iS<»7 he took up a ranch on Blue Grass Creek,
twenty-four miles southwest of Whcatland. Wyo.,
which he stocked with cattle and on which he
has since lived in the activ cution of
a business in every respect encouraging in its
financial results, his estate consisting
ai res of meadow and tooo acres < >f grazing land.
unexcelled for situation and richness of herb-
age and the large herds of cattle which
thereon affords abundant evidence <>f the con-
tinued prosperity of the enterprising proprietor.
Mr. I iarlock is truly a progressive young man.
not onlv in business, but as ;l public spirited
citizen, for he is interested in \\h ends
to build ii]) and improve the community. Thus
far he has more tli m r< .dized his financial
lions, and those who know him besl
did for him a continued prosperity and h<
a large measure of public confidence and
estei ni.
SSIFE MEN (>l: WYOMING.
S VMl'KL I). GREENE, M. D.
A leading physician oi Saratoga, Wyoming,
and one oi i lu- vising professional men of the
state is Dr. Samuel J >. Greene, who was born
;it < >t!a\va. ( intario, ( anui.la, on February II,
18(17,. the son of John and Ellen (Leeway)
Greene, the former a native of Canada and the
latter of Ireland. The paternal grandfather
was a native of Scotland, and came to America
from his native country in the early part of the
nineteenth century. He was a British soldier
of the War of 1812, and after the termination
of that conflict, he engaged in agricultural pur-
suits in Ontario. His son John Greene was long
engaged in lumbering in his native country of
Cartada, and retired with a competency some
years ago. He now makes his residence at
Amprior. Ontario. Dr. Greene attained man-
hood in his native city of Ottawa, and there
acquired his elementary education in the public
schools. When he had completed his prelimin-
ary preparation, he matriculateel at the Queen's
University, at Kingston, and pursued a special
course of study for about two years, when he
entered the medical department of the same in-
stitution. After completing his course he was
graduated in the class of '90, with the degree
of M. D., C. M., and entered upon the practice
of his profession at Bancroft, in County Hast-
ings, Ontario. He remained here for about
three years, meeting with marked success, then
disposed of his practice and removed to the town
of Arnprior, where he continued in practice for
about five years, when he located in Nebraska.
Remaining here about six months, he removed
to Rawlins, Wyoming, where he opened an of-
fice and was engaged in successful practice for
about one year. In the year 1899 ne disposed
of his practice at Rawlins and removed to the
city of Saratoga, Wyo., where he has since
made his home and been continuously engaged
in medical practice. He has been uniformly
successful, has built up a large practice in Sara-
toga and the surrounding country, and has an
extended reputation. Fraternally the Doctor
is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, holding
the position of prelate in his local lodge; and
with the Fraternal < >rder of Eagles, and the
Modern Woodmen of America, of which he is
the physician. He is the examining physician
for the New York Life Insurance Co., and the
Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York, and
is often called in consultation by physicians in
other sections of the state. He is a hard
student, thoroughly familiar with the most mod-
ern theories and treatment of disease, 'having
the fullest confidence of the people in the com-
munity where he maintains his home and is
deservedly popular with all classes of people.
CHARLTON M. GREGORY.
One of the leading, public spirited and pro-
gressive men of Albany county, Wyoming, is
Hon. Charlton M. Gregory, a prominent citi-
zen of Centennial and the subject of this re-
\ iew. A native of the state of New York, he
was born in 1838, the son of Samuel K. and
Cynthia (Blanchard) Gregory, the former a na-
tive of New York, and the latter of Vermont.
The father followed farming in his native state
and subsequently removed his residence to Wis-
consin, where he continued in the same pursuit,
still later removing to Iowa, where he remained
until his decease, which occurred in 1880. He
was the son of James Gregory of Scotch descent,
who lived to a very great age in his native state
of New York, and not being less than 101 years
old at the time of his death. The mother of
the subject of this sketch was born in 1815, the
daughter of Willard and Sally (Schley) Bla'-ch-
ard, well-known and respected residents of Ver-
mont. She passed away in 1902, having attained
the age of eighty-seven years. C. M. Gre-
gory grew to manhood in the states of New
York and Wisconsin, and received his early
education in the public schools of the com-
munities where the family resided during his
childhood and youth. At the age of sixteen
years he became a teacher in the public schools
of Wisconsin and continued in that calling for
some years. Desiring then to acquire a knowl-
edge of merchandising, he gave up teaching
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and secured a position in a Wisconsin mercan-
tilr establishment, in which he remained until
iSoi. In that year he emigrated lo 'lie Pacific
coast, returning in 1X05. In tS(>o he accepted
.1 position as a cnnniiercial traveler, going on
the road as a .-alesinuii for about ten years. He
then engaged in the mercantile business for
liiinself in the city of Warren. 111. Here he re-
mained for some three years and met \viih
varying success. At this time he was nominated
and elected to the office of comity treasurer,
serving in that capacity with conspicuous ability
for ihree successive terms. At the expiration
oi In- term oi office he disposed of his business
interests in Illinois and removed his residence
t,, S»utli Dakota. Here he was engaged in
farming for a time, and was nominated and
elected as a member of the Hoard of County
Commissioners of the county of which lie was
a citixen and was a member of the Constitu-
tional Convention in 1885. Disposing of his in-
sts in South Dakota in iSuo. he came to
\\ \oniing and engaged in ranching and mining
in the vicinity of Centennial. He has been suc-
cessful in his business ventures and is a man of
high character and fine attainments. Politically
he has all his life been actively identified with
the Republican party, and has been one oi il
trusted leaders in no less than three- states.
Since making his home in Wyoming, he has
been twice nominated and elected as a mem-
ber of the legislative assembly, and many
measures of legislation beneficial to the peo-
ple of the state were enacted during his term
of office, standing a.- monuments to his ability
and patriotic devotion to public duty. Tie is
one of the most capable men of his slate in con-
nection \\itli all matters affecting the public
welfare and his abiliu and popularity are such
lint should he desire further political honors they
\\oiild be gladly conceded to him by his fellow cit-
i/uis. In 1807, at the cit\ of Warren. 111., Mr.
i rregory was united in marriage \\ith Miss Julia
Snprise. daughter of Louis and Julia SupriM-,
well-known and honored residents of Illinois'.
the father being a Canadian by birth, who re
mo\ed from his native count rv lo the cil\ of
I.ockport. \. Y.. and snbsei|uentl\ established
his home at Warren, 111. I'.oth of the parents
are living, making their 1 ic in '
i .'iid Mrs. ( iregory ha\e ii\. children : Charl-
ton L., Myron S.. Francis \\ .. Albert 1-'.. and
Louis A. 'I heir home is noted for its sur-
roundings of culture and retinemein. as well
as for the generous and gracious hospitality
there dispensed.
GE( )RGE C. GRANT.
Among the younger generation oi p
gressive business men of the slate of Wyoming,
upon whom must devolve the future develop-
ment and government of the commonwealth
i- ( ieorge ( '. ( irant. of I slay, who was born on
Inly 2-_{. 1X75. in Portage county, Ohio, and the
son of William II. and Ella E. (Allyni (iraut.
the former a native of Indiana, and the '
ol < mio. His father in earl} life was engaged
i carpenter and builder in Portage county.
( >hio. anil in 1X78. he removed his residence to
Iowa, settling in Dallas county and engaging
in farming, in which he continued until i SSo.
when he removed to Xebraska. where he es-
tablished his home in Hayes county, still con-
tinuing farming. He remained there until [894
when, owing to the severe drought, he sold out
and moved to u/ark county. Missouri. Here
he continued in agricultural operations until
ihe I;<11 i i I'MU. when he moved to Kansas, and
made his home in Stafford count}. Mere he
has since maintained his residence, and is still
following the occupation of farming. The
mother passed away on lul\ 6, iSoo. and is
buried in Stafford count}. Georgi ' Cram re-
mained at home will) his parents until he had
attained to th.- age of eighteen years, /•eceiv-
ing his earl\ education in the schools of lo\\a
and of lla\es count}. Xeb. In the spring of
1X04. having an ambition to make his own
uay in the world and to t r\ his fortune in the
in \\ country farther west, he left his home in
Xebraska and set out for \\'\ oming for the
purpose of learning the cattle business and he
soon ei-ureil employment at the ranch of ()
MEN OP WYOMING.
Harris on the Running \YuUT Creek for
live month>, anil in the fall of the same
he accepted a position on the ranch of 1\. S.
Van Tassell in i . count \. He continu-
ed here for about three years, engaged during
the greater portion of that time in riding the
lange, and in this capacity he acquired a thor-
ough knowledge of the business of handling
range cattle, so that now he is considered one
of the most capable men on a cattle ranch in
his section of Wyoming. In November, 1897,
he made a visit to his parents at his old home,
remaining with them until January, 1898, when
he returned to Wyoming and became the man-
ager of the ranch where he had formerly been
employed. He remained here about one year,
conducting the business with great success,
and in the spring of 1899 he was given entire
charge, with a working partnership interest, of
the ranch where he now resides, on North Crow
Creek, about twenty miles northwest of Chey-
enne. This property is also owned by Air. Van
Tassell, and is one of the finest places in that
section of the state, comprising about 5,100
acres of land, with a large adjacent range and
extensive improvements and a large tract of
the best hay land. On November 23, 1898, Mr.
Grant was united in the bonds of marriage,
at "Crawford, Neb., with Miss May A. Sides,
a native of Pennsylvania, a daughter of Joseph
and Delia C. (Miller) Sides, both natives of
the state of Pennsylvania. Removing from
their native state to Nebraska, the parents of
Mrs. Grant established their home in Dawes
county, where the father engaged in the busi-
ness of cattle raising, in which he is still oc-
cupied. The mother passed away in Dawes
county on August 29, 1890, and is buried in
Crawford, Neb. To the union of Mr. and Mrs.
Grant two children have been born, Ida I. and
Roy A., both of whom are living. Fraternally,
Mr. Grant is affiliated with the order of Modern
Woodmen of America, being a member of the-
lodge at Harrison, Neb. Politically, he is a
stanch adherent of the Republican party, and
is an active and prominent factor in the party
in his section of the state. He is a good type
the progressive, ambitious and successful
ig stockmen of Wvoming. Industrious,
clear-headed and also having marked business
ability, he is sure to be heard from in the future
business life of his section of the young com-
mi inwealth.
JACOB GREUB.
For nearly a quarter of a century con-
tinuously was Jacob Greub a resident of the
Crazy Woman Creek district of Wyoming, be-
ing among the first white men to "stick their
stakes" in this region at a time when it was cer-
tainly an unbroken wilderness, given up to the
successive ravages of ferocious beasts and pred-
datory bands of savage men. He has seen it
come kindly and generously into the ways of
civilized life, yielding its tribute gladly to sys-
tematic cultivation, as it had heretofore done to
sporadic and thriftless violence. And if honor
is accorded to one who inherits the triumphs
and traditions of a long line of ancestry, surely
not less does it belong to one who founds a
race or helps to establish a dynasty in a new
land. Such is the tribute due to Mr. Greub,
who was born on July 12, 1861, at St. Joseph,
Mo., the son of Rudolph and Elizabeth (Ofelder)
Greub, natives of Switzerland, who came to
America late in the 'fifties and settling near
the city of St. Joseph, engaged in farming until
1864, when they removed to Boulder county,
Colo., and there passed the remainder of their
lives in the same peaceful occupation. Their
son Jacob grew to the age of seventeen in Boul-
der county, assisting his parents on the farm
and attending the district school until 1878,
when, assuming the duties of life for himself,
he went to Larimer county and found employ-
ment for a year on a cattle ranch. In the sum-
mer of 1879 he came with his brother-in-law
to Crazy Woman Creek, driving a herd of cat-
tle, and like the children of Israel in respect to
Canaan, they found that the land was good and
determined to make it their home. They squat-
ted on the virgin soil and at once began an
industry in raising cattle. They wrere the first
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S( ttlers in all this region and, in spite of tempta-
tions and seemingly strong indue. "go
elsewhere, . the) steadily remained here until
pursuing their chosen vocations, improv
ing iheir land and adding to the conveniences
and the value of their homes until they made
the "wilderness blossom as the rose" veritably.
In the year last mentioned Mr. ( Ircnb sold his
ranch and removed to a leased one on Little
1'iney Creek, fifteen miles north of Buffalo, it
being the homestead taken up by his father-in-
law, < ieorge Hepp, in earlier years. Mr. Hepp
• 1 into this region in 1882 and was en-
gaged in ranching and cattleraising until his
death on t Ictober 10, 1901. When the weight
ni" years became heavy and he wished to retire
from active pursuits, he took up his residence
on an adjoining ranch which he owned, leasing
his home place to Mr. Greub. It is now a part
of his estate to which there are two heirs in
addition to his daughter. It comprises 800
acres of excellent land and is one of the finest
ranches on the creek:. I Ie has also a ranch on
Shell (.'reek which he leases. On November -'4,
[885, in Johnson county, Wyoming, occurred
the marriage of Mr. Greub and Miss Elizabeth
llepp. a native of New York city and daughter
of (ieorge and Elizabeth Hep)), natives of ( ier-
many. Her mother is still living al her home
in I'.nii'alo. \Y\o. In politics Mr. Greuh is a
Republican, one of the highly respected old-
timers of the county, and he has the esteem
and confidence of its people, not only as one
of the founders and builders, but also as one
of the most substantial citi/eiis of their county.
< ). A. HAMII.TI IN.
I \ ery honorable prolcssion or vocation has
its legitimate place in the scheme <>f human ac-
tivity and constitutes a part of the general plan
\\hereb\ life's methods are pursued and man's
destiny ultimate!) achieved. While all repu-
table callings are needful, the actual importance
of each is largely determined by its relative
usefulness. So dependent is man upon his fel-
lowmen that the worth of the individual is de-
termined b\ what he has done to benefit his
kind and in the main a man succeeds best in
a single vocation, yet there are many who have
achieved, prominence in different lines of effort.
The gentleman \\hose name appears above be-
longs to the laiter class in that his career has
been a varied one, devoted at different times
to different pursuits. As a civilian he has
been a forceful factor in business and industrial
affairs and as a soldier in the greatest civil war
of history he did valiant service for his country,
earning a record of which any defender of the
Union might feel justly proud. O. A. Hamil-
ton was born in Beaver county, Pa., in 1848,
and his father. Milton Hamilton, was also a
I'ennsylvaniaii bv birth and for a number of
years a distinguished teacher in his own state
and Ohio. He moved to Ohio about 1853 and
until his death thirty-one years later was princi-
pal of schools at various places, his last field
of labor being the town of Middleport, where
he departed this life in 1884. He was the son
of Robert Hamilton, a native of Scotland who
emigrated to America in an early day and
settled in the Keystone State. Sophia Lyon,
wife of Milton Hamilton and mother of the sub-
ject of this review, was the daughter of Samuel
and Kalherine I Eaton) Lyon, all three born in
Pennsylvania and the father a fanner by occu-
pation. < ). A. Hamilton was a lad of five years
old when his parents moved to ( >hio and he
grew to maturitv and received his educational
training in that slate, remaining at home until
the breaking out of the Civil War when realiz-
ing that the country had need of all the aid her
loyal sons could render, h.' joined the army as
an artificer, beiii'j, too young to carry arms and
•nil the duties of a soldier, entering the
service when onlv lourtecn \cars and ten
months old. A little later he served as private
in the Fourth lndep> ndent Battalion, ( Hlio Vol-
unteer Cavalry, and at the expiration of his
period ol enlistment joined the Second < >hi<>
Cavalry, being promoted corporal of his coin
panv. Mr. Hamilton's military career covered
!i\ .ears of time, during which lie saw much
active service and took part in a number of
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PROGRESSIl ! \HiN OF WYO WING.
campaigns, participating in some '>: ihe blood
iest battle- for which that greal struggle is
noted, \\lii-n tin- war closed he enlisted in the
Fourth LJ. S. tnfantry, -.erving until 1870 and
pa-sing tho greater ]iart of the time in the
western territories, lit was discharged at Fort
l.aramie. Wyo.. in 1X70 and immediately began
freighting and ranching. Tie followed this life
for a number of years, meeting with many inter-
esting and thrilling experiences but was always
exempt from personal danger, as witness the
Ute outbreak of 187^ in which he lost his en-
tire freighting outfit. In 1890 he engaged in
sheepraising in Wyoming and continued tin-
business until the fall of 1894, when he sold out
and purchased the Natrona County Tribune,
which he edited and published for one year,
then, severing his connection with journalism,
he engaged in mining at South Pass and he has
devoted his energies to that business to the
present time. Mr. Hamilton has led a very act-
ive and strenuous life . Experiencing all the
hard-hips, dangers and other vicissitudes of
war, he discharged his ever)' obligation with
commendable fidelity, never shirked a responsi-
bility however onerous or dangerous, and left
the service cheered by the consciousness of duty
bravely and uncomplainingly performed. His
business career has also been varied and at
limes not as successful as he could have desired
but in the main satisfactory from a financial
point of view. He has realized a handsome in-
come from his mining operations, having lo-
cated and developed some valuable properties,
besides owning others which promise large re-
turns. Mr. Hamilton has taken an active part
in the political affairs of Sweetwater county,
being one of the prominent Republicans in this
part of the state. Recently he was elected thi
superintendent of Water District No. 4, and at
the present writing is a member of the state
board of control. He also served as sergearit-
at-arms of the House of Representatives of
Wyoming, and in various other capacities has
been brought to the public gaze. In 1876 he
was united in the bonds of wedlock with Miss
Maggie Higley of Ohio, daughter of Austin
and Eliza (Smith) Ili-ley, the union result ing
in the birth of four children: Clara, who died in
1894 at ihe age of seventeen, Milton A., Lilia
X. and Maggie. Mr. Hamilton has always had
the welfare ol ihe < Mtmnunity at heart and as
a public spirited man of affairs lends his sup-
port and active cooperation to every measure
for the genera] g 1. He has upheld worthily
an honored anee-iral name and has been faith-
ful to every trust confided to him, loyal in his
friendships and devoted to the best intends
of his family, friends and country. He possesses
broad humanitarian principles and is essentially
a man of the people. As a citizen none stand
higher and his relations with his fellow men
are characterized by courtesy, suavity, culture
and good breeding. His manners are kindly,
and all who come within the range of his
personal influence acknowledge his fine social
qualities and speak of him as a true type of
the generous and free-hearted gentleman.
ARCHIE D. HAMNER.
One of the progressive and rising young
men of Albany county, \\yoming, is the subject
of this brief sketch, Archie D. Hamner, whose
address is Spring Hill. A native of the state
of New York, he was born in Hamilton county,
August 19, 1866, the son of Charles and Hulda
(Jordan) Hamner. both also natives of the Em-
pire state. His father was a farmer in his na-
tive state until 1883, when he disposed of his
property and removed to Iowa, establishing his
home in Butler county and there continued life
as a farmer until 1886, when he went to the
territory of Wyoming, settled in Horseshoe
Creek Park, and there engaged in cattleraising.
Here he continued up to the year 181)4, when
he disposed of his property in Wyoming to
good advantage, and returned again to his early
home at Long Lake, Hamilton county, N. Y.,
where he has since made his home. The mother
passed away in November, 1899, and awaits the
resurrection in the burial ground at Long Lake,
New York. Archie D. Hamner grew to man-
hood in his native state and received his earlv
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education in the public schools of Long Lake.
In iSS^ lu- came to Iowa with his parents and
there remained until iSSd, assisting his father
in the work and management of the farm. In
the latter year he followed his father to \\ yo
mini;' and took up the home ranch which he
occupies on Horseshoe Creek. in Albany
county, about twenty-eight miles west of Glen-
do, engaged in the cattle business and there re-
mained until tSijj, when he removed to Dead-
\\ 1. South Dakota, for about four months,
but not meeting with the success there he had
anticipated, he returned to his ranch on Horse-
shoe (..'reek and continued in his former business
of '"ink-raising until the spring of 1894. when,
selling his cattle, he purchased a large band of
horses which he drove overland to Iowa and
then shipped them to New York. Owing to the
low price of horses this business venture did
not prove to be successful and he returned to
his ranch and again engaged in the .cattle busi-
ness. P.y hard work, energv and determined
perseverance he has retrieved his losses and built
himself up, until he is now counted one of the
prosperous business men of that section of the
county. In the early part of 1900 he purchased
one-half interest in a sawmill near his ranch.
and was a partner in that business until June,
i<)o_>, when he disposed of his interest in the
mill to good advantage. Since then he has d.
voted himself exclusively to the cattle business.
In iSi.H) In \isited his parents in New York
and was there at the time of his mother's death.
Mr. Hamner has a fine ho'me ranch, consisting
of (So acres of land, well fenced and improved,
having all the equipments for the successful car-
rying on of the cattleraising business. Mr.
Hamner has recently purchased a claim in the
mountains adiac.-m to the land there owned by
him. which makes him the o\\ner of 040 acres
in the hills, where he has a summer range for
i ,( head of si i ick, but as he could cut but i 50
tons of ha\. and n-ali/ing that he must use
much more than thai <iu;mlity, lu- bought a
ranch of _}_•<> acres at tin month of Horseshoe
k, tuenU miles below the hills, which can
nade lo produce 500 tons of alfalfa hay.
and with this pr»pert\ he obtained ooo ,.
of leased land. There is a weed that grows in
the hills which is so poisonous that it frequently
kills the cattle that eat it during the six y
of the spring season that it is attractive for
food, so Mr. Hamner, by having a ranch in the
valley where he can keep his stock during this
period, can avoid the loss he has heretofore suf-
fered from this cause, lie has just comple
line modern residence of nine rooms, where he
and his attractive wife generously entertain
their numerous friends. ( )n April 24, iSS.j, at
I louglas. \\\o., Mr. Hamner was united in
marriage with Miss Mary F. \\-well. a native
of Iowa and the daughter of George and Adelia
Xewell, prominent citizens of Black Hawk
count}'. Iowa, of which state thev were pioin i i -
and later, in 1886, they removed their residence
from that state to the territory of \\ \ i lining,
where tin \ established their home on I forse-
shoe ('reek, where the father was a stockman
up to the time of his demise, the mother still
residing at the home ranch. Mr. llamner has
made a study of the important subject of ir-
rigation, and is one of the best informed men
on that subject, which is of such vast import-
ance to the western country. Fraternally, he is
affiliated with the order of W linen of the
World, as a member of the lodge at Douglas,
Wyoming. In politics he is identified with the
Republican party, and is taking an active and
prominent part in the party in the section \\here
he resides, being held in high esteem by all
who know him.
CHRISTIAN HA1
( hie , if the leading stockmen • nlie
conntx. \\lio has recently engaged in the busi-
ness, having formerly been a prosperous busi-
ness man of ( liicago. 111., is ('hristian Haul".
u li. ISC residence is at < ileii.li i, \\ A
native of < Icrmany. lie was born on M.>
1X51,. the son of I :nd Maragratle i :
llanf. both natives of the Fatherland, where
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his father was the proprietor of a distillery.
\\hc > remi >ved his t esidena (• > Vmerica in
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PROGRESS!}'!- AIRN OF WYOMING.
establishing his new home in tin- cit \ < *i Chi-
cago. 111., where he engaged in mercantile pur-
suits ami as a manufacturer of matches, in
which he remained active tip to 1X83, when he
ived to the territor) of Dakota and entered
into the occupation <>f farming, remaining here
for aboul ei.ghi years and in 1891 disposing of
liis farm and property in South Dakota and re-
d to Chicago. Here he remained for about
one \ear and then came to Wyoming to take
charge of the large cattle interests which his
son Christian had acquired in that section. He
continued in this occupation until 1902, the year
of his decease, which occurred on the i6th day
of March, and he lies buried in the cemetery
situated near his former home at Glendo. The
mother departed this life on October 28, 1899,
and she is buried by the side of her husband.
Christian Hauf passed his early childhood in
the Fatherland and received his early education
there. Coming to this country with his parents
at the age of ten years, he completed his edu-
cal ion in the public schools of Chicago, leaving
school in 1873 and becoming an apprentice to
the butchering business. Subsequently he had
employment with various large meat markets of
the city, was there during the great fire and saw
the practical destruction of that city and he has
also been a witness to its marvelous rebuild-
ing and to its marvelous growth and develop-
ment. In 1883 he came to the territory of
Dakota and located at the town of Blunt, as a
farmer, continuing in that occupation for about
five years, when he disposed of his farm and
other property interests in Dakota, and took
a trip of combined business and pleasure to the
Pacific coast. Returning in the spring of 1888,
he established himself in Chicago in the whole-
sale and retail meat business on Commercial
avenue. In this enterprise he met with remark-
able success, and added to his operations from
year to year until he became the owner of three
large markets situated in different portions of
the city. He was also the owner of a fine resi-
dence, valuable real estate and other property.
In 1901 he became interested in the cattle busi-
ness on the ranges of the western country and
came to \\ \ < mtinL; to acquire an interest in that
class d| property. Tin ranch and property
which he now owns and occupies was at that
time for sale and he purchased it from its former
owner. It is situated on Horseshoe Creek, about
thirty-five miles southeast of Douglas, Wyo., and
was formerly known as the Bob Walker ranch,
having been located in the early days of the terri-
tory, being one of the first ranches taken up in
that section of the country and it is one of the
historic places of Wyoming. After acquiring
this property, he returned to Chicago and dur-
ing the following year his father came to Wyo-
ming to take charge of its management and ihe\-
engaged extensively in cattleraising. Chris-
tian Hauf still retained his large business
interests, in Chicago, Illinois, but came to Wyo-
ming twice each year to assist his father
in the handling of their cattle interests. In
1900 he closed out his business in Chicago and
removed his family to Wyoming, establishing
his residence at the ranch on Horseshoe Creek,
and he has since that time made that place his
home. His cattle business has grown to enor-
mous proportions, and he is now the owner of
one of the finest ranch properties in Wyoming,
having at his home ranch about 1,400 acres of
land, well fenced and improved, with more than
a thousand acres under irrigation. He has a
large modern residence, with the improvements
and comforts usually found in a well appointed
modern city home, and large barns and build-
ings for the handling of his immense herds of
stock. He is exclusively engaged in the cattle
business and devotes his attention chiefly to the
Durham breed. He is one of the solid business
men and property owners of Laramie county,
and is well known as a successful cattle man
throughout the entire state, being held in the
highest esteem by all classes of his fellow
citizens. On December 7, 1879, in Chicago, 111.,
Mr. Hauf was united in the holy bonds of wed-
lock with Miss Susan Fries, a native of Indiana,
and the daughter of Michael and Gertrude
Fries, both natives of Germany. Her parents
emigrated from the Fatherland to America in
1854, and first located in Chicago where they
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remained for a short time, then removed to
Indiana, where they settled in Lake county,
and engaged in fanning, in whieh pursuit they
remained up to the time of their deaths, the
fathi r passing away on April 29, iSc>S, and the
mother on March 26, 1902, and lioth are buried
at Seherer\ ille, Jnd. Mr. and Mrs. Hani
have six children, namelv, George, Flizabeth.
Matilda, Charles J., William a ederick C.
All are living except ' . lio died in 1884
at the age of live years and six months, !••
burieil at Pierre, S. D., and Elizabeth, \\lio
died ,11 the ag( of thirteen months and is buried
al P.lne Nand, 111. The fatnily home is one
rioted for its genial and gcm-mus hospitality,
and the family are members of die Roman
('atliolie church and take a deep interest in all
charity and religion. Fraternally Mr.
Ilanf is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias,
being a member of a (Chicago lodge, and Mrs.
is a member of I ". ( '. ( ). 1'". A stanch ad-
herent of the Republican parly, Mr. Plant" is a
al supporter of the principles of that politi-
cal organization, although never seeking or de-
siring public office. lie is one of the foremost
men of hi-, section of Wyoming in developing
its resource, and building tip its industries.
Ri iBERT V II \RPFR.
Young, energetic, progressive and u< • < --fill.
Robert A. llarper, one of the prominent ranch-
men of Weston count}-, who never shirked a
duty or turned his back upon a foe, is a credit
to the community in which he lives and one of
iis Edrceful and productive activities. In the
province of i mtario, Canada, on \pril 20, 1^57.
he came into being, the son of Irish pai
\\lio had settled in the Dominion some years
before. Thev \\eiv (George and Ann |. (S|><
Harper, who left the hard and cramped COnd'-
tions of the l-nierald Isle for the ampler oppor
tunilies of the \e\\ World, and after a life oi
usefulness as farmers were laid to rest beneath
di' soil of their adapted land, llie mother in
tSSo and the father in iSij^. Their son Robert
remained at home until he was tvvcnlv three,
attending the public schools and assisting on
the farm, thereafter in the spring of [J
ing to Wyoming and locating ai < heyenne, he
went to work for Sturgess \ Goodell, who in
the fall sent him to the Stockade Beaver Creek
section in their interest, the) having ram
and cattle there, lie remained with them, rid-
ing the range and li M iking
until iSSii. then went to work for J. C. Sp
on his nearby ranch ,
man until iSS. ). I le thei
of \\". II. Favvcctt, whose ranch adjoins tl>
now owned by himself, and had charge of his
:rt) until -August, njoo. In 1^07 he pur-
chased the ranch on which he now n
Stockade I'.eavir Creek, eight miles
Newcastle, and gradually - ;; while in the
service of Mr. Fawcett. In 1900 he seltle
his own ranch and has since devoted his entire
time to its development and cultivation and to
his cattle interests. With steady progress he-
has added to the improvement of his property
and the size and qualitv of his herd, making
them more and more worth
more in keeping with his ideas of a comfortable
homestead, his last addition I new
. \\ hieh v. as en cied in the stimm
[902. In politics Mr. Harper is a Democrat
and. although ib interested i1
cess of his party, believing in its principle
the wisdom of its policies, he .! • offi-
cial preferment, being content to exercise his
Eoro a izen in ad\ ancing the general wel-
fare of his community without regard to
i In .in irs. < hi \'c .v ember i i . [899, at I 'hil-
adehihia. 1'a.. he was united in m; with
Miss Sallie Swalm, a native of the Keystone
state, where her parents, Jos, ph and '
Swalm, \\ere al-. > born and reared. I "mil his
death in |S<)S her fath. a prosperous mer-
chant in Philadelphia, Pa. Her mother i- -till
living in Tioga. a suburb of that city.
REINH< H.D E, HECHT.
A pro, pi ions and siu-ces-ful ranchman and
Stockowner of \lhanv connlx. \\\o:nin^. who
is ii, >w residi" nU'imial. in that ci
Reinhold E. lleehl. the subjecl "i" this sketch.
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol: WYOMING.
A native of Pennsylvania, of German descent,
lu \vas born in 1851, the son of William and
Elizabeth Hecbt. The father came to Penn-
sylvania from the Fatherland during the early
fifties and engaged in farming, subsequently re-
moving to Ohio, where he continued in the
same pursuit up to the time of his decease,
which occurred in 1862. The mother emigrated
from Germany in early life to Pennsylvania,
where she resided until her marriage and re-
moval to Ohio. She died in Ohio in 1878, aged
seventy-eight years, being the mother of five
children, two girls and three boys. Reinhold
Hecht grew to manhood in Ohio, and received
his early education in the schools of that state,
principally at the city of Defiance. At the age
of nineteen years he was compelled by the
force of circumstances to leave school and make
his own way in the world, and taking his de-
parture from Ohio he came to Cheyenne, Wyo.,
and secured employment in the freighting busi-
ness between that city and Deadwood, Dakota,
continuing to be thus employed for about five
years, meeting with varied experiences and with
some success. At the end of that time he re-
turned to his former home in Ohio for a short
time, and then the desire to again return to Wyo-
ming became so strong that he could no longer
resist it and he soon found himself in the neigh-
borhood of Laramie, where he located a home-
stead and entered upon the business of raising
horses and cattle, in which he has continued up
to the present time. He has met with success,
and by hard work, perseverance, industry and
good judgment has built up a large and profit-
able enterprise, which is being steadily in-
creased from year to year. He is now the owner
of a fine ranch of over 2,000 acres of land, well
fenced and improved, with suitable buildings and
appliances for the proper maintenance of a suc-
cessful ranching and stockraising business.
From small beginnnings his business has grown
until he is now counted as one of the substantial
property owners of his section of the county,
and takes especial pride in producing and show-
in g the best grades of Hereford cattle and well-
bred heavy draught horses. In 1878 Mr. Hecht
was united in wedlock with .Miss Lena Sass, a
native of Germany and the daughter of Henry
and Frederica Sass, both natives of the Father-
land. The father emigrated in early life and
settled in Ohio, where he made his home in the
city of Defiance, following merchant tailoring.
He resided in Toledo, Ohio, at the time of his
death, engaged in the same business. Four
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hecht,
namely, William, Henry, Mabel and Myrtle, all
now living. They have lost two children, Eliza-
beth and Elma, who passed away in Defiance,
O., where they were buried. The family are
highly respected in the community where their
home is located, and are among the most esti-
mable citizens of Albany county.
NEWELL BEEMAN.
Xewell Becman, a prominent merchant and
man of affairs of Evanston, . Wyoming, was
born at Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y., in 1844,
the son of Thomas and Elvira (Colwell) Bee-
man. His father was born in Hackensack,
X. J., on January 7, 1804, going to Phelps when
a boy of ten years, where he lived on a farm
till 1867, when he moved to Fenton, Mich.,
where he died in September, 1884. His poli-
tics were Democratic until 1856 when he joined
the new Republican party, and he was an active
member of the Presbyterian church, as was his
wife, who was born at Seneca Castle, N. Y.. in
1810 and died at Fenton, Mich., in 1893. She
was a homeloving woman and the mother of
five children, four of whom survive, one having
died in infancy. Mr. Beeman's paternal grand-
father, Josiah Beeman, a coppersmith by trade,
was born in Connecticut but moved to New
Jersey when young and later to Phelps, N. Y.,
where he died. His wife Sally (Crane) Beeman
was a native of New Jersey. Going to Michi-
gan from Xew York at the age of 92 years she
died at Williamstown in that state, aged 94
years. The parents of Elmira Colwell Beeman,
mother of Newell Beeman, were Daniel and
Thankful (Payne) Colwell, natives of Rhode
Island. Daniel moved to Seneca Castle, N. Y.,
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where ho lived the life of a farmer until his
death at the age of 75. Thankful L'ayne left
Rhode Island with her parents, who settled at
Seneca Castle, X. Y., where she was married
with Air. Heeman and lived to be 87 years old,
being' a very charming and refined old lady.
Xewell r.eeman received his early education at
the district school of Phelps, N. Y., and fol-
lowing this he attended the Phelps Union
Classical School and Bryant & Stratton's Com-
mercial College, from which reputable school
he was graduated in 1863. His first employ-
ment was in a hardware store in Buffalo, N. Y.,
where he remained for a year and then was
engaged in the store of the Russell & Erwin
Manufacturing Co., in New York City. Here
he remained three years and then went to
( Juincy, 111., and worked for the hardware com-
pan\ of Chas. E. Allen about four years, dur-
ing which time he was quite an extensive
tra\eler. His next change was to St. Louis
win-re he kept books about a year and then re-
turned to Xew York to work in the office of
Clark, Wilson & Co., where he remained until
1X7 1, then came to Almy, Wvo., and worked
for the Rocky Mountain Coal & Iron Co. for
two years, following this employment he took
a trip to Texas, staying about a year and re-
turned to Almy to resume labor with (he coin-
pan\ he had left, but this time as super-
intendent, and so he continued until i SXi ,.
Meanwhile he had engaged in mercantile ven-
tures at Ainu and was interested in a Store at
Kvansinu, now known as the Keeman & Cashin
Mercantile Co. The company he represented
as superintendenl and manager closing its husi-
ness in May, 1900. in 189-' Mr. Beeman moved
with his family to Salt Lake City, which city has
since been his home, lie is a man »f business
and tn business he gives close atleniiiiii. In
addition to the interests alread) inili'd he has
a branch drygoods store at Koek Springs, \Vy<>..
and is interested in the < 'onmiercial Xalional
Haul, of Salt Lake City, having been a mem-
ber i if its b< iard of direr, ,
I'olitically lie is a Republican and has brld
county offices in I 'inta count;, at various times.
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?\lr. lie-email was first married in July. 1^7-'.
at I 'helps, X. Y., with Miss Damaris Peck, a
native of Phelps and a daughter of Hiram and
Louisa i \\etmorei I'eek. her father being a
prominent Democrat, at one time sheriff of
( (ntario count}', X. Y., where he passed his
life and was buried, his death occurring in 1890.
His wife was a native of Western Xew York,
an active member of the Baptist church and a
strong temperance worker who died in 1895
and was buried at Phelps. Mrs. Beeman died
in 1877 and is also buried at Phelps. She was
a noted singer and an active worker in the cir-
cles of her Baptist church, being survived by her
husband and two daughters, Edna L., Mrs.
W. H. Dayton of Salt Lake City, and Damaris
A., who resides with her father. Mr. Beeman
married his present wife in 1877 at Ouincy. 111.,
and she was formerly Miss Anna J. Harvey,
born in Ouincy, a daughter of Samuel and
Annie G. Harvev. Her father, born in England
in 1805, came to the United States when a
young man, settled near Ouincy, 111., and fol-
lowed farming until his death in the eighties.
His wife. Annie G., was born in Germany and
came to this country when a child with her
parents, who also settled at Ouincy, 111., where
she is still living. Mr. Deoman has one child
by his present wife: Alice J. Beeman.
AMl'.ROSE A. HKMLER.
From the hills and valleys of southern Penn-
sylvania which teem with a thrifty, self-reliant
and resourceful population, to the prairie-
ranges of eastern \Y\oming, . t un-
tenanted. which promise bountiful returns for
the zeal of the husbandman and ampli 0]
tunity for all, is a long step in longitude and
conditions, but it is one that reuards those who
make it. most repaying them for the
,ii: volun • is, number and
in cdneati' 'iial and civic
tledness and security in fiscal and government
surroundings, with boum' pe for skill.
limit1 • enterprise, an uncramped
t:i Id for personal dominion and un
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readiness and responsiveness of market for
i \ i-r\ ware they have to offer, whether it be of
labor or its fruits. This step has been taken by
Ambrose A. Hemler of Crook county, to his ad-
vantage. He was born in Adams county, Pa., on
September 16, 1852. There his parents, George
and Catherine (Smith) Hemler lived and pros-
pered, as their forefathers had done for genera-
tions; and there in 1871, after a useful life which
was ended before its energy was spent, the moth-
er was laid to rest. The father is a plasterer by
trade, and although advanced in years is still pur-
suing his serviceable craft in the place of his na-
tivity. Their son Ambrose was educated in the
schools of his native county, and two terms in the
Conowago Preparatory School in the same state.
He then had to quit his studies on account of
failing eyesight, and began his business career
as a clerk and salesman in a store at Port Carbon
in the same state. He followed his service in
this capacity with two years of hard work as a
fireman on the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
and in 1879 started for the great West, reaching
Kansas in the fall and halting there for the
winter, the next spring going to Missouri where
he worked on a farm for a year. The next year
was passed in similar work in Illinois and the
next still in Nebraska. In the spring of 1882 he
came to South Dakota and during the following
two years was employed on a farm near Spear-
fish. He then passed two more years working
in a sawmill in the Black Hills and in 1886 came
to Wyoming and to Crook county. His first
employment here was for eighteen months in the
service of a large cattle company on Powder
River. He then took up the ranch on which he
now lives, ten miles north of Sundance, where he
has remained and built up an expanding indus-
try in ranching and cattleraising, adding to his
land as circumstances permitted or required,
now having a considerable body by deed and
and more by lease. He is one of the commanding
and representative stockmen of the section, and
has influence of weight in all the affairs of the
county. No enterprise of moment for the im-
provement of his portion of the state but feels
the impulse' of his quickening hand and has the
benefit of his wise and active mind. As an evi-
•dence of his productive and developing tenden-
cies, it should be stated that in 1883 he dared
danger and exposure in helping to build the
telephone line from Deadwood to Custer and
Rapid City, S. D. On May 16, 1885, Mr. Hem-
ler married with Miss Laura E. White of
Spearfish, S. D., where the marriage took place.
She was a daughter of Thomas O. and Mary F.
(Jack) White, former residents of Missouri
where she was born and where her mother died.
Her father then removed to Spearfish and there
passed the rest of his life. He was a veteran of
the Mexican and Civil Wars and a highly
esteemed citizen of two states. Mr. and Mrs.
Hemler have six children, Francis, George,
Charles, Chester, Bryan and Clara. His father
was also a veteran of the Civil War, seeing active
service in that contest as a member of the One
Hundred and Fifty-second Pennsylvania In-
fantry.
O. RUDOLPH HENKE.
The German element in our national life has
been prominent in many lines of industrial ac-
livity, also making itself felt in the arts, sciences
and not a few of the learned professions and
America has not been slow in recognizing and
appreciating its eminent influence. The gen-
tleman whose name appears above is the son
of a typical representative of the Teutonic char-
acter and he embodies many of the sturdy phys-
ical characteristics and mental attributes for
which his ancestors were noted. Richard Henke,
father of O. Rudolph Henke, is a native of the
province of Posen, Prussia, born on August 3,
1846. He was reared in the town of his birth,
and after receiving a strict educational training
in the public schools was apprenticed to the
trade of machinist, in which he acquired much
more than ordinary skill. After working for
some years in various shops in his native coun-
try he went to Scotland and from 1869 until
the breaking out of the Franco-Prussian War
he was similarly employed in Glasgow. When
the great struggle between Germany and
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France became unavoidable, Mr. Henke re-
turned home and joined the German army, with
which he served gallantly until Prussia defeated
her hereditary enemy after one of the most no-
table, and to France one of the most humiliat-
ing wars of modern history. For bravery dis-
played in some of the bloodiest battles of the
war Air. Henke received two medals of honor
and a bombadier's commission, and when the
war closed he returned to his mechanical pur-
suits in Glasgow, in which city he was married
in iSjj with Miss Christina Appal, a native of
the province <>f Hanover, Germany. After fol-
lowing his chosen calling in Scotland until iSSi
Mr. llenke came to America, and for about
time months worked at his trade in Grand
Rapids. Mich., then came to Laramie, Wyo.,
and obtained a position in the Union Pacific
shops, which he held until 1896, and in 1885 he
bought a ranch on ' Sybylle Creek, which he
stocked with cattle and placed in the charge of
his sons while he continued his work in the
shops at Laramie. In iSSo he disposed of his
first ranch and in iSSS purchased the improve-
ments and filed on his present ranch in the
Sybylle district of Laramie count}', twenty-four
miles southwest of \Yhcatland, moving to the
property eight years later. Since i8i/> Mr.
IN nke has made his home on the ranch and in
partner-hip with his son, who manages the es-
tate, he has been engaged in cattleraising upon
quite an extensive scale. His life has been
active and busy, attended at times by thrilling
episodes, especially during his military life, and
from tin- beginning to the present time his ca-
reer has been upright, straightforward and in
ever) respect honorable and praiseworthy, lie
proposes to pass tlu- remainder of his da\s in
the health-inspiring, free outdoor life of the
ranch and to enjoy here some of the fruits of his
many years of honest industry. While retaining
many tender recoiled ions of the Fatherland
and losing no jot of his ]o\alt\ to its govern
ineiil. Mr. llenke is a true American and mani-
fests a mos| profound regard for the laws and
institutions of his adopted country. He is an
ellenl citizen, true to his ideals of right, and
his character and integrity are above reproach.
He is well liked in the community where he
lives and enjoys the unbounded confidence of
all. Mr. and Mrs. Henke have had five children,
Reinhold. I'auline, Rudolph, Richard and Rose.
Rudolph Henke, who is his father's partner and
business manager, was born in Glasgow, Scot-
land, on May 29, 1876, and was about five years
old at the time of the family emigration, con-
sequently the most of his life has been spent in
the west, under conditions favorable to sturdy
physical and mental development. His educa-
tional discipline embraces a knowledge of the
branches constituting the public school course,
but his training in the rugged school of experi-
ence has been of a wider range and much more
practical nature, eminently fitting him for the
duties of a very active and successful business
life. Since moving to the ranch in 1886 he has
hi en associated with his father in cattleraising
and has earned the reputation of a very careful
and far-seeing business man. The place which
the two jointly own contains 420 acres of valua-
ble grazing land, much of which is susceptible
of tillage, though but a small portion is devoted
to agriculture. Rudolph Henke is one of the
intelligent progressive \oiing men of Laramie
county, and has a prosperous business c;
before him. He is a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America, belonging to the local
organization at \Yheatland.
GEOUCF. P. IIFUSEY.
George P. TIersex. a prominent and success-
ful stockgrower of Johnson county, came to
\\ \oining in iSSi and has since resided within
her borders. I Ie was then without capita] e
his determined and resourceful spirit and hi- (X
Cillent health and experience he has gained in
hard knocks in various parts of this country,
but he is now one of the substantial and wealthy
men of his county. Whatever he has now in
worldly possessions he has accumulated in
Wyoming and he may therefore be truh
called a production of the state as well as
a developei of her industries and natural re-
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PROGRESS!!'!: MEN OF WYOMING.
sources. He was born in far away Xew Hamp-
shire, the son of Stephen and Caroline (Thomp-
son) Hersey, natives of Massachusetts. He
grew to manhood and was educated in his native
slate, living on the old homestead and assisting
in its health-giving but unremunerative toil, until
he was twenty years old. In 1879 ne came to
Colorado and went to work in a mill and after
t\\<> years of this occupation removed to Johnson
county, WYO., settling on the Brace ranch. He
also took up land in company with Fred Han-
chett. In 1886 he sold out to the 4 H Ranch
Company and then bought an interest in the en-
terprise. He was interested with this outfit ten
years when it sold out and in 1887 Mr. Hersey
bought a ranch on Rock Creek which he still
owns, in 1887 settling on the ranch which is
now his home, which consists of 2,200 acres of
land under deed and 8,000 acres of leased prem-
ises. On this wide expanse of territory he has
large herds of fine cattle, the most of his output
being high-grade Herefords. In all matters of
benefit and utility to the section in which he lives
Mr. Hersey takes an earnest interest. He is
treasurer and one of the leading stockholders of
the Clouds Peak Reservoir Co., and has given
much time and energy to its development and
the proper application of its benefits. In 1891,
at Butler, Mo., he was married with Miss
Georgia Basma, a native of Michigan. They
have one child, their daughter Myrtle. Their
home is one of the pleasant resorts of the
neighborhood, where their friends always find
a hearty welcome and a generous hospitality and
where the stranger can confidently enter an open
door and find pleasant entertainment.
HOX. \VM. A. HOCKER, M. D.
It is indeed a truism that "He serves God
best who best serves his fellow men", and there
is no branch of human endeavor or profession
existence wherein its truth is so fully demon-
strated as in the medical profession. The
highest type of man is the successful physician.
who through love of humanity gives freely of
his time and talents to the relief of the afflicted.
.Among this high class Doctor Hocker stands
out prominently, for he is one of the ablest re-
]>ivM-ntatives of this noble profession in the state,
having for a series of years been identified with
extensive medical practice in various portions
of Wyoming and also having been worthily
intrusted with public office and responsibilities
of a grave and momentous character. He is now
an honored citizen of Kemmerer, where he is
established in the practice of both medicine and
surgery. He was born in Lincoln county, Ky.,
a son of Tillman and Sarah (Morrison) Hocker,
natives of Kentucky but of Virginia ancestry.
His father was a farmer and stockman and his
mother traces her lineage in a direct line to
William Tell, the hero of Switzerland. To the
early educational training of Doctor Hocker at
the schools of Hustonville, Ky., a literary course
was added at the Christian College and thereafter
he gave his definite attention to the technical and
scientific studies necessary to obtain a thorough
medical education at the celebrated Bellevue Med-
ical College of New York City, from which su-
perior institution he graduated in 1868. Engaging
in practice for his initial location at Harrison-
ville, Mo., he soon demonstrated that he was well
and ably equipped for his high profession, five
years thereafter changing his location to Evans-
ton, Wyo., and here there was but a brief pas-
sage of time before popular recognition of his
talents and professional worth was accorded and
his reputation .as one of the representative med-
ical men of the state stands in evidence of his
just deserts. He soon became the physician and
surgeon of the Union Pacific at Evanston and
acquired a large patronage from the best citi-
zens of the community. After twenty-five years
of residence in Evanston he removed to Kem-
merer, where he is now actively engaged in
medical duties. In addition to a large and in-
creasing list of private patrons he is the phy-
sician and surgeon of the Kemmerer Coal Co.,
and of the Oregon Short Line Railroad. A pro-
nounced and outspoken Democrat, he had not
been long in the state before recognition of his
ability as a wise counsellor was shown, and he
was elected as a county commissioner and his
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t\vi> years' service in this office was followed by
his election to tin- lower house of the State Legis-
lature, and he was there distinctively honored in
his election to fill the dignified office of president
of the council. Thinking- that his services to his
constituents and state would he of more advan-
f vj veil on the il< « ir c >f the In >nse he declined
the high honor and did faithful labor for two
successive years as a \\orking member in the
house. The results he obtained were so m;'i
that the people of his district elected him in due
siasoii to the Senate \vhcre he displayed the
same statesmanship and legislative qualities as
ii; the house, winning high commendations both
as a. speaker and as a far-seeing, conservative. . i
puhlic-spiritcil legislator. His earnest efforts in
helping to organi/e and secure the establishment
of the State Insane \s\liim will long stand to
his credit \\ith the people of Wyoming and its
orgaiii/atioii was very largely due to his earnest
efforts. I "pon its creation he became its super-
intendent for two years, doing excellent service
in this formative period of its history by plac-
ing its administration on broad and scientific
foundation-. He pi rsonalh attended to the re-
moval of tin- state's insane wards from Jack
\ille. 111., to Evanston, and although there were
t\\" full carloads of patients there was not an
accident nor a death while in transit. His party
associates in Wvoming have held him in high
honor, for during his incumbency of the chair-
manship of the Democratic County Committee
the party won every campaign, and he has been
a delegate to ever) state convention since be-
ing a citizen of the state, being also a dele-
gate from Wvoming to the Democratic Xatioiial
Convention al Cincinnati wheri General Hancock
received die presidential nomination. ||r aKo
held the appointment of register of the C. S.
land oftiee at Evanston for four years during
the administration ,,f I 'resident Cleveland.
FraternalK Doctor I locker is identified with the
Knights of |'\thias at Dianiondville. is a char-
ter member of the lodge al Kxatiston and a p.ist
chancellor commander of lh< order. Me is also
a menilxT of the Eagles, the 1 'nited Workmen
and of the Home Forum. Dr. I bicker wedded
with Miss Alice Reynolds at Evaiistou on .March
i.v i^r.v ^'u' i" ;L daughter of John and Alice
Rev nolds and was born at Galveston, Tex., where
her parents died of yellow fever when she was an
infant. She was thereafter reared to womanhood
in the cultured home of her maternal uncle, Col.
R. C. \\ 1. a prominent Confederate ofl
Their family embraces these children ; R
a popular dentist <>f Kemnicrer ; Woody, wife
of l-Vank Mauley, chief engineer of the U. P.
Coal Co., at Rock Springs; Edith, wife of
Frank Lander of Evanston: F.ffic, wife of Thom-
as Davis, the master mechanic of the C.I', mines
at Cumberland; Jennie, a student of the state
university in the clas- of i,,oi and 1902 and
Florence and -Reynolds, who are attending the
Evanston high school. Doctor and .Mrs. Hocker
are acknowledged leaders in those social circles
\\here refinement and culture are in evidence
and the entire family enjoy a marked popu-
larity. In the midst of the multitudinous de-
mands placed upon him by the practice work of
bis profession and the high official trusts he has
held, the Doctor has never failed in thoroughly
reading the best literature of his profession,
keeping fully abreast of the wonderful adv.
in the sciences of medicine and surgery, and per-
sonall) contributing to such advances through
his experiences in clinical work and his orig
thought and investigation, though his innate
St} and unpretentious attitude are such
that he is signally free from self-adulation.
A. D. IK (SKINS.
This gentleman, who at the present writing
is conducting a prosperous mercantile business
at Granger. Wyoming, where he is also the
nlar and efficient postmaster, has ex]
the varving conditions oi' life in the M
Valley, of a range rider in Xehraska and
successful and prosperous business man in
\\.oining. Through all the devious windings
of these various stales of existence Mr. I loskins
has kepi sieadiK out obji 'ii view, to attain
a station of high financial standing and pn>hit\.
and, like all things steadily and persislingly fol-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOML\\;.
lowed, this result has been attained, Mr. lios-
kins being one of the prominent and representa-
tive business men of a wide extent of country.
In the attainment of his purpose he has how-
ever never sacrificed the amenities of life to
gain, but has been generous and public-spirited
and has acquired and kept a large circle of
friends, who value him for his intrinsic worth.
He was born on February 17, 1861, in Marshall
count}-, 111., where his father for years con-
ducted agricultural operations, but now main-
tains his home near Fairfield, Neb. He was the
son of Leonard and Lottie (Taylor) Hoskins,
both being natives of Ohio. His paternal
grandfather, John Hoskins, a son of Silas Hos-
kins. a Virginian, a saddler by trade and a sol-
dier of the War of 1812, was a native and a long
lime resident of Ohio, where he married Eliza
Bonham, and was a farmer. He showed the
patriotic and military spirit that apparently has
been the heritage of the family for many past
generations, and gave loyal service to his country
under Generals Scott and Taylor in the hotly
contested battles of the Mexican War. A. D.
Hoskins was the third of eight children com-
posing his father's family and three others are
now living, Florence A., now Mrs. Charles L.
Lewis of Fairfield, Neb. : Fairy R., Mrs. Charles
Ran of Fairfield, Neb. ; Elizabeth T., Mrs.
Charles Randall of Lincoln, Neb. After his
education was acquired in the Illinois schools
Mr. Hoskins identified himself with western life
in Nebraska by becoming a range rider, con-
tinuing to be thus employed from 1879 to 1890,
acquiring skill in this employment of hardihood
and giving honest and satisfactory returns for
his wages. His advent in Wyoming was in
1880, his Nebraska life being of short duration.
From this time onward he was engaged in vari-
ous occupations at Evanston and elsewhere,
which under his manipulation gave satisfactory
financial results. He gave initiation to his mer-
cantile life at Hilliard, where for five years he
was engaged in trade, in the fall of 1897 he lo-
cated at Granger, and he has here conducted a
business which is rapidly assuming proportions
of great scope and importance. In 1899 he
opened his present store and in October was
commissioned ]>»simaster, still retaining its in-
cumbency. A full line of general merchandise,
selected for and well suited to the demands of
his large range of patrons is here di-played, and
also a comprehensive stock of groceries, dry-
goods, light hardware, etc., etc. The success of
the undertaking indicates that the future will
be fraught with decidedly advantageous com-
mercial operations. He has also business inter-
ests of importance at Kemmerer. He is fra-
ternally connected with the Odd Fellows as a
member of the Evanston lodge, and holds mem-
bership with the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks at Salt Lake City. On February 5, 1899,
in .Ogden, Utah, Mr. Hoskins was united in
marriage with Miss Rose Davidson, a daughter
of Thomas and Nancy A. (McBride) Davidson,
natives of Indiana and now residents of Eldo-
rado, Kan. In all the relations of life Mr. Hos-
kins holds an exalted position, winning and re-
taining the friendship of the community, while
his home is a center of gracious hospitality. In
political relations he is an active and assiduous
member of the Republican party.
HARRY BURT JENNINGS.
The gentleman whose name opens this bi-
ography, although young in years, has attained
considerable prominence in Carbon county,
Wyoming, where he is now serving as county
clerk, having been elected in 1901 on the Re-
publican ticket. He was born in 1872 at Ris-
ing Sun, Polk county, Iowa, and is a son of
James B. and Mary L. (Raybuck) Jennings,
lames B. Jennings was born in Green county.
Pa., in 1840, and served an apprenticeship at
blacksmithing, and worked at that trade until the
breaking out of the Civil War, when he en-
listed in the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, in
which he was appointed first sergeant. He
served with undisputed bravery and commend-
able devotion to duty until captured by the en-
emy and confined in Libby Prison at Richmond,
Va., until released in 1863. He was mustered out
in 1865 with the rank of brevet-lieutenant, in
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105
recognition of valiant conduct on the field.
Alter tlu- close of his war services Mr. Jen-
nin-s came to \\_\oniiiiL;' as <|iiarU-rni;isUT for
th'1 Indians at I'.f.an's Station, when- h< n
ri! until iSSt; then he went to Rock
Sprin^'s. Sweetwater county, for a short time
and in tSSj came to Rawlins. lie is now en-
'1 in active inhiin- operations at ( irand En-
eumpmcm. which he is prosecuting with his
ergy, untiring vi.^-or and satisfactory
results. He is a Strong Republican in poli
.••d his party one term 11X1151 in the
\Vvomins;- legislature and is very popular
i^hout Carbon county. Mrs. Mary 'L.
(Raybuck) Jennings the mother of Harry Hurt
Jennings, was born in Washington county, Pa.,
in iS-jn. and is a daughter of John I', rind Mary
L. (Harnioni Raybuck. She was reared, edu-
I and married in her native state and in
earh womanhood was a prominent teacher.
After coming to Wyoming she served several
,i- school superintendenl for Carbon
county when it comprised all the territory ex-
tending from Colorado to Montana, and was
probabh one of the most intellectual women of
ihe far Wi larry Run Jennings was gradu-
ated from the Lincoln Business ('olle^c in June.
, and ahno-t immediate!-, afterwards en-
the Cnion | 'acific Railn iad at
Rawlins as messenger, and from this humble
position was promoted regular!1,
agent, his promotions hcins; earned through at-
tention to dut) and personal merit So sat.
tory were his services that he was retain
thi emplo of the compam h >r ten yi ars, and
hi '• i : onl} to ' nter np< in tin tield i if politics
and public life, which bis ^rou ins;- popularity
had made peculiarly alluriiiL; and tempting, i hi
first public position held !>• him was that of
d' ii >r'- . '1'his pi isi-
tion in- re!ini|uished to become secretary Eoi
J. \\'. linens \- Co. at Rawlins. which he sat-
-orily tilled for six years, lie nexl served
lor I wo years, to (he eminent >ati-faetioii of
all concerned, as city clerk of Rawlins and in
looi he wa> elected on the Republican ticket
county elei! ol ' arbon county — the position In-
still so ably fills. II. B. Jennings was mosl
pily united m marriagi on June _>i. 1894, with
F.thel Maxfield. the. accoinplislied i iau ^li-
ter ' 'f < '. \V. Maxlield, the pri
ii mer of Carbon i . Po this Eelici
union h:; born tw< i children, Rirbar.
lla. Mr. fem ' " VITV fortunate
since coming to Cail">i: county, but this is
chii!1 g to bis personal merits and close
lion to the interests of those by whom he
id, and to ; he able manner in
which he has performed the duti< - pertaining
itions he has filled, hacked by
unswerving integrity.
GUST WE AND < > ,T K. JENSEN.
Amons; the successful young business men of
Wyoming \\-ho are doins;- so much to develoj)
the resources ot the y.unis; commonwealth and
to lay here the firm foundations of one of the
L;reat states , ,f the I'nion, no id higher
than the si'.b eel of this brief review, the
brothers ( iustave and Clement E. Jensen of
Saratoga. The\ are natives of the old historic
citv of t ',reen !',a\. \\"iseonsin. and are the
'eineiit E. and Jennie A. i I'.lickfeldt i Jen-
sen, the former a native of Chri.-tiana. Norway,
and the latter of the cit\ of P.cr-en. in the S
countrv. Gustave Ji-nsen was born on April
' :. i S, o. and ('lenient K. on \i!-u^l J.
The father, who was iimercial
pursuits in Ins native land of Norway, disposed
of his interests there and emigrated to \m.
dnrins.' thi liit ies. He first Ii icat'-d in the
. Quebec, in the ! tominion of i 'ana. la. -
hi iw e\ er, remi , N. ^'.. where he
was in business for a number of years, th
remi >\ in- to i in-.-n Hay. \\~is. I iere I
lished himself in business and was for n
years the reprcscntati\e of the \\elbknmsn
lions,- ,,f \. I'.ootli \- Co., beins; their purcha>-
-ent for Wisconsin and Michigan, and
i-ied on a larue and e\tensi\e business in that
line. Subsequently IK d in business for
himself, and in all his entcrprisi with
marked success, liein- one of the leading '
io6
1'ROC.RESSIVE MEN OF, WYOM1
ness iiicii i if that section of ihe country. Gus-
tave Jensen, the older of the two brothi ,-rs. grew
to man's estate in his native city of Green Bay,
and received his elementary education in the
public schools of that place. "When lie had at-
tained to the age of seventeen years the desire
to make his own way in the world induced him
tn leave school and to seek his fortune in the
far West, lie therefore left the home and
scenes of his childhood and early manhood and
removed to Nebraska, where he remained for
about five years engaged in ranching and stock-
raising with an uncle who was a resident of that
state, hi 1883 he disposed of his interests in
Nebraska to accept a government position in
the then territory of Dakota. He remained in
this occupation for four years, and then re-
moved to the western portion of Nebraska,
where he engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Owing to the dry seasons which there prevailed
for some years, his business was not as profit-
able as it otherwise would have been, and in
1891 he sold to good advantage and removed
to Wyoming. Here he established himself at
Saratoga, where he has since remained, becom-
ing one of the most successful and progressive
business men of that section of the state. His
firm does an extensive business, and its opera-
tions extend throughout the state. Clement E.
Jensen, the junior member of the firm of Gns-
tave Jensen & Bro., passed his early days at
Green Bay, Wis., and he there attended school
until he was prepared to enter upon his career
in the mercantile world. After completing his
education he accepted a position in a hardware
.store in Green Bay and for a number of years
was there engaged in that occupation. In
1891 he came to Wyoming and entered
into business with his brother for about
two years, when he returned to Wisconsin and
became manager of a company controlling
three mercantile establishments, with head-
quarters at Iron Mountain. Mich. In February,
1898, he resigned this position and again joined
his brother at Saratoga, Wyo. They then
formed the well-known firm of Gustave Jensen
& Bro., which has since been engaged in busi-
ness at that place, and has been uniformly suc-
cessful in all its operations. They handle hard-
ware, furniture, farm implements and mining
supplies, and also conduct an undertaking de-
partment. In the latter branch they are the
pioneer business men of Saratoga. They oc-
cupy and own a large two-story brick block in
the business center of the city, having large
show windows and a great amount of room ior
the accommodation of their e_\i; >•.-<' e stock. In
addition to their other property holdings, the
older brother is the owner and proprietor of
the Jensen opera house at Saratoga, and be is
serving his second term in the responsible posi-
tion of postmaster. The younger brother was
a member of the first city government of Sara-
toga and in all matters calculated to promote
the public welfare, the brothers always take a
foremost place. In January, 1896, Gustave Jensen
was united in marriage at Cheyenne, Wyo., with
Aliss Mary Stoy, the daughter of the Rev. W.
H. Stoy, an Episcopal clergyman, who is now-
residing at Marysville, Calif. To their union
have been born two children, Anna and Regena,
both of whom are living, and the family home
in Saratoga is noted for the generous and re-
fined hospitality which they take pleasure in
dispensing to their large circle of friends and
acquaintances. On March 8, 1899, Clement E.
Jensen was married at Eaton Rapids, Mich.,
with Miss Mary P. Leisenring, the daughter of
John W. Leisenring, a well-known and highly
respected citizen of Michigan, who is engaged
in contracting and building. The two Jensen
brothers are numbered among the ablest and most
• enterprising business men of their section and
enjoy the confidence of all classes. Progres-
sive, courteous in their relations with their pa-
trons, and unfailing in the discharge of every
business obligation, they have built up a large
and steadily increasing business and are among
the most valued citizens of their county. They
have mining as well as commercial interests,
and Gustave Jensen is the president of the
Badger State Mining and Milling Co., which
owns valuable mining property which it has
been operating with considerable success. By
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107
their enterprise and public spirit they L
much i.' luiilil up tin- citv <>\ Saratoga ai
settle up the surrounding country. I- raicmally
the brothers are affiliated \vitli tlie Masonic fra-
ternity and lake an active interest in all char-
itable and fraternal matters. Politically
are stanch members of the Republican party,
and able advOi ' if the prin-
ciples of that political organization. Their
rates \vhat is possible of accom-
plishment in this ciiumr\ bv men of ability, un-
failing integrity and determined purpose.
\( )il.\ Ji iHNS< IN.
One of the extensive cattlera i and rep-
•nsiness men of Laramie county,
i- John Johnson, an American by ailoption,
bi> birth ' i-i-tirring on June j^, 1X57. in far
den, being the son of Olaf and Mary
(( Msoni Johnson, both natives of Sweden, and
.ither a farmer. The early life of Mr. John
was passed at and near the place of his
birth and he grev to maturity familiar with the
varied duties of farm life, and on attaining his
majorit) began life for himself as a tiller of the
soil, remaining in his native land until i SSj
when he came to the United States and for a
limited pi rioil -toppped in Cheyenne, V
thence going to Horseshoe Creek, where he
t< 'i .1. up land and • • in raising a line
''I cattle. I Hiring the ensuing seven \ears he
devoted his attention closely to this business
and realized liberal returns, accumulating a
fortune of no small magnitude. In the fall of
iSSS he added to his possessions by taking Up
land on Mule Creek, on< mile from his present
ranch, and brought hi, cattle to the place in
the spring of iSSc/. After t\\o \ears in that lo-
cality in iSiji he took charge of the lours ranch
of the S\\an Land and Cattle Co. and has man-
i lln business affairs of that corporation
ever since, looking after his own large >iock in-
terests at (he same time. Mr. |ohn--,,n is a
man of acknowledged business abilitv. and as
foreman of the above ranch has demonstrated
his aptitude and capacity for large undertak-
ings. While managing the company's affairs
with consummate skill, he does little active
work, the condition of lii.s health being such
nl him fn mi dc >ing am thin _
irect the
of his invalid • ich of the responsibil-
ity of his own and ihe compai s has
fallen upon his son Victor, a
cellent I'M' and Superior bn tialifi-
Mr. Johnson has also in his wii°
ahle '1 willing coadiutor. she b
a lady of much more than ordinar) mental en-
di iwn • • • sing abilii high < ir-
- he has borne her f;i!: -ibil
ity in carrying out her husband's plans, and
much of the success with, which hi- have
>wned is directly attributable i» her
counsel and cooperation. Mr. |oh
and family ov arge amount of valuable
grazing land, 7_>o acres of which lies on Mule
k in the immediate vicinity of the 1
I. Their cattle interests are extensive and
yield them a large income in addition to the
liberal remuneration received for managing the
icre ranch of the Snan - The latter
ranch is also heavily stocl no little abil-
ity and energy are required to conduct the busi-
ness successfully. The Johnson family is widclv
and favorably known throughout the conn
1 .aramie and • ire 1 lian 1 ica] r< putatii >n
in business and social circles, standing high in
the esieem of all who knov them. -. and
daughters bv their courteous conduct winning
an abiding place in the alfecti^ns of their
numerous lrie:ids. Mrs. fohnson's maiden
name was also Johnson, her parents being John
and Anna lohnson. both oi Scandinavian birth,
and her birth occurring in Sweden, where she
\vas married with her husband on \ovember 14.
1X77. ller children are as follows; Anna !'>..
Victor J.. Minnie II.. died September jS. i SoS •
( >scar |. and Mary I., twins. The family arc
bers of the Lutheran church and noted for
their piety and xeal. while Mr. Johnson is aU>
idciitilird with the Woodmen of the World, the
sou. Victor, belonging to the Modern Woodmen
of America.
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PROGRESSII'E MEX OF WYOMING.
• >SG( i<)D JOHNSOX.
A progre>sive ranch and cattleman of Lar-
ainie county, \Y\oming, is Osgood Johnson,
ulxise address is Uva. A native of Maryland,
lie was born in Baltimore, on January 6, 1862,
the son of James H. and Sarah E. (Jones)
Johnson, the former a native of Massachuetts
and the latter of Maryland. The father was en-
gaged in business as a commission merchant in
the city of Baltimore, Aid., in which he was oc-
cupied up to the time of his decease, which oc-
curred in 1884, and his remains lie buried in
Baltimore, .where all his active life was passed.
The mother passed away in 1871, and is buried
by the side of her husband. Osgood Johnson
yri'w to man's estate in his native city of Balti-
more and received there his early educational
training, subsequently attending the academy
situated at Kennett Square, Pa., where he pur-
sued a thorough course of study for three years,
when he returned to his Baltimore home and com-
pleted his education. He then engaged in business
with his father for two years, when desiring to
make his own way in the worlrl he came to the
then territory of Wyoming, arriving in Cheyenne
in the spring of 1882, soon after securing a po-
sition with the National Cattle Co., for the pur-
pose of acquiring a practical knowledge of the
business. Later, when this company was merged
in the Swan Land and Cattle Co., he continued in
the employ of the latter company until 1886. He
then purchased a ranch on Fish Creek about
twenty miles west of Uva, Laramie county and
entered upon the business of raising cattle, in
which he remained, having a marked success
and making this place his home until 1895,
when he purchased the ranch on the Laramie
River about two and one-half miles west of Uva
where he now resides, and thither removed his
residence although still remaining the owner of
both places. Here he has very successfully contin-
ued in the business of raising cattle and is now
the owner of 640 acres of land, well fenced and
improved, with a large herd of cattle, and is con-
sidered as one of the substantial property owners
and one of the most enterprising cattle men of
that section of the state. On September 23,
1896, at Cheyenne, Wyo., Air. Johnson was
united in marriage with Miss Minnie L. Gape,
a native of Ohio and the daughter of Joseph
and Sarah Gape, both natives of England, who
emigrated from their native country in early life
and settled in Ohio, in 1878 removing their resi-
dence to the territory of Wyoming, where they
established their home in Cheyenne where they
are still residing, highly respected citizens of
their adopted state. The family are members of
the Protestant Episcopal church, and are sin-
cerely interested in all works of religion and
charity in the community where they reside. Mr.
Johnson is affiliated with the Masonic order, be-
ing a member of the lodge at Wheatland, Wyo.,
and politically he is a stanch member of the
Republican party, and a loyal supporter of the
principles of that organization. He has never
either sought or desired public position, pre-
ferring to give his entire time and attention to
the care and management of his extensive busi-
ness interests. He is held in high esteem by all
classes of his fellow citizens.
AUGUSTINE KENDALL.
In the life of Augustine Kendall whose
honorable course as a business man and citizen
has conferred dignity upon himself and added to
the good name of the city in which he resides,
the reader will find a practical exemplification of
those deep underlying principles of sterling man-
hood that seldom fail to win success. Of
strong mentality and invincible integrity, he has
so entered into the business life of this section
as to make his presence felt as a director of
thought and molder of opinion in all matters
coming within his special province. Honored
by being placed at the head of one of the impor-
tant monetary institutes of the state, he has now
much more than local repute as an enterpris-
ing man of affairs and is widely known among
the leading financiers of Wyoming. His birth
occurred on July 26, 1863, in Ontario, Can., but
his father, Daniel S. Kendall, was born in Bos-
ton, Mass., in 1814, the son of a former mayor of
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109
that city who owned a large anil very valuable
estate there ami in the immriliate vicinih. D.
S. Kendall was the owner of a line of ships and
in the spice trade he acquired a large Eortl
At the breaking i nit of tin- Civil War he sold his
vessels and moved to ( (ntario. where he lived in
retirement until his death in 1877. Tlis wife,
Alarganl i < ireggan ) Kendall, was horn in
Ireland, and departed this life in iSijj at the age
of sixty-two and now lies by her husband in the
beautiful cemetery at I'.ostou. Augustine Ken-
dall parsed the years of his childhood and youth
in Ontario with the best educational advantages
his native place afforded. At the age of eigh-
Uen lie went to Laramie, Wyo., and accepted a
clerical position in the Wyoming National Bank,
thi- duties of which he discharged for about one
year. He then entered the First National Hank of
imie and after remaining with that institu-
tion for four years came to Roek Springs as
cashier of the Sweetwater Comity I'ank since
tl" H merged into the First National Hank. Mr.
Kendall i-ontinuecl in the capacit; of cashier un-
til ihi- death of the president, when al the earni i
solicitation of the directorate he was electe 1 to
the vac n:,-\ ami has since been the executive head
of the hank. He is familiar with ever} detail
of tin- banking business and possesses soundness
:dgcment. keenness of discrimination and a
comprehensive knowledge of the principles o|
finance. lie is active and vigilant in his care
for the interest^ of stockholders and depositors.
Though prudent and at all times conservative in
the management of his important trusts, he has
carried financial success with all his enterprises,
and by judicious investments and skillful over
sight has acquired an ample lortnne. Aside
from banking he is l.irgeK interested in the
sheep industry, which returns him a liberal in-
e, and is connected with other business en-
terprises. In a marke. ' he possesses those
nd and practical qualities \\bich secure and
retain the confidence "f the people, and his pcr-
•'. .i'.d social habits win public esteem. Ills
i mind ha- In en de\ eloped and
slreiigtheiied b\ liberal culture and reading, and
all who come within the range of bis pcrson:dil\
pronounce him a true t\pe of the courteous and
dignified gentleman. His friendships are deep
Mid strong, his disposition cheerful and genial,
and his character open and frank. These admir-
able qualities combined \\ith a StrO
>r, an earnestness of purpose that lies'1.
at no difficulties, may be classified among the
rominent characteristics in the make up
of this man. whose life, measured by the true
d ird of excellence, has been and is destined
to be a potential power for good in the business
and social world. Although well informed con-
cerning the great issues of the day and having
earnest convictions upon the public questions
now before the American people, Mr. Kendall
IKJS no political aspiration-., preferring his busi-
ness and the domain of private citizenship to any
official honors within the gift 'of the people. He
is deservingly popular with the citizens of his
town and count}- and in a quiet and unobtrusive
way has done many kind acts of charity of which
the world knows nothing. Fraternally he i< a
Freemason, being one of the brightest members
of the lodge meeting in Rock Spri
!•( >STER KK \KNS.
One of the progressive citi/ans of ( 'arbon
ty, Wyoming, whose enterprise has con-
tributed much to the development of thai
lion of the --tale, is Foster Kearns. whose ad-
dress is Collins. Wyo. \ native of ( 'learlield
county, I'a., he was born mi lauuarx i.
the son of Foster and F.li/a • Kearns.
the former a natixe ol Ireland and thi
the Keystone state. The father came from his
'•alive count i rh life and established his
E near I 'hillipshurg. I'a.. and engaged in
mining, lie losi his life from an accident
in a mine shortly after the birth of his son
r. who after the unfortunate death of his
father availed himself to the best advauta •
his limited opportunities for obtaining an edu-
cation, lie \\as compelled to leave school in
early life and find employment t" aid in the
support of his mother and the famiK. Securing
a position in a lumber yard for a time he
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•'GRESSll'E MEN OJ: WYOM1
learned the trade of millwright, an occupui i> HI
for which he had a natural aptitude. When he
was sixuen years of age he was run over by a
logging team and so seriously injured as to
necessitate the amputation of his left leg. He
\vas confined for some time in the hospital and
later returned to the lumbering business, in
which he continued until he was twenty-one
years old. He then left Pennsylvania and re-
moved to Kansas for one summer, then going
on to the then territory of Wyoming, arriving
there in the fall of 1882. Establishing his head-
quarters at Laramie City, he engaged in
freighting from that place to the mines of the
Encampment district, and continued in this pur-
suit with considerable success for about two
years, when he removed to Beaver Creek in
Carbon county, located a ranch and engaged in
ranching and kindred pursuits. Subsequently
he disposed of this property and located an-
other place on Encampment Creek, later taking
up a second place on the same creek. These
ranches he improved and developed, subse-
quently sold for a good figure and again re-
moved to Beaver Creek, where he remained es-
tablished in the stock business until 1901. Dur-
ing this time he became quite extensively inter-
ested in both cattle and horses, and carried on
a successful business. In 1901 he disposed of
his interests and devoted his time largely to
mining. From 1888 to 1898 he was engaged in
developing a claim he had in the copper belt
at the head of Little Beaver Creek. In the lat-
ter year he organized the Kearns Consolidated
* opper Mining Co., to operate this property more
extensively. He is its president, and the com-
pany controls 240 acres of mining ground, 160
acres platted as a town site and a large amount
of development work has been projected. The
town is named Dowington, in honor of the
Dowington Bros, of Denver, who are largely
interested in the company. In addition to his
ofher important holdings Mr. Kearns is the
owner of several other valuable claims in the
vicinity, which promise to make him one of the
wealth) men of that section. In August, 1901,
he erected a store buildinsr at Dowington and
engaged in general merchandising. This ven-
ture has proved to be a success, and his busi-
ness is steadily increasing from the rapid set-
tlement of the adjacent mining country. On
April 19, 1885. Air. Kearns was united in mar-
riage with Miss Celestia Platt, a native of
• Iowa, and the1 daughter of Henry Platt, a na-
tive of Washington county, Pa. Her paternal
grandfather was also a Pennsylvania!!, who re-
moved to Ohio, where he established his resi-
dence in Guernsey county and engaged in farm-
ing, in which he continued up to the time of
his death. Her father then removed to Rich-
land county, Ohio, where he remained for a
number of years, and then resided in Iowa until
1X85. when he removed to the then territory
of Wyoming. He is still residing in this state,
in the enjoyment of good health, although he
has reached the advanced age of eighty-three
years. Mr. Kearns is a director in the Copper
State Hank of Encampment, one of the heav-
iest stockholders in that institution. He is a
successful man of business, whose energy and
ability have been very instrumental in drawing
the attention of capital to the great resources
of this section of Wyoming, and in settling up
the country and building up its industries. It
i-. such men as he that build up prosperous com-
munities throughout the western country and
bring civilization out of barbarism and sav-
agery. His activity and business success, in
spite of the physical misfortune which he sus-
tained in early life, have been remarkable, and
he is held in high esteem.
WILLIAM L. KEYES. '
A successful breeder of fine stock giving
special attention to the Shorthorn breeds, is
the subject of this sketch, William L. Keyes, a
leading citizen of Albany county, Wyoming,
whose residence is in the vicinity of Tie Siding,
about twenty-five miles south of the city of
Laramie. He was born in Nova Scotia in 1845,
the son of William and Sarah Jane (Logan)
Keyes, both natives of the same country. The
father was born in the vear 1818 and followed
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in
farming in his native country until 1884, when
he retired from business life and made his home
with his daughter, Mrs. \Y. R. YYilliams, in the
vicinity of Tie Siding. \Yvo., where he passed
the evening of his long and useful life in the
ease and comfort to which his years of indus-
try and unremitting effort had so justly entitled
him, dying in November, 1894. He was the son of
James and Ann (\Yhittier) Keyes, also natives
of Nova Scotia, the mother being born in 1814,
the daughter of \Yilliam and Sarah (Ellis) Lo-
gan, both natives of Nova Scotia. The father's
life business was civil engineering, but he was
also a successful teacher for a portion of his
life. He passed away in 1862, at the age of
seventy years, and was buried in his native
country. \Yilliam L. Keyes grew to manhood
in Nova Scotia, receiving his early education
in the public schools of that province. Upon
arriving at the age of twenty-one years he left
the home of his childhood and began life for
himself, engaging in farming in the vicnity of
his former home for a short time. Believing
that he could improve his condition and find
better business opportunities in the United States,
in 1865 he came to Massachusetts and in the
county of Middlesex engaged in farming for
two years. He moved from Massachusetts to
Minnesota, where he engaged in lumbering with
varying success for about five years. He then
returned to his old home in X'ova Scotia, where
he remained for about three years engaged in
farming. During this time he married in 1X711
with Miss Nancy Carroll, a daughter of John
and Jane (Greno) Carroll, her parents as well
as herself being Nova Scotians. the birth of her
father taking place in 1X10 and his death in
1X71;. Mr. Keyes removed with his family from
Nova Scotia to the territory of Wyoming in
1X711. In the vicinity of his present residence in
Albany county he located a ranch and began
the business of raising cattle, also purchasing
a hotel property at Tie Siding and conducting it
in connection with his ranchim op, i ations
about eight years, then purchased the ranch
which he uo\\ occupies, \\hen- he has since been
engaged in eattlcraising, bein^ no\\ the owner
of a fine, well improved ranch and having a
good herd of Shorthofn stock. Mr. and Mrs.
Keyes have five children, Carrie, Harry, Amy,
Willis and an infant (deceased), the family be-
ing one of the most respected in the commu-
nity where they reside.
JAMES KIRKPATRICK.
For the voyager who has been true to his
course, however storm-tossed and weary, there
is even on this side of the grave a haven where
wind and wave disturb not, or are felt but as
gentle undulations of the unrippled and mir-
roring waters. This haven is a serene and hale
old age. The tired traveler has abandoned the
jostling and crowded highways of life. The
din of traffic and of worldly strife have no
longer magic for his ear. He has run his race
of toil, or trade, or ambition. His day's work
is accomplished and he has come home to en-
\o\, tranquil and unharassed, the splendor of
the sunset, the milder glories of late evening.
Such as this is the condition of James Kirkpat-
rick of near Banner in Sheridan county, who
being now near the age of fourscore is enjoy-
ing the few remaining years of a useful life in
peace after many trials, having comfort after
much of hazard and privation. He was born in
< >hio on October \2. 1X2(1, the son of Abraham
and Mary i Marrctt') Kirkpatrick, who emi-
grated from their native state of Pennsylvania
to Ohio in the early days of its history, and
were pioneers there, as their son has been in
two states since their day. He was reared on
the farm and educated at the little country
schoolhonse near his home. \\lien he reached
the age of twenty-one he engaged in farming
near his father's place, but in 1X5). moved by
the frontier spirit he had inherited from his
parents and their ancestors, h, ! into II
linois, then a newly opened country in the far
West, and locating in Adams countv not far from
tin- great Father of Waters, he there passed near-
h thirtv \ears as -fnl fanner, beholding
that conntrv come forth at the persuasive
of systematic cultivation to fruitfulness and
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comeliness and contributing his due portion of
the labor and care necessary to bring about
that result. He enlisted at Quincy, 111., in tin-
Union army in September, 1861, served three
years, was in several battles and in one was
badly wounded by a gunshot and still carries
the ball. Another ball passed through his body
from above the right hip, coming out above the
left hip, his horse being killed under him at the
same time. He was mustered out at Little
Rock, Ark., in August, 1864, being in the Third
Missouri Cavalry. In 1883 he came to Wyom-
ing and settled in Sheridan county^ where he
took up a homestead and engaged in farming
and stockgrowing until he retired a few years
ago from active pursuits. He has a fine farm
and is well-to-do and safely established in the
affectionate regard and esteem of his fellows
among whom he has lived and labored. For
thirty-rive years he has been a member of the
Masonic order, always taking great interest in
its progress and the meetings of his lodge, at-
tending when he could and keeping alive in his
memory and his life its exalted teachings. In
1847 ne was married in Ohio with Miss Eliza-
beth Hoskins, a native of that state, who for
fifty-three years walked life's troubled way with
him and then, in 1900, passed over to those ac-
tivities that know no weariness, leaving six
children surviving her, William, a resident of
Durango, Colo.; Albert; James W.. a prosper-
ous stockgrower of this county; Lillie M., mar-
ried to Charles B. Holmes, county clerk of
Sheridan county ; J. F., a farmer and stock-
grower of this county, with whom Mr. Kirk-
patrick now makes his home ; Ella E.. the wife
of Oscar Mull of Quincy, 111. Another daugh-
ter, Mary, is deceased.
GEORGE KUXTZMAX.
One of the leading young business men of the
important mining town of Encampment, one who
has clone much to build up that place and to draw
the attention of capital to the resources of this
section of the state, is George Kuntzman, the sub-
ject of this sketch. He is a native of Dubuque,
Iowa, born on April 9, 1867, the son of George
and Margaret (Schmidt) Kuntzman, both na-
tives of Germany. The father came to America
from the Fatherland in early life and located for
some time in the city of New York and then re-
moved to Iowa, where he established his home in
Dubuque, and engaged in a successful boot and
shoe business, and continued in trade until his
death in 1882. His son George giew to manhood
in his native city, acquired his elementary edu-
cation in the public schools and then entered the
Bayless Business College and pursued a thorough
course of study and training for a business ca-
reer. Here he was distinguished for his pro-
ficiency in his studies, especially so for his
superior penmanship, being one of the finest pen-
men ever graduated from that institution. His
skill in this respect was so marked as to be the
subject of frequent comment by his instructors
as well as by his business associates and friends,
and even now he has few if any superiors in that
accomplishment. Upon completing his course
at the business college, he entered the employ of
lYter Kiene & Sons, the leading real-estate firm
of Dubuque, and remained with that house for
about four years. His superiority as a business
man and accountant was so marked, that he
was offered and accepted a position as accountant
for the Reliance Mutual Insurance Co., which
had been organized by some of the leading busi-
ness men and capitalists of the city, resigning
that position after five years service to accept a
position with the Iowa Mutual Building and
Loan Association and was practically the busi-
ness manager of that company for six years.
His close attention to business was such that
his health failed, and he was compelled to re-
sign his position and remove to Colorado Springs,
Colo. Here he remained for some time, and his
health improving, he removed to the new t> >\vn
of Grand Encampment, Wyo., in 1897, among
the earliest settlers of that place, where he
opened a real-estate office, handling both real-
estate and mining property in the vicinity. In
partnership with Hon. C. P. Clemmons, now
mayor of Saratoga, he organized the first min-
ing company of Grand Encampment, and has
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been very successful in his operations in In oh
mines and real-estate. He was the promoter and
i >ne i >f the chief owners of the Moon Anchor Cop-
pi i Mining Co., which owns one of the most
promising copper mines in that section of the
slate, of which lie is the vice-president and
audit. I !e also organized the Sun Anchor Copper
N lining ( 'i i.. which controls valuable copper prop-
erty in the Encampment district. I'.e-ide^ his
other property interests in this section of Wyo-
ming1, he is the owner of a large number of town
lots in Grand Encampment and has property ad-
joining the townsite, which is rapidly increas-
:i in value, being one of the large property own-
ers of the county. On September i, 1893. Mr.
Kuntzman was united in marriage at Dubuque,
[owa, with Miss Annie Driscoll, the daughter
of Danir! and .Marie Driscoll. The parents of
Mrs. Kunt.mian passed away while she was an
infant, and slie attained womanhood in the fam-
iK of i Ider sisters. Air. and Airs. Kuntzman are
ih'. parents of a son, George, Jr., horn August
7, 1902. i'Yaternally Air. Kuntzman is affiliated
with lite Masonic order, being a member of
i M yenne < 'onsistory Xo. i, and the secretary
of the lodge at Encampment. He is also a
member of the Modern Woodmen of America
rind the Knights of Pythias, and has "pas .rd th<
chairs" of the latter order. He is a man of abil-
ity, progressive and enterprising in business,
and foremost in every movement for the ad-
vantage of his section of the state. He is one
of the pioneers of the community where he
maintains his home, and is held in the highest
'•in by his felli iw cii izens.
KENNETH McDONAl i >
I low many times the student of Scottish his-
torv has read with bated breath of the gallant
and romantic exploits of the Mel >' maids, as for
-rniTation after generation they have had no
small part in forming and deciding great af-
fairs of state by their valor, their statesmanship,
and even by their misfortunes. The name ha
I I sponsor for the giio.l qualitii-s of
Scotch character and its brilliaticv . endurance
and law-abiding lovalty, are displayed in the
present centurv as strongl] as in an) of the by-
gone days. Dn< of the leaders in Wyoming's
immense cattle industry, now making the head-
quarters of bis almost imperial operation
Willow Creek, sixty miles northv.<
where he owns and controls several thousand
a< res of land, also owning the water rights
Willow Creek to and including the "Hole in the
Wall" country, a distance of nine miles, is Un-
well-known Kenneth McDonald. It would be
a great omission indeed in any work purporting
to speak of the progressive HUM of Wyoming,
to leave this man and his works un.-p
Rosshire, Scotland, has been the home of his
ancestors for many generations, and here the
subject of this review was born on October 9,
18.48, the son of \le\ander and Alary (Tu!l<
McDonald, and to him was given the name of
his paternal grandfather. Kenneth McUonald.
In 1852 Alexander McDonald emigrated, tak-
ing his family to Australia, where lie en
contracting and later in an extensive sh.ee]> busi-
ness for the nineteen years of his residence in
that far southern land, where Kenneth bd
pioficient in the best methods there employed in
the raising and care of sheep. In 1871 the lather
returned to Scotland, dying there in 1^74. Ken-
1:1 th being his milv son and his sole- surviving
child. From Australia Kenneth went to Xew
Xealand and on the west coast was connected
with mining and later with stockraising. con
tinning there for four years. California was
his next objective point and residence ami
1875 to 1887 Mr. McDonald was identified with
sheepraising, which his valuable Australian ex-
perience enabled him to conduct in a very sue
:"nl manner in various wcsUrn states and
territories. In 1887 he went to Scotland, in
i88S returned to America and at 0 ' the
Foundations "f his present en- •Mentions.
making his location on the site of hi
home, paying attention , min 1\ to sheep, of which
he now owns thirty thousand. l-'rom lliat time
to the present writing his progress lias been
steadily onward, his h his herds and
his labors have increased as year after vear has
PROGRESS11']-: MEN OP WYOMING.
come and gone, prosperity and wealth coming
to him in a satisfactory measure, while he has
so comported himself as to be not only a rep-
resentative sheepman, but an honored citizen,
mji iving the friendship and confidence of the
best people of the section and the esteem of his
associates, being a highly popular member of
the stockraising circles of the state, his untiring
industry and shrewd business ability ever in-
dicating his Scotch ancestry. His political affil-
iations are strongly with the Republican party,
but although laboring zealously for the success
of its principles and candidates, he has absolutely
no desire for political preferment, positively re-
fusing any nomination for public position. In
Freemasonry, Mr. McDonald has attained the
Thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. On
July 25, 1893, he was married, the bride being
Miss Lillian Startzwell, a native of Pennsylvania.
CAPT. H. G. NICKERSON.
( >ne of the leading citizens of Wyoming, and
one of the most prominent public men of the
state, is the subject of this brief sketch, Capt.
H. G. Nickerson, the agent in charge of the
Shoshone Indian Reservation. He has a long
and varied career in the west, and for many
years has taken an active and leading part in
the development and settlement of Western
Wyoming. Born on May 4, 1841, Captain
Xickerson is a native of Medina county, Ohio,
and is the son of Erastus and Harriet (Clifford)
Xickerson, both natives of the state of Ohio.
His father was engaged in the business of
manufacturing shoes, and was an active and
successful business man of that state. He was
the son of Jesse and Anna Xickerson, both
natives of the state of New York. The family
were prominent during Colonial days, and were
of English descent, first settling in Long Island
upon their arrival in this country. His father
passed away in the state of Ohio, in the year
1892, at the age of 73 years. The subject of
this sketch grew to manhood in the state of
his nativity, and received his early education
in the public schools of Litchfield, Medina
county. LTpon the breaking out of the great
Civil War he responded to the call of patriot-
ism, and in 1861, enlisted as a member of
Co. D, of the Twenty-third Regiment of Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. The late President Wil-
liam McKinley was the second lieutenant of
this company, and Rutherford B. Hayes was
the colonel of the regiment. Going to the front
in the service of his country, under the com-
mand of such officers, he participated actively
in many engagements, and was under fire at
the battles of Bull Run, South Mountain and
Antietam. At the battle of South Mountain he
was captured by- the enemy, and for a period
of three months was confined as a prisoner of
war at Libby prison. At the end of that time
he was paroled and returned to the North. He
was then promoted to a captaincy of the One
Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer In-
fantry, for gallantry in action, and joined the
army of General Sherman in its expedition into.
Georgia. Here he was detailed to repair the
lines of railroad, and also in the pursuit of his
duty assisted in the capture of the rebel Gen-
eral Morgan. At this time he was under the
command of General Crook. At the end of the
war he returned to Ohio, and entered upon
the study of the law at Elyria, but owing to ill
health, he was obliged to give up his studies,
and in the year 1866, started overland with ox
teams for the newly discovered gold fields of
Montana. On this expedition he had many
thrilling experiences. On the Powder River, in
Montana, his partner was killed by the Indians,
and he only escaped the massacre at Fort Phil
Kearney by a few days. Upon his arrival in
Montana, he engaged in the mining business,
in which he continued up to the year 1868. Not
meeting with as great success as he had an-
ticipated, he then came to South Pass, Wyo.,
where he followed mining with varying success
for a period of eighteen years. During this
time he had many experiences with the In-
dians, who were often on the warpath, and
was a member of the party which effected the
capture of a large number of the hostile
Arapahoe tribe, among whom was the Indian
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
I I :
\\lio afterward became tin- Reverend Sher-
man Coolidge. Captain Nickerson was in
command of this expedition. In the year I Si >S
he located land in the vicinity of Lander for
the purpose of engaging in stock and agricul-
tural pursuits, hut \vas driven out by the hostile
Indians. From the timi- of his first coming to
Wyoming, he lias taken an active and pr<>im-
nent part in public affairs, and was a candidate
.in tin- Republican ticket in 1809 for member
of the first territorial legislature, but was not
elected. In the year 1871 he was elected as a
member of the legislature and served with dis-
tinction as a member of that body. He was
also elected to the office of county treasurer.
In the year 1884 he was a member of the con-
stitutional convention, and from 1884 to 1887
lie was probate judge of Fremor.t county. Dur-
ing- the legislative session of 1884 he was a
member, and it was through his efforts in that
body that the county of Fremont was created
out of SwceUvatcr county. In the year of 1892.
h'' was appointed to the position of receiver of
the 1 "nited States land-office at Lander, \Vyo.,
and it was his duty to first open that office to
the pubhe. He continued to hold this position
up to the time of his appointment as Indian
agent in the year iS'i^. Muring his active
public career he served as the first county su-
perintendent of schools of Swectwater count}-,
and was the first chairman of the hoard of
count \ commissioners of Fremont county. He
also served as justice of the peace at Lander,
and held thai position for a number of years
during the exciting times in South Pass, Wyo.
In the \e;ir iSijd In- was a delegate to the Re-
publican national convention at St. Loin's.
which nominated McKinlcy and Ifoliari. anil
1 o a nil inlier i ii tin- a immil tee app> linted
to notify the late I 'r< uiination.
In addition to his other business int< rests, ' ap
lain Xickerson is interested in farming.
is the owner of \t*> acres ,.f tine land in
dialeh adi< lining 1 .ander. a valuabl'
i >n March 4th. 1870. :it Flyria.
>hio. i 'apt, 'i in N'ickersoii was nnhed in mai
e to Miss llarnei |. Kelsey, a native of the
state of ( >hio. and the daughter of Loren
and Harriet (Avery) Kelse\, both nati\i
that state. 'I'o their union have been born i.uir
cbddren, namely, ( )ra K.. uho is no\\ a drug-
gist at Lander; Alia M., F.dith A., and Nellie.
Their home is noted for its relinemenl and gcn-
ennTs hospitality. l-'raternall\ > aptain Xicker-
son is affiliated with the Independent < >rder of
( >dd Fellows, anil is past grand master of that
order in the slate of Wyoming. He is also a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic,
and is past post commander and present quar-
termaster of Thomas A. McCo) Post of that
great order. He takes an active and prominent
pan in the social and fraternal life of the com-
munity in which he resides, and is looked up to
in all movements of a public nature, or \\hieh
are calculated to work' to the benefit of that
section of the state. Patriotic, public spirited,
and devoted to the general welfare of the com-
munity. Captain Xickerson ]r.i- done much to
develop the resources, and to promote the set-
tlement and advancement of \Yestcrn \Y\o-
ming. lie is now in the prime of his mature
life, and may look forward to many years of
usefulness and achievement, an honored pub-
lic .servant, and held in affection;; MI by
all classes of his fello\\ citizens, lie resi
as Indian agent on May i, 1902. and was ap-
pointed 1". S. allotting agent, allotting lands to
1 in Hans.
HON. W L KUYKENDALL.
\ man nl" inllexihle inlegriu, keen busings
ability, of broad and liberal vie\\ -sing
a distinct individuality. Mr. Kuykcndall has
eminently successful in temporal affairs
through his practical ability and he has si
in positions of trust and official stations with
unbended rectitude and concede,] wisdom
commanding ihe confidence ai if the
'iTsonal character being ihe
of In in even field of public or private
activity. In his .1
run back lh: ations, his g
gran ihe emigrari
u6
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
ily of high distinction in Holland, a near rela-
tive being an admiral of distinguished fame.
Locating with capital in South Carolina very
early in its history, he there developed a fine
estate and was one of the mountaineers en-
gaged on October 7, 1780, in the historic battle
of King's Mountain under Colonel Campbell,
where he was killed, of which great victory over
the British Thomas Jefferson said : "It was
the joyful enunciation of that time in the tide of
success that terminated the Revolutionary War
with the seal of our independence." After the
battle his residence was burned by Tories, all
the family records being destroyed. The be-
witching region of Kentucky was calling many
pioneers then to its land of milk and honey, and
thither emigrated Richmond Kuykendall, the
paternal grandfather of our subject. In this
fair land he developed a fine plantation in Bar-
ren county, on which he passed the remainder
of his life, exercising a potent influence in the
affairs of the new land as a citizen of strong
mental powers and patriotic impulses. His son,
Tames Kuykendall, passed his early life in his
native state, then married Miss Celia Thomp-
son, a native of Garrard county, and after living
in Kentucky until his family consisted of three
children migrated to Clay county, Mo., residing
there until 1839, then becoming a resident of the
new county of Platte, where was thereafter his
home with the exception of six years passed in
Kansas. At first an agriculturist, he fitted him-
self for and engaged in the practice of law and
became the first county judge of Platte county,
then in succession sheriff, county treasurer and
judge of probate, in the election of this last
office defeating the prominent J. W. Denver,
who gave name to the Colorado metropolis. He
was one of the most honored and respected citi-
zens of the state and died deeply mourned.
Hon. William L. Kuykendall, son of James and
Celia (Thompson) Kuykendall, was born in
Clay county, Mo., on December 13, 1835. Re-
maining with his parents until he was seventeen
years old and diligently attending the best
schools of the county, he then commenced his
long career of official life by accepting the ap-
pointment of deputy clerk of the circuit court
of Platte county, performing his duties to such
public satisfaction that he was elected the first
county clerk of Jackson county, Kas., and later
held the office of deputy clerk of the district
court of the First Judicial District of that state.
Again removing to Missouri, in the great strug-
gle of the Civil War he was true to his teachings
and environment, enlisting as a private in the
Fourth Regiment of the Fifth Division of the
Confederate arm}-, commanded by General
Price, holding a captain's commission on de-
tached service as a recruiting officer a portion
of the time. The war left him impoverished and
he sought a new field of endeavor in the allur-
ing regions of the West, removing to Denver,
Colo. A few months later he was engaged in
the building of forts for the U. S. government
in the wild region now known as Wyoming,
passing the years of 1866 and 1867 in this em-
ployment, on one occasion securing a contract
to deliver 2,000 cords of wood by a bid of one
cent less than his closest competitor. Mr. Kuy-
kendall and his associated partners made the
site of Cheyenne their headquarters, being its
earliest settlers and having timber on the
ground to build houses before the land was
surveyed. When Laramie county was organ-
ized Mr. Kuykendall was first appointed and later
elected judge of probate and county treasurer
and he was an ex-officio justice of the peace
and made his home in Cheyenne, holding office
until 1874. These offices do not constitute all
the public positions occupied with credit by our
subject, as during the above period he was a
member of the legislature, continuing in this
body until his removal to the Black Hills in
1876. . He held a seat in the legislature of the
Dakotas during the four and one-half years
he resided there, and on his return to Cheyenne
served as city clerk for three years, his service
terminating by his removal to Saratoga in the
spring of 1891, and from 1888 to 1896 he was a
member of the Democratic national committee
from Wyoming. He is now residing on his
ranch estate of 1,200 acres, less than four miles
south of Saratoga postoffice, his land being all
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under irrigation, he also owing and conducting
the Pick ranch of 2,400 acres, seven miles north
of Saratoga, also well irrigated and both sup-
porting large herds of stock of superior grade.
The matrimonial relations of Mr. Kuykendall
have been most felicitous, his marriage with
Mi-s Eliza A. Montgomery, a native of Ken-
tucky, being solemnized on July 14, 1857. She
is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Craig)
Montgomery, long time residents of Rockcastle
county, Ky., and later classed among the prom-
inent families of Buchanan county, Mo. Her
ancestry in the paternal line stretches through
several American generations to the proud
English family of that name that came to En-
gland in 1066 with William the Conquerer. The
children of this union are James, died in in-
fancy ; J"hn M., now residing in Denver; Harry
L., see individual sketch elsewhere in this vol-
ume ; William Arthur, who was killed in Chey-
enne on July 31, 1878. by his horse running
away. Mr. Kuykendall maintains high prestige
in Odd Fellow, Masonic and Knights of Pyth-
ias circles, holding the exalted rank of grand
representative in Wyoming to the Sover-
eign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, being at
this writing the oldest member in continuous
service in that distinguished body, having been
for the past sixteen years the grand secretary of
the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of the state
of Wyoming, and also being a past chancellor
in the Pythian brotherhood.
FRANK S. LUSK.
One of the leading citizens of Wyoming.
after uhmii was named the thriving city of T.n-i.
in Converse county, is the subject of this re-
view. He is a native of the state of New York,
burn in the city of Buffalo, on April 27, 1857.
the son of James W. and Cornelia Marion
i Siillnian i I.iisk, the former a native "f Xew
York and the latter of Ohio. His father, when
man, removed from his native state in
Ohio, where he established his residence, and
\\ here he became a member of the well I
firm MI" I'.naiit. Lusk \ Stratum. He was an
unusually fine penman, and during the latter
years of his life was connected with the pub-
lishing house of Ivison £ Phinney, of New York
city. During a visit to Cleveland, Ohio, in
iNi'.v he was taken suddenly ill, and passed away
from earth. Two children survived him. The
maternal grandparents of Mr. Lusk were John
and Sarah M. (Doty) -Stillman, the former a
native of Connecticut, and the latter of New
York. The latter is still living at over ninety
years of age, and in the enjoyment of perfect
l;e;.itn. After the death of his father, the moth-
er of Mr. Lusk removed with her family to
Cleveland, Ohio, where his education was ob-
tained in the public schools. Upon leaving
school .he entered the employ of the firm of Han-
na & Co., where he continued until 1876, when
he resigned this position, and in the company of
a friend came to the new state of Colorado. In
the spring of 1877 ne embarked in the business
of raising cattle, and in 1880 he removed his op-
erations to the territory of Wyoming. Here he
became the manager of the Western Live Stock
Co., which carried on an extensive anil sue
ftil cattle business with its headquarters at the
present site of the city of Lusk. In 1886, the
Wyoming Central Railroad, a branch of the
Chicago and Xorthwestern Rail\\ a* . was ex-
tended to this locality and a townsitc was laid
out. and in honor of the subject of this memoir,
the city was given the name of Lusk. In 1887
Mr. Lusk was here joined by his mother, who
lu- since made her home with him, and is the
owner «\ extensive property interests in her own
name. Mr. Lusk continued in the cattle busi-
ness up to the later nineties, when he disposed
of the greater portion of his holdings, alt!
. he is still largely interested in real estate. Dur-
ing recent years, in partnership with Mr. D. D.
Streeter, he has engaged extensively in railroad
contracting in various sections of the West, and
his met with gi'i 5S. In iSn) he \\.is
united in marriage to Miss Louise II. Findlev. a
native nf San KrancUeo. t '-ilifoniia. and the
daughter of Thomas Findlex . a prominent cit-
inil former treasurer of that stale, and their
honi. if the finest in tile citv of Lusk. Mr.
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PROGRESSIVE l/A'.Y OF WYOMING.
I.usk is OIK- nf the loremn>t men of his section
MI tlie \\e^t. and his business energy and enter-
prise have contributed much to the development
and upbuilding, not only of \\yoming, but of
the adjoining states.
HON. DONALD McALLISTER.
A distinguished citizen of Wyoming and the
present county clerk of Uinta county, Hon.
Donald McAllister is a native of Scotland and
a descendant of a long line of sterling ances-
tors. His father, Duncan McAllister was born
on May 3, 1834. in Islay, Argyleshire, .and be-
came a well-to-do farmer, marrying in 1858,
Mrs. Margaret (McDonald) McDougal and fol-
lowing agricultural pursuits in his native coun-
try until 1883, when he came to the United
States, settling in Uinta county. Wyo.. where
he is now living a retired life in the home of
his son. Duncan McAllister is the son of Don-
ald and Mary (Currie) McAllister, both of
whom lived and died amid the romantic scenes
of their native land, and the father of Donald
was Hector McAllister, who married Catherine
McPhie, and to Murdock McAllister, the father
of Hector is about as far back as the paternal
lineage can be traced with accuracy. The Mc-
Donalds from whom the subject's mother is
descended were also an old and highly respected
Scotch family, the name occurring frequently
in the early annals of various parts of the high-
lands. She bore her second husband two sons,
Donald and John McAllister. Donald Mc-
Allister was born in Islay, Argyleshire, Scot-
land, on October 16, 1859. Reared amid brac-
ing airs and active duties he early developed the
strength ' of body and independence of spirit-
characteristic of the sturdy Scottish youth and
was early imbued with the understanding that
man should work out his destiny by honest toil
and honorable endeavor. Completing the pub-
lic school course he engaged in teaching and
after following that profession for three years
and being employed seven years in a commis-
sion broker's office at Glasgow, he came to the
United States in 1882, locating in Uinta county,
\Yyo., \vhere during the ensuing four years he
was engaged in cattleraising, at the expiration
of that period disposing of his stock and be-
coming associated with the mercantile firm of
Illythe & Pixley at Evanston. After remaining
four years with that house he entered the em-
ployment of Beckwith, Quinn & Co., of the
same place with which firm he was connected
about the same length of time. Mr. McAllister
next engaged with Becman & Co. as a sales-
man. Remaining two years in that capacity
and becoming familiar with the details of com-
mercial life, he then engaged with the Diamond
Coal and Coke Co. as manager of their large
store at Oakley and superintended it with credit
to himself and satisfaction to his employers until
January, 1903. In 1900 he was appointed post-
master at Diamondville, which office he held
until January, 1903, discharging its duties in
connection with his regular business and prov-
ing a most capable and popular official. Mr.
.McAllister has been a factor in local and state
politics for years and enjoys distinctive prestige
as one of the Republican leaders in his part of
the state. In 1898 he was elected to represent
Uinta county in the lower house of the General
Assembly, serving in that capacity two years
and his record as a legislator fully met the ex-
pectation of his constituents and he retired from
the office with the hearty good will of the peo-
ple of the county, irrespective of party ties. In
the fall of 1902 he was the candidate of his
party for the office of county clerk and after a
close and hotly contested campaign defeated his
opponent, who had held the office several terms
and was considered one of the most popular
men in the county. In local affairs he has ever
manifested a lively interest, aiding to the full
extent of his ability all enterprises and meas-
ures for the public welfare. Especially inter-
ested in the cause of education, he has done
much to promote the efficiency of the schools of
Diamondville, serving several years as treasurer
of the school board. He has also been much inter-
ested in military affairs and for three years was
a member of Co. H, of the state militia. Mr.
McAllister is a prominent Odd Fellow, at the
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:it ss-rititig holding th on of deputy
grand master fur the western district oi V
mini;-. lie is equally active in the councils of
, i! of the World at I )iaim mdvillc
and has been instrumental in greatly strengthen-
ing that order in his own town and elsewl
( >n Inly 2, iSc,o. .Mr. .McAllister was joined in
marriage with Miss Mars- llotclikiss, a daugh
ter of Richard and Agnes llotchkiss of Scot-
l.iml. a union blessed with seven children: Dun-
\gncs. deceased, Donald. Richard, Wil-
liam, Margaret and on< thai died in infancy.
Mr. and Mrs. McAllister have long been faith-
ful and devoted members of the I'reshyterian
church. As a business man Mr. McAllister is in
the front rank of his companions and as a
citizen he has won In his courteous manner
and equitable dealing the respect and esteem of
his fellowmen. Mis intercourse with his fam-
il\ and friends is kind and considerate, secur-
ing for himself their lose and admiration. He
man of intelligence, who has strong con-
of right, and in civil and official life he
has adorned every position in which his talents
n exercised, lie has a great antipathy
for ostentation or offensive display of knosvl-
and in ever) relation of life his o induct
has been utterly \\iihotn pretense. Me is one
of the representative men of Wyoming and a
kind and courteous gentleman.
CHARLES 1-:. l.A\ ELL.
La veil is one <>f the progressive
sonng ranch ami stockmen of Laramie count),
W\ i miing. and his address is < ilendo in that
counts. lie was born on April 15. iSdS. in
St. l.ouis. Mo., the son of William and Kmily
(Horine) Lavell. the former a native of Ken-
tucky, and the latter of Missouri. The father
was long engaged iii fanning near St. l.ouis.
ami in lSf») n • i his n -idence fn mi that
loralts to the terrilurs of Colorado, there es-
tablishing his home in the county of Klbcrt.
where b in ranching and stocl
ing until tSl-X when he disposed of his ranch
and proper! v and removed to the territory of
\\yoniing, when- he continued the same
i. Charles II to man's
late in the counts of Klbcri, Colo., and received
his early education in the pub! the
vicinity. In [886 olorado with his
er and came to \\ Doming, where they lo-
1 a ranch on i hree
miles east < if ' llendi >, and tl
ranching and can1 until 1^04, when Mr.
Lavell located a homestead at i -it ranch,
situated on the Platle River about live i
' if ( ilendi i, where tiles ha
tinned in the same business. Including the
ated by his brother, who is joimlv in-
terested in the property, the family now has a
tine ranch of about 840 acres of land, w,
and improved, with modern buildings and ap-
pliances for the purp" • arrying on a snc-
.11! ranching and stock-growing bus;'
having tss'o hundred acres under irrigation,
and they are constantly adding to and im,
ing their property and are raising both cattle
and horses and have met with great SUCi
brother.
One sister, Sarah Las-ell 1 loffinan, is married
and resides in the southeastern portion of !
tana, and the other sister. Mary, and brother,
William, reside at the home place ssith Charles
and their mother, < 'harlcs K. Lavell b
the manager of the entire property. I'.y hard
work, perseverance and careful attention i<>
business, he is rapidK building il up and is
ined to ba\e one of the besl equipped stuck
ranches in that section of the county. Mi-
is a demonstration of what can be ac-
complished by indomitable resolution, ui1
ing effort and correct business methods in the
stockgross-ing industry in Wsoming.
family are held in the higlu n the
community where the\ maintain their home.
I '• 'liiically Mr. I .as ell is a >er i if
the Republican par! s and a 1' >s al
supporter of its principles and policies. While
interested in public affair never sought
< i desired to hold public office, preferring lo
des Ote hi- enl in lime an. i • >n to the care
and management of his private business. Ib-
is one of the rising snung business men of
I a ramie count s .
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
HANS LARSEN.
The Scandinavian race is fairly well repre-
sented in Wyoming, and wherever they have
settled within the limits of the state the}- have
been recognized as honest, hard-working, in-
telligent and thrifty citizens. Of this class is
Hans Larsen, the popular dealer in lumber and
paints at Rawlins, who was born in Denmark
in 1867, where his father died in 1902 at the age
of eighty-seven years, surviving the mother
who died in 1884 when fifty-four years old.
Hans Larsen was educated in his native land,
and there also learned the carpenter's trade. At
the age of twenty years he came across the broad
Atlantic to America, coming directly west to
Nebraska City, Nebraska, where he resided two
years. He then, to acquire a better knowledge
of the English language, attended school for
some time in Howard county, Neb., thereafter
coming to Rawlins, Wyo., where through fair
dealing and a desire to please, he has built up
a large trade in lumber and paint, being the lead-
ing dealer in these articles in the town. Mr.
Larsen was united in marriage about 1893 with
Miss Mary Smith, daughter of Lawrence P.
and Anna Smith, five children having been born
to them in the following order : Lewis, Cath-
erine, Lawrence, Henry and John. Mr. Lar-
sen has always manifested much interest in the
progress of Rawlins, and has made himself very
useful in its affairs. As a Democrat he has
served as mayor one year, and has also served
three years as a member of the. city council.
While advocating a liberal expenditure of
funds for necessary improvements, he has been
careful to advise against extravagance and friv-
olous experimental schemes, believing that what
has been tested and found to be good is cheap-
est. Of a genial and affable disposition he is
always socially inclined, and finds great pleasure
in his association with his fellow-members of
the fraternal orders of Odd Fellows, the Elks,
the Woodmen of the World and the Danish
Brotherhood. He and his family stand high in
the social circles of Scandinavian society in Raw-
lins and are equally well esteemed by all the
other nationalities composing the population of
this growing city. Many towns of the west owe
their rapid development to just such men as
Mr. Larsen, and this gentleman seems to intend
to keep pace with the best of them, and the com-
munity may well congratulate itself on having so
progressive a gentleman in its midst.
JOHN J. McILQUHAM.
A native of the province of Ontario and
Dominion of Canada, having been born there
on September I, 1861, John J. Mcllquham is
the son of James and Mary (Spaulding) •Mc-
llquham, the former a native of Scotland and
the latter of Canada. James Mcllquham came
to America from Scotland with his parents as
early as 1822 and when but two years of age.
The family settled in Ontario and followed
farming, in which they had been engaged in
the old country. Here James' father grew to
manhood, married, and continued in agricul-
tural pursuits until his death in 1897, and the
mother also passed away at the same place in
189(1, and both are buried near the family home
in Ontario. The old farm is still held in the
family, an older brother of John J. now having
charge of the property. In this quiet country
home John J. Mcllquham attained manhood,
learning his first lessons of life among the
wholesome surroundings of the country and
early being taught by his sturdy Scotch ances-
tors the virtues of sobriety and industry. He
received his early education in the public
schools and later entered as a student the agri-
cultural college of Guelph, Ontario. Here he
remained for nearly two years, completed his
education and returned to his home, where he
assisted in the work and management of the
farm until 1887, when, having- an ambition to
engage in the stock business, he sought a larger
field for his enterprise, and coming to Wyoming,
he was pleased with the territory and establish-
ed himself at what is known as Goshen Hole.
Here he took up land and stocking it with cat-
tle, he conducted a prosperous business until
1890, when he purchased his present home
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOML\(...
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ranch on Sprager Creek, about thirty-two miles
northeast of Cheyenne, and has since been en-
gaged at this place in the cattle business with
great success. He is an active and progressive
man. industrious, conservative and honest, and
has the habits of thrift and perseverance which
characterize the Scottish race, and to these
sterling qualities his success is due. A self-
made man, beginning without assistance from
others and with small means, he has by careful
attention to his business and by shrewd
tm-t li< M Is, economy and good judgment, built up
a fine and prosperous industry, which is steadily
assuming larger proportions from year to year.
(")n April 29, 1896, Mr. Mcllquham was united
in marriage, in the Province of Ontario, Do-
minion of Canada, with Miss Mary A. Bennett,
a native of Canada and the daughter of David
and Mary A. (Cunningham) Bennett, the former
a native of Ireland, and the latter of Canada.
Airs. Mcllquham's father was a farmer for
many years in Ontario and resided there until
his death in 1898, the mother dying in Ontario
during the year 1894. Two children have been
born to Mr. and Mrs. Mcllquham; namely Ruth
A., aged five years, and Mary E., aged two years.
Since his residence in Wyoming, Mr. Mcllqu-
ham has made two visits of combined business
and pleasure to the old Ontario home and has
omtiniud to maintain close relationship with
thi members of the family and friends residing
there. The family are members of the Pn-sh\
n church, taking a dec]) interest in all the
charitable work of their place of residence, as
well as in all measures for the advantage nf their
section of the state, being most excellent citi-
zens and enjo\ing great personal popularity.
HUGH M. McPHEE.
A native son of Wyoming and one of the
rising and progressive young stockmen of 1 ira
mie county. Hugh M. McPhee. whose address
is Sherman. Wyoming, was born on Chugwatcr
k, in the then territory of \Y\oming, on
I Icectnher jj. I SSo, the son of I high and V
( Teasdale ) MePhee, the former a native of
Scotland, and the latter of Iowa. The parents
removed their residence from Chugwater Creek
to Xorth Pole Creek, when Hugh was only three
years of age and he grew to manhood in the
latter place, receiving his early education in the
public schools of the vicinity of his boyhood's
home. When he was nine years of age he had
the misfortune to lose his father, but the mother
remained upon the home ranch and carried on
the business of ranching and cattleraising after
the death of her husband along the same lines
followed by him during his life, and succeeded
in the business, and when Hugh had comp1
his education, he was taken into partnership by
his mother, and had charge of the management
of the property until 1898, when they disposed
of their ranch and cattle, and the mother re-
moved to Cheyenne, where she now makes her
home at No. 721 East Twentieth street. Hugh
then accepted a position on the ranch of F. O.
Harrison on Rock Creek, where he remained for
about one month, and then entered the employ
of the Iron Mountain Ranch Co., on the Cl ing-
water. Here he had been engaged but four days
when he met with a serious accident, so break-
ing his arm as to incapacitate him for work for
five months, but after he had recovered from
his injuries, he continued with the Iron Moun-
tain Ranch Co., until the fall of 1899, when he
accepted a position with the Swan Land and
Cattle Co., one of the largest concerns of
Wyoming, remaining with them for about ei^ht
months and until January, KJOI, when he was
transferred to the "L. D." ranch, one of the pi > >p
erties of the company, and remained there until
May, when he purchased the ranch property
which he now occupies on Duck Creek, al
ty-fonr miles west of the city of Clio .
Since that time he li is been busilv engaged in
'•ly improving this place, building fences and
(reeling a comfortable resid >r his family,
with suitable barns and other ni D ssary buildings
for the purpose of earning on his business of
cattleraising. < >n June 12, mm. Mr. McPhee
was united in marriage at Cheyenne. Wyoming,
with Miss Catherine K. Me! ..-inghliii. daughter
of James and Sarah i |)a!v) Mclaughlin, highly
122
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
n spirted citizens of Wyoming, where she was
born. Tlu-v have one child, Hugh .\I., jr.. born
7. [902. I'lir family arc' devout members
of the Roman Catholic church, and arc inui>
in all works of charity and religion in the com-
munilv where they reside. Politically, Mr. Mc-
Phee is a .stanch member of the Republican
party, taking an active part in the councils of that
political organisation in Laramie county. He
commands the respect and friendship of a wide
circle of friends in his section of the state, and
is one of tin- rising and enterprising men upon
whom the future of Wvoming must largely
depend.
C. H. McWHINNIE.
Man's worth in the world is determined bv
his success and his usefulness and these are
much advanced when by the means of a liberal
education, the culture of schools and the ad-
vantages of foreign travel he has been brought
into contact with all sorts and conditions of
men, yet the determinate result of his life and
the estimate of his character will even then
proceed from what he has accomplished by the
persistent force of his own individuality and
the service he has rendered unto others. In
analyzing the life- of Mr. Mc\Yhinnie we find
that his is a well-rounded, symmetrical char-
acter, his intelligence and scholastic acquire-
ments being of the first order, while his upright
manner of life entitles him to esteem, and as his
course in business relations has been marked
by conformity to the highest ethics of commer-
cial integrity his success is the symmetrical re-
sult of his wise efforts. C. H. McWhinnie was
born near London, England, on September 7,
1861, the son of John and Mary (King) Mc-
Whinnie, the father being a native of Ayrshire,
Scotland, while the mother was born in Buck-
inghamshire, - England. His paternal grand-
father, William J. McWhinnie, always dwelt, in
Ayrshire where he was for years engaged in
merchandising. The father, John McWhinnie,
after studying medicine and receiving his pro-
fessional degree held for a number of years a
C immissiofJ as licet surgeon in the I'lrilish Xavv,
after his retirement making his home in a villa
near London, later removing to Bournemouth,
where he is still a resident, enjoying excellent
health for a gentleman of 8< > years. C. H.
McNYhinnie, his fourth child, was sent to a board-
ing school in German\ at the age of six years,
there passing four years, thence going to Lu-
cerne, Switzerland, after two years departing
thence to an educational institution in Florence,
Italy, where two years more of study ensued
and thereafter, before his return to England he
was a pupil tor-twelve months in a preparatory
school at Zurich, Germany. In England again,
he became a student at a military academy, but
his knowledge of the English language was so
meager through neglect that at the end of a
three years course he failed to pass the examina-
tions. He then commenced the study of medi-
cine, but failing to acquire interest in it he
threw aside his medical volumes and enlisted as
a sailor hi the merchant marine service, visit-
ing in the four years he gave to this life. Aus-
tralia, Xew Zealand, South Africa, India. China
and many other countries. In 1886 he came
to \\ \oming, first locating at Sherman. In
1892 he purchased a ranch on the La Bonte
River and is now possessed of a fine estate of
nearly 1000 acres, of which a large proportion
is under effective irrigation. On this fertile es-
tate he is raising stock in quite an extensive
manner, having some valuable specimens of
Hereford cattle of superior breed and raising
large annual crops of excellent hay. His resi-
dence is one of the attractive 'homes of a wide
extent of country, and here -Mr. McWhinnie and
his estimable wife, to whom he was married
on December 16, 1896, and whose maiden name
was Carrie Pollard, unite in dispensing a hospi-
tality as generous and as courteous as was ever
bestowed by royalty, the democratic character
of the host allowing him to know no distinction
between honest men of honest character. In-
telligent, popular and public spirited, every pub-
lic improvement of local or general character
finds in hirn an enthusiastic supporter, while in
recognition of his fitness for office he was nomi-
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1 h\ the Democratic party in iSoS for mem-
ber «l' the Stati.- Legislature, receiving a o
plimcntan \ote, but not securing an
rnallv he is an active and valiu
the i Order of ( >dd Fellows. .Mr.
Alc\\ hiunie'- oldest hmther, William AlcV1.
nie, is a major in the Knti-.li army, bein
nected \\ith the Kighty-sixth Royal Irish Ri
which wrought such deeds of valor in ihr I
lian and l!oer wars. In the former lite gallant
major led a regiment of native troop .1
fongin with them in a number of hotly con-
tested battles. Mich being his daring that he
honored by the Kgyptian gi >\ eminent,
which conferred upon him the title of Mijidica
of tin. fourth class, a distinction m.inled only
to the bravest i if men.
CHARLES A. POLLARD.
The pioneer settler of the La I'.onte section
of the country, where he made the first location
on the creek, a valiant soldier of the Civil War,
a representative citizen of high ability, holding
public trust of important connection to tin
tire satisfaction of a very critic-d ronstituencv .
Charles A. 1'ollard was a man most certainly
deserving mention in this volume devoted t»
\ e men of \\ \ oming. being oi good
Xew Kngland origin, and having his birth in the
cal city of I'.oston. Mass., on \pril iS,
1,^48. Coming t" the \\Y.-i as a young man
he resided at Alton. 111., for a time, he then
became a pioneer on the site of the present city
of Council lUuffs. Iowa, in iSjS. and Eol
lowing the pioneering proclivities dial had
.dil him SO far to the westward, he came
licveime the next year, locating l\\el\e miles
i . irl 1 ai amie, < >n the Laramii i '
where he engaged iii stockrai -ing. hi- operations
during the live years of hi- residence b
in- line re-uli-. Selling out, in iSS^ he made
the first tiling for land made on the I .a I'.onte
1 reek, thus -retiring a verj line propert) and
the tifst water right mi the creek on which lie
commenced \alnable improvement.-, \\hich since
Ins death, in Align-!. 1X1,5, ha- leiisivcl)
continued by his r and son-in-lav
!c\\ liinnie. and he here coniiucted a
business in the raisii hi.-
to both I id cattle, of which on
tin unlimited rangi he ; in I irge hi n -
nil citixen. doing
llenl siTvice on the 1- connu ,
oners and in other positions of ]mblic trust
Republican. Hi- marriage to AI is- i
belli Jones, a native of I '.n n ! vilh . Onl
1 • born in 184^ and died on O r 31 >.
. at La Bonte, \\ yi >m\ ig, < « curred in i
and their four children were: Marv I!., wlm
in infancy; Harry I'., now r .1. La
I'.onte, \V\".: Carrie J. (Pollard) AkAVhinnie.
living on the old bom ' • reek ;
i-'.., now living near Lnd!o\\ . South ! )a-
I luring the latter part of the Civil War.
Air. I 'i 'Hard enlisted in the I'nion army, serving
v, ilh distinction until the war was end.
he w; m 'i-ibly discharged. Mr. McWhinnie
• ho\\-n a trub progressive spirit and prac-
tical i idgl lenl in continuing the improvements
iiiaugurated on this truly beautiful property,
irrigating dilche- furnishing an ample
) of water for all desired
;.S II. MA(i( )t IN.
i ine ot the progressive and. intblic spirited
n of Converse i f, Wyom • f. H.
• . 'ii enjoys die di-lincti' HI • the
persi HI i" li M .unty
• ides. I le was bi irn at 1
m i he ]M-O\ ince < >\ ' 'ntarii i, < anada, . m \jiril
14. 1^57. the son of \Villianl and Kli/abcth
i Prentiss) Magoon, the Former a native of \'er-
mout and the Ian inada. The father re-
moved in early life from In- -late to
ada, where b. followed the occupation of
farming until iSi>7. when lie removed to llar-
risonville. Lewis county. X. Y.. \\here he en-
farming and lumbering;, and n
until his death. lie bad a family of nine chil-
dren. lames being ill' OH. lie grew to
man's estate in New York, fi here In-
early education, being a graduate from the
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
high school of Harrisonville. After having com-
pleted his education, he engaged in teaching for
two terms in the schools of Lewis county, and
then sought his fortune in the West, coming to
Nebraska, where he engaged in teaching for a
short time in Hamilton county, then accepted
a clerkship in a store, where he remained until
iNSn. He then came to Cheyenne, Wyo., and
was employed for a short time as a clerk, but
soon engaged in business for himself. He soon
disposed of his mercantile interests, and re-
moved to Converse county, where he located
on his present ranch on Young Woman's Creek,
about twelve miles northwest of Lusk, and en-
tered upon the business of stockraising. He
has continued since that time to make this place
his headquarters, is now the owner of about
1000 acres of fairly improved land and is gradu-
ally building up a fine ranch property. For
eight years he was engaged in cattleraising
but then changed his stock to horses, rais-
ing Hambletonian and Gold Dust stock, as
well as other grades of trotting animals. In
July. 1882, Mr. Magoon married Miss Etta M.
Watt, the daughter of Wm. Watt, a highly re-
spected citizen of Ohio, where she was born.
Upon the breaking out of war between the
United States and Spain in 1898, Mr. Magoon
offered his services to IT'S country and enlisted
as a member of Troop E, Second U. S. Volun-
teer Cavalry, Colonel Terry's Rough Riders.
After being mustered into service in May, 1898,
the regiment was ordered to Florida, where
they were held in camp until September, when
the war being over they were honorably dis-
charged. During this time he was in charge
of the culinary department of the troop and
discharged his responsible duties in a highly
satisfactory manner. In 1901 he accepted a po-
sition with the Barron Mercantile Co., of Lusk.
Wyo., in its mercantile department, and con-
tinued that occupation until September 21, 1902,
when the store was sold to H. C. Snyder. Mr.
Magoon is affiliated with the Woodmen of the
\Vorld and for nine years he has served the
community in which he resides as a school trus-
tee, and takes an active inttifst in all measures
calculated to improve the condition and pro-
mote the welfare of the city, county and state
of his residence, being highly respected by all
classes of his fellow citizens.
SAMUEL MARTIN.
In compiling a work devoted to the repre-
sentative men of a young and growing state,
the life records of the early pioneers cannot be
ignored, for they are the real founders of the
state, and their names will be ever associated
with its history. As an instance of the suc-
cess possible to well directed efforts governed by
a definite purpose in life, attention is specifically
called to the career of Samuel Martin. Reach-
ing the far West when it was a wilderness, in
many ways he has contributed to its development
rmd to-day he is well and favorably known
throughout a wide extent of its territory. He
was born in Manchester, England, on December
7, 1839, the son of Ellis and Elizabeth (Parting-
ton) Martin, descendants of old Welsh families.
The father was a slater and worked at his trade
in Wales and England, dying in 1843, and leav-
ing a widow and seven children, of whom Sam-
uel was next to the youngest. Being thrown
on his own resources early in life he had scant
opportunity for the education of schools, but
by diligent use of what chance he had he made
rapid progress in studies, at the age of seven-
teen deciding to seek his fortune amid the larger
opportunities and greater freedom of the United
States, and in 1856, after a voyage of six weeks
in a sailing vessel, he reached this country and
for a number of years thereafter was engaged in
farming in Wisconsin. When the Civil War
threatened the' integrity of the LTnion he promptly
enlisted in Co. D. First Wisconsin Cavalry, and
loyally followed the flag until disability incurred
in the service caused his discharge in December,
1863. In the spring of 1864 he sold out in Wis-
consin and removed to Denver, Colorado, and
near that city witnessed the first Indian outbreak
of that year, being on Sand Creek when the
first whites were massacred and narrowly es-
caped the fate that overtook so many unfor-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMl\C,.
1-5
tunates. From Denver he went to Central City
;ui<l was there employed by the Xew York <
nell .Mining Co., at seven dollars and a half per
day. and worked seventeen months in the ra
n< ar that place, frequently making by working
over time a record of fifteen days a week-, and
then entered the employ of Whitney & Whiting
,'- i | inspector. In this capacity he traversed a
wide area and located a. number of properties
which pmved to be very valuable. On December
6, [865, at Burlington, Iowa, he was united in
inarriage with Miss Mary Campbell, of Eng-
1 ad, who. according to a previous engagement
between them, came from her native land to
meet him in the prairie section of the great
During the next two years they lived in
Denver, Mr. Martin being engaged in contract-
ing and realizing from his undertakings from
twenty-five to thirty-five dollars a day. They
thru removed to a point on the Arkansas river
in Colorado, but owing to the hostility of the
Indians soon changed to a safer place of res-
• ce in El Paso county in that state, where he
• 1 da ranch, which he operated until 1871,
tlu n selling out and removing to W\ -Mining, but
the school facilities satisfactory he
' IM \rgenta, Montana, and there opened a
hotel, an unfortunate move which resulted in
• ,\;<_\ financial ruin in one year. lie then
ii|> hi- residence at Cotton I 'tali, and
found employment as a teamster at remunerative
\ year and a half later his faithful and
devoted wife died at the early age Mf thirty-three
years, leaving IWM children, three others having
previously passed away. The living children
Vlan A. and Margarel E.; the MI!HTS bring
I Ian. nd Ellis B. In i*7-| Mr. Mar-
tin \viit IM Nevada but returned (M I'tnh the
autumn, and with his (WM children ivniMyed
to MM- itana and there tallowed freighting until
the latti r part < if 1X77. 1 1< ib. n w enl to V
ington ami took up a claim in Klickitat county,
being thi- lirsl srttler to turn the -od in thai parl
MI' the country. \\'hile living there, on \pril fi,
|SS^. bis daughter, Margaret, died and then-, tOO,
One niMntb earlier, hi- other dan-liter. Man.
united in marriage tn Ralph ( 'otisins. of Can-
ada, who, with his parents, natives of Eng',
settled there soon after Mr. Martin. In 1885
Mr. Martin disposed of his interests in Wash-
ington and in 1886 retunu-d to Montana and
. 1 the winter with a sister living at Arling-
In 1887 he again came to Wyoming1 and
took up a preemption claim of 160 acres on Slate
Creek, seventeen by six miles east of Opal, in
Uinta county, where he has since been profitably
engaged in farming and stockraising. Later he
took up a homestead of t6o acres and in addition
to his agricultural pursuits opened a roadhouse
for the accommodation of the traveling public.
Recently he sold his stock that he might give
his whole attention to farming, in which his suc-
cess has been very gratifying. He is now con-
ducting operations in this line of industry on a
scale of magnitude duly proportioned to his abil-
ities; and with his life seasoned by the lessons
of adversity and the deeper impressions left by
n pc.ated bereavements, he gives to his fellows
an example of good citizenship and philosophical
resignation.
AUGUSTUS II. MASOX.
l',el":ighig to that public spirited class of men
identified with the live stock industry, Augustus
H. Mason, of this review, is ciititk d to more than
-sing notice in the list of Laramie county's
enterprising and representative citizens. His life
Forms an unbroken chain, linking the pr.
\\ilh the past history of the West, as his ,-
has been confined entirely to the two stai
\\ \Mining and ( 'ol irad< I. His parents, \iiLMistiis
and Lottie i Beeb \M • wen natives of Mon-
, Canada, md oi \<\\ York. I -'or a number
irs tin father was employed on the Erie
• d, but in i Si n , movi d to I and pur-
ing land i me mile fri 'in Fort ( 'ollin-
rming, making his home in that part of the
m until iS:)j. when he came to Wyoming.
•ing on a ranch in the I Matte Valley which
he had previousl] entered, and about lSi>n he
had begun dealing in cattle, can on the
business in dilTerenl places until 1804. when he
d to X'ebraska, where he lived until the
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
<ic;iih of his wife in iS</>, thereafter coming to
Wyoming, anil until his death on April 8, tyoi.
he lived with his son. Augustus. Augustus II.
Mason was horn on Jam: '873. at Fort
Collins, Colo., and until his seventeenth
lived on the parental farm, attending the schools
of Fort Collins winters, during the rest of the
year assisting his father, growing strong and
rugged and early developing the spirit of inde-
pendence and self-reliance by which his subse-
quent life has been characterized. The habit of
relying on himself was strikingly displayed in
hi- seventeenth year, when he left home and
started out in quest of his . own fortune, going
to Running Water. Wyoming, \vhere he rode the
r.-mgc for one summer. Returning to Fort Col-
lins in the fall he spent the winter at home help-
ing his father, but in the spring he again took
to the range, devoting the greater part of the
next year to cattle driving in Colorado. In 1891
he came to Laramie county, Wyo., and settled
on a place his father had previously taken up.
and for two years thereafter was engaged in
cattleraising upon his own responsibility. In
luly, 1893, -\'r- -Mnson bought a stage line with
headquarters at Alliance, Neb., and for nearly a
year thereafter gave his exclusive attention to
its operation. In the spring of 181)4 he pur
chased a livery barn in the town of (iering.
Neb., and carried on a livery business in con-
nection with staging until early in 1896 when
he disposed of his Nebraska interests and, re-
turning to Wyoming, took up the ranch in Lar-
amie county, two miles east of Torrington. which
he has since owned and operated. Meanwhile
he lived on a ranch a- short distance west of Tor-
rington, which he also owns, continuing to re
side there until the fall of 1900 when he changed
his residence to the former place which he still
makes his home.' This fine estate consists of
560 acres of fine grazing land, lies in a beautiful
valley and by a successful system of irrigation the
fertility of the soil has been greatly enhanced
and its productiveness increased. He devoted
considerable attention to hay, from the sale of
which no small part of his income is derived, but
his principal business is raising horses, in which
he has met with most gratifying success. I i
also engaged in the cattle industry, but not upon
an extensive scale, although he has some fine
herd-- I" which additions are being made from
time to time. Mr. Mason is up-to-date in all
that he undertakes, conducting his affairs upon
slrictK business principles, and by close appli-
cation and good management he has accumulated
a handsome competence. He has made his home
' i ful and attractive, has provided liberally
for his family and spared no reasonable ex-
e in surrounding those dependent upon him
with the comforts and luxuries of life. Like
i western men he takes broad view.-- of
things and there is nothing little or narrow in
his make-up. A self-made man in the true sense
he term, he appreciates the difficulties and
trials which beset the beginner, and is ever reach-
courage such with his advice, and in a more
substantial way should necessity require it. Lib-
eral in his ideas and generous with his means for
the encouragement of laudable enterprises, he-
has won an enviable position in the community,
and his personal popularity is only circumscribed
by the hounds beyond which his name is not
known. Mr. Mason is a married man and has an
interesting family of three children, namely : Eva
L, Edith I. and Florence B. The mother of these
children before her marriage at Alliance, Neb.,
on Januar\ 5, 1897, was a Miss Gertrude A.
Walsh, a native of Iowa, and a daughter of
Thomas and Kate Walsh, both' of whom were
born in Ireland, and are now living on a farm in
Scott's l.'.luff county. Neb. Fraternally, Mr.
Mason is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen
ol America, belonging to the camp at Gering,
Neb. It is a fact worthy of mention that his
mother was the second white woman to locate
within the present boundaries of Laramie county,
Colo., the family moving there before the coun-
tiy had been explored or surveyed, the only in-
habitants being Indians and a few scattering
miners. His father was the first man to drive
a team from Fort Collins to Cheyenne. He was
obliged to find bis way over a wild country which
few white men had previously seen to haul lum-
ber for the construction of Fort Russell.
iGRESSIl I WEN OF WYOMING
'-7
JAMES M. MAY.
\ pioneer ranchman and one of the leading
Stockmen of his section of Albany count}', is
the subject of this sketch. Jaines M. May, whose
address is Uatton, Wyoming, lie was horn
in Virginia in 1852, and is the son of Valentine
and Klixabcih iFarbeck) Ma\. natives of Ger-
many. His father emigrated from the Father-
land during his early life and settled in Virginia,
where he followed fanning and continued in
that pursuit in Virginia and Iowa up to the
time of his decease, which occurred in iS-S.
The mother was a woman of remarkable
strength of character, and the mother of eleven
children. She passed away in 1803. Tames
M. May grew to man's estate in Iowa and re-
ceived his early education in the public schools.
When he arrived at the age of twenty-one years
he determined to seek his fortune in the new
country of the far West, and leaving Iowa he
came to Laramie City, Wyo., and secured em-
ployment as a rider on the range, that he might
acquire a practical knowledge of ihe cattle busi-
ness, in which he intended to engage as soon
as circumstances would permit, lie remained
in this employment for a period of about three
years, and then purchased a ranch on Little
amie River, Wyo.. and entered upon the
business which he had had in mind since first
coining to the territory. For twenty-five years
he has continued in ranching and cattleraising
at his original place on Little Laramie Ri\er.
and has met with conspicuous success in his
undertakings. Starting in a small way, with
little land and a few head of stock cattle, he
is now th r of a tine ranch, comprising
3,500 acres of land, well fenced and -im-
proved, with the • - building-* and appli
for the carrying on of a large ><ving
industry. Me i- also the owner of a large band
attle, and is counted as one -olid
business men and substantial propert) owners
of his section of the state. Mis success is due
to his own efforts and to his indusir\. per
In iX~>> Mr.
May was united in marriage- with Miss Fannie
Marble, a native of Wisconsin, the daughter
of John and Elvira ( King i Marble, highly rc-
spected*citizens of her native state. Her father
was a native of New York uho removed from
ihal state in early life to Wisconsin, where he
remained for a number ot \ears and then re-
moved to Iowa. In a short time thereafter he
disposed of his Iowa property and came td
Wyoming, where he established his home on
the Little Laramie River, and entered upon
the business of ranching and stockraising and
is still residing" there at an advanced age. hav-
ing been born in 1821). Her mother is also a
native of the Empire State, her birth occurring
in 1837, alu' snc 's s'i" living. Four children
have come to bless the home life of Mr. and
Mrs. May: Maud. Claude, Ralph and Lloyd, all
of whom are living. The family is held in high
esteem by all who know them and the home
is noted for its genial and gracious hospitality.
ALBERT R. MELLMY.
Among the enterprising men who have
taken up their residence in Laramie county,
W\oming. and exerted influence on the com-
munity, especially in connection with the live-
stock industry, is Albert R. Melloy. whose in-
dividuality of character, strong physical and
mental powers and progressive ideas ha\e made
his name familiar in his section of the state.
men have had a more active career and
perhaps no one in this part of the countr\ lias
traveled more extensively or profiled as much
li) his observations as did Mr. Mclloy In
his settlement "ii the place he no\\
I le was born in l'err\ ci Mini \ . ' >hi i, < MI '
ruary _•<). iS(«i. Mis father was Richard Mello\.
a native of Ireland who a number of -.
came to I'err\ count) where he married Martha
llolan. a native of < )|iio. Later hi' migrated to
Illinois where he followed agricultural pursuits
For some years, moving thence to Lincoln.
\eb.. near \\hich cit\ he also engaged in farm-
Mis wife died at Kickapoo. 111., in iSo;
and he departed this life in lSc).| at his home
in Xebraska. Albert R. Mello - nmg
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
when his parents left Ohio and his early youth
was passed in Marshall county, 111. The public
school contributed to his educational discipline
and until twenty years of age he lived at home
as his father's capable and faithful assistant on
the farm. About 1880 he left the parental roof
and began working for himself at Lincoln,
Neb., as hod. carrier, but did not remain long
at that place or this employment, leaving the
city after a few months to take a position on
a railroad. After spending several months in
this occupation on a road in eastern Nebraska,
he was in the employ of the Missouri River
Railroad for about four months when he re-
turned to Nebraska and engaged for about two
years in farming near the state capital, thence
removing to Grand Island where he spent the
following summer variously employed. Dur-
ing the two ensuing years he farmed in Fillmore
county, Xeb., in 1885 returning to Lincoln,
where he remained until the spring of 1886
when he went to western Nebraska and entered
thr employ of a ranchman near the town of
Tabor, where he remained until the spring of
1887, from that place coming to Wyoming and
for some months worked on an irrigating ditch.
After this labor he engaged with the P. F. Cat-
tle Co. to work as a ranch hand on the Platte,
in which capacity he continued until the fall of
the above year when he resigned his position
and returned to Nebraska, spending the ensuing
winter at Tabor. The next spring he resumed
his relations with the P. ,F. Co. from which time
until the fall of 1888 he was employed on several
ranches and became thoroughly experienced in
the details of the livestock business. The win-
ter of 1888 and 1889 he spent in visiting rela-
tives and friends in Lincoln and Fillmore
counties, Neb., in the spring returning to Wyo-
ming and subsequently changing his location
to Colorado where for two years he was en-
gaged in mining. From Colorado Mr. Melloy
in 1891 went to Big Creek, Idaho, but that
place he soon left and made his way to Butte,
Mont., where he followed mining for a limited
period, thence going to Salt Lake City, Utah,
and from there, in a very short time, going to
Eureka, Utah, where he followed mining with
fair results until the fall of 1892 when he re-
turned to Wyoming and took up his present
ranch on the Platte River, twelve miles east
of Fort Laramie. Mr. Melloy did not at once
move to his place but shortly after locating it
again entered the employ of the P. F. Co. for
the greater part of 1893 and 1894, in the mean-
while devoting his leisure to the improve-
ment of his ranch. In the fall of 1895
he went to Southern Utah and there resumed
mining, but one year later he fully abandoned
that business to devote all of his time and ener-
gies exclusively to his ranch. Since then
he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits
and cattleraising, giving special attention to
hay, for which his place is peculiarly adapted,
but conducting general farming quite exten-
sively, having 240 acres under successful culti-
vation, the returns giving a handsome income.
From the sale of hay he also realizes large re-
turns while his live stock interests have grown
in magnitude until he is now classed with the
leading cattle men of his district. Mr. Melloy
is certainly a man of enterprise as the splendid
condition of his ranch attests after the short
lime he has spent on its improvement. It is
one of the most beautiful, as well as one of the
most valuable places of its area in the county
of Laramie, no pains having been spared to
make it attractive and profitable. The life of
Mr. Melloy has been full of activity, crowded
with interesting experiences, and he has always
borne himself in a manly way, and doing all
within his power to promote his own interests,
but never conflicting with those of others. In
his community no man is held in higher per-
sonal esteem, and by his upright and manly
course of conduct he has shown himself worthy
the respect with which he is regarded. He is
decidedly western in his tastes and inclinations
and a notable example of the intelligent and
progressive class to which he belongs. At
Boulder, Colo., on June 21, 1890, Mr. Melloy
and Alice, daughter of William and Mary
(Case) Gillispie, were joined in marriage. Mrs.
Melloy was born in Iowa, her father and mother
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYO.UIXU.
129
being natives of Virginia and ( >hio. She has
presented her husband with two children,
Martha and Jessie. Mr. and Mrs. Melloy sub-
scribe in the Catholic creed and were born and
reared in the mother church.
JAMES R. MOORK.
A successful business man and property own-
er of the city of Laramie, Wyoming, and a
impressive and popular citizen, is James R.
Moore, the subject of this review. He was born
in 1845. m Indiana, the son of James P. and
Sarah i \\'<>rthington) Moore, the former a na-
tive of Ohio, and the latter of England. The
father followed the occupation of farming in
Morgan county, Ohio, where he was born in
1822. and removed to White county, Indiana, in
1X4:;, continuing to be a farmer until his death
in 1888. He was the son of James P. and Mary
Ann ( Brown') Moore, and was a steadfast and
loyal Whig, and afterward a pioneer of the Re-
publican party. His father, the grandsire of J.
R. Moore, was a native of Massachusetts, who
emigrated in early days to Ohio, and there fol-
lowed the occupation of farming up to the time
»f his death in 1862. The grandmother. Mary
Ann (I'.rown) Moore, was a native of Ireland
and came from her native country to Massa-
chusetts when a small child with her parents.
Subsequently she made her home in Ohio, where
she married and passed the remainder of her
life, passing away in 1873 :it t'K' a."c °'~ s<'\<'11t\-
three years. The mother of Mr. Moore was n
daughter of Richard and Mary (Cook) Worth-
ington, both natives of Knglaud. She came from
her native country with her parents when she
was one year old and they established their home
in \Yhite enmity, Indiana. Here she was mar-
ried to James T. Moore in 18)4. Her father.
Richard \Y<>rthingt<>n, passed away in Indiana.
in 1866, at the aiM- of -eventy-tive years, and
lar mother in 1X1,7 at the age <>l" sixty-three,
lames R. M n< ire grew to manhood in Indiana.
and received hi- earh education in the public
sehnols of White county. In 1X1.3 he left M-hoiil
and enlisted as a private soldier in Co. I1'. < >ne
Hundred and Twenty-eighth Indiana regiment,
and served during the remainder of the war, be-
ing mush red ou1 in 1866 as a non-commissioned
officer. During his term of military service he
'participated in not less than sixteen battles, but
was fortim.il> enough to escape without serious
injury. At the end of the war he engaged in
farming in Indiana, where he remained until
1881, when he disposed of his property in that
state and removed his residence to Kansas, where
lie resided conducting the same occupation for
five years, in 1886 removing to Nebraska. He
continued here in the same business until 1892,
when he disposed of his farm and with his fam-
ily came to Laramie. Here he engaged in ranch-
ing ami stockraising, and also in burning lime,
operating large kilns situated about one and
one-half miles east of the city. He is still suc-
cessfully engaged in these various lines of in-
dustry and has established, himself as one of the
prosperous and pi n business men of that
section of the state. My his industry, enter]
and good business management he has built up
a large and profitable business in the different
lines which have occupied his attention and he
is no\v counted as one' of the substantial prop-
i.rty owners of that vicinity. In \S~2 he was
united in marriage in his nath f Indiana,
with .Miss Mary K. I loldstock. a natixe of that
state and a daughter of Ephraim and Ann I Fish-
beck i Holdstock, well-known and respected res-
idents of Indiana. Mrs. Moore's father was
born in F.lmira, X. Y., in 1825. Tie was a me-
chanic and removed from \Y\\ York in early
life to Michigan and subsequently established
his home in Fulton county, Indiana, where he
passed away in 1851. He was the son of James
P. and Margaret (Meadest) Holdstock, nal
of England, who had emigrated to th, i
States in iS_>4. later removing to Indiana, where
he died in 1X5(1. at the age of sixty-nine years.
.Margaret I Mi idi 5t) Holi ck died in iXi.ii in
Indiana, both her parents are buried in the
famil) cemeter) in the old homestead. _i
P. 1 |olilst,,el was tin s, ,n of John P. and Sarah
(Saxton) 1 loldstoek. natives of England. The
f Mrs. Moore, \\linse maiden iianu
1 3o
PROGRESSIVE Ml. \ OF WYOMING.
Ann FiMibcck, was a native of Huron county,
(>liii>. where she was I Mini in iSji. Removing
in carlv life tn Fulton county, Indiana, she was
there married in 1844 to Ephraim Holdstock,
hun«- the daughter of Freeman and Mary (Jack-
son ) Fishbeck, respected oldtime residents of
Indiana, and she i> now living at the advanced
age Hi" eighty-one years. Freeman Fishbeck was
the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Freeman) Fish-
beck, the former of German and the latter of
English descent. Air. and Airs. Moore have two
children, William E. and .Mary E. The latter
is a young woman of charming traits of char-
acter and is justly popular in the refined social
circles of Laramie City. The family are among
the most highly respected in the city of their res-
idence. The son, William E., is a stockgrower
and ranchman, owning and operating a ranch on
the Pioneer ditch. He is a young man of excel-
lent character and principle and is respected
by all.
HOX. WESLEY P. CARROLL.
With the martial spirit of his Irish ances-
try burning high in his veins, with unquailing
courage and unyielding force of character, with
a power of logic and forensic utterance that, car-
ries all before it, and with literary and poetic
graces of speech that enable him to twine the
club of Hercules with the flowers of rhetoric,
Hon. Wesley P. Carroll of Cheyenne is a very
accomplished and has been 'a very useful man.
From his early youth he has been deeply and in-
telligently interested in the welfare of his coun-
try and, wherever he has cast his lot in its broad
expanse, he has labored to promote that wel-
fare'and stimulate to more intense and produc-
tive activity all its educational, moral, literary
and civic forces. He is a native of Vermont,
born near West Burke in that sturdy old state.
When he was six months old his parents moved
to Lynn, Mass., and after a residence of seven
years in that city returned to their Vermont
home. Mr. Carroll was an invalid in childhood
and boyhood and was therefore able to get but
little education at the schools; but his mind was
insatiable and by diligence and good judgment
in reading he made up the deficiency, and so
completely that at the age of twelve his knowledge
of history enabled him to talk politics intelli-
gently with any man in his county. When he
was but eleven years old his mother died, and
circumstances soon after compelled him to go
out into the world and fight the battle of life
for himself. His ancestry is said to include close
kinship with Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the
last surviving signer of the Declaration of In-
dependence, but the Judge has never investigated
this claim, being firmly convinced that a man
should be valued for his own merit rather than
for that of his relations. In July, 1861, when but
fourteen years of age, he joined the Third \ er-
mont Infantry and served with this regiment two
years and was then honorably discharged on ac-
count of disabilities incurred in the service. As
soon as he recovered his health in some measure
he enlisted a second time, becoming color-bearer
of the Third Vermont Battery of Light Artillery,
and with this battery he served to the end of the
war. His command was a part of the Army of
the Potomac, and he was conspicuous and active
in all the campaigns of that great fighting organ-
ization from the time he entered the field to the
final triumph at Appomattox. He took part in
thirty-two hard-fought battles and, including
sieges, was under fire 343 davs during the war.
While in the infantry after his first enlistment,
he was one of the 200 men who made the des-
perate charge across the Warwick River at the
siege of Yorktown. Of this gallant band only
forty-five came out of the charge, of which com-
petent military critics asserted that it was the
nearest approach to Thermopylae that occurred
in the Civil War. At the battle of Reams Station
he ordered the countermarch of thirty pieces of
light artillery on his own responsibility, getting
them off the field just in time to save them from
capture by the Confederates, there being no in-
fantry available to support the guns. At the
second battle of Peeble's Farm he was the first
to discover the approach of a dense mass of
Confederates charging down on the Union lines
without any previous alarm having been given.
PROGRESSIVE ME\ OF WYOMING.
and without orders turned his twelve-pound Xa-
poleoii gun "n the enemy, by his rapid firing he
not oiilv checked the advance, hut by the alarm it
gave he enabled Wheaton's Division to form in
line iif hattle, repulse the attack and save Grant's
army from being- cut in two. With his own hand
Mr. Carroll fired the signal gun for the final at-
tack on Petersburg and Richmond, the attack
which resulted in the fall of those two cities and
ultimately in the surrender of Lee's arm}' at Ap-
pomattox. Judge Carroll returned from the war
on [tine 15, 1805, and in the September follow-
ing, engaged in farming in Minnesota for a
short time, then he became a law-student in the
office of J. O. and J. D. Farmer of Spring Val-
ley in that state, in due time being admitted to the
bar. He held the offices of justice of the peace,
municipal justice and municipal attorney at
Spring Valley and was twice elected a member
of the board of education. All this eventful life
occurred before he was twenty-five years old.
At the request of the Republican party mana-
gers he stumped the southern part of Minnesota
in iS'iS. iS(«) and 1X71. and for three succes-
sive years lie delivered the annual address before
the joint agricultural fair of Fillmore and Mower
counties. In 1873 he came to Wyoming, where,
on December 15. he opened a law-office at Chey-
enne. Just six months after locating in that city
iu was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney
Eor Laramie county, a position he held for more
than three vears. Some time later he became
city attorney for one term, lie was also terri-
ti>rial Supreme Court reporter for a number of
\cars and from 1888 to 1805 held the offu -, of
justice of the peace, an office then far more im-
potant than it U HOW. The Judge was in active
practice at the bar for more than twent) years,
and has been connected with the press from time
to time for main years, lie has given closi
careful attention to literature and has written
manj productions in rhyme that have attracted
extensive notice and made him a reputation as
a poet, as a result thereof he has been call
more than fifty times within the last score of
years to indite and i'1 read original poems for
churches ami other organizations mi pnbli.
sions. Tn 1890 he published a volume of poems
entitled "Moss Agate-." which was well received
bv the public. In i8<v> he wrote and published
"The Sabbath as an American War Hay." a
l>< ml that has elicited many flattering critic
and praises from high sources and is destined to
have an elevated and a permanent place in liter-
ature. Within the present year ( 1903 ) he has
published a volume entitled "Curious, Singular
and Remarkable Facts in American History."
which is having a large circulation. In all thing-,
involving the literary, educational and moral wel-
fare of the community the Judge has taken a
leading part, while for nine years he maintained
and kept in active life at his own expense the
Carroll Lyceum, and on several occasions he has
delivered before the people of his town valu-
able courses of lectures. The West has many
men of mental power and forensic ability; and
inanv with a high order of poetic talent and lit-
'erary culture. I'.ut there are few like Judge Car-
mil, men who are at once the strength and the
' irnament of si iciet) .
WILLIAM H. MELLOR.
Relatively speaking nothing in the hisi. • if
Wyoming can be called old or claim the
sanctity of real antiquity, but there has been
crowded into the existence of territory and state
so much of heroic achievement, SO much that
Ting mid admirable, an.l so much of prog-
ress and success, that its standing is as high
as many places on which sits the majesf of cen-
tures. No men have in any age endured more
than the pioneers of the state and among the
heroic figures of that noble and daring class no
individual stands ,,nt more conspicuous or has
.1 higher claim upon pr' : the
well-known pioneer and worthy citixen. William
11. Mellor. He was horn ill l.ar.cashire. Kng-
1: i ml, mi Ink}. iS^j. the son of Robert ( 'ollinsoil
and Man (Hi| [i •"' "'. both i if English
birth. The father was a prosperous cotton
n factUI er, located for '< • the city of Bl
burn. Lancashire. He was a man of consider-
able prom
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sitions in his city besides being a leading worker
in the Wesleyan Methodist church. After at-
taining a comfortable competency, from 1848 he
lived a life of honorable retirement, being an
earnest Christian and a zealous advocate of tem-
perance, living closely to his ideals of manhood.
It is said that he never used tobacco in any form
and never tasted intoxicating liquor from early
boyhood having been free from all habits tending
to pollute the body or dull the intellect. John
Mellor, the father of Robert, was a designer and
blockcutter, and in addition to his regular vo-
cation he was identified with the commercial in-
terests of his town as a grocer and was success-
ful in the sense in which the term is usually un-
derstood. The Mellors have long been known as
deeply religious people, the ancestors for many
generations having been noted for their piety.
John Mellor was one of the leading Non-con-
formists of his native city and for twenty-five
years he was the superintendent of the Sunday-
school of the Wesleyan church to which
he ever belonged. Possessing many virtues he
lived to a ripe old age, accomplishing nearly
ninety-three years of life. Mary Higginson,
wife of Robert C. Mellor, was born in the city
of St. Helens, Lancashire, and bore her husband
six children, William H. being the eldest. She
was the daughter of William Higginson. a pros-
perous dealer in books, stationery and gro-
ceries, and died in 1862, honored and respected
by all. William H. Mellor received his early ed-
ucational training in Paradise Academy, Black-
burn. Lancashire, England, and when a youth
accepted a clerkship in the office of an attorney
in his native town. Later he was similarly em-
ployed in the office of the Blackburn Cotton Man-
ufacturing Co., where he continued until his
twenty-fourth year, meanwhile remaining under
the parental roof. In 1856 he came to the
United States landing on November i in the
city of New York, where he worked in a gro-
cery house until April. 1857. when he gave up
his position to learn the trade of boilermaking.
Entering a shop in Paterson, X. J., he devoted
his energies unreservedly to the end in view, and
became a skillful workman. Some vears later
he left Paterson and went to Kewanee, 111.,
where he found employment in a sash-and-door
factory, but after a short time engaged in coal
mining. After remaining in Kewanee until 1862
lu changed his abode to Macon county, Mo., in
the same year returning to Illinois to resume
work in the mines for the winter, .thereafter re-
visiting his friends in Missouri, thence in 1864
making a trip to his native country, where he
remained until the spring of 1865. After revis-
iting the scenes of his youth and renewing old
acquaintances, he came back to the LTnited States,
landing in New York two days after the asssas-
sination of President Lincoln. During the en-
suing three years he lived in Macon, Mo., then
locating at Point of Rocks, as an employe of the
Wyoming Coal and Mining Co.. and was in
charge of the company's store at the above place
until January, 1870, when he came to the site
of Rock Springs and erected the first building
in what is now one of the most thriving and pros-
perous of Wyoming's mining cities. The Wyo-
ming Coal and Mining Co. having large interests
here, the management opened a general store
' and supply house of which Mr. Mellor took
charge, in addition to the superiritendency of the
recently opened mines. He soon was compelled
to devote his entire time and attention to tin-
mining interests, which grew in magnitude and
importance with each occurring year. Mean-
while the town grew apace and the influx of
population became such that the term city could
be very appropriately applied, and it is now one
of the leading mining centers of the state, and
one of the most beautiful and thriving, as well
as romantically situated cities to be found in all
of the Rocky Mountain region. Mr. Mellor was
the superintendent for fifteen years, during which
time he did more than any other man in this
section to develop the rich mineral resources of
the county. He ably and successfully managed
the mines of the company, and demonstrated
abilities which placed him among the leading
mining experts of the West. Resigning the su-
perintendency in 1886 he went into a lucrative
cattle business until 1894, when he retired from
active life. On June 21, 1857, in New York City,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
133
Mr. Mellor and Miss Elizabeth Scott were joined
in holy wedlock. Mrs. Mellor is a native of
Cumberland county, England, the daughter
of George and Mary (Hall) Scott, the father
for many years being the head of a large shoe
business. Six children have been born to Mr.
and Mrs. Mellor, Frederick, who died in Jan-
uary, 1862, aged two years ; Ann E. ; Edward ;
Charles ; Ltila ; Elizabeth. Mr. Mellor is a stanch
.supporter of the Republican party and has been
elected to official positions involving responsibil-
ity -and trust. In 1896 he was made justice of
the peace and three years later the office of as-
sessor was thrust upon him by his fellow citizens.
He discharged the duties of both position* in an
able and satisfactory manner, proving him-
self worthy of the confidence with which
he was honored. In 1900 he was also made
an active member of the board of U. S. cen-
sus-takers, and then won the praise of those
under whom he acted. Fraternally he holds
membership with the Pythian Lodge of Rock
Springs and has labored earnestly and con-
scientii insly for its upbuilding. Xo one \\h<>
knows Mr. Mellor will question his unsullied in-
tegrity, his devotion to principle or his loyally
to the interest of his fellow men. As a citizen
he has performed a good part and to-day en-
tlii' well-earned fruits of many years of
honorable efforts in various lines of activity. He
lias seen grow up around his first humble dom-
ii iK amid the mountain fastness a city of no mean
proportions, with every interest of which he has
been idi-miiied. To the growth and development
of this thriving city he has contributed with a
Eree hand and clear brain, and much of its pres-
ent prosperity is directly attributable to his pains-
taking efforts. All who come within the range
of his influence speak in the highest terms of
his many estimable traits of character, being al-
ways foremost in advocating moral reforms anu
public improvements, making all persona! ami
private interests -nb"nlinate to the public
In a very important sense h<- is the father of
Rock Springs, as well as one of its most uovtln
citizens. No pet-son in the state -tands hii
in the esteem i if tin- pi < .pie.
STEPHEN A. MILLS.
A somewhat unusual circumstance in the
nativity of an American citizen occurred at the
birth of Stephen A. Mills, the well-known mer-
chant of Diamondville, Wyoming, who, al-
though of American parentage, was born in
the city of Paris, France, on December 17,
1859, a son of Stephen T. and Mary (Gamier)
Mills, the latter being a member of one of the
most prominent families of that gay capital.
YYickham Mills, the paternal grandfather of
Stephen A. Mills, was a conspicuous citizen of
New York and in an early day he was identified
with the steamboat navigation of the Hudson
Kiver in conjunction with Commodore Cor-
nelius Yanderbilt, the founder of the great
Yanderbilt railroad system. YYickham Mills, a
native of New York, was a descendant of the
renowned Hudson family of Colonial days,
which descended from Hendrick Hudson, the
famous discoverer of the Hudson River. Many
members of this family were conspicuous patri-
ots of the war For \merican independence. The
\Yickham Mills above alluded to was accidcntly
killed on a steamboat of which Commodore
Yanderbilt wa> the pilot, his remains being in-
terred on Staten Island. Stephen T. Mills, the
father of Stephen A. Mills, was a native of
Staten Island, X. V., and as an inventor was
associated with the renowned Goodyear in his
successful experiments in connection with rub-
ber and being also i|uite noted as a public man.
• ially as an I'. S. consul in France, where
he was living when his son. Stephen Y Mills.
was born. In i8«>i he returned to the 1 nited
Slates, and from that time was in rapidly fail-
ing health until his death in 18(14 at lh<
of thirty-six years, his remains also being in-
. lerred on Slaten I -land. Mrs. Mary A. (Gar-
nierl Mills survives her husband, resides in
\e\\ York and enjovs an enviable reput.r
being dearly beloved by her children and by
all her acquaintances. She is the moth,
three surviving and two deceased children, all
of whom were reared in the faith of th.
pal church. Stephen A. Mills, the eldest of
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these children, was educated in the public
schools of New York, began business life as
a machinist and at the age of nineteen years
he had traveled nearly all over the United States
and Canada, later passing two years iri Omaha,
Neb., and coming to Wyoming in 1898. Pre-
viously, however he had lived in Bear Lake
county, Idaho, where he held several public of-
fices and enjoyed the confidence of his consti-
tuents, whom he served as an assessor and col-
lector, etc., for four years, having been a busi-
ness man and merchant since 1878, in 1880 be-
coming a farmer and entering 320 acres of land
close to Cokeville, Wyo., which he still owns.
Mr. Mills is a Democrat in politics and in 1890
was nominated by his party as its candidate for
state senator but was defeated by a trifling ma-
jority. In Masonic circles he is known as a
Knight Templar, a Scottish Rite Mason and a
noble of the Mystic Shrine. He also holds fra-
ternal relations with the Knights of Pythias at
Montpelier, Idaho. Mr. Mills has been engaged
in conducting a general store in Diamondville for
years and has won an enviable reputation as an
upright and honorable merchant. His happy mar-
riage was celebrated in Evanston, Wyo., on
December 15, 1878, when Miss Annie Bisbing
became his wife. She is a daughter of Emanuel
S. and Mary E. (Wackerly) Bisbing, natives of
Philadelphia, Pa., and of Colonial stock who
came to Evanston when the Wyoming territory
was first settled. They have one child, Stephen
Claude, who is studying electricity at a col-
lege in' California.
CHARLES A. MORRISON.
The attraction of ranch life in Wyoming
over professional pursuits has a striking illus-
tration in Dr. Charles A. Morrison, now one
of the successful stockmen of Wheatland. Edu-
cated as a physician and engaging in medical
practice for several years with a success that
gave promise of a brilliant future, he turned
aside from a professional life for the freer ex-
istence offered to him in the fascinating busi-
ness of ranching and stockgrowing. In these
industries he has met with satisfactory success
and is one of the most progressive and enter-
prising of the younger business men of the
state. A native of Morgan county, Ohio, he
was born on September 5, 1865, a son of Alex-
ander and Sarah (Brokaw) Morrison, the for-
mer a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and the lat-
ter of Pennsylvania. His father was an Ohio
farmer, settling in Morgan county in the early
sixties. In the latter days of his life his health
became seriously impaired, and retiring from
active business, he removed to Eastern Ten-
nessee, hoping that the climate of that moun-
tain region might be beneficial to him. In this
however he was 'disappointed, and he died near
Knoxville, Tenn., in 1878, and was buried in
that city. His wife, the mother of Dr. Morri-
son, survived her husband until February 26,
1900, when she, too, passed from earth and
awaits the resurrection at Mount Pleasant,
Iowa. Dr. Charles H. Morrison passed his
childhood in Ohio, receiving his early educa-
tion in the schools of Morgan county. In 1878,
after the death of his father, he made his home
with an uncle, George Brokaw, who was a resi-
dent of Iowa. In 1879 he went to reside with
Dr. Scofield, at Washington, Iowa, and pursued
the study of medicine and surgery under his di-
rection for four years, in 1884 matriculating
at the Iowa State Medical College of Iowa City
and studying there for one year. In 1885, desir-
ing to put to practical use the medical education
and training he had received, he accepted a po-
sition in the Iowa State Hospital, located at
Mount Pleasant, and was one of the attending
physicians of that institution for three years,
when he resigned his position to accept a more
advantageous one in the Nebraska State Hospi-
tal, at Lincoln. He remained at that institu-
tion for two years, meeting with marked suc-
cess in his professional duties. In August,
1890, he became connected with the Wyoming
State Hospital, at Evanston. Here for about
two and one-half years he filled the position of
steward, making a highly creditable record. In
the spring of 1893 he returned to Lincoln,
Neb., and again became a member of the
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOML\\;.
135
medical staff of the state hospital, continuing
to be connected therewith for about three years,
discharging the duties of general night super-
visor during the greater portion of that time.
In the spring of 1896 he resigned this position,
and going to the city of Chicago, he entered as
a student at the Independent Medical College,
remaining there until the spring of iSijX. when,
after his graduation from that creditable school,
In returned to Wyoming and established him-
self as a physician and surgeon at Wheatland,
there following his profession for about two
years with marked success. He soon became
interested in the livestock business, and became
the owner of a fine ranch on the Laramie River,
the same property he now occupies, and en-
gaged in raising cattle and horses. This ven-
ture proved a very remunerative one and the
independent nature of the occupation became
so attractive as to induce the Doctor to prac-
tieallv retire from his profession and give his
time -and attention to the management of his
ranch and stock interests. On May _>4. 1900,
Dr. .Morris, in wedded Miss Mary E. Nolan, a
e nl' Xorth Dakota and the daughter of
James and Mary E. (Openshaw) Xolan, the for-
nier a native of Ireland, and the latter of Eng-
land. They emigrated from Great Britain to
isvlvania many years ago, and fnnn that
state removed to the then territory of Dakota
in 1^7-). remaining there until tSX_>. when they
fed lo the frontier territory of \V\oming.
where they established a home at their pr<
K i i in i\a\\ hide ( !r< ek, aln >nt t\\ el\ e mile-,
fmm the Matte River, where they have since
fully engaged in st ickraising. I >r.
.Morrison is at'tiliated with the order of \\ linen
of the "World, being a member of the lodge at
\\hiatlanil, and he takes an active inter,
all matters connected with the worthy and char-
itabli work of that order. The genial doctor
•ilitied with the Republican political party,
i- earnest and loval in his support of the
ciples and candidates of ihat organization,
bin he neither seeks nor desires political prefer-
ment, his time and attention being taken up
with the management of his business affairs.
He is one of the rising men of his sta:
rapidly building up a fortune and enjoys the
regard and esteem of all who have been as-
sociated with him, either in professional or
business relations.
Jl'DGE JUDD MOTT.
Among the prominent men of Sweetwaler
count}' whose achievements have done much to
bring this part of the state to the front, the name
of Judge Jndd Mott is worthy of notice. The
of some men shine as grand examples of
prosperity and success achieved through various
channels of industry; others rise to prominence
by reason of research in the realms of science :
while many find in the domain of politics and
official position the sure and certain pathway to
success. In reviewing the life of Judge Mott it
seems peculiarly appropriate to number him with
the latter class, for his career since locating in
the West has been an -active one, yet he is not
a man who seeks to blazon his deeds for personal
gratifications or from motives of ambition to per-
form some act that would mark him as a central
figure. ( >n the contrary he has devoted his time
and talents largely to the puhlv good, and Si
to lose si: : elf in his efforts to promote the
general welfare of the city and county of which
he is an honored resident. He is a splendid ex-
ample of Xew England manhood. Horn and
reared in the grand old Green .Mountain state
he grc\\ to malnritv under the fostering care
of sturdy God-fearing parents, and appears to
have inherited many o terling nnalitics of
In ad and heart for which the people of thai
tion of New England have Ion-, been n
E.dward Molt, the father of the Judge, was born
in Vermont in iS^S and became a man of p
inence in his state. Me was a leading politician
and represented Grand tsle countj two terms in
the gem • i'i\ of the siate. 1 le was also
sheriff of (he county and continued a forceful
or in local and state affairs until IS,".?, when
he moved to Missouri when- he now lives,
occupation lie is a farmer and as such ;
i|iiired an ample i 'ice. In his youth he
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
enjoyed exceptional educational advantages, and
rly and erudite. He possesses vig-
orous mentality and extensive culture, being
equally conversant with the English. French and
German languages. A natural leader of men
he has made his presence felt among all classes
and conditions of people with whom he has
mingled. Judge Mott's paternal grandfather was
Joseph Mott, a native of Vermont and the son
of a German emigrant, who came to the United
States in an early day and purchased a large
tract of land on the shore of Lake Champlain.
Joseph Mott became one of the wealthy farmers
of that part of the state, and one of its leading
men of affairs. He was an active Whig pol-
itician, and always took a lively interest in po-
litical and public questions. Mrs. Mary (But-
ler) Mott, the wife of Edward Mott and mother
of the Judge, was also a native of Vermont, born
in 1841, a daughter of Doctor Butler, a most
distinguished physician who skillfully prac-
ticed his profession for many years in the town
of Bedford. The Doctor's family consisted of
two daughters and eleven sons, and it is a mat-
ter worthy of note that the latter all grew to
manhood and became noted lawyers, a fact per-
haps unparalleled in the history of this country.
Mrs. Mott is a lady of education and culture,
and before her marriage was a successful and
popular teacher in her native state. She is a de-
voted member of the Episcopal church, her hus-
band being a Catholic. Judge Mott was born
in 1863, and attained manhood on his father's
farm, with the rugged duties of which he early
became familiar. When about ten years old he
accompanied his parents to northern Missouri,
and after completing the common school course
entered the State Normal School at Kirksville,
where he prosecuted the higher branches of
learning for several years, receiving an excellent
education. Leaving school he went to Logan
county, Colo., and engaged in sheepraising, which
he continued until 1890 when he disposed of his
stock and came to Wyoming, locating at Chey-
enne. Three years later he went to Laramie
for one year, then changed his abode to Rock
Springs, with the interests of which place he
has since been identified. In '1898 Mr. Mott
was elected to the office of police judge, a po
sition he has filled to the present time, discharg-
ing its duties in an able manner, creditable to
himself and satisfactory to the people. In pol-
itics he indorses the principles of the Demo-
cratic party and to a consider,]])!, extent has been
one of its leaders in Sweetwater county. He
now gives his time exclusively to his office, and
in meting out justice to offenders he has been
impartial, but fearless, proving a judicious con-
servator of good order and a power for good in
holding in check the lawless element. Fidelity-
is one of his chief characteristics, manifested in
his devotion to family and friends and in the
faithful discharge of every known duty, and this
has won for him the warm regard and high es-
teem of his fellowmen. Mr. Mott was united
in marriage on November 23, 1898, with Miss
Mary Bellew, of Louisiana, a daughter of James
Bellew, a native of West Virginia.
CHARLES A. MOYER.
Having just reached the noon of life, with
all his faculties in full vigor, his hopes still
aspiring, his worldly state well established and
his place in the regard and confidence of his
fellowmen secure, Charles A. Mover of Crook
county, not far from Gillette, may confidently
look forward to many years of usefulness and
prosperity in the state of his adoption, in which
he has passed a third of his useful life. His
native heath is Mercer county, Pa., where he
was born on September 3, 1852, and where his
parents, Levi and Elvina (Diefenderfer) Moyer,
lived and prospered, as farmers do in that fa-
vored section, grew old and died in the fullness
of years, the mother in 1897 and the father in
1901. Charles A. Moyer was educated in the
schools of his native county and remained at
home until he was twenty-one years of age,
giving a portion of his spare time to the dili-
gent study of telegraphy, and afterwards prac-
ticed the art in Pennsylvania for two or three
years, in 1876 going to Long Island where he
was a telegraphic operator for a railroad com-
PROGRESSIVE MilX OF
pam until 1871) when he secured a similar
tion mi mil- of the elevated roads in New iforli
city, ami remaining in this employment until iSS.|
then resigning his position on account oi ill
health ami making a visit to his parents at hi>
'•Id home. The next summer he yielded to a
longing fi >r the free and o] u-n life of the western
]ilains anil came tip W\oming, settling in Crook
comity, where hr took tip land seven miles
northeast of Cillette and started an industry in
raising horses which he eondncted until 1900,
changing then from horses to cattle and he
has .since continued in that line. Tlis ranch
consists <>f Six) acres of good land, eligibly lo-
cated at the head of Little Powder River, which
has its rise on his land. He has also a large
hody of leased land, and is provided with good
buildings and other appurtenances for his husi
ness. His herd is large and of superior qual-
ity, his business methods art' practical, pro-
ssive and satisfactory, and his name is a
household word throughout his portion of the
state. ( in 1 >ecembcr 5, n;no, he was united in
marriage at ( iillette, \Yyo., with Miss Luella
Hadley, a native of Tipton county, Indiana.
They have one child, named Leslie F. Mr.
Mover is a Democrat in political faith and while
a firm believer in the principles and policies of
his parly and deeply interested in its success,
he is not partisan where the welfare of the com-
munity is at stake and never gives up to party
the energies \\hicli were meant for I lie general
weal and the <^ood of humanity.
S \MCEL R. XEEL.
< me of the progressive and successful busi-
ness men of the younger generation of Wyo
ming is Samuel l\. N'eel. of Kncampnn -nt . Car
bon county, who is a native of Helena. Mon-
tana, where he was born on December _>o, IS;-).
the son of ( 'ol. Samuel and Lavina il'.akeri
X'eel, both natives of Virginia. His paternal
grandfather was also a native of Virginia.
whither his ancestors came in early Colonial
days, and In pre a prominent part in llie •
events of the histon of the Cnited St. -it. 5. I'he
father of Mr. Xeel came from his native state
to \b mtana during ilu- frontier da\ s of thi
iry, and \\.as one of its earliest pioneers.
He was engaged in the wholesale and retail
grocery trade in Helena during the placer miii-
in- days of Last Chance < iulch (when M
now stands), and was associated with Hon.
•John T. Murphy, as Murphy, Xeel \- Co. This
was tlu- pioneer grocery firm of Helena, and
carried on an extensive business for many
years throughout the entire territory of Mon-
tana. Mr. Murphy is still a resident of ll<
bcinv; one of the leading cattle men, bankers
and capitalists of Montana. Mr. Xeel as the
active manager of the business became well
iwn as one of the most successful and able
young business men of the western country,
anil built up the largest mercantile busin,
the Kocky Mountain region. His untimely
death at the earh age of thirtx six years was
a severe loss not only to Helena, but to the
territory, and he \\.as deeply mourned b\ a
\\ide circle of friends and business associates.
He left a family of rive children and after his
death die family removed to Oakland. Calif.,
where the subject of this sketch received his
elementary education. After his graduation
from the high school at Oakland, the family
visited the World's Columbian Exposition at
Chicago, in 1893, and while in that city he was
offered a position in the Merchants' X'ational
Hank, one of the leading and most conservative
banking institutions of i 'hica^o \\here. be-
ginning as a messenger, Ins advancement \\as
rapid and steady, until at the a^c of twenty
J'CarS he occupied the responsible position of
receiving teller, lie continued with this bank
until |S<)S. when hi- was made ilu cashier of
the stock and bond lions,- of I 'ha pin \ Ca\ lord,
one of the leading houses m that line in the
west, with whom he remained for two \,
lie was then offered and accepted the position
of cashiei of the nc-\\ Copper State Hank, at
Kncampmcnt. Wyoming. He superintended the
opening of this institution an. I has had full
Charge o) its management since that time and
under his direction the business has mci.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOMIXG.
rapidly, and i> steadily gaining from month
to month, having grown to such an extent that
the directors are constructing a new brick bank
building for the better accommodation of the
patrons of the institution, which is the leading
banking house of that section of the state. On
April 24, 1901, -Mr. Xeel was united in marriage
with Miss Fannie S. Stubbs, a native of Balti-
more, and the daughter of S. S. Stubbs, a
large commission merchant of that city. Their
home in Encampment is the center of a gra-
cious and refined hospitality and they are
prominent in the social life of the community.
Fraternally Mr. Neel is affiliated with the
Modern Woodmen of America, and takes active
interest in all work of charity and fraternity.
He is a pioneer of this part of Wyoming, and
has done his full share in developing its re-
sources and building up its industries. He has
been the means of attracting the attention of
capitalists to the great possibilities of Carbon
county, and foremost in all matters calculated
to build up the city of his residence and the
state of his adoption and is destined to become
a prominent factor in the future business and
public life of this section of the state.
ROBERT XEILSOX.
The true western spirit of progress is exem-
plified in the career of Robert Neilson, who since
1889 has been actively identified with the live-
stock interests of Wyoming. He is a younger
brother of Andrew Neilson, whose biography
appears elsewhere in these pages, and a son of
Andrew and Elizabeth (Grant) Neilson, who,
like himself, was born in Scotland. For a num-
ber of years Andrew Neilson, Sr., ran a station-
ary engine in his native country, but in 1879
brought his family to the United States, settling
in Pittston. Pa., where he was engineer for a
manufacturing establishment for about ten years,
thence coming to Wyoming, where he has since
lived, has present residence being on Sybylle
Creek in Laramie county. Robert Neilson was
born in Lanarkshire. Scotland, on July n, 1869,
and at the early age of ten years accompanied
his parents to America, lie was reared and ed-
ucated at Pittston, Pa., and in his sixteenth year
entered upon an apprenticeship to learn cigar-
making, which trade he followed at that place
until 1889, in the fall of that year coming with
his parents to Wyoming, whither his brother An-
drew had preceded them, and soon after his ar-
rival the two became associated in the livestock
industry on Sybylle Creek, where the latter was
then and is now living. This partnership as-
sociation continued until 1898 and was charac-
terized by a series of continued successes, which
in due time won for the brothers a conspicuous
place among the leading cattleraisers of Lara-
mie county. By mutual consent the business rc-
. lationship was dissolved in 1898, Robert assum-
ing family relations and removing to a ranch on
Slate Creek, which he had taken up about three
years previously. He at once began a series of
improvements on the land, erecting a neat and
comfortable residence and other necessary build-
ings, and lived there four years. He then sold
out and moved to the old "Three Link" ranch,
located in Carbon count}-, which was formerly his
wife's father's property, upon which she had
•passed her girlhood days. The ranch is large,
and very valuable, and especially well adapted
to Mr. Neilson's business, and occupies its place
in Wyoming history as well, being an old stage
and telegraph station, and a safe refuge from
Indians in their hostile days of the early time.
From 1898 to the present time his attention has
been centered in his large and cumulative stock
interests. He has built up a business of large
proportions, especially in the raising of blooded
stock in which he takes acknowledged precedence
in this section of the state. For a still further
improvement of his cattle Mr. Neilson recently
purchased from the celebrated C. A. Stannard
"Sunny Slope Stock Farm," near Emporia, Kan-
sas, a fine lot of Herefords, among the number
being a valuable bull, "Sunny Slope Tom 5th."
sired by "Wild Tom," a noted animal that for a
number of years easily won every prize for which
he was entered. The fourteen cows which Mr.
Neilson bought in this lot are superb specimens
of the Hereford breed, and with other splendid
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
139
animals in his herd represent a value "f main
thousand il< 'liars. He proposes to devote his
attention exclusively t» blooded cattle, and thus
benefit in >t only himself, but also be the means
of introducing a much better grade "1 li\e si
i lie ciiuntry than that now rai.-ed. Mr. Xeil
-•in is a -hrcwd and a far-seeing business man.
enterp - having resulted in large financial
returns, and he ranks to-day \vith the successful
and well-to-do >t< ickraiscfs i if the State. lie is
alsn a men >'i strong mentality, a great reader.
a vocalist of considerable talent and a studem oi
nianv subjects. . His acquaintanceship with the
\\orld's best literature is In ah general and
t. nsive, and he finds his must agreeable and
profitable recreati'in in the company of the choid
books with which his library is plentifull) -n|i
plied. Like the majority of western men he has
'leas and stands for enterprise and
•advancement in all the terms imply. l'iroad and
d in his views, and having ni ' use for what
is narrow in selfish in humanity, he i- a worthy
.itve of the sturdy nationality to which
lu belongs, and his iullueiice has done much to
lOte the intellectual, moral and busine--
terests of the community in which he lives. Mr.
Ncilson was married on Sybylle Creek, Laramie
county, on September i _•. iSoS. with Miss Nina
. of Nebraska, her father being a native
of Maine and the mother of Virginia. Mr. Dix-
on was a popular teacher for a number of vcars
in .Nebraska in \\hich state he settled ab
and later he engaged in the gl
Denver. Colo., and after residing in that city for
ears moved to Carbon county, Wyo., where
In folloued cattleraising until hi- death 01
\ugust 8, 1894; his widow i- now residing in
(In- city of 1 • The 1
Mr. and Mrs. Neilson has In en brightened hv
tin pi of three inti rest ing children, whose
es are \. Krnesi. \nn.i I . ,md Nina. Mr.
Neil-mi's political affiliations are \\ith the l\e-
|inblican party, but in no seine is In- a partisan
aspirant for official honor-. lie keeps himself
well informed upon the great <|iic-tii >n.s and i
before the people, cspecialh those bearing on
and national legislation, and is in close
touch with the trend of modern thought reli
in other subjects of inl the reading public.
AUGUST !•'. NEUBER.
The gentleman whose name initiates this
i p rep entative of the intelli-
gent, industrious and enterprising ( ierman ele-
that h. bi such a forcible factor in
\merican industrial, commercial and pp.
sional life. Mr. Netiber was born in ( iermany
on January iS. iS^S. the seventh in a family of
en children who-'- parents were Frederick
and I'.ertha i Siebent ritt i Nenber. The father.
a native of Prussia, was a skillful mechanic and
during the greater part of his life was engaged
in the mauufaeimv < if waj
the city o lien He was a fine workman,
prospered in his business, and was noted for
his equable temper and kindness of disposition,
dying in iNoS a; of fifty years, being
survived by his wife, who died about
August F. Nenber was educated in the public
schools of his native country and when a \oung
mail took up commercial ot'tice work which he
continued for three years, coming to the United
Slat. , and locating near Junction '
Kan., wheia- during the ensuing four or five
\ears he worl farm, meanwhile attend-
ing school in the lie made substantial
progress in his especially in those
bram hi s • i Inch he o uild S life
and about iSS^ - ep in a .
mercial hotise in ' v. coiitinuin.
a salesman for ' . then : a his
tion and \\ith others • nu-r-
ile business at Nevada W r tlie
firm name of r.idmp. Neuber \ Co. i
nership lasted thi • -. when Mr. Nenber
disposed of 1 and came i,, \
ailstoii \\here he ei:l
the i-mploy • "imercial '
as salesman. lie \\as soon |iroino|ed to be
manager of 'In- business and continued in
capacity until about I Si U when he severed his
Ons \\ilh the firm and came
Springs as a member of the compam and the
140
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
manager of tin- I '.reman & Neither Mercantile
( o. l-'rom that time Mr. Xcuber h;r- nipidh
built up a fine trade, increasing the stock in
proportion to the demands of the public and
by carefully consulting the wishes and tastes
of his customers has become one of the most
•lar, as well as one of the most successful
merchants in the city. He keeps in close touch
with all matters relating to commercial life,
gives personal attention to all details of the
firm and as a business man has few equals.
Financially his success has been most encour-
aging and to-day he holds distinct prestige
among the well-to-do men and substantial citizens
of his part of the state. Mr. Neuber is a self-
made man in the true sen-se of the term. He
came to this country with no capital, and his
present high standing is the result of his own
well directed endeavors, successful management
and wisely planned business policy. He has
accumulated an ample competence and is well
situated to enjoy the fruits of his many years
of honorable endeavor.
EDWIX XEWCOMER.
The Northwest of the United States al-
though a child in years is a giant in strength,
even if as yet scarcely scratched with the hoe
of systematic cultivation she has rilled the
mightiest granaries of earth with her golden
harvests in every line of production. And yet,
despite her youth, a generation of men has
been born and reared on her soil who are in
every sense her own product. One of these
is Ivlwin Newcomer of near Kearney in Sheri-
dan county, a prominent and enterprising ranch-
man and stock-grower, who was born in Colo-
rado on October 2, 1877, the son of Frederick
and Mary Newcomer, natives of Maryland who
came west years ago and to Sheridan county
when their son Edwin was six years old. From
1883 he has been a resident of the county, in
its public schools he received his education,
from its institutions he learned the lessons of
exemplary citizenship, and among its people he
has worked for and won the public esteem
which is the desired meed of thrift, diligence
:md uprightness everywhere. When he was
read) f»r the duties of life he purchased the
farm on which he has since resided and has
since conducted it with gratifying success and
cumulative profits. It is a thoroughly improved
estate of 160 acres, with good buildings and
fences, under a high state of cultivation and
being valley land is especially adapted to the
stock industry which Mr. Newcomer carries on
in a flourishing manner, having a fine .herd of
healthy, vigorous and well-kept cattle, rapidly
increasing in numbers and rising in standard.
On March 4, 1900, Mr. Newcomer was married
at Sheridan with Miss Eva Riggle, a native of
Iowa and a daughter of one of the pioneers of
Taylor county in that state and there after a
li>ng career of usefulness he died. Her mother
is now living in Idaho. Mrs. Newcomer is
therefore no stranger to frontier life, but has
experienced its wild pleasures, suffered its hard-
ships and dared its dangers. They have one
child, their daughter Irene. Mr. Newcomer's
parents are living at Sheridan and of them
more specific mention is made on another page
of this work, tracing their course from the val-
ley of the Potomac in the far-away Maryland
home of their childhood to their active useful-
ness in this part of the country, whither they
came as pioneers early in their married life.
ROBERT LESLIE NEWMAN.
The gentleman to whose useful career the
reader's attention is herewith directed, is one of
the accomplished and enterprising business men
of Rock Springs, and by honorable and progress-
ive methods he has contributed in no small de-
gree to a commercial and professional advance-
ment of the city. He has been very successful
in the business enterprise with which he is now
connected and, as a citizen with the best interests
of the community at heart, is well worthy of
mention in any biographical compendium of
Wyoming's representative men. Robert Leslie
Newman was born in Chambers county, Ala-
bama, on November 18, 1873, the son of John L.
PROGRESSIVE ME\ Ol: WYOMING.
141
\rahclla (Redman) Newman, both nati\cs
• i \labaina. The Newman family is among the
old and aristocratic families of the Souih. the
rom i' upland prior to the \\ ar
of the Revolution, settling in the Carolinas.
Ahoiit ijSo. represenl •• the famih .
•hat is now Chambers county, Ala., where
tlk-ir di 3d ndants still reside. The parenl
otir subject make their home in Columbus, Ga
many \cars his father was a pros],
Alabama planter and was also a soldier during
the ('i\il War. The paternal and maternal
grandfathers of Mr. Newman also served in the
I'ivil \\'ar and gave their lives to the causi
( oiifederacy. Roliert Leslie Xewnian passed his
childhood and \otuh in his native county and
State and received his literarv education in the
pnhlic schools. Having decided to devote his
h'l'e to pharmacy he ln-an preparing himself for
the profession by entering the Alabama Pol)
technic Institute at Auburn. Alabama, where he
prosecuted his studies with great assiduity until
i of the prescribed course, graduat-
.vith an honorable record in iS<;7. I icing
well prepared for practical work, he en-
1 w nil i iollier i\- < '»., the leading drug house
of Tuscaloosa, Ala., with wdhch he remained lor
eighteen months, then resigning his position to
still further prosecute- his pharmaceutical studies
With this laudable obect in view he entered the
employ of the j. N. liegeman Drug Co., of New
iforl < 'ity. the largc-st and mosl completi estab-
icnt of the kind in the L'nited States, and
during the enduing two years spared neither
nor pains to familiarize himself with every
di tail of pharmac) so as to b • ter of
the p ']. The ' ••' tages Mr. Newman
.•d \\itli lli' above firm were inestimable.
lie pursued hi- studies and researches under the
direction of some of the ablest and most sdiol-
ists of tli
conniction with the house was the possessor o|
a st., re of valuable scientific knowledge. < Mi
leaving the liegeman Company Mr. Newman re-
turned to ('ohimbiis, Ga., and for some months
\\as the manager of one of the Thomas I Irng
ti il that pla .miiig this position
he went to I.eadville. Col da drug-
hotise as clerk, but from his th-
of the business. \\as soon made the rnanagi
which capacity he continued until his purchase
of tli ' 'ishmeiit a fe\\ months later. After
.r passed as head of this house lu sold his
n sts and took the road as salesman for E. il
Spra^ue \ ( !o., after a year and a half rdin<|nish-
the road coming to kock Springs as niana-
g< r of the Irux'e dniL; Store which he subsei|iiently
purchased and now owns. It is not to much to
say for Mr. Neuman that he is the leading phar-
city and one of its most elite'
ing and progressive business men. lie has car-
ried financial success into all his operations and
hv close and diligent attention to his profession
has succeeded in building up a large and lu-
crative trade. Not many men in the same time
have acconipli'-hed as much and none have sur-
• d him in fidelity to duty. Tie has always
been actuated by a laudable ambition to excel
in what he undertook and that he has suco •
is attested by the advancement he has made in
Ins chosen calling anil the prominent position he
lias attained in the business and social world.
- a man of positive convictions, but withal
amiable in demeanor and a most agreeable coin-
on and courteous gentleman, llis private
life and character are unassailable and his many
i emplar) <|iialitie.s have made him popular with
the people of his adopted cii\, amoii- whom he
iVieiids. numerous and loyal. Fraternally
identified \\ith the Masonic, the I'uhian.
and the Klks fraternities of l\ock Springs and
subscribes to the creed of the Methodist Epis
copal church. In a i|iiitt and unostentatious way
' sisis the various charitable and b.
Ilizations in their labors to alle\iate the snf-
gS of thi poor and unfortunate. Ib
attainments and occasion-
:dl\- contributes well written i to the
leading pharmaceutical journals of the country.
Ir l-'chrnar\. i<)>\^. the \V\omhiL: I 'harmaceiitical
\ssociation was irrgani/cd at Ra\\lins. Mr.
Nexvinan lieinv; one of tin- chief spirits in secur-
ing its formation and he was elected as tin first
fixation. In politics he is
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OP WYOMING.
a Blanch supporter oi the I )enioeTat parlv, but
by mi means an active partisan, much less an
aspirant fur public or official distinction. In ad-
dition to his two drug- establishments in Rock
Springs, he is interested in oil lands, having met
with encouraging returns from the latter enter-
prise.
MELYIX NICHOLS.
With a creditable military record on the
L'ninn side in the Civil War, a successful busi-
ness career since that great contest closed,
years of excellent service to his fellowmen in
official stations of prominence and responsibil-
ity, influence and activity in the councils of his
church, having a social position among the
leading elements of the community, and high
standing in the affairs of his political party,
Melvin Xichols has exhibited in a marked and
gratifying degree the readiness of the Ameri-
can citizen for every public and 'private duty,
his unswerving devotion to the welfare of his
country and the manly qualities which dis-
tinguish him in every relation of life. His an-
cestry runs back in unbroken lines on both sides
of his house through a long succession of mili-
tary heroes and civil potentates in New Eng-
land, the first of his father's family to be known
in the annals of the section being Solomon
Xichols. who came with his parents from Scot-
land to Vermont in very early Colonial days.
In Vermont the family grew and flourished,
bearing its share of the burdens of citizenship,
demonstrating its loyalty to the institutions of
our country in every war and in every peaceful
forum, following the fortunes of our great com-
mander in the Revolution with distinguished
bravery and endurance, and aiding in essential
ways in establishing the infant republic on a
firm and fruitful foundation. His parents were
John Xichols of Burlington, Vt., ami Mary
(Chase) Xichols of Worcester, Mass., the
mother being also the descendant of Revolu-
tionary sires and a member of a family whose
record runs like a thread of gold through the
history of 'New England. Both the Chase and
the Xichols representatives were farmers for
generations; and in 1^7 John and Mary
(Chase) Xichols gathered their household
good> about iheiu and sought new domestic
altars in what was then the far West, local inn-
three miles west of the site of the present Au-
rora, 111., where they preempted land and be-
gan its cultivation ; and there, on November 9,
1844, their son Melvin was born, the seventh
of eleven children. He received a limited edu-
cation in the primitive schools and then attended
Clark Seminary at Aurora until March 12, 1862,
when he enlisted in Co. H, Sixty-fifth Illinois
Infantry under Colonel Cameron. The com-
mand was soon ordered to Harper's Ferry, and
from that time was in active service in the re-
gion of the Potomac until its capture in Septem-
ber. After his parole and a few months' rest
at home Mr. X'ichols rejoined his comrades in
the field in Kentucky, where they had lively
times in pursuit of the great Confederate raider
Morgan. They were then transferred to Burn-
side's command and engaged in the siege of
Knoxville during the winter, and in the spring
of iS(->4, his term of service having expired, Mr.
Nichols reenlisted, joining Sherman in his At-
lanta campaign and subsequent proceedings,
aiding in the interception and destruction of
Hood's army in the two days' terrible fighting
at Columbia, Franklin and Nashville. Follow-
ing the remnant of Hood's army as far as
Clifton, Tenn., they there took boats to Cincin-
nati and from there were transferred to Fort
Fisher, XT. C. and on February 22, 1865, took
part in the capture of Wilmington. They then
fought their way through a determined resist-
ance to join Sherman at Goldsborough, were
present at the surrender of Johnston near Ra-
leigh a little later, and the regiment was mus-
tered out at Greensborough, X. C., on July 26,
1865. After the war Mr. Xichols began the
study of medicine, reading with one of his two
brothers, who were physicians, one of whom,
with two other brothers, also served in the
Civil War, but after two years of study he aban-
doned medicine for the law, which he found
more congenial to his taste, and under the care-
PROGRESSIVE MLiX (>!•' WYOMING.
143
ful direction of ll.ni. J. ECoder .if Iowa he
fully prepared himself fur practice and IK- was
ndmitt i-d to the liar in 1877 at Monroe in that
state. Soon after IK- removed to Audnbon.
[owa, and there practiced law fur ten years,
meanwhile serving two \ears as ma\or i if M.UI
roe, [owa, and for a term or lw.> as ci!>- clerk
df dtlu-r towns, always taking an active part in
politic- and Wai public affairs. In January. 1887.
he settled at Douglas, \\'yo., where he re-
mained until August. 1889, then took up his
residence in Crook county and there his prog-
res'- in professional, social and political lines
has been rapid, .steady and substantial. Begin-
ning in iSijo he served two terms as prosecuting
attorney, in t8.jii h<- was elected to the lower
Imuse df the legislature and in moo was chosen
state senator for his county, lie is an ardent
Republican and a hard worker in his party's in-
5t. Hi- has also been connected for years
with the Ineal -chool government and has
shown xeal and fidelity in the useful work of the
Methodist Episcopal church. On October 7,
he was married with Miss Almeda R.
Cooper, a daughter of William and Mary
Cooper of Cleveland, Ohio. They have four
children. Horace \V., manager of the M. W.
ranch of Weston county, Wyo. ; \Ivin M., man-
ager and principal owner of the Nichols Supply
Co. of Newcastle; Eva E., now Mrs. Eichelber-
ger of Boise. Idaho; P.ertha I-"... now Mrs. Lytle
of Sundance, Wyo. Mr. Xicliols is a Thirty-
second degree l;r. v> i i.ason . and a iiolile of the
Mystic Shrine. Mr ha- held high offices in the
various branches of the order and is at pr.--ent
woi-shipfnl master of hi- lodge and king of his
Ro al Arch Chapter.
l-l: \XK L XITIART.
i >n a wi-11-improveil and highly ciiltivai' -1
farm es in the mid-t of that ("lo-hen
of \merica. Canyon Springs 1'rairie. twcntv
he; I of Xev '
ity. Frank I.. Niluirt :nd .-arri
his farming cale and
mingles with ih-'in a pn ifitabl itocl rai
lie was born in < )wen county. Indiana, on May
4, 181.7. a son of Amos and Malinda i Johnson I
Xihart. prosperous farmers in the Hoosier state
\vlu-re most of their lives were passed. !!•
mained at home until he \\a- ten years old. at-
tending school as he had opportunity ami being
employed at work on farms near his home and
in the adjoining county of Clay until he was
evei . \t that time he went over into
fiercer county. 111., and there continued farm
work for two years, in iSSn coming west to
( 'olorado and being employed on the construc-
tion of the Rock Island Railroad through that
slate and afterwards working on the I'nion Pa-
cific in Kansas. In the autumn of 1888 he re-
moved to Nebraska and purchasing a threshing
outfit was kept bus-- threshing grain for the
farmers in that state, mostly in Buffalo county.
He remained there until the fall of [890, when
to ' 'nmhria, Wyo.. and after working
in the mines until 180,3 he took up his present
ranch on Canyon Springs I'rairie. and has
resided th. re < ngaged in farming and stockrais-
conducting a much appre.-;, ^ive-
nience to the neighborhood in the form
sawmill, which turns out large quantities of
lumber eight miles south of the ranch. Mr.
Xihart's farming operations are conducted with
skill and enterprise, and are rewarded
of unusual volume and high quality. At this
writing I looj') he ha- th. fii ''-ing and
most promising (1,-ld ,,f wheat on the p'-
ITis stock-raising also, although onl\
dary consideration with him. is governed by
true business principles and no r< out-
lay is withheld that seems n.-cessarv to secure
the best re nit-, while the sawmill is an up-to-
lipment, run with every con
for i be welfare of its patrons as well as the
i it- owner. (~>n June 2~. iSoi. Mr. Xi-
hart was united in marriage with Miss Minnie
all. a native of Xebi
William I >e\":dl. The marriage was solemi
at NI ' child. 1 lallie Xi-
hart. In politics Mr. Xihart affiliates with the
locralic part-.- and while active in it-
rirm in his faith in its principles he
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
seeks neither its honors nor its emoluments,
being content with his private estate in life and
fully occupied with its duties.
CAPT. JOHN D. O'BRIEN.
The story of the bravery and sufferings of
the gallant soldiers who on tented field and plain
and under tropical suns have fought nobly in the
cause of the country and the perpetuity of the
republic cannot be told too often. It is a duty
that we owe to coming generations to trans-
mit to them something of the personality of
those who often placed their lives in peril that the
blessings of peace might descend unto them.
Among the brave defenders of his country's
honor no one in Converse county is more entitled
to representation in a work of this character than
is the worthy Captain O'Brien, who, after years
of danger, privation, and gallant army service is
passing his declining years on his pleasant and
beautifully located ranch on the La Prele Creek,
which is eight miles west of Douglas, Wyo. Capt.
John D. O'Brien was born in Kildare, Ireland,
on May 8, 1838, the son of David and Mary
( Dunn) O'Brien, both natives of Kildare, the
father, a marine engineer, passing nearly all of
his life at sea, and most of the time on the R. M.
S. S. Hindustan, and dying off the Cape of Good
Hope in 1841, leaving nine children. John D.
being the youngest. The mother thereafter re-
moved to Liverpool and in 1847 came to Amer-
ica and resided in New York City until her death.
In 1852 Mr. O'Brien enlisted in the \j. S. army
as a musician and was assigned to the Fourth
Artillery, with this organization serving in Texas
against the Comanches and other hostile Indians,
also in Florida against the Seminoles under Gen-
eral Harney and being discharged at the expira-
tion of his enlistment. Thereafter he was em-
ployed in the U. S. custom house in New York
City until January 9, 1863, when his patriotism
caused him to place himself in the ranks of the
Union arm}' as a soldier of the Fourth LT. S.
Infantry, serving with that gallant organization
in its fighting career iiT the Army of the Potomac
until the close of the war and participating in
those bloody battles which astonished the ablest
generals of the world by their immensity and
fatality. After peace was declared his regiment
came west and established Fort Fetterman in
1867, the fort taking name from the valiant
Colonel Fetterman who met his death in the grue-
some Indian massacre at Fort Phil Kearney, the
Captain continuing in service until 1877. Dur-
ing the summer of 1876 he was the orderly ser-
geant of Co. F. upon the Big Horn and Yellow-
stone expedition, and during the six months the
troops were thus occupied the company marched
over 2,800 miles, a portion of the time being so
scarce of rations as to kill and eat the flesh of
condemned army horses, during this period hav-
ing a number of battles and many engagements
and skirmishes with hostile Indians. In May 1877
the Captain was discharged from service with
honorary mention and located his present home
ranch, six miles south of Fort Fetterman and en-
gaged in stock-raising. But his military life was
not terminated. In April 1898, when was issued
the President's call for volunteers to serve in the
Spanish-American War, his military spirit once
again brought him to the front and, enlisting, he
was commissioned as captain of Co. F, First
\Yyoming Infantry on April 27, 1898, the regi-
ment going to San Francisco and there embark-
ing for the Philippines, where they arrived on
July 31, disembarking on August 6, and engag-
ing in skirmishing duty until the thirteenth day
of the battle of Manila, where they were active-
h in service, being one of the first, if not the
very first regiment to enter the city, and on that
night the Captain did his first guard duty in that
country on the wall separating the old city and
the new. After the occupation of the city the
regiment was assigned to guard duty at the 73d
Spanish barracks until lanuary 2, 1899. thence
n moving to Cavite and guarding the navy yard
until February 3, thence returning to Manila on
the fourth, there aiding in repelling the insur-
rectionists ; on Sunday, February 5, taking Sant
Anne and San Pedro Mecati, being continually
ir battle during the day, Co. F. making many
brave charges and doing valiant service. At
9:30 p. m. the company was ordered to surround
PROGRESS/I' I- MEN ()!•' WYOM1
tlu- i 'Id church of Guadaloupe and hold their pos-
ition until dawn. Two companies of Filipinos
were supposed to be in the church, but it was
later found that during the day fully l.^oo had
occupied it, many escaping by bamboo ladder-
in the darkness. The gallant Co. I7, marched b\
t\\os up the narrow lane led by its brave com-
mander, and not only surrounded tile church, but
charging with fixed bayonets tore down the door
and entered and captured it. The Captain held
his capture for two days, and was relieved by
four companies of the First California, then oc-
cupying the church of St. Juan del Monte and
doing guard duty at the water-works to pn. \ . nl
the insurgents blowing them up. ( )n February
22. they had a tierce engagmcnt and on March /
the Captain was wounded, being shot in the right
wrist which was fearfully mutilated, although
tile ball passed through the wrist he remained
uiih lii- company, leading them in the numerous
engagements in which the company gallantlv di--
tinguished itself, the Captain receiving honor-
able mention in frequent dispatches, until julv IP.
when orders came to embark for their homeward
voyage, and four days later they were on the
Iran-port "(.rant" sailing toward their home.
Landing in San l-'rauci-co on August 29, thev
were there mustered out at the presided on Sep-
tember ^^, iSij<), and returned to their Wyoming
homes. The Captain has since rested in peaceful
quiet on hi- pleasant ranch \\lu-re he has a mod-
ern resilience, and an excellent array of barns
and the other necessary buildings for his ranch-
ing operations. lie has very creditably served
as justice of the peace, notary public and
I . S. commissioner for main- vears and is a
mber . >i the < ,. \. K. and a repre-
sentative citi/eii of the highest order. (In Via
('. I Si «>. he married with Miss Ana-tatia Shea,
of Kilkcnm, Ireland. Their children are: Mot-
he, dei eased ; David, deceased : John. no\\ .
'"•in on the \. K. ranch at LJva, Wyo. ; \\illiam.
a grocer) man at i Henri >ei, ; ! [aggie, \l rs. Kd-
ward Sclilo— ; Jami 3 and Thomas, twin-. James
keeping a butcher shop at ( ilcm-ock. and Thoin-
as .'t the oil wells at Douglas; Annie. Mrs. \Y.
K. Shcr\\in. of Glenrock; Man E., Mr-. T. I.
( urr\ of Douglas; Fdward. in South Dakota:
Theresa, deci < . d: Nellie, at Cdenrock : Xora.
\da and Lizzie, who are all at home. No
in the community stands higher in the public
favor than this battle-scarred veteran of many
wars and tie is also honored and venerated a- an
early pioneer.
CHARLES E. PARTRIDi ',]
A representative and liighl\ respected -iti-
zen is Charles E. Partridge of Hat Creek, Con-
verse county, \V\oniing, who is a native of
Dane county. \\'is.. where he was born on
October 15. 1850, the son of Joseph V and
Ruth (Scott) Partridge, both natives of Nova
Scotia. The father came to the I nited State-
when a \oiing man and settled in Wisconsin
as one of tile pioneers of the territi <r\ . and con-
ducted farming and stockraising operations
until his death. ( )f a family of ten children.
Charles K. was the sixth, growing to man!
in his native state and receiving hi- earlv educa-
tion in the public schools of the vicinit \ o
boyhood'- home. tie remained at home with
hi- parent- a--i-ting hi- father in the care and
management of his farm and stock busi
up to 1*7.1. when lie came to Minnesota, where
he remained for about two year-, and then re-
turned to his former home in Wisconsin. Hen.
he pursued a course of study in a business col-
lege at Madison, and after completing hi- -tud-
accepted a position at Jamestown, \. N"..
as a teacher in a business college of that city.
lie remained here for about one \ ear and came
to the cit\ nl" I'hexeimc. then in the territory of
Wyoming. \rriving here in 1X77 tie \\.a-
ployed in the office oi the quartermaster in tin-
C. S. arm\ at ' arlin for about t\\o y<
1 le then resigned l» go < m Z
peditioti to ( '.ilc prado. The following t\\ ..
were occupied mosth in prospecting and mining,
and lie \\as one of the -la, to the newly
discovered mining camp of I.eadvillc. Si1
p|iiently lie returned to < 'he\ .-line and
tlie occupation .,f mining in the Silver (
di-trict west of ihat cit\. without meeting the
PROGRESS!!'!-: MEN OF WYOMING.
success his hopes had pictured. Temporarily
abandoning this pursuit he came to Hat Creek,
W\n., and accepted a position as telegraph
operator on the Cheyenne & Black Hills Tele-
graph Co. and continued in that occupation
until the line was abandoned. He then located
the ranch property which he now occupies, and
i -imaged in general ranching and stockraising, in
which he has been successfully engaged to
the present time, being the owner of a well im-
proved ranch, with large herds of Hereford and
Shorthorn cattle, and also a considerable num-
ber of the best grades of draft and road horses.
By industry, perseverance and careful attention
to the details of his operations he has rapidly
built up a profitable business, and is looked upon
as one of the representative and well-to-do stock-
men of the county. In December, iSSi, he was
married with Miss Vinnie Logue, a native of
Illinois, and to their union a winsome daughter
has been bom, Alta Bernice, and in their home
is evidenced refinement and comfort. The
family are held in high esteem by a large cir-
cle of friends and acquaintances.
PHILIP MASS.
The movements and struggles, the unrest
and the labors, the pleasures, the deprivations,
failures and successes of the founders of civil-
ization in the Great West will have for all com-
ing ages a wonderful interest as giving the life
stories of a class that has passed away, never
more to be in existence. Philip Mass, the pio-
neer settler on. Henry's Fork, Wyoming, is one
of this honored number, and in his active and
useful life he has passed through every phase
of existence incident to life on the frontier, has
endured the hardships attending the develop-
ment of a new country, fought and traded with
the Indians, known the rough life of a freighter,
trailed cattle and rode the range and has
wrested an ample fortune from an unpromising
nature. He was born in Chihuahua, Mexico,
on September 16, 1839, and came to the United
States in 1852, and was then located in Jackson
county. Mo., for nearly three years, breaking
horses and doing general farm work. In the
spring of 1855 he was retained as a driver by
the Overland Stage Co., running a line of
stages from Independence, Mo., to Salt Lake
City, being on the first coach of the line that
entered the latter place. He only remained
with this company until May, 1855, however,
for he was engaged by the U. S. government
to accompany General Harney on his Indian
expedition in the dual capacity of guide and
scout, in that connection participating in sev-
eral bloody engagements with savages, nota-
bly those of Ice Hollow, just east of Laramie,
where 280 Indians were killed, and the historic
battle of Fort Kearney, and he remained with
General Harney through the entire summer's
campaign, then returning with the troops to
Fort Leavenworth. Mr. Mass was in the U. S.
service until 1858, during this time accompany-
ing Colonel Summers to Pike's Peak and on his
return trip to Fort Leavenworth, and he was
also with the first troops that came to Fort
Bridger with General Johnston when he came
to quiet the existing disturbances and to inves-
tigate the Mountain Meadow massacre, the
Mormons taking nearly all of their horses and
destroying and burning their supplies, so that
the rations of the troops were reduced for near-
ly a month to only an ounce each of flour and
bacon a day. Previously to this, however, in
1859, Mr- Mass had made his headquarters on
Henry's Fork and entered into the stock busi-
ness on the range of this vicinity and also did
quite extensive trading with the Indians. His
start was made by buying cattle from the emi-
grant trains, and he also, took contracts to fur-
nish hay and wood to the U. S. troops and post.
Three months of the summer of 1860 he was a
pony-express rider, traveling on horseback on
this route 100 miles in ten hours' time. For the
term of forty-four years Mr. Mass has here suc-
cessively conducted an extensive stock industry
and developed a beautiful home on Henry's
Fork where neighbors were an unknown quan-
tity, and here he is still residing in truly patri-
archal style, a grand old man. held in the high-
est honor bv the citizens of the whole state, sur-
PHILIP MASS.
PROGRESSIVE MEX OI: WYOMING.
rounded l>y loving children and grandchildren,
\vhci delight to do him reverence. His herd ol
cattle, including graded Herefords and Short-
horns, still run in numbers on the range, add-
ing yearly to the wealth his business sagacity
and untiring industry had heretofore accumu-
lated, and lii-re the family extends a pioneer
hospitality to all who come. Mr. Mass has
ever taken positive grounds in matters of pub-
lic interest, being long identified with the Dem-
ocratic party, but in no sense has he been an
office-seeker. He was married on July 15. 1862,
to Miss Irene Beauxveaux, and their family-
circle has contained nine children, whose names
are Margueritte ; Rosalie, wife of A. H. Har-
vey: James, died on March i, 1891, aged
twenty-three years; Lucy, wife of F. A. Peter-
son of Woodland, Utah; Emma, wife of W. A.
Perry of Vernal, Utah ; John ; Edward, a resi-
dent of the Bighorn basin plains of Wyoming ;
Philip and Jessie. All of the children have re-
ceived an excellent education at the parental
I'nme. their father employing the best of tutors
and instructors.
JOHN PEARSOX.
For firmness of fiber, flexibility of function,
mental and physical, self-reliance, readiness in
resources and all around utility in every manly
way. take the man who with a good constitu-
tion and determined spirit was thrown on his
own capabilities early in life and has had to
depend on them for all he has achieved, with-
out the aid of fortune's favors or adventitious
circumstances. Such a man is John Pearson
of Kotlien. ('rook county, Wyoming, a pn>m-
• and successful inilhiian. rancher, sto
man and real-estate o\vner. Ilis birth occurred
on I'Yhruary 17. i s |< i. in Sweden, the home of
tlie Norsemen and the prolific source of a thrifty.
skillful, indu-trioiis and la\\ abiding class of
emigrants to the United States. His parents
natives of Sweden, and there he grew to
manhood and was educated. In lSi,«j. when lie
twenty years old. he came to the I'nited
irriving in Kan>a^ City, Mo., in the
summer and remaining there about a year.
From that place he went to Colorado and ac-
cepted employment for nearly a year on the
I'nion Pacific Railroad. After that he entered
the service of a sawmill company doing an ex-
tensive business near Denver, thus forming his
first acquaintance in this country with an in-
dustry which he has successfully followed since
then, with some intermissions, and has raised
almost to the dignity of an art. Thereafter he
worked in stamp mills in the mining districts
of Colorado, passed a few months in the south-
eastern part of Kansas near Columbus, where
he invested in land, passed a year in California
and Oregon prospecting and mining. In 1878
he located in the Black Hills and \\orked in a
stamp mill and sawmills near Deadwood until
1882, gradually acquiring first an interest in
them then complete ownership, and in the year
last named moving them into Crook county,
Wyo.. planting a sawmill near the site he no\y
occupies. In i8Sd he sold the old mills and pur-
chasing new and improved machinery of much
greater capacity, he erected new mills on the
south fork of Hay Creek, six miles from Alad-
din, now a terminal of the Wyoming & .Mis-
souri River Railroad. His location is twenty-six
miles north of Sundance in one of the most
picturesque regions in this part of the stale.
bounded on three sides with hills heavily tim-
bered with a valuable growth, on the east look-
ing river and opening into the valley through
which Hay Creek winds in graceful curves like
a thread of silver in a warp of verdant tapestry.
The business planted here has been watched
with care, developed with energy, condi:
with skill and has grown great with steady and
symmetrical p low the mo>-
tensive in this sc -try. and the
mills at which it is carried on are thi and
i < [uipped in the northern pan of ; '
Mr. I Varson ha- ed in the -lock
business extensively, running a lar-c number
attle and CS, and has in\e
luavih in ranch and timber land, ouning at this
writing <|C>MJI about 5,000 acres, lie has city
;che. S. 1 ).. and valuable
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PROGRESSIVE Ml. \ OF WYOM1 C
holdings elsewhere. 1 1 is career affords a fine
illustration of \vhal is ]><»Ml>lr to energy, in-
telligence anil thrift in tins land of boundless
opportunity. ( >n A|iril 14, 18X4, at Spearfish,
S. I'.. Mr. 1 '(.'arson was married with Miss Au-
gusta Johnson, also a Swede. They have five
children, all living at home: Charles A.. Frank
i >.. Maggie E., Nelson and John. In politics
the head of the house is a Republican, but has
never sought office. He has, however, as a
business convenience and for the benefit of the
community consented to serve as postmaster
at Eothen since 1887, being probably the oldest
postmaster in the state. He has also been a
justice of the peace. His married life, which
began in 1884, ended with the death of his wife
on December 10, 1898. She w:as buried in the
family cemetery on the home -ranch.
O. A. PATZOLD.
This enterprising young business man who
occupies the responsible position of general
agent of the Glenrock Coal Co., and is one of
the representative young men who are rapidly
forging to the front of the commercial and in-
dustrial activities of Wyoming, was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 2, 1870, the son of
Joseph and Sophia Patzold, natives of Ger-
many, the father having been born in the north-
ern part of that country and the mother in
\Yurtemberg. Joseph Patzold, in company
with an older brother, sailed from Germany to
Galveston, Tex., in the early forties of the
nineteenth century, finally finding permanent
residence in the then distinctively German city
of Cincinnati, Ohio. Joseph Patzold was a
skilled artisan in cabinet making, following that
trade all of his active life, becoming a stock-hold-
er in and for many years being the manager
of the Cabinet Makers' Union, which did an
extensive manufacturing business, and in which
he was employed at the time of his death in
1876. G. A. Patzold was the youngest of nine
children, and supplemented the rudimental edu-
cation of the public schools by attendance and
graduation at the Cincinnati high school and
a thorough course at an excellent commercial
college, I hereafter becoming associated as a
bookkeeper for three years with the Campbell
Creek Coal Co., then removing to. Denver, he
entered the employ of the llalleck & Howard
Lumber Co., continuing there for seven years
as accountant, after that being retained for
several years by the receiver of the United Coal
Co. In 1898 he came to Glenrock, Wyo., at the
request of the Glenrock Coal Co., to become
their general agent, in which position he has
continued with great acceptability until the
present writing. < >n June 27, 1893, the very
felicitous marriage of Mr. Patzold and Miss
Ida Burns of Denver was consummated. She
is the daughter of the Hon. D. V. Burns, judge
of the District Court of the Denver district of
Colorado. Mr. Patzold is also the junior mem-
ber of the nourishing Slaughter-Patzold Sheep
Co.. which is conducting stock operations of
scope and importance, owing 640 acres of land
on the Platte River below Glenrock and 960
acres on Box Elder and Willow Creeks, and
also controlling 3.000 acres of leased land, on
which they are running about 10,000 sheep, con-
ducting an enterprise of great cumulative im-
portance. In everything connected with the ad-
vancement of the community Mr. Patzold is
never found a laggard, his energy and ability
being forceful factors in the progress of all pub-
lic matters of a local nature, while in politics
he renders a faithful allegiance to the Republi-
can party. It has been written of him, "Mr.
Patzold is a young man of energy and ability,
is highly respected, very progressive and pros-
perous, enjoys a marked popularity and bids
fair to be one of Wyoming's representative
men, with much usefulness before him."
EMMET PERDUE, M. D.
The state of Wyoming has many men of
promise and progressive spirit both in business
and professional life who are fast making her
great natural resources known to the world, and
prominent among the younger men of this class
in the countv of Carbon is Dr. Emmet Perdue
PROGRESSIVE MEN ()!• U'YOMIXC.
of Encampment. A native of Orrick, Kay
county. Missouri, he was born on August 3,
[873, the son of TT. C. and Mary E. (Ballard)
I \n hie, both natives of Virginia. His paternal
grandfather was also a native of the < >ld Domin-
ion and his wife, whose maiden naiiir was Vir-
ginia E. Hell, was a cousin of Henry Clay and
also related to the distinguished Langhorn fam-
ily of Virginia. The grandfather moved from
his native Mate in 1859 to Missouri, and resided
there up to the time of his death. He sold his •
large Virginian plantation and turned over the
entire proceeds to discharge an obligation he
had incurred by indorsing for a friend during
his younger days and left little property at his
death. The father of Doctor Perdue remained
loyal to the South during the Civil War and
joined the Army of the Confederacy, being a
member of Price's army and serving in Missouri.
He was seriouslv wounded in the battle of Wil-
son's Creek, and was long incapacitated from
service although he completely recovered from
the injury and since the war has been continuous-
ly engaged in the drug business at < >rrick. Mo.
l-'or t\\o terms he served the people of Ray coun-
t* as sheriff, making a faithful, efficient and cour-
agCOUS ofli.vr and discharging his important du-
ties with entire satisfaction to the people of the
county, earning an enviable reputation through-
out the state and being one of the leading eiti/ens
of that section. Doctor Perdue received his ele-
mentary education at Richmond, Mo., and after
he was graduated from the high school he became
associated with his father in the drug business
for .1 short time. I laving an ambition to become
a physician, he matriculated :d the Marion-Sims
Medical ('"liege at St. l.onis, and pursued a
thorough scientific and technical course of study
at that institution, being graduated with the
of ')''. and taking a high Standing in his
professional studies, and out of a el ass of seventy-
six members, he \\as one of the six upon whom
honors were conferred. \fter his graduation he
entered upon the practice of his profession in
lackson count}' in his native stati . I le remained
here for aboni three years and met u ilh success,
then returned t<> < irrick. where he continued in
practice for about one year, and then removed
to W\oming. selecting Encampment as his place
of residence, and entering at once upon the prac-
tice of his chosen profession in which he has met
\\iili distinguished success and has the confidence
of the entire community. His business has rapidly
increased, and he has a large and lucrative prac-
tice, being examining plusician for the Mutual
Life Insurance Co., of Xew York, the New
York Life Insurance Co., the Mutual Reserve
I-'und Life Insurance Co., of New York. The
Provident Insurance Co., The Hankers' Life
Insurance Co., of Des Moincs, Iowa, the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
and others. He is also physician and surgeon
for the Mine and Smelter Supply Co.. of I )en-
ver during the construction of the great tramway
now building near Encampment, is the surgeon
for the Carbon Timber Co. and owner of the
Good Shepherd Hospital at Encampment, also
health officer for the southern portion of Carbon
county. He is progress]-, ,• and well-read, keeping-
fully in touch with all modern methods of treat-
ing disease, and is fast coming to he recognized
as one of tlie leading professional men of the
Male. ( )n September j. [896, I >octor IVnlne was
united in marriage with Miss Ida May Tanner,
a native of Ray county. Mo., and the daughter of
Samuel Tanner, for many years one of the
largest fanners of Ray county. To their unoin
have been horn ihree winsome children, namely.
Helen, Theresa and Elwin Clay, (deceased).
Their home life is a notably happy one and the
family is held in high esteem. Doctor 1'enlnc is
affiliated in fraternal relations with the Modern
\\ linen of America and the Ro\al Neighbors.
He is the medical examiner for both lodge-
takes a deep interest in the fraternal life of the
city. The Doctor is also largeK interested in
mining property in the vicinity of Encampniciil,
which give promise of a fortune in the near fu-
ture, and is also one of the originators and large
stockholders in the irrigating compaiu which is
no\\ constructing a large canal near that city
which will irrigate over |.O,OOO acres of land
and be of Vasl benefit to this section of the
PROGRESSIVE MEX OP WYOMING.
ELMER E. PETERS.
One of the most successful business men of
Sweetwater county. Wyoming', is E. E. Peters
of Green River, who was born in Arcadia,
Ohio, on April 4, 1861, a son of Jacob and Jane
(Taylor) Peters. The father was born in that
part of Virginia now known as West Virginia,
where his boyhood days were passed, and on
reaching his majority he was taken into a part-
nership association with his father, David
Peters, at Arcadia, Ohio, where he followed a
mercantile business five or six years, when
Jacob Peters took charge, the father's death oc-
curring about this time, and for eighteen years
he successfully conducted the business, when he
retired and lived in Arcadia until called from
earth in 1872, at the age of forty-two years.
Mr. Peters, a Republican in politics, was post-
master of Arcadia for ten years and for a long
time a justice of the peace. He was a Mason
and an Odd Fellow, a member of the Methodist
church, a prominent and successful business
man, generous to a marked degree, charitable
to the poor and especially noted for his kind-
ness in family matters, being a devoted hus-
band and affectionate father. Mrs. Jane (Tay-
lor) Peters, a native of Ohio, was called from
earth when her son, E. E. Peters, was but six
years of age, being the mother of eight children,
four of whom are living. E. E. Peters from
the early age of eleven years labored on a
farm until he was eighteen, when he entered
the employ of the Nickel Plate Railroad for two
years, then changing to the Michigan & Ohio
Railroad for one year. He next worked in Ohio
one year at logging and then was a mechanic
in the Union Pacific Railroad shops at Omaha,
Xeb.. for three years. In 1887 he came to
Green River, Wryo., and held a position in the
Union Pacific shops for two years. Becoming
tired of mechanical labor he opened a restau-
rant, and, being a genial, good-natured gentle-
man, made a financial success of the enterprise,
which he conducted for six years, then sold out
and went into the lumber trade, in which he
was equally prosperous, later adding to this
trade the handling of hay, grain and coal, sup-
plemented by contracting. In politics Mr.
Peters is a Republican, and so popular is he
with the people that he has been elected to the
city council of Green River for eight consecu-
tive- years. In his society relations Mr. Peters
is a Freemason and is a member of the lodge
at Green River. Mr. Peters was happily mar-
ried in 1893 in Green River, with Miss Sarah
Hutton, a native of Ireland and a. daughter of
Andrew and Agnes (Purdy) Hutton. To this
union have been born two children. Ernest and
Edith. Socially the family is held in the high-
est esteem.
GEORGE W. PINGREE.
One of the oldest and most respected citizens
of Laramie, Wyoming, is George W. Pingree,
a native of Maine, son of Samuel and Phoebe
(Briggs) Pingree, both natives of Scotland. He
was born in 1827 at the town of Orono, Maine,
to which state his father emigrated from Scot-
land in early life, and during his early man-
hood there acquired distinction as a Presbyte-
rian clergyman. Wrhen George had attained
to the age of eleven years a spirit of adventure
led him to go to sea, and he was a sea-faring
man about seven years. He then engaged in
lumbering in his native state, continuing that
occupation until 1856, when he started from
his native state to Missouri and Minnesota.
In 1858 he came to Colorado, attracted thither
by reports of the discoveries of gold in that
section. Colorado was then on the extreme
western frontier and the journey was attended
by many dangers and hardships. Arriving in
Colorado he engaged in mining and ran«hing
with varying success for a number of years. In
TSur he enlisted in Co. B, First Colorado Regi-
ment, for service in the Civil War, and for a
time he was employed as a scout and courier
during the troubles with the Indians, and at the
Sand Creek massacre, where he was severely
wounded by an arrow. He was in many other
engagements with the Indians and was mus-
tered out of the service at Fort Leavenworth
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in iS(>5. He then engaged again in ranching
and mining in Colorado for a. number of years
and in 1889 came tu Wyoming, where he pur-
chased a ranch about thirty miles west of
Laramic and at once entered upon the business
of raising cattle and horses. He has been con-
tinuously and prosperously engaged in t he-
same occupation at the same place since that
time. In 1892 Air. Pingree was united in wed-
lock with Mrs. Elizabeth (Steward) Adams, a
native of Ireland, and the daughter of John and
Rebecca Steward. Her mother passed away
from earth in Ireland in 1851, at the age of
fifty-one years and was buried in her native
country. Upon the death of his wife the father
emigrated from Ireland to America, where he
first settled in Illinois. Here he followed the
occupation of farming, in which he continued
until his death in [868 at the age of sixty-eight
years. During his residence in Ireland he had
been connected with official life, holding a po-
sition under the government. The former hus-
band of Mrs. 1'ingree was Xathan L. Adams, a
native of Illinois and a member of a family
which traced its ancestry back to the time of
the Revolutionary War. During the Civil War
Air. Adams enlisted in an Illinois regiment and
ed For live years as an orderly sergeant.
After the war he engaged in merchandising in
Illinois; subsequently disposing "f his interests
in that state he removed to Idaho, where he
remained for about cue year, then moved to
T.ing and settled on a ranch near Laramie
where he engaged in the stock busii
in which he continued up to the time of his
;' al death, which occurred on October 10,
iSiio, bring murdered by a highwayman in an
attempted robbery. He left four children,
George S., Stephen L., William S. and Ida M.
I hese ha\ e all been adi ipted b) Mr. 1'ingree
now members of his family. Frater-
nally Mr. i'ingree is a member of the ( iraiul
Army of the Republic and is enthusiastic in all
matters connected with the welfare of that
great organixation and politically he is identi-
fied with the Republican parly, active in the
work of that party.
GEORGE N. POLLOCK.
One of the younger progressive ranch and
stockmen of Orin, Converse county, Wyoming,
is the subject of this review, who is a native of
Texas, born in Limestone county, on September
i 'i. 1800, the son of Edward and Martha
i Rogers ) Pollock, both natives of Mississippi,
but coming to Texas in early life, where the
lather followed the combined occupations of mer-
chant and stockraiser until his death occurred in
i860. The mother now makes her home near
the city of Abilene, Tex. George X. Pollock
came to man's estate in Limestone county, Tex.,
and received his early schooling in the public in-
stitutions of learning in the vicinity of his boy-
hood's home. After completing his education he
remained at home assisting in the management
of the paternal estate until he had arrived at the
age of twenty-one years. He then determined
to seek his fortune in the country lying farther
to the north, and in June. 1881, he came to the
then territory of Wyoming, where in the neigh-
borhood of Hartville he secured employment in
a store for a short time, and afterwards went to
work as a range rider for the purpose of acquir-
ing a practical knowledge of the cattle business,
in which he intended to engage, continuing in
this employment until 18X7, when he took up his
present ranch on the Platte River, situated about
mil one-half miles southeast of Orin Junc-
tion. Here he made a beginning in the cattle
ness and lias since Readily added to his
holding i if luitli land- and cattle, being now the
owner of a tine ranch of about 400 acres, well
fenced and improved, and with a modern
duice and other impro\ < ments necessar} in con-
veniently carrying on his business. He is en-
ed in the successful handling of both cattle
and horses, and by energy, industry, hard
and perseverance is rapidlj building himself up
as. .1 -nh.stanlial business man. being one of the
self-made men of \\ \ Mining, whose success is dur
entirely to their own effort* and \\lio have done
so much to settle the state and develop its in
trees. Mr. pollock i- a -lanch adherent of
the Democrat party, a loyal and < 'ham-
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pion of its principles and policies, although never
seeking or desiring to hold political office.
Energetic in business, ever progressive in his
methods and always loyal to every true interest
of his county and state, he is held in universal
esteem.
JOHN PURDY.
Devoting his time and energies to the ancient
and honorable vocation of husbandry and en-
joying prestige as an enterprising citizen and
public spirited man of affairs, an enumeration
of the representative men of Laramie county
would be incomplete were there failure to men-
tion the name of John Purely, who was born on
May 31, 1860, in the town of Newburgh, Or-
ange county. New York, the son of John and
Loretta (Rhodes) Purely, a wheelwright and
wagonmaker by trade, who passed all of his
life in Orange county and finished his earthly
career there in 1863; his wife died in 1884 and
with her husband sleeps in the quiet shades of
the old cemetery at Xewburgh. John Purely
was reared in his native county until the age
of sixteen and received a practical knowledge
of the fundamental branches of study in the
Xewburgh public schools. By reason of his
father's death he was thrown upon his own re-
sources at an age when a lad most needs a
father's wise admonition and faithful guidance.
In his sixteenth year he went to Kansas and
for four years worked at farm labor in the
southern part of that state, meanwhile formulat-
ing plans to proceed further west. In July,
1 88 1, Mr. Purely left the Sunflower state and
came to Fort Laramie, Wyo., near which place
he found employment on a ranch. After
working for some time in that capacity he
turned his attention to other kinds of labor and
for five years was variously employed, husband-
ing his earnings meanwhile with the intention
of early engaging in business for himself. In
1886 he took up his present ranch, located three
and one-half miles east of Fort Laramie, and
began farming operations, giving especial at-
tention to the raising of hav, from the sale of
which he soon reali/ed a very liberal income,
lie has contiinird agricultural pursuits to tin-
present time, meeting with a large measure of
success, for there is always a much greater de-
mand for his products than he can supply. His
place, embracing 320 acres of land, is well sit-
uated for agricultural purposes, particularly for
the raising of hay, as the natural grasses are
luxuriant and contain great nutritious proper-
ties. He cultivates the soil according to the
most improved modern methods, keeps a fine-
duality of stock and is favorably situated to
enjoy the free, independent life he is now lead-
ing. Beginning life as a poor boy, without help
from any one, Mr. Purely has toiled onward
and upward, enduring hardships and overcom-
ing difficulties until to-day he is numbered
among the substantial and well-to-do men of
the county. He has not been a passive specta-
tor of current local events, but an active par-
ticipant in directing and controlling them.
Ever since settling in Laramie he has been a
potent factor in public and political affairs as
one of the leading Republican politicians of his
community and making his influence felt
throughout the county. He is a leading party-
worker, attends the conventions and takes an
active part in their deliberations. In 1892 he
was elected a justice of the peace and dis-
charged the duties of that office in such a man-
ner as to bring much important litigation to his
court. Possessing an excellent judgment, an
intelligent knowledge of the law and a compre-
hensive conception of the principles of equity
and the ethics of business life, few if any of his
decisions have suffered reversal at the hands of
higher tribunals. Mr. Purely has never taken
upon himself the responsibilities of family ties,
being unmarried, but he is popular with the
people and his admirable social qualities cause
his society to be much sought. Of a genial
nature he makes and retains friends and upon
no one are confidences more honorably be-
stowed than upon him. Enterprising and pro-
gressive, a good farmer, neighbor and citizen,
he is eminently worthy the esteem in which he
\3, held.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
GE< )RGE POWELL.
i onimanding universal respect and esteem,
there is no man in Converse county, Wyoming,
win) occupies a more enviable position in the
industrial and social circles than George Pow-
ell, not alone on account of the exceptional suc-
cess lie has achieved, hut from the honorable,
straightforward business policy he has ever fol-
lowed, lie possesses untiring- energy, is quick
of perception, forms plans quickly and is de-
termined and prompt in their execution so
that has marked success in industrial proposi-
tions of scope and importance may be consid-
ered as a natural result : but beyond these are
the integrity of character and fidelity of pur-
pose which have gained to him the respect of
the many people he has met in the long years
of his residence in the West and in Wyoming,
of which state he may be justly designated as a
pioneer. Mr. Powell is a native of Fairfield,
leffcrson county. Iowa, born on Washington's
birthday in 1847, the son of Enos and Catherine
(llarperi Powell, the father being a native of
Kentucky and the mother of Indiana. The
father came to Indiana from Kentucky when a
young man, there met and married the estima-
able lady who for so many years was his faithful
helpmeet eventually thereafter removing to Iowa,
being numbered among the early pioneers of
the Mali- and there by their united labors the)
developed a fine farm on which they resided
until their deaths. George Powell was their
third child and he remained on the Iowa home-
stead until 1805, receiving tin educational ad-
vantages oi the primitive district schools, then
taking the long trail across the plains to Den-
ver, Colo., very soon after his arrival being en-
gaged in freighting, which he followed for two
ears, then for two more years being employed
in logging operations in the mountains sixty-
five miles west of Denver, thereafter coming
In Wyoming, where he was employed by the
government in its civilian service lor a year at
Fort Laramie. then for a few months he was
lumbering in the Klk Mountains, then taking
charge of a "bull" freighting out tit eight years,
having almost daily trouble with the Indians,
during one vear when the savages were pecu-
liarly troublesome having skirmishes and
changing shols with them at frequent intervals,
a number of both whites and Indians losing
their lives in these encounters. Mr. Powell
then engaged in freighting on his own account,
continuing to be thus occupied until 1877, hav-
ing varying success in his endeavors and la-
boring diligently and persistently. He located
on his present home ranch in 1877 and at on<
commenced to develop it, in 1879, however,
purchasing another freighting outfit for two
more years he again followed this arduous vo-
cation. From that time until the present writ-
ing his personal attention has been given to his
ranch and his 'stock interests. He has over
1,000 acres of deeded land under effective irri-
gation and well ditched, raises immense crops
of wheat, oats, alfalfa and other farm crops and
runs large bands of cattle and sheep. He has
comfortable buildings, barns, sheds, etc., and all
the accessories necessary to properly carry on
his extensive farming operations, being consid-
ered one of the progressive and representative
men of the county, and he has a host of friends.
On March 27. 1878. was celebrated the mar-
riage union of Mr. Powell and Miss Maggie
Scogille, a native of Iowa, they having met and
formed an acquaintanceship while she \\as vis
iting a married sister in Wyoming. Their chil-
dren are Maud, now Mrs. T. P. I litchinson. and
Gertrude. Mr. Powell lake- great interest in
public affairs, and is an earnest supporter and
active adherent of the Republican political
party and is a genial gentleman, who exhibit -
in his home the best character of pioneer hos-
pitality.
Jl i|l\ PRATLE^
The able county treasurer of I'arliou count).
Wyoming, was born in Richmond. Ind.. mi
March o. 1850. and is now just in the prime of
life. Mis father, Thomas Pratlev. was a native
of P.m. Ion. Fngland. and came to the 1'niled
Slates when a vouiig man and lirsl located in
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Philadelphia, but removed to Kansas in 1870,
and here he passed tin: remainder of his life,
dying in 1873, his remains being interred at
McLouth, Jefferson county. The mother of
John Pratley vras born in Philadelphia, Pa., and
bore the maiden name of Delia Smith, she was
it a red and married in her native city, and is now
living in McLouth countv at the age of sixty-
three years. John Pratlev was but a lad when his
parents removed to the West. The limited educa-
tional advantages of Jefferson county, Kan.,
a new country, was his only means of acquiring
learning. When about twenty years of age he
undertook the management of his own affairs,
and came as far west as Colorado and Wyoming.
He was employed chiefly as clerk for various
business firms, until 1900 and being a good math-
ematician and an accountant of superior merit,
as well as a stalwart Republican, he attracted the
attention of his party who elected him county
treasurer of Carbon county, and this is a choice
no one has ever had cause to regret. Mr. Pratley
united in marriage about 1887 with Miss Cora
R. Batsell, a native of Kansas and a daughter of
Dr. J. C. Batsell, an eminent physician of
Effingham, Kan., but notwithstanding this lady's
congenial disposition and happy married felicity,
she has as yet borne to her husband no children.
The energy, ability and practical knowledge of
affairs that Mr. Pratley has exhibited since he
has resided in Wyoming are a guarantee that the
time is not very far distant when his influence
\\ill be felt for good throughout not only the im-
mediate community in which he has his being but
in remoter parts of the county and state, and the
general public will appreciate even more forcibly
than at present the value of his services.
DANIEL B. RATHBUN.
Although a native of the state of New York
Daniel B. Rathbun has been engaged in stock-
raising in Wyoming since 1873, and it may well
be supposed that he is acquainted with the de-
tails of the business, which, however has been
in charge of his sons since 1891. as in that year
the father retired to Evanston which is still his
home. Daniel B. Rathbun was born in Cincin-
natus, Cortland county, N. Y. on October 17,
1839, a son of Green and Sarah (Lyon) Rath-
bun, the former of whom was of English de-
scent and a gallant soldier in the American army
of 1812, having enlisted in his native state of
Connecticut. Mrs. Sarah (Lyon) Rathbun, a
daughter of Ira Lyon, was born in Massachu-
setts and had a maternal uncle who held a com-
mission in the American army and was killed in
the War of 1812 at Little York, Can. Green
Rathbun passed his life as a farmer in the state
of New York, where his death occurred when he
was sixty-three years of age, his remains being
interred at Cincinnatus and the death of his
widow occurred when she was about seventy
years old, her remains being laid to rest beside
those of her husband. Both these parents were
lifelong members of the Methodist Episcopal
church and passed their earthly life in full ac-
cordance with its teachings. They had nine
children of whom Daniel B. was next to the
youngest and of whom four survive. Daniel B.
Rathbun was primarily educated in the district
schools of Cincinnatus, N. Y. This was supple-
mented by further instruction at the Cincin-
natus Academy, in which he was fully prepared
for the active duties of life as far as could
be done from the study of books. In 1859 Daniel
B. Rathbun came west and engaged in mining in
Kldnrado county, Calif., until 1863, when he went
to Virginia City, Nev., where he resided about
one year and then removed to Lander count)-.
Nev., and there continued at mining and also
conducted a rancii for four years, then returning
to California, where he was employed in various
occupations for another period of four years,
after he passed a year and a half engaged in no
particular occupation. In 1873 he came to LTinta
county, \YYO.. and took up a ranch of about 400
acres of government land on Fontenelle Creek,
where he was engaged in the prevailing occu-
pation of stockraising until 1891, when he re-
tired to Evanston, leaving the ranch to the charge
of his sons, who have proved to be worthy suc-
cessors of their capable father and devote their
time chiefly to the raising of sheep, cattle being
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a secondary consideration. Mr. Rathbun has a
modern dwelling on Lombard street, Kvanstou.
where i.s displayed a Denial hospitality. He takes
an active interest in promoting the growth of the
town and is serving his second term as chairman
of the hoard of eounU commissioners, having
been elected as a member of the board in the fall
of 1903 for a term of four years. Mr. Rathbun
was joined in marriage at Salt Lake City, Ctah,
in October. 1874. with Miss llattic C. Fuller, a
daughter of Jeduthan Fuller, a native of ( )hio.
and to this union have been born six children:
I >aniel E., now engaged in mining in Alaska;
llattie C., wife of Fred \\Vrtc1, deputy county
tiiasurcr of Uinta county, Wyo. ; Mark E. ;
Henry F. ; George L. ; Donald I1.. Mrs. Rath-
bun was born in Stephenson county. 111., and
died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 16,
1892, but her remains were interred at Evans-
ton, Wyo. She was graduated from the
Mount Carroll, 111. Ladies Seminary, and before
her marriage was a popular and successful
teacher at Green River, Wyo.. being an estim-
able lady, a loving wife and mother and a de-
vout member of the Presbyterian church.
CHARLES RICK.
Descending from thrifty, sturdy and enter-
prising German anccsm . domiciled, however, in
America for several generations, whose sterling
qualities have come down to him in no un-
stinted measure, Mr. Charles Rice is now one
of i he independent ami pi perous ranchm •>:
nverse county, W\oming, where his finely
located and well sheltered ranch of ( «>o acres
i- situated on I'.cawr Creek, twenty miles
southwesl of Douglas and in close proximity
to tbi- i"' al Beaver, having a fine resi-
dence, a mode] of heaiiu and good taste, with
a complex equipment and every consideration
for the comfort of its inmates, bis is surely a 1m
to be envied, lie was born in the heart of the
Western R of ( )hio. in Tnnnbull county,
on \pril j-. 1X55, a son of Lorenzo I1- and
Sarah (Wilson) Rice, \\lio. I, on in ( 'onnectieut.
formed a portion of that Connecticut colony
that peopled the beautiful northeastern -<
oi ( >hio and gave a distinctively Xew i
color to its eivili/atioti. The ]iaternal grand-
father \\a> one of the earliesl of these immi-
grants, bringing his family thither and carving
out a pleasant home from the virgin foi
e. •.itinuing to be a farmer thereon until his
death. Lorenzo I'. Rice removed to Mitchell
county, Iowa, in iS;S. a pioneer settler, and he
followed the example i her in reclaiming
an estate from the fertile virgin soil in thai
• which he made his home, rearing a
large family and attaining the venerable age of
eighty- four years, living on September 6, 1900.
Charles Rice remained on the parental honie-
until he arrived at his majority, then dis-
played the pioneer proclivities of his race by
taking a westward course to Plymouth county.
Iowa, two years later, in 1879, coming to
Wyoming, where his initial emplo\*menl was
that of a carpenter in the government service
at Fort Fetterman. In iSSi he located his pres-
ent ranch and has since given his energii
the raising of cattle of a superior quality, con-
ducting a prosperous business of rapidly in-
creasing proportions, making Hereford cattle
his favorite breed and running a and
a valuable herd. The businesslike methods he
is pursuing and the care and careful atte-
he is displaying in his labors can have no o
result than a continual success lie is consid-
ered i >ue of the representative stockmen of a
region noted for the strong character of its
.stock" operators, and has an extensive and val-
uable acquaie; H > vith the leading men ot the
county, and is sui ' because he deserves
success. In political relations he is in active
Ci rd with the Republican party, but does nol
use his efforts for personal advantage or offi
cial place and is a valued member of the fra-
ternal order of the Woodmen of the \\
Fehruarx 27, (879, was celebrated the mar-
riage of Mr. Rice and Miss Almina Ilouard.
the daughter of James and Anna i Young i II
ard. a native ol Wisconsin, but reared in Iowa,
where her father was engaged in farming for
main years. Their children are Anna, now
PROGRESSIVE M1L\ (>]• WYOMING.
the wife Hi' I!. !•'. Sanfiird. who is ranching on
Heaver Creek almve Air. Rice; .Myrtle, ((live
and Mabel.
JAMES B. RICHARDSON.
A pioneer in three states. James 1',. Richard-
son has dwelt on the frontier all of his life, be-
ing in the very van of civilization and always
fast on the heels of the flying buffalo. His ex-
perience has taught him that no conditions of
\\ildness or barbarism can withstand the spirit
of American conquest, and also that our mother
earth is generous to her children in this favored
land, yielding readily to the persuasive hand of
the husbandman, spreading his table with
plenty and his pathway with flowers, for he has
seen the wilderness redeemed to culture and
made fragrant with the bloom of civilization
wherever he has halted in his progress through
the great West. He was born on January 8,
1851, in Johnson county. Indiana, the son of
Edward and Mary (Moorehead) Richardson,
natives of Virginia, who came to Indiana soon
after their marriage and. after some years of
experimental farming in that then new country,
removed in 1856 to Iowa, from there a year
later to Harrison county, Mo., where they took
up government land and were engaged in farm-
ing for nearly a quarter of a century. Their an-
cestors came to the New World among the Cav-
aliers in the wake of the gallant Raleigh and in
the history of the Old Dominion bravely bore
an honorable part in peace and war. The Mis-
souri home of the family was one of the finest
and best improved in its part of the state and
rewarded the skillful labor put upon it with
abundant returns. Still, a spirit of discovery
and adventure was in the blood, and in 1880
the "old folks" sold out in that state and
joined their children in Harlan county, Neb.,
where they had homesteaded and were farming
successfully, but in the case of the father "the
plow was nearing the end of the furrow," and
within a year after his arrival in his new home
he passed away and was buried in its soil, on
which the mother now makes her home with
her daughter, fames B. Richardson grew to
manhood and was educated in Harrison county,
MD., remaining at home until he was twenty-
one years old. In 1872 he removed to Harlan
county, \eb., and began farming among the
first settlers there. The county is now well de-
veloped and rather thickly populated, but when
he "stuck his stake" there it was a wild, un-
cultivated region, in which the buffalo roamed
at will and Indians contested the right of the
white man to dwell. Mr. Richardson became
a skillful hunter as well as a farmer, chased the
buffalo all over the county. and had many inter-
esting and thrilling experiences with both
wild beasts and savage men. More than ten
years were passed in this section and in the
spring of 1883 he and his brother George came
to northern Wyoming and located on the ranch
which he now occupies in Crook county, nine
miles north of Sundance, which section was
also at that time a new country with but few
settlers. With characteristic energy he at once
began to improve his place and build up an in-
dustry in cattleraising to which he has given
his strength to good purpose, his ranch being
in excellent condition and- well provided with
all the necessary appliances for its purposes,
and he is contemplating other improvements,
which will make it one of the most desirable
homes in his portion of the county. On No-
vember 3. 1878. he married with Miss Belle
Watson of Harlan county, Neb., where the mar-
riage was consummated. She is a native of
New York of Scotch ancestry, her parents,
James and Agnes (Morrison) Watson, coming
to America from their native Scotland soon
after their marriage, leaving the records and
traditions of old and useful families behind
them to build their domestic altar in a new
world of hope and promise. After a short stay
in New York City, they came west to Harlan
countv. Neb., and, settling on a homestead, be-
gan farming and continued in this occupation
until the death of the father in 1899, and his
widow still lives at the old home. Five chil-
dren have blessed the hearthstone of Mr. Rich-
ardson: John W.. who c1'^ on August 19,
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, aged seventeen years: Clco I1., Ina P...
\ era !•". and York B. He is a Republican in
politics, hut not an active partisan.
WILLIAM H. RALSTON.
This \vell-kno\vn cattleraiser and dealer is
proprietor of probably the best improved ranch
on the Laramie River within the bounds of Lar-
amie county, \\'yo. He was born on May 30,
iSt 2, in Ayr. Scotland, a son of Andrew W.
and Joanna Ralston, farming people of Ayrshire,
where the mother died in 1864, her remains be-
ing' interred in Maybole. The father came to the
United States in 1879 in the interests of the
London Insurance Co., and resided in New York
until death called him away in August 1901,
when his mortal part was buried in Brooklyn.
Mr. William H. Ralstnn was educated at Dol-
lar, Scotland.' where he lived until 1870. when he
\\ent to New Zealand and engaged in farming
until tSS}, then coming to Wyoming by way of
Smith America, the Atlantic ocean and New
York, and entering the employ of the Tesche-
macher & DeBillier Cattle Co., and first was
i charge of the ranches but later was ap-
pointed range-manager, having tinder his su-
pervision all of the stock interests, his service ex-
tending from the spring of 1884 until that of
i8tj_', when the firm closed out their interests in
this country and Mr. Ralston purchased their
• ranch, where he now lives at I'va. the
ranch lying along the Laramie River. He owns
about n,<x> acres and leases other tracts. Mr.
Ralsion was united ill marriage on November
21, iSt;_>, at Cheyenne with Miss Mary E.
Macfarlane. a nati\e of Montreal. Canada, and
a daughter of William S. and Mary E. ( Ferrier )
Macfarlane. who- ' tors early came from
Scotland to America and became ver\ promi-
i it ut in tin- Dominion of Canada ; the grandfather
i".1 ehairinaii of the board of directors of
the Crand Trunk Railway and president of the
•i real ami Lachine l\ail\va\ Co., and a life
Si n 1 1 or of ( 'anada. The mother of Mrs. Ralston
died in 1874, and the father in 18X5. The union
I r. and Mrs. kaNt.m ha-, been blessed with
i-liild, Marion.
ARTHUR R< (BINSON.
The hardy, energetic soii.s of the Emerald
Isle have been most important factors in the
building of the Cnited States and especial!
in the development of the states of the lv
Mountain region, where every branch of its pro-
gressive activity has been prominently advanced
by the brains and physical energy of Irishmen.
It is now our pleasant task to give a brief synop-
sis of the life incidents of Arthur Robinson.
was born in Belfast, Ireland, on January i . i
and after long years of useful activity is now
quietly living in Kemmerer, \Yyoming, sur-
rounded by a large number of devoted friends
and with children and grandchildren to do him
honor and reverence. His paternal grandfather
was also Arthur Robinson and the f-vther was
Benjamin Robinson. He was a skillful boiler-
maker and in that connection removed to Eng-
land, where he died in 1851) at the age of fifty-
five years. His widow Mary ( Arden i Robinson,
after the death of her husband came to Arkansas
and made her home with lur oldest daughter.
Mrs. Jane Ilarsden. passing a quiet and Useful
life until her death in 1882 at the age of seventy-
three years. Arthur Robinson had the educa-
tional advantagi s of the superior schools of Lan-
cashire. I'.ng.. but early began his long connec-
tion with the important industry of mining, com-
mencing to work in the coal mines when only
ekven years of age. Upon attaining his ma-
jority in 1 8f> i, he took the very important step
of crossing the Atlantic to avail himself of the
wonderful opportunities the United States of-
fered to honest toil and diligent endeavor, en^.ig-
;l once upon his arrival in the coal mines of
Pennsylvania as a skilled miner, thereafter IK-MIL:
identified with this labor in Maryland. Indiana.
Illinois, Iowa, Colorado and Wyoming, coming
to this state in I SS I . lie has possessed the re-
quisite qualifications f, ,r success in life and has
acquired a valuable properU. taking an active
and a profitabh interest in mining and in the
development of the stale's great oil indiistrx. 1 h-
\\as married at Paris, III., on April 6, iN<
\li--s Amelia Sinder. a most estimable \\oman
and ' devoted member of the Methodist church.
/ Ri IVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
whose greatly lamented death occurred on July
12. 1890, at the age of thirty-eight years, her
remains nmv quietly reposing at Twin Creek,
\Yvo. She was a (laughter of Paden and Nancy
Snyder, natives of Ohio, and her children were
Anna, Emma, Elsie, Daisy, Benjamin, Mary and
Nancy.
WILLIAM ROGERS.
The present popular county treasurer of
Sweetwater county, William Rogers, was born
in South Wales in 1862, and is a son of Thomas
and Mary (Jones') Rogers, the former of whom
\\a- also born in Wales in 1839, was a miner
by calling and came to the United States with
a portion of his family in 1869, settled in Be-
vier, Macon county, Missouri, and there lost
his life by accident in 1878 while working in the
mines, he being then but thirty-nine years of
age. He was a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and was highly esteemed by
his brethren as well as by his fellow workmen,
and his loss was deeply deplored by them. Mrs.
Mary (Jones) Rogers was born, reared and
married in Wales, and is still living in Bevier,
Mo. William Rogers came to America in 1871
and located in Macon county. Mo., where he en-
gaged in mining and merchandising until 1890,
when he came to Rock Springs, Wyo., and
worked at mining until 1902, when he was ap-
pointed to fill a vacancy in the county treasur-
ership of Sweetwater county, and from that
time he has filled the office with ability and to
the acceptation of all. In politics he is a Re-
publican, and in his fraternal relations an Odd
Fellow. Mr. Rogers was united in matrimony
in 1887 in Bevier, Mo., with Miss Bella Pierce,
also a native of Wales and a daughter of Sam-
uel C. and Sarah (Wright) Pierce, and this
marriage has been blessed with three children,
Eva, Thomas and Sarah. For five years Mr.
Rogers was a member of the public school
board of trustees in Rock Springs, and during
the whole of this period was the clerk of the
board. He is a very quiet, frank 'and pleasant
gentleman, who finds friends wherever he may
happen to live. He possesses an immense
unounl of energy and has done his full share
in the development of \Vyoming, having com-
menced his labors in this respect when the pres-
ent state had but a territorial existence, and has
witnessed its development into one of the
strong and important members of the National
Union in the West. In this development he has
been an important factor, and it may be stated
that to such men as he is due the growth of the
nation. To his personal abilities alone is clue
his success in life, and it may be added that the
West was largely conducive to his success, in-
asmuch as his energy met here with keener ap-
preciation, for men of his caliber are less ob-
structed here in their business careers than in
the over-crowded regions of the East, but it
must also be said that a man of his intelligence
and accomplishments would reach prominence
in an}- country or place where Providence saw
fit to locate him. He is a valuable acquisition to
any community in which he lives.
ALEXANDER RUTHERFORD.
This successful stockman and representative
citizen of Laramie county, Wyoming, was born
in the county of Sangamon, 111., on January 7,
1834, his father, John Rutherford, being a na-
tive of A^ermont and his mother, whose maiden
name was Esther Constant, was born in Ken-
tucky, where her marriage took place. As
early as 1824 they moved to Sangamon county.
111., where the father carried on agricultural
pursuits until his death about ten years later;
Mrs. Rutherford departed this life in August,
1866, and in dreamless sleep rests by the side
of her husband in the old cemetery in Sanga-
mon county. Alexander Rutherford was but an
infant when his father died and his early training
fell to the lot of his mother, who spared no
pains in bringing him up in the way he should
go. He attended school winters until arriving
at young manhood's estate and from the time
he proved of practical service until his twen-
tieth year he remained with his mother and
looked carefullv after her interests. On Octo-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OJ; WY(
-•'). iS;_>. he was united in marriage at
infield. 111., with Miss Sarah A. Kent,
daughter of John and Marietta i. \l\vrs) Kent
of < ilii'i. and for three' years thereafter he cul-
tivated the Imme farm in Sangamon county,
then moving to Io\va wliere he followed agri-
culuire for three years and then returned to
Illinois ami again took charge of the old home-
stead. I'uo years later he ]>urchased a farm
near his mother's plan-, hut in an adjoining
comity, on which lie lived and prospered for six
years, then selling out and moving to Cham-
paign county where he continued cultivating
the -oil until 1879, when he disposed of his in-
terest in Illinois and moved to Costilla county,
, and engaged in cattleraising until 1886,
when he changed his location to Boulder, con-
tinuing at the latter place until iSoi, at which
time he sought a new field in Laramie county.
\Yyo.. taking up his present ranch on the
Platte River, two miles east of Fort Laramie.
The career of Mr. Rutherford appears to belie
the old adage that "a rolling stone gathers no
." for most of his changes have been de-
cidedly for the better. He now owns a finely-
situated ranch of over 800 acres, having an
abundance of water and herbage sufficient to
maintain much more stock than the place can
accommodate. His success since moving to
his present location has been most gratifying.
and he ranks with the leading, enterprising and
ressive stockmen of the district, also stand-
ing well as a citizen, enjoying in a pronounced
• legree the confidence and esteem of the pub-
lic. To see Mr. Rutherford at his best it is
neccssar\ to meet him in the quiet of the fam-
ily circle, for his domestic relations are almost
ideal and few are so fortunately situated. His
five surviving children have been provided with
the !• . ational and social advantages ob-
tainable. '|"h. ouiig ladies nf refinement
and culture, popular with the besl element of
'in! having a large number of friends
and acquaintance- in society circle- of Laramie
eir name- are Hester, Lydia. Jen
nie, \Yttic and Sarah. I ' < .Idest of
.amil v. and l-'.llen. the I' iiirlh in •
birth of the children, are dead. Xettie, the
next to the youngest daughter, is the ;
master of Fort Laramie, and has proven a most
efficient and popular official. being a talented
and accomplished \oung lady, well fitted by
natural endowment and educational discipline
for the position. Mrs. Rutherford has dis-
charged well her duties of wifehood and moth-
erhood, and by her pure life, sterling virtues
and exemplary character has won an abiding
place in the affections of the people.
THOMAS J. RUTLEDGE.
Among the men of sterling worth residing in
Laramie county. Wyoming, who have earned
success by their own effort- and raised them-
selves to positions of prominence must be num-
bered Thomas J. Rutlcdge. one of the represents
tive men of Pine Bluffs. He is a native of the
Province of Ontario, Can., and the -»n of John
\V. and Mary E. (Pullman) Rutledge, the
former a native of Ireland and the latter oi Eng-
land. The parents emigrated from Great
I'.ritain in childhood to Ontario and there at-
i ined maturity, the father early acquiring the
trade of harness making, which he folloued in
•rio until hi- decease in 1863. He is buried
in Mitchell, Canada, but the mother survives
and i- making her home with her children in
Wyoming. Thomas J. Rutledge was born on
September 17, 1857, attained man's estate in
i Mitario and received his earlv education in the
public schools of that province. The loss of
his father when the -on \ six year
made it imperative for him to early contribute
to the support of his mother and the family.
Pursuing the >tndy of telegraphy while still a
ion perfected himself in that art
and at the age of fifteen \car- wa- employed by
the Montreal Telegraph Co. as thi ipher
at Mitchell. Out., remaining in this employment
live years. In 1X711. believing that he could ad-
vance more rapidly in his chosen on in
the Cuiti than in Canada, he left Mit-
ch' 11. and a fter being •
in the eastern portions mum. he came «->
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PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
Nebraska in 1880. There he was employed by
the Union Pacific Railroail as a telegrapher at
McPherson, Xeb.. for a short time and then he
was transferred to Egbert. Wyo.. as the tele-
graphic operator and also the stati'm agent and
here he remained on duty until 1884, when he re-
signed his position for the sole purpose of engag-
ing in business for himself. Locating his
present ranch property, about three miles south-
\\est of Pine Bluffs, he entered with energy into
ranching and cattleraising in which occupations
he has since been continuously employed and he
has met with grand success, being the owner
of one of the very finest ranches in that sec-
tion of the state, being well fenced and im-
proved with modern buildings and with appli-
ances for carrying on a successful stockraising
business. He deals largely in both cattle and
horses, and is counted as one of the substantial
business men and most progressive citizens of the
county. On October 23, 1884. at Egbert, Wyo.,
Mr. Rutleclge was united in marriage with Miss
Minerva Thomas, a native of Ohio, a daughter
of Daniel and Margaret ( Guycr i Thomas, both
natives of Pennsylvania. To the union of Mr.
and Mrs. Rutleclge, six children have come to
bless their life, Frederick, Bessie, Frank, Thom-
as. Richard and John, all of whom are living.
The home of this worthy couple is noted for its
many comforts and evidences of refinement as
well as for the generous and gracious hospitality
there dispensed. Mr. Rutleclge is a stanch mem-
ber of the Republican party and for many years
has taken an active and prominent part in pub-
lic affairs. While never seeking office or posi-
tion for himself, he has ever been earnest and
enthusiastic in his support of the principles and
the candidates of his political party. Public spir-
ited and progressive, successful in business and
charitable to all, he is one of the most respected
citizens of his section of the state.
PHILIP W. SHAFER.
The son of one of the royal gamekeepers in
the forests of P>avaria. where he lived until he
was sixteen years old and having passed almost
all of his subsequent life in the wild West of
America, Philip W. Shafer of Boyd, Weston
county, one of the enterprising farmers who
have transferred Canyon .Springs Prairie from
an untrodden wilderness into a highly culti-
vated garden, has had ample opportunity for
communion with nature in her various moods
and manifestations and has well learned the
lessons she is ever ready to pour into the re-
ceptive mind. He is a. native of the Father-
land, born on December 18, 1865, the son of
John and Mary (Dunn) Shafer, also natives of
Germany, where their families had lived and
prospered for generations. His father is now
and has been for more than forty years a game-
keeper for the king of Bavaria, and Philip grew
to the age of sixteen, living amid the scenes of
his father's duties and attending school, being
early apprenticed to the trade of a railroad en-
gineer in accordance with an excellent German
custom, which entails some useful handicraft
on every son of the empire, but instead of work-
ing at his trade in his native land, in 1881 he
came to America, and after passing two years
in Xew York City, came west to Tower, Minn.,
soon going from there to the northern shore
of Lake Superior and doing contract work on
the construction of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road then building. He continued this occupa-
tion until the spring of 1885 and was then sent
to the western part of the Dominion as a gov-
ernment scout on account of the hostility of
the Indians. From 1886 to 1889 he was in
North Da'kota engaged in farming and raising
stock, while the next year was passed at Su-
perior, Minn., and the next in North Dakota
as an agent of the Champion Reaper Co. in
selling and placing machines. In 1891 he came
to Wyoming and after working for the Cam-
bria Mining Co., railroading and mining at
Deadwood for nearly three years in April, 1893,
he settled on his present i;anch, twenty-five
miles northeast of Newcastle, and for seven
years passed his summers in the improvement
of his ranch and his winters in mining in the
Black Hills. Since 1900, however, he has given
his entire time and attention to his farming
P/?O(;A'/:.V.SVC/- .u/r.v OF WYOMING.
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operations and lias made substantial progress
in developing and beautifx ing one of tlu- best
tracts of land on tin- lamous prairie of Canyon
Springs. Ilis success with farm products and
cattle has emboldened him to start a new en-
terprise, bo-raising, which he expects to carry
mi extensively and energetically. On January
21. 1^04. Mr. Shafter was married with Miss
I'.ertha \Y. Spencer, a native of Kansas and
daughter of George W. and Hattie (Allen)
Spencer, whose life story is told at some
length at another place in these pages. The
Shafers have had four children. ( )ra C., Hatlie
M., deceased. I'. Morlcy and Martha L. Fra-
ternally Mr. Shafer is connected with the
Knights of I'ythias and the Western Federation
of Miners, holding membership in Incite oi
ili - orders at Terry, S. D.. and in ]jolitics he
gives allegiance to the Repnhlican party, but is
in >t an active partisan.
WILLIAM L. SILL.
One of the foremost mining attorney of
Wxomiiig. and one who has done much to de
velop the mining resources of the mining dis-
trict adjacent to Encampment, is William L.
Sill, who was horn on May iS. iSjo, in Wis-
consin, the son of William and Elizabeth
(Stowe) Sill, the Former a native of the state of
\"e\\ York and the latter of Vermont The
father when a young man removed from \ew
VTork to Wisconsin jn the early fifties and es-
tablished his home in the city of Xeeiiah. where
he followed the occupation of millwright and
erected a number of mills in different portion-
ol \\iscoiisin. ol which he was a pioneer. I Te
is still living, retired from active business, and
enjoying the east' and comlori earned b\ him
during his Ion- and useful life in tin- stal oi
his adoption. The paternal grandfather. Fd -
ward Sill, was a native of ( 'oimect inn . \\lnlc
tin1 maternal grand lather. Absalom Stowe. was
a native of Vermont. William L. Sill grew to
- estate in his native slate and rcccued his
early education in its public schools. \fter
ci.tnpleting his cK meiitar\ studies, he pursued
a business course at Valparaiso, Ind.. and then
accepted a position in tin- office of a lumber
company at Merrill, Wis.. where he remained
for about three \ears. I hiring this time In-
saved his earnings to enable him to continue
his studies with a view to being admitted to the
bar. and at the end of three years with the
lumber company lie resigned his position and
entered the law school at Valparaiso. Ind..
where he pursued a thorough course of legal
study, and was admitted to the bar in iK<>4. He
then returned to Wisconsin, and engaged in
legal practice at Xeenah and also at Merrill,
ci .niimiing in practice here until iSo,S. when he
removed his residence to the state of Wyoming
and established his home at Encampment,
win-re he opened a law-office and has since been
successful!} engaged in legal p lu con
nection with the practice of law lie has been
engaged in mining, and is now largely inter-
ested in several t>ropcrtics which have every in-
dication of developing into handsome dividend-
paxing propositions. He organi/cd the Cascade
Copper Mining Co., one of the largest pmp-
i -'es in the district, which is alreadx operating
very successfully. The Continental >
Mining Co. and the Gibraltar Copper Mining
arc also corporations in which he is inter-
ested. He has made a specialty of mining law.
ard has met with great success in his profes-
sion, as \\ell as in the placing of mining prop-
erties, lie is looked upon as one of the rising
young men of his section of the state, destini
take a prominent part in its future business and
professional life. Fraternally lie is affiliated with
the Masonic iratcrnilx. Modern Woodmen ot
America, and the Ki|iiitahle Fraternal I
and takes an active interest in the fraternal
life of tin community in which he maintains
his home. lie has been largeh instrumental
in attracting the attention of capital to this dis-
trict of Wvoining. and has done much by his
enterprise and public spirit to develop ill.
sources of his count \. Al\va\s active in pro-
moting the public welfare, and in the :
of measures calculated to ad\ancc the int.-
of the eit\ of his residence, he has earned the
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iect of all \vho know him, and is held in
high esteem by all classes of his fellow citizens.
< »n September 16, 1902, occurred the marriage
of .Mr. Sill with Miss Louise Neel, of Chicago,
111., a native of Helena, Mont., and daughter of
Siimuel and Lavinia (Baker) Neel a more ex-
tended mention of whom will be found on an-
other page of this work.
JUDGE CHARLES W. BRAMEL.
One of the leading citizens of the state of
Wyoming and one who has done much in lay-
ing firm the foundations of that commonwealth,
Hon. Charles W. Bramel, the present judge of
the Second Judicial District of Wyoming, is
a native of the state of Virginia, having been
born there on August n, 1840. In 1844, his
father disposed of his property in the Old Do-
minion and removed his residence to Missouri,
where he established his home in the city of
St. Joseph. . There his son Charles W. grew to
manhood and received his early education in
the public schools of that place. At the age
of sixteen years, he entered the Bloomington
College of Missouri, and was graduated from
that institution of learning as a member of the
class of '58. After the completion of his college
course he returned to St. Joseph, and entered
the law-office of William C. Toole, one of the
eminent lawyers of the state and pursued the
study of the law under his competent direction.
After having been admitted to the bar, he prac-
ticed his chosen profession in Missouri for a
number of years with considerable success, and
in i8>'">7 he determined to seek his fortune in
the new country farther to the west, and re-
moved with his family to the then territory of
Colorado. L'pon his arrival he located in the
promising town of Georgetown, then one of the
important commercial centers of the western
country, and entered upon the practice of law.
In 1868 he was elected to the office of probate
judge of Clear Creek county and served one
term in that position. In the month of De-
cember, 1869, he changed his abode to Laramie,
Wyo., and continued in the practice of the law
at that place with success, in 1872 being nomi-
nal cd and elected as the prosecuting attorney
for Albany county, and at the end of his first
term he was renominated and reelected. At
the expiration of his second term he was nomi-
nated and elected as a member of the territorial
council of Wyoming, and served during the
sessions of 1874 and 1876. He was a faithful
and conscientious legislator and many meas-
ures, laws and enactments beneficial to the
people and calculated" to promote the welfare
of the future commonwealth owe their origin
to his patriotism and statesmanship. In 1877
and 1878 he was the secretary of the territorial
council, and by reason of his former service as
a member of that body, was a most valuable
and efficient officer. Subsequently he was
elected as a member of the city council of
Laramie and also to the position of city attor-
ney, while during the administration of Gov-
ernor Osborne he was appointed as judge ad-
vocate on the governor's staff, with the rank
of colonel. In 1895 ne was again elected prose-
cuting attorney of Albany county and still later
was elected district judge of the Second Judi-
cial District of Wyoming, which comprises the
counties of Albany, Natrona and Fremont. As
a judicial officer, his decisions have been char-
acterized by firmness and ability, dispensing
even and exact justice with a spirit of fairness
and broad charity that have given him a wide
reputation throughout the state. His course
upon the bench has won him the approval of the
bar and the favor of litigants, and has soundly
established his name in the permanent history
of the state as one of its representative jurists.
During his residence in Laramie he has at
various times been interested in daily and week-
lv newspapers published at Laramie and also at
the city of Cheyenne. His Laramie home is
the center of a gracious and generous hospital-
ity and he is held in high esteem by all classes
of his fellow citizens. Unwavering in the en-
forcement of the laws of the state, progressive
in his views on all public questions and -en-
terprising as a private citizen, he is one of
the foremost men of Wyoming, and his long
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/'A'M(,A'/..s.s7/7: MI1X ()/• UTOMIXG.
career has furnished a high example of civic
virtue, alike creditable to himself and In mumble
tu his state.
PATTEN A. SHEPARD.
Conspicious among the representative agricul-
turists of Laraniit- county and enjoying marked
prestige as a citizen is the \vell-knn\vn and popu-
lar gentleman, a review of whose life is presented
iv, the following paragraphs. Patten A. Shepard
in a native of Rails county, .Missouri, where his
birth occurred on February 9. 1869. His parents
William P>. and Nancy (Wilson) Shepard, were
natives of Indiana but moved to Missouri at
the close of the Civil War settling in Rails county
\\lirre they lived until their removal to the county
of Audrain about 1880. William B. Shepard
was a farmer and stockraiser and wherever he
lived earned the reputation of being a good man
and useful citizen. He followed agriculture in
Missouri until 1894 when he came to Laramie
count). \Yyu.. purchasing a farm about two miles
north of Wheatland where he lived until his re-
tirement from active life a few years ago. His
home is now in the town of Wheatland, where in
n -.1 and i|iiietude lie is enjoying the fruits of his
many years of activity. .Mrs. Shepard departed
this life in Missouri and was buried near her
former home. Patten A. Shepard was reared in
.Missouri on the home farm and enjo\ed the ad
vantages of a common school education, lie as-
sisted his father with the manifold duties ne< •
sarj io the successful prosecution of agricultural
labor and in 1894 accompanied the family to
\Yyoming since which time he has been bu-il\
engaged cultivating the farm on which they set-
tled. When his father retired from active life
he to, .k possession of the place which he now
owns. lie has brought it to a successful state
of cultivation, made main valuable improvements
and b\ industry and good management has hc-
one of the successful agriculturist^ ;md re
pr< .illative men of his coinitv . ( )n June I |.
i'io<> was solemnized tin- marriage ceremony
of Mr. Shepard and Miss llnlda Akerbladc . a
name ol Nebraska and a daughter of Isaac and
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Matilda (Anderson) Akerbladc. both parent*
having been born in Sweden. Mr. Akerblad'
\\ife came to the Tinted States in tSuij and for
some time thereafter lived in I '.r< >okl\ n, X. Y.
Later they moved to Polk countv. Neb., settling
at Osceola, where Mr. Akerblade worked at his
trade of tailoring. Some years ago he changed
his abode to Laramie county, Wyo., where he is
still living, bis wife dying at Whcatland, on De-
cember 29, 1897. Mr. and .Mrs. Shcpard have
one bright and winsome daughter. Vesta May.
Mr. Shepard is an earnest supporter of the Re-
publican part}-, but has no aspirations for official
honors or public distinction. Fraternally be is
identified with the Modern Woodmen of Amer-
ica, belonging t< i Wheatland Camp. No. 449.
The family is associated with the best society
circles of the community, and he is an up-to-
date farmer with the true western spirit of en-
terprise, and discharging the duties of citizenship
as becomes an intelligent and loyal American.
AN EN SIMM( >NS.
Among the early pioneers of Wyoming,
\\bose endeavors and sacrifices in behalf of
good government did so much in building up
the institutions of the state, and who have
passed away from the scenes of their activity,
no one left behind him a name held in higher
esteem than did Anen Simmons, the subject of
this review. Hi' was a type of the best citizen-
ship of foreign birth, for coming to this country
at the carl\ a^e of ten years, he brought with
him from his native country of Norway, the
habits of thrift. lo\alt\ to principle and fidelity
to established institutions which characterize
that hardy race, and \\hich enabled him to carv<
out for himself in this country of his adopt i..n
a career which should furnish a model for his
children and bis children's children for many
-i nerations. lie \\as born on September I.},
lS4S. and emigrated from \ur\\ay to this coun-
try with his parents in 1X58. the\ first settling in
Minnesota, near I hilutli. Here the fat bet
staged in farming for some time, and thii
moved to lo\\a. \\here he .settled upon a farm
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
near Cedar Rapids. The son Anen attended
the public schools of Minnesota and Iowa, and
received such early education as the limited op-
portunities of that time permitted. But the
most of his studying was done at his home,
where his habits of industry enabled him to ac-
quire a good practical education, and he was
noted in after life for the breadth and accuracy
of his information. In 1866, when but eighteen
years of age, filled with an ambition to make
his own way in the world, and to carve out for
himself a fortune in the new country of the
West, he left his Iowa home and came to the
frontier territory of Nebraska. After remain-
ing there a short time he continued his journey
into Wyoming, being the first man to arrive
at Camp Carlin, at the time the Union Pacific
Railroad was in construction through that coun-
try. Here he secured employment as a cook
for the army officers stationed at that camp, at
which employment he continued for some time,
and then removed to Cheyenne, Wyo., and in
1869 opened the Eagle Hotel in that city. This
was one of the first hotels of Cheyenne, and he
conducted it successfully and prosperously for
five years until his hotel building was destroyed
by fire in 1874. Not discouraged by his loss,
the following year he erected a larger and bet-
ter building on the same site, and continued to
conduct a popular hotel business. His hotel
was located on Seventeenth street and was one
of the leading hostelries of Cheyenne.' In 1886
he disposed of his hotel property at a handsome
figure, and purchased the fine ranch now owned
and conducted by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth
Lawrence Simmons, and their son, William A.
Simmons, on the Middle Crow Creek, about
twenty-one miles west of Cheyenne, and here
he continued to be engager! successfully in cat-
tleraising until his lamented death, which oc-
curred on June 19, 1899, and he was buried in
the city of Cheyenne, the capital of the state
which was the scene of the activities of his busy
and useful life. On September 13, 1871, at the
city of Cheyenne, Mr. Simmons was united in
marriage with Miss Elizabeth Lawrence, and the
daughter of John and Mary (Pierce) Lawrence,
both natives of England where she was born.
The father was a mechanic for long years in his
native country. He emigrated to America in
1857 and settled first at De Soto, Wis., as a
mechanic. In 1868 he removed his residence
to Nebraska and established himself in business
at Columbus. Here he remained until 1885,
when he went on a visit to his old home in Eng-
land and while there was taken with sudden ill-
ness and died, leaving considerable property at
his home in Columbus, Neb. The mother is
still living and makes her residence in Cheyenne.
Two children were born to bless the union of
Mr. and Mrs. Simmons, Alena, who died at the
age of eight years and is buried at Cheyenne,
and William A., who resides on the home ranch
and admirably carries on the business estab-
lished by his father. Anen Simmons was a
stanch adherent of the Republican party, ever
loyal to its principles and its candidates. Dur-
ing his residence in Cheyenne he took an active
and leading part in public affairs, and his sup-
port was eagerly sought by those ambitious to
be elected to public office. He never sought
or desired any political position for himself,
preferring to devote his time and ability to the
management of his private affairs. He was a
whole-souled, deserving and successful man,
whose judgment was seldom in error and whose
friendship was valued by all. He was true to
his friends, faithful to his obligations and un-
failing in his support of every measure calcu-
lated to benefit the community or promote the
public welfare. His industry and ability accu-
mulated a handsome fortune for the loved ones
whom he left behind. His widow, compelled
by delicate health to remove from Wyoming
after the death of her husband, now resides in
the beautiful city of San Jose, California, where
she has a pleasant home and is surrounded by
all the comforts that wealth and the devotion
of her children can supply, being a devout mem-
ber of the Presbyterian church and deeply in-
terested in its works of charity and religion.
The son. William A. Simmons, under whose
management the Wyoming business is now con-
ducted, and who resides at the old home at
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165
Hecla, is one of the prominent young business
men of the state and a worthy successor of his
father. Since the death of the latter the son
has had entire charge of the business, and has
carried it on along the lines mapped out by the
father with marked ability and success. He
has steadily added to the value of the property
and is destined to become one of the wealthy
men of Wyoming. On April 3, 1901, he
Vd with Miss Marie H. Laubli, a native of
Switzerland, the ceremony taking place in
Cheyenne. Their home is one noted for its
many comforts and evidences of refinement,
and they find pleasure in here dispensing a
generous and gracious hospitality. Mr. Sirr-
mons is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen
of America, and with the Woodmen of the
World, holding membership at Cheyenne. Po-
litically, like his father, he is a stanch member
of the Republican party and a loyal supporter
of its principles.
ALFRED SMITH.
While Wyoming is more generally known
by reason of its great mineral productions, un-
developed mines and natural resources, it also
- ,-' h'jji reputation for extensive ranches
devoted to the production of high grade cattle,
horses and sheep, an industry that has engaged
tin attention of capitalists from abroad and
the means of placing the thrifty settler in
the front rank of prosperity. Agriculture has
also come rapidly to the front as one of the
chief sources of wealth and in connection with
the stork business it has served as the founda-
tion of general prosperity and not infrequently
of fortune to those engaged in it. Among the
successful agriculturists and stockmen of
Larami.- county, who have won recognition and
added luster to the localities in which they re-
side. Alfred Smith of Hanks is a conspicuous
example. ITe comes of an old eastern family
and traces bis genealogy in this country to an
early period in the history of Xew Jersey. Ills
its, Peter and Mary (Daly'i Smith, both
native'- of that state. soon after their marriage
went to Xew York, and in 1832 to Champaign
county, Ohio, where the father engaged in farm-
ing and there and in Logan county he lived and
flourished until 1850, when he sold his inter-
ests and removed to Mahaska county, la.,
where he followed farming until his death on
June 26, 1891, his wife surviving him until 1895,
when she, too. was laid to rest in the cemetery
at Oskaloosa. Their son Alfred passed his
childhood and youth on the family homestead
in Iowa, where he was born on March i, 1853,
enjoying such educational privileges as the pub-
lic schools afforded and remaining at home
until nearly eighteen years old, assisting his
father with the varied labors on the farm. In
1871 he went to Marshalltown and found em-
ployment as a farm hand and continued work-
ing in that capacity until 1875, when after
spending the winter in Missouri, he returned
home and again assisted his father on the farm.
From the fall of 1876 until 1883 he resided in
Illinois, when he once more took up his abode
in his native county as a farmer. This business
he conducted there with success until some
years later he located in Scott's Bluff county.
Neb., where he took up land and devoted his at-
tention to farming until April, 1893, when he
came to Wyoming, there entering the employ
of the Swan Land & Cattle Co., as foreman of
Rock ranch on the Platte River and holding
this important position until December 3, 1901,
when he resigned and took up his residence on
an adjoining ranch which had come into his
possession in 1807. Previous to locating on
his own place he erected thereon a fine two-
story stone dwelling, fitted with modern con-
veniences, ii being the first and by far the
largest and most complete structure of the
.in i he Platte River, lie also built substai
barns and other outbuildings, and made other
essential improvements so as to properly equip
the place for properly carrying on farm-
ing and stockraising on an extensive scale. In
addition to his home place, which o
< if rich tillab! r.vent v-three r
i he i wns 39
I'.lnff county, Xeb. lie is deeply and earnestly in-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
terested in breeding ami rearing fine grades of
livL1 stock ami has large herds in excellent con-
i. He has spared no pains or expense in
beautifying and adding to the attractiveness of
his elegant home, and having one of the finest
landed estates in the county, he is well situated
to enjoy the fruits of his many years of labor
and success. In numerous ways Mr. Smith has
exhibited a public spirit and that desire for the
general good which marks him as a man of
broad and enlightened ideas, one that intuitively
sees the needs of the community and suggests
the means of providing for them speedily and
effectively. He has been a stimulating force
to his people and through his influence the ma-
terial interests of his section have been largely
enhanced and its social conditions correspond-
ingly benefited. He is widely known and highly
esteemed and his dealings with his fellowmen
have been characterized by the integrity and
sense of honor always to be found in the true
gentleman and the really enterprising and wise
man of affairs. He was married at Toulon, 111.,
on December 24, 1881, with Miss Mattie Mc-
Compsey. daughter of Charles and Mary C.
(Godfrey) McCompsey, natives of Illinois but
now residents of Scott's Bluff county, Neb. The
Smiths have an interesting family of five chil-
dren, Eunice, Benjamin F., Ada, Ettie and
Hazel.
JOSEPH R. SLAUGHTER.
Among the successful and industrious ranch-
men of his section of the state. Mr. Joseph R.
Slaughter is one of the most popular. For
over twenty years he has maintained his home
in Wyoming and is a true pioneer, for he has
been during all these years connected with stock-
growing, and knows full well all that life can
present in that field of endeavor, in which he has
attained prosperity and the good opinion of his
associates. He was born in Athens county,
Ohio, on February 5, 1860, the son of John and
Mary (Durant) Slaughter, the father being a
native of the same state and the mother of
Pennsvlvania. The familv came to Denver when
Joxrph was but a few months old, so that prac-
tically all his life has been passed in the West,
his father living within a short time after mak-
ing ( 'olnrado his home, after which the mother
with an older daughter and her young son made
her residence in Denver, there remaining and
being the mother of two sons by a second mar-
riage, and all of them retain their home in Col-
orado. The early youth of Mr. Slaughter was
passed in Boulder and Longmont, Colorado, and
in 1878, he went to the eastern , portion of the
state, where he remained until the fall of 1880,
and then came to Wyoming, in which state he
has since resided, and was employed on a ranch
situated northeast of Cheyenne for a year, then
coming to Converse county, he was in the em-
ploy of the H Company for nearly ten years as
a range rider, he being well fitted for and enjoy-
ing that strenuous life. Having by this time ac-
quired a thorough and practical knowledge of the
range and its possibilities in the way of stock-
raising, he engaged in business for himself, de-
voting his attention largely to the sheep industry,
but also having a bunch of cattle, taking up a
homestead on Deer Creek, where he continued to
make his headquarters until 1900, then selling
this property, he in association with O. A. Pat-
zold purchased 960 acres of land on Box Elder
and Willow creeks and they have since con-
ducted the sheep business there with success arid
a rapidly increasing prosperity, usually running
10,000 head. Mr. Slaughter thoroughly under-
stands his business and is in constant touch with
all the improvements of the day in relation to
Wyoming's great agricultural resources, being
a member of the executive committee of the
Glenrock Wool Growers' Association. In fra-
ternal relations he is a master mason and a
member of the Modern Woodmen of America,
ami the Woodmen of the World. His sympa-
thies are actively in favor of the Republican po-
litical party, was elected a member of the lower
house of the seventh state legislature from Con-
verse count}- in November, 1902. Being a
progressive man and a good citizen he
has many friends. Mr. Slaughter has been
twice married, first on June 21, 1886, to. Mrs.
/'A''M,A-/:'.y.s7/"/:" MEN Ol: WYOMING.
1 6-
Klla Slaymaker, a sister of Mrs. ('lias. Rice of
l.a 1'rele. (sL-c sketch). She died "ii February
ni, i8i;o, and on Jnlv 10, 1901, he married \\ith
Miss Emma Kimhall, a daughter of T?.. II. and
Kli/aheth M. I Smith I Kimhall. of whom ex-
tended mention is made on other pages nf this
book. Air. and Mrs. Slaughter maintain their
he mie in Glenrock.
[RVIN X. SMITH.
The prolific grain and hay region of Wyo-
ming, known as Canyon ('reek I'rairie. yields
abundant harvests to the toil and hopes of the
husbandman. Nature there is generously prov-
ident, asking only that her reasonable require-
ments in the way of care in planting and judg-
n eril in cultivation be met, and she responds
with the fullness of plenty t<> all proper efforts.
The needs of the Mvtioii in this respect are
\\ell supplied by the energetic, progressive and
d:ligeiit population whom favoring fortune
has led to its fertile acres; and among them.
conspicuous for skillful farming and judicious
activity in stockraising, is Irvin X. Smith. \\lio
has come to his present estate through efforts
in many lines of work and several promising lo-
calities, lie was born at Carlinville. Macoupin
county. 111., on January y>. 18(15, the son of John
and Louisa (Clark) Smith, also natives of Illi-
nois. The father was a prosperous farmer in
Macoupin county until 1882 when he rcmn\.<l
with his family to Hamilton county, Xeb., and
there took up land on which he lived and farmed
until his death in August. 1808. and the mother
is still living there. Mr. Smith received hi-
edncation in the public schools ,,f his native
connt\. and in |88_>. when he was seventeen,
he accompanied his parents to their new homi
in Nebraska, remaining witli them until he was
of age and working on the farm. In 1887 he
began his advance toward his present home.
pas-Jug two years in Colorado, working in
different parts of the stab < m-rallv on
i aches. lie then came to \Vvoining and after
working one season in a hotel at I'.nffalo. [Q
' at I 'amliria. attracted hv its Coal mines
in which he worked for eight years. In 1807 he
homcsteaded a part of his prc-ent ranch on t an-
\on Springs I'rairie, nineteen miles northeast
nf Xewcasile. and from that lime he has de-
bited his energies to ranching and cattle-raising,
building up a profitable industry and adding to
his estate- until he now has 480 acres, a large
portion being under cultivation and yielding ex-
cellent crops of grain, hay. potatoes and other
farm products, the residue providing a desir-
able range for his cattle. Mr. Smith is looked
upon as a leading man in his lines and his aid
and advice in matters of public local interest
are much sought and valued, while in politics
he is an active Democrat and gives his party
good service. < >n Fcbnian. Jo. 1 887. at Hamp-
ton, Neb., he was married with Miss Xannie
Zook. a native of Illinois and daughter of David
and Lydia (Shick) Zook. Her father was a
farmer in < >hio and afterwards in Nebraska.
For a number of years In- was also engaged
in business in Hampton as a dealer in agricul-
tural nil] ileiiii nts. l-'or some years now he has
bi living retired from active pursuits, en-
joying the rest he has richly earned, surrounded
by a large bodv of admiring friends and fellow
citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two chil-
dren. S. Klgin and 1,. Ariel. Their home is a
renter of generous hospitality and thev have
a host of friends throughout the surrounding
country, just in the prime of life, with all his
faculties in full vigor and secure in the esteem
iif 'his fellowmeii. Mr. Smith has a promising fu-
ture oi credil and usefulness betore him.
J( MIX R. SMI I II
\ pioneer oi \\ \<>tiung. settling within her
wild and unbrol en domain in I 8o< i when the
adventurous foot of the while man was- first
imading it. John R. Smith, one of the leading
Stockmen and farmers and an influential and
productive force in public local affairs in John-
son county, has seen the beginning of the
slate's historv, has \\atehcd her progress, has
aided in the development of her civil, industrial
and commercial institutions and has helped ma-
[68
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF IVYOM1.\(,'.
terially to form and build IKT political ami edu-
caiiiinal institutions. I IV was born in I'.elinont
county, Ohio, on April 25, 1844, the son of
George and Elizabeth (Shoup) Smith, the: for-
mer a native of Maryland and the latter of
Germany. 'When he was eleven years old he
removed with his parents to Indiana and there
lived until iSOi. attending school and assisting
on the farm. When the great cloud of the Civil
\\ ar darkened our land he promptly enlisted in
defense of the Union in Co. H, (Morton Rifles)
Thirty-fourth Indiana Regiment, and served
four years and seven months, participating in
many hard fought battles, even to the very
latest struggle, in which he bore' a creditable
part. He was the color-bearer of his regiment,
and always in the thick of the fight. He also
saw arduous and very trying service against
the Indians, and bears upon his body the scars
from wounds received on the field. After the
close of the war he came to Wyoming, es-
tablishing headquarters where the town of
Buffalo now stands and conducted a freight-
ing business between Fort Phil Kearney and
Fort Smith for a time and later between Sedg-
wick in Kansas and Denver and Golden in
Colorado, thereafter returning to Wyoming and
locating at Horseshoe near Fairmount, there
engaging in farming and raising stock until
the Indians burnt him out, when he went to the
mining districts and mined for a short period,
then entered the service of the U. S. govern-
ment carrying despatches from Camp Stam'ba
to Fort Washakie. In this vocation he had
many thrilling adventures with the Indians and
constantly carried his life in his hands. The
savages were hostile, alert and determined ; he
was vigilant, courageous and resourceful. He
triumphed over all their arts, demonstrating the
superiority of the trained intellect over natural
cunning. In 1876 he joined General Crook's
expedition against the savages, coining with
this great commander to Wyoming as a scout.
He also conducted a sutler's store in this cam-
paign and later had a contract to furnish beef
for Crook's army. In 1887 he settled where he
now lives, locating on the first government land
taken up in the neighborhood and digging the
iirst irrigating ditch in this part of the coun-
try. From the first he has been actively en-
gaged in raising cattle and horses and iinpi-'>v-
liis land. He now owns 720 acres, admir-
ably adapted to ranching, and here breeds fine
Percheron horses, conducting the business with
vigur and success. In politics Mr. Smith is an
ardent and zealous Democrat, but in local af-
fairs is more of a patriot than a partisan. He
was one of the first board of commissioners for
Johnson county and helped to organize the
new county and his war experience and the as-
sociations and recollections belonging to it
have made him a loyal and enthusiastic mem-
ber of the G. A. R. In November, 1870, he
married with Miss Agnes D. Delaney, a native
of Ireland. They have four children, Alfred M.,
a prominent stockman of Johnson county ;
Mary E., Wyoming and George E. All are
natives of Wyoming and residents of the state,
contributing to its advancement and adorning
its citizenship.
OLIVER C. SMITH.
A typical representative of the best element
of Xew England life, Oliver C. Smith is a
scion of one of the oldest Colonial families of
Massachusetts. His ancestors were among the
early English emigrants of that grand old com-
monwealth and their names figure prominently
in the early annals of New England. Oliver
Smith, his great-grandfather, held a captain's
commission in the American army of the Revo-
lution and was one of four brothers that took
part in that struggle. He was born in the
Massachusetts Colony, where his father settled
in 1636. Among the children of Captain Smith
was a son, also named Oliver, whose birth oc-
curred in Walpole, Mass., in 1762. He joined
the Colonial army at the age of sixteen and
distinguished himself for brave and gallant
service in the Revolutionary army until inde-
pendence was secured. When a young man
he married Hannah Fails and turned his atten-
tion to agricultural pursuits which he followed
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169
until his death. David Smith, sun of Oliver
;ui<l llannali Smith, was horn in \Yalpole mi
:ar\ 26, 17'iS. and also full' >wing fanning
as a \ocation. lie tuarrii-il -Miss Maria Cook,
whose hirth occurred at \\ivniliain, Mass., in
i -MM, and died \vln i! his son, of whom we now
write, was about eight years <il,l. Mrs. Smith
\\as the daughter of Reuben Cook, born in
1 71 iS, the son of Daniel Cook, both natives of
the < >ld I'.ay Stale. Reuben was also a tiller of
the >oil and passed most of his life near the
i if his birth and died at Belchertown in
tS)i|, Mrs. Smith dying in 1877. She was a
woman MI sin m- mentality, beautiful Christian
character and actuated by a laudable ambition
to succeed in the world and to have her children
win useful stations in life. 1 )avid Smith is re-
meinbered as a kind-hearted, good-natured
man, whose aim in life was to provide well for
his famih and do the right as he saw and under-
Sl I the right. lie was industrious, honor-
able and upright, and a must excellent and ex-
emplars citizen. Oliver C. Smith, the direct
subject uf this review, was born in Pelham,
Mass., on April n,, iS_>5. Early deprived of
a father's care he was reared by his mother,
who spared no pains in looking after his edu
catiuti and instilling into his young mind those
principles <if niiiral rectitude by which his life
has been so largclv ei nit rolled. He was reared
to -hare the labors and pleasures incident to
farm life and after acquiring a preliminary
training in the common schools, continued his
.iiiini in Amhersi \eadeiny, an insi ii in n m
noted f' ir the high i in ii in. On
c|uitting sehiml Mr. Smith taught for two years
in I >range county. X. Y., and then took up
the carpenter's trade \\hich In- followed for six
years in bis native state, then engaging in rail-
l, taking contracts in various
pan- M|" Hi,' United States and continuing tilt-
work until about iS74. \\hen lie came to I\'<>H,
Springs, \\\i>.. and entered th< itile luisi-
Ile was one of the pioneer merchants
MI' Roi-k Springs and ilid a large and lucrative
business, by diligent application and successful
management, amassing a cumpetenec of suf-
ficient magnitude to enable him to pass the
remainder of his life in honorable retirement,
retiring at the close uf the nineteenth century.
His life has been a notable example of
sound and correct business principles which
secure success and retain public confidence and
i em, and no man in Rock Springs en
in greater measure the high regard of all
classes of people or has shown himself more
worth\- of this regard. Mr. Smith has been
twice married, the first time in 1845, at Enfield,
Mass., with Miss Jane Rass, a daughter of Rev.
Robinson C. and Mary Ann (I'ickum) Rass.
The father being a native of Smithfield, R. k.
and for many years an able minister of the
r>aptist church, passing nearly all his active life
in Massachusetts and dying in 1X50, at the age
of fifty, his wife living to he eighty-six years
old. Mrs. Smith departed this life in [862,
leaving five children. Mrs. Henrietta Thayer,
Eugene. Airs. Fannie Gable, Gilbert and Oliver.
Mr. Smith's second marriage was solemn
in 1 80S with Lucy \Yellman, who bore him one
daughter, Fredda. In n>ot the angel of death
again invaded the household! and took there-
from this devoted and faithful wife, leaving him
desolate indeed. Cheered by an abiding faith
in I lim who doeth all things well and believing
that the at'tlictions and bereavements of ibis
life are a part of God's wisch ordained plans,
he bows submissively beneath the rod. looking
forward to a joyful reunion under happier con
ditions than the .poor earth-life can afford. Mrs.
Smith was a devoted Christian huh. whose life,
1 1 nis, crated to th< ser ice of the Master, was
inlhiential for great good in the home, the
church and the c, unmunil \ . Mr. Smith
man of Mnmg religions convictions and abid-
ing faith. Me helped to organi/e the first
church established in Rock Springs and ha-
been an acihe member to the present time. I I<-
has also been quite prominent in public and
political affairs and for eleven years faithfully
I as |ios|niasier of his cit\. I le p. iSS
a cultivated mind, enriched by stmh and in-
telligent observation, and has long been a leader
in local intellectual circles. In private life he
ijo
PROGRESSIVE MEX OI; WYOMING.
i> Denial, urbane and a courteous gentleman
(if the ulil .-chool. Ills attractive home is the
center of a free and genuine hospilaliu ; hen-,
surrounded by friends endeared to him by
years of kind deeds and agreeable association,
he finds that solace and repose in the inter-
change of neighborly offices without which life
would be divested of much of its charm.
WILLIAM FAKKALL SMITH.
I 'rominent among the progressive ranch-
men and cattlemen in the Reclwater section of
Crook county, where he conducts farming and
a stock ranch, where he is raising cattle and
horses, leading the pleasant life of a country
gentleman, William F. Smith has been one of
the developing and inspiring forces of mental,
moral and commercial advancement for his
county and one of the political agencies which
have given its public policy proper trend and
healthy growth. He is a native of Wallasey,
Cheshire, England, where he was born on June
26, 1845, a son of Samuel and Mary ( Farrall)
Smith, also natives of that interesting region.
1 1 is father was an intelligent and influential
farmer who came with his family to the United
States in 1850, landing at Xew Orleans and
proceeding from there to Warren county,
Ohio, where he again engaged in farming for
five years, in 1855 removing to Audubon county,
Inwa, then on the far frontier, where he took
up government land and followed his customary
vocation until his death in 1869, his devoted
wife preceding him to the spirit world in 1857.
Their son William F. Smith was educated in
the schools of Audubon county and Des
Moines, Iowa. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. L,
Fourth Iowa Cavalry, and followed the flag of
his adopted country through the awful experi-
ences of the Civil War, being honorably dis-
charged on September 2. 1865. Most .of his
service was in the department of the Mississippi
under General Grant, and in the battles fought
by that great commander he bore himself with
conspicuous bravery, especially at Vicksburg,
where as a sharpshooter he was exposed to con-
Mant danger of death and in 1864 In- was pro-
moted to company bugler. At the close of the
war Mr. Smith's restless energy required suitable
otciipatimi amid the fruitful pursuits of peace.
fur his four years service in the field, which be-
gan when he was sixteen and brought him to
face a brave and determined foe in more than
twenty battles and a large number of skirmishes,
and gave him every form of military experience
where hardship, privation or hazard was at
hand, had for a time at least, unfitted him for
a humdrum life. He engaged in commercial
business but soon finding this too monotonous,
sold out his interest and drove an ox team
across the plains to Denver, finding in the trip
the very spice of danger that his spirit required.
In Colorado he went to work on a ranch at
$52 a month and his board and from that time
until the summer of 1884, when he located on
the homestead near Spearfish which he now oc-
cupies, he was oscillating between the West
and the East, now living at his old home in
Exira, Iowa, and again at Cheyenne, where he
found the population too tough for his enjoy-
ment, then he was at the end of the Union
Pacific tracks at Medicine Bow River and next
at Iron Mountain, whither he went with Her-
man Haas for a load of iron ore to be sent
east for analysis, braving the dangers of hostile
Indians who were then on the warpath, elud-
ing their vigilance by traveling at night, secur-
ing his load of ore and returning safely with
it to Cheyenne, in Colorado, working on
the same ranch that had previously had his
services, at Greeley, at Bentonville, Ark., back
in Iowa, where he was married on January I.
1873, with Miss C. A. Hamlin of Exira, return-
ing \\itli his bride to Greeley and remaining un-
til May, 1879, when he again took up his resi-
dence in Iowa and for two years farmed his
father-in-law's farm. In 1881 his health failed
and he applied for a pension for disabilities in-
curred in service. He received this in 1882, the
arrears amounting to $1,317. and, buying a
team with necessary equipment, he started in
December, 1883, for the Black Hills of Wyo-
ming1, wintering near Chamberlain. S. D., and
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
arriving at Spcartish early in the following
spring. Near there he took up a preeni] ii i. m
claim of 160 acres, bought twenty-one head of
cattle and went to work as a fanner; later tak-
ing up a homestead claim of 160 acres adjoining
his preemption, and he is still living on the land.
conducting a fanning and stock business of
expanding value and importance, improving his
land and its appurtenances and keeping its ap-
pliances up-to-date in every particular. Not-
withstanding his busy and adventurous life,
Mr. Smith has never lost interest in public af-
fairs, contributing freely of his time and energy
to the welfare of every enterprise for the ad-
vancement of the community. He is an ardent
Republican in politics, and has done yeoman
service in the cause of his party in many hotly
contested campaigns. He has served his peo-
ple as road supervisor, is now school trustee,
and in November, 1900, was elected to the state
legislature by a majority of n/> votes, this being
twenty-five or thirty more than his party's
strength. Mr. Smith has high standards of
conduct and is a gentleman of character and
standing. He is a total abstainer from intoxi-
cants, never gambles or sports in any way and.
like his father and all other members of his
family, has never been arrested or had a law-
suit. His family consists of himself, his wife,
three sons and one daughter. The (laughter,
[rene J.. is a popular teacher, and he has one
adopted daughter, Lillie. aged 15 years. The
eldest son, William Edwin, was born in Colo
rado in 1874; Ralph Farrall in 1878: Charles
Farrall in Crook county, Wyo.. in 1884. Two
of (be brothers of .Mr. Smith were also soldiers
for the I'nion in the Civil War. each serving
four years, and another could not go because
too \oniig. The post office of Farrall. which
Mr. Smith had established and which bears
Ills mother's maiden name, was conducted by
him for four years and a half. Mis home has
been a center of generous but unostentatious
liospitalii \ , Diving cheerfulK to the guest and
stranger alike the best of its entertainment,
and I'rom it have emanated intlncnccs of great
benefit to (lie community in loxiering schools.
churches and other moral agencies, healthful
commercial enterprises and ever) element of
safe and substantial progress. A candid, out-
spoken man. of" positive convictions and fearless
coin-age in asserting them, Mr. Smith is free
Iroin the despotism of opinion, both from
others over him and from him over others.
' II \RLES F. SODFRGRFEN.
A successful stockman of Albany count}-.
Wyoming, and one who is prominent in the
( irand Army circles of the state as well as in
the councils of the Republican party. Charles
I1'. Sodergreen is one of the leading citi/eiis of
Woods Landing, Wyo. Horn in 1842 he is
a native ot Sweden, and the son of Charles and
Susanna ( Johnson i Sodergreen, both natives of
the same country. His father was born in 1817
ai/d followed the occupation of farming in his
native country until 185-2. when he came to
America. Here be first established his home
near the city of Jamestown. N. V.. and there
engaged in fanning for about one \ ear. when
he removed his residence to Warren county.
Pa., there continuing agricultural pursuits and
i eliding until his death in 10,01. The mother
was born in 1818 and was the parent of four
children, two boys and two girls, and passed
away in Warren county. I 'a., in l8d[. her
maiden name being Johnson. The subject of
this sketch received his early education in the
public schools of Warren county, I 'a., availing
himself of such limited educational opportuni-
ties as were at his command. In iSdi li.
sponded to the call of President Lincoln for
troops to defend the integrity of the Cnion
and enlisted in Co. ! >. (me Hundred and
Eleventh I 'a. Regiment, for service in the
Civil War. lie served for ovei om year and
then was seriottsb wounded at the battle of An-
tictam and taken to the army hospital at Smoke-
town, Md.. where he remained for some time re-
covering from tlv efTects of bis injuries, and in
180^ he \\as mustered out of the service On
COUnl of his \\oniids and returned to his Warren
COlinty home. Here lie resided as a farmer until
17-'
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMIXG.
iSi.S, when believing that he could improve his
itinn and possibly make his fortune in
the new country then being opened to settle-
nieni wesl "l" the Missouri River, he came to
the city of Cheyenne, Wyo., and for about two
months he was en mg to secure the best
information as to a place for location and then
came to the city of Laramie. He resided here
about one year and then accepted a position
in the construction department of the Union
Pacific Railroad in western Wyoming, and was
engaged in that employment about one year.
In 1870 he removed to Colorado and remaining
there for one year he returned to Wyoming and
to Laramie, once more entering the employ of
ihe I ni'in Pacific. He continued in this labor
until iS"4, making his headquarters at Laramie.
In 1874 he purchased a ranch and engaged in
raising horses and cattle, and this profitable
line of endeavor he has continued to the pres-
ent time, and has met with marked success,
being the owner of a fine ranch of over 1,400
acres of land, well improved, fenced and pro-
vided with the buildings and appliances for suc-
cessful stockraising. He owns a large herd of
cattle of the finest graded quality and takes
especial pride in his stock of three-fourths Here-
ford and one-fourth Durham, finding that cross
to produce animals of the best grade, and his
herd is a noted one in that section of Wyoming.
In 1872 Mr. Sodergreen was united in mar-
riage to Miss Johana M. Headmall. a native of
S\\eden and the daughter of Johnson Headmall,
a respected citizen of that country. To their
union was born one child, William, who is still
living. She passed away in 1891, and is buried
at Laramie. In 1893 he was again married,
his present wife having been Miss Tillie Ander-
son, also a native of Sweden. They have one
son, Axel L. Mr. Sodergreen is an active mem-
ber of the Grand Army of the Republic, deeply
interested in all matters affecting the welfare
of that great organization. Politically, he is
a stanch adherent of the Republican party,
prominent in the councils of that party in
Albany county. He is one of the most highly
respected citizens of his section of the state.
WILLIAM H. SOLLIDAY.
It requires the highest natural ability and a
constructive energy of unusual force to produce
a self-made man even in these days of Amer-
ica's wonderful opportunities, and when we find
a man of that character it becomes at once a
matter of public interest to know how and by
what means he has climbed the ladder of suc-
cess and attained a marked prominence in busi-
ness and social circles. The career of William
H. Solliday of Opal, Wyoming, offers us ample
material for such a story. He was born in Mont-
gomery county, Pa., nine miles from Philadel-
phia, on June 25, 1852, the son of Sylvester and
Sarah (Krier) Solliday, the father being a na-
tive of Berlin, Germany, and the mother of Irish
extraction. Sylvester Solliday was a well-ed-
ucated man and a cabinetmaker of more than
ordinary skill. With strong mental powers and
force, he had many original ideas and did not
care whether his thoughts- and expressions found
favor with others or not. He was a veteran of
the Confederate army, was placed under arrest
as a confederate in the plot of assassinating Pres-
ident Lincoln, and died soon after the close of
the Civil War, his widow surviving him until
September, 1877, when she closed her eyes to
earthly scenes in the old Pennsylvania home.
They had thirteen children, of whom William
H. was the sixth, and five are now living. The
devastations of the Civil War made an early im-
pression on the life of the subject of this review.
His parental home was in the state of Delaware,
exactly in the line of the advance of the northern
troops, who freed the negroes and destroyed all
the destructible property on the home estate and
forced the family from their home as fugitives.
Mr. Solliday was then a lad of but ten years,
and with a maturity far beyond his years he
commenced the struggle for existence for him-
self by making his way to Texas where he was
engaged on a cattle ranch until 1873, in the free
life of the range developing those powers of
endurance and hardihood that have been pow-
erful aids to his success. In 1873 ne went to
Nebraska, continuing range riding there until
OGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
173
N then coming to Wyoming he followed the
same vocation until 1890, acting also as a nics-en-
i Beckwifh, ijuinn & G>., from
to 1885. Daring, resolute and courageous, he
- ed thi •• ry elements of character to
: ' rvices most valuahk .1 a -upporter
', of ordei and for four years of his
: lifi ,i i t capable deputy sheriff
•'- Shi-riff Joseph Kane. The education of
schi mis and il • s were denied to .Mr.
Solliday, yet in the school of actual experience
and through ' >!>scr\ '.atii >n and his own efforts he
has received a better education for his purposes
that obtained solely from books. In 1896
he engaged in the liven, feed and stage busi-
and forthwith found his ser
and teams in great demand in the transportation
•nrists to the National Park. He has been
nd acquired enough of this world's
Is to be counted among the leading and solid
men of his section of the state. He is now the
owner of the livery and of the saloon, both well
ropertics. has quite a large interest in
tl'i- Hydro-Carbon < o., owning and controlling
2O.OOO acres of the most valuable oil. gas and
coal lands, located near the fossil nil Ik-Ids of
MM county, and other properties of value.
llei • ., the country's pr
ll imer i- i ing,
and as he has always taken a part
h' public matters. In- ha- been able to ai
much good. Social!- he lias a large number of
friend- and frati mail) he is connected with the
Knight- of Pythias as a member of Manila Lodge
at Diamondville, Wyoming. In political relai
-trongly in accord with the Republican
pan \ . win ise priii. pli li, has di me
much to advance. The funih relations «\ Mr.
1 i • are extn mel it, he having
united in matrimony with tile capable and i
; ) 1 rs. 1 .ourinda ( ( !ol( i I .an. -a >tl r at
1 ity, on June 5. iSijij. She is a daughter
1 ler of Onl. Xel).,
and her tir-t husband was William Lancaster, a
native of Indiana and a skilled cabinetmaker,
family circle of this feliriton- union om-
tains five chililren, Mai gan t, Mrs. ( '. 1 [ar
burg of < ipal, W\<>. ; Merrill, now of Ogden,
I'tah ; Lula; Earl; Fern; the last three residing
with Mr. and Mrs. Solliday. Mrs. Solliday has
many valuable qualities of estimable value in
this new section and. like her husband, ei
the esteem of the communilv.
GEORGE WHISTLER SPENCER.
Born in the city of Philadelphia, Pa., on
March S. 1854, the childhood and youth of
rge W. Spencer, one of the representative
and i i ye ranchmen of Canyon Springs
Prairie in Wcston county. Wyo., were darkened
by the dense -hadn\\ of the Civil War, which de-
prived him of both parents and left him to the
care of strangers when he was ten years old.
Mis pannts were George and Mary A. (Bene-
dict) Whistler, also Pennsylvanians by nativity.
The father was a bricklayer by trade and his
• -ful industry was broken up by the call for
volunteers to defend the integrity of the Union
and he enlisted in 1801 as a member of Co. K,
Ninety-firs: Pa. Infantry, serving in the field
until he was sent home on account of injuries
received in the South, and on March i, 1864,
he died from those injuries in a military hospi-
tal in Philadelphia. Twelve days later, on
March [3, 1X04. his widow followed him to the
spirit land. leaving her son George, the;i ten
years old, to the care of his un- Mien
. of [ndiarlapolis, Ind.. who ado
him and gave him his name. Phere the soi
"rphnn found a CO Me home and at-
tended school until iSiiS when his uncle re-
1 to Newark, X. I., and be continued his
education in the of that city. At an
- he K i - :hi » •! and went in \vi irk in
a hat factory in New York ('ity. In i S~o he
• enne. Wyo., and en in a
Hi busines-, hauling ' Is, which
ainly of garden vegetable-, from
t'oli irad.i i with his own teams. His business was
ISlve and profitable and in its exactitu
nid plea-am • uTiipalion and
the basis of hi- pri ienl financial indep
l''n un iN',-S t, i iSSo he was at ( imaha.
'74
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
dealing in lilies lor the packing houses oi thai
busy emporium. In llu1 aulunin of iSSo, after
working a lew months in New M c< or the
Rio < irandc Railroad, he located on a home-
stead in Rooks county. Kan., and farmed it
until June, 1891, when he came to Wyoming,
intending to locate on Canyon Springs Prairie,
but was unable to homestead there because of
his preliminary proceedings of the same char-
acter in Kansas. But as soon as he was able
to establish the fact that be had not proved up
on his Kansas claim he took up his present
ranch twenty-five miles north of Newcastle,
which has since been his home and the re-
i ipieiit of his energetic labors. It consists of
200 acres of superior farming and grazing land
and yields abundant harvests of cereals and
hay and supports a fine herd of cattle, besides
being a center of comfortable hospitality for all
who come that way. Mr. Spencer was married
in Cheyenne on December 20, 1870, with Miss
Hattic Allen, a native of Iowa and a daughter
of William and Charlotte (Sams) Allen, a sister
of Mrs. Josiah E. Strong of this county, more
extended mention of her parents being made in
the sketch of Mr. Strong on another page of
this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer have three
children, Bertha W., now Mrs. P. W. Shaffer.
Martha W. and Lizzie W.. now Mrs. H. G.
Aekley. In politics Mr. Spencer is a Republi-
can, but no partisan zeal narrows his vision in
matters which affect the welfare of the com-
munity, for he is eminently broadminded, pro-
gressive and enterprising.
JOSEPH C. SPENCER.
Orphaned in childhood by the cruel hand of
death which removed his mother when he was
three years old and his father when he was
twelve, and reaching manhood thereafter with
l.ut little aid from fortune's favors or adventi-
tious circumstances, Joseph C. Spencer, of Wes-
ton county, Wyoming, one of the most extensive
stockbreeders of this section of the country, is
essentially a self-made man, his career being the
product of his own thrift and enterprise, business
acumen and clearness of vision, lie is a native
of Syracuse, X. Y.. where he was born on April
I.), 1845, the son of Joseph C. and Lucy A.
Spencer, both New Englanders by nativity, the
former from .Massachusetts and the latter from
New Hampshire. In 1847 tne niother died and
nine years later, in 1856. the father, who had
been a prosperous merchant in Syracuse, fol-
lowed her to the other world. After his death
Joseph C. Spencer went to live with a sister at
Middleport, 111., there attended the public schools
for a short time in the winter months and later
going to the college of Ypsilanti, Mich., as a
student for two years, leaving college to take
a course of special business training at the Bry-
an & Stratton Business College in Chicago, after
completing that course accepting a position as
messenger in the First National Bank of Chicago.
He was employed in this bank seven years
and rose to the post of paying teller. He longed
however, for a freer life and larger individual
opportunities, and turned his back upon the
drudgery of financiering for others and began
operations leading to business of magnitude for
himself, in 1879 coming west to Deadwood, S.
D., where he engaged in mining and prospect-
ing for two years, thence coming to Wyoming
in 1881 and after spending a year in the oil in-
dustry in the vicinity in which he now lives he
turned his attention to cattleraising, taking up
a portion of his present ranch, six miles from
Newcastle, on what is known to old-timers as
Stockade Beaver Creek. In the twenty -years
which have elapsed since he settled here he has
gieatly improved his ranch until it has become
• /lie of the finest in the Northwest, has enlarged
it to an extent of 4,000 acres, of which 700 are
under skillful cultivation, has equipped it with
desirable appliances for its proper utility and
I'ruitt'tilness, made it comfortable with a sub-
stantial residence, excellent bams, sheds, etc.,
adorned it with trees, shrubbery and with verdant
lawns, and devoted it to the production of su-
perior herds of Hereford cattle. In addition to
the interests here involved, Mr. Spencer has ex-
tensive oil holdings in the fields of the Eagle
Oil Co., and valuable mining properties at Dead-
PROGR1 SSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
175
wood. Hi- was iii,-in-ii-il at lint Springs. S. D.,
• i December i_>. [900, with Miss A.bbie Jennings,
a native of that state ami daughter of R. D. and
Mattie Icnnings. Her father makes his home
at the Hot Springs, being nne nf the directors
of the company that has control of that resort.
He is a pioneer of that section of the country
as Mr. Spencer is of his. The Spencers have
one child, their winsome daughter, Mar jorie, and
they are members of the Episcopal church. .Mr.
Spencer is a Republican in politics, a gentleman
of breadth of view, progressive spirit and com-
111,111. ling influence in local affairs, earnestly de-
voted to the welfare of the community and deeply
interested in the good of his fellow men. among
wlmm he is highly esteemed and generally re-
spected. lie is the largest individual stockman
in this part of the state.
WILLIAM SPEXCE.
William Speiice, nne of the worthy citizens
nf Kvanst'Mi, Wyoming, in whose suburbs he
resides on his ranch of fifty-four acres, is a na-
tive of Bedfordshire, England, having first seen
the light there in the year 1847. He was reared
in the gn-al city of London, whence in 1804
he emigrated to America and coming to Salt
Lake City, he engaged in farming and con-
tinued in it for MX years, afterwards taking
employment on' the I'nion Pacific Railroad,
with which company he has continued ever
, leaving out some twelve or fourteen years
devoted at intervals to ntlu-r affairs. By his
1 de\ntinn to the right and careful industry.
Mr. Spence has prospered in his own af-
fairs and endeared himself to all that knew him.
He is the son of Benjamin and Hannah (Hay)
ce and was married in 1874 with Mrs.
Eli/aheth (Dudley! Summers, widow '>:' Steven
uers. by whom .-lie had four children:
i .. Fannie E., Kinma and Steven D.
imers. Sh.- has borne thn-,- children to Mr.
Spence: Hannah E., died On I lecemher o, |<|0|;
T., died in 1882; Charles W., died in [880.
Mr-,. Speni a - of 1 .eicestershire, Eng-
land, born in 1839, the dangbicr of Thomas and
Elizabeth (I'.owley) Dudley, of Sheep-di.-ad,
England, where the father was born on May
;, [806, and died on April 14, 1875. He was
the son of John Dudley, born in 177:1. died in
1854. and Sarah ( Eullylove) Dudley. His wife,
Mrs. Spence's mother. Mrs. Elizabeth ( Kowlev)
Dudley, was born on September }. 1800,, and
died January lij, 185(1. She is buried at Shecps-
head, England.
K \RL SPIXXER.
l'.\ reference to another page of i his volume
the reader will find a record of the life of B.
Spinner, an elder brother of Karl Spinner,
whose biography is here presented, and where
further allusion is made to Amand and Cresia
(Schmer) Spinner, the parents, and to which
biography the reader's attention is respectfully
called. Karl Spinner was born in Germany in
1850. and at the age of twenty-three years came
to the United States, and at once, in 187^. came
In ( ireen River. WyO., and engaged in the
butchering business with his brother. II. Spin-
ner, which he followed until the spring of 1870;
thence lu \\eiit In Wind River, where he follow-
ed the cattle trade for a year and returned to
( ireen River, and entered into the brewing busi-
ness, in which he held an interest until iSn_>.
lie then engaged in sheepraising. in which bu-
colic enterprise he ha> ever since been eng;
with unvarying success, being also the pro-
prietor of the (ireen River opera house, a
source of no inconsiderable income. In poli-
tics Mr. Spinner is an out-and-out Republican,
and in 1 81 10 was appnimcd county coinmi-
er. and so faithfully and ably did he perform the
duties of the office that he was elected to till
the same nt'tice for the full term of two years.
In |8<)_} he served as a member of the -late
legislature, and from 1800 until iSnn filled the
office "i town i reasurer. In the imer\al in
iSo- be \\as appointed postmaster of (Ireen
River, a position be filled most satisfactorily
until August, [902, \\ben hi d. Mr.
Spinner ha- had military expcri '\ing
in the Franco Prussian War of 187071 n
I76
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Eleven. < hie Hundred and Fourteenth Prussian
Infantry, his entire military life lasting three
years. Fraternally Mr. Spinner is a member
of the A. F. & A. M. and the A. O. Q. W., and
he was joined in matrimony on November 6,
1896. with Miss Margaret Roenfeld, a daughter
of Andrew and Anna (Mute) Roenfeld. Her
father was an officer in the Prussian army, but
after seven years of service retired, came to
America and followed farming near Harrisburg,
Pa., dying in 1891 at the age of eighty-seven
years. He was a grand and noble man and
was honored wherever known. Her mother was
born in Southern Germany of noble descent,
and she passed away in 1895 at the age of
eighty-two years, both herself and her husband
being devoted members qf the Lutheran church,
ami their remains lie at rest side by side near
Hamburg. The Spinner and the Roenfeld fam-
ilies for many generations have maintained a
high position in the esteem of the people, and
the Spinners of Green River may be mentioned
especially as among the most useful and re-
spected residents of their section of the country.
JOSIATT E. STRONG.
Orphaned at the age of four years by the
death of his mother, and reared thereafter until
he was nineteen under the careful supervision
of his father, Josiah E. Strong, of Boyd, Weston
county, Wyoming, has displayed in his creditable
career the sterling qualities of manliness and
self-reliance for which his father and his familv
were distinguished. He was born on June 2,
1853. in Delaware county, N. Y., the son of
L. and Rachel A. (Bradley) Strong, natives of
New York, where the father prospered as a
butcher in Otsego county until his death in Sep-
tember, 1874, the mother having passed away
in 1857. He attended the schools of Otsego
county, N. Y., and aided his father in his busi-
ness until he was nineteen years old, then in the
autumn of 1872 he joined the inarch of empire
westward, coming to Nebraska and near Ne-
braska City engaged in farming for four years,
from there going to Kansas and taking up land
in Rooks county, where he remained nine years,
struggling against adverse circumstances, dry
seasons and other discouragements to make his
venture successful, but sold his place in the fall
of 1888 and the next April was led by a favoring
fortune to Canyon Springs Prairie in what is
now Weston county, Wyo., and in that fertile
region, when as yet but few had knowledge of
its possibilities and it was almost unoccupied, he
took up his present ranch about twenty miles
northeast of the site of the present town of New-
castle, for which at that time not a stake had
been driven. Here bountiful harvests have re-
warded his skillful labor and his farm of 320
acres is now one of the best on the prairie, well
improved and equipped with the necessary ap-
pliances for its cultivation and the proper care
of the superior stock which finds a home on its
vu'dant expanse. Mr. Strong is one of the suc-
cessful farmers of the state, his care, skill, in-
dustry and progressive ideas entitling him to the
good results he achieves in his work, while his
public spirit and enterprise in every element of
improvement in the community secure for him a
high regard in the estimation of his fellow cit-
izens. On December 6, 1885, he was married
with Miss Nancy Jane Allen, a native of Iowa,
and a daughter of William and Charlotte (Sams)
Allen, the marriage being consummated in Rooks
county, Kan. Mrs. Strong's parents settled in
Iowa when they were young and were married
there, the father becoming a prosperous millman
and a citizen of influence. In 18/1 they removed
to Rooks county. Kan., and engaged in farming
and now live at Montrose, Colo. The Strongs
have six children, Sarah E., William E., Char-
lotte M., Russell F., R. Maria and Claud F. In
politics Mr. Strong gives his allegiance to the
Republican party.
EDWARD SUTTON.
One of the distinctively young, but decidedly
progressive ranchers of Uinta county, Wyo-
ming, must here be mentioned, Mr. Edward
Sutton, who, although associated in the exten-
sive cattle industrv of his father, William Sut-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WY(
ton, For ninny years, has only conducted in-
dividual i i]x -rations since 1800. William Sutton
is well-known throughout Wyoming as a rep
resentative stockman and a valuable citizen.
Ilr was liorn in England, as \vas also his wife,
whose maiden name was \nn Moe. \bout iS~o
occurred their emigration from England and
the establishment of a new home in the country
of their adoption, where the years have passed
lighiK over them, and they are now residing
on their productive ranch on Green River, where
his rattle business is assuming large scope and
importance. He has been prospered in his un-
dertakings and is counted one (>f Uinta county's
highly respected citizens. Edward Sutton was
born at Carbon, Wyo., on Tune 28, 1878, and
he has acquired a most valuable practical educa-
tion on the range and in the free life of the
open plains, gaining strength of body and men-
tal activity in the outdoor life. In 1901 he en-
tered into matrimonial relations with Mis,
Mary Ann Morris, a daughter of Luke and
Mary A. (Lamb) Morris, natives of England,
but now residents of Kemmerer. In 180,0, Mr.
Sntlon initiated a successful stock busine
one of his father's ranches, located eight jniles
nonh of Kemmerer, and here his close and con-
secutive attention to business and his discrimi-
nating care and attention to his stock is bring-
ing a prosperity \\hich is sun- to be cumulative
in increase of values as years pass by. Mr. Snt-
ton is. however, by no means fully absorbed in
moneymaking, but takes great interest in all
public mailers of a local nature, and is popular
with all classes of a somewhat wide acquaint-
anceship and fully merits hi., prosperity.
DWIGHT M. TI1AVER.
lh\ight M. Thayer. the gentleman whose
name furnishes the caption of this review, is
a creditable representative of Xew Knglaii'I
manhoiiil. combining in his intellectual
nn mil makeup man; oi the i urdj virtues and
sterling characteristics of In, rnritan ancestry.
lie was born in Massachusetts in the \ear [847,
the son of Uufus and I.ncretia I I YttingilD
Thaycr. both parents natives of the Old Hay
State. The father was a 5On of Reuben Thayer.
also ol Massachusetts birth and a descendant
of an old and highly • ted \~e\v England
famih of Braintree, the b of which dates
Erorh an early period in the annals of the com-
monwealth. When Owight M. Thayer ,.
youth of fourteen he suffered an almost irrepa-
rable loss in the death of his father and :
that sad event became an inmate of his
brother's household, continuing with the latter
a number of years, devoting bis time and ener-
gies to fanning. At intervals during his mi-
nority he attended the public schools and ac-
quired a good knowledge of the English
branches and also obtained a fund of valuable
practical knowledge by coming in contact with
the world, lie continued agricultural pursuits
in Massachusetts until 1877 when he came to
l\ock Springs, Wyo., a id entered the employ
of the licckwith Commercial Co., with which he
remained for fourteen and a half years. His
long tenure with the firm attests his efficiency
and faithfulness, and it \\as \\iih great reluct-
ance that his resignation was accepted when
he became a bookke Gottsche & Co.
After continuing in th'- latter capacity three
- he engaged in the manufacture of Hour.
operating a mill with success and financial i
until July. Igor, when he was commissii
postmaster of Rock Springss Mr. Thayer is
a skillful accountant, possessin ss of
judgment and a COmprehensivi • '1 knowl-
edge which mark him as an able, wise and
erect busines-. man. I'amiliar with the under-
lying principles of commercial and financial
law and possi tig . :d knov. '•
finance, he plans well and hi-
dom at fault. He
correct principles which invariably secure suc-
CCSS, while his genial traits of character are
such as to \\in and retain the confidence o| his
employers and the public. \s a public ofl
Mr. Thayer discharges the duties of his posi-
tion in at
though but rccentK app. -ition
he has vvon at excellent re|>utatio:i
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ficiency. Financially he lias been successful in
that he has ]>n>\ided well for his family, secured
a pleasant and attractive home and accumulated
a sufficiency <if this world's goods to place him in
independent circumstances. The marriage of
Mr. Thayer with Miss Henrietta Smith, daugh-
ter of (".). C. and Jane (Ross) Smith, natives of
Massachusetts and early pioneers of Rock
Springs, was solemnized in the year 1867. Mrs.
Thayer was arlso born in Massachusetts and has
presented her husband with three children, Mrs.
Mary Morris. Oliver P. and Hazel, deceased.
Few men in Sweetwater county are better
known and none stand higher than Dwight
Thayer in public esteem. He has borne his
share in advancing the county's material pros-
perity and has been ready and willing at all
times to lend his influence and support to meas-
ures calculated to promote the people's inter-
ests. He is well informed relative to state and
national politics, has pronounced views on the
leading questions of the day and is generally
found on the right side of every moral issue,
and he is broad minded, liberal and tolerant
towards others, and his family has a large num-
ber of warm friends in the best society circles
of the city and county.
OTTO LEIFER.
Xow a prominent and respected business
man and citizen of Salt Lake City, Utah. Otto
Leifer has also a good record to his credit as
a pioneer and civilizer in Wyoming, having been
one of the very first settlers on Big Piney Creek
in Uinta county, there aiding in transforming
the wilderness into an abode fit for civilized
man and making it an element in the progress
and growth of our country. He was born in
Germany and lost his mother by death in his
infancy and when he was but four years old
his father left his desolated home and came to
the United States, locating first in Baltimore,
Md., from there removing to Frederick county,
Ya., and four years later he left his orphan boy
in that county and returned to the Fatherland.
The son grew almost to manhood in his new
home, receiving his education in its public
sehonls. In iSM he made his way to Iowa
and after attending school at Fremont for a
year, he joined an expedition going across the
plains with ox teams and reached Auburn, Ore.,
in the fall of 1861 after having been three
months on the road and experienced consider-
able trouble at the hands of hostile Indians, and
near Rock Creek, Utah, while trying to rescue
some horses that had been stolen, the expedi-
tion had eight men killed and sixteen wounded.
After his arrival at Auburn Mr. Leifer drove
n gi ivernment team from Walla Walla to Fort
Boise during the summer of 1863 and then went
to Montana and engaged in mining at Virginia
City until 1865, when he moved to the Bitter
Root valley and started a stockgrowing in-
dustry, owning and using the celebrated ranch
which was later the magnificent estate of the
late Marcus Daly. In 1878 Mr. Leiffer came
to Wyoming with Edward Swan and settling on
the Big Piney, he there took up land and began
raising cattle. He and Mr. Swan were the first
settlers in this part of the state and Tor years
they were obliged to freight every article for
their use from Green River, 100 miles distant,
and also to get their mail there, it being the
nearest postoffice until one was established at
Big Piney, after whicn they had a weekly mail.
In this locality Mr. Leifer lived and prospered,
enjoying the free life and the growth and de-
velopment of the country until 1896, when on
account of his wife's failing health he removed
to Salt Lake City, where he is carrying on a
large real-estate and mining business and win-
ning golden opinions as an enterprising and
public spirited citizen. In March. 1887, Mr.
Leifer was -married with Miss Delia M. Sollers,
a native of Winchester. Ya., and a daughter of
William R. and Anna Sollers, also natives of
Yirginia. Mrs. Leifer died at Salt Lake City
on July 7, 1902, aged forty-eight and one-half
years and her remains were laid to rest beside
those of her parents at Schtiyler, Xeb. She
was universally esteemed as a lady of refine-
ment and tender sensibilities, very affable in dis-
position and courteous in manner. Mr. Leifer
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owned a tine farm of ^< >X acres near Schmlei
which lie sold in 1902, receiving a cash prior of
SJO.^Q. In Salt Lake City he occupies his ele-
gant home at u_' X street. The story of his
life is very incomplete without the statement
that he fought valiantly and was wounded in the
threat battle with the Xe/ 1'erces Indians in
1X77, at Ilig Hole. Mont., a fact greatly to his
credit, which he modestly withholds from pub-
lic ii' itice.
LLOYD PALLISER THOMAS..
Lloyd P. Thomas, the gentleman whose
brief biography is herewith presented, belongs
to the vonnger generation nf the Great \\e-t
and for some years he has been actively identi-
fied with the commercial interests of. Sweet-
water county. He is an Englishman but was
born in a country remote from the land of his
tors, although included in the wide do-
main ill the British Empire, his birth occurring
on December ji, 1801, at Seal Cote in the
northwestern provinces of Hindustan, where
his fatli' r, I'lhn Xelson Thomas, tin n a colonel in
the East India military service, was at that time
stationed. John Nelson Thomas was a native
of Wales and after serving in the army for a
number of years he was made superintendent
of woods and forests in India in which capacity
lie continued until he died. His wife, who bore
the maiden name of Caroline Jndd, was born
in Yorkshire, England, and is still living, having
reached the age of seventy-two years and at
the present time she makes her home in
Sussex, England's most favorite
ring place and summer resort. Lloyd P.
Thorn; > ivcd his early educational train-
in Xormandy, France, and at the l\o\ai
MiliK'i ( '. ill hurst , England, and h
inained in England until i8<Si. when he came
to the I 'nited States and located temporarily in
Xew York, subsequently leaving that city for
the west, with Wyoming ive point,
ars he lived at < rreen l\i\er, but in
January. [902, change.'! his resid. mv I" Rock
Sprr ' ' re lie opened a neu s agency in
connection with a general book and stationery
store; handling in addition to a full stock of
those article -. a complete line of tobacco, cigars
and sundries of various kinds. He ranks with
the most intelligent and progressive business
men of the city of his residence and in evcrv
relation of life he has earned a reputation for
probity and correct conduct that has won for
him the esteem of his fellow citizens. In poli-
tics he is a Republican and as such was elected
clerk of the county, an office he filled with
credit to himself and satisfaction to the people
For tour years. lie was married in 1901 with
Miss Margaret E. Sntton. a daughter of Thomas
and Tabitha (Betts) Sutton, all being natives of
Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have
three children \\hose names are Lilian. Irene
and Caroline Eetiiia. It is here proper to
that Mr. Thomas s great force of char-
acter and a pleasing personality, which com-
bined with fine social qualities make him not
only a useful man in the community but a popu-
lar one in all classes and conditions of people.
In private life lie is sociable but unobtrusive in
demeanor and within the precincts of his home,
surrounded by friends and loved ones, he is
the soul of hospitalitx and genial companion-
ship, lie numbers his friends by the -core and
the position he has readied in llu - and
public \\orld is indicative of the still gr
and more iniluential career which awaits him in
the future.
HOX. CHARLES SWANSON.
A leading and representative citi/en of I'
Springs. Wyoming, H Swanson, was
born on < 'tlan.
Sweden, the son of \n-ii-i T.ir-m Swanson. a
Kadi' ii of that country, who \\as an en-
terpi isi pen 'tis M, ,•,
idler was a soldier of the Swedish
arm}-, pacing all of his matin-' \ member
of the military famib r. Swi :ison
elf was > fainilv of six children.
gre\\ in his native count r
.ition in the publi
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
of his boyhood home. When he had attained to
the age of eighteen years, he resolved to seek his
fortune in the New World, and he came to Amer-
ica. His first location in this country was in
Wisconsin, where he established his home ana
engaged in lumbering, subsequently removing to
the Lake Superior region, where he was inter-
ested in mining . for about two years, when he
removed to Colorado, where he located at Tellu-
ride, San Miguel county, and engaged in min-
ing. In 1883 he went to Boulder county, where
he remained until 1885. He then came to the
territory of Wyoming, settling at Atlantic, where,
for a time he followed contracting, subsequently
removing to South Pass, Wyoming, where he
engaged in the retail liquor business, and re-
mained until 1887. He then removed to the new
mining camp of Blairtovm, and continued in the
same pursuit. He met with success in his busi-
ness enterprises and in 1889 he erected his pres-
ent brick building in the business center of Rock
Springs, and here he has continued in trade to
the present time. He is one of the successful and
representative men of his section of the state,
enterprising, public spirited and progressive. In
January, 1898, Mr. Swanson was united in mar-
riage with Mrs. Kate Anthony, a native of St
Louis, Mo., where her parents were well-known
and highly respected residents. The father of
Mrs. Swanson was a native of Ireland, coming
from his native country in early life, and estab-
lishing his permanent home in St. Louis. To Mr.
and Mrs. Swanson have been born two children,
Carl Clark Otto, and Frank Mondell Swanson,
the last named being now deceased. The home
of Mr. and Mrs. Swanson is noted for its genial
and generous hospitality, which they find pleas-
ure in dispensing to their large circle of friends
and acquaintances. Fraternally Mr. Swanson is
affiliated with the Benevolent and' Protective Or-
der of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and
takes an active and prominent part in the fra-
ternal and charitable life of the community.
Politically he is a stanch member of the Repub-
lican party, one of its trusted and able leaders
in Sweetwater county. For two terms he has
been a member of the city council of Rock
Springs, and foremost in all matters calculated
to promote the welfare of the community or to
develop the resources of the country. In 1896
he was elected as a member of the Legislative
Assembly of the state, serving with ability and
fidelity. At the end of his first term of office his
record was such that he was renominated and
reelected. He was faithful in the discharge
of every duty as a member of the legislature, and
many measures of great importance to the peo-
ple owe their origin to his ability and conscien-
tious discharge of public duty. He stands de-
servedly high among the public men of Wyo-
ming, and is respected for his many sterling
traits of character. He is a fine type of the
Swedish-American citizen, true to his friends
and loyal to the institutions of his adopted
country.
JOHN F. WILCOX.
This gentleman is one of the leading stock-
men of southern Wyoming, a pioneer of that
section, and one who has seen the state grow
through all the stages of frontier experience up
to its present condition, and is now residing
at the brisk young city of Encampment. He
is a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, his birth
occurring in June, 1854, and he is the son of
Hiram and Adaline (Clark) Wilcox, both na-
tives of New York, from which state the father
removed in early life to Wisconsin, where he
married and established his home. Subse-
quently he removed to Iowa, where he engaged
in successful stockraising, and was also inter-
ested in the manufacturing of boots and shoes.
He had a family of four sons and one daughter.
John F. Wilcox attained manhood in Iowa, and
received his early education in the city of Coun-
cil Bluffs. When he had reached the age of
fifteen years, he left his home to make his own
way in the world, going to northeastern Mis-
souri, where he remained about one year and
then removed to the then territory of Colorado,
where he located at Fort Collins and secured
employment as a cowboy, for the purpose of
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acquiring a practical knowledge of the cattle
business, intending to engage in that occupa-
tion as soon as his circumstances would permit.
He remained in Colorado until 1874, when he
. to Wyoming and was one of the first
range riders in this territory, and for many
years he had numerous exciting experiences
with the Indians, having not a few narrow es-
capes where his life was seriously imperilled,
lie was for a time in the employ of Abner
Loomis, a large cattleman of the frontier days,
now engaged in hanking at Fort Collins, Colo.
Me snlisi iiuently held a responsible position
with the Swan Land & Cattle Co., and con-
tinued in his chosen employment up to the year
[890, having the reputation of being one of
the most capable and efficient cattlemen in
\Y\oming. In 1890 he concluded to go into
business for himself, and took up a ranch on
Creek for that purpose. Here he met
with immediate and gratifying success until
1001 , when he disposed of his ranch property
to advantage. At that time he was the owner
of a fine ranch of over 500 acres of land, well
fenced and improved, and entirely under irriga-
tion. He made a specialty of the best grades of
Shorthorn and Hereford cattle, and thoroughbred
Xorman-Percheron horses. At one time he
was liie owner of some of the most valuable ani-
mals in the state, and he is still the owner of
a large band of cattle, and is counted as one
of the substantial business men and nroperlv
owners of the state. Tn January. [883, Mr.
Wilcox was united in marriage with Miss Emma
I'.aggett. a native of England and the daughter
of \nio, I'.aggett, a large and successful stock-
man formerlv residing on Cow Creek, Wyo.,
but now making his home in the city of Sara
Five children have come to bless their
holm- life, namelx. Belle, A.dna, ^mos, I'Vank
and Mabel, all of whom are living. The}' have
just completed a line modern residence in En-
campmenl and their In ime i.- i" >ted f' >r the
ernns and gracious hospitality \\hich they take
pleasure in dispensing to their large circl
friends and acquaintances. Mr. Wilco-.. has
done much to assist in the development of this
section of Wyoming. His great success in busi-
ness has been due to his energy, ability, and
unerring judgment in all matters affecting his
interests and the growth of this portion of the
-state.
EDWARD THOMSON.
Among the enterprising and progressive men
who have settled in the favored valley of the
Stockade Beaver Creek, and there tickling the
responsive land with the hoe, have seen it laugh
with the harvest, none is better known or more
generally esteemed than Edward Thomson, a na-
tive of the Dominion of Canada, in whose his-
toric province of Quebec he was born on No-
vember j. 1855, the son of Thomas and Mary A.
( .Murray) Thomson, the former born in Scot-
land and the latter born in Ireland. They were
brought to the New World in childhood and in
Quebec province were reared, educated, married
and employed in successful farming until the
close of their useful lives, the mother surren-
dering her trust at the behest of the Great Dis-
poser in 180,1, and the father in 1899. Both rest
under the sod of a beautiful little cemetery at
Magog in the land of their adoption and their
serviceable labors. Edward Thomson remained
with his parents attending school and working
on the farm until he was eighteen, then learned
thi in mufacturing of cheese, afterwards conduct-
ing- a chee>e factor-, for about two years. He
then passed two years more with his parents, and
in iSjS. accepting our government's generous
offer -a a Fan : i enterprising worker,
came to Fargo, \. | ).. and h. >me>teaded a quar-
ter section of good land in thai vicinity, on
which he lived for eight yi :ing tin
and raising some cattle. lie and his In-other also
cc indiu ted 3 water n >ute in Fi •• •
to 1885. In 1886 he sold out his interests in
ita and in August arrived in Wyoming.
after taking up the ranch on which he now
on Stockade Beaver I 'reek, thirteen miles north-
east of V Mere he has lived and flonr-
ished from that time, engaged in ranching and
cattleraising, aiding in developing the country.
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directing its moral and commercial agencies
along the lines of healthful progress and hold-
ing its political activities unto symmetrical and
shapely growth. The winter of 1881-2 he passed
in visiting his parents in his old Canadian home.
The rest of the time has been devoted to his
ranch, which consists of 480 acres of deeded
land, containing a wide expanse of excellent hay
meadow. On January 26, 1884, at Fargo, N. D.,
Mr. Thomson was united in marriage with Miss
Joanna Cavanaugh, also a native of Canada and
daughter of Edward and Margaret (Kirwin)
Cavanaugh, emigrants from Ireland to the Do-
minion early in their married life. Seven chil-
dren have joined the Thomson household, Mary
A., Thomas E., Sarah A., Daniel R., James,
William and Loretto. The family are Cath-
.olics in religious faith and Mr. Thomson is a
Republican in politics.
ALEXANDER WAGSTAFF.
Far from the scenes, the inspirations, the
friendship and the old traditions of his native
county, which he left at the age of eleven years
for a new home far across the sea and almost
as far across the land, making the entire trip
of several thousand miles without an associate
he had ever seen before he started, Alexander
Wagstaff of Crook county. Wyoming, is es-
sentially a product of the American frontier,
of American institutions, of American oppor-
tunities and lines of thought and action. He
was born in "Merrie England" on June 13, 1866,
on the banks of one of her romantic rivers,
the son of Alfred and Emily (Price) Wagstaff,
the father English and the mother being Scotch-
Welch by nativity. His father is a prosperous
farmer in England, as he is in the United States,
with the substantial difference that the former's
unit of measure in land is a foot while the lat-
ter's is an acre or a mile, so different are the
conditions and the chances in agricultural pur-
suits in the two countries. In 1877, when he
was but eleven years of age, Alexander dared
the heaving ocean and the long trip across the
American continent to Iowa where he had
friends, and locating at the thriving little town
of Indianola in Warren county, went to work'
on a farm, attending school in the winter
months and here remaining six years, finishing
his education with such facilities as were con-
veniently available and preparing for a wider
sweep of vision and a larger business activity.
In 1883 he came farther west to North Dakota
and worked two years on a stock ranch near
Jamestown and run the ranch for three years
more. At the end of this period he removed
to Montana and for four years was on a ranch
near Deer Lodge, foreman for nearly all that
time, then for a number of years rode the range
in that state, still being a foreman. He then
began traveling through Idaho, Utah, Nevada,
California and other states, keeping up his
wanderings until 1892 when he settled in Wyo-
ming, and after a few months' work on a ranch
on Powder River, of which he had partial
charge, he took up the ranch on which he now
lives in Crook county nine miles south of Sun-
dance. He has steadily improved and develop-
ed this ranch, reducing it to fertility and pro-
ductiveness and building up on it an increasing
stock industry, which is now one of the most
desirable in his section of the county. In 1898
he enlisted in the state militia for the Spanish-
American war. but his regiment was not called
out. He, however, served his three years' term,
in the meantime as he had opportunity pushing
his ranch and stock business and he now owns
640 acres of excellent and well located land and
is a successful and prosperous stockman. On
July 4. 1895, in his home county, he was united
in marriage with Miss Julia Waite, a native of
Iowa and daughter of James and Emily Waite
who removed to Crook county, Wyo., from
Iowa and are now prominent farmers. Mr.
and Mrs. Wagstaff had four 'children, Edgar,
•Robert, Ethel and Daisy. On October 18,
1901, the faithful wife and mother died and was
buried at Sundance. In politics Mr. Wagstaff
is a zealous Republican, not an active worker in
the party ranks, finding more congenial occu-
pation in his home and its interests, preferring
the general good of the community to any par-
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183
ticular party advantage, lie is highly esteemed
as a leading and influential citizen whose voice
and aid art- on the side of every good enter-
prise and whose helpful friendship is available
to all who seek it in the proper spirit.
CHARLES ZCMMACll.
A \vell-kno\vn and sneeessful stockman, a
re])rescntative citizen, a stimulating and pro-
ductive commercial force and a conservative
sncial inspiration, Charles Zummach of the
Middle Fork of the Hay Creek section of Wyom-
ing, with a beautiful ranch pleasantly located
near Kothen, seven miles wesl of Aladdin and
t went y-cight north of Sundance., has diligently
improved his opportunities for advancement in
the \V\v World and exemplified in an impres-
ts e way the sterling qualities of head, heart and
physical energy for which his ancestry Was
noted. He is a native of (lermany, where he
was born on December Ci. 1844, the so'n of
William Zummach. His father was a distiller
in the Fatherland and came to the I'nited States
with his family in 1855. locating in Milwaukee,
where his SOU gol a little education by attend-
ing school for a short time, but was thrown on
his own resources very early in life, becoming
self-supporting at the age of fourteen. He
worked at different occupations in Milwaukee
until iSnj, having a willing, a capable and a
skillful hand at almost any kind of a job he was
never without one. In I Si >j lie went to Chicago
and to St. Louis, where lie secured einplo\ment
On Mississippi Uiver steamers tor two years,
then coming to Montana, making the trip up
"the Missouri by boat to Fort P.cnton. .^.500
miles, and from there going to Alder < iulch.
near what is now Virginia Cit\. then a newly
discovered F.ldorado for the treasure-seeker,
and worked in the mines. While going from
Fort P.entou to Alder (iulch in 1X04, on June
20, Mr. Zummach was one ol .1 parti oi four
i
who sunk the first prospect hole sunk on tin-
site of Helena, getting three cents to the pan
Alter twelve \cars of toil in this rich field,
with fluctuating success, he returned to Milwau-
e, making a nine months' visit to his old
home and friends. From there in his second
Argonautic expedition, he landed at the I'.lack
Hills in South Dakota, and after a year of al-
most fruitless search for wealth in the mines
started a madhouse between Deadwood and
Spearfish, which he conducted until 1884, then
sold out and came to Crook count\. Here see-
ing in the vocation of the- old patriarchs a good
promise of fruitful returns, he located on the
ranch he has since occupied on the Middle
Fork of lla\ Creek, and began an industry in
farming and cattleraising. which has grown
with the flight of time to gratifying proportions
and most welcome returns. He has 880 acres
of land, with plenty of meadow for hay, upland
for grain and hills for range, and by studious
industry he has brought his possessions to a
high degree of productiveness and adaptability
to their proper purposes, has improved them
with commodious and comfortable buildings
and adorned them with tastefully arranged
^rounds and shrubbery. Mr. Zummach is es-
sentially what we have called him, a representa-
tive citizen, lie is a Republican in politics and
while never seeking office, is identified in a
leading way with every movement for the good
of the county and state. He was married on
December 2$. iSS;. at lleadwood. S. !>.. with
Mrs. Louisa llohlfeld. a nati\e of Michigan.
They have one child, a winsome daughter,
Frma C. In fraternal relations Mr. Zummach
affiliates with the Independent < >rder of < >dd
Fellows, bilongin;; to a lodge' in Milwaukee.
Ill \UY \\ ENDT.
Numbered among the leading and most pro-
gressive citi/eiis of Sweetwater county, Wyo-
ming, is the one to whom this brie I re\ lew is
dedicated. Prof. Henry Wcndt. the popular ed-
ucator and capable principal of the school
("liven Kixer. lie was horn at Petersburg. Ccr-
many. on I Vcemher 15. iSi>S. a son to the nur-
riage union of Hans and \nna iKonum) Wcndt.
desceiid-ints of families that for centi.rics had
been resident- of the Fatherland. The fat'"
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born in Halisteen in 1831, in 1856 married Alma
Kootum, a young lady of twenty years of age,
and engaged in agricultural pursuits in Germany
until the emigration of the family in 18/4. Their
first American location was at Clinton, Iowa,
they thereafter making a permanent residence at
Walnut, in the same state, the father there en-
gaging in the same quiet vocation he had fol-
lowed in his native land. They were people of
that peace-loving, unassuming type ot character
with which Germany has so often enriched this
country, earnest Lutherans in their religious be-
lief, while the father was equally as earnest a
Democrat in politics, never having sought pub-
licity nor official place or emoluments, the mother
possessing strong domestic tastes, and finding in
the activities around her fireside and in the care
of her children her highest enjoyment. They are
still living in their pleasant Iowa location, se-
cure in the esteem of all the people. Henry
Wendt was a lad of but six years of age when
he accompanied his parents across the Atlantic
to their new home in Iowa, and his youth was
the same as that of hundreds of farmers's sons
until he was eighteen years old, aiding in con-
ducting the farm work and attending as circum-
stances admitted the .country schools of the com-
munity. He was a natural student however, and
his leisure moments were passed in study and
in reading, his progress in educational lines be-
ing so pronounced that when he was eighteen
he was employed as a teacher in western Iowa,
continuing this vocation with marked success for
four years, and securing popular approval for
both his work and methods. For a year after
this experience he was employed in a clerical
capacity in a real-estate office in N.ebraska, and
having a desire to more fully supply the de-
mands of his nature for an education, he then
became a student in the college at Fremont, Neb.,
where he diligently pursued his studies, and was
graduated from the scientific department in 1896
and from the classical course in 1898. Being
thus thoroughly equipped to take solid ground
in pedagogic work, he was for one year the as-
sistant principal of the schools of Lander, Wyo.,
thence coming to Green River to take charge of
Ai.
the schools of that progressive town, and here
he has since been busily employed, doing most
excellent work and receiving the commendations
of educators throughout all of this section, ed-
ucational interest being increased under his ad-
ministration both among pupils and parents,
while the community at large acknowledges the
high standards here maintained and the steady
progress of the students and the schools. A
clear-headed, logical Democrat in politics, Mr.
Wendt holds strong convictions, which, however/
he never obtrudes on others, and at one time he
gave most efficient service as a deputy county
clerk of Shelby county, Iowa. Fraternally he
is a valued member of the Masonic fraternity,
the Knights of Pythias and he is also a Modern
Woodman. On July 24, 1902, Professor Wendt
wedded with Miss Rose McMahan, a native of
Pennsylvania and a daughter of J. P. and Cath-
erine (Condon) McMahan, who were residents
of Pennsylvania from about 1840 where the fa-
ther was a carpenter. He died in 1876 and hi&
cherished wife is now a resident of Denver.
HERBERT H. WILLIAMS. '
One of the leading citizens of Bighorn, Sher-
idan county, and one who has won his place in
the regard and confidence of his fellows by merit,
is Herbert H. Williams, a prominent and suc-
cessful stockgrower and business man. He was
born in Ohio, on February 20, 1860, the son of
Daniel and Mary J. (Burns) Williams, the for-
mer a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of
Ohio, who were early settlers in Iowa, but when
their son Herbert was five years old they moved
to Decatur county, Iowa, where they remained
three years, in 1868 moving to Kansas and in
1878 to Texas where Herbert received his first
experience in stockraising on a large scale, be-
coming a range rider and giving his attention
to cattle in an active and exacting manner. He
was robust and strong, and the arduous exercise
was of advantage to him, building up his con-
stitution and developing both physical power and
mental readiness and resourcefulness. In 1881,
bidding adieu to the southern country he came
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first to Ogalalla, Neb., and soon after to Chev-
enne, Wyoming, where he engaged to take charge
of a herd of cattle to North Dakota, after com-
pleting this engagement, working in Montan? on
the ranges until 1894, when he came again to
Wyoming and took up his residence on a ranch
near Bighorn which is still his home. On this
he is actively and successfully engaged in the
. business, conducting one of the leading
indu.strics of its kind in the county. Mr. Wil-
liams married at .Mill-, City. Montana, in 1886,
with Miss Cora M. Bray, a native of New York.
They have four children. Viola M., Berta B.,
( >rdn and Rose, all of whom are at home, valued
members of the household. Mr. Williams has
sought neither political preferment nor social
distinction. His business has occupied him wholly
and has satisfied all his desires for mental or
physical activity. Yet he has risen by his gen-
eral worth and manliness to a high place in the
good will and esteem of his friends and neigh-
bors, and has not failed to bear his due share of
the burdens of improving and advancing the
community, and working his county toward the
position its natural resources and the enterprise
of its people entitle it to hold.
PHILIP J. YODER.
Among the most highly respected and sub-
stantial citizens of the state of Wyoming is
Mr. Philip J. Yoder, who resides at Phillips.
He is a native of Ohio, a state which has fur-
nished so many men of sterling character to the
country farther west. He was born on Januarv 3.
. near Shanesville, Ohio, the son of Jacob
and Barbara (Miller) Yoder, both natives of
Ohio, \\here his father \va- a successful
farmer, long owning one ol the finest farms
in his section of tin- state, and In ing a prosperous
citixen. He died then- in [89 thi abli
mother passed away at the same place in |S-|.
They are buried side by side mar the scenes of
their active and useful lives. Philip I. Yoder
received hi- early education in the schools of
Tuscarawas county, Ohio. After completing
his education he remained at home, assisting his
father in the work and management of the
farm, until he had arrived at the age of twenty-
years, lie then engaged in business for
himself as a dealer in cattle and horses, buying
. from the farmers of his county and those ad-
joining, and driving or shipping to the cities of
the state which offered the best market. He
carried on this business for over three years
with considerable success. In 1863 he disposed
of his property in Ohio and removed to Henry
county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming
and stockraising -until 1881, when desiring to
enter more extensively into the stock business,
he sold his Iowa farms and came to Cheyenne,
then in the territory of Wyoming, looking for
a suitable location for his enterprise. He re-
mained for two years in Cheyenne and in 1883
purchased his present ranch property on Bear
Creek, about twenty miles east of Chugwater,
Wyo., and embarked largely in cattle and
horseraising. In this he was very successful,
and now is the owner of a fine hay and stock
ranch in one of the most favored sections of
the state, having 960 acres of patented land,
with adjacent land for range purposes, and
several thousand acres which he holds under
lease from the state. On October 9, 1863, Mr.
Yoder was united in marriage at Shanesville,
< >hiu, with Miss Cinderella Hattery, a native
of Ohio and the daughter of Joseph and Liddy
Hattery, both natives of the same state. Her
parents died when she was a small child ami
she grew to womanhood in the family of a
relative. Eight children have come to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Yoder. I'.eninmin F.,,
Amanda. Jesse, Oscar, Clara, Ida. Sadie and
Nina, all now living except Xina. who pa-
away from earth at the home of her parem
December _'<>, 1900, at the age of sixteen years.
Mr. and Mr-. Yoder are active member.- of the
Methodist Episcopal church and are deeply in-
'ed in all measure- calcnlat e,l to pn >i
the \\ork of religion ami charity in the commu-
nity where they reside. \<> won!- i de-
signed for the improvement of the condition
of tin- unfortunate or to contribute to the
cral welfare of the church goes from them with-
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out Mib-iantial aid and assistance, and they
are noted fur tlu-ir man) acts oi < liarity and
helpfulness lo others. Politically, Mr. Yoder
is affiliated with the Republican party and is
an earnest supporter of the principles of that
organization, although he has never .Bought or
desired ]>olitical preferment. During- the long
years <>i' his residence in the territory and state
of Wyoming, Mr. Yoder has demonstrated his
ability as a business man and his worth as a
citizen, being faithful to every responsibility
that has rested upon him and unfailing in the
performance of every duty. Though firm and un-
yielding in what he believes to be right, he is
ever considerate and just in his dealings with
others and has commanded the unqualified re-
spect of all who have come in contact with
him. P.y his energy, perseverance and un-
swerving fidelity he has established himself as
one of the most substantial and highly esteemed
citizens of Wyoming, and it is to such men as
he that the state owes its rapid growth, develop-
ment and prosperity.
WILLIAM H. WYMAX.
The first American ancestor of this family
was the German emigrant, Erastus Wyman,
who came to the Massachusetts Colony before
the Revolutionary War, in which his 'son, Eras-
tus. was also a conspicuous actor in the patriot
army, holding the rank of captain. He was the
grandfather of William H. Wyman of this re-
view, and he established himself at an early
date subsequent to the Revolution in the almost
unbroken wilderness of St. Lawrence count}',
N. Y., where he lived a successful and use-
ful life and developed by his industry, and that
of his sons, a comfortable home and estate
from the heavily timbered acres of the primeval
forest. Henry Wyman, a son of the Revolu-
tionary hero and St. Lawrence pioneer, was
reared among the pleasures and discomforts of
a pioneer home, where hard and constant labor
was not only the rule of existence, but a neces-
sity of the times. He remained for years on
the ancestral acres, continued the improvements
so alil\ commenced by his parents and had the
pleasure of beholding broadstretching fields
producing ample crops take the place of the
original wilderness. In 1835, however, he re-
:d to \Yhiiesidc county. 111., there becom-
ing one of the earliest settlers and tendering his
services to the Federal Government at the time
of the Black Hawk War. He married a Miss
Vienna Olds, born in St. Lawrence county. X.
Y., in i8i(j. who, after years of unceasing indus-
try in which she has exemplified the finest quali-
ties of Christian womanhood, is passing the
quiet evening twilight of her life in her Illinois
home. Her paternal grandfather, John Olds,
born in and a lifelong resident of Xew York
state, was of German descent, a carpenter and
cabinetmaker by trade. His wife, Elizabeth
(Spencer) Olds, was the daughter of William
Spencer, and of English extraction. Their son,
Thomas A. Olds, was the father of Mrs. Wy-
man. Henry Wyman was an old-time Whig,
a strong supporter of Gen. William H. Harri-
son, and in 1856 he voted with the Republican
party, then first presenting a presidential can-
didate to the country. His great love for home
prevented him from ever engaging in strife for
political office for himself. He died in i86t,
aged forty-seven years. William H. Wyman,
the youngest of the five children of Henry and
Vienna (Olds) Wyman, was born on August 18,
iS^i. in Whiteside county, 111., and there received
the education given in the district schools of
the place and period, continuing to abide at his
Whiteside home engaged in agricultural pur-
suits until the pioneering proclivities of his race
sent him westward to Colorado. After a short
stay in that section he came to- Wyoming in
7874 and at first engaged in the wild, rough,
yet fascinating labors connected with prospect-
ing and mining, pursuing these vocations for
several years, being prospered in his under-
takings. Later he became a pioneer in an-
other industry, holding the first head of cattle
ever held on the Rattlesnake range of moun-
tains, then a part of Sweetwater county but
now in Fremont county, being then in the em-
employ of the large stockfirm of Beckwith, Ouinn
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\ i O. In 1885 Mr. Wyman located a ranch on
Bear River, five miles north of » lokeville, Wyo.,
where he successfully engaged in raising \\< ,
during tSoj. however, erecting the hotel at
Cokcville, of which he is the present popular
and genial landlord. Republican in politics, his
sterling ability was recognized by his party in
1900 by his nomination for the responsible of-
fice of member of the lower house of the state
lature, to which he was elected by a very
flattering vote, serving with conceded benefit
to his constituents and to their general satisfac-
tion. Among his other possessions Mr. Wy-
man has oil and copper claims of high prospec-
tive value, but he has never married.
FREDERICK G. \\ < >LF.
( )nc of the pioneer citizens <>t Wyoming
and the proprietor of the leading hotel of Car-
bon county is lion. Frederick ( 'r. Wolf, of
Saratoga, lie is a native of Germany, born in
thi old state of \Yurtienibcrg. on December 27,
1845. the son of Frederick (j. and Margaret
( Xebelmesser) Wolf, both natives of Wnrttcm-
berg. and well-known and prominent residents.
his father being the burgomaster of the city
for eighteen years and also being the revenue
offii er of the ( ierman government and for many
years the leading citi/en of his district. His
Father, 1 redericli G. \\'olf, was also prominent
and long followed the occupation of wine-
gardening. < M a family of ten children, the
subject of this review was the eldesl son. lie
grew to man's estate in his native city, and ac-
quired his early education in its public schools.
\Yhcn he had completed his school life, he was
ent red as an appr-nl ice ii i the trade oi a
gardener, continuing in this employment until
he had attained twenty years, when he was
drawn into the German armv for a period of
ears, and in this service in I S< .' i he took
part in the war between \ustria and Southern
Germanv against both Prussia and ItaK.and par-
ticipated in the battle of Tanler I'.ishopshcim,
in \\hich he was Severely uounded. being badly
shot in one of his |e^> and compelled to remain
in hospital for eight weeks before he was able
to rejoin his regiment. After returning to act-
ive service he took part in the battle of Wurz-
burg and was: later in the battle of AshalVm'
In the latter engagement he was the leader of
a patrol and was surprised and attacked by a
largi : force ol the enemy, and during the con-
flict which followed one of his men wa, shot
and c ipturcd. and Mr. Wolf received a '.
wound in the hip and it was only bv shooting
his assailant that he \\as enable/! to save his
life and to escape to the camp of his regiment
which was two miles away. The wound he re-
ceived proved a serious one, upon reaching his
camp his boot was full of blood, and he was
again con lined in hospital for two months. 1
his recovery he returned to his home, peace hav-
ing been declared. He continued in the army
until iSdi>. \\heii his term of scrvio d and
he determined to seek his fortune in the Xew
\\orld. Arriving in the city of \\-\v York on
mber 31, l8o<). he came direct to Indiana
and located at Michigan City in the emplo\ of
the Michigan Central Railroad, where he re-
mained until 1*7, v He then resigned hi- po-
sition and removed to Rawlins in the territory
of Wxomii'L;. Here he became a foreman on
the L'nion I'acitic Railroad and was continued
in that position until 187''. when he opened a
wholesale and retail liquor store in the cit\ of
Rawlins, \\yo._ continuing successful!} CIIL
in that business until the spring of iS8j. lie
then disposed of his business and property in
Ra\\lins and removed to the Matte Yallcv.
where lie was engaged in tin1 cattle business
until 1X87 and during this time he had frequent
difficulties with the Indians, who were trouble-
some and caused him some losses 1
of their thieving propensities. l,m he had no
more M rions difficulty with them than tin
of .oine stock. \s he sufl'c' -, 1\ from
rheumatism, he \\as compelled in retire from
the cattle biisjnes,. and \\ent to Saratoga f,.r
the purposi of trying the waters of the hot
springs there foi In- tronbl. .peiiing a
lii|U"- ;! that place and conducting it up
to [892. He then disjM.se. I . if this Lnsin.
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good advantage, and going to Cheyenne dur-
ing the session of the Legislature, he was elected
sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representa-
, serving in that capacity until the close of
ission. I pon his return to Saratoga he
cd his present large brick hotel and en-
! in the hotel business. In this he has
been very successful and has steadily increased
his accommodations and added to his facilities,
until he has now the very best accommodations
for 1 60 guests, and is here already carrying on a
large and remunerative business, for his great en-
terprise, public spirit and genuine popularity have
given his place a wide reputation among the
traveling public, as well as among the people
of the vicinity, and his hotel is the most popu-
lar resort in his section of the state. In Janu-
ary, 1869, Mr. Wnlf was united in marriage with
Miss Christiana Waldeman, a native of Wurt-
temberg, German}-, where her parents were well-
known and highly respected citizens. To this
marriage have been born four children, Carrie,
now Mrs. Alexander Munz of Petersburg,
Colo., where her husband is engaged in real-
estate operations ; Freddie, now Mrs. A. T. Dog-
get t of Denver, Colo. ; Frederick W. (de-
ceased) ; Henrietta, still at the parental home.
The son, Frederick W. Wolf, a young man of
great promise and held in the highest esteem
in the community, was accidentally drowned in
Ttil\', 1901, while bathing in the Platte River,
and his unfortunate death was mourned as a
public calamity. He was one of the leading
young men of his section of the state, and at the
time of the breaking out of the Spanish-Ameri-
can War was the first to enlist in the local com-
pany raised for Torrey's regiment of Rough
Riders. After being mustered out of the serv-
ice he had returned to Saratoga, and was con-
nected in the hotel business with his father up to
the time of his death. His funeral was conducted
by the Knights of Pythias of Saratoga, of which
he was vice-chancellor. Mr. Wolf is one of
the leading citizens of his section of the state,
and has done much to develop its resources and
build up its industries, always taking a foremost
part in the promotion of every enterprise which
is calculated to benefit the public and contribut-
ing of his time and means to all worthy meas-
ures for the good of the community, he stands
high in the respect of his neighbors and of all
the people of that portion of Wyoming. He
has been very successful and is counted one of
the solid business men and substantial prop-
erty owners of Carbon county.
WILLSON BROTHERS.
One of the most substantial and best known
stock industries of Wyoming is that of the Will-
son Brothers, of Manville, Converse county. The
firm consists of George L. and Eugene B. Will-
son, both natives of Illinois and sons of George
C. and Arathusa (Parkhurst) Willson, who were
born in Massachusetts, their paternal grand-
father, Luther Willson, being a native of the
old town of Braintree, and one of the leading
ministers of the Unitarian faith in the common-
wealth and one of the founders of Unitarian-
ism in America. In 1836, when in very early
manhood George C. Wilson removed to the state
of Illinois, then on the extreme western fron-
tier of America, he was so highly pleased
with this new country that he determined to
make it his future home, in 1837 returning to
his native state, where he married and im-
mediately returned with his bride to Illinois.
He established his home at Como, Whiteside
county, and was elected as a justice of the peace
at that place. George L. Willson was born in
Whiteside county, 111., on November i, 1848,
and Eugene B. Willson was born at the same
place on October 18, 1852. They received their
early educational training in the public schools
of the vicinity of their boyhoods' home, and
there attained manhood. In 1870 Eugene B.
Willson left his native state and came to Chey-
enne, in the territory of Wyoming. This was
then in the frontier days of Wyoming, and there
were few habitations where the city of Cheyenne
now stands. In 1872 George L. Willson joined
his brother at Cheyenne, and in 1873 a still
younger brother, Edmund, came here also. The
brothers engaged in the responsible duties of
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surveying', under the general direction of I he
firm of Hay & Thomas, I". S. surveyors, and
continued in tin- occupation fur several y<
until in July, iSSo, tb • luded to eng
and ma ' • mem
on their present holdings in Converse county,
'iich on Novi . brought
the first band of sheep ever taken into the north-
ern section of Wyoming-. The business was
conducted under the firm name of Willson >\
Rasniussen until iSSS, v L. and
Eugene I'., Willson purchased the entire in-
teri oi Mr. Rasmus-en and formed the firm
of Willson Bros., which has continued its
operations to the present time and has met with
ss. The firm is also interested
in horses, having a large band of fine Hamble-
tonian thoroughbreds and also run a fine herd
of Hereford and Shorthorn cattle. They own
sever-;! ihons.-ind acres of land, with large
meadows, and grew each year many hundivds
of tons of alfalfa and other hay, which is I
in the care of their own slock. They at
the most progressive and successful sl«ckmen
of W\ Miniug. An older brother. William, also
served with distinction in the Civil War. and
died February 27. 1*04. from an illness con-
tracted during his arnn life. An unmarried sis-
ter, who has an interest in her brothers' busi
ness, has made several visits to them from her
eastern home and she lias always shown a keen
and intelligent interest in their operations.
Eugene I'.. Wills. >n v d in marriav
lnl\ 23, [890, with Miss Isabel Mack, a native
of Ohio. She is a graduate of \VoltV Hall in
Denver, Colo., and her first visit i<> Wvoming
was made in her childhood when Cheyenni
could boas I but feu trees and ni 'lie ol the tine
buildings of toda\. Shi- also holds a diploma
as a trained nurse IP im a pro ; hi ispital
in ( "hica^i i, \\ here she was ' t! '' •'
in city mi--ionar\ work. To their union
have been born four children. Eugeni I'ark-hurst.
l;.diri Lucille. Kenneth Mack and I'Yederick
Brooks. The famiK is held in hivji esteem l.\
a large circle of friends and acquaintances and
the Will-on I'.rothers -land in the front rank of
the representative citizens of Wyoming, and
their enterprise and energy have done much
••. elop the resources and promote the wel-
state in which they
ha\ e i tablished thei; ce.
AMI )RETTI, JR.
Although Wyoming is the youngest, in our
of states, and her history covers scarcely
more than a g-eneration of men, she has never-
ss contributed to the business and social
- of the country a liberal share of prodne-
cnergies and live, active, influential men.
Among the latter Eugene Amoretti, Jr., of
Lander holds a ,', high place, to which
. isily risen by reason of his scholarship.
his urbanity of manner and his genuine busi
capacity. Tie was born at South Pass, Fre-
mont county, Wyo., on January 12, 18/1. the
son of Rugene and Mary Amoretti. descendants
of a royal line of Italy aim natives of Venice,
thai rare beautiful city which rose like Aphrodite
fn/m the sea. What he is. therefore, altK
of noble lineage, he is all Wyoming's own. His
parents came to the United States in the earlv
Eorties and t<> Wyoming in 1868. He was edu-
cated at the University of Notre Dan
South I'.end. hid., at the Collev, of the Sacred
Mean at Denver and at the Friends College
at ' imaha. < >n leaving school he engaged in
the business of raising and selling cattle and
sheep, taking up a place of 240 acres on Horse
'• ii Fremonl county, which he still
and on which lie cot cattle
business. He i- also an important factor in the
affairs of the Stock lirouers' Hank a:
Mi ml., i if which he is nt. and holds
a lar-e inlere-l in the Lander Klectric I
1 . being iis manager and giving to its devcl-
•it the mil benefit of his s'uperior executive
abilitv. In addition t. < these ent ' , he is
manager »\ the large rollermills at l.ande-
carries ,,,] an extensive real-estate husiiu -
the town and county. I lax in- a taste and a
decided capacilv for jinblic a ("fairs. Mr. Amo-
retli gives to ilu- welfare of ihe community and
[go
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its proper development due attention, and his
potential voice is always heard in reference to
matter-- touching tin- progress anil improve-
ment of his section of the state. I Ir served the
cit) two years as councilman and the county
t\vo years as treasurer, and. although his serv-
iees were valuable and highly appreciated and
he was urged to continue them, he declined on
account of his personal interests, which were
engrossing, to stand for a reelection. He is a
member of the Masonic order and has pursued
its mystic and sxmbolic teachings up to and
also including the Thirty-second degree of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. He is
also a noble of the Mystic Shrine of Corean
Temple at Rawlins and a member of the local
ledge of the Knights of Pythias. On Novem-
ber 18, 1891, he was united in marriage with
Miss Eloise Creedon of Omaha, Neb., where
the nuptials were celebrated, the bride being a
daughter of P. ]. and Margaret (Clark) Creedon
of Pennsylvania. Her mother is deceased, but
her father now lives in Omaha, Neb. Two chil-
dren, Margaret and Eloise. have blessed the
union and enlivened the beautiful home of Mr.
and Mrs. Amoretti.
VIRS. JOSEPHINE E. BALDWIN.
The life of the hardy pioneer in the wilds of
a new country is a hard one and it has little to
relieve its monotonous round of toil, peril and
privation. It is however frequently relieved and
blessed by the helpful presence of a devoted
woman, who leaves the pleasures and securities
of civilization to cast her lot in the west with the
man of her choice, braving whatever fate awaits
her by his side. This is in brief the story of
Airs. Josephine E. Baldwin of Lander, the widow
of the late Major N. Baldwin, one of the earliest
pioneers of Wyoming and the first white woman
seen in this part of the country. She was a
daughter of Joseph and Eveline (Leak) Wright,
natives of New York, Friends in religion and
well esteemed wherever they were known. Her
father was a wholesale leather merchant in New
York City, where he died of cholera in 1832
soon after his daughter, the younger of his two
children, was Imrn. In 1835 her mother again
married with I'hilemon Canlield, a prominent
contractor and builder. In 1849 he and Mr.
I'.aldwin yielding to the persuasive voice of
California offering her newly discovered golden
treasures to an eager world, left their native
heath for the distant Eldorado. In 1854 Mr.
Canfield returned to "the States" for his family,
and soon after their arrival in San Francisco
Miss Josephine Wright became Mrs. Noyes
I'.aldwin, the nuptials being solemnized on Sep-
tember :;, 1854. She had been well educated at
private schools in New York, and having in-
herited from a determined and self-reliant ances-
I ry a resolute spirit, was ready for any emer-
gency that might arise in her new home. Mr.
I'.aldwin was born on September 8. 1826, at
Woodbridge, Conn., the son of Lyman and
Marie (Beach) Baldwin, being a contractor and
builder. After a short period in California sub-
sequent to his marriage, he took his wife to her
native city, and returning to the Pacific coast,
! ought a brig and left for Valparaiso, Peru, to
make divings for sunken treasures in the Pacific.
When he got back to California he sent for his
wife and they remained in the state until 1857,
then again returned to New York, where he
went into business with Mrs. Baldwin's step-
father until 1859. when they again made their
home in California, a short time later removing
to Nevada where he opened a hotel at Silver
City, and conducted it until the Civil War broke
out, when he raised a hundred volunteers for the
service and was made captain of Co. B. First
Nevada Cavalry. He soon rose by merit to the
rank of major, was ordered with his command
to Fort Churchill and soon after was sent to
I amp Douglas, near Salt Lake City, on account
of the Mormon uprising. In 1863 he was trans-
ferred to Fort Bridger, Wyo., and from- there
to Provo. Utah, and after passing a short time
among the Danites. returned to Fort Bridger,
where he was placed in command of the post.
During his military service he entertained a num-
ber of officers afterwards distinguished in the
Federal army, among them Generals Sheridan
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and Miles. Towards the end of 1863 he and
('aptain Skelton organi/ed a band of prospectors,
but owing to the hostility of the Indians the pro-
ject was abandoned after a few claims were lo-
cated at South I'ass, \Y\o. In July, 1865. he was
mustered out of service and came to Land< r
\"alley. making his own roads, and began trading
with the Indians for furs and skins which be-
took overland to Salt Lake, leaving his family in
Lander Yallcv during his absence. In 1868 he
erected and opened the first store at South T'ass
and bought goods by the carload at Bcnton or
old Fort Steele, his wife attending to the store in
his absence. About this time he started a news-
paper in companv with Col. E. A. Slack, now
a resident of Cheyenne. They received gold
dust as money, and it being hard to make change,
he issued tickets good for the requisite amount
in goods at his store. In 1868 he built a new
house on Baldwin Creek, and the Indians soon
after becoming hostile, about sixty miners came
down from Miner's Delight to protect him and
bis family and rescue them from a perilous situa-
tion, and while on their way the miners found
seven men who had been killed by savages and
hastened to o>iivov the Baldwins to South Pass.
Two years later the I". S. government sent troops
to Kort Brown and in iSjj Kurt Stanbangh was
established, and the major appointed posttrader
and postmaster, remaining there in that dual ca-
pacity for ten years having many thrilling exper-
iences with the Indians. Tn 1X7. , lu returned to
the vallev and built the house now occupied by
Mrs. Baldwin, having a year previous sent P. P.
Dickinson forward with merchandise to sell on
commission. In iSS^ he took charge of the en-
terprise and built the store now '--inducted by his
sou. Melvin I'.aldwin, to whom he sold it in 1890.
On January u. iS.,_>. after a career of unusual
adventure and Usefulness, lie died at his late
home and was laid to rest \\ith every demon
tion nf popular affection iii the beautiful r.
lie had d> me 50 much to civili/e and fructify. I h-
i a valued member of the Masmiic fraternity
and also i>f tin- Grand \rm\ of the Republic.
Throughout their eventful married life Mrs.
Baldwin entered fulK inti. all of his aspirations
and designs, pruving herself a worthy com-
panion for the bold, resourceful and produc-
tive man whose name is a synonym for the bi si
<|iialitii-s of the very highest type of \merican
pioneer and soldier. They have nine children, all
living, Alinonto. wife of Svlvester Read, now de-
ceased; Evelyn, wife of Dr. Thoma- G. Maghee
of Uawlins, \\\o., Melville, merchant at Lander:
Stella, wife of John Chittham of Lander:
Louisa, wife of J. Ludin of Xew York City;
George, the first child born in Lander Valley,
now at Lander; Josephine; Cracc; Klorence. wife
of (iriftith Magee. of Rawlins.
GUSHING W. BCTTERFIELI).
Xothing in the historv of the American peo
pie is more remarkable or more indicative of
their real character than the lofty courage, stern
endurance, unflagging industry and readiness for
every requirement shown by the pioneers or
early settlers in all parts of our land. Every
town of consequence, which is not the suddt i
product of trade conditions, venerates the
memor) oi some sterling, though it ma\ be rug-
ged founder, who anticipating the tide of emi-
gration which has been llo\\ing from the Atlantic
seaboard steadily to\\ard the sunset until it has
overspread the' whole country, planted his foot
in the \\ildernes- and heued out a new h
wherein his hopes might expand, and nourish.
To this class belonged the late dishing \Y.
lUitterfield of Crook county, Wyoming, who was
one of the substantial and forceful elements in
the early settlement and civili/ati"ti. lie was
a native of Vermont, coming with parents to
Iowa late in the sixties he pa
years at Ihirant, Cedar county, and there he met
and married with Miss 1 lattie C. ('oilier, a na-
tive of Ohio, and t|ir\ scon after removed to
( I'Brien county in the same state where he \\as
engaged in farming until iSSj. At that time he
came overland to \Y\oming. bringing his young
family and arriving at Beulab in July. \Yithin
hi- arrn h iled the ranch on
Red \Yaier Creek, eighteen miles northeast of
Sundance, which is now owned bv his
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PROGRESS! 1 I MEh OI- WYOMING.
i-ge C. and Burdette S. Butterfield. Only
three ranches were occupied and under cultiva-
tion on the creek when this family settled there
and the country was yet the primeval wilderness
the habitat of the savage and wild beast. All
the privations and dangers of remote pioneer life
were to be encountered and all the conveniences
and blandishments of cultivated life to be fore-
gone. Yet with resolute hearts and lofty courage
the family entered into a contest where men,
beasts and nature seemed arrayed' against them,
and went steadily forward from victory to vic-
tory. They began an industry in raising cattle
and horses which was conducted under the
direction of the father until 1888 when he
turned it over to his sons and went to Nebraska.
He remained there but a short time, then re-
turned to Wyoming where he died in September,
1890. His widow survived him eleven years
dying in 1901. No residents of the county were
better known or more highly esteemed. Mr.
Bntterfield was noted far and wide for his great
industry and his stern and unyielding integrity.
He was always active in politics as a Republican
but never sought office for himself, being a man
of lofty public spirit and the most progressive
ideas. The family consists of four children.
William H. Butterfield. the eldest son, born in
1868. is perhaps the best-known man of the
name in the live stock circles of the state. He
was one of the early range riders of the county,
riding for a number of large cattle companies
and winning high commendation for. his skill
and courage. He is now a wealthy stock dealer
and cattle feeder on a very extensive scale at
Wisner, Neb., where in 1891 he married with
Miss Bessie L. Mansfield and has since made his
home there, taking occasional business trips to
Wyoming. Burdette S., the second child, was
born in 1870 and was married in 1899 to Miss
Ella Douglas, a Crook county lady, resident in
the county since she was six months old. Mr^
Minnie B. Rich, the third child and only daugh-
ter, was educated at the State Normal School at
Spearfish, S. D., and was fur a number of years
one of the county's most popular teachers. She
married on June 10. 1899, Henry E. Rich, a
;>r< onerous ranchman and resides eight miles
north of Sundance. The youngest son and
child, George C. Butterfield, was born in March,
18711. at Sheldon, Jo\\a, and grew to manhood
in Crook county and was educated at the public
schools supplemented by instruction at the State
Normal School at Spearfish, S. D. After leaving
school he joined his father on the farm and
since then has been occupied with its work and
improvement. In 1897 he and his brother Bur-
dette S. formed a partnership for conducting a
stock business and since have been engaged in
raising cattle and horses on a scale of increas-
ing magnitude. They have 880 acres of land in
addition to the fine home ranch on Red Water
Creek which their father took up, the properties
being well improved, with good buildings and
cultivated with assiduous industry and skill.
They understand their business thoroughly, hav-
ing had years of practical experience, and are
well acquainted with localities and with people in
northern Wyoming and adjoining states. They
are Republicans in politics but have never al-
lowed office to be thrust upon them. The brothers
all belong to the Modern Woodmen of America,
B. S. and G. C., all holding membership in the
lodge at Beulah, except W. H. whose affiliation
is at Wisner. Young, active, progressive and
highly esteemed, with a full and accurate knowl-
edge of their business and tireless energy in push-
ing it, as social factors welcomed in every desir-
able circle, being in accord with the best tenden-
cies in civil affairs, the Butterfield brothers are on
the threshold of a fruitful and promising future.
Burdette has made his home on the ranch and
George has been dealing in stock as a com-
mission merchant in addition to his ranching
interests.
ALEXANDER P. BATTRUM.
Every clime and every land has given of
their people to develop the Great Northwest of
the United States, and no element in the inter-
esting conglomerate of our population has firm-
er fiber or greater fertility of resources than
that coming from old England, and among
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF UTOMIXG.
193
those who owe their ancestry to that country
.\lr\andcr P. rJattrum, now prominent in
financial circles and the public life of Fremont
count}-, \Yyi nniny, has an honored place. He
is a nativ.r of County Suffolk, Rutland, born
on December 12, 1838, his parents !•
Thomas and Esther (Parker) I'.attrum, mem-
bers of families long resident in 1 liat part of
England and of standing and influence. The
father was a merchant and farmer and had his
son Alexander, the sole surviVor of -his three
children, educated with care. When he was
1 years of age, in 1855, the young man
detenu i; K-d to seek the smiles of fortune for
himself in the New World and he set sail for
the l/nited States, locating on his arrival in
y, 111., where he found profitable
agricultural pursuits ready to his hand. After
.1 .-hort time he removed to Hancock county,
and there followed his chosen vocation until the
inni f the Civil War. when he promptly
enlisted in Co. I, Sixteenth Illinois Infantry,
with which h- took: part in a number of im-
, ' \z reinlisting in the
regiment. Receiving an ugly saber cut
at the battle of Corinth soon after, in December
of thai year he was discharge.! on accoui
physical disability and returned to his home in
Illinois. In the spi ol i < , ' came to Ne-
vada and found congenial c. tnploynicnt in the
lumber business and a little later in teaming.
which he followed for three years. Tie then
urn at mining and hotelkeeping at
Treasure Flill, near Shcrmaniown. which l.i
two hen in the l''re\burg di-trict he fol-
' miring and teaming- for .1 year, then,
: season in < 'alii cei urned
.•(•\burg, thence a short time later remov-
ing to I'ii "'lie. v, here he ••• ! in min-
ing ,; , (.raising for five years. In
he came to \Vymnir.g and siaried a permanent
S, having sent a band of h"
into the state two • re of
Messrs, \tkin> \- Oillis. Me boughl the land
on which lie has sin.
sistinv of the 400 ac- 1 ah. nit -ix miles
of lh'- town, which he has rcccntlv
and there he built up and conducted a profitable
and e'-.panding trade in graded Hereford cat-
tle and desirable breeds of thoroughbred horses,
line barn and outbuildings. He is still
interoied in a similar en1 on 960 acres
of land on i rreen River in I'inta county, and is
ly alive to even element . n progress in the
count}' and every financial, intellectual and
i of the advancing tides. In 1900
he v lected o ami icr and at the
ion of the board was chosen president.
His services to the county in this position have
been universally commended as wise and valua-
ble. He is a member of the order of Odd Fel-
lows, holding the rank of past grand in the lo-
cal lodge, and belongs to the Grand Army of
the Krpv.blic. ( iii \ngust i. 1886. he married
Mrs. di Clark, of Lander, the capable
\ oi V\ illiam * lark. \\ ho v ; n to
death in this comity. In their attractive resi-
dence in Lander a warm genially and
hospitality are ever present. They have had
two children. Viola E., :i Student Boul-
der, Colo., Xormal School, and Leslie V. killed
by a horse i:: iSo<j. I'.y her first marriage ?drs.
Piattrum liad !ive children, four of whom are
living.
; [i IN. 11. L. CA1 LAWAY, M. I).
The ancesiry of the distinguished citizet
•unit count}-, Wyoming, wl me heads
th i • i races back thro:
of gallant Keninckians to prominent fam-
ilies ( if Virgi iled in the < Md 1 '
from an earl] Colonial period. The Doctor
sents in his character ;h. ' • .icteristics
of both ites, being L po ' • :nly and
cultivated " nllcman of rare professional skill.
high
order. Tlvse qualil ,:ibined with his
v ices in ' 'i v- 'ill till- de\
men! and the bni! ' £ of Wyom-
ing have given him a warm place in tk
of the pei M le, \\ hich hi- capal .-live
sen ices in tli. State Sen fi ' ainl
enlarged. Doctor < ' born in the
194
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
cultured cil\ of Lexinglon, l\y., mi < >ctolier 27,
18(14. the -.Hi of Dr. J. B. and Ella (Logan)
Callaway, both of ancient Knglish lineage,
Americanized and improved by a long connec-
tion with the thrilling event.s uf \ irginia Colo-
nial and Revolutionary history and with fron-
tier life in the Blue Grass state, the father being
a physician and surgeon of skill and promi-
nence. The atmosphere of his home, which
after the war period was removed to Missouri,
was keenly intellectual, and of his family of six
children, three sons engaged in medicine or
dentistry. Dr. L. H. is a practicing physician
of Xevada, Mo. ; Dr. H. L. of Lander, Wyo. ;
Frank B. of Nevada, Mo. ; Dr. William L., a
dentist of Xevada, Mo. ; Sarah, wife of G. R.
Godfrey of Xevada, Mo. ; Ella, wife of Eugene
Parish, also of Xevada, Mo. Dr. H. L. Calla-
way received his early literary training in the
schools of Xevada, Mo., suppplementing this
by a three-years' course of study at the Central
College of Fayette, Mo. Thereafter he matric-
ulated in the St. Louis Medical College, pur-
suing the scientific and technical studies neces-
sary to the complete equipment of a physician
and surgeon for two years, then continuing
these studies at that noted institution, the Uni-
versity of Louisville, Ky., for one year, then
devoting one year to hospital practice in the
Missouri Pacific Railroad Hospital at St. Louis,
Mo., still further pursuing his investigations
and medical study for another year at the Beau-
mont Medical College of St. Louis, from which
he was graduated in 1890 as M. D. With this
splendid preparation and mental equipment,
Doctor Callaway began an active professional
life at Lander, Wyo., in 1891, and here he has
since resided, enjoying a marked personal popu-
larity and controlling a large and representative
patronage. He keeps in touch with the marked
advances of the sciences of which he is the local
interpreter by reading the best and latest litera-
ture and through his connection with medical
societies, and his skill as a physician and sur-
ge'm has often been • demonstrated. The Doc-
tor has been a very prominent factor in the de-
velopment of this section of Wyoming, is inter-
ested to some extent in its stock industry, in its
oil territory and in its mining and is one of the
promoter*- ami founders of the thriving town
of Thermopolis. Indeed, all things which he has
touched have seemed to prosper, while in all
ways he stands as one of the best representa-
tives of the professional and cultured people of
the state. In 1896 his talents and zeal in the
cause of the people had become so manifest that
he was placed in nomination by the Democratic
party as -its carfdidate for state senator, being
successful at the polls by a triumphant majority,
holding the office for four years. Fraternally the
Doctor has attained the Knights Templar de-
gree in the Masonic order and is affiliated with
the Knights of Pythias. At the present writing
he is a member of the city council of Lander,
and he is at all times and under all circum-
stances a liberal contributor of time and means
to the advancement and interests of the city,
his county and his state. He has a host of
friends, winning and retaining them by his ad-
.mirable qualities of head and heart.
\!ATER LUMAN.
The immediate progenitors of Mr. Luman
were in the true sense representative men and
women, whose integrity, moral worth and in-
tellectual endowments gave them standing and
influence. His father, James Luman, was a
native of Ohio and an industrious tiller of the
soil who followed agricultural pursuits in
Ohio for some years and then changed his
residence to West Virginia where he continued
his chosen calling until his removal in 1855 to
Kansas, where he passed the remainder of his
life, dying in 1865 at the age of fifty-six. He
was an honorable and upright man of un-
impeachable character, a great lover of home
and a liberal provider for his family. He never
aspired to public distinction but was content
to pursue the even tenor of his way, as a plain,
honest farmer, and to be known only as a pri-
vate citizen. His wife, who bore the maiden
name of Matilda Anchram, was born in Pennsyl-
vania, was married in Ohio and departed this
PROGRESSIVE MEN OP WYOMING.
195
life in St. Joseph county. Mo., in iSSo. She
possessed a beautiful Christian character and
was a zealous worker in her church anil early
instilled into the minds of her seven children the
principles of religion by which her own life
was directed. Aimer Luman was horn on
February _>.}, 1.^40, in West Virginia and ac-
companied bis parents to Kansas when but
six years old. His boyhood and youth sped
away on the farm, and in the public schools
he secured his first instructions in the mysteries
of education. At an early age he became ani-
mated with a desire to see something of the
world, and when a mere youth he made a trip
to \ew Mexico and shortly after his return went
: I '(iiver, Colo., in the vicinity of which city he
remained until September. iSdi\ then went fur-
tin T west, passing the winter in various parts of
i lab, then made his way to Montana, where
for ten years he was engaged in staging and
freighting. \Yhile thus employed Mr. Luman
drove to all the principal points of the western
States and territories, meeting with thrilling
e :periences, not always free from adventure
and danger. On discontinuing the above work
he began trailing cattle and -beep for different
- from the northwest to Clievnne and
after tuo years at this business lu. ^avc up his
position and engaged in the stock business upon
his own responsibility, locating a ranch in
t water count}', Wyo.. in iSSo. from which
time dales his career as an independenl t
in the business world. Mr. Luman began by
bme le and sheep, and in dm time ex-
tended his operations until he had a large and
uell stocked ranch and was on the high road
to prosperity. In purchasing stock he traveled
nsively over nearly ever) part of the west,
coming in contact with the leading cattle and
sheep raisers, every day beeomin n and
more experienced as a close observer and far-
| business man. \Yithoni going into de
laiN. suffice il to say that from the beginning
his business met bis mosl sanguine expecta-
h year hi ons grew in mag-
nitude until he became knov :li,
\Y\oming. He continued dealing in cattle and
sheep and since iSoo he has largely extended
his operations in sheep. Mr. Luman's success
lias been commensurate with the efforts he has
put forth, owning several large ranches in
Wyoming and Idaho, besides valuable prop-
erty throughout the west, including a fine resi-
dence in Salt Lake City, where his family reside.
Of a persevering and indomitable nature, he
has sturdily and persistently held to his course;
obstacles he has encountered and many of his
best achievements were wrested from condi-
tions which would have insured certain defeat
to men of less courageous resolution. To rise
equal to emergencies and to overcome difficul-
ties have been among his chief characteristics,
and being a man of sound judgment and prac-
tical expedients be seldom addresses himself
to an undertaking without careful plans fur
carrying it to a successful conclusion. He
is a man of action rather than of \\ords. His
mind is strongly analytical and in ;- deep
and wide. He is decidedly utilitarian, energy
of character, firmness of purpose and unswerv-
ing integrity being among his most pronounced
traits. He looks searchingly and comprehen-
sively into the nature of probable results and
possesses the rare faculty of seeing with ac-
curacy the end from the beginning. Indefati-
gable and with earnestness of purpose, he goes
forward where others hesitate, is confident
where others doubt and wins success where
others \\onld see nothing hut discouragement,
if not disaster. A sanguine disposition has
rnabled him to lake advantage of circumstances
and where opportunities are lacking he pos-
s the power to create them. \s a citi/en
Mr. Luman is popular with all cl id in
his home life few are as happy and <
coinforlabb situated. His home at Salt
is Mile of ilie beautiful and attractive pri-
residenees of the cilv and tlo lin
worldlv cares are permitted to disturb the quiet
of the domestic circle or to interfere with its
• . nit} . It is preside
lady of culture and refinement, with whom he
1 >c|i iber _•_•, |SS,. her maiden
PROGRESSIVE MEN OI- WYOMING.
name being lennctte Sncddcn. and she is the
daughter ni" koliiTt ami Mar\ I M ontcith ) Sncd-
dcn, natives respectively of Scotland and the
United States. She has borne her husband
srven ehildren, Eugene, jennette, Kenneth T-.
Man, 1'hillis, Richard, Frank and Rock, all
living" but the t\v<i last named, \vlm departed
this lii'e when the\ were eleven years and eleven
months i ild respectively. Mr. Luman has every
reason to feel proud of his family, the domes-
tic circle in many respects approaching the ideal
in the mutual love and interest which the dif-
ferent members manifest. He has provided for
his children the best educational advantages
obtainable and considers no reasonable sacri-
fice too great to fit and prepare them for useful
stations in the world. These laudable efforts
are heartily seconded by the wife and mother,
and both parents and children have harmoniously
cooperated for this desirable end.
GEORGE F. CHAPMAN.
George F. Chapman, one of the leaders of
the enterprising citizens of Evanston. WM>-
ming, comes of sturdy Yankee stock, for his
parents and grandparents were all natives of
Massachusetts, where he himself was born in
Canton, in 1860, his father being Oliver S. Chap-
man, born at Belchertown, Mass., in 1811, and
during his mature life he was always interested
in railroads and railroad building, aiding in the
construction of the first railroad in Massachu-
setts and being a member of the first board of
directors of the Union Pacific Railroad. Politi-
cally he was a Republican, and his life ended
in 1879, his remains being buried at Canton,
Mass. His wife, the mother of George F.
Chapman, was Elizabeth Everett, born in 1817
at Canton, Mass., where she was married and
lived until two years ago, when she also passed
away. Her remains rest beside those of her
husband. Her father, Leonard Everett, and her
mother also were natives of Massachusetts and
their remains also rest in the attractive ceme-
tery at Canton. George F. Chapman was edu-
cated at Canton and in the Massachusetts Me-
rlianical University of Techiii >1> >!4\ . Gradual-
ing from the latter in 1878, he came In < Imaha,
Neb., engaged in railroading, and at the time-
he closed his connection with this road he \\as
the master mechanic of the Union Pacific Rail-
road, with headquarters at Evanston. Having
hi-eiiinc largely interested in ranching property
in company with his brother, ]. E. Chapman, he
ably engaged in the active management of its
affairs and also with a meat business in Evans-
ton, which was started fifteen years ago. and
at the present writing the brothers own 56,000
acres of land in Rich county, Utah, which they
devote principally to sheepraising. In politics
Mr. Chapman is a Republican, and he was elect-
ed a member of the legislature of Wyoming in
1892 and served with credit to himself and bene-
fit to his constituents, manifesting legislative
qualities of a high character. Mr. Chapman
was first married in 1882 to Eliza Copen, who,
like himself, was a native of Canton, and de-
scended from Colonial families of Massachu-
setts. Her parents were George and Clara ( P.oy-
ton) Copen, whose mortal remains were buried
in their native place, Massachusetts. Mrs.
( "hapman died about four years ago, leaving her
husband with four children: Ruth, George H.,
Elizabeth L. and Frederick. About two years
ago Mr. Chapman again entered matrimony
with a member of the distinguished old Ames
family, which has furnished so many notable
people of the state and nation, being prominent
in every generation from Colonial days. She
was Alice Ames, a daughter of Frank and Cath-
erine (Copcland) Ames, of whom the father is
dead and the mother a resident of Boston.
AUIN E. BROWN.
This well-known stockman, whose ranch is
located seven miles north of Evanston, Uinta
county. Wyoming, was born in Summercoates,
Derbyshire, England, on December 19. 1853,
a son of William and Hannah (Clark) Brown.
The father was engaged in mining in England
and is now a farmer in Providence, Utah, being
a member of the Latter Dav Saints church.
PROGR1 SSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
197
Mrs. Hannah i Clark i I'.roun uas called fri >nf
earth at Almy on January -'5, 1882, at the a-e
of forty-six \cars, and her remains \vriv there
interred. James and Manila (England) ('lark,
the parents (if Mrs. Hannah I'.roun. \\ere also
native^ of [''.upland, the former liein- a sun nf
Josiah and Mar\ ( Skevingh m i llmuu and an
engineer liy professii HI. In \^J\ the Brown
famiK came to the L'nited States and settled in
I I. ill. At the a tie of nine years Adin E. went
to \\ork in the mine-, of England, and mining
uas his occuiiatiiin until lie had attained his
majority, when, about 187,?. he entered eighty
acres of his present homestead, which is now
jointly owned by himself and wife and is located
in Almy. Mrs. Harriet Drown, wife of Adin
lirown. owned MO acres at Hillianl, \Yyo..
about twenty-five miles south of Evanston,
which is nou *>iml\ o\\ned by herself and Inis-
liand. Adin I1".. I'.rown was married in Almy on
September _'S, 1X73, to Miss Harriet Uower, a
daughter of \Villiam and Martha (Davis)
I lower, natives of lUinslcy, Xottinijiaiushire.
Emjand. uho came to L'inta county, Wyo., on
July 4, iS7_>. The father of Mrs. I'.rown was a
son of Christopher and Helen (Housley)
I'.owcr. also natives of 1 ".upland. William
I'.owcr uas born on July l<). iS^_>, was a farmer,
and died at Croydon, Utah, on Julv ji, [890;
his widow nou resides in D . Idaho. Mr.
and Mrs. Adin E. I'.roun had twelve children,
of uhoin one was the wife of \Yilliam Xisbilt.
and departeil this life on March [O, i S> i ) ; \Yil-
liam H. married Mi-s Xellie Aiklcii. and is liv-
ing in Lafayette, Colo. ; Herbert is married to
Mabel Codbcr and resides in Milliard, Wyo.;
Annie K., wife of I'.en jamin Benjamini ol
Spring Valley, I "inta county, \\'yo. : Maud M..
died in infancy: Adin. Jr., died July 7, io<«>.
aged • nine months and SIXt< en
da\ s ; Eraiik married Eli/aheth I'.oan and lives
in Spring Valley. \\"\ o. ; ( 'liarles Milton, dieil
an infant; Harriet 11. and I.yman are still liv-
ing, and the two others died in infancy. Mr.
I'.rown is one of the most enterprising f.n
and cattlemen in I 'inta connl\ and In his in-
dustry he has done much io de\ el. ip the p
perity of the community. The family en
the esteem of all their neighbors, and the neat-
ness and thrift which characterixe his ranch
are matters of universal admiration and com-
mendation. Me is the "architect of his own
fortune." and deserves all the praise, which is
accorded him. Me is the kind of a man that
a newly settled section of a countrv most profit*
by in securing- as a resident, and the citizens of
I "inta county may well. congratulate themselves
at having his presence among them.
EDMCXD ( 'I 'SACK.
An energetic, progressive and widewake
stockgrower and liveryman of Thermo;
one of the first public officials of his county,
helping to fix the metes and bounds and estab-
lish the character of its political and official de-
partments and always actively and practically
interested in the welfare of his community,
imind (.'usack is thoroughly identified with the
growth and development of \Y\oming and has
a good n-cord of faithful service to his credit
wherever he has lived. He is a native of I
cnworth. Kan., born m 1859, the son of John
and Mary Tnsack, who came to that state from
their native Ireland so, MI alter they were mar-
ried. In iSi>7 they removed county.
Xeb., where their son Edmund was reared and
educated. In iSS5 he came to \Y\oming. locat-
ing first at Cheyenne and later in the Ilighorn
basin. Here for \ears he rode the range and
in tSS7 located a homestead at the month of
( >wl Creek, where he engaged in stockraising.
farming and carrying the C. S. mail under con-
tract, having the first route from I .ost Cabin.
He has given up his contract for carrying the
mails, but still retains his ranch of 320 acres
and carries (,n hjs stocl -s. handling
and cattle In i SoS he
landising at Thcrmopoli-. but
sold out in Hio:i. Tuo vears later he Marled his
presenl liverj bu in the to\\n and.
1 his
enterprisi <"• meel ing them, he 1
id bus} e in
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1 G
respecl and one of the finest of its kind
in a large snipe of country. In politics Mr.
ck is an ardenl Democrat, always lending
aid to his party's campaigns. He was a mem-
ber of the tir^t hoard of county commissioners
eli 'led in Bighorn county and was one of the
tirsi justices of the peace in this part of the
country. In the administration of both offices
he had important function- to perform and won
general commendation by his fidelity, intelli-
gence and breadth of view. He belongs to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Modern Woodmen of America. At Meeteetse,
in 1890, he was married with Miss Almyra
Adams, a native of Ohio, who died on June 10,
1899, leaving one child, their daughter Mary.
In all the essentials of good citizenship Mr.
Cusack has fully satisfied the requirements and
as a business man and public official he has ex-
hibited an uprightness and force of character
worthy of emulation and approval by all classes
of the people.
DAVID F. CROUT.
A prominent stockman and rancher of
Wyoming, and one of the most progressive and
enterprising citizens of his section of the state
is David F. Crout, whose address is Collins,
Wyo. A native of Jackson county, Mich., he
was born on October 14, 1861, the son of Wil-
liam and Melissa A. (Bryant) Crout, natives of
Xew York. The paternal grandfather, John
Crout, was also a native of the Empire state,
removed to Michigan in his early life and was
one of the pioneers of that state and remained
there engaged in agriculture up to the time of
his death. The father also followed farming
in Michigan until 1861, when he enlisted as a
member of the First Regiment of Michigan
Cavalry, for service in the Civil War, in which
service he received a promotion for gallantry
in action, and by a re-enlistment he was con-
tinued in the army and detailed to guard the
stages on the old overland stageroad to Cali-
fornia. He began this service in 1866 and
served in it for about three years, having many
exciting experiences on the frontier and being
frequently engaged in skirmishes with the In-
dians, with several narrow escapes. In 1869 he
was mustered out at Fort Douglass near Salt
Lake City, I "tali, and came to Laramie, Wyo.,
and engaged in the hotel business, and his
place, the Frontier Hotel, was one of the fa-
moust resorts of the early days. He carried
on this business successfully for thirteen years,
improving his property from time to time, as
his patronage demanded and the country grew
in population and business. In 1883, he located
the ranch on Beaver Creek which is now the
property of W. R. Hunter, and there engaged
in ranching and the raising of stock, continuing
in this to the time of his decease, which oc-
curred in 1896. He was a representative man
of the community and was held in high esteem
by a large circle of friends and %cquaintances.
David F. Crout was the youngest son of his
father and grew to manhood in Wyoming, hav-
ing come hither in 1869. He received his early
education in the primitive public schools, and
remained with his parents until 1883, when he
located his present ranch, and moved unto it
shortly afterward. Here he engaged in ranch-
ing and stockraisi-.ig, and was successful. He
gradually improved his property, adding to his
holdings each year both land and cattle, until
he is now the owner of one of the finest ranches
in that section of Wyoming, with about 340
acres under irrigation and raising great quan-
tities of alfalfa each year, often putting up 500
tons for the use of his own stock. He has a
fine herd of graded Shorthorn cattle, being the
owner of some of the most valuable animals in
the state. He is one of the large property own-
ers and substantial business men of that section.
On November 30, 1892, Mr. Crout was united
in marriage with Miss Jennie M. Hunter, a na-
tive of Illinois and a daughter of Thomas W.
Hunter, a well-known business man, who was
extensively engaged in stockraising both in Illin-
ois and other states. To this union were born two
children. William H. and Marion Grace. In 1898
the health of Mrs. Crout began to fail and in
spite of every effort that affection could suggest
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command t<> restore her to health
she p ,vuy from earth in 1900. Frater-
. Mr. t'n>ut is afliliated with the Indej.
cut < inlcr <ii ( >dd l-'ellows, the order Hi" Ma
bees, the Modern Woodmen df America and the
Yeomen, and takes an active interest in the
ternal life of the communitv where he resi
His ranch is situated mi [leaver Creek, aboul
en miles from l-.ncampmeni, near the new
minii lets where several large mines are
in iw being (level. ip< d. I x in-' iii the center i if one
Of the lies! sections oi \\ in-. Mr. (.Yntlt
is an enterprising, pi ad successful
man. who has done much to
sources "f this portion of the state, and is high-
ly respected.
WILLIAM C. CAST! >.
ery man who earnestly works into practi-
cal form the expression of great thoughts and
of inspiring and lofty ideals is a benefactor to
mankind. His operations for success in his par-
ticular field of labor help to educate each
iti"ii, and such records of life, work
and success supply the most inspiring and disin-
t( rested motives 1. 1 the hi" • 'ii in the
:it and in the future. \Yc are led to •
elating tl:. nl activi-
• f Willia
Wyoming, who i- horn
[i mtpelier, i iho on \pril 14. is< ..;. 3
of fames and Sarah (Odekii to. 1 1 is
er was horn in Missouri and his father in
'iia when ' ducted the saddler}' hus-
i as of French origin, while his wife.
a daughter of Isaac and F.lixa ( 1 Jutch.-r i i
kirk, was of Gem ent, although her
ents were natives of ( )hio. !
tied with the church of ] il
Saints and crossed the plains m tin second pil-
grimav;. of MI : settling in Provi >
.1 i . . [ daho
t'ine in the earl} sixties \\here Jan ' to \\as
ipper and hunter until his death which oc-
curred in 1X7.). at the agi of iift\ live years. < >f
their union nine children were horn, and
the demise of her hushand. Mrs. ('.-MO married
William Ilcndriek and they have two living chil-
. In crossing the plains in 1850 Airs. Casto
drove an ox team the entire distance from the
otiri River to Fort I'.ridger. Her death oc-
curred at Fort Bridger in July 1897, at tin
of sixty-four years. .Mr. fasti > was early left an
orphan by his fatli . . th and was brought to
W}' lining by his mother at the
ll.ie his educational discipline was acquir
the common schools and after his school
i he became a rider on the range, fol-
lowing diis vocation Eor many years and he was
daring, intrepid and successful. In iS<is, lie i
his home at Fort llridger. where he has since
been connected with various branches of
, and is no n •vd in merchandising. He
man of great activil id practi-.
cality. He combines tine taste with his practical
qualities and as an of this has the
finest resident . : I'.ridger. Hi
1 \\ ith cattleraising and is
crally im in an\ thing that adds to the
value or nmunity. Fraternallv
identified with the ' it Protective
of Elks, holding membership with the
at Koch Springs. In political relations he
:mced in favor of the iVmo-
cratic part}-, and d -t work for its
S, although di o position, elective
or appointive. I'!1 of his successful life
can bi co , ment that he has
ever been a m.m . if well-directed, sfc
.. always sincere and honest, and
intensely 1. >\al to 1 5. He 1
kind-hearted, hospitable, generous to the needy
and dilii;. faithful to all his trusts and
friendship. As a business man he stands
high rank. The marriage of Ml rrcd
'cli 'her _•-, iS.)S. when b. i at
. \l iss Rosanna I \ arce, a
daughter of \\illi 'in and Mary M. (Clui
. .-, natives . >f .\e\\- : ind Missouri.
I'hi . ing the long and
ilains to the prom-
ised land in i S< .( i. with <rt train, they are
still cnjoyine; life in their home in the west,
home of Mr. and Mi ' is brightened by
children. William ('baric- and Pearl X.
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<(,AV SSIVE MEN 01- WYOMING.
KENT KANE cTRTIS.
The l"u rt is family has been prominently con-
nected with the progress of civilization in
America from the earliest days of the Massa-
chusetts ami C'lmueeticut colonies, and scat-
tered all through the country torday are prom-
inent professional men, captains of industry,
literary men of high standing, as well as more
humble and unpretentious but equally as able
representatives, all bearing the name of Curtis.
In 1760 there was born in Connecticut a lad
who was named Hull Curtis, and he attained
early manhood in the most troublous days of
the Connecticut colony, and when the effort was
made to throw off the British yoke, Hull Cur-
tis, then being seventeen years old, became a
soldier of the Continental army, seeing much
service in bloody engagements and being cap-
tured in the battle of Long Island and held a
prisoner for months in the old Sugar House
prison of Xew York City. He lived, however,
to become once more a free man and to see the
British power driven from the land. His son,
Philo Curtis, was born in Vermont and became
a pioneer farmer in the new lands of New York,
where he married Hannah Miller, had sons and
daughters, and both of the parents died and
were buried in the state of their adoption.
Their son, Simon Curtis, was a man of brilliant
intellectual powers and a deep and thoughtful
student. Having the advantages of a liberal edu-
cation, he supplemented this by a thorough
course in the medical college at Albany, N. Y.,
where he made marked progress and was grad-
uated with a high standing. Being thus fully
equipped for his chosen profession of medicine'
and surgery, he commenced its practice at
Hoosick, N. Y., soon acquiring distinction as
a most highly gifted practitioner. This small
town could not long contain him and his re-
moval to Troy but enlarged the sphere of his
usefulness and reputation. His exhausting la-
bors in his very large practice caused his com-
paratively early death in 1867 at the age of fifty
years. His wife was Alcha Cottrell, a daughter of
Jonathan and Alcha (Case) Cottrell, the father
being born at Hoosick, \. Y.; in 1799 and dying
there in 1847. He was a farmer and an ener-
getic factor in the affairs of his section, being
an active and influential Democrat. His wife
was born in Hoosick in 1802, where she also
died in 1837. Her paternal grandfather was
Samuel Cottrell of Rhode Island, and his wife
was originally Huldah Southwick. Her mater-
nal grandparents were Xathan Case and Sarah
Center, of Dutch extraction. At the age of
sixteen years Kent Kane Curtis went to sea,
but two years of this life was sufficient for him,
and he thereafter learned the machinist's trade
in Brooklyn, X. Y., becoming a skilled work-
man he was employed in XTew York City, Al-
bany, Hoosick, Portland and Astoria, Ore., be-
ing expert and well versed in the technique of
his vocation. In 1890 he crossed the continent
and coming to Wyoming he took up a home-
stead at his present location, where he made his
permanent home in 1900, his productive ranch
residence being located twelve miles north of
Kemmerer, and here he is devoting his time,
to his cattle interests, which are steadily in-
creasing, as well as his estate, his original
homestead having been much enlarged. His
landed estate now takes up most of his time.
On April 27, 1889, Mr. Curtis wedded Miss
Matilda Schultz, a daughter of William and
Mary (From) Schultz, her father coming from
( iermany to Xew York City when only eigh-
teen years of age, and by' his own endeavors be-
coming the proprietor of a large merchandising
house in Brooklyn, devoted entirely to the sale
of artists' materials, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
enjoy the unqualified respect of their associates
and dispense a truly western hospitality in their
pleasant home.
SYLVAXUS COLLETT.
The first American ancestor of the prom-
inent Collett family of Wyoming and Utah was
Daniel Collett, the English emigrant, who made
his home in the new lands of Iowa at an early
day in its settlement as a pioneer farmer and
was later a farmer jn Missouri, where was born
PROGRESSIVE J//T.V OF WYOMING.
20 1
his son, S\l\amts. A carpenter and builder by
trade, be did inilirll oi ibis work in a widely ex-
tended territory and erected (lie first Christian
church i'f the Cherokee nation, removing to
I 'tab in 185-'. where his death took place in
i8i|.( at the age of eighty-six, long surviving his
wife. F.stluT. an Fnglish lady of \\eKh extrac-
tion, whose character was one of rare beauty
and excellence-'. After passing some years on
the Missouri homestead with his father, S\l
vaiuis Collctt plunged into the wilderness coun
try of Montana, whither its mineral treasures
had commenced to gather the people of the
earth, and as a miner contended with the num-
berless privations and dangers of those primi-
tive days when the Indian as well as the buffalo
swarmed the plains, and when the "road agent"
had scarcelv commenced to realixe the power
of the "\ 'igilants." Under these educational
forces he soon developed into a hardy moun-
taineer, keen of sight, quick and unerring as a
shot, ready to meet the audacious Indian with
equal audacity or his cunning trickeries \\iih
subtler wiles. From iSim to 187.2 he followed
agriculture in Utah, removing to Idaho and
engaging in stockraising and farming for a
time, soon, however, returning to Uinta comity.
Wye., in 1874, there locating on a fine ranch
of i oo. acres ami successfully operating in cattle,
conducting his operations with rare discrimina-
tion ;md care and being grcatlv prospered in his
undertakings. A sterling 1 lenioerat in politics,
his great ability made hint a positive force in
iln development of whatever section might be
his home. ;md he was prominent in the creation
..i I'inta county, and one of the first justices
nf the organization. At his hospitable home
c\er\ one was welcome and no better example
of western coiirtes\ existed in many a long
mile of distance, lie married with Miss I.vdia
Karens, a native of Iowa and a daughter ol
Thomas and F.li/abeth Karens, the father com-
ing from the Is],- of Man to \merica and ulti-
mately making the permanent family home in
Utah, where both himself and wife lie buried
in Salt Lake City. Their daughter, Mrs. c,,l
lett, died iii I Si 15 and her burial place is in
Cache county, Utah. Their four children bore
the following names: KM her A., L\dia. Syl-
•r anil Thomas \\. Sylvester C'ollett. si m
of Sylvanus and Lydia (Karmsi ("ollett.
born mi Inly _',}, iSd}, in ('ache county, Utah,
and his early years were passed in the acquisi-
tion of the practical knowledge of I 'tab fann-
ing and tin details of successful operations in
stockraising. and at the age of sixteen, while
some of tin eastern \onths would be conning
over books or stndving b- • 'ng in a com-
mercial school, he was a man of independent
business, raising cattle for himself, an occupa-
tion that soon tests both the physical and men-
tal equipment of the operator. Mr. C'ollett was
steadily successful and on his preemption claim
at Cokedale. Wyo., he has placed 'fine improve-
ments and is considered one of the prominent
cattlemen of the section, his operations being
of wide scope and importance, and demonstrat-
ing his wise supervision and care. A Repub-
lican in politics, he has worthily held the office
of justice of the peace for six years and also
that of school trustee, while fraternally he is a
valued member of the Woodmen of the World.
In 1888 Mr. Collet! was united in matrimony
with Miss Xora Tanner, a native of Wyoming
and a daughter of William and Lucy (Snider)
Tanner, early settlers of the territory, and they
have one child.
J \MF.S \. CROCHERON.
One of the prosperous stockmen of Carbon
county. Wyoming, and one of the representative
citizens of thai slate and also a native of die
state of \ew York. James \ Crochcron was
born in Richmond comity, in January. l8.;8. the
son of Nicholas and Sophia I '. |C,u\oni t'roch-
eron, both natives of Staten Island. The
i i.., heron and (iir.on families were of llngnc-
not stuck and members of both families cai
America and leaving France soon after ih.
Bartholomew massacre, lhe\ settled in \e\v
York .luring the seventeenth centn.n . His father
spenl the greater portion of his active lit.
Staleii Inland, holding a position under the
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PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol- WYOMING
( . S. government as the resident customs officer,
the position In MIL; 0 uip< ulance and respon-
sibility, and he discharged its duties with the
full approval of his superior officers. Lie had a
family of four sons and six daughters, of whom
fames received his elemental^ education in the
public schools of the community where his boy-
hood's home was located on Staten Island and
rly life he removed to Alabama, where the
family of a brother was located. Here he be-
came a clerk in the office of his brother, William
H. Crocheron who was engaged in a general
mercantile business and subsequently he was ad-
mitted to a partnership. Upon the breaking out
of the Civil War, while not a believer in the prin-
ciple of secession, he yet espoused the cause of
his adopted state and enlisted in the Third Ala-
bama Infantry, under Col. J. M. Withers. The
regiment was ordered to Norfolk, Virginia,
where they had charge of the navy yard and
during the first year of service it was occupied
in garrison duty. Mr. Crocheron saw his first
active service on the James River in Virginia,
and was a witness of the historic naval battle be-
tween the Monitor and the Merrimac. After
that engagement his regiment was ordered to
Richmond, then menaced by the Monitor, was
transferred to the brigade of Gen. William Ma-
hone and subsequently took part in the battle of
Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, being then assigned
to the Alabama brigade of General Rhodes.
Later he was a participant in the Seven Days
Fight in Virginia and took part in all the princi-
pal engagements of the armies of the Potomac,
his regiment being under command of Stonewall
Jackson. In his military service he was wounded
three times, first at the battle of Fair Oaks,
second at the battle of Boonesborough Gap, and
third at the battle of Gettysburg. His injuries
at Fair Oaks were not serious and he soon re-
covered, but at Boonesborough Gap he was shot
down, left upon the field and made a prison-
er by the Union forces, taken to the U. S.
hospital at West Philadelphia, and upon his
recovery after some time was exchanged and re-
turned to his regiment. At the battle of Gettys-
burg, he was still more seriously wounded, was
again nndi- a prisoner, but again paroled after
three months captivity. At the close of the war
he returneed to hi Alabama home and accepted
a position as a clerk in the city of Montgomery
where he remained for some time, subsequently
removing to Mobile, where he again engaged in
business with his brother William. He remain-
ed here successfully engaged in business for
about five years, when he removed to Galve>ton,
Tex., and was there engaged in commercial pur-
suits up to the year 1887, when he came to the
territory of Wyoming. Here he established him-
self on Cow Creek, about seven miles north of
the city of Encampment, and engaged in ranch-
ing and stockraising. In this enterprise he has
met success and is now the owner of one of the
finest ranch properties in his section of the
state, and he is known as one of the leading
citizens of Carbon county, being held in high
esteem. In August, 1871, Mr. Crocheron was
united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Kelly.
a native of Louisiana and a member of one of its
prominent families. To their union were born
three children, Laura, now Mrs. Brewer, who
resides at Denver, Colo. ; Annie, Mrs. Kling.
whose home is on Cow Creek. Wyo. ; Sophia G.,
now living in Denver, Colo. Mrs. Crocheron
died in 1881, and in i88C>,, while in the state of
Texas. Mr. Crocheron was again married, the
bride being Miss Helen Owen, a native of
Connecticut, whose parents were highly re-
spected citizens of that commonwealth and of
ancient Welsh lineage. She is an attractive lady,
whose graces of culture and refinement center in
the home life and embellish it, making it also
a center of most gracious and generous hospi-
tality. Mr. Crocheron has ncit in recent years
taken an active part in political life, preferring
to give his entire time and attention to the care
and management of his ranch interests, although
he has been solicited by his party friends and as-
sociates to become a candidate for positions of
trust and honor. Just after the close of the war
he was elected an alderman of the city of Mobile.
Ala., and served in that capacity with capability
and the satisfaction of his constituents. He is
a wearer of the badge of the Southern Cross of
PROGRESSIVE MEX Ol: WYOM1
Honor, a mark of distinction which means much
i. tlu soldiers of the Confederacy, and whicl
emplifies the heroic services he rendered tn the
Post Cause, a progressive and spirited citizen,
doing mueh in a private capacity tn advance the
interests "|" tin- community and to promote the
general welfare of the puhlic.
HOE \CE COLE.
The wild plains and ranges of the Great
\orth\vest of the Cnited States have not given
to the world style in dress or fashion in man-
ners, but they have m'ven to American citizen-
ship some of its firmest fiber, best brain, stur-
diesl brawn, most resolute spirit an.l wildest
vision. The greal army of industrial
progress which has overspread them and made
them fruitful in all the products for comforta-
ble living, enterprising in all the elements of
commercial greatness and rich in all the bl : -
ilia's nf political freedom, has dealt with great
problems in human destiny and sown mighty
harvests for human good. \mong the -
unit-, of tin-- loud sum of manly enterprise. Hor-
ace Cole of near Sundance. Wyoming, has a well-
established rank and is entitled to due considera-
tion as an old settler and a progress! \c and public
spirited citi/cii. lie is a native of Putnam county,
X. V.. horn on .March 17, iS ( |. i he son of I [orace
i',. and BetSC} i i 'ummin- ' tie, the former a
native of Xew York and the latter of COM
ticnt. The father was a well-to-do farmer in
Xew York, where he passed his entire life with
the exception of ;i short time spent in ( )hio just
previous to his death, which occurred mi Janu
ar\ M. 18 | |. al" ml two months before the birth
of his son Horace. The mother lived until
1887. bavin- made her home with I loraci- in
\\ yc lining, where she died. After her husband's
death she resided in Putnam countx, X. Y..
until 1848. then removed her family to < >hio
to live .in a farm which her 1m id bought
in Ashtabnla comity, where \\,,< ,v to
tin age of seventeen and received his e.lucalioii.
I hi Xovember J'i. iSdl, be elllisteil ill the Sixth
t ihii > i avalry in the I 'nion and
served in that regiment until December, 18*14.
in the Army of the Potomac and saw
arduous and exhausting service in the field and
on the inarch, heini; most of the time the coni-
missarv sergeant of his company. In July,
•|. he was captured and confined in l.ibby
prison until near (he end of that year, when he
was paroled and returned to ( )hio. where he
in farming until iSfHj. then removing
to Missouri he bought a farm in liar-
county, which he cultivated until the .spring of
1873. then took another flight toward the set-
ting snn. halting in 1 farlan countv. Neb.,
farming and raising stock there until 1877. At
that time the P.lack Hills was the Mecca of all
Argonauts and he joined the rush to that re-
• and passed five years prospecting and
mining in and around Ilcadwood. In i88j
M agaii til the cultivation of the so
an agreeable occupation and coining in
ern 'Wyoming, took np a homestead sever
one-half miles northeast of Sundai ' ad-
joining the ranch on which he no\v here
lie raised cattle and farmed his land tmlil 18,17.
when, having bee, ' to the office, he qual-
ified as sheriff of the county and took tip his
resid. Sundance. \l the end of one
term he retired Irom public lite against the
wishes of his party friends in order to devote
nne and energies entire! to raising cattle.
settling on the ranch which is his present home
and which he had bought in 18.15. !i
of 9 ii acres of fertile and well located land, all
in one body, a >nsiderahlc of it under cultivation.
raises nothing l'or market, however, feeding
all his grain and hav to his stock. He has a
pleasant and convenient COtt! tdence on
the ranch, with good barns, sheds, corrals
1'foiii his advent into tlu neighborhood lie lias
i ^reat interest in the growth and
meiit i if the- count v and he h. '>tan-
tial contributions of time and counsel to its
advancement. The country was very thinb.
tied when he came to it. but under the inspira-
tion of such example - h impelling :
as his it has been rapidlv , ' built up.
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•• v- >,,/.:/ .MI i \n-\ <>/• irnM//.Y(;
IK is a Republican in politics, giving his party
loyal and /calous service, and \\hile averse to
official life, ho has yielded to importunity and
acceptod the position of commissioner of the
Slato Soldier''. I Ionic in addition to his office
of sheriff. ( >n Septemlior _'S, iSji), at Central
City. S. I.)., ho was married with Airs. Maria
(Ogden) Randall, a native of Illinois and a
daughter of David and Alary Ogden of that
state. Her parents came to the Black Hills in
the spring of 1877 and in 1882 located in Crook
county. Wyo., where they conducted a leading
stock industry until the death of the father. By
her former marriage Mrs. Cole has one child,
Roy R. Randall. The Coles have had four chil-
dren. Wavie, Daymond and Raymon. twins.
the latter of whom died on June 17, 1897, at the
age of four years and five months, and Ralph.
The family attend the Methodist Episcopal
church at Sundance and are active in its works
of benevolence and charity.
PETER P. DICKIXSOX.
Exhibiting in the creditable and highly ap-
preciated discharge of the duties of his impor-
tant public office as county treasurer of Fre-
mont county the sterling qualities of progres-
sive citizenship, ability and integrity which he
inherited from a long line of patriotic ancestors,
Peter P. Dickinson is one of the most useful
and esteemed public men of Wyoming. His
life in the commonwealth began in her early
days when men were few and difficulties of liv-
ing were many. He was born in New York on
September 25, 1845, a son °f William and
Katharine (Richtmyer) Dickinson, natives of
Xew York, the former of English origin and
the latter belonging to the old Dutch families
of Xew Amsterdam. The father, a wheelwright
by occupation, worked industriously at his
trade except when public duty called him to the
field of battle or the forum of civil activity. The
grandfather, Moses Dickinson, who came from
England to the United States when he was
three years old, was a soldier in the Revolution
and fought side by side with his father in that
great struggle. Conrad Richtmyer, Mr. Dick-
inson's maternal grandfather, also an American
patriot, on many a bloody battlefield under the
banner of the Continental army displayed the
valor that made his country free and her citi-
zen soldierv respected throughout the martial
world. Mr. Dickinson attended the district
schools of his native state and finished his
school education with a course at Eastman
Business College in Xew York, then came west
to Denver, Colo., in 1863, and for seven years
endured the hardships and privations of a
miner's and teamster's life. During the next
three -years he was engaged in the care of stock
and in mining for Major Baldwin and Mr.
Kline at Camp Stanbaugh, in 1874 removing to
Lander, where he has since resided, busily fol-
lowing mercantile pursuits until 1882, after
which time he entered upon a large cattle and
real-estate business. He owns 180 acres of ex-
cellent land on the north fork of the Popo
Agie and an additional tract of eighty acres of
hay land nearby, all well improved and in a high
state of cultivation. Being a firm believer in
the success and continued prosperity of Wyo-
ming, he has invested the fruits of his labor in
real-estate in the town of Lander, of which he
was one of the founders, and has already real-
ized the wisdom of his choice in the growing
greatness and importance of the town. In con-
nection with his son he conducts the Eureka
meat market and handles a large number of cat-
tle. He belongs to the Masonic order in vari-
ous of its branches, holding membership in
Hugh cle Payen Commandery, K. T., of Lander,
and Corean Temple of the Mystic Shrine at
Rawlins. In public affairs he has always been
active and forceful as a Democrat, rendering
good service to his people and his party amid
the r,ank and file and in responsible official sta-
tions. He was from 1888 assessor of his county
for a number of years, was mayor of Lander
during an important time in its history and was
elected to the legislature without his consent
but declined to accept the seat. In 1900 he
was chosen county treasurer of Fremont
county, being reelected in 1902, and has con-
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205
ducted his office to tlic satisfaction and com-
mendation of citi/i-ns of all shades of political
opinion. < >n August iS. 1X75, he was married
with Mrs. Margaret lleenan, tin- widow of
Michael llecnan, who was killed by the Indians
near Miner's Delight iii September. [872. They
liavc had four children. "William IT., a niiTchant
at Lander; Kynm P. and Herman C., twins
who die<l in infanev ; Margaret \'.. now a law
student at Ann Arbor I.Mich.) Cniversitv. I'v
her first marriage Mrs. Dickinson had three
children. Mary, now the wife of < reorge Jackson.
a prosperous stockman of Fremont county;
James [',. Hcenan. also a stockman conducting
an extensive and profitable business; Emma,
HMW the wife of \Yilliam (1. Johnson, one of
Lander's leading meat merchants.
STRAUTHER DEAX.
The unending versatility of the American
mind, which can mold a shapely destiny out of
any plastic conditions that fate may tling lie-
fore it. is well illustrated in the career of
Strauther Dean of (.'rook county. Wyoming.
one of the first settKrs in his part of the conn-
try and oni of the valiant men of \Yvoniing who
lia\i- come up through tribulation. His lit",, for
was one continuous succession of dan-
gers and difficulties, constantly threatened by
savage beasts and still more savage men. be-
in x c \posed to the ravages of hunger and thirst,
the rage of storms and llie violence of iloods.
with no companion in the untrodden wilds hut
nature's hostile' children and no covering at
night but the canopy of heaven, black with
clouds Or beaming with stars as the weather
willed. l:i Westmoreland county, Pa., On De-
cember _•_}. lS|o. his eventful life began and
iii its histor\ he was earning his "keep"
by working in the mines. His parents were
I'hilip and Rachel I Mahene\ i Dean, the former
a native of \irginia of probahb Scotch ances-
and the latter born and partially reared in
the Emerald I sir rhe Father owned and
worked valuable salt mine, in I Yntis\ Kama
and also worked at his trade as a constructing
millwright. He was a man of fine mental en-
dowment and superior talent in mechanic-
lived a very useful life in the midst of a pro-
gressive people until 1X7.'. when he \vas called
to his final rest. His widow survived him ten
years, being summoned in |SS_>. Mr. Dean re-
'1 a limited education in the schools of his
native comity; but nature, having marked him
for instruction in heroun great schools b\ field
and fell, forest and stream, did not permit him
to linger long under the guidance of human
pedagogues. He began mining long h<
"manhood darkened on his do\\n\ cheek," and
wards learned his trade as an engineer. He
remained at home until he was twentv-two years
of age and in iSi.j went to Washington, I ). C., to
aid in constructing a canal of which that city was
one of the terminals. Iii this work he was oc-
cupied about eighteen months when he rein
to 1'ennsylvania and resumed his mining opera-
tions, working there and in .Maryland, Virginia
and Ohio until 10(15. Then, soon after the
assination of President Lincoln, he went to
the oil regions of West Virginia and there re-
mained until the spring of i*ii<. when he I
making his way \\est\\ard. reaching Fort Ken-
ton, Mont., in July. For ten years he lived the
wild life' of the Northwest in this section and
Kritish Columbia, hunting and trapping, trad-
ing and mining, and in 187(1 he came to the
I'.lack Hills, making his headquarters at Dead-
wood and Speartish and prospecting through
"The Hills." At one time he owned many valu-
able mining claims in that section, but n
worked them extensively . In i SS_[ he came to
Crook county and located on the ranch lie now
occupies, which has been his home ever since,
although he has not given much attenlio
ranching, but has rather followed his inquisitive
bent b\ prospecting through, ,ut ]!,,. surround-
ing country, and for a peri, id of years he owned
[60 icres of the best coal land in it mi I la\
('reek. His ranch is eleven miles north of Sun-
dance and contains ii»i acres, being capable of
being brought |o great fcrtilitx and high culti-
vation, well located and pleasantlv diversified
in surface and soil and adapted to both fanning
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/ R( >GRESSI¥E MEN OF U'YOM!
and cattleraising. .Mr. I lean i- held in high es-
.. is a leading citi/en, lull ni that worldly
\visdoni learned only in the hard school of ex-
perience, but always available in every public
and private need. He was elected to the state
legislature on the Populist ticket in 1892, in the
ensuing session giving his constituents faithful
and appreciated service, working for the good
of his section and the advancement of the state.
In fraternal relations he is connected with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, holding
membership in the lodge at Spearfish, S. D.
He is vigorous and active, even for his years,
notwithstanding the strenuous, life he lived in
his early manhood, the mark of which he bears
in three wounds made by Indian bullets at dif-
ferent periods in his scouting and hunting days.
His knowledge of woodcraft is extensive and ac-
curate : his knowledge of men is wide and com-
prehensive ; his grasp of elemental principles of
government and social relations is intuitive and
direct. He has, therefore, without effort or os-
tentation, been a force potential in shaping the
trend of affairs in his locality and giving color
and tone to civil institutions.
HON. CHARLES DELOXEY.
Prominent in official and private life, suc-
cessful in business and in agricultural pursuits,
a gallant soldier in the Civil War and contrib-
uting a gallant son to fight against the armies
of Spain in the Spanish-American War, giving
the impress of an enlightened and farseeing un-
derstanding of local civil affairs, Hon. Charles
Deloney of Uinta county. Wyoming, has well
served his country and well deserves the uni-
versal esteem and respect in which he is held.
He is a native of Mount Clemens, Mich., born on
August 27. 1837, his parents, Richard and Mary
(Shabinow) Deloney being Canadians by birth,
having moved into the states in their early mar-
ried life. The mother died when her son was
but a lad, and thereafter he was reared by his
father who was a sawyer in the lumber mills,
and held in high esteem as a public spirited man.
In iS(>i he espoused the cause of the Union and
enlisted in the Eighteenth. Michigan Infanm,
but before his term of enlistment was out he
was disabled by sickness and sent home, dying
from his disability in 1X04. The son remained
at, home until he was of age, getting what
schooling he could in a little log schoolhouse
near by, and in 1804, taking up the role of pa-
triotism where his disabled father laid it down
and receiving from his dying hands the l.'.ible
which that father had carried through his own
arduous service, the son enlisted in Co. B, Twen-
ty-ninth Michigan Infantry, and was in active
service until the close of the war, being mus-
tered out at Murfreesboro in the fall of 1864 and
receiving his discharge at Detroit, Mich. While
at Murfreesboro in the campaign against Hood
and Forrest, his command had their supplies
cut off and the men lived on what they could
gather by foraging and on parched corn for six
weeks. After the war Mr. Deloney engaged in
the lumber business for a year and in 1867 came
west, locating at Evanston, Wyo., and working
in the logging industry on Green River. He ran
the first log drive ever made on Bear River and
was making good profits until the financial de-
pression of 1869 carried away in its flood of dis-
aster all the accumulations from his labors. In
that year he and his party got out of food and
lived for sixteen days on dried snails and Indian
potatoes, himself and a companion were sup-
posed to have perished and were near starva-
tion when thev were rescued. After his calam-
ity he made a new start and conducted a thriv-
ing barber business for some years, then spent
twenty years in the liquor industry at the same
time ranching and stockraising at Cokeville on
Smith's Fork. He now owns in addition to
considerable city property in Evanston a ranch
of 640 acres at Cokeville, Uinta county, Wyo.,
and one of 160 acres within three miles of Ogden,
1 tab, both of which are in a high state, of cul-
tivation and well furnished with good improve-
ments. Mr. Deloney's public spirit and knowl-
edge of affairs early marked him as a man of
superior qualifications for public life, and he was
elected to the territorial legislature of Wyoming
for two terms, rendering invaluable service in
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aiding the territory to (hro<\ off her swaddling
clothes and assume the more dignified L;arb of
statehood, and he capably served in the State
Senate in iS.^-S. in tbat ho<l\ gi\ing ardent and
I -i helpful support to the candidacy of Hon.
C. D. Clark for the U. S. Senate. Mr. Deloney
was nominated twice for sheriff and was several
times elected constable but refused to serve. In
iSi)S he \vas commissioned captain for service
in the Spanish- American War. but on account
of tlie illness of his wife he was unable to ac-
crpt IMC appointment and was made superin-
Undent of the Teton Gunny Forest Reserve but
after a tenure of the office which was full of
active dutv, he was obliged to resign on account
of disabilities incurred in fighting fire in the re-
Since then he has been engaged in a
commercial business at Jackson, where he has an
extensive stock of general merchandise and lays
a considerable scope of country under tribute to
his trade. He is also occupied more or less with
mining interests. Mr. Deloney is quite a land-
mark in the community. When he first came to
Kxanston the town consisted of a tent which was
both a saloon and an eating-house. He was mar-
ried in Evanston on November 21, 1871, with
?\liss Clara Rurton, a native of England and a
daughter of Rev. 'Win. G. and Hannah ( Tregal-
lis) r.urt'Mi, her mother being a lineal descend-
ant of the Rev. Trebo Tregallis, archbishop of
Canterbury in the ninth century. They have
had ten children of whom eight are living:
Clara C., the first child born in F.\auston. who
educated there and there married John
Mills of that city. She is a cultured musician
and teaches the science of music; Hannah R.,
wife of Charles Cook, a painter and decorator at
Evanston: William ( "harles. a soldier in the Span-
\nierican and Philippines Wars, coming out
of the service as an order' ml and carry-
ing through it the P.ible which his father re-
d from his father when he entered the Union
army in [864, now being a missionary of the
.Mormon elnuvh and Stationed in Kentucky;
Nephi J., married and living al ! iston; Hiram
W., a gr iness College,
although but lift. • old; Rho.la Viola,
Maud and fames, all living at home. Another
son, Charles R., died at the age of two months
at Evanston, and still another, Joseph T., was
killed in a railroad accident in January. 1900.
Mrs. Deloncv's famih was one of the first three
to settle at Piedmont. Uinta county, and her
father taught the first district school at that
place, which was the third taught in the county.
Pie is now a missionary for the Church of the
Latter Day Saints in England at the age of
seventy-five years. The Deloneys also belong
to this church and are active in its meetings and
ceremonials. Mr. 1 K-loney has an interest in the
flouring mill at Evanston and gives its affairs
close personal attention. He belongs to the or-
ders of Freemasonry. Odd Fellowship and to
the Grand Army of the Republic. He att>-.
the last grand encampment of the last named or-
der at Washington, D. C.. and was a delegate to
the encampment at Pueblo, Colo.. Governor War-
ren appointed him marshal at the time of the his-
toric riots against the Chinese, and in this •
he effected' a settlement of the difficulties at Ev-
anston and was appointed marshal of the \
and given control of a force of men to protect tin-
lives of prominent citixens whowere in danger.
At the little postoffice of Wilson, just across the
river, where he owns forty acres of land, he is
making preparations to lay out a town site and
call it Roosevelt. His son. Hiram, is a stock-
holder in the Piedmont Oil Co., a busy and en-
ergetic corporation with good prospects in its
oil fields and with headquarters at Piedmont.
FREDERICK C. DiCRAW.
This well-known citizen of Uinta county,
\\\oiniiig. a prominent ranchman, a nati
the Dominion of Canada, was born in < ^>,
count) in iS^7, ilie son of Cornelius and Mar-
garet (TIendersliot i IVGraw. natives of the
state of \e\\ York. < "ornelius IVGraw. the
father, was a farmer b\ calling in tin
Xew York, where he was born. IT ed to
i >nian, i county, ' iada, \\ hen he w a
\ oun there married • ndersh.it
pas-ed the '• r of his life Mr-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN ()/• WYOMING.
Margaret Del 1 raw passed her girlhood in her
native state and she \vas unmarried when taken
by her parents to Canada, where her marriage
took place. Frederick C. DcGraw was reared
to agricultural pursuits and followed farming
in his nnihe country until eighteen years of
age. when he felt himself to be sufficiently com-
petent to begin life on his own account, lie
accordingly bade farewell to his native country
and sought a home in the states, locating in
tlu- new, fertile and uncultivated land of
Minnesota, which state was then comparatively
a wilderness. His first employment in that
state was in the timber lands, where, being of
a hardy and robust constitution, and inured to
toil on the farm, he excelled and followed a
woodman's life for ten years. He then returned
to Ontario, Canada, where for five years he
was employed in drilling for oil. Then Mr.
DeGraw again concluded to try his fortune in
the states and went to Jackson county, Iowa,
where he was employed in agricultural pursuits
quite successfully for three years and the next
year he was similarly employed in Page county,
Iowa. The state of Missouri next became his
li< ime and agriculture was his calling there for
four years ; then Kansas attracted his attention
and for twelve years he farmed in Smith county,
that state; in 1892. the newly admitted state
of Wyoming opened up to him her charms and
he took up a ranch on La Barge Creek, among
the mountains and valleys of Uinta county,
where he has since made his home, made his
living, and achieved a name which is honored
wherever it is mentioned. During the decade
that Mr. DeGraw has made his home in L'inta
county, fortune has smiled upon him and pros-
perity followed his footsteps. His skill as a
farmer and indefatigable industry have met with
a well-earned reward and he may well congratu-
late himself upon his undeviating course of
prosperity. Mr. DeGraw was united in mar-
riage in Jackson county, Iowa, in 1870 with
-Miss Mary Woodard, daughter of Alpheus and
Angeline (Bailey) Woodard, natives of Ver-
mont, Alpheus Woodard was a farmer, which
vocation he followed in Vermont, Canada and
Iowa. He was a son of Pollas and Rachel (Rey-
nolds ) \Voodard of \ erniont, and died in Shelby
conntv, Iowa, in iSoj, having attained the great
longevit} of eighty-five years. Mrs. Angeline
( Bailey ) Wnodard. the mother of Mrs. DeGraw,
was a daughter of James and Mary (Abercrom-
bie) Bailey, formerly of England. The children
that have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. De-
Graw are eight in number and the family are
among the most respected residents of the La
Barge region.
SI\7ERT J. ELLINGSON.
One of the oldest and most respected citi-
zens of Islay, Laramie county, Wyoming, Sivert
J. Ellingson, a native of Norway, was born in
that country on October 31, 1828, the son of
Elling and Ingeborg Ellingson, both natives
of the same country, where, they followed the
occupation of farming, continuing in that pur-
suit up to the time of their deaths. Their son
Sivert received his early education in the Nor-
wegian schools, then served an apprenticeship
at the trade of shoemaking and followed that
occupation in the old country up to 1871, the
time of his departure for America. Upon ar-
riving here, he and his family located first at
the city of Monroe, Wis., where he established
himself at shoemaking, and remained engaged
in that occupation for nine years, thence, in
1882 removing to the territory of Wyoming,
where he at once purchased a ranch, the same
property he still owns and occupies, situated on
Pole Creek, about twenty-three miles northwest
of Cheyenne, and entered upon the business of
cattleraising. By reason of hard work, fru-
gality, and good business judgment he has
gradually built up from small beginnings a fine
property and is now the owner of one of the
best ranches in that section of the count}', con-
sisting of 752 acres of deeded land, well fenced
and improved, and a large portion of it under
irrigation. He also owns a large herd of fine
cattle, to which he is adding from year to year.
On June 30, 1866, in his native country of
Norway, Mr. Ellingson was united in marriage
with Miss Ellen Knutson, a native of the same
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209
country, horn on Xevcmber 20. l*-|,v tlu- daugh-
Ur of Knut anil Tonette Knutson. old-time resi-
dents »f Norway. The parents of Mrs. Elling-
son were engaged in farming in the old coun-
try up to the time of their demise. To the
union of Mr. and Mrs. Ellingson have been
horn two children, Lena Fllhigson ( "hadwick,
and Edgar Ellingson. ['.nth are living and the
son, Edgar, is residing at home with his par-
ents, and now has the management and direc-
tion of the business at the ranch. The family
are devout members of the Lutheran church,
and take a sincere and earnest part in all works
of religion and charity in the community where
their home is located. The subject of this
sketch, now in advanced years, has retired from
active business pursuits, although still enjoy-
ing good health, and he has turned over the
management of the business and the large prop-
erty which he has accumulated through his
long life of industry and economy, to his son.
In the community where he resides no one is
held in higher esteem or is more deserving of
the deference paid him by his large circle of
friends and acquaintances.
HOX. J. E. EYCHAXER.
Descended from .patriotic ancestors of the
( oioiiial days who helped materially to win our
national independence, and »ome "i them sealing
th--ir devotion to the cause with their bl 1.
it is fit and proper that Hon. J. E. Evchancr,
oi l\anclie-ier, Sherida:i county, Wyomin
prominent and snccesslul rancher and stock
grouer. should have been among those who
\\on this western coimtr\ from savage domi-
nation and primeval wildness and made it fruit-
ful with the products and inestimable blessings
of peace. \\\- forefathers found the Atlantic
slope a \\ilderness a'nd aided in bringing it into
subjection to the will and the needs of civili/cd
life: they found their adopted land a depend-
on a Urannical foreign government and
assisted in releasing it from thralldom and in
erecting it into a separate and self sustaining
political eiitit). lie and his generation found
this western part of our great heritage given
up to untamed and treacherous barbarism, and
forced its savage tenants to "stand ruled;" they
found it all untilled and waste, and have
brought it under systematic cultivation ami
planted and peopled it with beneficent activity
and enduring productiveness. Mr. Eychaner
was born in Wisconsin on February 2, iS^S, the
son of Milton and Mary ( llainm) Eychaner. na-
tives of Xew York and early settlers in Wis-
consin. After a residence' of sonic- \cars in that
state they removed to Iowa, where the mother
died and the father is still living. Their son.
J. E. Eychaner. was educated in Iowa and there
grew to man's estate, soon after reaching his
majority, coming to Wyoming, reaching the ter-
ritorx in 1*711 and making it his home continu-
ously since that time. In 1888 he removed to
Sheridan count) the slock business he had In en
for years siiccessfulh conducting elsewhere in
the state, and located on the ranch which was
so long his home, taking part of it up -
homestead. This propert) comprises 360 acres
one half mile southeast of Ranchester, and is
beautifully located on Tongue River, lleiv In-
pursued the peaceful and independent VOC3
of a prosperous farmer and stockgrower until
he sold it on February i. np^. his business ex-
panding with the flight of time and increasing
in profit and importance. It had his careful and
studious attention, yet gave him leisure to look-
well to the welfare of his community and take
tin- activi and zealous interest in local affairs
of government which it is the duty of every
American citixen to show. I'pou the S3
his ranch he became a member of the mercantile
firm of Lord £ I'ollat. of Sheridan. \\_vo.. the
largest dealers of the state in hardware and ag-
ricultural implements. In politics he is an
unwavering Democral and in iSijS his capabili-
ties for official life were suitably recognized by
his election to the lower house of the State 1
islature, oni ol the three Democrats holding
seals in the hod). At the close of his legisla-
tive term he was elected cmm!) assessor and is
now tilling thai position \\ith credil lo himself
and satisfaction to ill. - In [88<
2IO
• iGRESSll'l-: MEN <>!• WYO Ml
Wyo., lie married with Miss Delhi
Dewey, a native of Wisconsin, a daughter of
James M. and I'ircna I', il'.ayley) Dewey.
Vermonters by nativity and closely related to
Admiral Geoi Dewcy, of whom her father
was a first cousin. Tier mother belongs to the
celebrated Putnam family of Revolutionary
fame and Mrs. Eychaner's great-grandfather,
Captain Pratt, was an aid-de-catnp to General
Washington. Her father died in this state in
1899. Among the fraternal societies numerous
among men Mr. Eychaner belongs only to the
Knights of Pythias.
HON. THOMAS G. MAGHEE. M. D.
This gentleman, the most experienced medi-
cal practitioner in Rawlins. Wyo., was born in
Evansville, Ind., in 1842, and is a son of Joseph
B. and Mary (Jacobs) Maghee. Joseph R.
Maghee was born in 1814 in Bucks county, Pa.,
not far from the county and city of Philadelphia
and was reared to a mercantile life. In his
early manhood he went to Texas, thence came
north and made his home in Evansville, Ind.,
where he passed the remainder of his life, dying
in 1889, holding then the exalted position of the
head of the Temple of Honor in the United
States. He also rendered service to the Union
army in the medical department. William and
Martha (Holme) Maghee, the parents of Joseph,
came from Scottish ancestors who settled in
Pennsylvania in 1749, the entire familv being
of agricultural proclivities and the greater num-
ber of them practical farmers. Mrs. Mary
(Jacobs) Maghee was born in Evansville, Ind.,
in 1819, and was the first white child born in
Yanderburg county, being the daughter of G.
W. and Hannah (Sampson) Jacobs, pio
of the county. G. W. was a native of Vermont
a son of Nathaniel, who was born in the
same state in 1757. and was wounded at the
battle of Bennington in the Revolutionary War
yet lived to be 106 years old. G. Wr. was a cap-
tain in the War of 181.2, but attained the rank
of major at the battle of Lundy's Lane, where,
too. he was wounded. Thomas G. Maghee at-
tended Hanover ('ulle^e until about nineteen'
years <>f age, when his patriotism was aroiiM-d
at the breaking out of the Civil War and he
at once relinquished his studies to take up arms
in the defense of the Union by enlisting in
I'D. I . Twenty-fourth Indiana Infantry, in
which he served with bravery and fortitude for
tw» and i.ne-half years, winning the unstinted
praise of his superior officers and the admira-
tion of his comrades. After his return from
the army, Mr. Maghee resumed his studies in
his native state and was graduated as a physi-
cian and surgeon in 1873, and was at once as-
signed as an assistant surgeon in the U. S. army,
was attached to various posts at different times,
?nd in May, 1873, was assigned to Camp Brown,
now Fort Washakie, Wyo. He received honor-
able mention from the Secretary of War in
1874 for gallantry in action with Indians in
Bates' fight in the Big Horn Mountains on
July 4. of that year. Resigning in 1878, he lo-
cate'! in ( ireen River, Wyo., and was elected to
the territorial legislature in the same year. In
1880 he changed his residence to Rawlins, and
here he has since been favored with a large and
lucrative practice and standing at the front of
his profession. Doctor Maghee has been twice
married, in 1866 to his first wife. Miss Mollie
Williams, a daughter of James L. and Ellen
(Smith) Williams. This lady was called away
in 1884 at the age of thirty-five years, leaving
four children: Thomas G., who died in 1892, a
cadet at West Point ; Morgan M., an electrical
engineer, served in the Spanish-American War
as captain of Troop K, of Torrey's Rough Rid-
ers ; Griffith H., pharmaceutical chemist ; Torrey
B., also a cadet at West Point. In 1885, the
Doctor took unto himself a second wife in the
person of Evelyn Baldwin, a native of New
York City and a daughter of Major Noyes and
Josephine E. Wright Baldwin. This union has
been blessed with one child, Valliere B. Doc-
tor Maghee is a member of the American Medi-
cal Association, the Pan American Medical \ »-
sociation and the Colorado State Medical As-
sociation, and he has been the surgeon for the
Union Pacific Railroad Company with but brief
PROGRESSIVE Ml-X OF WY( <
2 I I
interxals since iSjS. Mr has been highly o>m
plimentcd for his successful treatment oi a sur-
gical ami dermatological case, which in iS<Xi>
came under liis care, the subject In IIIL; a Mr.
Geo. Webb, for whom lie restored an almost
entire face, forming a new nose, iu-\v lips, new
lower jawbone and new chin. Doctor Maghee iy
a very Denial gentleman as well as a skillful
physician, and fraternally is a Freemason of
the Thirty-second decree lalx-nt as high as or-
dinary mortals reach). He is also a Knight of
l'\ihias, an ( )dd Fellow and an F.Ik, and as
a eitixen -he is honored and esteemed wherever
his name is known. Mis brother. Lieut. Joseph
I!. Maghee. of Saratoga, Wyo., came out in
1X70.
EDWARD C. ERDF.RI.FY.
\s one of those modern knights errant, the
commercial travelers, who keep in active move-
ment the currents of trade and of invention, dis-
covery and progressive thought throughout the
territory covered by their periodical wanderings,
F.duanl ( '. Fnlcrley, of Thermopolis, \Yyoniiug,
51 ' - much variety in human life and business and
renders valuable service to his kind in mercan-
tile and social circles. He is a Wyoming pioneer
of iSSj, and since that time has been contin-
uously a re.-ident and also one of the develi
forces of the state. The place of his nativity
i- I Ks Monies. Iowa, wheiv he was born on
( 'ctobcr Id. iSi'u, the son of ('hristian and Catll-
erine (Gassett) Erderley of that city. There he
was reared and educated, on Faxing school be-
ginning ihe struggle of life for himself by go-
ing to Brown comity. \Yhni-ka. \\herc for a
numbrr of years he was engaged in the drug
mess, thence removing to p,o\ Unite countv,
where lie again conducted a drug business until
(887, uhen he came to \Y\oming and in iScj^ he
-i tiled at the month of Owl Creel pened
and carried On the lir-l merchandising estah-
••nt of the nei^hb' 'rli 1. \ fter s, inic lime
passed iii successful and prosperous hii-im ;
that point he was robbed of a larg •!" his
bj midnight marauders and soon
then i fter, \\ hen the t° >\\ n of I hermopoiis spi
into being, he removed to that place and opened
.••nd conducted its first general -lore. In iS<;<) he
dispi »sed i if his bllsine-.s and accepted cmployinellt
as a traveling salesman for Ferdinand \\~eslen-
heimer. of St. Jo-i-ph, MO., and he has continued
in this emplouncnt ever since, building up a
large trade in his territory. Mis labors in his
mercantile \entures and in other domains of ac-
quisitive efforts have not been fruitless, notwith-
standing serious reverses which have come to
him at times, for he owns a very attractive home
and a whole business block in Thermopolis, and
two well improved and productive farms in Fre-
mont county. In iSS(i. in F'.ox P.ntte county,
Xeb., he was united in marriage with Miss Ad-
die Walters, a native of Marshalltown, Iowa.
They have t\\o children, their sons Earl and
Wesley. Mr. Erderley's success as a sale-
and in building up business for his house is
neither accidental nor procured by adventitious
circumstances, for it is the legitimate result of
great business capacity, knowledge of
thorough acquaintance1 with trade conditions and
requirements and his genial and obliging dis-
position. He is a "prince of good fellows" among
his craft in the better sense of the phrase, and
is cordially welcomed as a Valuable addition to
any social circle where he is known. He is also
energetic, knowing and resourceful, always rcadv
for an emergency and always master of the sit-
uation.
I V.MES X. FARLOW.
A leading member of the city council
Lander from time to inn, . a member ' if tin
ond Legislative Wemhly of the state of \\'\o-
ming. and at present chief of the citv lire di |
ment, and for nearly t\\ent\ years a prominent
merchant of the town. T'unes X. Farlow has made
his impress on the life and history of his city
and coniitv in a way that gives him great credit
and will not soon fade a\\a\. ( >n November 5.
|S;S. in hallas county, bn\a. his life be-. in as
1 Martha F. i I'.rini;!
Farlow, nati\e-, of Indiana and descendants of
nial familii of \orih ('ardina and other
outhern stati itives of \\hom ren-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
dered \aliant service to their country in times
of its severe trial in Revolutionary days, in the
War of 1812, and also along the frontiers against
the hostile Indians. The father was a prosper-
ous farmer, stock merchant ami shipper in In-
diana and is now in Iowa, where they are living,
and where he has a potential voice in the affairs
of his section. James N. Farlow, the second of
their eight children, seven of whom are still liv-
ing, received a limited education in the public
schools of his native county and. in 1880, bark-
ening to the call within him for larger oppor-
tunity and greater freedom of action, he came
to Wyoming, settling at Lander which was then
but a village, and began operations in the stock
business which he followed until 1886, when he
bought the harness and saddle manufactory
which he has so successfully conducted ever
since and which is now one of the leading in-
dustries of its kind in this part of the country,
carrying a large stock of superior quality and
great variety. He has prospered in his business
by close and intelligent attention to its needs and
the taste of his patrons, whom he has firmly at-
tached to him bv his probity of character and
urbanity of manner. The people of the com-
munity have recognized in him superior quali-
fications for public life and have not been back-
ward in demanding his services in their behalf
in this way. They made him a member of their
city council and elected him to the Second Leg-
islature of the state. In both bodies he justified
their confidence and established a solid and grat-
ifying reputation as a useful and representative
citizen. He is now efficiently serving his sixth
term as a school trustee and at the present writ-
ing is chief of the Lander fire department, in
this position also rendering most valuable ser-
vice to the community. He was a charter mem-
ber of Lander Lodge. No. 10, Knights of Pyth-
ias, is now one of its trustees and also belongs
to the uniform rank. By judicious care of the
fruits of his labor and thrift he has acquired
much valuable property in the town and county,
( 'n October 3, 1886, he was married to Miss
Ada Trosper of Dallas, Wyo.. a daughter of W.
I!, and Annie (Evans) Trosper. natives of Eng-
land, then living at Dallas, but now residents
of Lander, and they have three children, Wil-
liam I., Clarice N. and Clark N.
\YIXFIELD S. FIRESTONE.
Born near Pittsburg, Pa., on June 28, 1858,
and soon after~ left entirely to the care of
strangers by the death of his mother when he
was an infant and the enlistment of his father
in the Union army at the outbreak of the Civil
War, Winfield S. Firestone, now one of the
most public spirited and substantial merchants
and citizens of Lander, is virtually the product
of his own natural faculties, properly developed
by exercise through being thrown on his own
resources throughout an active and useful life.
He received a limited education by attending the
public schools of West Virginia during the win-
ter months for a few years and when he was
fourteen left the home in which he had found
shelter to learn the trade of a cabinetmaker, on
completing his apprenticeship, journeying to
Missouri, there to begin work at the craft in
which he had prepared himself. His father
served through the Civil War, participated in
many battles, was twice wounded and after the
conclusion of the struggle he married again and
reared a large family, Winfield having been the
only child of the first marriage. In 1884 Mr.
Firestone removed from Missouri to Rawlins,
Wyo., and engaged in the furniture business
in company with H. Rasmusson ; and in 1886
he came to Lander and opened an establishment
in the same line as a member of the firm of H.
Rasmusson & Co. In 1900 he bought the inter-
est of Mr. Rasmusson and since then has con-
ducted the business alone, increasing its facili-
ties, adding to its features, enlarging its trade
and expanding its popularity by his excellent
business methods and the pleasing manner for
which he is esteemed. He combines with deal-
ing in furniture the business of a funeral direc-
tor, and in both lines of enterprise enjoys a
\w 11 earned celebrity. His stock of furniture,
queensware and other articles of household
utility, is large and varied, embracing the new-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF
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est designs and conveniences and covering a
\\ide range of styles and qualities, while in his
supplies and work as a funeral director he is
studious to meet the requirements of the most
exacting taste, lie is also the collector of the
electric light plant of the city, giving the wants
of the community in this respect careful and
intelligent attention. In fraternal circles he
lakes an earnest interest in Lander Lodge, No.
ID. Knights of Pythias, of which he is an enthu-
siastic member and at the present writing mas-
ter of finance. He also belongs to the uniform
rank- of the order. His zeal for the welfare
and progress of the town is shown by his hav-
ing served twice as its mayor and several times
as a member of it-- i-ouncil, in both positions
rendering service of great value and highly
appreciated. In 1885 he was married to Miss
Alary E. Xave. a native <>i Indiana, the niar-
hehii; solemnized at Rawlins. They have
five children, \Yinlicld S. Jr., Guy, Dora, "Wal-
ter and Vainer. Mr. Firestone has long been .
a director of the Lander IHtilding and Loan As-
sociation and f«r two years was its treasurer.
ALBERT GAIXES.
Springing from an ancestry that grew and
Nourished in the Dine Grass region of Ken-
tucky and in the Old Dominion, born and reared
• in tin- t'n nilier i if Miss, utri and coming to WyO
niing in i Si.-, just after the march of n \ iliza-
tion had reached the territory, uhen \\hat is
now i'he\cnne consisted of one tent and had
in it a house, Albert Gaines of Dayton i-- a typical
pinneer, idcntiiicd'with the histor\ of the state
almost from its very beginning, lie was born
on \ovcinbcr \<i, 18^57, in Randolph count;.,
Missouri, whither his parents had removed from
Kentucky, hi- Father \Yilliam Gaines, being a
native of that state, and his motlu • . m • \nnie
Dicksmi. nf Virginia. Tl re well-to do
. if iheir time and ection and on their
Missouri theil son Albert grew to man-
h 1. attending the public --el K of the neigh-
borh 1 as he had opportunity fur a few months
in ihe winter. When lie reached man's i
he began life for himself by following the fam-
ily pursuit of cultivating the soil in his native
state for a few years of varied success, then
relinquished it and in partnership with "William
i'axton engaged in contracting on the construc-
tinii nf t lie L'nion Pacific Railroad, continuing
their operations until it reached Cheyenne in
(867. At that time, as has been noted, the only
human residence was but a single tent, and the
wildest imagination without previous experi-
ence would not have predicted the early plant-
ing and rapid growth of the inchoate city. For
some years after his arrival at that poin
conduct i-il vigorous and prosperous freighting
operations, then for some years kept a saloon
and in IQOI removed to Dayton in Sheridan
county, where lie has since resided and carried
on a flourishing liverv business, the leading
enterprise of the kind within a considerable
scope of country. Mr. Gaines has seen all the
phases of frontier life and borne his shai
its privations and dangers. Nothing that it
brings to man in the wav of alternate hope and
and Failure, peace .md peril, full-
and want, has been missing from his meas-
ure of its gifts, and now that all its ha/ard is
past and he is secure in the comforts of this
world, and approaching the sunset of life in
peace and prosperity, his present estate is all
the more enji ivable becai of the toils
hardships through which it was attained. His
fund of reminiscence- is rich and varied, tl1
terest taken in his narratives of tim.
- now forever passed away never fl
while the confidence and esteem of his fcllowmen
which he enjoys is the best assurance of the use-
fulness and uprightness of his life.
b MIX A. GERHF.R.
\ native "i" Switzerland, having been born
in that little mountain republic on November l^.
|8;S. J. ilm A. i Berber, of I ir.mite. \Y> i
of John and Kathcryn ( F.rnsO < lerber.
both of Switzerland, where his fathei
lowed tb' fanning up to the ti;,
his i ll, which occurred in 1878. and in
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOMIXG.
the mother also passed away, and both are buried
in their native land. John A. Gerber received his
early education in the schools of his native coun-
try, and at the age of twenty entered the army
of Switzerland as a soldier, serving in that ca-
pacity for three years. In 1881 seeking to better
his fortune he came to the New World, and soon
found himself in Cheyenne. \\ ><>.. where he se-
cured employment in a brickyard for about three
months, then accepted a position on the Union
Pacific, near Potter, Nebraska. In the spring of
1883 he located a homestead on Pole Creek, two
miles west of Pine Bluffs, Wyo., and engaged in
farming, soon adding cattleraisng to his other in-
dustries and remained largely occupied in that
pursuit until the fall of 1893, when, owing to the
unusually dry season, he moved his- cattle to his
brother's place about twenty miles from Pine
Bluffs, where he remained about four and one-
half years with varying success, and in the spring
of 1898, he purchased a ranch property about
three miles northeast of Egbert, Wyo., contin-
uing his stock operations here until the winter
of 1900, when he disposed of his ranch and his
stock and removed to Cheyenne, where he con-
tinued until April, 1901, when he purchased his
present ranch on South Crow Creek, about six-
teen miles west of Cheyenne, and here he is now
successfully engaged in cattleraising. On June
20, 1900, Mr. Gerber was united in marriage at
Cheyenne, Wyo., with Mrs. Rachel R. (Vin-
ton) Brown, a native of Canada and the daugh-
ter of Hezekiah and Sarah (Ousterhout) Yin-
ton, natives of New York. Her father was for-
merly engaged in farming in New York, but
earlv removed to Ontario, Canada, where he
continued in the same employment until his
decease in 1864. The mother of Mrs. Gerber
passed away in 1863, and both of the parents lie
buried in the Province of Ontario,. Canada. In
1866 Mrs. Gerber came to Colorado, where she
remained about four years, coming to Fort Lar-
amie, Wyo., in 1870. She was born in 1840 and
received her education in Canada. She is one of
the most prominent of the pioneer women of
'ining, and it is largely due to the influence
rm<l the efforts of women of her type that the
state has recently made such rapid strides in
moral improvement and civilization. She is a wo-
man of strong character and humanitarian char-
;u (eristics, and she has been of great assistance
ti> her husband in his various enterprises. Mr.
Gerber is a stanch member of the Republican
party, taking an active interest in public affairs,
having been taught during his early life in Swit-
zerland that it is the duty of every citizen under
a Republican form of government to lend his as-
sistance to the management of the public business.
He has many of the sturdy and sterling char-
acteristics of the brave race of William Tell, and
ij a worthy, progressive, and highly respected
citizen of the state.
ALFRED C. GODFREY, M. D.
On American scholarship and scientific and
professional knowledge the judgment of the
intellectual world, slow to concede anything for
. a long time, has finally set the seal of its high
approval ; and when the theoretical and practi-
cal attainments of our professional men are
backed by genuine American enterprise, there
is no limit to their success except the boundary
of their opportunities. Dr. Alfred C. Godfrey,
in the almost untrodden fields of a new region,
has won substantial recognition as a close and
careful student, a skillful and successful prac-
titioner of the healing art and a master of the
scientific principles on which it is based. For-
tune did not favor him with adventitious cir-
cumstances or robust health, but made up for
her niggardlyness by a generous endowment
of natural adaptability to his surroundings and
natural qualifications for the work to which she
assigned him. Born and reared in the little
rural hamlet of Benton, Wis.. where nature in
her untamed luxuriance might minister to his
spirit, he grew up with the breadth of view and
self-reliance she begets in her true children and
she taught him to turn to her as the source and
fountain of inspiration in every condition. His
life began on July 24, 1867, as the son of Dr.
H. T. and Eliza (Footner) Godfrey, natives of
Montreal. Canada. The mother, a ladv of do-
PROGRESSIVE .MEX Ol: WYOMING.
215
mcstic tastes and tender ik-\<iti(Hi to the intcr-
ests Hi her family, was called away from her im-
portant duties in iS<n at tin- early age of forty-
four. The father is still living and cngag* -d in
active practice at ( ialena. 111., where he is the
division surgeon of the Illinois ( 'entral and Chi-
cago \- Northwestern Railroads, and is presi-
dent of the board of pension examiners and of
the Jo Daviess County .Medical Association,
being a prominent man in his profession and in
public affairs and as the surgeon of the One
Hundred and Thirty-first Illinois Regiment of
the Civil War held the rank of major. Dr.
Albert Godfrey was well educated in the public
sch' mis of Galena, Illinois, receiving- his profes-
sional training in Rush Medical College, Chi-
cago, irom which In- was graduated in 1890.
During the next eighteen months he was house
surgeon in the Presbyterian Hospital in that
cn\ and the following year was surgeon at the
iron mines in .Minnesota. lie was then ap-
pointed demonstrator of anatonn at iheCreigh-
ton Medical College at Omaha, and also stir-
•'•••' to the Presbyterian Hospital there. At
the end oi his first year oi service in these
capacities, he became ill from pulmonary trou-
ble and sought relief in the more favorable
climate of Denver, Colo., where he was as-
led with the Denver Medical College 3.3
demonstrator of anatomy for three years, being
also in active practice at the same time. lie
then received an appointment as assistant sur-
geon in the I". S. Army and was assigned to
duty at Fort \\asliakie. \\'yo. In [QOO he re-
signed and located at Lander for the purpose
of pursuing vigorously a general practid
his profession, in which he has since been most
energetically engaged, having drawn to him-
self a large and representative bod\ of patrons
and won a high and cordial regard in the es-
timation of all who have the pleasure of his ac-
quaintance or enjoy the benefit of hi^ professional
services. Me is the official ph\ sjeian oi'
niont connt\. the plusieian in charge and the
manager of the Lander Hospital, being one of
the most eminent prart il ion. i , in ibis part of
the West, He has aKo extensive interests in
the stock business, l-'raternally lie is comi'
with the Masonic order through the lodge o.f
which he is at the present writing the >
\\ardeti). the chapter and the commander}-. He
also belongs to Lander Lodge, No. to. Knights
of Pythias. ( >n September ,V>. i^'j.v he was
united in marriage \\iih Miss Sarah Coats-
worth of (ialena. 111., a daughter of James and
Martha ( Walton I Coatsworth, natives of ling-
land. Three children have blessed this union,
Alice E., who died at Lander when she was six
years old, Helen and Ruth. Doctor and Mrs.
Godfrey are zealous and useful members of the
Episcopal church and arc looked upon as
among the best and most representative citi/etis
of the town.
WILLIAM GRAHAM.
The subject of this review is a successful
stockraiser of I'inta count}-, \Yyo.. and his life
affords a commendable example of what may be
accomplished by thrift and perseverance when
directed and controlled by correct moral prin-
ciples. His pa'rents. foseph ami Elizabeth
(Robinson) < iraham. were born in England, and
Joseph Graham was a son of Benjamin and
Sarah Graham, both of English-Scotch extrac-
tion. He was a native of ( 'otinty Durban1
a tiller of the soil. In 1883 he came to the
United States and settled in Xew Mexico where
he engaged in railroading. His life after com-
ing to this country was of short duration AS it
ended in Silver City, NT. M., in the fall of (886.
Mrs. (iraham was to have joined her husband
the following spring, but learning of his un-
timely death she decided not to make the trip,
consequently she still lives in the land of her
birth, having reached the age of sixty-six \
Mr. and Mrs. Graham were members of the
( Inirch of England and faithfully endeavored
to bring up their children in that faith. Of
the six who \\eiv born to them, three have
joined the father in the other \\nrld. on
the others is living in the old country anil Wil-
liam is the subjed of ibis sketch. 11.- was born
on December ;. iS'>^. in England and cni<
216
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
the advantages of a good practical education
in the schools of his native county. He re-
mained with his parents until twenty-one and
then became an engineer, a profession to which
he had previously devoted several years of
very diligent study. After becoming proficient
in the use of instruments he found abund-
ant opportunities for the exercise of his pro-
fessional talents in his native country and con-
tinued there in various departments of work.
In 1886, impressed with the idea that America
afforded a better field for engineering than
England, he came to the United States in com-
pany with a sister, and for six months after his
arrival, followed railroading and freighting in
New Mexico. From that territory Mr. Graham
went by San Francisco to Alaska and spent one
summer in and around Juneau variously em-
ployed, on his return staying one winter near
Yakima, Washington Territory, then coming
in Wyoming and taking up 160 acres of land
about fourteen miles north of Opal on Slate
Creek, where he has since resided. Subse-
quently Mr. Graham added to his original pur-
chase until he now owns real estate to the
amount of 420 acres, on which he keeps quite
a large herd of sheep, many cattle and a num-
ber of fine horses. He began stockraising in
a modest way. but has gradually enlarged the
business until he is now well situated, with
a prospect of continuous prosperity and a much
larger growth in his future undertakings. His
place is well located for the purposes to which
it is devoted, contains quite a number of sub-
stantial improvements and is one of the com-
fortable and attractive homes of the community
as well as one of the most valuable. Mr. Gra-
ham was married on November 9, 1892. with
Mrs. Katie Pyle, the widow of William Pyle and
a daughter of Martin and Christina (Beighey)
Hyle, natives of Germany. Mrs. Graham was
born in Pennsylvania and married her first hus-
band there ; by this marriage she is the mother
of two children, Frederick D. and Guy E. both
students of Logan College, Utah. Her union
with Mr. Graham has been blessed with one
child, Myrtle.
JOHN S. GOODMAN.
One of the oldest families connected with the
development of civilization in the Eastern states
of the Union and particularly identified with the
Massachusetts Colon}', is the Goodman family ;
and the name is now prominent in the leading
circles of business, commercial, political and
manufacturing departments in Massachusetts
and New Hampshire. It has ever been a name
of power and its representatives have taken con-
spicuous part in law, literature and loyalty, in the
French and Indian Wars, in the Revolutionary
struggle, the War of 1812 and on the sanguinary
battlefields of. the Civil War and extensive rec-
ords tell of the patriotic devotion, heroic self-
sacrifice and manifold suffering experienced as
the result of their devotion to principle. Such
are the antecedents of the subject of this sketch,
John S. Goodman, now a prominent citizen of
Mill Creek Valley, whose elegant modern res-
idence and attractive home ranch is located twen-
ty miles south of Evanston, Wyoming. Mr.
Goodman is a native of Niagara county, N. Y.,
where he was born on November 27, 1846, a
son of Elias and Sarah C. (Cook) Goodman.
His paternal grandparents _were John and Re-
becca (Bascom) Goodman, who were represen-
tatives of prominent early families and natives
of A-'irgima, descending from old Colonial stock.
Elias Goodman was born in Pennsylvania, and
by his marriage with Sarah C. Cook, a daughter
of Seelye and Sarah (Swartout) Cook who was
born in New York, he became connected with an
interesting old New England family. In 1872
Elias Goodman came to Wyoming directly from
New York, first locating on Green River; one
year later, however, he removed to Hilliard,
where he was extensively engaged in stockrais-
ing until his death in 1896. at the age of seventy-
t\vo years. He was a prominent Freemason, by
which brotherhood his funeral rights were con-
ducted and his remains lie buried in the Masonic
cemetery at Evanston. Elias Goodman while
peacefully engaged in agricultural pursuits in
his native state in 1861 patriotically responded
to the call of his countrv to defend the Union and
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YOMIXG.
217
Constitution against the assaults of the Confed-
erates, and loyally and gallantly served as a
member of the Seventeenth Xe\v York Battery
until the close of the war. His widow is still
living at the age of sixty-nine. This worthy
couple are parents of four children, all sons, the
eldest of whom was John S. Goodman, who re-
ceived his early education in the excellent edu-
cational institutions of New York state and early
became initiated into the labors and life per-
taining to agriculture in the older settled sections
of the East, being employed in farming in New
York state until 1877. His married life com-
menced on November i, 1867, when he was
united in matrimony with Miss Caroline Kidney,
a daughter of William and Abigail (Whitcomb)
Kidney. wh<> was born in New York and a de-
scendant of a family for many years established
in that state. In 1877 Mr. Goodman, becoming
convinced of the superior possibilities and ad-
vantages of the industrial development of the
new West, exchanged his residence in New York
for one in Wyoming, where he made his first
location in Evanston, but one year later, in
1873, he purchased 320 acres of Union Pacific
Railroad land and established his present h
In this beautiful locality, which he has largely
improved and developed, he is extensively en-
I in agricultural operations, particularly de-
voting himself to the raising of cattle and horses,
•11 this field of industrial activity he has been
very successful, conducting his affairs with
thrift, discriminate >n and more than ordinary
fciresight. \ person might travel through miles
MI" pleasant country and not discover so fine a
Mr. Goodman has here developed. He
is a man nf most excellent judgment. of exact in-
formation, public-spirited in the true sense of the
word, and his pnpularitv and intlnence in busi-
ness and soeial circles are very great, lie is :\ d
and earnest worker in all measures M|" pub-
lic welfare and gives i'reiiueiltly and freely of his
lime, means and influence In all and
causes \\hich his judgment shows him are f»r
ill'' benefits of his community, the state Mr of the
nation. lie is ] >n imiuent 1\ identified with the
Republican party, in whose interests and contests
he has labored most loyally. His wife has ably as-
sisted him by her wise counsel and unintermitting
labors and by her cheery presence she has given
an added charm to the bounteous hospitality dis-
played in their home. This worthy couple has
reared a large and interesting family, who now
by their irreproachable lives and their industrious
habits do honor to their parents and the illus-
trious stock from which they have sprung. Their
- are Charles; Elias U. ; Addie S., now
Mrs. Cummington, of Cumberland, Wyo. ; Fred;
John Arthur, who maintained the patriotic rec-
ord of the family by his services as a member of
Troop L, in Colonel Terry's regiment of R'
Riders in the Spanish-American War; Jennie A.,
now wife of Walter A. Cummington, of Mill
Creek, Wyo. ; Gertrude ; Edwin G. ; Harry ;
Clinton Seelye. The following maxim happily
exemplifies we think the active and useful life
df Mr. Goodman: "All experience shows that
the great highway of human welfare lies along
the old road of steadfast well-doing, and they
who are the most persistent in their endeavors,
working in the truest spirit, will invariably be
the most successful, for success treads close upon
the heels of every right exertion."
WILLIAM GUILD.
There is perhaps no better representative
ihe business interests of this section of Wyo-
ming, or one better in formed in all matters of
civil, religions ind literary improvement in the
-tale, than the accomplished gentleman wl
name heads this review. His
is fully delineated in the personal sketch of his
liMiinred father. .Mr. ('harles < iuild of I 'iedinout ,
Wyo., which apn< where in this volume,
and to which the reader is referred. William
Guild of Lyman. \\"yn.. where .-Min-
lori.thle home and eighty acres of tine al
laud of marked productiveness, was lioru on the
Guild homestead at Piedmont, Wyo., on May Jo.
1873. a son of diaries :n,,i Marv M. (Card
( Iuild. He reo n ed his p n schi •
training in the schools of ' mt) and -up
pleiuented (bis h\ a three years' course at the
2l8
I'KOGRESSH'E MEX 01-' WYOMING.
Brigham Young College at Logan, Utah. 1>y his
attention and unusual mental endowments mak-
ing rapid progress and attaining a high pro-
ficiency. Being deeply devoted to the doctrines
and principles of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, his manifest qualifications for
the position caused his appointment as a mis-
sionary of that faith to Germany. There he
passed about thirty months in very active but
pleasant service which was fraught with marked
results, winning many converts to the faith. In
1900 he became associated in business with his
father and brothers, and is now the secretary of
the Guild Mercantile Co., and also of the Guild
Land & Live Stock Co. Mr. Guild still holds
active relations with his church, being an hon-
ored elder in its communion, also filling the dual
office of first assistant superintendent of the
Sunday-school and superintendent of the religion
class of Lyman ward. During his collegiate
years he was for one year the professor of art
and of elementary mathematics in the institu-
tion he was attending. A man of great activity
and enterprise, he keeps a vital interest in all
that concerns the public weal, and is a strong
supporter of the principles and policies for which
the Republican party stands sponsor. On March
6, 1901, in Salt Lake City. Mr. Guild "took un-
to himself a wife" in the person of Miss Xettie
Heiner, a daughter of George and Mary (Hen-
derson) Heiner, the father of German and the
mother of Danish ancestry, and they have one
child, Kenneth H. Guild.
OLIVER P. HANXA.
This representative gentleman who was the
very earliest arrival and settler in what is now
Sheridan county, Wyoming, was born at Meta-
mora. 111., on May 10. 1851, the son of Harvey
and Xancy (Taylor) Hanna, natives of Pennsyl-
vania who came to Illinois in 1850, making
the trip by way of the Ohio river. The father
was a first cousin of the father of Hon. Marcus
A. Hanna, the distinguished U. S. Senator from
Ohio. In the Illinois home they had chosen
the Hannas lived and worked out a destiny of
peace and prosperity, such as was available in
those early days in what is now the great
prairie state, encountering the perils of frontier
life, wherein men, beasts and even nature her-
self seemed arrayed in arms against their hopes
and their very safely and here their son Oliver
was reared, from the experiences of his wild
life drawing in that strength of body and firm-
ness of spirit which prepared him for many
subsequent contests with man and nature on
the later frontier to which his love of adventure
hurried him. His path from the beginning of
his career has been beset with difficulties, but
his soul and physique were hardened to meet
them, dangers forming the very spice of his life.
He has been a hunter of mighty prowes's, a
pathfinder of skill and intrepid courage, a re-
deemer of the wilderness from its savage con-
dition and a promoter of the enterprises of that
advancing civilization which builds common-
wealths and enriches peoples. In 1868, when
he was but seventeen years of age, he started
out in life for himself, making the long and haz-
ardous trip across the plains from Fort Scott,
Kan., to the Deer Lodge valley in Montana,
there joining the army of miners working in the
rich placer grounds now covered by the city of
Helena. Thence he went in a short time to
the valley of the Yellowstone and for eight years
in that prolific region was engaged in hunting
and trapping on an enormous scale, when
joining the government survey under Professor
Hayden, he aided in laying out the Yellowstone
Xational Park and in naming its natural curiosi-
ties. Under General Custer he was a trusted
'scout and was in the command of that renowned
chief of scouts, Mich Bowier. After a short visit
to his old home in 1875 he returned to the west-
ern frontier, joining General Crook's command
and accompanying it to what is now Sheridan
county, where he was placed in charge of a
wagon train drawing supplies to Fort Fetter-
man. The next year he went with the supply-
train to the Red Cloud agency and in 1878
started with a pack outfit for Bozeman, Mont.,
but when he reached Fort McKinney he took a
contract to supply the soldiers with 3,500
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
219
pounds of elk and deer meat per month during
the winter. He kept his contract faithfully, kill-
ing all I hi' Bailie himself and employing teams
to haul it to the forts. In 187*1 he accompanied
James \Yhite on a hunting expedition, on the
Yellowstone River near Miles City, in which
they killed 2,200 buffaloes in six \\ceks. During
that winter, it is said, there were slain on the
N, i Hi i\\ Mone 225,000 of these noble animals, and
he and Mr. \Yhite killed more than any other
two men. At the expiration of three months
of this profitable sport the Indians drove the
hunters away, but Messrs. Hanna and White
had 5,000 buffalo hides to take with them. In
1870 Mr. Hanna came back to Wyoming and
located on a ranch he had taken up near the
.site of the present Bighorn in Sheridan cotmtv.
In the intervals between his labors in improving
his ranch he acted as guide for parties of tour-
ists and hunters. During his first year's resi-
dence at Bighorn he killed sixteen bears, being
crippled in his arms ever since Irom a danger-
ous encounter with one of them, within this
year he also made a trip of 700 miles with a
team to Cheyenne and return for the purpose
of buying a plow, garden seed and seed grain.
He started in February and returned in April,
camping out all of the way, and with the plow
thus secured through so much toil and effort .
he made the first furrow turned with a plow
in Sheridan county. The plow is still in his
possession, a valued souvenir of a period of
difficulty and danger happih forever past. He
raised a crop of oats which he threshed \\iili a
flail, in the spring of 1880 selling the grain at
ten cents a pound. ( >n his ranch, remote from
civilization and with but few of the comforts
of life about him except such as were secured
by his own efforts, he lived for some years,
improving the property and limning Mean-
while the advance guard of the oncoming army
i tiers \\as approaching his domain, and ac-
cepting always the opportunity of the moment.
he laid out the town of I'.ighom and christened
it with the name it no\\ bears. lie built the
first cabin erected in the present Sheridan
comity and helped Mr. Mason build the first
one erected in the town of Sheridan. In iS
he sold his ranch and in iSoj purchased a store
at Sheridan which he conducted until looo. from
the time of his purchase until 1800 being pi
master of the town. Mr. Hanna has alwavs
been active in local affairs when, he has lived
and taken a deep interest in politics. lie is
a Democrat in political faith, in 10,00 being
elected to the state legislature, the only man
of that pany who \\as elected in the state. At
the close of his term in 1901 he accepted a po-
sition with Armour & Co., of Chicago, as travel-
ing salesman, a position which he still h>
He owns a residence and considerable other
property in Sheridan and makes that place his
headcpiarters. Fraternally he is connected \\iili
the Knights of Pythias and the Order of Elks.
( In June 27, 1885. he married at Miles City,
Mnnt., Miss Dora Myers, a native of Blooming-
ton, 111. They have three children, Tressie M.,
aged 16; Jesse, aged 14, a student in the mili-
tary school' at Kearney; and Laura, aged 12.
Mr. Manna has had a remarkably interesting
and adventurous career and he has met all the
requirements thereof with an unyielding forti-
tude and constancy to duty. He is essentially
i child of nature and has reveled in her wild
and virgin luxuriance, yet has had an unswerv-
ing fidelity to the requirements of civilixed life,
daring dangers of every kind in their behalf.
\\ hether sharing the lowly couch of "l!ig Xosed
George," a notorious road agent, acting a part
of necessary cunning while a private detective
of the I'nion Pacific Railroad, whether founding
a town and establishing its civil functions or
inarching in the I'.o/eman Rosebud expedition
against the Sioux Indians, who under the com
mand of Sitting Hull kept them fighting for
twenty-seven days ; \\ hether limiting \\ ild beasts
alone in the forest or on the plains or helping to
arrest and imprison lawless men of desperate
character: whether gliding down the turbid
Missouri for linn/,: Miles \\ith a few faith-
ful companions, the mark of frequent shots of
hostile savages all along ih, , or pursuing
in solitude the dail\ \",-alions of his quiet
ranch; in all the exigencies of his existence he
has borne himself bra\el\ and with becoming
dignity.
22O
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
HON. E. A. SLACK.
One of tin' men, who for more than thirty
years has been :m<l still is i>ne of the "powers
behind the throne" in W\ -. nning is Hon. E. A.
Slack, of Cheyenne, editor of the Cheyenne
Daily Leader and receiver at the U. S. land-office
in that city. Broadmindcd and comprehensive in
the view which he takes of public affairs, he is
the confidant of U. S. senators and congressmen,
and consulted by the political managers of the
great political party to which he belongs, \vhn
have not infrequently taken their "cue" from him
as to the proper issues and plans for political
campaigns in Wyoming, conferred with by gov-
ernors in reference to appointments to office, and,
as a matter of fact, often naming many of the
appointees in the first instance, and, in one in-
stance, actually naming every appointment made
during the term. Mr. Slack has been recognized
for more than a quarter of a century as a most
remarkable man, one who has probably had more
to do with the matter of pushing Wyoming for-
\\ard to the very enviable position which it now
occupies among the far western states of the
American Union than any other person in Wyo-
ming. Edward Archibold Slack was born at
Owego, N. Y., on October 2, 1842, but while
yet a mere child his parents removed to Peru, 111.
His father, who was educated at Norwich, A7t.,
was a civil engineer of considerable distinction
and a confidant and close friend of General
Sickles, Gen. G. M. Dodge and also other distin-
guished men, and in many cases he was associ-
ated with them in important enterprises. His
mother was the late Mrs. Esther Morris (she
having married a second time) one <>f the noblest
women that ever lived in the far West and who
has not inappropriately been termed "the mother
of women suffrage in Wyoming." At the age of
fifteen years Mr. Slack began to learn the print-
ers' trade at Peru, 111., and later went to Chi-
cago for the same purpose, but on May i. 1861,
when but eighteen years of age, he enlisted in
the Nineteenth Illinois Infantry, in which organi-
zation he served during the Civil War until about
the middle of Tune, 1864, when, his term of en-
listment expiring, he returned to Chicago, having
served faithfully and with credit in the cause
of his country. Shortly after returning from
the war Mr. Slack entered the sophomore class
of the Chicago University, where he remained
for two years, later completing his collegiate
course at Fulton, 111. While attending the Chi-
cago University, Mr. Slack, under orders from
General Sweet in command at Camp Douglas,
then filled with Confederate prisoners of war, or-
ganized a great company of cadets of which he
was given command ; it being apprehended that
an attempt might be made by the prisoners to
break up the camp and escape. In the spring of
1868 Mr. Slack came to Wyoming and located
at South Pass, where he engaged in the newspa-
per business and in due time became clerk of
the District Court. Early in 1871 Mr. Slack
was married to Miss Sarah F. Neeley, she being
a sister of Mrs. Gen. John M. Palmer, who was
at that time governor of Illinois, the mar-
riage ceremony being performed at the city
residence of the governor in Springfield, 111.
In the early fall of 1871 Mr. Slack came to
Laramie City in Albany count}-, Wyo., where he
began the publication of the Laramie Daily
Independent (later the Laramie Sun), and at
about the same time he began to take a very
active part in politics as a leader and worker in
the political field, not in the way of aspiring to
office himself, but in March, 1876, he moved
his plant to Cheyenne, where having bought the
Cheyenne Daily News, he consolidated the two
and began the publication of the Cheyenne Daily
Sun. In 1895 he purchased the Cheyenne Daily
Leader outfit. For a time the daily published by
Mr. Slack was known as "The Sun-Leader," but
later the name was changed again and it is now
known as "The Cheyenne Daily Leader," being
one of the ablest edited and most influential
newspapers in the far West. While never having
been what might be called an aspirant to public
office, he was nevertheless appointed receiver of
the LT. S. land-office in Cheyenne in 1898 by the
late President McKinley and was reappointed in
1902. He has discharged the duties of that posi-
tion with satisfaction to the government and
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
221
with credit to himself, being now ( May. 1903)
in the incnmbenc' of the office Asa public spir-
ited citi/en. whi ise impulses are always in
righl direction, and as a husliand ::nd father. Mr.
Slack ina\ be ]iointed to as a model. In the
broader field of public affairs it may he said that
scarcely a measure can In- named, which has
been originated for the benefit of Wyoming- and
carried to successful consummation within the
last quarter of a century, where he has u> >l
ai i- ihi- first and Eoremost, and souK'times
the oub leader in the fight. His paper, of all pa-
pi rs in Wyoming, was the first to advocate state-
hood: he fought single-hand. -d and alone for
frei ti tbooks in the schi iols of \> • 'ining and
ed his point; he moved forward'first in the
lizing the State Kditorial
tioii of which he is the presidrnt, and. in a reso-
lution introduced by him in that body, took the
lead in the State Industrial Convention move-
ment, and it is a well-known fact that the idea
of having Wyoming properly represented at the
St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition ema-
nated from that body, lie also organized
M-t on fool the Pioneer Association, of which he
is the chairman, and from this association came
the idea of holding the annual Krontier Day cele-
brations at the capital of the state, now a pcr-
n ..mi nt feature, as celebrations have been held
annually, beginning with iSij~. In local enter-
prises, those which pertain more particularly to
Cheyenne, Mr. Sla.-l. (we might say Colonel
Slack for SO he is USUalb called, having heid
s< venal position- in the Crand \riny of the Re-
public, which gave him that title, to say nothing
of his having been commander of the cadets at
In. ' o I 'Diversity, which we presume also
entitled him to tint rani- j has al\\a\s been among
the first and foremost in advocating just and
ir . . TV measure', and ' nte'rprises, Mich as the
e tabli shmenl of a watet md • v er system, the
tion of a Imildin- and loan assi iciatii in,
the p-i\ment of better wages io teachers in the
hoi .is. the lighting of die streets of the
i I b electricity, etc. \t present ( 'olonel Slack
is erecting not only a nnmhei dium-M/ed
i iffice buildings i .n the 51 iuthw
tol avenue and Seventeenth street, in Cheyenne,
but he is also erecting a larg ' commodious
building just north of the Inter-Ocean Hotel
1 apitol avenue, into which, when compl.
[er his extensive printing plant, at
the same time putting in new machinery to make
of it i i ' • ;d most thorotighlv equip-
ped newspaper estahli ' the far \\'est.
I'-ut v, -top at this point, for want of space
v, ill not permit us to elaborate. We can
say in c> >• that which we have alrcadv
said hi fore, that Col. Edward A. Slack is one
of "the powers behind the throne" in Wvoniing.
SAMUEL HOWES HARDIN.
I'.orn in the at oi Miibridgc. Massachu-
setts, on November in. 1840. the sixth son of
Selh W. and Reliance ( Howes') Hardin, Samuel
II. Hardin conns from the best strains of carlv
colonial _\ew England settlers. Tlis parents re-
moved to Chicago. 111., in 1847, and in 18
I'ern. \\lu-re his father engaged in the lumber
and grain business. Samuel, at the age of fif-
teen, rcturnh:- to ' h;. ij • to enter tl
tate office of his brother. Seth \\". TIardin. Jr.
In iSi'4 he was imployeil in thi ba 'ing-house
tishman, Hanlin & r.ro.. in whicli house his
ers, Seth ^ Ji tnd 1 u ' *rer part-
ners. He remained in this h-nk until iSoR when
he became a teller in the William E. Coo]].
n Xational) of Chicago, then the
. t bank wcM of \~e\\ ^"ork Citv. Nature
equi] , Hardin for a prominent position
in the qtfair Oi nun. and a< a hanker lie would
no doubt havi o "ispicuons and exalted
had he to devote his energi
this calling, but his nature ' for the
' if actii in ilnt in iS~i attraci
in tile far \\esl and southwest. The price
of CS dial time in remote parts of Texas
was as low as Si.oo per head for cattle and land
in unlimited qualities could be purchased at ten
per acre, and in l S^S he determined to en-
in the cattle industrv and in t88o hi found-
ed the firm of Hardii
eater] their ran^e and ranch on the Tongue River.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
\\ \ i lining, near the Montana line and at the
base nf the l!ig Hum Mountains, a then very far
dislant and unsettled country, abounding in buf-
falo and other wild game and the coveted home
of the Sioux and Crow Indians. Thus his pioneer
life began amidst scenes, deprivations and hard-
ship, that i>nlv the pioneers of that period can
understand. He brought into this new life those
characteristics that stamped him then, as now.
a leader among men. The great cattle industry
of the west soon after became the center of
attraction for the capitalist and men of courage
and enterprise from the Ea-i, West and South-
west and from Europe and Canada until all the
ranges became stocked with great herds of cat-
tle. Mr. Hardin became prominent in all mat-
ters pertaining to the cattle industry. He or-
ganized the first live stock association in Wyo-
ming north of Cheyenne and was its president
for several years. He also rendered valuable as-
sistance in the later organization of the Montana
Live Stock Association and served many years
on the executive committee of that association
from Wyoming at the time when Theodore
Roosevelt, now President of the United States,
served on the same committee from Dakota.
Few men who then entered into the cattle busi-
ness have so continuously remained in it as has
Mr. Ilardin. He now owns the same ranch and
brand of cattle that he located and established
twenty-three years ago. His success in his
chosen field is marked in many ways. The brand
of cattle he started in 1880 has for man. years
had the distinction of rare quality, command-
ing the highest prices on the markets. His firm
established in 1880 was succeeded by the Hardin-
I I vsham Cattle Co.. in 1898, and this company
in 1900 by the present firm of S. H. Hardin &
Co.. consisting of S. H. Hardin and his stepson,
John ( Irieves Mcllvain. Mr. Hardin is the
present president of the Old Settlers' Club and
takes great interest in the organization. He was
nominated for the legislature in 1902 without
his knowledge or consent, was elected by a very
large majority and in the Seventh Legislative
Assembly served his people and his state with
marked ability. His nomination for governor in
1906 is generally spoken of. He is not, nor
ever has been, in politics and should the high
office of governor of his young, virile state be
tendered him, it \ull no doubt fail to induce him
to enter the field of politics. "Hardin Cabin" the
family home is located on his ranch, being built
on an eminence at the confluence of the Tongue
River and Wolf Creek, commanding a grand
view of mountains, hills and valleys for miles in
every direction. It is a most spacious and charm-
ir.g country home, having few if any equals in
the Rocky Mountain region. Mr. Hardin mar-
ried in 1895 with Mrs. Jessie Grieves Mcllvain,
a native of Philadelphia, Pa., a daughter of
Charles Brown and Christina ( Dubois ) Grieves
of that city, and their charming and hospitable
In ime receives from her supervision a most de-
lightful addition of cultured refinement.
JAMES HARDMAX.
1 )ne of the pioneer stockmen of Albany
county, Wyoming, who have here met with suc-
cess is James Hardman, the subject of this
sketch, who is now a prominent citizen of Lara-
mie. A native of England, born in the year 1837,
he is the son of Richard and Sarah (Wyld)
Hardman, both natives of England, where the
father was a calico printer, following that occu-
pation at Bury, in his native country, up to the
time of his death in 1867, at the age of fifty-nine
years. In politics he was a Liberal, and was the
son of James and Bettie Hardman, both natives
of England, where the mother was also born in
1811, a daughter of James Wyld, a leading cit-
izen of Bury, who was engaged in the dual vo-
cations of farming and butchering. She was a
woman of extraordinary character and the moth-
er of thirteen children, eight of whom are now
living. She passed away in 1894 at the great
age of eighty-three years. James Hardman
passed his early life in his native country and
received such limited schooling as his opportuni-
ties permitted in the public schools in the neigh-
borhood of Bury. At the early age of eight years
he was put to work in the woolen mills at that
place, where he remained for a short time, at the
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF
223
age of fourteen years entering upon an ap-
prenticeship to the trade of machinist. He pur-
sued tliis employment for ahout seven years in
England, then accepted a position with an iron-
works company, and traveled in the interest of
that house for six years. In 1804 he came to
America and located first in New Jersey, secur-
ing employment as a machinist for ahout one
\ear and then removed to the interior of the
state of Xew York, where he continued in the
same occupation until 18/1, when lie resolved to
come to the western country, and soon found
himself at Greeley, in the territory of Colorado.
At this place, he followed his former occupa-
tion and ranching for a short time, thence com-
ing to the territory of Wyoming, where in 1874
he accepted a position in the shop-, of the I'nion
Pacific Railroad at Laramie. Here he remained
for twelve years, being one of the most trusted
employes of that company. In July, 1886, he
resigned his position with the railroad and lo-
cated a homestead near his present ranch prop-
erty, about eighteen miles southwest of Lara-
mie. where he engaged in raising cattle and
in ranching. Here he has remained up to the pres-
ent writing engaged in the same pursuit and has
met with marked succe-s, lu-ing now the owner
of a fine ranch of over MOO acres of land, well
ced and with modern improvements, build-
ings and appliances for the carrying on of his
business. He takes a special pride in the raising
of thoroughbred and graded stock, and makes a
-pecialtv of the white-face line of cattle. In 1861,
in his native conntrv, Mr. Ilardinan was united
in marriage with .Miss Marx l>rnt. a nativi of
Durham. England, and a daughter ot William
]>eiit, our of tin- leading residents of that place.
To their union were bom MX children, Sarah.
William. Emma i now deceased). Edwin. \nna.
Bessie (decea ed). Mrs. llanlman passed awaj
from earth in i8Sj and was buried at I.aramic,
\Vyo. In iS8|. Mr. Ilardinan was as;:iin mar-
ried, the bride bein^ Mrs. \liri (Buckley) Kent.
a nati\e of England, and a dan-liter of John
and Eli/aheih (Brooks) I'.nckl. . both natives
of the <niu country, who had one child by her
first marriage. Her father was a master boiler-
maker in England, and followed that occup
up to the \ear i8<xj. He then disposed of his
boiler-making business and entered into partner-
ship with his father in the cotton waste and gro-
cery business which he followed until his death,
in the year i8<)7. when he had attained to the age
of seventy-three years. He was the son of John
I'.nckley. who long successfully followed dealing
in groceries and cotton waste in his native coun-
try of England. Mrs. Hardman's mother passed
away on July J_>. 18';". and her father was named
David Brooks, who was also a successful busi-
ness man of England. To the union of Mr.
Mrs. Hardman have been born two children.
James 1!. and Alice II., both of whom are living.
Politically, Mr. Hardman is a stanch member of
the Republican party, taking an active part in
public affairs. Fraternally, he is affiliated with
the Free Masons and the Independent < >rder of
(idd Fcllo\\.s, being one of the leading men of
his section of \Yvomiiig and enjoying the re-
spect of nearly all classes of people.
IIF.XRY S. HANSON.
One of the leading citizens of Salem. \\
ming. is the subject of this brief sketch, Henry
S. Hanson, a prominent ranchman and stock-
owner \\lio is a native of Sweden, born in tint
country on July 11. [870, a son of John and Mar-
tha (Olson) Hanson, both natives of the same
country, where hi uiher followed the occupa-
tion of tanning until his emigration to A.mi
uhich occurred in January, tSSS. for leaving his
family at the old home in Sucdcn. the father
then came to the \e\\ World, locating first in
Henry county, Illinois, where he established him-
self in farming and a few months later as
as he had arranged hi-- new home for tin
coinniodation. he senl for his \\ife and children
to join him. I l> re the\ remained en
,-IL ncnltnral pursuits until i8o_' when in the fall
the I'aniih removed to Wyoming, and there im-
took up the ranch which the subject
of this sketch now owns and occupies, sit!
about fourteen miles northwest of Tine I'.lulTs.
Soon after establishing themsehes at this place.
224
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
they purchased a small band of cattle and en-
'1 in a modest way in cattleraising. The
father continued in this occupation with con-
siderable success until 1898, when he disposed
of his interest in the ranch and cattle to his son,
Henry, and removed to Minnesota, purchasing
a farm in the county of Isanti, and there he has
continued forming until the present writing.
Henry S. Hanson grew to manhood in his na-
tive country and there received his early edu-
cation in the public schools. Coming to Amer-
ica with his mother in 1888, he continued to re-
side at the family home in Illinois, until 1889,
when he left home and, going to the northern
part of AYisconsin, he there secured employ-
ment in a sawmill until the spring of 1890, when
he then returned to Henry county, Illinois, and
engaged in farming there until August, 1895,
thence coming to Wyoming on a visit to his par-
ents, who were then residing at their ranch
about fourteen miles from Pine Bluffs, and here
he remained for a short time, assisting his fa-
ther in the work and management of the ranch
••'IK! cattle. Afterward he removed to Colorado,
where he located in the vicinity of Greeley, se-
curing employment as a farmhand. Here he re-
mained acquiring a thorough knowledge of
ranching and stockraising until 1898. when he
returned to Wyoming, and purchased from his
father the home ranch, with the cattle and all
other property interests, and since that time he
has been continuously employed in the manage-
ment of his ranch and prosperous cattle business,
during a portion of the time being associated
with his brother, Joseph, who has now a small
interest in the business. By hard work, close at-
tention to business and careful management and
personal supervision of all details Mr. Hanson
is building up a good paying property. Po-
litically, he is a stanch adherent of the Repub-
lican party, ever active in the political life of the
section where he resides. In 1898 he received
the appointment as postmaster at Salem, giving
entire satisfaction to the public until 1901, when
he tendered his resignation that he might make
a visit to his native country where he remained
for three months, rapidly visiting the scenes of
his childhood and early manhood, and then re-
turned again to his Wyoming ranch and cattle
interests, where he has since been fully occupied,
bring one of the rising young stockmen of Lar-
amie county.
HAROLD H. HARRISON.
The postmaster and leading merchant of Au-
burn, Uinta county, Harold H. Harrison, is a
native of Utah, born on April 4, 1863, the son
of Henry J. and Sarah E. (Burningham) Har-
rison, natives of England, who came to Utah in
1860, crossing the plains with handcarts, theirs
being the second train of this kind to make the
trip. The father was a mason by trade and
worked at his craft as diligently and faithfully
in his new home as he had done in the old. He
put up the first brick house built at Bountiful
and now divides his time between this place and
Salt Lake City, still working at his trade al-
though past seventy years of age. His parents,
James and Judith (Edgerton) Harrison, came
from England to LTtah some time after his ar-
rival there and Mrs. Harrison, Harold's mother,
was a daughter of Thomas and Sarah E. Burn-
ingham of England. She died in Utah in 1887,
aged fifty-three years. Harold Harrison was the
eldest of the eight children- of his parents and
was educated in the public schools of LTtah. He
learned the trade of his father and worked at it
with his father in his native place until 1892
when he came to Auburn, Wyoming', and en-
gaged in merchandising, purchasing the store
and stock of Charles Kingston, now a resident
of Evanston, Wyo., and settling down to busi-
ness, being one of the earliest residents of the
town. His venture prospered and his trade in-
creased to such an extent that in 1898 he was
obliged to build more extensive accommoda-
tions, and he accordingly erected a commodious
and convenient two-story store building, in which
he gathered and arranged for advantageous dis-
play and for convenient handling as large, varied
and well-selected a stock of general merchandise
as can be found anywhere in this part of the
country. This storehouse is complete in equip-
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mcnt and has under it the best cellar in the val-
lev. From his settlement here Mr. Harrison
has been the postmaster of the town and for
six years was also a justice of the peace. Tie
was married at Salt Lake City on September 21,
iSSj. with .Miss Clara Mold, a native of ling-
land and a daughter of Thomas and Jane
(Spencer) Mold, who came to I.' tali in 1870 with
her widowed mother and the rest of the family.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison have six children, Lil-
lian Clara, Harold Roy, Ross Leo, Ona Alvin,
\ i\i;m ('ceil and Rex Leland. The head of this
house is one of the leading citizens of this county,
being- universally respected and esteemed.
ROBERT B. HARVEY.
1 11 "I '.dedonia's rugged hills" for generations
have lived the ancestors of Robert B. Harvey of
Mountain Yie\v. Wyoming, his father being the
first of the family to leave their native Scotland
and cross the Atlantic to secure a home in the
1'nited States, eventually locating in the city of
Muscatine, Towa, where, on July 23, 1860, Rob-
ert was born. His parents were William H. and
es i MeCulloch) Harvey, and they gave to
their children such educational advantages as
1 lilable at the time, Robert attending the
public schools until 18/7. when he courage' m-dy
took up the duties of life for himself and coming
to F' >rt I'.ridger, Wyoming, he engaged to ride
the range for Philip Mass, following this stren-
oceupation for him for three years, and two
H n after in the F'.ig Horn country. From there
1" returned to his former home in this state and
there forming a partnership with his uncle, he
charge of a band of cattle on shares. He
d in his undertaking and at the end of
">1 up a tract of 160 acres of land
-mith's Fork, about one mile fnnn the little
village of Mountain View, where In is now lo-
cated permanently and where he has since in-
dividually conducted a cumulative industry in
raising cattle md hor es, having line grades of
each, and in addition has valuable real estate in-
terest- in the town of Mountain View. I'.v his
earnesl and forceful energy and integriu Mr.
Harvey has risen to importance in local public
affairs, baring bei n the capable and efficient
road supervisor of the southeast district of Uinta
county during the past four year-, discharging
his duties to the satisfaction of the people and
the benefit of the community. In politics he is
allied with the Republican party, and fraternally
he is connected with the Woodmi n of the World
through his membership in the local lodge at
Fort Bridget-. <)n November 25, iSS^. in
ramento, California, he was united in marriage
with Miss Emma Forehand, a daughter of Am-
mon and Annie I \\Ybster) Forehand, natives of
Litchfield, 111., pioneers of that state. The chil-
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey are Robert W..
George E.. William R.. Ralph A., and Hazel S.,
who died at the age of seven years in February,
1902, Edna, who died in infancy in X
1899, Frederick A. and Fdith E.
\ [ES R. II. \WLEY.
The capable, accurate and very efficient time-
keeper for the Union Pacific Railroad at Raw-
lins, Carbon county, Wyoming, was born in Liv-
y, Xew York, in 1838. His father.
Tames Hawley, was born in Delaware county in
the sami tat in [806, but died in Liviiu
count) in 1*07. being a son of John and Mary
( Robinson) Itawley, the farmer of whom i
native of Scotland, who M tiled in tin
Xew York in 1801 and there passed the re-
mainder "f his life. The mothi r of James K.
llawley bore the maiden name of Mary Ruth-
ven and was born in Scotland, married in Xew
ite and died in 1851. the mother of ten
children. James R. llawlev i his prep-
aratory education in the public schools and then
attended the Western Xeu York Seminai
Lima, X". Y.. from which he was graduated in
1 8;. j. The i ten rs 1
i, ai hing < h",>l in his nati 1 then he
turned his attention to fanning, in 1875 coming
to l.nraniie. Wyoming, and enter!
of the I fnion Pai ilic Railroad
ing tin- position two years, then comin- to
Rawlins. where he IMS sinee lived, \\ith lb.'
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ception of >i\ years, ami is employed by the
1'iiion Pacific as time-keeper. In [ 868' Mr. Haw -
ley married with Miss Olivia Doty, who was
born in Xi-w York in 1840, a daughter of Smith
Doty ; but she was called from earth in 1878 leav-
ing four children, Frederick E., James G., Cecil,
Charlotte, deceased. Mr. Hawley is an ener-
getic member of the Republican party and has
done his share of active party work, on more than
one occasion being largely instrumental in its
success at the polls. His personal popularity has
been demonstrated by his election to several of-
fices of trust, honor and prominence, chief among
them being justice of the peace of Rawlins, pro-
bate judge of Carbon county and county treas-
urer, in all of which offices he has fully come
up to the expectations of his constituents and
met with the approbation of the public. Mr.
Hawley is a gentleman of great mental capacity,
which has been plainly manifested in every po-
sition he has held, and it is within the scope of
reasonable supposition that higher honors await
him in the near as well as the ultimate future.
He is public-spirited and broadminded, and ever
readV to contribute of his available means and
to lend a helping hand to all enterprises that
have a tendency to advance and improve the
general prosperity of the community. He is .a
member of the Masonic fraternity and lives
strictly in accordance with the teachings of that
grand organization. As a citizen he is univer-
sally respected, for he conscientiously performs
every duty entailed upon him and as a man he
counts his friends by the hundreds.
HOX. FRANCIS E. WARREN.
The foremost citizen of the state of 'Wye <-
ming, and one of the leading public men of the
United States, is Senator Francis E. Warren.
For many years he has been identified with the
commercial and political life of the territory and
state and has been a prominent factor in develop-
ing the resources and laying the foundations of
the commonwealth of Wyoming. A resident of
Wyoming since 1868, he has seen it grow from
its then primitive condition to the civilization
and prosperity of the present day. Savagery
and barbarity have passed away and the desert
and wilderness have given way to settled and
prosperous agricultural districts and industrial
centers alive with the busy ways of trade and
commerce. In this marvellous growth and de-
velopment Senator Warren has borne a foremost
part for more than thirty-four years. Coming
to the territory when but twenty-four years of
age, he held the responsible position of mana-
ger of the extensive mercantile interests of Mr.
A. R. Converse, then one of the most extensive
operators on the frontier. At that time the city
of Cheyenne was a typical western town, hav-
ing all the characteristics of frontier life on the
plains. It had no buildings save tents and tem-
porary frame structures and there was little re-
gard for law or for social order. The great
change that has come about during the years
which have followed has been due in no small
measure to the energy and progressive spirit,
the organizing ability and strength and the firm-
ness of character of Senator Warren. A native
of the old commonwealth of Massachusetts, he
was born in the city of Hinsdale on June 20,
1844. His father was Joseph S. Warren, a
member of the distinguished New England fam-
ily of that name. They were among the early set-
tlers of Massachusetts and bore an historic part
in the early Colonial history of the American
republic, Gen. Joseph Warren who fell at the
battle of Bunker Hill being a representative of
the family. The mother of Senator Warren,
Cynthia E. Abbott, was of English descent, and
her family were among the pioneers of the
Massachusetts colony, the name often occurring
in early, as well as later, New England history.
The father of Francis E. Warren was always a
farmer and trader, a shrewd and successful man
of business, but while in many respects a man
of liberal ideas, he did not believe in the higher
education, and thought the training of the com-
mon schools, which was all that he himself pos-
sessed, was sufficient for anyone. He therefore
cno airaged his children to master the details of
practical things and to acquire a knowledge of
commercial and industrial life rather than to
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devote their time to an academical and clas-ual
education. Consequently vomit; Warren had
little opportunity of acquiring an education in
his early life, his schooling being confined to a
few weeks' attendance upon the district sell' « >U
during the winter season and the rest of his time
occupied with work on the farm. At fifteen
\ ears of age he attended Hinsdale Academy for
one year, and that marked the end of his school
life, lie was then placed in charge of a dairy
farm fur a year, and at the age of seventeen
years he enlisted in Co. C, Forty-ninth Mass.
Infantry as a soldier of the Union army of the
Civil \Yar. His regiment was ordered into in-
struction camps at Pittsfield and Worcester,
there drilled and prepared for service, then they
were ordered to Xew York City for garrison
duty, later going to New Orleans, being assigned
to the nineteenth army corps. The regiment
\\as soon detailed for service at the front and
took part in the siege and capture of Port Hud-
-.011 and in other important engagements in-
cluding Donaldsonville. During the siege of
I 'oil Hudson, Corporal Warren, for he had been
promoted, participated in one of the most gallant
actions of the war, and in later years Congress
recognized the heroism of the few survivors,
awarding them medals of honor. Tt had been
determined to storm the Confederate position, and
the I'orty-ninth Mass, was called upon for volun-
teers to precede the main force of the at-
tacking army and fill with fascines a large trench
which formed a part of the enemy's defences and
must lie passed by the I'nion forces in making
the proposed attack. Young Warren \va> one
of ill' firsl volunteers for this dangerous service.
\s >oi in as the purpose of this advance force was
observed by the enctm . a tire so terrilic was
opened upon it that about three- fourths of the
little band were either killed or wounded, but
the resi.lnte remainder, the "forlorn hope." ac-
complished its purpose, although at an appalling
sacrifice of life, and prepared the way for the
successful assault. While the firing was at its
height, the fascine carried by Corporal Warren
uas struck by a cannon ball and the blow
knocked him down and rendered him uncon-
i i
scions for several hours. To this circumstance
he doubtless owes his life, for under the deadly
fire of the enemy evcrv commissioned officer of
the command was killed and the entire de-
tachment practically annihilated. Remaining in
the service until the close of the war. Senator
Warren then returned to his native state and was
the manager of a large stock farm until the
spring of 1868, when he determined to seek his
fortune in the far west and came to Iowa, where
he became a foreman of construction w< irk > n\
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad,
soon however going to Cheyenne, Wyo., where
he at once engaged in mercantile pursuits and
also became interested in the live stock business.
From the first his energy, untiring perseverance
and indomitable resolution to make for himself
a high place in the business and public life of the
new country brought to him a large measure of
success. In 1X7 i was formed the large mercan-
tile firm of Converse & \Yarren. which for years
carried on an extensive business in Cheyenne and
adjacent territory. Subsequently he purchased
the interest of his partner and continued the
business as F. F. Warren & Co. Several years
later the operations of this house became so ex-
tended that it was incorporated as the F. F.
Warren .Mercantile Co., Senator Warren being
it- president. This company has been for many
years the leading mercantile house of Wyoming
and its business transactions extended throughout
the entire state. Mr. Warren is one of the pioneer
stoekmeii of the west and has done much to de-
velop that industry no1 only in Wyoming but
in adjoining states. 1 luring the decade tmm
1873 to iXS^ he gave attention to the raisil
cattle and sheep, and wa> a member of the live
stock firms of ( iuiterman \ Warren, Miner \
\\arren and I'ost X- Warren, all having large iu-
terests in Wvoming and Colorado. In iSS^, he
organized and became the president of the War-
ren l.ive Stock Co., one of the heaviest com-
panies of the west, having extensive hol.lim
lands. horses ami sheep in Wumiing and
(oli.rado. Mr. Warren has shown his public
spirit and his confidence in the fului
( heyenne b\ erecting several of the lai
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blocks and most important buildings of the city,
among them are the Warren Block, First Na-
tional Bank Building, Atlas Block, Commercial
Building, Union Block, Phoenix Block, the
station of the Cheyenne and Burlington Railroad
and numerous residences. He is also the presi-
dent of the Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Co.,
which owns the electric light and gas-works of
that city. Always foremost in the advocacy of
all measures calculated to promote the interests
of the city, or to develop the resources of the
state, he has shown his faith by his works, and
has invested the profits of his business enter-
prise in the building up of the city of his resi-
dence and the state of his adoption. Seldom has
his judgment been in error, either in business or
public affairs, and he is considered as one of
safest and most conservative, as well as the most
progressive and enterprising, of the leading men
of the west. During his residence of thirty-four
years of life in the territory and state. he has
been called upon by his fellow citizens on many
occasions to accept positions of honor and trust.
In 1872 he was elected as a trustee of the city
of Cheyenne and shortly afterward was elected
one of the members of the Territorial Legis-
lature, also serving as president of the Senate
before he was thirty years of age, while for
six years he was treasurer of the territory.
In 1884 he was tendered and declined the unani-
mous nomination of the Republican party as a
candidate for delegate to Congress. In 1885
he was elected mayor of Cheyenne and while ser-
ing in that position was appointed as governor
of the territory by President Arthur. During
his term of office the anti-Chinese riots occurred
at Rock Springs, Wyo., and by his decisive and
statesmanlike action in enforcing the laws and
protecting the Chinese he earned the commenda-
tion of good citizens, not only in Wyoming but
throughout the United States. Owing to his
criticism of General Land Commissioner Sparks,
which he saw fit to make in his official report as
governor, he was removed from office by Presi-
dent Cleveland, but in 1889 was again appointed
governor by President Harrison, and served un-
til the admission of Wyoming as a state. At
the state election in 1890 he was elected the first
governor of the state, and upon the convening
of the legislature received the high distinction of
an election as one of the first U. S. Senators from
the state. He took his oath of office on December
i, 1890, and his term expired on March 4,
1893. In 1895 he was again elected by the leg-
islature to that office, receiving the unanimous
vote of the Republican members of the legisla-
ture. When the legislature convened in 1901,
^Senator Warren was occupied with official duties
at Washington, D. C., but nearly all the members
of the legislature wrote to him pledging their
support for his reelection. He therefore did
not return to his state and was duly reelected
his own successor for the term ending March
3, 1907. His record in the United States Senate
has been distinguished by great ability and tire-
less activity. He has been loyal to every interest
of his constituents, while guarding the welfare
of the people of the entire country. No sacrifice
has been too great, nor has any expenditure,
either of time or energy, been considered by him
in the performance of his patriotic duty to the
people of his state and nation. While not a
speech-maker and considering himself only a
plain man of business, he has nevertheless so
impressed himself upon the U. S. Senate by his
force of character and clearness of statement,
that he is considered one of the leaders of that
body, and is always listened to with reverence
and respect. Devoted to the interests of the
west and believing that no greater question was
ever presented for the consideration of the
thoughtful men of America than the irrigation
of the arid lands, it was largely through his ef-
forts that the Congress passed the present na-
tional irrigation law. He is chairman of the
Senate Committee on Claims, one of the most
important committees of Congress and is also a
member of the following important committees,
Appropriations, Agriculture and Forestry, Irri-
gation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Military
Affairs, Public Buildings and Grounds, Indus-
trial Expositions. He is one of the strong men
of the west, a practical man of large affairs,
possessing broad views and statesmanlike char-
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ackr, whose service in the U. S. Senate has been
of inestimable value to the people of his state
and to the entire country. Successful in business,
straightforward in his methods, both in busi-
ness and in public life, unselfish and unswering
in his devotion to public duty, he is loyal to his
friends, faithful to the people of Wyoming, and
a patriotic and distinguished representative of
the American republic.
HON. JOSIAH A. VAN ORSDEL.
Standing out as one of the central figures in
tin- recent history of Wyoming is the name of
Hon. Josiah A. Van Orsdel. Prominent in
the public and political affairs of the state, with
a reputation as a jurist second to none of his
compeers and possessing those abilities eminently
fitting him for high station, there are few men
of his age that have achieved as marked distinc-
tion in professional and official life. Although
a young man, there is in him a weight of char-
acter, a native sagacity, a far-seeing judgment
and a fidelity of purpose to the various private
and public trusts with which he has been iden-
tified, that commands the unbounded respect of
the people, irrespective of political creed. Of
indefatigable enterprise and fertility of resource,
he has carved his name deeply upon the records
of Wyoming and no compendium, such as the
province of this work defines in its essential
limitations, will serve to offer a complete record
of his life, character and accomplishments.
Josiah A. Van Orsdel, the attorney-general nf
\\ Doming, i- a native of Lawrence county, Pa.,
where he was born on November 17, 1860. He
is a scion of an old Colonial family, tracing his
lineage back to an early period in the history of
his own state and Virginia. His father, Ralph
L. Van Orsdel, wa - born in \dam- county. Pa.,
lav 9, 1812. TTis mother, who-e maiden
name' was Margaret Randolph, was a native of
Beaver county. I 'a. The father was a -on of
Cornelius Van Or-d. 1 , ,f Virginia, .'i Revolu-
tionary soldier, who distinguished himself in
si irne • if the most noted camp; < - < 'f (lie his-
toric struggle for independence, participating
in a number of battles as a private and the col-
orbearer. He bore a gallant part in the action
at Eutaw Springs and at the close of the war
was awarded by an act of Congress a large tract
of land in western Pennsylvania, for brave and
meritorious conduct in that memorable engage-
ment. When independence was achieved lie
moved to Adams county, Pa., thence in 1823
to Beaver county, where he died in 1826. He
followed agricultural pursuits in his native state
until.his death in 1891, Mrs. Van Orsdel dying in
[886. Ralph and Margaret Van Orsdel had
ten sons and one daughter, Josiah A. being the
youngest, of this large family on,ly six are non-
living. In his native county and state and in
the public schools [osiah A. Van Orsdel ac-
quired his preliminary education, which was
supplemented by a full classical course in West-
minster College at Xe\v Wilmington, Pa., from
which he was graduated with an honorable rec-
ord in 1885. For one year thereafter he en-
gaged in teaching, then entered the office of
Dana ev Long, pnunineiu attorn New-
castle, under whose instruction he had been
prosecuting his law studies from the time of his
graduation. Upon completing his legal c«
he turned his face westward and engaged in
business for a time in ' , >:mty. Xeb., where
he was admitted to the practice of his profes-
sion. Tn 180,1 he came to Cheyenne and formed
] partnership with Hugo Donzelman which
lasted one year, during which time the firm
built up a large and lucrative legal business.
The partnership dissolving. Mr. Van < 'rsdel and
R. E. Esteb became associated in a legal prac-
tice and the same fall he w;
'prosecuting attorney, the duties of which of-
fice he discharged in an able and satisfactory
manner for two years. !!• ook high rank
among his pn brethren of the <"lu-y-
enne bar and became a prominent factor in local
and slate politics, his prestige as a lead
th«- Republics in Laramie comity bring-
ing him eonspicti' public notice, lu the
fall of iSi) | b. cted to repi
mum \ in the !• iw er hi tuse • 'f the -
lure, and lie then tool a leading par! in th
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PROGRESSU'-E MEX OP WYOMING.
liberations ,.f iliat In iily. earning the reputation
(if being an able, discreet and judicious law-
maker. I!y reason of his supi-rior legal attain-
ments he was given places on some of the most
impiinant of the house committees, notably
that of lands and irrigation; as chairman of this
committee he was instrumental in framing and
passing a bill providing for the acceptance by
the state of the million acres granted by the
I". S. government under the Carey act, accom-
plishing great good to the state in the way of
redeeming and making habitable large areas of
country formerly deemed valueless, this induc-
ing an industrious class of people to purchase
them for agricultural and grazing purposes. In
February, 1895, Mr. Van Orsdel was also made
chairman of the commission appointed by the
government to compile, revise and codify the
laws of Wyoming. This service, which was not
completed until 1899, bears evidence of scholar-
ship and great legal erudition. Mr. Van Ors-
del's record as a legislator is replete with duly
ably performed in the interest of his constitu-
ents and the state at large, and he retired from
the office with the approbation of the people,
regardless of political complexion. In January,
1898, he was further honored by being ap-
pointed attorney-general of Wyoming to fill the
unexpired term of Hon. Benjamin F. Fowler,
and on April i of the following year he was
chosen his own successor for a full term of four
years. In the exalted office he now holds Mr.
Van Orsdel's career has fully demonstrated the
wisdom of his appointment and his course has
been eminently satisfactory to the people of the
state. He has more than met the high expecta-
tions of his friends, and so discharges the duties
of the position as to receive the hearty approval
and warm commendation of the bar of Wyo-
ming, as well as the populace. He is independ-
ent, fearless, honest and singularly painstaking,
discharging his duties in strict compliance with
the law. without fear or favor. It is but just
to say, and infinitely to General Van Orsdel's
credit, that no personal or political bias, pre-
judice or zeal has ever been able to deflect his
mind from its honest and intelligent convic-
tions. 1 lis written opinions attest his fitness for
judicial position. His style is lucid, unstrained
ami vigorous; his statements full and compre-
hensive, his analysis perspicuous and complete ;
his opinions show research, industry and care,
and challenge approval. As a lawyer General
Van Orsdel has stood high ever since his ad-
mission to the bar. He has a large practice and
has been signally successful. He evinces a fa-
miliarity with legal principles, a ready percep-
tion of facts and the ability to apply the one
to the other which obtain for him the reputa-
ton of an able and judicious practitioner. X<>
one knows better than he the necessity of
thorough preparation in the trial of causes and
no one is more industrious and painstaking in
this respect. Always courteous and deferential
to the court, kind and forbearing towards his
adversaries, he conducts his cases with becom-
ing dignity, never resorting to low personalties,
vituperation or abuse. Loyal to his client, he
leaves nothing undone in his behalf, and in the
treatment of the case in hand is always clear
and exhaustive. He has a read}- command of
language and in arguing a cause presents his
facts in logical order, enforcing them with
strong appeals to reason and judgment, fre-
quently rising to true eloquence. Reference
has already been made to him as a politician
and political leader. He is an able and aggres-
sive campaigner and there are always great de-
mands for his services on the hustings in state
and national contests. He stumped the state
in 1894, making friends and winning votes
wherever he addressed meetings. As a mem-
" her of the Republican State Central Committee
he was largely instrumental in leading his party
to success in several campaigns. At the present
time he is the chairman of the committee, con-
ducting his third successive campaign as such
officer. In this capacity he has shown marked
executive ability, leading his party to victory
in each campaign. As a party manager he is
fully appreciated by the party leaders, as well
as by the rank and file of the party throughout
the state. In March, 1895, General Van Orsdel
formed a partnership with C. W. Burdick,
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231
which --till exists. When in it attending to his
official duties hr gives close personal attention
In the extensive business \\-hich has come to
the tirin, and he may be said to be one of the
busiest as \vell ns one of the nio-t successful
law vcrs of the Wy< miing liar. lie is in the
prime of life, popular with all classes as a law-
yer, official and citizen, and it is sale to predict
For him a prosperous and distinguished career
in years yet to be. In his domestic life he is
fortunately situated, enjoying the companion-
ship of a:i intelligent and refined wife, to whom
he was married on July _>S. iS.jt. at lime
Spring. Xeli.. her maiden name being Kale
I'.arnnm. They have a beautiful home in Chey-
enne, where their cultured hospitality is always
in evidence, (ieneral Van Orsdel is a member
of the 1'resbyterian church of Cheyenne and he
has served on its board of trustees for ten
IK IN. HEX KY G. HAY.
Through many lines of productive activity,
in mercantile lite, the stock industry, banking.
mining and real-estate dealing on an extensive
and through a large acquaintance with cus-
toms, interest- and people- in various part- of
our country. I Ion. Menrv G. I lay. the
iirer of Wyoming, has come to his pre-ent
•landing eminence in tliis |iart of the world
and his fitne-- and greal capacity For influence
and high standing anywhere, lie was liorn at
[ndianapolis, Ind.. on ( ictober ^i. 1,^7. the son
of ( leorge I ). an.l Harriet II. i \\tell i Hay, the
former .1 native of l.anca-tcr omnix. I'a.. and
the latter of Geneva, X. Y.. his father being a
linelit merchant of the cilv of his nativity.
Soon after his birth the family removed to Vin-
ei line-, Ind.. and there the father continued for
a number of years the business so successfully
carried on at Indianapolis. Some years later he
took n]) hi- residence at Xew ( h'leans and made
that Southern metropolis the base of his mercan
tile operations until the beginning of the '
\Yar drove him through the blockade to seek a
home for his declining years among the pei ip!e
holding the sentiments which were dear to him
and \\lio were defending them. The autumnal
evening of his life descended quietly and p
fully to the tomb, the end coining on the Atlantic
si aboard at a pleasant resort where his remains
ere cremated, from whence the ashes were
brought to his former home at Vincennes and
buried beside those of his wile who had died a
number of years before. Their son. Hem
Hay, attended the Vincennes (Ind.) I 'nivcrsity
until he wa- seventeen years old, then wem
for a com^e in the ( ierman language with the
Harmony Society at Economy, in [leaver county,
Pa. At the close of hi- year there he entered the
Eastman Commercial College at Poughkccpsie,
X. Y.. from which he was graduated in iSMi. Me
then came west to Missouri and was made super-
intendent of a lead mining company at the age of
nineteen, holding the position four years, there-
after removing to Cheyenne. Wyo., being there
appointed a deputy I '. S. surveyor tinder Dr.
Silas Reed, the first surveyor-general of the ter-
ritory. In this capacity lie surveyed the first
mile of tin- government -. \Yyoming. it
tile eighth guide meridian, about twelve
miles east of Cheyenne. lb served five years a-
a deputy surveyor, in the meantime going into
the ranch and stock industry nine miles soutll-
of Cheyenne, in partnership with John
li. Thomas, under the linn name of May &
Thomas. Thcv continued in this business until
[883 when they sold OUl to Senator Warren
transferring to him one of the best managed and
best known stock jndu i be found in those
days, tin- the Senator vet owns and he has ab
lowed it to suffer no diminution in volume or de-
pression in standard. In the fall of 1X75. in
ner-hi|> \\ith I. C. \Vliipple as Whipple \
\l r. I lay started i large g and
engaged in outlining for the I Hack Mills and tin-
ranches. In iSS} this business wa- -old to the
I'nion Mercantile Co., which still own- and con-
ducts it. After the sale of these two enter:
Whipple \ May foinied the l.aramie Rivet-
tie ("o.. and engaged extensively in the live
business, until lSo|. 1'cfoie this indu-trv bi
operation-, in iXSi. Mr. llav. Thonia- StU
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF IVYOMI\(',.
and J. M. Carey organized the Stockgrowcrs' Na-
tional Bank at Cheyenne, with Mr. Hay as cash-
ier. This position he held until 1894 when he
became its president and he has served in this
capacity continuously since that time, having
been a director since the organization of the
bank. This financial house is one of the strongest
and best managed banking institutions in this
part of the world, and is a source of perennial
blessing to the city and county. Its resources
include a capital stock of $100,000, with $90,000
surplus, loans and discounts aggregating over
$900,000 and deposits amounting to $1,500,000.
It was the only bank in Cheyenne that survived
the panic of 1893 and it has come forth from
ever}- financial trial untarnished and maintained
an exalted reputation for great fiscal resources,
prudent and skillful management and a spirit
of generous accommodation. Mr. Hay owns
considerable real-estate of high value in different
parts of the state and mining properties and town
lots and houses. In politics he is an ardent
Republican, everywhere regarded as one of the
leading and most forceful and effective workers
in his party. He was a member of the conven-
tion which framed the constitution of the state,
was one of the commissioners from Wyoming
to the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in
1893, and was elected state treasurer in 1894,
carrying every county in the state. He served in
this office four years and then retired, but in
1902 he was again elected state treasurer, repeat-
ing his wonderful achievement of eight years be-
fore, even improving on it by the size of his ma-
jority. In fraternal relations he is an enthusias-
tic Freemason, and has mounted on the mystic
ladder step by step to the Thirty-second degree
of the Scottish Rite, belonging also to chapter,
commandery, council and the Mystic Shrine. Of
the Blue Lodge at Cheyenne he has been a mem-
ber for more than thirty years. He is also affili-
ated with the order of Elks and the Sons of the
Revolution, belonging to one of the leading
societies of this organization in Pennsylvania and
eligible to membership through Revolutionary
ancestors on both sides of his house. He is
besides a charter member of the Cheyenne Club,
belongs actively to the Denver Club and to the
Denver Athletic Club in Colorado. In each of
these organizations he takes a leading part and
r< ii'lrrs highly appreciated service. But life has
not for Mr. Hay been all work and contest. He
early bowed beneath the flowery yoke of Eros,
marrying with Miss Ella O. Bullock, a daughter
of James S. and Nancy (Barrows) Bullock, na-
tives of Massachusetts. The marriage occurred
on November 18, 1874, and Mrs. Hay died at
Cheyenne on November 6, 1895. Her birth-
place was Vermillionville, 111., and her remains
were buried at Cheyenne, the place where she
passed the most of her mature life, and where
her charming graces and efficient society labors
will long be remembered. Two children sur-
vive her, Henry G., and Mildred. Henry G.
Hay, Jr., received his academic education at the
Cheyenne high school and was prepared for
professional life in the law department of Ann
Arbor University, Mich., from which he was
graduated in 1896. He was admitted to practice
in all the courts of the state at Cheyenne and is
now connected with his father's bank. He was
married on October 12, 1897, to Miss Bessie
Robins, an adopted daughter of W. A. Robins,
who was for many years secretary of the Union
Mercantile Co., of Cheyenne. They have one
child, Henry G. Hay. Miss Mildred Hay was
educated in the schools of Cheyenne and at
Philadelphia, Pa., and she assists in dispensing a
generous and refined hospitality.
HENRY HELD.
There is no element of American citizenship
that has been more productive of real good to
the country, whether considered as a promoter
and builder of industrial and commercial in-
terests or as a moral and educational force in
the community, than that we have received from
the thrift and enterprise of the industrious Ger-
man. Of this fact Henry Held of Sheridan,
Wyoming, is an impressive illustration. He was
born in the Fatherland on November 22, 1852,
but when he was but fourteen years of age came
to the United States. He lived for a short time
HENRY HELD.
MRS. HENRY HELD.
PROGRESSIVE MfL\' Ol- WYOMING.
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with an uncle, and then enlisted in the Union
army of the Civil War for a term of three years.
He \vas discharged from the service at Fort
i icy in Nebraska and for a time thereafter
ged in railrn i ruction worl ffl the
I "nion Pacific, working on this until the road was
completed. He then returned to Cheyenne, and
wa.s in the employ of the U. S. government until
May 7, 1882. when he came to Sheridan and
built his blacksmith shop, the first horseshoeing
establishment in Sheridan, and was one of the
i who laid out the town and he
it its name of Sheridan and on a
portion of it the town of Sheridan has risen to
its present fine proportions. After working at
his trade for a number of years he leased his
shop and went into the real-estate business. In
May 1900 he went to Alaska and is still there,
his business in Wyoming being well managed
hv his wife. In Alaska he has discovered coal
x
mines of value and has other interests of magni-
tude which he is developing. At Sheridan he
nwns 430 acres of land, also the Mount Hope
tery, the building occupied by the court-
house, and other property which is steadily in-
creasing in value. Mr. Held was married at
mi October 10, 1875, to Miss Nettie
I'.. Xall. a native of Fayette. Arkansas, being a
daughter of Larkin and Rebecca Xall. natives
of Kentucky and Tennessee. The father died
in 1861 and the mother now lives in the Indian
Territory. In the absence of her husband Mrs.
Held manages all his business in this state and
has exhibited business capacity of a high order.
Everything prospers in her hands, this being
not the result of accident bul thr legitimate fruit
1 ill. care and ability. Both herself and her
hiishand arc highly respected and esteemed in
(lie community and are fully worthy of the re-
gard in which they are held. Mrs. Meld is a
member of the Pioneers Association and a
valued contributor to the inter.-; of its meet-
ing- being also ;i charter member of the New
F.ra Association of Sheridan, holding also the
\icepres-idency of the society. Mr. Held is a
l-'reemason. with membership in the lodge at
Sheridan. Mr. and Mrs. Held have one child,
Yirgie N., wife of John H. Ladd, station agent
at the Crow Agency, Mont.
CHRIS. J. HEPP.
Born in Bavaria, where his ancestors had
lived for generations and where his mother died
when he was but a child, coming to America
with his father when he was eight years old and
living for a time in Baltimore, later in Cincin-
nati and still later in Chicago, then turning his
back when he was but eighteen years of age
upon all the allurements and conveniences of the
centers of civilization and making his home on
the wild frontier of the far west, helping to
conquer hostile Indians, destroy lawless stage
robbers and punish sneaking horse thieves, and
giving himself and his energies to the develop-
ment of the country and the multiplication and
improvement of its civilizing influences, Chris.
J. Hepp, of Kearney in Johnson county, has
seen almost every phase of human life and has
gathered wisdom from all his observation. The
story of his adventurous and busy life, although
fruitful in the elements of both comedy and
tragedy, can here be told only in commonplace
details. He was born in Bavaria on May 2,
1857, the son of Karl and Elizabetha (Koch)
Hepp, also natives of the same land. His
mother died when he was a young child and in
1865 he accompanied his father to America,
landing at Baltimore, Md., and after passing a
few years in that city removed to Cincinnati.
Ohio, and somewhat later to Chicago, 111., at-
tending the school- of these cities as he had
opportunity, working between times until iS7_-
when he went to northern Wisconsin to 1
the struggle for snpremao among hi
on his own account and he was there cm-
ploved in the lumber industry and at farming
for three years. In 1875 he came farther
and during the next two years courted the
smiles of fortune in the mining regions of the
I'.lack II ills. During the gold excitement of
1X77 he came to the I'.ig I lorn Mountains in
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OI: U'YOMIXG.
the second partv of gold-seekers who invaded
this almost unknown region, and after a summer
of unsuccessful prospecting engaged in hunting
and trapping on Powder River and other streams
near Fort McKinney for two years. In the
meantime, in 1878, he had taken up a home-
stead on Little Piney Creek, twenty-three miles
southeast of Sheridan and fifteen from Buffalo,
on what is now the main road in Johnson
county, it being a part of the ranch on which he
now lives. In 1879 he went to Laramie for im-
plements and materials for farming and return-
ing to his ranch, on which he had built a house
during the previous year, he began to cultivate
and improve the land and has made of it a
comfortable and desirable home. He owns
1,000 acres, the most of it under cultivation,
and all devoted to his principal industry, rais-
ing cattle, in which he has been continuously en-
gaged since he settled here. At the time of
his occupancy of the land the public survey had
not been made, and he had but one neighbor,
T. J. Foster, on the creek. His land adjoined
the old Fort Phil Kearney reservation and con-
tained the remains of the soldiers and others
who fell in the bloody massacre near this loca-
tion. These have since been taken up and
buried on the Custer battlefield. His first years
of residence here were far from quiet. Stage
robbers and horse thieves gave him trouble,
roving bands of Indians looked upon his enter-
prise with unfriendly eyes, wild beasts contested
his right to peaceful possession of the soil he
was bringing into fruitfulness, but he reso-
lutely persevered in his efforts to gain a firm foot-
hold and conquered every obstacle and found
himself surrounded with other hardy adven-
turers for whom also the rugged frontier wore
a winning smile. The section in which they live
is one of great historic interest and is often vis-
ited by tourists on this account, it will ever be
known as a locality where great tragedies of
human life have been enacted and Mr. Hepp has
a large and interesting collection of souvenirs
of the events and personages that have made the
region renowned. In the winter of 1885. at
Grand Island, Neb., Mr. Hepp was united in
marriage with Miss Rosa Weller, a native of
Germany. They have six children, Rosa, Ellis,
Elsie, Lora, Clara and Chris. In April, 1898,
he enlisted in Co. C, First Wyoming Infantry,
and served in the Philippine Islands in battles
and engagements with Spanish forces in 1898,
the assault and capture of Manila on August
13, actions with Filipinos in 1899, the battle of
San Pedro, Macati, February 5, battle of Guada-
lupe February 22, battle of San Juan Del Monte
.March 7. engagements at Maraquina and Anti-
polo June 3-4, Zapote, in siege of Bakor and
Imus June 15. the capture of San Nicholas June
20. continuing in service until the fall of 1899
when the regiment was brought back and he was
mustered out as first sergeant of his company,
having made an excellent record for gallantry and
other soldierly qualities and having had a gold
medal and a bronze medal presented to him. He
silenced a Filipino batten- single handed at the
battle of San Juan Del Monte on March 7, 1899;
crawling within 200 yards of this battery he
fired into the battery and silenced it, as he was
the best shot in his company, having the best
score in target practice of any one in Co. C.
JACOB H. HERSCHLER.
One of the leading ranchmen of his sec-
tion, who as a raiser of stock has acquired both
I'putation and financial success on his fertile
ranch at the head of Fontenelle Creek, thirty-five
miles from Opal, Mr. Herschler is a native of
Lee count}', Iowa, where his birth took place
on June 28, 1861. His parents, John 'and Eliza-
beth (Pfeiffer) Herschler, are both natives of
Germany, the father being a cooper by trade.
John Herschler and family came to this country
and early settled in Lee county, Iowa, where he
has since been a farmer and stockraiser, his
home being in the town of West Point, where
he is living in retirement, his companion hav-
ing departed this life in August, 1872, at the
age of forty-three years. Their family orig-
inally consisted of eight children, of whom five
are living, Jacob being the eldest one of the
survivors. He was born near the town of West
PROGRESSIVE MEX OI- WYOMING.
235
Point, Iowa, and grew to \oimg manhood on
his father's farm, enjoying the advantages of a
common school education and also receiving
instruction in a pri\-atc inslittUion ol' learning.
Me was his father's valuable assistant as long
as he remained under the parental rool and on
reaching the age when young men are ex-
pected to make their own way in the world he
left home and engaged in agricultural pursuits
upon his own responsibility in his native state
until iSSii, \\heii he went to .Montana and for
two years drove stage between Helena and
White Sulphur Springs. Resigning his position
with the stage company he came to L'inta
county, Wyo.. and took up the ranch on Fonte-
nelle Creek, where he now lives, subsequently
adding to his place until it embraced 500 acres.
it- present area. .Mr. Ilerschler's land is ad-
mirably adapted for grazing, containing a dense
growth of rich, nutritious grasses and a plenti-
ful supply of water for all stock the ranch will
accommodate. He has made substantial im-
provements in the way of buildings and in
Other lines and runs a large number of sheep
and cattle and also devotes considerable atten-
tion to horses. On September 2<\. iSSi>, at
West I1,, int. Iowa, was solemnixed the marriage
ceremony of Mr. Herschler and Josephine Ful-
ler, daughter of J. (I. and Helen M. ( Coggshall)
Fuller, the father being' a native of Massachu-
sitts and the mother of Pennsylvania. The Fill-
in- a very old family of Scotch-Irish descent.
I lie progenitors of the American branch com-
ing to this county in a very early day. Jedu-
than Fuller was a son of John and Sarah i( 'ohhi
Fuller, of Connecticut, uheiv in 17(1.' was born
Nathaniel Fuller, who with his wife Mary were
the immediate progenitors i,f John. I low long
before that dale the family was represented in
tin Connecticut colony is not known, but its
advent there was at a \er\ carl\ date. Mr. and
Mrs. I li-fschlc-rV home is brightened by one
son and three daughters, whose names in order
of their succession are as follows: Helen I .,
Francis I... Fdgar F. and Kmma II. The do-
mestic circle is a happ\ one and all the lo\e
and affection the parents po .ire unselfishly
devoted to the best interests of their offspring.
JUDGE CHAKLFS W. ll< >LDF.\.
It is difficult to bring into the limitation
a biographical sketch even the outlil
life so replete with travel, adventure and ardu-
ous activities as have fallen to the useful and
fruitful career of the subject of these i
Born with the best of ancestral blood llowing
in his veins, with a rich si on- of mental and
moral qualities for his heritage, he has shown
himself faithful and worthy of all trusts devolv-
ing upon him. Scotch and Irish lineage com-
mingled with Quaker principles have in him
made a personality that has been an uplift to
every community in which he has lived. A na-
tive of Illinois, born in llennepin. I'.ureait
county, on January 4. iS^S. a son to Miller and
Xipporah (Thompson) lloldcn of t >hio. and
being a grandson to Thomas and Elizabeth
(Miller) Holden, he was on his father's side a
lineal descendant of old Colonial families of
Scotch and (Juaker parentage, while on his
mother's side he inherits that touch of Irish
pluck and uit which has ever made the Sons of
Frin aggressive workers and fighters. ( In both
sides of his pan-ntage ancestors took part in
the Revolutionary War, and "< irandpa" llolden
fought in the battle of Trenton. The Judge's
father was a preacher and farmer. (King at lin-
age ol si vi at) seven in iSSS and he was buried
in Indiana, where his mother was also interred.
I b- might be said to have received "samples"
of district school instruction, ha\ing attended
schools in < ihio. Michigan, Indiana and Illinois
before he was seventeen, when he began lifi
himself as a farm hand, having a debt of over
S;o and for his services received bm Si \ per
month. I -'or a \ear he engaged in blacksmith-
ing. remo\ ing t o l>ewitt county, 111. .about iS;S.
during which time hi- commenced the Stud
law. which he began to practice in Marion be-
fore moving to Clinton, the connt\ seat, where
lie remained until June. iSiii. when he enlisted
in Co. F. Fort\ first Illinois Infantry, and
Served as .1 gallant snldier "I the I nion army
of the Civil War until August. 1X04. when he
\\a- mustered mil at Springfield, being then
hospital steward of the general hospital. lie
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
participated in the bloody engagements of Forts
Henry and Donelson, Pittsbtirg Landing, Cor-
inth and at Holly Springs, where he was cap-
tured by General Van Dorn, but fortunately he
was paroled at once. Having some knowledge
of medicine he was made drug clerk in the hos-
pital, and later promoted to hospital steward.
At. Fort Donelson he received signal marks of
service, being- wounded in both legs, but not
seriously. After the war he resumed his law
practice at Clinton until 1875, when he drifted
about for some time through California, Ore-
gon, Idaho, Utah and Washington, in the last
named territory being a deputy county auditor
under Captain Ewart of- Whitman county until
tlu- fall of 1876, when he came to Green River,
Wyo., opened a law-office and indulged in some
literary work, founding the Daily Evening
Press of that place, which he continued to edit
until he went to Fontenelle Creek in 1877, and
tonk up a homestead and where he now owns
personally 560 acres, and with the family 5,000
in the county, supporting on his land 200
head of cattle and 100 head of Clydesdale
horses. Through his influence was organized
the Opal and Big Piney Telephone Co.. < >f
which he is the president and general manager
and largest stockholder. A consistent, intelli-
gent but enthusiastic Republican from the or-
ganization of the party, he was naturally chosen
delegate to the constitutional convention of
Wyoming territory and worked zealously for
female suffrage, an independent supreme court
and the irrigation scheme, all of which were in-
corporated in the constitution. He was after-
ward made a delegate to several other conven-
tions and his forceful speeches for female suf-
frage largely helped to win that cause in
Wyoming. Notwithstanding his active and in-
fluential service in the formation and growth of
his county and state politically, having been a
member of the first state board of control, assist-
ing in its organization and in the formation of the
rules which still govern its action and also
took a leading part in the formation of the dis-
tricts for La Barge and Fontenelle and for
twenty-three years continuously was a member
of the school board, yet he always refused of-
fice. Through his influence the mail route for
that section was established in 1879 ar>d his
wife was appointed postmistress in 1895. He
married in Clinton, 111., March 9" 1857, with
Miss S. J. Lane, a daughter of John and Rebecca
(Thompson) Lane, the father being a son of
Tillman and Ritta Boone, a sister of the fa-
mous pioneer and scout, Daniel Boone, all be-
ing natives of Kentucky. Mrs. Holden's
mother was a daughter of Roden and Elizabeth
Thompson, born in Tennessee and of Colonial
stock, originating from German and Irish an-
cestors. Mr. Lane was a strong Abolitionist
and the family has been noted for its strong
political work in Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs.
Holden have had ten children, five of whom
are living. One son, Charles B., was mur-
dered in 1891 while acting as deputy sheriff, and
Minnie F. was the first white child born on
Fontenelle Creek. When the Judge began his
life at Fontenelle his capital did not exceed
$500, but a life of prudent foresight, unceasing
activity and superior judgment in financial mat-
ters have brought him a large competency, and
his keen mentality, farseeing wisdom and prac-
tical attainments have been unselfishly used
freely for the good of the people of his county
and state, and have given him a position and an
influence that can not be measured by dollars
and cents, but which easily mark him as the
most popular as well as one of the foremost
representative men of the state, whom all citi-
zens of Wyoming, irrespective of party, delight
to honor.
EMORY B. HUDSON.
This experienced cattleraiser and rancher
has resided eleven miles east of Fort Laramie
since 1890 and is about as well and favorably
known as any cattleman in the country. He
was born in Washington county, Virginia, on
January 8, 1860, a son of Hiram and Nancy
(Gobble) Hudson, whose ancestors located in
the Old Dominion in Colonial days, the family
being in each generation very prominent in the
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
-'37
The father of Emory B. was a teacher,
which profession he followed until his death
in [86l, when his remains were interred in
\\ .i^hington .county, Va., while his widow sur-
vived him until .May 5. 1902, when <he too
passed away, her remains being deposited in
Laramie county, \Yyo.. where she had made her
IK 'inc with her daughter, Mrs. Knott, lor two
years prcvi< ins t > her death. Emory B. Hud- in
lived until eighteen years . ild with his mother
in Virginia, in the meantime acquiring an edu
cation. On attaining this age he made a trip
to Kansas and Nebraska, working in those
states until the fall of 1879, when he changed
the field of hi- operations to Colorado, there
located near Fort Collins and went to work
for Cross & Harris, dealers in and importer- of
es. He left this employment in the spring
of 1X84 and took a position on a ranch near
Cheyenne, for about eight months, then re-
turned to Fort Collins, where he remained innil
larch. 1886, most of the time running a rai • I
In ihe spring of iSS'i Mr. Hudson came to that
par! of Wyoming where he now resides and
entered the employ of the Pratt & Ferris Cat-
tle Co. on one of their ranches until the fall of
that year, when he was appointed foreman of
their two randies on llie 1'latte River. :i posi
tion he held to their great satisfaction until the
spring of iSi|ii. when he came to his pr.
ranch, eleven miles east of Fort Laramie, which
he had taken up in 1890. He has 280 acres of
land under irrigation, 475 head of cattle, fifty
head of horses, and ha.- just completed a fine
cottage and is now \\ell prepared to settle do\\ n
to the enjoyment of the comforts of life, to
which his long career of industrx m-tl\ enl
him. F.niorv I'.. Hudson entered into the b
of matriinom on FYhrnary 14. 1871). in Wa-h-
ingtoii county, Va., \viih Mi-- Cynthia K. Car-
reti. a dan-liter of Samuel and Elizabeth i Pur-
celli Carrctt, all n.ii of Virginia. This
happy marriage has resulted in adding to the
population of Wyoming seven interesting chil-
dren. F Kay. Clara M., Pearl F., Mabel I...
Leslie R., Ha/el and Lillian F.. HtieSl chi
all been uel! educated and reared to be n-e-
ful members of society ami a credit to the coun-
try. Mrs. Hudson is a devout and useful mem-
ber of the Christian Baptist church, being an
active participant in its good works, and in
- Mr. Hudson is a staunch worker for
the Di mocratic party, in which he has implicit
faith. He is a public-spirited and patriotic citi-
zen and an intelligent and enterprising ranch-
man, well deserving the high esteem in which
lie is !
TOM O. JAY.
A capital type of the adventurous and pro-
gressive Englishman, whose operations in all
parts of the world and in every field of human
avor has met with conspicuous success and
ever been for the promotion of civilization, Mr.
Tom ( tvingdon Jay. is now a representative
young stockman of Islay, Wyoming. He was
born on December 26, 1807. in London, Eng-
a son of Tom S. and Elizabeth (Pawson)
both descendants of ancient families of
mil. His father was for many years a
perous furrier of London, hut he has been
for several vears retired from active business,
as a gentleman of leisure passing his life at his
home in Putney, a suburb of London. Always
fond of line horses, he is now the owner of a
ig stable containing some of the finest ani-
mals in England. He won the Liverpool Cup
in Kpi, one of the great prizes of the English
turf, and he has also won many other valuable
trophies in this "sport of kings." The subject
of this sketch grew to manhood in his native
country and received his early education in the
schools surrounding London, subsequently pur-
ning a course of stud; al Lausanne, Switzer-
land. \\licrc be remained for about two
In 188^ he return, d to London ami -hortlv aft-
eiward took ship for New Xealand. where he
intended to learn fanning and st< ickraisiug and
ultimately enter upon that business in that
country, which he believes to be one of the ino-t
attractive in the world. After two years of
New /calami nded to have a look at
\nierica. and look ~lnp for San Francisco, Calif.,
arriving there in |SS;. re coming to
rROGRESSlVE MEN OF WYOMING.
the eitv of Kawlins, Wyo., where lie accepted
a position mi the horse ranch owned by Messrs.
('Arlington & l'.rook>, about M'ventv-fivc miles
from Rawlins, in the year he there remained
acquiring a practical knowledge of the horse-
raising business. He then resigned this position
and took employment on a large cattle ranch,
situated on the Sweetwater River, where ' he
rode the range as a cowboy, and in the two
years he gave to his learning he became
thoroughly familiar with the details of that busi-
ness also. He then came to Laramie county,
Wyo., and rode the range in that vicinity until
the fall of 1889 when he took ship for London
to visit his old friends and home. For three years
he remained in Europe and during a portion of
that time he was engaged in learning the silk
business in the south of France. In 1892 he re-
turned to Wyoming and again secured employ-
ment on ranches and in the stock business until
1895, when he purchased a ranch on the head of
the Main Chug and entered upon the business of
cattleraising. One year later he disposed of
his ranch and stock, and for a year was engaged
with financial success in buying and selling
cattle and horses. In the fall of 1897 he dis-
posed of his property in Wyoming and with his
wife visited his parents in England. They
passed their time in London and vicinity until
the spring of 1898 and returned to Wyoming,
where Mr. Jay again engaged in buying and
selling horses and cattle until the spring of 1902,
when he purchased the fine ranch property which
is now his home, situated about twenty miles
northwest of Cheyenne. • This property, located
on Pole Creek in Laramie county, is one of the
best appointed and improved ranches in that sec-
tion of the state, consisting of about 6,000 acres
of land, with fine house, barns and buildings,
having all modern improvements, and is entirely
devoted to stock-raising. On April 15, 1895,
Mr. Jay was united in marriage at the city of
Cheyenne. Wyo.. with Miss Minnie Mathews.
a native of Wyoming and the daughter of Fran-
cis and Rachel (Taylor) Mathews, natives of
Missouri. Her parents removed from their na-
tive state, Missouri, to the territorv of Wyo-
ming in 187^, and have since been meeting with
marked success in ranching and cattleraising,
and they are now residing in Granite Can\"ii.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay are members of the 1'ro-
t ' ••'taut Episcopal church and among the most
respected residents of the community where
they maintain their residence they are classed,
while an atmosphere of generous hospitality
eve>r surrounds their attractive home.
PETER JENSEN.
< )ne of the contributions of the sterling land
of Denmark to the productive forces of the
United States and particularly of LTinta county,
\\yoming. Peter Jensen is here doing most ex-
cellent service in the grand work of developing
the industrial resources of the land of his adop-
tion, and with the assistance of his most capa-
ble wife, whose intuitive knowledge of the prin-
ciples underlying correct business transactions
far exceeds that of many financial operators, he
is engaged in stockraising, and under the espe-
cial care of his gifted wife and with her shrewd
manipulations, is rapidly forging forward to
a distinctive place anil prosperity. He was born
in Denmark in June, 1855, the son of Jens and
Mary A. Jensen. In 1867 the father, whose
birthplace was Aalborg, Denmark, emigrated
from his native land, making his destination
as a faithful Mormon in the fair land of Utah.
After one year's residence here he went to
Omaha, Neb., and for fifteen years there con-
ducted a most prosperous mercantile business,
amassing wealth and returning to Utah he
made his home at Pleasant Grove, where at the
age of seventy-five years he closed his eyes in
death in 1880. The faithful wife, who was also
a devoted adherent of the Church of the Latter
Day Saints, now makes her home at Pleasant
Grove, surrounded by loving friends and the
devotion of her children. From his eighteenth
year Peter Jensen has wrestled for himself with
the opposing forces of life and has grown
strong and athletic in the struggle in which he
has been a winner. He was connected for a
time with his father in UTtah, and in Omaha he
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was identified with the Republican Office Co.
for nine years, being active, alert and dis-
criminate in his methods and winning commen-
dations for his abilitv. Returning to ['tali he
engaged in freighting, making 1'leasanl Crovc
his headquarters, continuing this until he went
to Fvanston in 1X00 and transferred his ener-
gies to the field of merchandising, in which he
is no\v traveling witli his wares on a defined
circuit and reaping; substantial rewards. fie
located a homestead claim of ifio acres of fer-
tile land on Mains Fork, fourteen miles north
of Kemmerer in iSijS, ami here he and liis esti-
mable wife are developing rapidly one of the
commodious and substantial homes of the
country. It was a fortunate day in Mr. Jen-
sen's life that marked his marriage with Miss
Christina (Hairup) 1'eterson, a daughter of
Christian and Sarah Peterson. Christian Peter-
son was born in Denmark in 1838, and after
his death in 1884 his widow came to the United
States and is now living at the age of sixty-
live years at Rear Lake. Idaho. -Mrs. Jensen's
people in Denmark have for many generations
been representative people, thrifty, honorable
and industrious members of the community
and of a deeply religious nature. Mr. and Mrs.
Jensen have many friend- and their pleasant
is a center of hi >-pitalitv.
IK )N. K 'SF.PTI TRF.DALE.
Holding worthy prestige among the public
men of \V\oniing, enjoying personal popularity
locally and maintaining a representative posi-
tion as a cili/cn. lion. Joseph Itvdale is a
worthy representative of the younger genera-
tion, whose talents and energies have SO m.n.
rially affected the Great \\Vst by directing its
rial and industrial development. \s an
able ami discreet legislator his name is asso-
ciated with mam important measures bearing
upon the pp. of \Y\oming. and what he
LCCOmplished is prophetic of a Mill greater
career as a faiiln'nl public servant. lie is a
native of Fnglaml. born in Flinnliv. Count)
Cumberland, in iSoo. where his parent-, lohn
and Matilda (Cooperl Iredale. were al-o born
and reared. They are noticed at length on other
pages of this volume. \\'hen quite young their
son Joseph was brought to the L'nited Stati
much of his early life was passed in Stark
count v, i >hin. \fter receiving a good literary
education he studied engineering, becoming
proficient therein, and turned his know led"
practical account, prosecuting his labor- as an
engineer in various capacities fur several
in Stark county, then coming to \Y\oniing and
li eating at Carbon. For two years he sen <
engineer for various parties at Carbon, then
secured a position with the engineering depart-
ment of the Union Pacific Railroad, with head-
quarter at Rawlins. After one year with the
road Mr. Iredaie resigned his place and located
al Kock Springs, where he has since been ac-
tively engaged in his profession when not at-
tending to his official duties as a member of the
state legislature, lie is a master of his calling
and easily tlu- peer of the most skillful men of
his profession in the West, lie has done much
line technical work in railroading, mining and
Other industries requiring very great proficiency
and skill and his labors have ever been satisfac-
tory, lie possesses rare mathematical ability
and has never been a mtcnted ti • < CCU]
mid place where profound knowledge- and profes-
sional efficiency are involved. Mr. Iredale early
became interested in politics and shortly after
locating at Rock Spring-- was recognized as a
in factor iii local and stale affair-. An un-
compromising Republican, he soon became a
leader of his | part v and had much to do in shap-
ing its local course. In iSuj he was elected to
represent Sweet water comity in the lower house
of the ( Icncral Vssembly, serving two terms
as a member of that body, taking active
in it- deliberations and holding leading posi
lions on the most important commit!-
course a- a legislator proving satisfactorv to his
con-iitueiits. he w.-i- subsequent!} ' ed b)
te, in
which he served during its tilth and sixth
. acquiring an added reputation the'
an able and 'ig lawmaker I te.-ph in-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYO.MIXG.
terested in good government, he patriotically
sought the enactment of laws most conducive
to the general welfare, and his name is insep-
arably connected with legislation for the great
good of the state. In both branches of the as-
sembly he was one of the Republican leaders,
and his career there is an open book, in which
the people find little to criticise and much to
commend. He always subserved private inter-
ests to the public good, was untiring in behalf
of the people of his own section and ever mind-
ful of the interests of the state. During its
last session he was vice-president of the senate,
in that capacity being frequently called upon to
preside over the deliberations, in which duty
he demonstrated an ability and dignity bespeak-
ing a natural leadership of men. He is now
a member of the Republican State Central Com-
mittee, where his wise counsel and businesslike
methods have been productive of successful re-
sults in more than one hotly contested cam-
paign. In local affairs he has long been a force-
ful factor, ever lending his influence to what-
ever is calculated to advance the intellectual
.and moral interests of the community. For
eight years he was the efficient chief of the Rock
Springs' Fire Department, doing much to
build up the department and enhance its ca-
pability. Mr. Iredale has been twice married,
first in 1881 with Miss Annie Ball of Ohio, who
died in 1883 at the age of twenty-three years,
leaving one child, Joseph C. Iredale. She was
a daughter of Isaac and Kate (Cliff) Ball, na-
tives of England, but for a number of years
residents of Stark county, Ohio. In 1887 Mr.
Iredale married his present wife, Agnes Patter-
son, daughter of John- L. and Ellen (Willey)
Patterson, the father being a native of Scot-
land and the mother of England. John L. Pat-
terson came to America about 1866 and is now
engaged in agricultural pursuits in Boone
county, Iowa. The children of Mr. Iredale's sec-
ond marriage union are Fulton C., Hazel A. and
Lucille P. Iredale. Leading an active, indus-
trious life from his youth nearly every hour at
Mr. Iredale's disposal has been diligently em-
ployed. He early laid broad ana deep a foun-
dation of usefulness and his fidelity to every
trust (and of trusts there have been many)
brought its certain and substantial reward in
friends, remunerative employment, responsible
official station, material wealth and success.
He is easily the peer of any of his fellows in
all that constitutes true and virile manhood,
and during his residence in Sweetwater county
his name has been synonymous with every-
thing honorable and upright in citizenship.
He is truly a self-made man in the best sense
of the term and too much credit can not be
awarded him for the indomitable courage and
unflagging perseverance with which he has won
a conspicuous place among the leading men of
his county and state.
WILLIAM G. JOHNSON.
Prominent in business, political and social
circles, and generally recognized as one of. the
leading citizens of the community, William G.
Johnson of Lander, Fremont county, was born
in Connecticut on October 4, 1861, the son of
M. W. and Ellen (Raymond) Johnson, both
descended from Colonial families prominent
and influential in their section and both con-
spicuous in the Revolution. The father's an-
cestry belonged to the Rhode Island colony and
the mother was of Huguenot origin. Her
parents were Milford and Abigail C. (Tracy)
Raymond. From very early childhood William
Tohnson was left almost wholly to the care of
strangers, for his mother died when he was less
than two months old, and his father was a sea-
captain engaged in the African trade. Soon
after the birth of his son he lost his vessel by
reason of the Civil War, and then gave up the
sea and moved to Iowa, where he died in Jan-
uary, 1890, leaving a widow and seven children
of his second marriage. William Johnson was
educated in the public schools of Connecticut
and when he was sixteen years old began life
for himself as a range rider in Colorado, for
five years following this life of varying
monotony and excitement in the Centennial
State, in 1882 removing to Wyoming, >and from
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF IVYO.MIXG.
that time until 1891 he was a range rider in
tliis state, sometimes herding his own and some-
times other people's cattle. In 1891 he sold his
interests and passed a few years in travel, then
for five years managed his father's farm in
Iowa, in 1899 returning to Wyoming and open-
ing a meat business at Lander in partnership
\-\\\\ Peter P. Dickinson, and he has in addition
to this an interest in cattle in the county. Theirs
is the only mercantile enterprise of the kind in
the town and it has a large and appreciative
trade. T'.ut because there is no competition its
proprietors do not assume the right to draw
on the indulgence of their customers. They are
as conscientious and attentive in their business
as if they had several rivals, being firmly con-
vinced that this is not only their best policy but
their duty towards those whom they serve. It
is the probity of his character, as well as his pub-
•liril and progress-, i n< •--, that has secured
for Mr. Johnson a high place in the regards <>i
his people and induced them to seek his services
ii. their behalf both as mayor of the city and
county commissioner, places which he has filled
with credit to himself and advantage to <
interest in the community. Fraternally he is con-
d with the Masonic order, holding member-
ship in Wyoming Lodge, Xo. 2, at Lander and
in Garfield Chapter, No. 3. and Tvanlioe i >m
I. TV, No. .(. at Rawlins. In 1892, on Octo-
IM r .). lie married with Miss Emma M. Dickinson
• r, a daughter of his partner in business,
- P. Dickinson, and his wife Mar]
(Heenan) il'.urkci Dickinson. l-'ivc children
have hlcs-rd their union, all of whom are living,
V. Nicholas W.. Murke, Raymond and
Emma. Their pleasant home at Third and
Canyon streets is one of the ornaments of the
and ' me ' >f it- o i' o 'rd'-d and re-
1 hospitality.
DAVID T. TOXES.
One of the foremost citixetis of Lander,
whose beautiful n-sidence at the corner of
Main and Second street- i- one of the archi-
tectural triumphs of the town and a -
refined and gracious ho-pitality. is David J.
Jones, a m<>-t successful cattleman, farmer and
capitalist, whose business acumen, breadth of
view and force of character have done much to
develop the resources and promote the welfare
of Wyoming. He is a native of \Vales, born
on February i.v iS_)o, the son of John and
Elizabeth (Williams) Jones, also born and
reared in Wales, where the father was a pros-
perous farmer and where the mother died when
she \\as about forty years of age. In 1853 the
father emigrated with his family to the United
States and settling in Ohio, there continued in
in the vocation of the old patriarchs until his
death in 1X70 at the age of seventy-six. There
were eight children in the family, all of whom
are still living ' 'avid I., the third in the order
of birth, received a primary education in the
schools of Wales and when he came to America
he began working for wages in Dayton, Ohio,
for John \\ . I I arris of that city, in 1861 coming
west to Colorado, havirg lo-t his earning- in
disastrous mining ventures in iSt.u he ren
to Montana and began new mining operations
on Grasshopper Creek, where Bannock now
stands. Here he was successful and continued
to work for four year- then gave his attention
for four more to the cattle business, when he
went to the Black Mill- and mined with sii'
for a year, in the meantii: hi- cattle
in Montana. In 187') he passed four month- in
San Francisco, then returned to Montana
transferred his cattle to Wyoming, where he
ha ri mar.ied and prospered ever since. He
now owns aboul 600 acres of land, all meadow,
to the i
lion nits. < >n hi-
ranch the staples are cattle and h
Durhams being hi- favorite in cattle. In mnt-
eting tin advancemenl and imp-
MH in of the < immitv he i- deeply intci
and applies to their proper management his
foresight and enlerpri-e. omitting >rt on
hi- pi HFC the be-t result- in
ever] way. He i- a -toekholder and ili1
in the 1 • mal I 'auk of Lander and ha-
i me of the mi '-I i' n -ne:u- in en-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
larging its usefulness and multiplying its re-
sources. On October 15, 1884, IK- was united
in marriage with Miss Martha M. Boyd, a
daughter df Thomas and Mary I'.oyd, natives
of Missouri. They have had three children, D.
Eugene and Fannie M.. twins (the latter of
whom died at the age of seven), and Anna D.
In his early days in the far West Mr. Jones
had many thrilling adventures, encountering
both savage Indians and unscrupulous road
agents, and giving contenance and support to
the movements of the Vigilantes in their efforts
to subdue and punish the lawless. At times
he lost heavily in cattle from thefts by Indians,
one year losing fully $7,000, but in every dan-
ger and mishap he preserved a brave and cheer-
ful spirit, and triumphed finally over every dis-
aster. •
AMOS W. SMITH.
< )ne of the prominent citizens and progres-
sive, enterprising stockmen of Uinta county, in
the Bigpiney section, Amos W. Smith beholds
the products of his intelligence and public spirit
blooming and growing fruitful around him in
the excellence of the industrial, educational and
civic forces he has helped to put in motion, and
the elevated tone of the social life he has aided
in quickening into health}- and vigorous activity.
Missouri is his native state, where his life be-
gan on October 7, 1846. His parents, Samuel
and Sarah (Groom) Smith, were natives of Ten-
nessee and Kentucky respectively, but both de-
scended from old Kentucky families who were
among the first settlers in that state. They set-
tled in Missouri soon after their marriage, there
engaged in farming and reared their family of
five children, three of whom are yet living.
Amos W. Smith received a common-school edu-
cation in his native county, and when he was
eighteen years old he left the paternal fireside
and, journeying westward, found promising em-
ployment in the miii.es and mining districts of
Idaho and Nevada for eight years. At the end
of that time he gave up mining and turned his
attention to stockgrowing, in 1879 coming to
1'iigpinev as one of the first settlers in this now
favored region, where he homesteaded the nucleus
of his present ranch of 640 acres and at once be-
gan to give it the appearance and accommoda-
tions of a home for civilized man and he has
stradilv continued to improve it and add to its
acreage since. He now owns in all about 2,800
acres of good hay and pasture land, and has made
it. by judicious improvement and cultivation one
of fhe finest ranches in this part of the state. He
is extensively engaged in raising graded Here-
ford cattle and superior breeds of horses, keeping
his standard .up to the requirements of an ex-
panding market, which he has helped to create
and make exacting. He is a gentleman of fine
public spirit, seeing in the advance of the com-
munity in which he lives one of the best contri-
butions to the general weal, withholding from
the service of his people no aid he can give in
counsel or in active effort toward its progress.
For five years after his arrival he served as post-
master for the convenience of the people and has
ever been at their command for any good he can
do them. He was married in this county on
September 15, 1885, to Miss Frances Griggs, a
native of Xew York and daughter of Reuben
and Asenath (Aikens) Griggs of that state,
where the mother is still living, the father having
died in 1892.
STEPHEN A. D. KEISTER.
The exigencies and the opportunities of life
iii the great Northwest of the United States be-
get a great variety of activities, many of them
frequently combined in the same person. In
the case of Stephen A. D. Keister of Lander is
found an apt illustration, he being prominent in
the drug business, in insurance, in mining, in
real-estate and in politics. He is a native of
\\ cM Virginia, born at Huntington on March 28,
1865. a son of William J. and Lavina (Cobb)
Keister. also natives of that now rich and grow-
ing commonwealth, where both are still living
and where the father is a prosperous farmer,
merchant and stockman. He is a descendant of
Dutch ancestors and the mother comes from old
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PROGRESSIVE MEX OT WYOMING.
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Colonial families of Virginia and North <
lina. Of their ten children nine are living. "I
\vhmii Stephen received a common school edu-
cation in his native state and then attended an
excellent academy at Point Pleasant. After
leaving school he taught for two years while
taking a special course of instruction at the
completion of which he removed to Missouri
and again engaged in teaching and in clerking
in a drugstore, remaining there learning the
drug business until 180,0. After passing some
time in business for himself, he sold out and
came to \Vyoming. locating at Lander, where
he was employed as a clerk in the drugstore of
James I. Patten until 1893. Tn that year he was
appointed postmaster and held the position un-
til 1897. At the conclusion of his term he
lionglit one-half interest in the pharmacy of
Harry P. 1', rower whom he soon after bought
out. since when he has conducted the business
alone, carrying a large and complete stock of
superior drugs and a full line of attractive
toili t articles, pure liquors and the wares us-
ually found in a first-class drugstore. Mr.
k.Mer is also diligently engaged in the life and
tire insurance business and does considerable
work in both branches, representing a number
of the best companies. In addition to these ex-
acting occupations he is the president of the
Sweet water Placer Mining Co., which controls
seven miles of the Sweetwater River through
the mining district. Moreover, he has some
cattle and considerable country and city prop-
erty to which he gives a personal attention. All
matters of public interest engage his earnest :ni'l
fruitful efforts, no man being more zealous in
behalf of tlii- advancement of his section of the
State, In politics he is an ardent iJcmocrat,
and has rendered his party good service as a
member of the county and state central commit-
tees. In |()<>() lie was one of its nominees f, ir
the state legislature, and, although there was
an adverse majority of 37; against his party, he
was defeated by only twenty -eight votes. Tn
n it< rnal relations he is an enthusiastic Prer-
mason, holding membership in ihe lodge, the
chapter, the einninanderx and in ihat Masonic
club the Mystic Shrine. He is also a Knight
of Pythias, belonging to both the lodge and the
Uniform Rank. In this order he i- the grand
chancellor of the state, lie is also a valued and
very Useful member of Rock Springs Lodge of
Elks. ( >n July 12. [893. he was married at Lan-
der with Miss Pearl Simpson, a daughter of John
P. and Maggie (Sullivan) Simpson, now resi-
dents of Jackson, I'inta county, and both stand
high in the leading social circles.
WILLIAM T. KELLY.
Among the essentially self-made men of
Laramie county who have distinguished them-
selves for their ability to master opposing con-
ditions and wrest from fortune a creditable
measure of success and an honorable name, is
\Yilliam T. Kelly, who as a soldier and a civil-
ian has made records of which any man might
well feel proud. He was born in the cit\ of
Baltimore, Maryland, on March IM. 1857, the
son of Hugh and Susannah (Parson) Kelly, the
lather a native of Ireland and the mother of
the United States. P.y occupation TTngh Kelly
was a bookmaker, who worked at his trade Eor
many years in Baltimore and there died on
May 20, 1873. Mrs. Kelly still lives in Balti-
more, dividing her time among her several chil-
dren. The childhood and youthful years of
William T. Kelly were passed in his native city
and when quite voting he began earning money
a' various kinds of labor, in the meantime at-
tending seh. ml and acquiring a fair knowledge
of the branches taught, but at the age of nine-
teen left the home fireside in quest of his own
fortune, and on January 17, 1877 he enlisted
in Co. I ), Seventh U. S. Infantry, and shortly
thereafter accompanied his command to ('amp
Maker, Mont., lalir kno\\n as K, ,n Logan. In
l87cS the regiment was transferred to port Snel-
ling, Minn., and from there in 187.1 to the upper
Missouri, thence in the fall of 1871) returned to
Port Snelling. where it remained until iSSo. and
then was senl to I he Bad Lands t '. the
railroad during the trouble with the Sioux In-
dians and it remained there until the tall of
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
1881. when it marched to Fort Laramie, Wyo.,
where Mr. Kelly remained until the- expiration
of his period of enlistment, when he received his
discharge on February 16, 1887. He saw much
active service in the course of his military ex-
perience, discharged his duties as became a
brave and faithful soldier and left the army with
the rank of sergeant. After receiving his dis-
charge Mr. Kelly opened a general store at
Fairbank, Wyo., was made postmaster at that
place and he carried on business for about ten
years with encouraging success, at the end of
that time selling an interest to another party
and retiring from active participation in the
business. He was united in marriage with Miss
Kate Tomaichel on May 17, 1886, the ceremony
taking place at Fort Laramie. Mrs. Kelly was
born in Illinois, the daughter of John A. To-
maichel, who for eighteen years was hospital
steward at Fort Laramie, himself and his fam-
ily still living at that place. Mr. and Mrs.
Kelly have a pleasant and attractive home in
Fairbank, its brightness being heightened by
five children, whose names are Corelia E.,
William T., John A., Lundia and Fred. No
man stands today among his fellow citizens
with a wider circle of warm and true friends
than does Wililam T. Kelly, for he is favorably
known throughout this region as a gentleman
of unimpeachable integrity and a high sense of
honor, while his career in the service of his
country is without a stain and nothing savoring
in the slightest degree of disrepute has ever
attached to his name as a civilian. He is de-
cidedly a man of the people, having their in-
terests at heart and hesitating at no reasonable
sacrifice to promote the material and moral
welfare of the community in which he lives.
Popular with all classes and enjoying the un-
bounded confidence of those who know him
best, it is proper to speak of Mr. Kelly as a
fine example of the intelligent and progressive
class of typical Americans, whose remarkable
enterprise has done so much to transform the
Great West and to develop its wonderful re-
sources.
JOHN A. KESSLER.
One of the very earliest of the pioneers of
the section of the country where he maintains
his home, having settled there in 1878 and hav-
ing been a resident of Wyoming for more than
twenty-eight years, John A. Kessler, of Meri-
den, Wyoming, was a pioneer of pioneers, for
at the time he first came to the territory of
Wyoming there were very few white settlers
north of Cheyenne. The most of the country
now occupied as a range for cattle, and now
dotted here and there with the homes of pros-
perous ranch and stockmen, was then a barren
waste, over which the buffalo roamed at will
in great herds of many thousands and the Indian
pursued his wild vocation of the chase. He has
had many thrilling experiences on the frontier,
and it is interesting to hear him relate the his-
tory of the days during which he has been an
eyewitness of several of the most remarkable
changes that have marked the development of
the West. He has been an important factor in
the bringing about of these changed conditions
and contributed his full share in the great evolu-
tion of his section from savagery and outlawry
to its present advanced stage of civilization. Mr.
. Kr-sler is a native of Hawkins county, Ohio,
born on January 9. 1846, the son of Felix and
Christina Kessler, both natives of Germany, who
upon coming to America, first settled in Ohio,
where they followed the occupation of farming,
subsequently they removed their residence to
Johnson county, Iowa, where they were among
the earliest pioneers of that section of the state
and developing a fine farm where the mother died
in 1876, and the father lived until 1898, when he
too passed away at the age of Seventy-seven
years, both being buried in Johnson county,
Iowa. John A. Kessler received his early
academic training in the schools of Johnson
county and remained with his parents until he
had attained the age of twenty-one years, then
began life for himself and in 1867 he worked
for wages as a farmhand, but in 1868, taking his
small savings, he came to Cheyenne. Wyomnig,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
245
then on the extreme frontier and not finding
anything satisfactory in employment he pushed
on south and eventually reached the town of
Big Thompson in the territory of Colorado,
\vhere he engaged in ranching for five years
with varying success. In the spring of 1874, he-
concluded to return to Wyoming , and ^oon
found himself in the vicinity of Horse Creek,
Wyo., where he secured employment and win-
tered with Mr. Frank Preguer, in the spring
he worked on the cattle round-up between Horse
Creek and Fort Robinson and for three years
following he rode the range with various out-
fits, thus acquiring a thorough and practical
knowledge of the business in which he after-
wards became interested. These were the ideal
days of the cowboy in Wyoming, for great
herds roamed at will over the ranges and no
fence obstructed the movements of stockmen.
Since then conditions have changed materially
in the stock business in this section of the
country, for large areas of land are now owned
under patent from the United States and are
en re fully fenced to prevent intrusion from tres-
ers. In the spring of 1878 Mr. Kessler took
up his present ranch property on Bear Creek,
about thirty-one miles east of Chugwater, and
has since resided there, engaged in the cattle
business. He has endured the hardships and
shared in the good times incident to life on the
extreme frontier and now has a fine ranch of
480 acres, with a fine adjacent range. Part of
his land is under irrigation, and it makes an
cellent hay and stock farm. On November 7,
iSSS. Mr. I\essler was married at Fort Laramie,
Wyo.. to Miss Catherine Yoder, a native of
ii. :i daughter of Samuel and Barbara
Voder, both native* of that state. The parents
of Mrs. Kessler, upon leaving Indiana, lived for
somi years in Iowa, in 7884 removing to V
ming, where they settled at Goshen Hole and
engaged in the cattle business, in which they
continued until tin- father's death in September
1900. Since that time the mother has made her
residence 'with Mr. and Mr-. Kessler. To this
worthy pair two children ha\e been burn. A.
nond, ai^e'l fifteen years, and ( 'liarles |;..
aged thirteen years. Mr. Kessler is counted
one of the prosperous and successful stockmen
of his section of the state. He is thoroughly
posted on frontier life of the country where he
resides and is one of the best informed men of
the state on all matters connected with its early
history. Xo one in the community is more
highly esteemed and respected than Mr. and
Mrs. Kessler.
JAMES W. KIRKPATRICK.
One of the most interesting and picturesque
regions in northern Wyoming is that through
which runs Prairie Dog Creek, formerly called
Peno Creek by hunters and trappers. Nature
has done much for it in wild and varied beaut}-,
and this fact alone would make it interesting to
the tourist, but man has. also placed his stamp
upon it and made it many times more interesting.
History has wandered down the vale and tinged
the water with human blood, for along its banks
one tragic day ninety-six brave men under the
gallant Fctterman fell fighting to redeem
Wyoming from savage dominion, and though
the battle and massacre marked somewhat the
sunset of a dying race, the fate of those who
perished in the awful tragedy was none the
less sad and deplorable. Money has been ap-
propriated by the government to mark the
spot and commemorate their memory, ami it
\\ill lie a tribute also to their bravery, for more
than 300 of their barbarous assailants under
the renowned Sitting Hull fell in the engage-
ment. Since then the hand of the husbandman
has moulded the valley into prolific and syste-
matic productiveness and it now blooms and
••' n - -A itli the broad har< d in-
diistrv. In this fertile and highly favor.
lames \\~. Kirkpatrick on a ranch which he
has redei med from the wilderness and brought
into si rvice for man, strewing his pathway with
its flo >d filling his table with it- plenty.
Mr. Kirkpatrick 's a native of ClaMor. \datm
county, 111., where lie wa< born •
.3. 1*57. There his . i nd F.liza-
l» i Ii (Housl ins) Kirkpatrick,
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PROGRESSin- MI-.\ 01: WYOMING.
early fifties, haxing left their native Ohio i'< <r
the Frontier. Ami there they remained engaged
ill mercantile business until iSSj, when they
joined their son mi a new frontier in what is
m>\\ Sheridan county, Wyo., and took up a
bod\ of land on 1'rairir Dog Creek, sixteen
miles southeast of the toun of Sheridan, and
lived together mi it until [901, \\ hen the mother
pa^cd away, her remains being interred at her
old Illinois home, which the surviving husband
visits every winter. lie is still living on the
ranch and is actively engaged in raising cattle.
James W. Kirkpatrick was educated at Clay-
ton, 111., and when he was seventeen years old
he went to Kansas and lived one year with an
uncle, then went into Texas and the Indian
Territory and became interested in the stock
business. In 1880 he came to Wyoming and
settled on the ranch he now owns and which
has been his home since that time. The coun-
try was sparsely settled and his land was unsur-
veyed, but the next year the government sur-
vey was completed and he homesteaded a part
of his present estate. His property lies eigh-
teen miles southeast of Sheridan and is lo-
cated along the historic stream already men-
tioned. He was the fourth man to here locate
and is now the oldest settler on the Prairie
Dog, and the little log cabin which he built
when he first came still occupies a prominent
place on his ranch, although as a residence it
has given way to a much more pretentious
structure. Fort McKinley then furnished a
ready market for all sorts of farm products and
Mr. Kirkpatrick busied himself to secure va-
riety as well as abundance in his crops. He-
sowed grain, paying seven cents a pound for
the seed. His enterprise was rewarded with a
yield which kept annually increasing in volume
and rising in quality and his example was fol-
lowed by others. He has since the early days,
however, given his attention mainly to raising
cattle, increasing his holdings of land to i ,400
acres, which he has under deed, having in ad-
dition a large body under lease. Nearly all
of his own land is well irrigated and yields ex-
tensive crops of hay and as much grain as he
cares to SOW. The range is wide and the loca-
tion favorable to the stock industry, supporting
now under cultivation with generous supplie-,
many more cattle than the number of wild ani-
mals that once wandered over it and furnished
very large i|uantities of excellent game. In
politics Air. Kirkpatrick is a Republican, warm-
Iv attached to the principles and policies of his
partv, but hi- is in no sense an office-seeker
and has always refused to be a candidate, giv-
ing his interest to public affairs for the benefit
of his community rather than from personal
ambition. He belongs to the Knights of Pyth-
ias at Sheridan and takes an active part in the
proceedings of his lodge. On September 8.
1886, at Clayton, 111., he was united in marriage
with Miss Nora McMurray, born in that state,
as were her parents,' John H. and Anna G.
(Murphy) McMurray. Her mother died in
1898 and her father in 1901. Her own domestic
altar has been blessed and brightened with two
children, Aha M., and Florence A., who still
abide in the parental household.
PAUL KIPPING.
Among the younger ranchers and stock-
men who have brought the cattle industry of
Wyoming to a high state of development and
made the excellence of its products favorably
known throughout the stock markets of the
country, none is entitled to more credit for his
years of experience, and none has expended
his time to better advantage in building up
this great industry and establishing himself se-
curely in the esteem of his neighbors and as-
sociates than Paul Kipping of near Boyd,
\Vcslon county. Wyo., whose ranch of 320
acres in South Timber, near Beaver Creek, is
becoming a model of systematic development,
skillful cultivation and tasteful improvement,
creditable alike to the section in which he lives
and to his thrift, industry and intelligence as a
husbandman. He was born on March 16, 1872,
at Cincinnati, Ohio, where his parents settled
soon after their marriage, having left their na-
tive Germany with high hopes for a successful
PROGRESSIVE ME.\
WYOM1
career in the Xcw World. In the ( >hi<
oils they lived and ll< mrished and were re;:
their \OUIIL; family with eare and di
when in iSSo the faiher was lost by an un-
timch death and laid to rest in the eit\ he had
learned in love as a home. Two years later
lii- si in Paul, when he was hut ten years old,
i\ed with his iiiniher to Kansas i.'ily. and
tluTe completed the education he had be;;uu in
()liin. After leaving school he continued to re-,
side at In une. hut learned and worked .it the
trade of a machinist, part of the time at I.iitle
Rock. Ark., until iSijo, when he came to
Wyoming with his mother and stepfather. \\lio
up land on Salt Creek, where for three
years he industriously assisted on the ho
farm, in iSo^, when he was twenty one years
old. homesteading land adjoining his mothi
on which he lived and worked until his mar-
riage in i8<)7. after that important event
tlin.u1 on the ranch he now occupies, which his
wife had taken up before her marriage. This
he has improved with an attractive cottage resi-
dence, i^ood hams and other outbuildings, and
gradually brought to a itate of .^reat fruit-
fulness and fertility. Their land comprises 320
acres, agreeably diversified in surface and soil
\ieldini; i; 1 crops of ^rain and hay
and furnishing excellent pasturage and range
for their herds of superior and profitable cattle.
< in < ictober _>;. i,s.|-. Mr. Kipping was un
in marriage with Miss Mary L. l''a\\cett. a na-
of Kansas and a daughter of k'rank I'.,
and Martha C. (Armstrong) Fawcett, and her
lather's sketch and the family hist" r on
other pai^es in this volume. Mrs. Kippinuv was
born on the same day as her husband, and is
his mate in diligence, energ} and btvadt;
view, as she is his exact e<|iial in a^c. She
\\as educated in the schools of Kansas and at
tlie Northwestern Xormal Scl" anhcrry.
Mo., lie-in^- -railuated from this jnstilnlion \\ilh
honors, after which she taught in the W\«>mini;
schools near In r father's home for a number of
. They have three children. Karl !•'.. Kate
I-'... Mmily I.. In politics Mr. Kipping is a Re-
publican and. although not an active partisan.
' '
]> ical pub - that a public carei r
e him if he will con^-nt i it.
\'OUIIL;. . and knowing, \\ith
and force of character, ac<|tiai . ith men
and a Denial manner in dealing with tlieni. he
is just entering upon a 1 and
tting citi/enship that 1111:
ti i him and decided advam
slate.
iHN I'. C. KKlKiKR.
i M ssive and successful busi-
men of Saratoga i, John 1). ( '. Kriis^er. tin-
cashier of tl.,
A nati\e of ( iermany. he was born mi
November i. iS(.S. the son of Henry K. and
I loris i 1 '.lock) Kriii,rer. both the
i atherlainl. where his fall . erl the- .
i of caiTia^e-makin.^. having inherited the
busiii' dier. and he continued in
that jnirsuit until iS!^.v \vhen 1
\\ith his faiuiU I 'iini,r his
til-si American home at ('linton. Iowa. Here
he establi sh< d a carriage- 1. Iia\'-
inj^ n-ceived from th • propert
( lermanj aln 'in SH I.ODO. T\\ r he
ed i if his business and n aha.
Xeb.. where bis health failed, and his coudi-
IV3S such as to warn him to Si
n \\hich \\mild enable hi- :id more
i)l his time in th.
maiueil only one \cai ' ha, and then pur-
chased a farm al n miles that
cil\. \\lu-re he made his home and -pied
•ii Farming and stocl ra sit g for a numln •
His health hem- considerably improved,
his desire to o-ive his children betl
ciiniriiiL; an edncalion than the\ could
have on the farm induced him to return to
ha, and he b .' ' cit\ his
nsists o;
daughters and three s, ,ns. T\\o ..f ih,
en^a^eil in a successful plumliin^ luisin, i
and the famib is hi-hl\
I Hiring hi.s \oiuii;er da\ s in t "icrtiiai:\ . the
PROGRESSIVE MEN OP WYOMING.
father served for a time in the German army,
and during the war with Denmark in 1846, was
made a prisoner with many of his fellow soldiers
by the Danes. They were finally released and his
associates have always attributed their release
and the fact that they were not shot, to his
thorough familiarity with the Danish langauge
and the earnest and eloquent manner in which
he pleaded their cause with the Danish author-
ities. John D. C. Kriiger grew to manhood in
his native country, and there received his ele-
mentary education. Upon coming to America
in 1883, he visited his uncle, Ferdinand Block,
who had served with distinguished .gallantry as
a non-commissioned officer in the Union army
of the Civil War and was residing at Ida
Grove, Iowa. This uncle was a representative
farmer of that section of Iowa, and desired his
nephew to make his home with him. Desiring
however to engage in commercial pursuits, his
thorough knowledge of the English and French
languages, as well as his native German lan-
guage, enabled him to secure a responsible posi-
tion in the mercantile establishment of Lusk &
Davis, then the leading merchants of Ida
Grove. Here he remained for two and one-
half years, and was held in high regard by his
employers. At the end of that time he resigned
that position for the purpose of accepting a
more responsible one in the United States Na-
tional Bank of Omaha, Neb. Here his promo-
tion was steady and rapid, until he reached the
position of first teller. He served in this posi-
tion with marked ability and with satisfaction
to his employers for about two years, when he
resigned to engage in business with his brothers
in their plumbing enterprise, which had grown
to large proportions. He remained in this firm
for two years, when he disposed of his interest
and accepted a position with the great packing
house of Armour & Co. at South Omaha. He
continued there about one year and was offered
and accepted his present position as cashier of
the Saratoga State Bank, at Saratoga, Wyo.
Coming here in 1899 he has since that time had
charge of the business and management of this
banking institution, and has carried, on its af-
fairs with great success, extending its opera-
tions and largely increasing its deposits. He
has established himself as one of the leading-
business men and one of the safest and most
conservative bankers of that section of Wyo-
ming, and is foremost in the advocacy of all
measures which are calculated to build up the
country or promote the welfare of all the peo-
ple of the community where he maintains his
home. In September, 1892, Mr. Kriiger was
united in marriage at Omaha, to Miss Minnie
Lehmann, the daughter of Henry Lehmann,
one of the prominent business men of that city,
who was one of the pioneers of Nebraska, first
establishing his business in Omaha in 1868. To
the union of Mr. and Mrs. Kriiger have been
born two children, namely, Henry J. W. and
Carl,- of whom both are living. Their home is
noted for the gracious and generous hospitality
which is there dispensed, and the family is highly
respected, especially for the many acts of charity
to those less fortunate than themselves. Mr.
Kriiger is one of the rising men of the state, des-
tined to take a prominent part in the future pros-
perity of the commonwealth.
BENJAMIN F. A. KUENY, M. D.
Dr. Benjamin F. A. Kueny of Dayton.
Sheridan county, is a native of Sunny France,
where he was born in December, 1842, the son
of Francis A. and Anna Man- (Mathis) Ken-
ney, also French by nativity, and descended
from long lines of ancestry of 600 years in that
country. When he was seven months old his
parents came to the United States and located
near Chicago, 111., but soon removed to Lock-
port in the same state. There the Doctor was
reared, educated and lived until 1861. On May
25, of that year he enlisted in defense of the
Union in Mulligan's Brigade, Later he enlisted
in the Second Artillery under Captain Hartsuff
in command of the noted General Custer. He
served three full years in the Civil War and
had arduous duty on the march and in the field,
experiencing every form of military hardship
and privation except wounds and imprisonment,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF \VYOML\G
249
being honorably discharged .on May 25, 1864
He then returned to Illinois and began the study
of medicine. He studied, and after a time prac-
ticed, until 1878. when he was graduated from
the TTahnemann Medical College of Chicago,
and after practicing a year in Illinois subse-
quent to his graduation, he removed to Kan-
sas and locating at Lenora was actively en-
gaged there in practice until 1884. He then
i.i \V\oming ami in Sheridan county took
up a homestead, but continued to practice his
profession. From 1887 to 1894 his base of
operations was at Sheridan, and in the year last
• 1 he took up his residence at Dayton,
where he has since resided and been in almost
constant demand to administer to the sick and
alleviate human suffering. TTis practice is large
-ind representative, while in professional circles
he is much esteemed for the skill and knowl-
edge he exhibits, and for the exalted standard
he maintains of professional ethics. Exacting
as his practice is, it does not prevent the Doc-
tor from finding relief from its more serious
claims and entertainment for another class of
mental faculties in conducting a ranch and
stock business, which his wife, owns, and look-
ing after his valuable town property. In poli-
tics he is an ardent Republican, having been
twice elected county coroner of Sheridan county.
While residing at Sheridan he was engaged in
the drug business in connection with his pro-
fessional duties, pharmacy always having had
a strong attraction ior him. and while thu •
< upied he formulated and placed on the market
the celebrated Kneny whisky cure, which has
i [omul oi' -real value as a specific and has
a large sale. The Doctor was married at Lock-
port, 111., in 1^1,4. with Miss Mar) V Wank, a
native of France. They have had three chil-
dren. F.nima V.. wife of Martin I). SI
Santa ("nix, Calif.; Charles I., who died on \pril
, and Francis, now a ranger on the
Wyoming Fore-t Reserve. Doctor Kucny's life
one of toil and trial, but is also full
of triumph, as that of any active ph sician must
be. The literature of his profession has en-
grossed his attention, but he has been a
thoughtful and observant reader, not an omni-
verous one, and has carefully applied in his
practi ••(• the suggestions found in his reading
and study, eliminating with rare judgment and
discrimination what appeared of little or no
value. He is much esteemed as a wise and skill-
ful practitioner, a useful citizen and an honora-
ble, educated and cultured gentleman.
ALBERT D. LAXF.
Albert D. Lane, the merchant, banker and
stock grower now doing business at the Sho-
shone Indian agency, located in Fremont county,
^"yoming, was born at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y.,
on October 8, 1847, a son of Charles and Fran-
ces (Hellier) Lane, natives of England who
came to the United States about 1835. The
father was a merchant and a prominent man in
local affairs during a long and useful life and
his family consisted of seven children, four of
whom are living: Albert D. ; Henry J.. a mer-
chant at Sacketts Harbor, Charles E., a dealer in
real-estate at Despatch, N. Y., and Anna M.,
also living at Despatch. Mr. Lane was educated
at the public schools of his native town and at
two good academies, one at Belleville and the
other at Adams, N. Y. After leaving school he
was engaged in business with his father for a
short time, then came to Wyoming in 1873 and
in company with Worden P. Noble, whose inter-
esting career is recorded elsewhere in this vol-
ume, passed four years in doing contract work
for the government. In 1877 they came together
to this valley and in 1880 started the store at the
Shoshoiie agency which Mr. Lane now conducts
with so much enterprisi > : .iccess. Five -
tin -\ engaged in a similar enterprise at Lan-
der and in 1890 established the bank there under
the name of Noble, Lane & Noble. Fred Xoble,
a brother of Mr. Lane's other partner, behii; the
third member of the linn, and Mr. Lane
the president. He is also interested in the Line
& Curtis Sheep Co., which owns several thou
sheep ..rid carrus on a llom ishing husiiu'» in
this branch of the stock industry. All his busi-
ness ventures have pro>pcrcd, but his success is
250
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ihe legitimate fruit of bis energy, capacity and
excellent judgment, and it h?,s been achieved
without the aiil of adventitious circumstances or
fortune's favors. He has neither inherited nor
found, but has hewed out his opportunities and
has been essentially the architect of his own for-
tune. In commercial, social and political circles
lu is highly esteemed and has commanding in-
fluence where he chooses to exert himself. When
a young man he became a member of the Masonic
order at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., where he still
holds his membership in both the Blue Lodge
and the Royal Arch Chapter. There also he was
married on June 23, 1869, with Miss Sarah J.
Noble, a native of that place and a daughter of
William and Jane A. ( Payne ) Xoble, being a
sister of his partners in the bank at Lander.
They have one child, William Xoble Lane, a ris-
ing lawyer of Denver, Colo. This brief narrative
of a useful life which has been one of the con-
quering forces of the wilderness and one of the
productive and directing elements of all the com-
mercial, educational and social progress of this
portion of the state, cannot even suggest in any
commensurate manner the danger of life and
property which in early days frequently menaced
Mr. Lane, the privations that had to be endured,
the strenuous efforts to keep the currents of
business in motion often made necessary by un-
usual difficulties and hard conditions, nor the
indomitable spirit which triumphed over every
obstacle and turned even seeming disaster to
advantage. They are the inevitable concomitants
of successful pioneer life to which this section of
cur country is so accustomed in recital, if no
longer in, experience, that they awaken no more
than a passing interest, but they are none the less
heroic.
JOHN F. LEWIS.
A farmer in times of peace and a soldier in
time of war, born and reared in the most pop-
ulous and progressive section of the Mississippi
Valley, and making his permanent home as .1
pioneer on the frontier of Wyoming, John F.
Lewis, of Bighorn, for years a leading farmer
and stockgrower of Sheridan county, and now
conducting a thriving and far-reaching livery
business at his home town, has seen many phases
of American life and has exhibited adaptability
and readiness in them all. He is a native of In-
diana, where he was born in May. 1839, a son
of William and Mary J. (Van Meter) Lewis of
that state but natives respectively of Virginia
and Kentucky. His grandfather, William Lewis,
was a descendant of parents who came from
\\ ales to Virginia, and he became an extensive
planter and slaveholder there and there died after
a long life of usefulness. John F. Lewis began
his education in the public schools of his native
state and finished it in those of Iowa, whither
bis family moved when he was fourteen years
old. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted
in 1 86 1 with the state troops of Iowa, in 1862 re-
enlisting and becoming a member of Co. F.,
Twenty-ninth Iowa Regiment, in which he
served until June 22, 1865, when he was honor-
ably discharged, having seen hard service in the
field and still harder as a prisoner for ten months
at Camden, Ark., and at Tyler, Tex. After his
discharge he returned to Iowa and was there oc-
cupied in farming until 1883 when he came to
Wyoming and followed the same pursuit in con-
nection with stock-raising, for five years being in
charge of the Government experiment station at
Sheridan. He has ever taken active and unflag-
ging interest in local affairs and has represented
his party from time to time in its county and
state conventions, being a member of the state
convention which nominated a woman for state
superintendent of public instruction, the first wo-
man elected to a state office in the United States.
In 1901 he retired from his farm and moved to
Bighorn where he has since been engaged in a
livery business which is one of the most extensive
and representative in this part of the state. This
occupies his time and his faculties as much as
he wishes, leaving him some opportunity to en-
joy the pleasures of his beautiful home in the
town and the society of his friends, whom he
numbers in hosts. For many years he has been
a devoted Freemason, standing high in the es-
teem of the fraternitv. He was married at Bed-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
251
ford, Iowa, in 1861, to Miss Alinira Gardner, a
native of l 'bio and a daughter of John and Lois
i \\ebstcr) Gardner, who were born and reared
in Xew York. The Lewises have two children,
L. I-"., living at I'.asin City and \Y. \\. Lewis.
Mr. Lewis is an elder brother of Joseph H.
Lewis, whose biography appears on another page
of this volume. I'.oth are creditable to the slate
of their nativity and serviceable as well as cred-
itable to that of their present residence, present-
ing upright citizenship and commendable enter-
prise.
JOHN LOUGHRAX.
John Longhran, the gentleman whose name
heads this article, is one of Laramie comity's en-
ierpri>ing stockmen, owning a well-improved
ranch on .the Platte River about eleven miles
ea-t of Fort Laramie, where he has been engaged
ir. the cattle industry since 1885, being a native
of Ireland and the son of Michael and Catherine
i Slane ) Loughran, both of whom were born and
reared in the Emerald Isle, and the mother sleep-
ing her la>t long sleep in the old ancestral burial
ground in County Tyrone. Michael Loughran
\\as a well-to-do farmer and land owner of that
<ount\ and a man of considerable prominence.
Possessed of much more than ordinary intelli-
gence and judgment, he became an adviser
aiih'iig his friends and neighbors in matters of
business, in no small degree being a nmlder of
public opinion. In 18(14 he came to the I'nited
States and engaged in mining near \Yilkeslu n< .
I'a.. leaving bis family in Ireland until be could
provide a comfortable home for them on ihi- side
of the water. After passing eight years in SUC-
Ci --fill mining operations in Pennsylvania he re-
turned to Ireland and brought his famiK to
\\ilkesbarre. \\here he continued his work until
iSSi, when he disposed of his interest- there and
moved to I lenver, Colo., thereafter carrying on
mining at Leadville and viciniu and he was thus
m^a^ecl when his death occurred on May S, iSSj.
He was buried at Leadvillc. His wife died on
November ;. 1X05. while on a visit to the land of
her birth and. a- already Mated, n Ms beneath the
green turf of the beautiful island which .-lit :•
so well. John Longhran was born in < 'oiinty
Tyrone., Ireland, on May i<). iXyj, and received
his educational training in the schools of his na-
tive place and at \Yilkesbanv. I'a. \Yhcii old
enough to do manual labor he began \\orking
with his father in the mines and remained with
him until twenty years old, \\hen he Marled in
quest of his own fortune, meantime accompany-
ing the family to Colorado. After working Foi
some months in a commission-house at Denver,
hi went to Leadville, near which place he was
engaged in mining until his father's death MI
1884. He came to Wyoming in 1865 and took up
his present ranch in Laramie cnnntv. and since
that time he has been largely interested in cattle-
raising, meeting with encouraging success in this
important and rapidly growing industry. Mr.
Loughran's ranch lies in a beautiful section of
country, and it is all irrigable, the greater part
being susceptible of tillagi . He has improved his
place in various ways, has a comfortable home,
in which he takes great pride, as well as in his
lucrative business, which returns him a liberal
ii'Coine. He is a man of progressive ideas and
broad views, easily the peer of the leading ranch-
ers of the district in which he live-. His su.
as a stockraiser has lu-en commensurate with the
energy he has displayed since engaging in the
business, and to him as much as to am other man
is due the credit of giving an impetu- to the in-
dustry in this section of the state. Mr. Longhran
has never married. He was reared in thi i ath
olic faith and remains true to the teaching- of
the church. In politics he is a Democrat .i"
while active in his work for the parix ha- no
aspirations for office or public distinction.
BENJAMIN I'K \NKI.IX LOWE.
It was a race of heroe- that redeemed the
\vildernes- of ;he Greal \\e-t from ferocious
savages and made it fruitful and t'ragrani will:
the product- of i ivili/ation. that founded f.im-
ilic-, thai created mighu comnion\\ ealth-. c-tah-
l;-hed polities. Mailed great cilie- and set in mo-
tion all the cunvnls of commercial, in
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
moral, social and educational life. High on the
roll of this heroic army should be placed the
honored name which heads this review of a ca-
reer at once interesting and inspiring, a patriot-
ism that is pure and purifying, a citizenship that
is elevated and elevating. Benjamin Franklin
L.owc, the present county assessor of Fremont
county, Wyoming, one of the best known men
in the whole Rocky Mountain region, was born
in Crawford county, Indiana, on June 28, 1840,
and nine years later accompanied his parents,
Benjamin W. and Mahala (Cotton) Lowe, from
that state to Iowa. His father was a native of
Pennsylvania and his mother of Tennessee. Aft-
er a residence of five years in Iowa they removed
to near Kansas Citv. Mo., and there remained
during the troublous times incident to the set-
tlement of Kansas. When a reasonable degree of
peace and security had been reached along the
border, they took up their residence at Tecum-
beh in Shawnee county, Kansas, and there lived
it; comparative peace and comfort until the end
of their lives. Their son, Benjamin, was active
in the development of the section and took an
active part in the conflicts that arose from time
to time, being ever diligent and energetic, in the
intervals of school attendance turning his hands
to any kind of useful labor. He helped to make
the brick used in building the court-house at Te-
cumseh, they being molded and burnt in the
midst of almost daily contests between the rival
factions that were struggling for the mastery,
and as the messenger of one side he was fre-
quently exposed to critical danger. In 1858 he
took charge of a wagon train carrying supplies
for General Johnston, who had been ordered to
Utah to settle the difficulties between the U. S.
Government and the Mormons, and remained in
the farther West, beginning his career there as a
trader with the Indians near the site of South
Pass City, Fremont county, and continued this
business until 1861. The country was alive with
the friendly Shoshones, Blackfeet and Bannocks,
and with the hostile Cheyennes, Sioux and Ara-
pahoes. Mr. Lowe acted as scout for a consid-
erable part of the time, making firm friends of
the Indians on both sides, especially of that In-
dian Nestor of the region, Washakie, with whom
he had a lasting and serviceable friendship until
the death of the old chief in 1900. He witnessed
many a bloody conflict between the tribes and
recalls with more than usual interest the Burned
Ranch Fight, which lasted all day. It was a com-
bined attack on the Shoshones by the Sioux,
Cheyennes and Arapahoes, and in the battle the
Sioux were almost annihilated. Although it was
won by the Shoshones, it cost them many a brave,
including their war-chief, a son of Washakie.
In 1862, on August 10, while at Fort Hall, Idaho,
on his way to Montana, a messenger reported that
a train of gold-seekers from Colorado and the
East had been attacked near the head of the Port
Neuf and Ross Fork Rivers by some 400 West
Shoshone and Bannock Indians. With 120 men
from the fort and vicinity Mr. Lowe proceeded
to the scene of the attack and on their approach
the Indians withdrew. Eleven graves of white
men still show where the fight took place and
a large number of Indians were killed. The
train was escorted to Fort Hall safely. Immed-
iately afterwards Mr. Lowe went to Salt Lake
City, being four days on the road alone and pass-
ing through these very Indians without trouble of
any kind, which angered the Mormons, as they
had often suffered at the hands of the same sav-
ages. At Salt Lake City Governor Hardin in-
formed him of the near approach of General
Connor with his California volunteers. The Gen-
eral wintered at Fort Bridger and early in the
spring 'started with 105 teams under command of
Hugh O'Neill, Mr. Lowe acting as guide, for
Bannock, Mont., the discovery of whose immense
gold deposits had electrified the world a few
months previously. They reached this new El-
dorado on April 25, 1863, and there Mr. Lowe
found fortune's favor awaiting him. He mined
with success and finding the means of communi-
cation with the outside world very limited, he
established a pony express between Bannock and
Fort Bridger, a distance of 400 miles, but carried
only letters and valuable packages. The venture
was profitable but full of danger. The Indians
were hostile and eager for gain and the road
agents, who were keen-scented for the fruits of
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
253
other men's toil, were on the lookout for evi TV
chance to rub a rich consignment and held human
life as cheap as those of deer. At Soda Spring-,
in partnership with Harry Rickard in 'in I 'amp
Douglas representing ( ieneral Connor, and Hill
I liekman, the noted Danite chief and outlaw, Mr.
Lowe established the Fagle Rock ferry on Snake
River in the place afterwards known as
tor's Bridge, and now Idaho Falls, which was a
great financial success, the receipts often reach-
ing : day from the toll n-<vi\cd from the
immense number of emigrants, gold-seekers and
freighters crossing Snake River. While he was
at Fort Bridger he took part in the fight on Bear
Rhcr, near Franklin, Utah, between the troops
under General Connor and the Western Shos-
hones and P.annocks under (he gallant and crafty
Pocatcllo, where 400 of the Indians were killed
in righteous retribution for the fight they had
provoked and begun. In the fall of iSfi^, the
pom express was abandoned, the discovery of
gold in Alder Gulch, Mont., having turned the
tidr of travel thither and a stage-coach line esfab-
lished. Thereafter Mr. Lowe gave his attention
to the ferry and his mining claims at Bannock
and Virginia Cily. Mont., until September, (864,
when he sold the ferry and removed to Deer
••e. Mont., the activity of the "Vigilante*-" in
ting I Irnry Plummer and nearly fift\ of
his associate road-agents and outlaws having
made life in that territory reasonably secure foi
law abiding citizens. Three vcar- were passed
in trading with the Indians at Fort P.ridger and
elsewhere, a portion of die time Mr. Lowe being
in the employ of Ecoffe & Cnne\. extensive con-
tractors and Indian traders, and after the cele
liraled massacn at Fort Phil Kearney he went
to Kaiisa^ < it) on a vi-il to his former home, re-
turning a few months later and reMiming btisi-
it the old ranch, li\e miles ea i of l.aramie.
where he remained until the whole »:itht \\ a -
burned in July by I". S. troops, causing a los, of
about $60,000 to Ecoffe \ Cuney. \fter this he-
went to l Vnver en route to [ulesburg, at that time
the western terminus of the Union P.ieilic Rail
As thcv passed the site of ( 'hevcunc the
surveyors were la\ing out the town and one ,if
the surveying party was killed by the Indians.
From I K-iivcr he was a
burg, then the only means of travel, and- the route
- i difficulty and danger. Wells. I
\ Co. ran three coachc- out together, the hostil-
ity of the Indians making it necessary to use
every available precaution. The route had been
I of horses and it was therefore necessary
to run all the teams through without change.
The coaches i at either terminus until
a full con .is secured and
then proceeded in V shape, like the flight of wild
geese, for additional safety. Mr. ! party
consisted of thirty-six passengers and ten em-
ployes, drivers, messengers and guards. They
met the Smoky Hill coaches which were riddled
with bullets and had some of their horses
but Air. Lowe's party passed through without
mishap, only to find at Julesburg a worse con-
dition, for the roughs of the town were "on a
rampage" and "shooting wild." The town was
then wholly a canvas city and the coaches af-
he best protection againsl -tray bullets
and the passengers remained in them. Omaha
at the time of his visit was a typical western
to\\n, dance houses and gambling dens being
open all the time and every form of dissipation
in full vigor. Mr. Lowe remained there a short
time trying to get some satisfaction for his em-
ployers from the government authorities for the
loss of their property near ('hcvenne. but not
seeing much prospect of success he returned hop-
ing to recoup for In- own losses, which amounted
to aboul $8,000. lie then entered the emplo
the Northern Pacific Railroad wheri hi
until the Hear River riot, when he went with
M r, I lecker to I 'iu bL >, Colo., i
to bring to Wyi uning. P.nt in <\ bein
hoi es with which to dri\c them he sold out in
the spring and cami to South Pass lo engage in
mi'iiug. Water for the purpose- not being avail-
able be I. n-ated a ha} ranch reek.
Indian outbreak-- were \el \ cry numerous and
in the spring of i X-i > ('amp Staubaugb was
tahli-hcd for the heller protection of ibe miners
of South Pass, \llantic City, Miner-' Heliglit
.-.ml tile surrounding rancher-. < tn account of
254
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
the outbreaks Mr. I. our abandoned his ranch on
Pine Creek in 1870, and took charge of a lumber
business at Atlantic City fi >r a Mr. Hinnman, a
government contractor \vho furnished the lum-
ber for Fort Stanbaugh. In September, 1872,
he was one of the persons who negotiated the
r.runot Indian treaty, going to Utah and bring-
ing the Shoshone Indian village to Fort Wash-
akie for this purpose. Congress was three years
in ratifying the treaty and the rights of the white
settlers on the south side of the Shoshone reser-
vation and in Lander valley were not definitely
fixed until the end of that time. In the fall of
1874 Mr. Lowe located on what was still Indian
land and during the next three or four years out-
breaks were frequent and life was very uncertain.
In the spring of 1875 a postnffice was established
at this point, and Mr. Lowe suggested, that it
be named Lander, in honor of General Lander,
an army officer greatly favored by the Indians.
Two years later, when the government survey
was made, Mr. Lowe filed on a portion of the
land on which the town stands, organized the
Lander Townsite Co., became president of the or-
ganization, a position which he still holds, and
began to sell lots from a part of the town which
he had made in accordance with some of the
streets already laid out and buildings already
erected. In 1877 he was elected to the legislature
and in 1884 was a member of the commission ap-
pointed to organize the new county of Fremont,
becoming the first sheriff of the new political di-
vision by election on April 22, 1884. H. C. Nick-
erson was elected county treasurer, J. A. Mc-
Avoy, county clerk, A. H. Bright, county attor-
ney. J. W. O'Xeill, county assessor, and Messrs.
Hall, Blim andMcDonald, county commissioners.
In 1897 he was again a member of the legislature
and in 1900 was elected county assessor, having
filled the office during the two previous years by
appointment. On February 1 8, 1867, at Kansas
City, Mo., Mr. Lowe was united in marriage
with Miss Sarah A. Wright, a native of New
York, who died in Denver, Colo., on February 13,
1897. On October 4 next ensuing, at the Shos-
hone Agency he contracted a second marriage,
his choice on this occasion being Airs. Laura F.
Cleveland, of Chicago. They have an' adopted
daughter, IK>\\ Mrs. Xora E. Walter, wife of
Daniel S. \Yaller. of Pratte, North Dakota.
JACOB LUND.
A substantial business man -and stockowner
of Swedish birth, whose residence is situated
about twenty-six miles southwest of Laramie
Citv. Wyoming, is the subject of this sketch, Ja-
cob Lund, of Wood Siding, in Albany county.
Horn in Sweden in the year 1843, h£ is the son
of Lawrence and Catherina (Burie) Lund, both
natives of Sweden. His father followed the oc-
cupation of farming in his native country and
passed away in 1896, at the age of seventy years.
The mother passed all of her life in Sweden, her
decease occurring in 1894, at the age of about
seventy years. She was the mother of three chil-
dren, of whom the subject of this sketch is the
only one surviving. He, grew to man's estate
in his native land and received his early educa-
tion in the public schools there. His opportun-
ities in his younger days for acquiring an edu-
cation were somewhat limited, but he improved
them to the best advantage and laid the foun-
dation for an intelligent business career in the
years to come. In 1861. when he had attained
to the age of eighteen years, he was compelled
by circumstances to leave school in order to
make his own way in the world and secured em-
ployment as a sailor. He remained in this pur-
suit for a period of about fourteen years, and
during that time he had a varied experience and
saw many portions of the world. Returning
again to his native country in 1873 for a visit he
determined to seek his fortune in the New World
hcuind the sea and, leaving the home of his
childhood and early manhood, he came to Amer-
ica. Here he located first in Michigan and en-
gaged his services as a sailor on the Great Lakes.
He remained in this employment for a period of
about three years, when he disposed of his prop-
erty in Michigan and removed his residence to
the then territory of Wyoming, locating at the
city of Laramie. Here he engaged in mining and
railroading, and continued to be thus employed
PROGRESSH'1: MEN OF lYYOMIXl,'.
255
for about seven years. He then purchased his
present ranch property and settled down to the
business of cattlcraising. in which he has since
then been continuously engaged. He has met
with satisfactory success and is now the owner of
a tine ranch, consisting of about 1 ,000 acres of
land, well improved, with a large herd of cattle.
which is constantly being increased from year
to year. By industry, perseverance and careful
attention to business, he has built up a fine prop-
erty and he is one of the prosperous business men
of this section of the county. In 1881. at Lar-
amie, \Yyo._ Mr. Lund was joined in wedlock
with Miss Lena Peterson, a native of Sweden and
a daughter of Jess and Elizabeth Peterson, well-
known and respected residents of that country.
To their union two children have been horn, Ef-
tii and Klva, both of whom arc residing at home
with their parents. Politically, Mr. Lund is a
stanch member of the Republican party, and
takes an active interest in all public affairs, al-
though never a candidate for any official position.
Tie is one of the highly respected citizens of
Albany county.
.1 VMES V Me \Y< >Y.
Through a variety of occupations, adventures,
and the study of human nature in a number of
longitudes, sustaining himself in all circum-
stances by the force of his character and the re-
sourcefuhie-, of his self-reliant nature, James
V McAvoy has come to the estate of comfortable
prosperity in worldly affairs and esteem in the
hearts of his fellows which lie' now enjoys. Tie
was born at < "ainhridge. Ohio, on January 17,
1*4-'. a son of Daniel and Mar) i Noble) Mc-
y. Ills father, of Scotch Irish ancestry, was
a pioneer farmer and freighter between Ohio and
Baltimore, Md.. before an\ railroad had crossed
tin- virgin si nl ..I ( ihio and had a consequence
prosperit) commensurate \\ith his position
• leading common carrier of that .day. His
wife, nee Mary \ohle. was a daughter of Rev.
Thomas \oble. an esteemed minister of the
.Methodist Kpiseopal church s|,-, tinned at Cam-
bridge. The\ were the parents ,if twelve cllil
dren. lames being the eldest and of whom eleven
are still living. He was educated in the public
cl Is of ( >hio and at the Wesleyan I 'nivcrsity
at \\ashington. |o\\a. leaving school at the be
ginning of the Civil 'War to take charge of a
farm belonging to a friend who had enlisted in
the I nion arm}-, and conducting this until the
close of the war. He then taught scln » >1 for a
number of years in eastern Iowa, going from
there to Kentucky and teaching there also for
a short time, while following that he traveled as
a salesman through New England for a year and
then joined P.arnum's circus, traveling with that
outfit as a vaulter and tumbler for a season. In
iSf>S he came west, and stopping at Clu venue
secured employment in the office of the Case-
ment Brothers, who had a contract for the track
at Logan, for the I uion Pacific Railroad then
in progress. He remained in this employment
until the road was completed and in iSinj came
to South Pass City, XYyo., and engaged in min-
ing for two years. From there he removed to
the YYind River Yallev . assisting in the con-
struction of the Shoshone Indian Agency, set-
ting up the first steam-engine run in the valley
and sawing the lumber for all the buildings in
the agency. Next he engaged in freighting fmni
Forl Stanlmigh to various places, m iSx-^ lo
on \Yillow Creek and farmed fnr three years,
raising one good crop, the next two being de-
sinned b\ grasshoppers. Discouraged by this
misfortune, he abandoned farming and put up the
first sawmill of his neighborhood and carried on
a flourishing business \\ith it fora Few years. He
then sold out and again followed freighting un-
til 1X84. when, upon the organi/ati< -nont
Count} he was elected connU clerk, filling the
office until iSi)?. six successive terms. During
the next two years he was engaged in prospect-
ing on (liven and Snake Rivers, and in 1*0.7 was
appointed postmaster al Lander, an office \\hich
he has held continnoiisK since that time. He
i.\ itli lh, , >n that captured Reverend
lidge, who was sent east to be edu
and is now the Indian minister at the agency.
\|c \\ i i\ u as a charter member and •
the orgaui/crs of Lremoni i No. II, I. O.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
( >. I1"., and has given active service to it in many
ways, being also affiliated with the Daughters
of !\ebekah and the Knights of Pythias. From
1894 to 1897 he was a member of the Board of
Trustees of the University of Wyoming and a
member of and the secretary of its finance corn-
mil Ice. He owns a valuable tract of land ad-
joining the city on which he resides and has ex-
t nsive oil lands adjoining the Bonanza and the
old Murphy property, both good producers, hold-
ing a patent on the Diana gold mine at Atlantic
City in Fremont county, and a controlling in-
terest in the stock of the Sweet Grass Placer Min-
ing Company.
B. MCCAFFREY.
One of the leading and most progressive busi-
ness men of Wyoming, one who has done much
to develop the great resources of the state, B.
McCaffrey, of Encampment. Wyoming, is a na-
tive of the Dominion of Canada, and was born
in the city of Belleville, on March iS, 1844, the
son of Edward and Mary (Doyle) McCaffrey,
natives of Ireland. His father left the land of
his nativity in 1840, coming to County Hastings,
in the Province of Ontario, Canada. Establish-
ing his home at Belleville, he engaged in the man-
ufacture of lumber, in which he met with a reas-
onable success. He was a man of marked abil-
ity and energy and was a representative busi-
ness man of that section of the country. Of a
family of eight children, all now living, the sub-
ject of this sk;tch was the youngest. He grew
to manhood in his native city and received his
education in her public schools. When he had
completed his school life, he served an ap-
prenticeship at the trade of manufacturing leath-
er. He continued in this business for some time
and became manager of the leather manufactur-
ing establishment of Grant & Perkins at Galena,
and of the Lapham & Waterbury factory in the
city of Kalamazoo, Mich. In 1870 he resigned
this position for the purpose of going into busi-
ness for himself as a manufacturer of agricultu-
ral implements and remained in that pursuit for
si ven vears. At the end of that time he closed
out his manufacturing business, engaged in the
general merchandise business in the southwestern
portion of Kansas, in which he continued for
about some four years. Owing to the severe
drouths prevailing throughout that section of the
state this business was not a success, and dispos-
ing of his property in Kansas, he removed to the
territory of Utah, where he located in the city
of Ogden, and there formed a partnership asso-
ciation with Hon. Willis George Emerson, which
has continued to the present writing. They were
largely interested in real-estate at Ogden, and
that section of country, and continued operations
there for about one year, then acquiring large
interests in the vicinity of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and
removed their main office to that place. Here
they were the organizers and promoters of the
great irrigation system of the Snake River val-
ley, the principal canals of which were the
Great Western and the Idaho Falls Canal. The
first named represented an investment of $750,-
ooo and is over 100 miles in length, irrigating a
vast area of land, being of enormous benefit to
that section of the country. The Idaho Falls Ca-
nal is about eighty miles in length, and also sup-
plies a great extent of country. Their operations
in real-estate, both in city and country property
were at this time very extensive, and they were
very successful and are still large holders of
property in that section. Subsequently, they re-
moved their main office to Chicago, 111., where
thcv established their headquarters for about
seven years. During this time, they were largely
interested in real-estate operations and were
promoters of emigration and colonization in the
western country. From their offices in the Cham-
ber of Commerce Block, Chicago, they conducted
a very extensive and profitable business for many
years. During the gold excitement in the Crip-
ple Creek district in Colorado, they removed their
headquarters to Colorado Springs and acquired
large interests at Cripple Creek and vicinity.
They remained here about one year and removed
to Denver, still continuing in the same line of
business. While here, their attention was called
by Mr. E. L. Lomax, general passenger and
ticket agent of the Union Pacific Railroad, to the
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
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advantages offered at Grand Encampment, V
and they opened a branch office at that place
where they acquired large interests, becoming the
<>\\ net's Hi" the tnwiisite and of large tracts of land
in the vicinity. They maintained their office at
Denver, until February, 1902, when they disposed
of their interests in that city, removing their main
office to Grand Encampment, where they have
been making their headquarters. In con-
mrtii>n with their real-estate ana cownsfte opera-
tions, they have also organized a smelting, power
and light company which was snnseqnenliy n
over to (.'. E. Knapp. of Giicago. They incor-
porated the Eerris-Haggarty Copper Mining
Co., and the aerial tramway which fs to trans-
port the ores sixteen miles from these mines to
the smelters. The firm at present has the con-
thi ' ores, the capacity of
rainway will be about 900 tons per day. and
: in buying Hie E. H. mine in August.
, for Si. 000,000. They were also the or-
ganizers of the city water-works company, and
•i very active in promoting every in-
dustry calculated to benefit the community in
h they maintain their headquarters. They
are largely interested in the Encampnuni Smelt-
ing Co., a capacity of 500 tons per day. and in
the Electric Eight Co.. Power Co. and Tratis-
portation Co., and their operations h only
mierativc to themselves, but of vast im-
ro this section of i On January
i/, iS'i-. Mr. McCaffrey was united in marriage
\\ith lorence Vane Hunt, a native of I 'bin,
•hter of pi-, i • sideni nf that
state. The marri,' ' . 111..
\\lien .Mr. Me' was engaged in bu-;
ir that city. To this union has been burn .me
child. Anna E.. ivnv Mr . i '. \I. ] lamia, wl
side- l.oitis, 111., where her hush-md
is a member nf the Xatimul Asso-
ciation and is one of the Mailing business men of
the city. Fraternally. Mr. Mcl'a" .'flili-
aleil u ilh the M.I • • .i!ernit> and tak<
active inlerest ill the -ocial life nf the cninmunity.
Me 1 . lily declined ti i become a
an) position ,,f tnist or honor in tl
hi- party, altlmugh h .11 often solicited
'Tty friends and a to permit the
use of his name for that purpose. He has pre-
ferred to devote his entire time and ei -
care and management of his extensive busi-
rests and the development of the j
resources of the Great West. Public spirited.
tlways foremosl in the advocacy of
every movement to advance the industrial life
of the state, he is one of the leading citizens of
Wyoming
DI )\AED McDOXALD.
\ native of Argyleshire. Scotland, born on
August jn, 1X44. Dmiald McDonald, now of
Diamond. \V\nming. is the -~«n of Donald
and Margarel < i ".-impbell i McDonald. aUo na-
of Scotland. Ilis father was a tailor who
until his
i. which d in iS(>5. The mother
ed away '» >th lie ' i ' Ar-
gyle>hire. where their busy lives wer.
Their son, Donald, grew to manli' 1 the
his native Scotland.
Ill 1>\ his i the \ irtu. - of
industry, thrift and ec milv was
poor and almost from childh. '.
jielled to contribute by his labor to the assistance
of the family. This wa> a training which, al-
though sever, • value to him in
life. It taught him as no school could have done
the dignity of honest labor and its supreme im-
portance as tl.
man. 1 ' ;- p
of those har.b E Scotland, who wherever
they have established themselves never
failed to impress upon the commu lii^h
• terminal: • r \ ieldi:
defeat. Mr. McDonald red inca-
th ! lire and remained
until he bad attaineil tli
li\e years, dnrin- most ,,f th: eu-
L:.iged ill farming. 1 leari^
the firesides . 'f Sci .lland . if
• lived to M,, tin n in the juirsuit of
the fortune \\bicl
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
deny him in his native land. Therefore in
he took ship for Canada, arriving in the Prov-
ince of Ontario later in that year. Here he
worked for about seven years as a farmhand,
doing a little farming on his own account, hut
not meeting great success. His habits of fru-
gality, however, stood him in good stead and he
\\a> enabled to save a considerable 'sum out of
his earnings. In 18715 he concluded to go west
ir the hope of bettering his conditions and came
to Laramie Plains, Wyoming. Here he secured
employment .on sheep ranches for five years, in
January, iSSi, leaving his employment at Lara-
mie Plains and in February taking up his present
ranch on the Chugwater, fifty-five miles north of
Cheyenne. Here he began the business of cat-
tleraising in which he is still engaged. His be-
ginnings were humble. With the money he had
saved through long years of labor and rigid
economy he purchased a few head of stock, which
he has slowly but surely added to from year to
year, until now he is one of the most prosperous
and successful ranchmen of his section of the
state. He is a type of the hard-working, sober-
minded, earnest and deserving men to whose ef-
forts is mainly due the rapid development of the
west. On his home ranch he has a fine two-story
stone residence, with all modern conveniences,
with about 3000 acres of patented land, well
fenced, with many thousands of acres of adja-
cent range for his stock. Over 300 acres of his
place are in alfalfa, and each year he cuts im-
mense quantities of hay, the greater portion of
which is consumed on his ranch by his own cat-
tle, sheep and horses. On January 13, 1882, at
the city of Cheyenne, Wyo., Mr. McDonald mar-
ried with Miss Jane Cameron, a native of the
Dominion of Canada and a daughter of Duncan
and Mary ( Black) Cameron, natives of Argyle,
Scotland. Her parents emigrated from Scotland
in 1846 and settled in Ontario, Canada, there
following the occupation of farming and stock-
raising, in which they continued until their death.
The father died in 1865 and the mother in 1892,
and both lie buried near the old family home
in Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald have four
children. Robert Daniel, Hugh, Maggie J. and
Duncan X., all are living, and residing with
their parents. Mr. McDonald is a member of the
.Masonic order, being affiliated with the lodge
at Wheatlaml, \V_vo.. and politically, he is identi-
fied with the Republican party. He has often
been solicited to accept political honors at the
hands of his fellow citizens, but has invariably
declined to do so, preferring to devote his entire
time to the supervision and management of his
private business, which has grown to such pro-
portions and is so extensive as to make very ex-
acting demands upon his attention. In addition
to his other interests, he has over 8,000 acres of
land leased from the state, and is now one of the
largest individual stockowners of Wyoming.
The family belong to the Presbyterian church,
being earnest and devoted in their interest in all
church and charity work and in assisting and
providing for the needs of those less fortunate
than themselves, being held in the highest es-
teem by their neighbors as respected and sub-
stantial citizens.
AXTHOXY WILKINSON.
A type of the successful man of business
who has fairly earned his present prominence
in the business world by his energy, industry
and perseverance, Anthony Wilkinson, an in-
fluential citizen of Egbert, one of the leading
stockmen of the state of Wyoming, was born
in Yorkshire, England, on July 4, 1838, the son
of Anthony and Alice (Sayers) Wilkinson, na-
tives of -Yorkshire. His father was engaged in
dairy-farming and continued in that occupation
in his native country until 1890, when he emi-
grated and joined his sons in the state of
Nebraska. He died at a ripe old age at Archer,
\Yvo-. in 1894, being buried in Cheyenne. The
mother now makes her home at the residence
of her son, the subject of this sketch. Vnthony
Wilkinson grew to man's estate in his native
country, receiving his early educatio' in the
schools of Yorkshire, remaining with his par-
ents until he had attained to the ag' of six-
teen years, being filled with an ambition, even
at that earlv age, to make his own wrv m the
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PROGRESSIl'E MEX OF WYOMING.
259
world, he secured employment as a farm ham!
on farms near the parental home, remaining
there engaged in that occupation for three
fears, tlien received an appointment as game
watcher at Kookl)_v Park in Yorkshire, where
lie remained for about two years, in I S( ^ going
to -Scotland and being appointed gamekeeper
at Tolloch Castle, Rosshire, in which capacity
he continued for four years. lie then returned
to Yorkshire and remained with his parents,
assist ing his father in the work and manage-
ment of tlie farm until 18/3, when he left his
old home in England and took passage for
America. Arriving here, he first went to
Dorchester. Xcl>., where he engaged in operat-
ing a meat market for about three years, send-
ing wagons to the surrounding country and to
adjoining towns and transacting an extensive
and profitable business. At the end of that time,
he removed his residence to the county of Cus-
ter, and there took up a homestead, and be-
gan in a small way the raising of cattle and
slu-ep. lie also owned and conducted a general
meat market at Ansley. Xeb., his farm adjoining
that place. In this business he met with suc-
cess, but desiring to have a larger field for his
siockgrowiiig operations, lie removed to the
then territory of "Wyoming. In hS-S lie pur-
chased a ranch near \rcher, and engaged in
a successful business in the raising of cattle
and sheep, lie remained here until iSiji. when
he purchased his present ranch property on
Muddy ('reek, about one mile southwest of tin-
city of I'ille I'.llll'lV Here lie catered more e\
tensively upon his chosen occupation, extending
his operations from year 1" year until now he
ie of the heaviest dealers and largest prop-
er!) owners in the state and being One of the
largest landowners in the \\estem country,
having S.^oo acres at his home ranch, about
10.000 acres on |iig llm^e ('reck, and about
8.OOO acres a short distance south of his home
ranch, making about 32,500 acres of land which
li ' in W} oining-. lie also • >wns large
tracts in the vicinity of Aiisle). Xeb., and is
interested jointly \\ith his brother. John, in the
ownership of other lands in northern Wyoming.
in
In HJOO. desiring to unify his large business
holdings, he organized and incorporated the
A. Wilkinson l.hc Slock Co., having a capital
of $150,000. Mr. Wilkinson owns a controll-
ing interest in this company and as its president
usually directs its policy, although endeavoring
to retire from active business. This company
has been increasing its cattle interests, and is
also entering more largely into sheepraising
and \\-oolgrowing, finding this department more
remunerative and |>a\iug a belter return for the
capital invested. Mr. Wilkinson is a man of
progressive spirit, public enterprise and great
confidence in the future greatness of the com-
monwealth which he has done so much to build
up. Having business interests scattered all
over the state and having been among the Fore-
most of her citizens in developing the resources
of both the territory and the state, he has yet
done more for the industrial progress, com-
mercial growth and advancement of the county
of Laramie than for an\ other section of Wyo-
ming. Here has been his home for many years,
lure his large interests have been centralized
and the business life of this section of the state
owes much to his intelligent foresight and cap-
able management. It is to the pluck, energy,
and good business judgment of such men that
the great western count r\ owes its steady ad-
vancement from a condition of sagebrush bar-
renness to cultivated fields, with happy homes
and villages and cities springing up c\er\ where.
lie has been instrumental in bringing capital
into the country to develop the resources and lias
liberal!) contributed of his means to every
worthy purpose calculated to promote and ad-
vance the best interests Of the community ill
which he has maintained his home. lie is a
her of the Protestant F.piscopal church,
being one of llie most prominent in the siip-
port of religion and charit). for the relief of the
unfortunate and llie promotion of the welfare
of the public. Political!) he is a stanch ad-
herent "i the Republican part), ami for many
years has b, al supporter of the princi-
ple, and policies of that polilical orgaui/ation,
giving mmavering support to its candidates
260
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
and his time and means to the party's success.
He has done this as a matter of patriotic duty,
not with any view to seeking any political hon-
ors for himself. Often solicited to become the
candidate of his party for- positions of honor
and trust, he has steadfastly refused to do so,
preferring to give his entire time and atten-
tion to the direction and management of his
extensive business interests. His standing in the
business world, and the high esteem in which he
is held by his fellow citizens, would place with-
in his reach almost any position of honor with-
in the gift of the people, if he desired to be-
come a candidate for political distinction.
WILLIAM MAcFARLANE.
One of the leading men of Laramie county,
whose efforts have done much to develop the re-
sources of this section of Wyoming, Hon. Wil-
liam F. MacFarlane, of MacFarlane, is a native
of the city of Montreal, Can., born on September
7. 1852, the son of William S. and Mary (Fer-
rier) MacFarlane, the former a native of Perth,
Scotland, and the latter of Canada. The father
removed from Scotland to Canada in 1834 and
engaged in the wholesale grocery business in the
city of Montreal. Subsequently he engaged in
the wholesale hardware business in the same city,
and later in life also retired from merchandising
to engage in the real-estate business, operating
largely in property in the city of Montreal and
Canada, up to the time of his death, which oc-
curred on February 22, 1886. He lies buried in
the city where he passed most of his active and
useful life. The mother passed away in 1874, and
lies at rest by the side of her husband. Wil-
liam F. MacFarlane grew to man's estate in the
city of Montreal and acquired his early education
in the public schools of that city. After complet-
ing his education he took a position in a whole-
sale crockery store in his native city for the pur-
pose of acquainting himself with the mercantile
business, remaining in that employment for about
three years. When he had attained to the age of
twenty-one years, he determined to seek his for-
tune in the far west, and came to the then terri-
tory of Colorado in 1873, and in the fall of that
year settling near Fort Collins as a rancher and
raiser of cattle and horses. Here he carried on
this business with success until 1879, when he
disposed of his interests and removed to Wyo-
ming territory where he took up his present
ranch on Horseshoe Creek, about seventeen miles
west of Glendo, and forty-four miles northwest
of Wheatland, and there continued the raising of
cattle. He has since been continuously engaged
in the cattle business at this place and has stead-
ily added to his holdings, both of lands and cattle,
until now he is the owner of one of the finest
pieces of ranch property in. that section of the
state, comprising about 1,200 acres of patented
land and thousands of acres leased from the state.
He has a large and handsome home, with all
modern conveniences, and his barns, buildings
and improvements are the finest in that section
of the country. About 700 acres of his ranch are
under irrigation and he raises great quantities of
hay each year, as well as fruits and vegetables
of many varieties. His extensive experiments in
fruitgrowing and in the successful raising of
vegetables have conclusively demonstrated that
these products can be grown in Wyoming with
the greatest success. He has disabused the
minds of many of the impression- that the finest
of grains, fruits and vegetables cannot be suc-
cessfuly grown in this latitude. In cattle he con-
fines his attention chiefly to registered Hereford
stock and is the owner of some of the most valu-
able animals of that breed in Wyoming. His
place is one of the landmarks and showplaces of
the count}', and no man in the state has done
more to draw the attention of men of capital to
her wonderful undeveloped resources, or to en-
courage the growth and settlement of the newer
portions of the commonwealth. On October 4,
1888, at the city of Cheyenne, Wyo., Mr. Mac-
Farlane was united in marriage with Miss Jessie
A. Whalley, a native of Yorkshire, England,
a daughter of Jonathan A. and Annette (Gars-
tang) Whalley, both natives of England, and her
father being a manufacturer of woolen goods in
Yorkshire, up to the time of his death, which oc-
curred in 1894. Her mother died in December,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YOMIXG.
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1867, and both the parents were buried in
Yorkshire. Mr. and Mrs. MacFarlane have two
children to bless their home life, Florence and
William Stewart, and the home is widely noted
for its gracious and generous hospitality. The
family are members of the Protestant Episcopal
church, active and foremost in all its works of
religion and charity. No worthy object ever
goes from them without assistance, and they are
well known and honored for their many acts of
helpfulness. Mr. MacFarlane has been for many
years one of the most trusted of the leaders of the
Republican party of the state, being a conscien-
believer in the principles- of that political
organization, and he is an eloquent advocate of
all measures which are calculated to promote the
public welfare. In 1896 he was nominated and
elected by a handsome majority to the Legisla-
tive Assembly of the state, and was there dis-
tinguished for the ability and fidelity with which
he served his constituents and the state. Many
measures of large public interest, especially of
a beneficial nature to the live stock interests of
\Y\< >ming, owe their origin to his patriotism as
a member of the legislature. The people of the
would l>e fortunate if his services could be
again commanded in her legislative halls, for he
is recognized by nu-n of all parties as one of the
foremost men of the state, whose ability and
: to the best interests of Wyoming are un-
med. He is a type of the best citizenship
and his successful life, as well as his public ser-
vices, should be an inspiration to tl , men
of Wyoming.
Hi »N. MARTIN McGRATH.
Although burn in Pennsylvania and reared
t<> the age of fourteen, Hon. Martin Mc-
!i of Thermopolis, a member <if i;
ture of 1903, is essentially a
OUghlj identified with the interests of the
section and imbued \\itb its spirit. lie has given
him- It" u]) to the y. ild life of its plains
der, has 1» en .MIC of its potential and
gre^sive mercantile factors and h.
tfluence and force in it- p TTK lift-
began on November 9, 1864, and when he was
fourteen his parents, Thomas and Margaret
(Hines) McGrath, natives of Ireland but resi-
dents of Pennsylvania from their early matu-
rity, removed to eastern Kansas and two years
later, in 1880, tc Wyoming, locating at Dale
Creek, where Martin nearly reached his majority
and completed his education so far as schools
were concerned. In 1884 he came to Fort Fet-
terman and for three years rode the range with
the most hardy and fearless riders, gathering
strength of body, independence of spirit, acute-
ness of perception and readiness for any emer-
gency from its life of exposure and strenuous
effort. In 1887 he migrated to Glenrock and en-
d in mercantile business until 1895. when he
came to Thermopolis and started his present
mercantile enterprise, one of the most extensive
and progressive of its kind in this part of the
state. It is a comprehensive general or depart-
i store where is to be found everything that
necessity can demand or taste desire in the way
of merchandise, and by its very fullness and
variet\ of stock, wisdom of selection an<
>r quality in its wares and the grace and
courtesv of manrer in which they are offered to
the public, it has become one of the most pop-
ular emporiums of trade in the X est. In
addition to this Mr. McGrath is ^lie-half owner
with Mr. Higgins of 10,000 sheep and has con-
nection with other valuable industries in his
ty and elsewhere. A gentleman of Mr.
McGrat!:' • b prise and public spirit, which
en exhibited by his active and forceful
interest in the welfare of his community and
whatever tends to its advancement, could not be
i] ; n element -nd a
power for good even in the maelstrom of politics.
and he n drawn into it willingly
O1 mi willingly, unless be ' -ist tile in
Utilities of the public with the utmost positive-
: instancy. In 1002 he was elected to
the lower In HIM- of the State Legislature, in the
ensuing • he sustained in that trying, and
I" him new forum, the reputation he bad a1
le in other. Eor n
purpi • e. tacl in m nt and know-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YOMIXG.
ledge and breadth nf view in public affairs. His
service-; to hi> constituents were of great value
arnl bis influence mi general affairs nf the State
through legislation was wholes e and con-.
able. He was married first at (IKiirnck in
with .Miss Minnie Thmna--. a native ol Iowa, who
died at Thermopolis on December -'5, 1900, leav-
ing two sons, Roy and Lester. In 1902 he was
married a second time, being united with Mrs.
Dora Barker, also a native of Iowa. He is a
stockholder in the electric light plant of the town,
having given his aid to the installation of the
53 Mem in order to secure its benefits for the com-
munity and help along the progress of the town.
And in the same way he is connected with var-
ious other public utilities and private enterprises
which contribute to the general weal, although
by no means ostentatiously a philanthropist or
promoter.
ARCHIE R. MARCHESSAULT.
There have been no greater factors in the
development of the Great West and Northwest
than the brave Canadians of French extraction
who have everywhere distinguished themselves
by their daring and brave pioneering and by the
civilization that has never failed to follow in
their footsteps. Mr. Marchessault is one of the
men of this race who has manifested in the pres-
ent generation the progressive characteristics
shown so often by his ancestors in the preceding
periods of our history. His life and activities
find a fitting place in this volume, as he is a.
strong, self-reliant man, who, having been de-
pendent upon himself since early youth, has come
to regard ordinary obstacles in the way of his
progress as but trifles that vanish like shadows
when attacked by zeal and determination.
Archie R. Marchessault, now a prominent stock-
man of Uinta county, Wyoming, his highly im-
proved and developed home ranch lying on
Smith's Fork, near the pleasantly located town
of Mt. View, was born near L'Acadie in the
Dominion of Canada, on March 13, 1857, a son
of Simon and Florence (Beauchard) Marchess-
ault, both natives of Canada and of French line-
age, their ancestry running back for generations
into tented held, and knightly endeavor in the
fair land of Knmce. The father was a farmer,
adding to the slender produce of the sterile
acreage by his diligent handiwork as a black-
smith, his father, Levi, being for long \ears the
proprietor of a small hotel. The fourth in a
family of ten childtvn. even of whom a>'e now
living, the luxuries of life were not in great
evidence for Archie, but in the parish school be
acquired a correct knowledge of the French
language, which formed a solid base for the
education he has diligently pursued under his
< iwn instruction in the United States, a know-
ledge of scholastic English being a portion of the
curriculum. When but thirteen years of age the
courageous youth crossed the international
boundary, and as he possessed a strong vitality,
he could and did find employment in brickyards
and icehouses, the heavy toil there necessary only
hardening his muscles and being a fitting pre-
paration for his after life and labors in the far
west. Feeling assured that in that free land be-
yond the great western plains were opportu-
nities for carving out a successful career, in
1876 Mr. Marchessault took the long trail for the
west, never stopping until he reached the terri-
tory of Utah, his initial employment here being
mining in the camps of the Atlas and Frisco dis-
tricts. A year later he was in the mining region
of Nevada, where he tried both farming and
mining, not meeting success enough however to
prevent him from saying farewell and leaving
Elko, his last location, and pressing on to the
Wood River country of Idaho, where he mined
and freighted for a ' year and then came to
Evanston, Wyo., where he became identified
with railroading as a brakeman and a fireman on
the Union Pacific, "leaving the road" to become
an employe for a year of the great stockman
Phil Masson, his operations being conducted on
Henry's Fork. Being thus well equipped with
the technical knowledge necessary to a success-
ful and profitable adventure for himself in the
cattle industry, Mr. Marchessault secured a
squatter's right on a portion of the land now
constituting his fine landed estate, and engaged
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OF IVYOM1
in tin 5S, in which he has -1
Nl.il! and judgment and in which
tinues, being bountifully pi
his lu-rds increasing from year in u-ar un-
. liininislH-d by sale, which only tends to his
prosperity. When the reservation land
thro\\n open to settlement, he tilid on the place
nou constitutiiiL- hi- home ranch, \\ln
consists of 240 acres oi ''\cellent mea<lo\v land
under intelligent improvement of a high order.
while three miles helo\v he is the owner of an-
other choir-' M«I acres. | |e has raised horsrs,
cattle, and sheep and is known as one of the
darin < >rs in his line, lie has at ]>'
a large numher of cattle, mostly milk cows. while
his sheep have hern reduced bv sale to twn hands.
lie If.- won his way to wealth liy an earnesl
and a determination that few men possess, while,
IIUUL: courteous in his manner, entertain!]'
his conversation and generous in his impulses
and hospitality, he has made warm and lasting
friendships and his family holds a high place
ng the peopli of the entire county. He is
.•iilnrly happy in his domestic life and has
11. i di ' 'litical hi mors, al-
though loyal and energetic in his support of the
Republican par;-, as a meinher in the ranks. ( >u
March i). iSS;. occurred the wedding of Mr.
Marchessault with Miss I'.elle |. Harvey, a
liter of \Yilliam and \gue> iMcCnll
Harvey, natives of Scotland, her native place
however. lieing Mnscatiue. Iowa. The children
of thi co couple are Florence \. . ' 'lyle
\V: Robert R.; Max A.: Victor G. ; Myrtle R.;
dr.-icc \\". M., and a heautifnl fragrance of hi
pitality i-manates from the home.
T1K MAS MATTHEWS.
it- all which the term implies and
holding distinctive prestige as a business man
and citi/cn "1'homas Maltlu-us U a splendid ex-
ample of the wide-awake, enterprising cla
men who in recent years have d"iie SO much to
develop the wonderful resources of the '
\\e-t and advertise its manifold advantagi
the world. \ltliotigh a n :hei state
he h.' ami important husine-
Wv.-, -I during the last twenty
identified with the ma'
development of th • •!!. Ill
William ami Xancy ( King) Matthews, were
amoi , i rv earliest 'hern
- tiling in ( joiixales county about 1^5.
where the father hi-ca: if the most extell-
:rs of that region, ovvni-
time nearly s.oo^i acres of land, the greater part
to his p — ession by i
;dier during the Mexican \\'ar.
1 K \ :nl and inlluential
of his county, accumulated valuable propi-rt-
wideh known '. nt Southern
Texas as a farmer and stockman: he died in
iS^d, his \vido\\ surviving until tSi/j. T!
X. Mattl born in i
' pril 14. iS.|o. I le was a la<
\\hen his father died, and to his mother's faith-
ful care and guidance is he indebted for his early
ting and for much of the success uith which
his ri] i n crowned. At the p
and
until ei-hteeii vears old remained with his
mother mi the home farm, looking after her in-
- and .1- 0 run the pi.1' ' \pril
23, i Si 17, when but little p.'ist eigir
' ill marriage with Miss Faunic
Walker, a native of Tennessee and a daught
Allen Walker, the ceremony being solemi
in the city of i 'U the division of
Mher's estate about I .' fell ti ' If -
Thomas, who. on this, set up his tlrsi
establishment nd sna'i
• . building Up
lucrative and for a number
ranking with the lead:' men and succ,
farmers of his rial the
repul ' an intelligent and pnhli.
man of affairs. Ib continued in Pexas until
iSSt wlii'ii b • in-
ti rests there .
lie i.i Wvouiini;. ; 'ich near
(iillette which he still owns. Since transferring
his interests to this Male Mr. Matthews bas re-
doubled his , .hull) forgm- to the
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
front until he became one of the most extensive
stockmen in Weston count)', beside holding large
and valuable possessions elsewhere. His family
joined him in 1889, when he disposed of the res-
idue of his property in Texas, and in 1895
he moved to his present home in the town of
Spearfish, South Dakota. Mr. Matthews owns
a large amount of fine grazing land in South
Dakota, which is well stocked with cattle and
horses, his son Thomas being jointly interested
with him and giving personal attention to the
business in Wyoming. Mr. Matthews has
steadily increased his realty and his business con-
tinues to grow in magnitude and importance
with each recurring year. His various ranches
are admirably situated and with the improve-
ments which he has added from time to time are
now among th6 most valuable properties of the
kind in the west. He owns an elegant modern
residence in Spearfish, abundantly supplied with
the comforts and conveniences calculated to
make life desirable, and in addition thereto has
nearly i, ooo acres of land in close proximity to
the city. In many respects the subject of this
sketch is more than an ordinary man, for his
career has been attended with financial success,
such as few achieve and he has made his presence
felt as a forceful factor in business circles and
in the public affairs of his city and state. His
methods have always been honorable and in his
relations with his fellow men no shade or sus-
picion of a questionable transaction has ever
attached to his good name. His private char-
acter is above reproach and as a neighbor,
friend and citizen his record will bear the closest
and most exacting scrutiny. By deeds of gen-
erosity and kindness extending through a long
period of years he has won and retained strong
personal attachments, and it is doubtful if a
more useful or popular individual can be found
in the city of his residence, or in any part of the
country where he is so well and favorably known.
Mr. Matthews' first wife, to whom reference is
made in a preceding paragraph, bore him five
children and departed this life in August, 1894;
her body was taken to Gonzales, Tex., where
amid quiet scenes and peaceful shades, it will
sleep until awakened by the angel of the resur-
rection. The following are the names of her
children James, Thomas, Addie and Ida, twins,
and Cora, all deceased except Thomas. His
second marriage was solemnized on April i,
1895, in Deadwood, S. D., with Carrie Minegh,
a native of Illinois and a daughter of George
Minegh, Esq. Mrs. Matthews is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church of Spearfish and has
a large acquaintance among the best social cir-
cles of that city. While not personally identified
with any religious organization, Mr. Matthews
believes in the church as a great moral force and
is a liberal contributor to its beneficences. All
other enterprises having for their object the im-
provement of society or the elevation of the
standard of citizenship also find in him a zealous
friend and liberal patron.
JOHN McNISH.
This gentlemanly and accommodating post-
master at Viola, Uinta county, Wyoming, now at
the entrance of the prime of manhood, was born
in Green county, Wis., a son of Alexander and
Elizabeth (Chadwick) McNish, a native of Glas-
gow, Scotland, the father coming to the United
States in 1856, following here the occupation of
blacksmith and farmer until his death in 1890,
at the age of seventy-six years. He was one of
the pioneers of Wisconsin, and with the usual
foresight, skill and thrifty habits of his country-
men, became one of the most prosperous and re-
spected citizens of his adopted county of Green.
The mother of John McNish, born in Pennsyl-
vania, was united in marriage with her husband
in Wisconsin and there she died in 1872. John
McNish had just attained his majority when he
came to Wyoming and for the first eleven years
after his arrival in the state he was employed as
a drover, and then, in 1884, having acquired
some capital, he entered a desert claim on La-
barge Creek and began the raising of cattle on
his own account. Here he has made many im-
provements and has one of the best ranches in
the country. Straightforward in all his dealings
he has established for himself a reputation for
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF 1VYOMIXC.
265
integrity unsurpassed in the county. The mar-
riage of John McNish to Miss Lillie Price was
celebrated in 1891. She was the accomplished
daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mott)
Price, and a native of Missouri. But Mr. Mc-
Xish was untimely bereft by the loss of his help-
mate, and to his fatherly care there were left
two children, Venus and Ellis, to whom he de-
votes solicitous care and tender attention. It is
now about six years since Mr. McNish, a zealous
Democrat in politics, was appointed postmaster
at Viola, but in the performance of the duties of
this office he has given eminent satisfaction to
the public and the Postoffice Department.
SHERMAN T. MAJOR.
In the lineage of this genial and energetic
member of the firm of Nickerson & Major, pro-
prietors of the Palace Pharmacy of Lander, the
versatility and vivacity of the Canadian and the
industry and thrift of the prairie farmer of Illi-
nois unite. His life began on June 8, 1865, in
Vermilion county. 111., where his father, Samuel
Major, a Canadian by birth, died in 1890 aged
sixty years, after a career of patriotic and pro-
ductive usefulness. At the call of his country
nlisted in the Twenty-third Illinois Infantry
e of the Union and served three years,
"-Ting in many important battles and accom-
paning Sherman on his renowned march to the
sea. His wife, Margaret (Smith) Major, who
was Imrn and reared in Illinois, survived him un-
til lune, 1891, and then died while on a visit to
her son in Wyoming. They were the parents of
two sons, both of whom are living in this state.
Sherman, the elder, attended the district schools
of Illinois until he was fourteen years old. then.
lining the business of life for himself, lie
removed to Kansas and passed three years and
i a clerk and salesman in antile
. laMishment. From Kansas he made his way
to Minnesota \\hcre he worked 6 ir in
(lie livery business. He then returned to his
home and during the next three years worked
for his parents <>n the farm. In 1888 he came
to Wyoming and accepted employment with
'
Mr. McLauglilin "ii 'tis ranch near Lander for
a year, then rode the range for another year, at
the end of \vhich he entered the service of the
U. S. government with the Shoshone Indian
agency, where he remained four years and two
months. During the following two years he con-
ducted the hotel at Fort Washakie, after which
he was engaged for two years in the cattle busi-
ness in the Big Horn country in company with
F. K. McCoy. In 1900 he joined his present
partner, Oro K. Nickerson, in the purchase of the
stock and store of the Palace Pharmacy at Lan-
der, in which he has since been actively and pro-
fitably occupied. This establishment, both in
the stock it carries and the manner in which it
is conducted, is a credit to the town and is much
appreciated by its large and expanding list of
patrons. Mr. Major is a capable and enterpris-
ing business man. keenly alive to the needs of
his trade and section, genial and obliging in man-
ner, earnestly interested in the growth and de-
velopment of his city and county and of firm
faith in their continuing prosperity and advance-
ment. He is a member of Lander Lodge No. 10,
Knights of Pythias. On January 6, 1892. he
married with Miss Mary A. Shere of Fort
Washakie, a lady of English ancestry and they
have one child, Sibyl A. Major.
ROBERT MILLER.
The sons of "Bonnie Scotland" are every-
where found in the leading ranks of human en-
I i\i>r, and the} have played a distinguished
part in the toils and endnrane.-, the labors and the
achievements lhaf have resiilti -d in the er<
of the great west. Perhaps in no field of indus-
trial activity has their beneficial presence been
marl ed than in the mining of coal. <>ne "t~
the most important branches of our present in-
dustries, for Scottish intelligence and
thrift. C"inhincd with a thorough technical
knowledge of mining, and indefatigable industry,
if given a good opportunity, rarely fail to win
a success worthy of i \ notabl
ample of this is presented in the life of Robert
Miller, now a prominent and esteemed citizen of
J, ,1 ,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Hvanston, Wyoming, who was born on February
3, 1861, at Knightsw'H ><!. County Dunbarton,
Scotland, being a son of David and Elizabeth
(Dougherty) .Miller, and descending from fami-
lies running back an unknown number of genera-
tions in his native land. David Miller, born in
Scotland in 1819. a son of Walter Miller, a life-
long resident of Dunbarton county, acquired
a solid education in the national schools, and lor
man\r years was engaged in coal-mining, which
vocation he diligently followed until coming to
the United States in 1883, marrying and rearing
a family of nine children in the old country. .Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller, born in 1823, a faithful and
beneficial wife and mother, passed from earth
to those activities that have no weariness, at Al-
my, Wyo., at the age of seventy-eight years, long
surviving her husband, who died and was
buried at Evanston in 1890. After a residence
of two years at Echo, Utah, their life in the
West was passed at Almy. Wy<>., where they
were highly esteemed members of society and de-
voted members of the Presbyterian church. Ro-
bert Miller had the Scotch desire for knowledge,
availing himself of all the school advantages he
could obtain and supplementing these by observ-
ant reading of valuable authors. Of course his
environments made him a miner and he became
well grounded in its technical knowledge which
was assisted by constant observation and a keen
intellect. Preceding his parents to this country
by one year, in 1882 he became identified with
mining at Echo, Utah, for three years, thence
proceeding to Almy. Uinta county, Wyo.. and
continuing the industry there for more than a
decade. For three years he was employed in the
silver mines at Park City, Utah, coming from
that place to Frontier, Wyo., where he followed
mining until his special qualifications and fitness
for public life caused him to be placed in re-
sponsible positions of trust and confidence. In
1892. as a Republican, he was elected State Sena-
tor for the county of Uinta and served his con-
stituents well and faithfully in the Legislatures
of 1893 and 1895. He was decidedly a working
member of the Senate, carrying the same indus-
try and integrity into his official life that were
prominent characteristics of his every day exis-
tence among the people and he has won many
friends. In 1900 he was elected clerk of the
District Court and in 1902 was again the
choice of the Republican party for the same
office, to which he was again elected by one of
the largest majorities ever given to any candidate
in the county and he is now holding the office,
being very popular with the people, the court
and the legal fraternity. By his marriage on
January j<>. iSSy. with Miss Ellen G. Hunter,
a native of Pennsylvania, he has four children ;
Mary A. ; David H. ; Goldie M. ; Robert N. Mil-
ler, their mother being the daughter of Robert N.
and Mary (McDonald) Hunter, and her pater-
nal grandfather, John Hunter, of Scotland, bet-
ter known in the old country by his popular name
of "Clydeside Johnnie," at one time lived in the
United States, being a man of wide experience
and great power as an orator, acquiring distinc-
tion for his sterling advocacy of all causes tend-
ing to the amelioration of the condition of the
miners of Scotland. Her father was born in
Scotland, but he has lived for more than forty
years in America and now resides, a respected
citizen at Cumberland, Wyo.
ANDREW NEILSON.
The general public has ever taken an in-
terest in tracing the career of a man starting in
life handicapped in many ways, but who not-
withstanding obstacles or unfavorable environ-
ment, pushes courageously to the front until he
finally reaches the goal of success. The life of
the self-made man whose name appears above
affords an impressive example of what energy,
when properly directed and controlled, may ac-
complish in surmounting unfavorable conditions
and lifting its possessor from a lowly station to
affluence and usefulness. Andrew Neilson is
a typical representation of sterling Scottish man-
hood and. although of foreign birth, is none the
less loyal to the government under which he now
lives or none the less a lover of the country in
which his most pronounced success has been
achieved. He was born in Rutherg'lend. Scot-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
267
land, on September 28. 1801. the son of . \ndrew
and Elizabeth (Grant) Ncilsoii. natives of that
country. For facts concerning Andrew and
Elizabeth Neilson the reader is respectfully re-
ferred to the biograplu of lv>bert Ncilson to be
found elsewhere in this volume. Andrew Xeil-
SOn passed his childhood and youth in his native
land, at an early age being apprenticed to learn
the painters' trade. After serving his appren
ticeship andwbecoming an efficient workman he
came to the United States with his parents and
for some time thereafter followed his trade in
Pittstoii. Pa., where he remained until 1885, in
November of that year coming to Larainie o>un-
t\. \\ yo., \vhere for several weeks he stopped
\\ith a cousin, Duncan Grant, meanwhile looking
over the country to find a favorable locality
wherein to settle. Leaving his relation. Mr
Neilson went to Cheyenne and after remaining
there a few months invested his means in a herd
of cattle, which he drove to the mountains near
I.aramie Peak to pasture until the following
spring. The winter being excessively severe
fullv one-half of his cattle died, entailing a
loss which would have disheartened a less
courageous man. Returning from the mountains
with the remainder of his herd, he took up his
present ranch on Sybylle Creek, seven miles
soutliwest of \Yheatland, and purchasing more
cattle, he resolutely faced the future, determined
i; possible tn retrieve his fortune. In this laud-
able ambition in- has been eminently .successful,
'•asily ranking with the leading stockmen of
that parl of Wyoming \\here he operates. Mr.
NeiKon began cattleraising jn a modest v, a\ and
notwithstanding the severe experii ice at the
i < 'iiimenecnicnt his business has gradually ad-
vanced until loday he has accumulated a nice' lil-
tle fortune, wliich. places him in independent cir-
cumstances. ||, is f.-nniliar with ever) detail of
the industry and the success of bis past endea\ors
is an earnest of still larger transactions and con-
tinued prosperity in years to come. Mr. Neilson
pays especial attention to |,]oo,l,,l stoek and on
his place may be seen some of the finest
thorough bn-d c.-.ttle in his section of the conn-
try. Mis ranch, which contains 640 acres, is
finely situated for live stock purposes., the gri
part being quite level and overgrown with a
rank growth of nutritions grasses well ada
for grazing and for hay. In addition to this he
- other lands. Mr. Xeilson's ranch contains
a number of substantial improvements and the
condition of everything on the premises induai.
the spirit of thrift and progress. Mis home is
comfortable and attractive, no pains has been
spared to make it the dearest spot on earth to
the inmates. A man of enterprising spirit he
takes an active interest in whatever tends to build
up the community materially or otherwise and as
a neighbor he is popular, as a friend loyal and
steadfast, while in every relation of life
bis conduct has been upright, manly and
above reproach. Mr. Xeilson was most happily
married on March _'S. i<ioo. with Miss Ivy
Curtis, a daughter of Wells A. and Caroline
(Wemple) Curtis, the ceremony being solem-
nized at the pleasant residence ol Mrs. Mor-
ris, a sister til" the bride, whose father was
born in Xew York, her mother in Pennsyl-
vania, their marriage occurring in Iowa, of which
state they were early pioneers. \fter the death
of his wife in iSj- Mr. Curtis went to Colorado.
locating at Fort Collins near which place he en-
gaged in the stock business. He died on March
7. iS'io. and was buried at l:ort Collins. Mrs.
Xeilson is a native of Iowa and has horn.
husband one child. Andrew A., whose birth oc-
curred on April 4. KJOI. Mr. Xeilson is a mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity and in politics sup-
ports the Republican party. The ' 0 egation-
alist church embodies his religions creed, him-
self and wife being members of that com-
munion.
CHARLES W. M( IRGAREIDGE.
The conquest of man over nature, an inspir-
ing theme in all its phases, is in nothing more
complete, perhaps, than in the propagation rind
distribution of choice varieties of fish, and this
industr\ has grown to enormous proportion-
-ceedingly interesting as a subject of obser-
vation and stiuly, either in general or in detail.
268
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
The limits of this publication do not allow
specific attention to the subject farther than to
say that its control and management must be in
competent hands and then good results are sure
to follow. In this respect the State Fish Hatch-
ery of Wyoming is most fortunate in having at
its head the accomplished gentleman who forms
the subject of the present writing, Charles W.
Morgareidge, who is closely identified with the
history of the state, having passed more than a
generation of human life within her borders. He
i:- a native of Ohio where he was born in 1855,
the son of Simeon and Eliza (Coffee) Mor-
gareidge, also natives of Ohio. When he was
about fifteen years of age his parents came to
Nebraska, settling: at Rawlins, and in 1870 their
son Charles came to Wyoming and soon entered
the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad as a
boilermaker and continued as a brakeman. He
remained with the company four years, then was
engaged in the stock industry for twelve more
years, when he came to Sheridan and opened an
establishment as a furniture dealer and under-
taker which he conducted successfully until 1898.
He was then appointed superintendent of the
State Fish Hatchery by Governor Richards, hold-
ing the position continuously since that time
and having to liis credit a record of fidelity and
skill in the discharge of his official duties, under
which the business of the institution has greatly
prospered and the state's interests have not only
been well protected, but expanded in value. Mr.
Morgareidge was married in 1885, in Johnson
county, Wyo., to Miss Nellie V. Harris, a daugh-
ter of B. B. Hairis of Colorado, a cousin of the
late Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, for many years
a distinguished member of Congress from Ohio.
They have three children, Blanche, C. B. and
Annie. Since 1899 Mrs, Morgareidge has been
the postmistress at Wolf, where they live, and
has conducted the office with general accepta-
bility. The head of the house still owns his
residence property in Sheridan City, with other
holdings of value. He is an active member of the
Masonic fraternity and takes great interest in
the progress and proceedings of its lodges. In
1876 and 1877 he was in the service of the U. S.
Government, packing provisions for the troops
in the field. Always and everywhere he has been
ready and willing to take his part in any move-
ment for the good of the community, the benefit
of his county, his state or his country. His in-
fluence is generally recognized in local affairs,
and his zealous, upright and serviceable citizen-
ship furnishes an inspiring example to his
fellows.
HARRISON J. NEWELL.
One of the oldest residents of Albany county,
Wyoming, and one of the representative citizens
of that section of the state, is Harrison J. New-
ell, whose address is Spring Hill. He was born
October 12, 1831, a native of Wayne county, in
the state of Ohio, and the son of James and
-Elizabeth (Coder) Newell, the former a native
of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. His fa-
ther was a farmer in Wayne county, Ohio, and
removed from that state to Iowa in 1837, where
he settled in the county of Louisa, being one of
the earliest of its pioneers. He was a resident
of the state during the Indian wars and all of his
life was passed on the frontier. In 1847, ne re-
moved to Black Hawk county, where he engaged
in farming and continued in that pursuit up to
the time of his death, in 1872. The mother passed
from earth in 1838, and was buried in Louisa
county, Iowa. Harrison J. Newell grew to man-
hood in Iowa, and received his early schooling in
Louisa and Black Hawk counties, although his
opportunities for attendance in school in those
pioneer days were very limited. He did his best
to acquire an education and was enabled to a
large extent to supply the deficiencies of his early
training. He remained at the paternal home as-
sisting his father in the work and management
of the farm until he had attained to the age of
twenty-one years. He then set out in life for
himself and in 1852 purchased a farm in Black
Hawk county, Iowa, near his old home, and en-
gaged in both farming and stockgrowing with
fair success in his operations until iSSi when he
removed his residence to the then territory of
Wyoming, there establishing his home in the vi-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM
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cinity of Eagle Mountain and engaged in pros-
pecting and mining until the following- year,
when he returned to Iowa and brought his lam-
ilv to his new home at Eagle Mountain. He
continued mining until the fall of tSSj, then
seeing a favorable opportunity to engage in the
>s, he returned to his former Iowa
i e and purchased cattle which he brought
to V •;. and located upon his pn
ranch in Horseshoe Park, lying about thirty-five
miles south of the city of Douglas. He has
since that time been continuously engaged in
raising cattle and horses, and has been very suc-
Eul, being now the owner of a large, well im--
<1 ranch, well fenced and with suitable
buildings for the convenient operation of his e\-
! aisiness, and is one of the progress-
ive and representative men of his section of 'Wyo-
ming. On November 20, 1856, Mr. Newell was
united in marriage in Black Hawk county, Iowa,
to diss Sarah Jane Benham, a native of Ohio,
and a daughter of William and Sarah ( Pri<
Bcnham, also of that state, standing
ili' besl known and respected citi
Mr. in! Mrs. Newell have had seven chil
Martha > Alary M., Frank M., Em-
AL. !•". Elma ( deo • \1. (de-
H. The thn -ed daughters
are buried in Black Hawk county, Iowa. Mr.
Nev. rich adherent of the Denial
party, and a conscientious ad nrin-
ciples. During his long life he has sometimes
in activi ind 1 ' part in public a E-
Eair , but ha.- never mghl or desired public of-
fice. He i- oni of the substantial and
vative business men of Uban) county, \\'hose
long life has beeq full of usefulness to bis fel-
low men am! lie i- held in high i '
,
( '!« > K. NICK!
I "ni|iir-li< mably . me of il: ities
ill a (•ipiiiiiiunity is a good and reliable drug
"M1 it adds much to tli .if mind and com-
fort of the community to kimv m-h an in-
-titutioii in its mid-t i- proper! conducted. The
of Lander have tin- source of comfort
in the excellent pharmacy conducted in their
by Messrs. Nickerson & Major. The sen-
ior proprietor, Mr. Oro K. Nickerson, was born
at Miners' Delight, Wyoming, on August 30,
. the son of Herman G. and Hattie J. (Kel-
• •. ii itives of Ohio from whence the
father emigrated to Wvoming in 1866 and the
mother in 1872. They are still living in the state
of their adoption, the father being at this writ-
ing India at the Shoshone agency.
Lander. He has always been a man of
: commei • tivity in pub-
lic affairs. Oro K. Ni. received his schol-
astic education in the public schools of Fremont
county and afterward attended the Stout Manual
Training School of Wisconsin and the depart-
: of Pharmacy at the University of Minne-
sota. He was graduated in pharmacy in 1896
and at once was empl> a druggist's clerk
in -Minn. .here he remained two years.
At the end of that period he came to Wyoming
-.vent to work in the same capacity for Mr.
Kcister. of Lander. In 1900 he and Sherman T.
Major bough ck and store of the Palace
I'h.'rmacy. which they are still conducting
id with a complete line of the
best drugs and chemicals. They give special at-
ipounding prescriptions, using none
but the hi -i and freshest drugs, combining them
with greal care and si i!!. i : a -full
and attractive stock of liquors, toilet goods and
fancy articles, such 3 • nally found in an
M.I i-dati drug i re ind by their enterprise and
... ention to the tast of their
ms i he;, satisf) i i nds of a
and growing trade. Mr. \ ••
breadth of view and public spirit.
takii and ser , • all mat-
iiiceru for th
the community. He i-- an earnes'
holding membership in Fiv-
•< No, [I, I. O. O. F. < >n Align.-! jj. 1900,
in Wisconsin, he \ielded to the tlowcn
1 \\as united in marriage with Miss Es-
sie L. Cook of ibal -tate, a daughter of ( ,,
DeMoe) Cook, and one child.
K.. Jr.. lias ble-sed their union. Mr. Xi.
tin C iptain of ( 'o. I',. \\'\oming Na1
2JO
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMI\(,.
FRED F. XOl'.LE.
The youngest of six children and left an or-
phan by the death of her father when she was
hut seven years old, Fred F. Noble, one of the
proprietors and the cashier of the banking in-
stitution of Noble, Lane & Noble, one of the
leading commercial enterprises of the little town
of Lander, has brought himself into conse-
quence and public esteem in spite of adverse cir-
cumstances and the want of fortune's favors. He
was horn at Sacketts Harbor. N. Y., on August
i iS(>2. the son of Mr. William N. and Jane A.
(Payne) Xoble, prosperous farmers of that vi-
cinity. His father, who was a native of Eng-
land, practiced civil engineering in connection
with his farming operations and was an in-
fluential man in the community, when at the age
of forty-five an untimely death ended his useful-
ness, leaving his young family to their o\vn re-
sources. His widow, a native of New York, sur-
vived him until 1892, when she died at the age
of sixty-seven years. Their youngest son, Fred
F. Xoble, attended the public schools of his na-
tive place until he nearly reached his maturity
and then secured a course of business training
at an excellent commercial college at Gibson, N.
Y., from which he was graduated in 1882. Lie
at once came to the west and, settling in Wyo-
ming, began his creditable business career as a
bookkeeper for Noble & Lane at the Shoshone
Indian agency. Eight years of active and profit-
able service there secured him general esteem as
a business man and in 1890 he removed to Lan-
der, there entering upon duty as cashier of the
bank with which he is still connected and to
whose development he has essentially contrib-
uted. He also has valuable interests in the stock
business in connection with the Noble, Carmody
& Ivens Live Stock Co., which, without ostenta-
tion, carries on an extensive and profitable trade
in that commodity which has made Wyoming
great and respected in the commercial world.
]\lr. Noble was married on February 13, 1895,
at Lander, with Miss Isabella C. -Ewing, a
daughter of John and Eleanor Ewing. natives
and residents of Grimsbv, England, where their
families have been people of standing and in-
tluener for generations. Mr. and Mrs. Xoble
have two children, Everett E. and Marie, and
are active and useful members of the Kpiscopal
church, having a firm hold on the regard of the
community in both a social and a public way.
Their home is a center of refined and genial hos-
pitality, contributing as much to the amenities of
life in the town as Mr. Noble's business does
to its financial and mercantile welfare.
JOHN W. PADGET, M. D.
Prepared for public and professional life by
a thorough collegiate and technical education,
and having gathered wisdom and experience
from an extensive practice of his profession in
half a dozen states, Dr. John W. Padget, of
Lander, is justly entitled-to the eminence he holds
in his life-work and fully justifies by natural ap-
titude, acquired knowledge and skill the high re-
gard in which he is held as a physician. He was
born in Dallas county, Missouri, on April 14.
1863, a son of Elias M. and Orlena (Holson)
Padget. who removed from Tennessee to Mis-
siouri in their early married life. The Doctor re-
ceived a careful academic education in the Mis-
souri University at Cobia. and in the medical
department of that institution and of the Mis-
souri Medical College at St. Louis he was well
prepared in both the theoretical and the clinical
departments of his profession, being graduated
from the latter institution in 1883. After prac-
ticing for one year at Winfield. Kan., he returned
to his native state and practiced at Louisburg un-
til tSSS. At that time he was appointed physi-
ian at the Xez Perces Indiant agency in Idaho,
remaining in that position until October 25,
1889, when he removed to Palouse. Wash., and
practiced there until June. 1895. During the
next three or four years he was located at differ-
ent times at Caldwell. Idaho. Anaconda and
Bridger, Mont., and elsewhere. In November,
1899, he located at Lander, where he has since
resided and built up an extensive and profitable
practice, taking a leading place in the ranks of
the profession and in the general regard of the
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
271
people, socially .is well as professionally, llr
participates acti\ely in public affairs, serving on
llu1 Ma ft" (if the commander in the Wyoming
National Cnard as a first lieutenant, freely giv-
ing liis void anil intlnence in l)ehalf of every
good enterprise for the advantage of the county
and stale in which he lives. ( >n I Ictoher to,
iSS;. he was united in marriage with Miss |.
Ellen Carter, a daughter of Dr. James F.. and
1 lepsehx ( 'artcr. natives of Tennessee and he-
ng to families long prominent in that state.
Three of their tour children are living, Elias
Mon ford. Krncst F.d\vard and Orleiia ; Clare
died at the age of six years in Spokane. Wash.,
one year after the death of her mother, who
ed awa} on February i, iSci;. at 1'alouse in
that state,
CHARLES C. PALMER.
In this enlightened and utilitarian age. when
men of industry, energy and merit are rapidly
pushing themselves to the front, those who by
their own unaided efforts have won favor in po-
sitions of trust may properly claim recognition.
Within the last quarter of a century there have
to the ( ireal West men of moderate finan-
cial resources hut evincing that sturdy indcpeiid
nice and determination which entitles them to a
place in the history of tile section with which
th''\ ha\e been identified- The career of Mr.
' ! • les < '. Palm( r forcibly illustrate-, the pos
sihilities open to a man possessing keen intelli-
gence and sterling hiisincss qualifications and it
proves that neither wealth, social position, nor
(lie a^jstancc of influential friends is 'it all req-
uisite in placing an individual on the road to
sncci ' "-l,s ( '. Palmer, manager of th<-
Pratt and Ferris Cattle Co.'s interests in | .;,,--
amic county. \V\oniing, was horn in Washin^-
I' "i count] . l\ii< ide l-land. on Januarv 6, .
tOl < ime to this country in an early
From En -1 ind, si tiling in Rhode Island
v. here the famiK h,-is been > i d Tor a
i many years. i>HVer ( ,. Palmer, the father
of tile one of \\hoin we writing, was
h' >rii and reared in the ab • . passin
of his life in the county of Washington. d\ing
in .March. iX(>^. l',y occupation he was a >hoe-
maker; his wife, formerly .Miss l.vdia I
Was also a native of Rhode Island, and some time
after his death she went to Illinois, thence to
Xehraska, dying in the latter state in 1 >cccinber,
iSS-. Charles ( '. Palmer was (|iiile a small
child when his father died and to his mother's
careful training is he largely indebted tor the in-
struction and admonition which ;_;a\e lient to his
destiny for good. When ten years old he accom-
panied her to Piper City. Ford comity. 111., where
the family lived from 1870 until iSSo. Charles
meanwhile attending school. The educational
discipline acquired at Piper City was supple-
mented hy a full course at ( irand Prairie Semi-
nary. ( )narga, 111., where he pursued his studies
until attaining his majority, when he engi
in agricultural pursuits in Ford couiuy. where he
remained uniil [886, when he accompanied his
mother to Cheyenne connt\, Xeh.. now Scotts
I'.lulTs counU . and entered a tract of go\ern-
menl land. He retained this plaa until iSm
when he came to Wyoming, settling in Laramie
count v. where he carried on agriculture until the
spring of iS<jj, then going to the northern part
of the state and. engaging in ranch work near
the town of Sheridan, he continued in that ca-
•• during the ensuing six years. In I Si 15 he
accepted a position with tin Trail and Ferris
Cattle Co., to lake charge of the ranches
the aho\ e place and from that time to the pres-
ent he has looked after their interest-- in va-
rious parts of the country. F'or three years he
was foreman of the I'.ig Red ranch, the home and
headquarters of the company, on oi the larg-
CSl and best improved properties of the kind ill
the state. In the spring of iSoS he was tl
ferred to the ranch on Platte River, twelve
miles easl of Fort I.aramie. of which he has
In MI superintendent to the present time. This
is also a large and valnahle pr iving the
finest building ranch in ibis seCtii >n of ilk-
stale and being one of the most iinpoit.ml of the
company's possessions. \s foreman and man-
iger i interests intrusted t< < him Mr.
Palmer has demonstrated not . ml\ sound jlidg-
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incut and executive ability of a high order, but
has also become one of the most experienced
stockmen in Wyoming. By making his employ-
er's interests his own, he has won their un-
bounded confidence and in all matters of busi-
ness pertaining to the ranch with which he is
connected his advice and counsel have much
weight. His experience has been such as to
gain not only the good will of the company, but
that of other stockmen of this part of the state,
among whom he is held in high personal es-
teem. Mr. Palmer has maintained a lively in-
terest in all that pertains to the legitimate ad-
vancement and material prosperity of the county
in which he lives, believing in enterprise in all
the term implies, he has bent all of his energies
in that direction and in many ways has contrib-
uted to the industrial and general development
of his part of the state. In addition to the high
position he holds, Mr. Palmer owns a ranch
which he rents, the property returning him a
liberal income besides annually advancing in
value. By industry and economy he has suc-
ceeded in acquiring no inconsiderable fortune,
being now in comfortable circumstances as far
as finances are concerned and well situated to
enjoy the fruits of his labors. A gentleman of
unimpeachable integrity he discharges the duties
of citizenship as becomes a loyal American and
true lover of his state and nation. He was mar-
ried in Ford county, 111., on January 13, 1881,
with Miss Jennie McLeod of that state, and is
the father of two children, Miss Fannie E. and
Harry M. Mr. Palmer has now the charge of
two ranches on the Platte, and both under his
able management have become among the most
valuable of the several large properties which the
Pratt and Ferris Company own.
WILLIAM WILSON NOTTINGHAM.
After years of interesting and not un-
profitable wandering in various states and ter-
ritories and trying his hand at a number of
different occupations, William W. Nottingham
found near unto Bighorn. Sheridan county,
WTyoming, a location suitable to his taste and
an occupation that has engaged his faculties
in a pleasing as well as a profitable manner.
He is one of the prosperous and progressive,
farmers and stockgrowers of the state and,
what is far more to his credit, his estate, both
in worldly wealth and public esteem, is the
legitimate fruit of his own energy, capacity
and upright, useful citizenship, being essentially
a self-made man in the better sense of the term,
having gathered his stores of wisdom in an exi-
gent personal experience and through a large
acquaintance with men and conditions. Mr. Not-
tingham was born on May 22, 1841, in Vir-
ginia, where the families of his parents, Henry
and Martha Nottingham, had long been domi-
ciled, coming over from England in Colonial
days. He lived on the farm with hi£ parents
and when he was sixteen years of age he came
west with his oldest brother and married sister,
by the consent of his parents, to Iowa, where
he worked on a farm and attended school in
the winter, completing there the education com-
menced in Virginia.' His parents went to Iowa
from Virginia in 1871 and there the father died
in 1882 and the mother in 1883. In 1860 Mr.
Nottingham joined the stampede to Pike's
Peak, crossing the plains with ox teams, and
after his arrival engaged in prospecting and
mining for a time, then went to farming near
Denver, in 1864 going to Boise, Idaho, and
soon after to Virginia City, Mont., where were
passed two years in mining, after which for
twelve years he conducted a freighting enter-
prise with ox teams. He had government con-
tracts, in addition to his private business, and
was able to make the venture profitable, not-
withstanding the continual hazard attending
it. While he was conducting this business, he
also had a stock ranch and carried on an in-
dustry in cattle with vigor and energy. In
1879 ne removed to the Yellowstone and se-
cured a contract from the government to supply
hay to the military posts in the country near by.
In 1880 he returned to his old Iowa home and,
buying land there, remained actively occupied in
farming it until 1886, when he sold out and again
came west, locating in Sheridan county, Wyo.,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
273
on the place which is now his home and on
which he is engaged in farming and stockraising
on a scale of magnitude commensurate with his
enterprising spirit and his excellent facilities. He
has 1,400 acres of deeded land and 880 acres un-
der lease. On these tracts he has large herd of
cattle and other stock and, while keeping pace
with the demands of the market in the volume
of his products, he is zealously raising his stand-
ard to the highest degree of excellence. But
Cting and interesting as is his business, it
has not taken all of Mr. Nottingham's time
and energy, for he is sedulously interested in
l he welfare of the community and has not
spared his efforts in that behalf. He served
four acceptable years as county commissioner
and has given much attention to educational
affairs. In 1881 was solemnized in Iowa his
marriage to Miss Belle Eads, a native of that
state. They have five children, all sons, S. Bu-
fonl, J. \\ ., < leorge I >., Don D. and Cecil Clay,
and all assisting in his business or building up
industries for themselves. Mr. Nottingham
enjoys in a marked degree the esteem of his
friends and acquaintances and stands high in
the good will and confidence of the public.
RONEY R. POMEROV.
The world judges a community by the char-
acter of its representative citizens and yields its
tribnh of admiration and respect to the genius.
learning or work of those wh< > e actions consti-
tute tli' record of prosperity and substantial ad-
vancement. It is this record that offers for <mr
consi ihi histor\ of men who, in their
character for enterprise, probity and the kindly
virtt1' I to the \oung examples worl '
emulation and among this elas- Stand
P. Pi imeroy, a nati1 Qi i n « hi >se life has
been one of consecntix * endeavor in business af-
. • iiiiilin- him i» representation among the
Useful citi/eii- nf the county in which lie
lives, lie i- a Hi cendant "f an "Id New
family that figured in the annals nf
achusetts during the Colonial period. His
lather. Ju-lin Pomeroy. a farmer, being a native
of that state and the mother, who bore the maid-
en name of Amy Runvon, was also of New
England birth. A number of years ago the
lather moved to Pickaway county, Ohio, where
!li i .1 ed agricultural pursuits until about 1862,
attention to broom-corn. From
Ohio he moved to Titusville, Pennsylvania, where
he run several stage lines and a hotel and livery.
In i8<>7 he came to \\ '•• miiing and located at the
month of Fontenelle (.'reek, where he remained
five years and about 1X7.' returned to Kansas,
: • \ears later moving his family to his former
location in Wyoming and subsequently changing
his abode to I . where his death occurred
on October 14. 1890; his faithful co
lowing him to the grave • ; lati r. They
were the pan IK children, three living at
the present time, R. R. Pomerov being !'•
born. He is a nar • >unty. 111., born on
January 10, 1844. Reared to agricultural pur-
suits he assisl oon • mugh
»tO be of praetieal and remained at home
until manhood came, when he began life for him-
self, choosing husbandry also for his \ "cation.
By utilizing ev< r, ad , if the winter terms
of school he acquired a familiar knuwkdgc of the
branches usually taught. After farming in
sas for four years he came to Y\ ~\ < d. in
1874. took- up I'm acres of land on '
Creek, Uinta county, for stockraising
Later he purchased from time to time contig
land until his place now embraces 600
nearly all irrigable and constantl; increasing in
value. Mr. Pmi- 0 ' • g in his - ;'ig in
a modest way but he has built < lucrative
business, running >m }OO to 60
cattle, in addition t" -beep and '.
I.!, grain md thus far has met with
: with the i
and perseverance put forth, tlis ranch li
a rich graxing district and abounds in all natural
intages \vitli the added one nf the many im-
ments he ha - made. I le ha- a pleasant
and is well situated t" enjoy lit"1
judging by what he has already in a
his future pr-i-pi-rii mvd.
IK lias ever maintained interest in public ai
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PROGRESSIVE MEX Ol: WYOMING.
and is an earnest advocate of internal improve-
ments, especially those having direct bearing up-
on the development of the country's resources.
He discharges the duties of citizenship as be-
comes a true American, is loyal to his state and
nation, being a sanguine believer in the future
of the great west. Since becoming a resident of
Uinta county his life has been very closely identi-
e<i with its interests, and in all probability the
community in which he now lives is destined to
be his home during the remainder of his earthly
pilgrimage. Mr. Pomeroy is a man of strong
domestic tastes and does all within his power to
make home what it should be, the dearest and
happiest spot on earth to himself and those de-
pendent upon him. In this laudable aim he is
heartily seconded by his good wife who, since
their marriage on September 3, 1868, has cooper-
ated with him in all of his efforts, not a little of
his success being due to her wise counsels and
encouragement. Her maiden name was Amanda
Mcllvain and she is the daughter of Mills and'
Rebekah (Stuart) Mcllvain, natives of Dele-
ware and Kentucky, and her marriage took
place in Lucas county. Iowa. This worthy couple
have had five children, four of whom are now
living, Eva V., wife of Cyrus Bowman of
Evanston ; Fanny, now Mrs. William Tomlinson
of Evanston ; Frank J. ; Florence.
JOHN WILKINSON.
The state of Wyoming, while one of the
youngest states in the Union, is one of the rich-
est in natural resources, and offers the greatest
rewards for energy, pluck and ability. While
rich in opportunities and promise, she is richer
still in the men who by their skill, foresight and
business ability have amassed great fortunes
from small and humble beginnings. Wyoming
"points with pride" to scores Of her leading
citizens, who, coming into her territory with lit-
tle or no capital save clear heads, strong hands
and indomitable courage and perseverance, have
built cities and established great business enter-
prises with the material which they found ready
to their hands. The entire western countv, with
its marvelous resources of forest, mine and field,
has offered splendid opportunities to the men of
daring and intrepid >pirit who found conditions in
the country farther east less inviting and gener-
ous and no section has held out greater promise
to the hand of honest endeavor than Wyoming.
Among the men of strong character and stead-
fast purpose whd were attracted to the then ter-
ritory of Wyoming, none came with clearer
head, firmer judgment, more confidence in the
future than John Wilkinson, now of Pine
riuffs. \Yvo., who is to-day the largest individ-
ual sheepowner and woolgrower of the state.
In 1887, when he first came to Wyoming, he
had only a small band and was practically with-
out means or financial backing. But he was a
man of great energy, industrious and perse-
vering, and was neither ashamed or afraid of
manual labor. The conspicuous success which
has crowned his efforts has not been the result
of accident or chance. It has been the logical
outcome of conditions which he found and of
circumstances which he created. The union of
these two elements, brought about by his
shrewdness, business judgment, mental grasp
and keen financial acumen has naturally pro-
duced his present prosperity, and established
for him one of the largest business enterprises
of his state. Coming to Wyoming only a few
years ago a poor man, he is now one of the
solid and most substantial of the business men
of the commonwealth. His great success has
been fairly won and is richly deserved. Prac-
ticing economy in his younger days, he is now
in his maturer years able to enjoy the fruits of
his frugality and self-denial. The example of
his successful life should furnish a lesson to
the young men and women of his state of much
greater value than any that can be taught by
school or college. It is the lesson of persever-
ance, of self-denial, of industry and unswerving
integrity. Of the kingdom of Great Britain is
John Wilkinson a native, having been born in
Yorkshire, Eng., on October 3, 1845, tlle son of
Anthony and Alice (Saver) Wilkinson, both
natives of England. His father was for many
years engaged in successful stockraising and
MEX Ol: WYOMING.
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dairyfarming in Yorkshire, where John, his son,
grew in manhood ami received his early educa-
tion, livi-il with his parents and aided in the
support .if the famih until he had reached till-
age of twenty \ears. l-'nmi that time until he
was twenty-six he worked Icir wages mi diffcr-
inus in Yorkshire ami at the age of twen-
l\ si\ marrieil, ami engaged in sti >ckraising ami
fanning mi ln> n\vn account in the neighbor-
hood nl his birthplace, being interested in Imth
cattle anil sheep, lie remaineil in this industry
until iS'Sj, when he came tn America, going
tir-i tn the vicinity of what is now the to\\n of
Aiislev. Xeli.. \vhere his !in>thcr, Anthony, then
largely interested in sheep growing, at that
time maintained his resilience. There he re-
mained until 1887. when he brought a small
hand of sheep into \Y\ •• miing. settling near
Archer, hut afterward removing tn Spring
. and to the ranch where his son. James
R. \Vilkitisnn, now resides. In iS.j; Mr. \Vil-
kinsnii establish. -d his hmne at his present resi-
duice ai Pine I'.luffs, and in 1899 he purchased
a tine ranch here, on which he made extensive
improvements, enlarging the hmise and erect-
ing new liarns and l)iiildings until he has now
line ill the must comfortable and lies! equipped
country residence properties of the entire state.
Fr»ni small beginnings his holdings have
grown until he IT >w owns and cniitrnls one of
the largest and besl paying stock enterprises of
the west, being the nwner of about 6o,ooo ••
ill land in Wyoming, besides a tine stock farm
in II. ill cniiiity, N'eb. Since coming t n \ni
Mr. \Yilkin-. • Oted h:
n sheep and woolgrowing. On January u, 1*71.
ut Yorkshire, Kng., lie was united in marriage
with Miss Delmrah I Yatt. a daughter of Ja
and Ann I 'rait. nativ< • • if Y' irkshire. I (er
fathi v was a prnsjiermi-. farnu-r and sti
and resided in Ynrkshirc until his di-atli. The
mntlier als., there li\ed In ' ii the
nld home. Tn Mr. and Mrs. \Yilkinsnu were
bnrr hildren, Alice A . Jam. s K.. v.
l>ab. IK . Mar h J. and \da
I.. Mrs. YYilkiiiMMi pas,,,] awa) mi May 1 3.
,. haviiiL; been in the b helpmeet
i ;
tn her husband, assisting him in the building up
nf their fortune and haviin and edm
an interesting famih nf children. She wa
terred in the city of Cheyenne, ami both herself
and husband were members of the Protestant
Episcopal church. Politically .Mr. \Yilkinson
is affiliated with the Republican party and takes
an active interest in all matters ,-tiTecting the
public welfare, although in no sense a pnliti-
cian. Still bearing in affectionate recollection
the memory of the land nf his nativity, one of
the most admirable characteristics of the Eng-
lish-speaking race, he is yet a loyal and pa-
triotic citi/.cn nf the laud nf his adoption, firm
in the conviction that it offers larger rewards
for industry and inanK endeavor than any other
land in the world.
IRGE M. 1'ARDEE.
Born and reared in l.'alifornia, a pioneer
of \Y\oining in iSSi and having passed his
whole life in this part of the world, i i<-orge
B: Pardee, the prominent liveryman, enterpris-
ing commercial factor and leading citizi •
Thermopolis. is altogether a \Yestcrn product.
For nothing is he indebted to the East, edu-
cation, training, habits, tastes or m<
thought, except so far as is incident to the
imnicalion now i between every
part of our country and • :her part, for
he was born on December 22, iS_, j. in i'ali-
fornia, whither his parents. R. S. and \bbie
I'ardee, natu '. Ivania, came in the
great modern Vrgonautic expedition of iS(,|.
I [e grew to man's estate and edu-
catii Hi on his nat IVi -"il, when he was 1\\
one years of age leaving tlu- parental b
stead to seel -.<. \ m where his individual
es inighi grow and tlmirish and his enter-
and thrift might \\iii SU< He \vi-nt
to ' Iregon and locating in tin- I lam
try. 1 ml farming, which he
followed for in that count r\. but
his operations were intei b\ the I'.an-
Indian \\'ar of ihal section, in which he
a conspieumis part. I
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there he went to the Salmon River country of
Idaho and from there to Montana. In 1881
he came to Wyoming and took up his residence
on Grey Bull River. He again started a stock
industry and conducted it in that locality until
1890, then came' to Owl Creek and took up
land whereon to continue his stock business,
but in 1899 sold out and removed to Thermopo-
lis. Here in 1902 he initiated his present enter-
prise in the livery line and he has built the busi-
ness up to large proportions and furnished him-
self with all the necessary appliances for it, his
horses being good, and his carriages, buggies,
and other properties of the most modern pat-
terns, superior quality and always in condition
for service. His stables are commodious and
well ventilated, while every attention is given
to sanitary conditions and other precautions
necessary to secure the best results and give
his patrons full satisfaction. Mr. Pardee is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
and also of the Modern Woodmen of
America. He is an enterprising and progres-
sive citizen, one of the substantial aids to be
depended on whenever an effort is to be made
towards securing any new element of com-
mercial, social or educational force in the com-
munity. A western man in every sense, he
believes in the West and is willing to back his
faith in it with his energy and capital to aid in
developing her resources and establishing in-
terests of every kind in every line of productive
activity.
SPENCER EUGENE PHELPS.
One of the rising lawyers and mining men
of Carbon county, Wyoming, and one who is
doing much to develop the resources of this
section of the state, is Spencer Eugene Phelps,
whose address is Encampment. A native of
Iowa, he was born at McGregor, on January
14, 1870, the son of Moses L. Phelps and Eme-
line E. Phelps, the former a native of Maine
and the latter of Ohio. His father removed his
residence in early life from Maine to Wiscon-
sin and there engaged in lumbering, but subse-
quently removing to Iowa, where he continued
in the same pursuit. He made his home in the
latter state for a number of years and was suc-
cessful in his business operations, but having
an opportunity to dispose of his business and
property in Iowa to good advantage, he did
so and removed to Nebraska, where he again
engaged in the same business, and again met
with success. Some years ago he retired from
active life and is now residing in Nebraska, en-
joying the ease and comfort so well earned by
his long life of activity and success. Spencer
E. Phelps grew to manhood in Iowa, his na-
tive state, and acquired his early academical
education in the schools of McGregor, which
he attended until he had attained to the age of
twelve years. He then attended the high school
at Randalia, Iowa, for a number of years, after
which he entered the Gibbon Collegiate Insti-
tute at Gibbon, Neb., and pursued a thorough
course of preparatory study at that institution and
being graduated in the class of '89. He then
matriculated at the Wesleyan University of
Nebraska, took a full course at that leading in-
stitution of learning, and was graduated there-
from with the class of '94. Desiring to thor-
oughly prepare himself for his chosen profession
of the law, he then went to Chicago, where he
entered the law department of the Lake Forest
University and, completing the full two years'
omrse in one year, was graduated in 1895, be-
ing then admitted to the bar of the Supreme
Court of the state. Returning to the city of
Shelton, Neb., he was there admitted to the
Nebraska bar and entered upon the practice
of his profession. He remained here, engaged
in a successful legal practice for five years and
by that time he had acquired mining interests
in Wyoming which promised so well that he
disposed of his business and property in Shel-
ton and removed to Wyoming, where he es-
tablished himself at the city of Encampment,
one of the growing mining and commercial cen-
ters of southern Wyoming, and in March, 1900,
opened a law office at that place. His mining
interests, however, required so much of his time
and attention that he associated with himself
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
277
in liis legal business, Charles K. \Yinter, for-
merly an attorney of Omaha, Neb., under the
firm name of Phelps & Winter. The firm does
a large and successful business and are among
the leading attorneys of that section of the
state. On October 7, 1807, ^r- Phelps was
united in marriage, at Sioux Falls, South Da-
kota, \\ith Miss Herniae Sterrett, a daughter
i'f \lonzo H. and Amelia Sterrett, natives of
IVimsylvania. and now highly respected resi-
dents of Sioux Falls. The domestjc life of
Mr. and Mrs. Phelps is a very happy one, their
home being a center of a gracious and generous
hospitality. Fraternally, Mr. Phelps is af-
filiated with the Masonic fraternity and with
the Order of Modern Woodmen of America,
and he takes an active interest in the fraternal
life of the community. Tlis mining interests
have grown to large proportions and promise
to make him one of the wealthy men of that
section of ihe state. He is the secretary and
treasurer and a large stockholder of the Calu-
met Mining and Milling Co., which owns valua-
ble property live miles smith of Grand Encamp-
ment, about one mile east of the Kunt/.-Chat-
terton property. He is also the secretary and
treasurer of and a large stockholder in the Co-
operative Mining and Milling Co., with mines
located nine miles southwest oi F.ncampmcin .
The Klk Mountain Mining and Milling '
also mi,- iif his enterprises, being the secretary
and treasurer of that company and largely in-
terested in its stock. The properly of this .
pan\ is situated on Klk Mountain, about thirty-
six miles from Encampment and seventeen
mile-. si iiitheast of Walcott. It is now shipping
From this properly and the returns are high-
ly satisfactory. He alsn bas other important
interests, being one of the foremost mining
of that section and the owner of the fine build-
ing in which the office of his firm ; '. 1 lie-
first building erected with a brick i-
in the city < if Em nt. fn iddition fr
law business, the linn of Phi Ips \ \Yintcr r
sents several "f tbe leading lire insurance o>m-
panics of the country, conducting an extensive
business in that line. Mr. 1'helps is mie of the
progressive, energetic and successful young
men of southern Wyoming, doing much to de-
velop the resources of that rich section of coun-
try and to attract the attention of outside capi-
tal. Public spirited, enterprising, yet safe and
native, be is a business power in the com-
munity and is di tined to become an important
factor in the future history of that portion of
Wyoming.
FRED PORATH.
The great and progressive Prairie State, Illi-
nois, once the faraway frontier in the westward
course of civilization, but now the busy, produc-
tive and commanding empire of the Mississippi
Valley, the home of an all-daring, all-enduring,
all-coni|uerin le, has contributed of her
teeming millions many men of enterprise, in-
dustry and skill to the settling and the convert-
ing into static of the Great Northwest, helping
to transfer the pioneer activities of the army
of industrial progress which once camped upon
her own fruitful soil to the undeveloped and al-
boundless domain mi either slope of the
R.OI ' y Mountains and among the number who
borne her name to credit and her influence
to worthy ends in the farther West, mu.-t be
mentioned Fred Porath, a well-to-do and enter-
prising farmer and stockman - i '.inborn.
Sheridan county. Wyoming. His life began in
on \pril Jo, iS", his parents, Charles
and Bertha Porath. having settled in that state
"ii their arrival in this count r\ from Germany,
\\liere the}' were born and reared. There he
gj ew to manl ducatii >n
in the public schools and learned to use his
head and his hands to advantage in the sir;
for supremacy among men. When he wa
pn ladling his legal majority, be heard the
nf tin- farther West callhr • ' aid
in subduing her wild conditio •, sicmatic
frnitfnlness and joined tin- detachment of her
uits then on the march to the P.lack Hills
. if Si mth Dal ita. ' igaged in mining,
thereafter in iming to Wyoming. !
ing near Newcastle and for ears in that
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
vicinity he applied his service to others and to
his own advantage, rapidly learning the lessons
of thrift and skill required in the sheep industry.
In 1902 he took up his residence in Sheridan
county on land he took up for the purpose, and
began farming. His ranch near Bighorn, in the
extent and character of the improvements he
has made and the state of cultivation to which
he has brought it, gives evidence of the dili-
gence of application he inherited from his Ger-
man ancestry and of the enterprise he has de-
veloped in America. In 1902 Mr. Porath was
married at Sheridan to Mrs. Verlinna Valen-
tine, also a native of Illinois, like himself a
pioneer in Wyoming. He has not sought pub-
lic notice or political preferment, but has given
his energies to the faithful discharge of the
daily duties of his life, thereby rendering his due
measure of service to his kind and his com-
munity. But he has ignored no enterprise for
the advancement of the county in which his lot
is cast and has given in his quiet way the ex-
ample and the incentive to be found in the lifr
of a good citizen. Fraternally, he is connected
with the Knights of Pythias and takes an earn-
est interest in the welfare of the order and the
proceedings of his lodge.
MRS. SARAH ELIZABETH REEL.
Alexander H. Reel, (deceased) was in his day
one of the most enterprising and daring of the
oldtime drovers and cattledealers that ever
crossed the American desert. He was born in
Jacksonville, 111., in 1837 and in the early sixties
left his native state and engaged in freighting
from Omaha, Neb., to Salt Lake City, Utah, via
Denver, Colo., and finally located in Cheyenne,
Wyoming, where for thirty-three years he made
his headquarters as a cattledealer and drover,
making twenty-one trips from Omaha to Salt
Lake City and fighting Indians all the way. His
escapes from death were many and a record of
his desperate and sanguinary conflicts with the
bloodthirsty and treacherous wild men of the
plains, and with the almost equally bloodthirsty
white desperadoes of the same region, would oc-
cupy a greater space than can be here afforded.
On his settling in Wyoming permanently Mr.
Reel took up a desert claim six miles southeast of
La Barge P. O., Uinta county in 1890, and there
his death took place in October, 1900. He was
one of the most prominent Democrats of the ter-
ritory and state of Wyoming, and did as much as
anv man in his day to bring the territory within
the sisterhood of the states. Being exceedingly
popular, he was elected to every office within the
gift of his constituents, notwithstanding that he
was a dyed-in-the-wool DeYnocrat. His intellect
and personal magnetism seemed to overcome all
opposition on the part of his adversaries and vic-
tory seemed to find an inevitable restingplace on
the standard of his party when he bore it aloft.
Thirteen times was he chosen to represent the
people in the lower house of the State Legisla-
ture, and twice was he sent to the Wyoming State
Senate, and had his life been prolonged he
would, beyond a doubt, have ascended to still
higher positions within the gift of Wyoming
citizens, for his election was ever a guarantee of
an honest, capable and faithful discharge of every
duty pertaining to the office. He always en-
deavored to be of service to his fellow citizens,
and in the less prominent but useful offices of a
member of the Cheyenne city council and mayor
of the city, he acquired a most enviable reputa-
tion. Of German descent, he possessed all the
tenacity of purpose which characterized his
father, Alexander Reel, who was a native of
Virginia and a true descendant of the sturdy
Teutonic race. His widow, Mrs. Sarah Eliza-
beth Reel, still resides on the Reel homestead
east of La Barge, where she is managing in a
most capable manner the estate which is now her
property. She was born in Missouri and was
married to A. H. Reel in 1869, being a daugh-
ter of Edward and Ibby (Strong) Davison, the
former of whom was a native of Kentucky. Ed-
ward Davison was one of the early pioneers of
the West, having proceeded to California in
1849 and he died there in 1850, regretfully
mourned by the very many warmhearted friends
whom his genial temper and other manly qual-
ities had closelv drawn to his side. Mrs. Ibbv
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279
(Strong) Davidson \v;is also horn anil married
in Kentucky, and after the death of Mr. Davi-
son --he married Mr. George Manning and died
in i blorado in 1X71 in the faith of the Christian
church, rif which she had long heen a consistent
and prominent member, her remains being in-
terred .11 Monument. Colo. She left to mourn
her loss eight children. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
Reel is mother of two sons, Hector Sidney, (who
went to Florida in the winter of 1902-3 for his
health and there died in St. Augustine on Jan-
narv 4, 1903,) and Charles Alexander.
GEORGE REDMAX.
If extensive travel and varied employment
gives experience in the affairs of life, George
Redman, a resident of Green River. Swcctuaicr
count}. Wyoming, is one of the best po
men in the West. lie was horn in Germany in
1^43, a son of Michael and Maria (Russman)
Redman. The father, a son of Jacob and Mary
Redman, a farmer by vocation, served the usual
h of military service in the Prussian army
and died in 1X41 at the early age of thirt v-eight
years, in the faith of the Catholic church, his
ri mains being interred in Havana, of which
country his wife was a native and where she
died .'it tlii' ag< of thirty-u\o. also in the same
faith. George Redman was but two years of
agi when he wa> berefl of his mother, and he
was (hen placed in charge of a guardian, Andrew
Kusdsfes. with whom he lived on a larm mini
In had attained the age of seventeen years,
when In- wenl to I. or and learned the baker's
trade. Thirty months later he unit to V
burg. Bavaria, and worked at his trade' for two
months, then went to I'.amberg. where he
wrought one year, then \\as in Baden For one
more \ ear and then for seven years hi- was in
Swiiiefnrt. In 18(17 he came to the I'nited
States and for two vears was occupied at bis
trade in Cincinnati. ( >hio ; then he pasM-d one
tin nub in Plat t e i lenter, Neb., and cami ti
\\ \oining, whence after two weeks in Cheyenne
he returned to ( "iiicinnati. staying there one
year and coming back to Wyoming, be located
at I'.rvan and there followed railroad work for
three \ears. From I'.ryan Mr. Redman came
to I ireen River and opened a saloon, which he
successfully conducted ten years, and then en-
gaged in ranching on Henry's Fork for one
vear. thence returning to Green River and
opening a bakerj and general store, which he
conducted for ten years, when he entered the
employ of the Union Pacific Railroad and work-
ed for that company until the strike of 1^14.
The enterprising Mr. Redman then went to
Rock Springs and opened a boarding-house,
which he prosperously conducted two years,
anil then came back to Green River, where he
has worked for the Union Pacific ever since.
He was united in marriage in 1873 w't'1
Mary Wartmann. a native of Havana. Germany.
but this lady was called from earth about 1899 at
the age of fifty-seven years, being in the faith of
the Catholic church, and she left to mourn her
loss, five children beside her husband, namely.
Mary. Mrs. Frank Motch ' • . Jr.; Louisa;
Clara; Rosa. ( ieorge Redman is naturally a
man of great energy and a good citizen, and in
he served on the I'nited States grand jury.
In politics he is a Republican, but has never
Bought public office, and the family is highl
teemed by their neighbors, with whom they
live iii quiet and friendship.
I i \\ ID II. REESE.
David II. Reese, proprietor of the Star Val-
ley I lolel at \tl< Hi. I ' Unl \ . and of the
livery and feed-stable attached thereto, tin lead-
« nterprise of its kind in the town, has had
a varied experii nee, being essentially and whol-
ly a product of the Xorthwest. lie was horn
mi November _•;. iSi»i. at Logan, I'tah. where
his pare nis. David and Martha iF.ynon) R
lived since 1*57. Tlv to 1 "lab
Wales, where tbe\ were born and reared, in
IS;?. The father built the first house in what
is now the eit\ of Logan, and the mother was
the first white woman of thai vicinity. The
elder Reese also built the In M house of enter-
tainment Of Logan, the Reese Mpera House.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF \VYOML\G.
and by his public spirit and enterprise gave
such an impetus to the growth of the place as
to make its progress sure and continuous.
Both are now passing the evening of their lives
in the city where their labors have abundantly
fructified around them, secure in the high re-
gard and esteem of the entire community. Mr.
Reese's mother, grandmother of David H.
Reese, nee Ann Hopkins, followed her son to
Utah in 1864 after the death of her husband.
David H. Reese was one of five children, of
whom all but one are living. He was educated
at Logan and Provo, Utah, attending the Brig-
ham Young Academy for a short time at the
conclusion of the public school course, and then
engaged in range riding for a number of years.
He first came to Wyoming in 1879, driving cat-
tle through the territory and passing over sev-
eral uninhabited tracts where large and pros-
perous cities now stand. He also railroaded for
several years, and in 1887 he entered the employ
of the U. S. government at Ft. McKinney, after
six years of faithful service there being trans-
ferred to Fort Custer in Montana and being in
the same employment at that post for two or
three years. He was next engaged for a short
time in the electrical construction and supply
business in Butte, from there went to Mont-
pelier, Idaho, and conducted a grocery store
in that town until 1898, when he came again to
Wyoming and worked at various occupations
at Afton and Kemmerer until 1901. Among
the things he did during this time was to assist
in the construction of the Bell electric line be-
tween Glencoe and Oakley. In 1901 he took
up land at the junction of John Gray's River
and the Snake River. This he has greatly im-
proved and raised in value, making it one of the
most desirable in the neighborhood. He also
owns real-estate at Auburn and Kemmerer in
Wyoming and at Logan in Utah, and has some
stock on the ranges. As proprietor of the Star
Valley Hotel he has made an excellent reputa-
tion as a boniface of wisdom and skill, with a
full and accurate knowledge of the human ani-
mal, man, and the proper means of catering to
his comfort. His hostelry is excellent for the
town and has a wide popularity among those
modern knights errant, the commercial tour-
ists, who seek its entertainment whenever they
come this way, and with the public generally.
In fraternal relations Mr. Reese is connected
with the Order of Eagles, holding his member-
ship in the lodge at Kemmerer. He was mar-
ried at Miles City, Mont., in 1895, to Miss Gus-
sie Greisenbeck, a native of Chicago and a
daughter of William Greisenbeck, a prominent
butcher. Their only child, David H., died in
infancy, and the mother died in October, 1897,
and was laid to rest at Logan, Utah. In 1898
Mr. Reese contracted a second marriage, being
then united with Mrs. W. D. Rimes of Paris,
Idaho, where the marriage was solemnized on
May 24. The second Mrs. Reese was the wid-
ow of W. D. Rimes, and the daughter of George
and Celestia (Greene) Davis of Auburn, and by
her first marriage she had three children, John
R., Myrtle and Lillie. She is a model land-
lady, ably and industriously seconding her hus-
band's efforts to make their hotel a good one,
and supplementing them with care, diligence
and attention.
WILLIAM H. RHEIN.
In many parts of America the thrifty and
resolute German has left his mark as a pro-
ductive and improving force, first in the older
states and later in the new ones, as the tide
of immigration has steadily advanced toward the
setting sun. A scion of this race, who has con-
tributed substantially to the progress and de-
velopment of two great states in the American
Union, is William H. Rhein of Lander, the third
mayor of the town and one of its most esteemed
and useful citizens. In the old German city
of Reading, Pa., he first saw the light of day
on November 5, 1850, his parents, Henry R.
and Emma R. (Swartzwelder) Rhein were
I'ennsylvanians, being persons of consequence
and standing in their community, where the
father was an industrious cabinetmaker and a
skilled accountant. After years of usefulness, in
Reading, he transported his family across the
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF IVYOMIXG.
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Alleghanies and a part of the great Mississippi
Valley to Burlington, Io\vu, where In; worked and
prospered, and, in 1887 died. There the mother
is still living, secure in the respect and esteem of
all who know her, being- more than seventy-five
years old. Their son, William, was one of seven
children, three of whom are still living, the
others being his sister Susan and his brother
John E. Rhein, who has been treasurer of Des
MEoines county. Towa. continuous!}- for sixteen
years. William was educated in the public
schools of Burlington, Iowa, and after leaving
school learned the trade of a tinner. In the
spring of 1880 he removed to Denver, Colo.,
and there passed nearly four years, working at
his trade during the winter months and pros-
pecting in the summer. In the autumn of 1883
he changed his base of operation-, to Cheyenne,
Wyo., and after three years of diligence at his
trade came to Lander and opened a business
is a partner and the foreman for
Messrs. Arp & Hammond of Cheyenne. Since
then Mr. Hammond has retired from the- firm.
The establishment is one of the largest and
best stocked hardware and grocery emporiums
in the Northwest, a special feature' of its busi-
being a department of machinery, which
is justly celebrated for its comprehensiveness
and completeness. The home of this progres-
sive commercial entity is a large brick building.
furnished and equipped with all the latest appli-
ances, so arranged as to afford the greatest con-
venience for the proper display and handling ot
its wares. _\lr. Rhein, although devoted to hi>
business and desirous of achieving the la;
and best results in it, does not allow it io en-
gross all of his time, for he gives a due share
tention to social matters and public affairs,
ing recreati< MI fn mi the sterner duti-
1 in the pleasing embraces of tin
II' \\a--tlie instigator and one of the
charter members of Lander Lodge. \o. io,
Knights of I'vthias, and is also activlv identi-
fied with the filiform Rank of the order, and is
.11 present one of the trustees of the lodge, lie
is also an enthusiastic Freemason, being a
member of Wyoming Lodge. N'o. 2, having
been the high priest of the local chapter and
the eminent commander of Hugh de Payen
Commandery, No. 7. On February 14, iSS4,
he was married in lUirlington, Iowa, with Miss
Eliza W. Mercer, a daughter of William and
Sarah Mercer of that city. They have one
child, Horace W: Rhein, and both are active
members of the Episcopal church.
THOMAS H. ROBERTS.
Thomas H. Roberts, a prominent merchant
and stockman of Afton, f inta county, \Yyoming,
was born on Dcember 4, 1852, at Derby, Derby-
shire, England, from whence his parents, Samuel
and Mary (Peat) Roberts emigrated to the
United States in the early sixties and in 1866
came across the plains to Warning by ox teams.
Thomas was the oldest of their children, and
received the greater part of his education in the
district schools of his native land, after his ar-
rival in America began his apprenticeship to the
printer's trade, and after completing it worked
at his trade on the Deseret News of Salt Lake
Ciu for more than twenty years, thus enlarging
a scholastic education which had necessarily been
limited and insufficient. In 1889 he gave up print-
ed engaged in mercantile business in com-
pany with his brother. Arthur. The partnership
continued seven years when it was peaceably dis-
solved, and since then Thomas has been conduct-
ing the business alone. I [e carries a large and
varied stock of general merchandise, well-selected
and up to-date in even respect, and does a thriv-
ing business. | |, , ted in a leading
way in the stock' industry, and owns a tine ranch
near Auburn, and is at this \\riling, bnildi
i creamery near Afton, Wyo. In business he
is energetic and progrcssi\ .-. in public local af-
fairs active, enterprising and broad-minded and
in social and church work inllnential. popular and
effective. While not seeking official station of
any kind, his administrative abilitv and genius
; flairs have made him sche* il trustee and
treasurer for the district in which he lives and
also a member "f the \ft.«n city council. In all
these positions he is proving the wisdom of the
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMI\(',.
choice, rendering satisfacturv service. At Salt
Lake City, on September 22, 1873, Mr. Roberts
was united in marriage with Miss Sidonie Bunot,
a native »l" Switzerland and a daughter of Joseph
and Adelaide (Perrenoud) Bunot, who emigrated
i" 1 'tab in 1862. The father was of French an-
cestry and the mother of Swiss. Mr. and Mrs.
Roberts have had thirteen children, nine of whom
are living. The living are : Edgar T. and Carl,
both married and living at Afton, and Ernest P.,
Frank, Haworth, Florence, Grace, William and
Clarence, living at home. Those deceased are
Samuel and Joseph, twins, the latter dying in
infancy and the former being killed at the age of
thirteen at Salt Lake City, Mabel, who died at
Afton aged eight years and Albert, who died
here aged two years. In every branch of the
good work of their church Mr. and'Mrs. Roberts
take an active part and the force of their in-
fluence and activity is felt all along the line. Mr.
Roberts is president of the Stake choir and con-
ducts its affairs with excellent judgment and
discrimination. Here, as in his own business
and his official positions, he is wise, vigorous,
progressive and conscientious, impelled by a
sense of duty and guided by discretion and
breadth of view.
MARCELLUS L. SAWIN.
The pioneers of the great LTnited States in
the northwest were heroes in war. privation and
adversity of every kind, and princes in prosper-
ity, whether or not fame has blazoned their names
abroad or courtly habiliments have clothed them.
They endured whatever befell them with courage,
they accomplished whatever they undertook with
a good measure of success, they recognized
every proper man as a friend and brother and
treated him as such, sharing with all who were
in need what they had for themselves and per-
mitting no one to be in want while supplies were
obtainable for themselves. This is written in
the past tense, for the race alluded to has well
nigh past away, and the conditions of life are
altogether different from what they were when
the oldtimer held swav in everv section. Fate
has spared some of them yet to give to their fel-
lows of a later day the benefit of their narratives
of times past and the force of their impressive
examples, although they claim no superiority, but
are as modest about their worth as they were
resolute in periods of peril in showing it in
action. To this class of fast-fading heroes and
men of mighty conquests belongs Marcellus L.
Sawin of Sheridan county, Wyoming, who has
reached the limit of human life as fixed by the
sacred writer, but is still preserved in vigor and
good spirits to see the fruits of his time of
strenuous activity blooming and flourishing
around him. He was born in Adams county, 111.,
or March 15, 1833, and in that state his parents,
Isaac and Elizabeth (Paine) Sawin were early
pioneers. He was a native of New York and she
of Ohio. They reached Ouincy at the very be-
ginning of its history and built the first house in
the town. There the father engaged in mercan-
tile business and farming until 1842, when they
removed to Brown county, Kan., where the
father died in 1857, on his farm. The mother
survived until 1890. In 1849 Isaac Sawin went
to California, his son Marcellus accompanying
him and in that country of golden sands they
remained one year. Mr. Sawin of this review
looks upon this trip as one of the most valued
experiences of his life, for they went across the
plains with ox teams, returning by the Isthmus
of Panama. They had a perilous trip down the
Sacramento River in a pirogue, passing through
the Giant's Causeway and barely escaping with
their lives. They were warned by an Indian on
the river's bank that there was danger ahead,
but did not realize what terrible danger they were
encountering until the}- were on the brink of a
roaring cataract, which they passed over safely,
but they saw several dead bodies lodged in the
brush below and learned afterwards that nine
men had there lost their lives a few days before.
Marcellus L. Sawin was educated principally
in the schools of Galesburg, 111., and accompany-
ing his parents to Kansas when he was twenty-
one years old assisted his father on the farm until
the death of the latter. He then personally took
charge of the farm for his mother and long con-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OP U'YOMIXC.
ducted its operations. In 1X50 he wa- drawn
nut" Colorado liy UK Pike'- IVak excitement,
llcnver then being but a city of tent-. In (865
tiade his home near Colden City, Colo., and
carried on a farm for five years. K<>r the
mxt ten years hi^ was engaged in hi- Eavor-
ite pursuit of cultivating the .-.nil near Fort
Collins in the same state. In iSX<> he came
to northern \\"yc lining and located mi a ranch
mi I'rairie flog < 'reek four and one-half mile-
east i if Sheridan, where he Ihed and worked
as a farmer and fruitgrower and also raised
stork until May. 1902. He then sold the place
and is making for himself another home wherein
in pass the evening of his clays in peace and
pK as.amness after all his toil and trial-, and in
the midst of the scenes and associations which
have been hallowed by his fruitful labors. Agri-
culture has not sulcly occupied his energies, fur in
various fields of industrial endeavor he has made
his mark, being at the present writing secretary
and treasurer of the Sheridan Commercial Co.,
a wholesale and retail mercantile corporation.
He was married at Fort Collins. Colo., on I )ecem-
ber ^i. 1X711. in Miss Clara J. Tiarlow, a native of
Mas.-achusetts and a daughter of James and
Sarah (Stone) Barlow, also natives of that state
and early settlers and prosperous farmers of
Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Sawin have five chil-
dren, Elizabeth, Franklin O.. Tlcrtha. Alice and
I. aura. Mr. Sawin has always been .1 .-ealous
Republican, active at all times in the local affairs
i if his county and in the general politics of the
State and nation. He stands high in the <
of hi- neighbors and acquaintances, and i< held
in cordial regard as one "i the best citizens of his
31 • tion, a line type of the real oldtimcr.
EDWARD T. ST. J< MIX.
I laving been one oi the pioneers ol u eslern
\Y\oming and among the earl\ arrival.-, in (In-
state, reaching I.aramie when then- was but
one log building in that now pro-pennis eity.
Edward T. Si. |ohn has seen the growth
development of this promising commonwealth
from a very humble beginning to its pi-,
substantial and expanding prosperity and has
contributed hi- due share to the gratifving
ditioiis that now obtain, h was on January
l_>. 1X44. in tb. il Indiana, then practically
as undeveloped a> Wyoming is now, that his
life began, where his parents. Edward T. and
Percis (Sampson) St. John, natives of Xew
Vork, had settled soon after their man
they were there living the life of comfortable
farmers when in lS;j the father crossed the
plains to California, engaged in mining with
moderaii and remained on the Pacific
coasl uniil bis death in l8()4. Oi his six chil-
dren two are living. Edward T. was attending
the public schools in Illinois when the Civil
\Yar broke out, and although he was less than
eighteen years old, he promptly enlisted in de-
fense oi the Cnion. becoming a nienib.
I, Tenth Illinois Cavalry, on October 2
serving in thi- regiment until Di r ^i,
1864, and during bis service he confronted the
unrolling columns ,,1" :\ determined lor on many
a hard-fought field. \\lien he was mustered
out be engaged in mechanical work for a v ear
in a shop in Illinois and then came west, locat-
ing in \Y\omiiig in iSoS and passing
ing in Laramic, when, as has been noted.
there was but one log building in the town.
From there he came lo the South Pass milling-
district and followed • mining two years. In
1X7.' he removed to Lander and began a
er as a farmer and sioekraiser,
which is >till in progress on his two ranches
'i tin- town, one comprising 260 acres of
superior hay and gram land and the Other SIX
ii,. LI • adjoining the town on the south-
Mr. St. John is a member of Thomas V
\l.-t !i ", I '• 1-1. < i. V R.. and has served ln-
ple in various public capacities, notahlv as dep-
utv sheriff ol theconntv. I >i:ring his tenure of
this office he assisted in a dangerous and skill-
ful arrest of a noted band of I Hack Hills high-
wavmen and robbers, and in their sale conduct
and proper custody, lie was married
at Lander on |nl\ 1 1 .. 1X77. \., Mrs. Elizabeth
•nan. widow of John I'.owman. and a Mis-
soun'an bv birth. I'hev have had five children.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
of whom ftiur are living, Edward A . married
and a prosperous farmer of Fremont county,
and Dei-, 1'ercis B. and Addison A., living at
home. By her first marriage Mrs. St. John had
two children, Zada, now the wife of S. A. Bith-
ell, and Franklin, both residents of Fremont
county. In addition to his ranch business Mr.
St. John conducts a thriving mercantile busi-
ness on Main street in the city in one of the
numerous business properties belonging to him.
ELI SAXTON.
We take little heed of the passage of time
when our memory reverts to those whom Prov-
idence in inscrutable wisdom has connected
with our lives and destinies for a series of years,
and then suddenly calls them away from places
of financial trust and management, where their
services seemed invaluable, from social posi-
tions of the noblest character, where their lives
and actions were daily inspiring new hopes, new
ambitions and new endeavors for the upraising
of humanity, from cherished homes, where their
loyal tenderness, helpfulness and affection were
exercising their noblest powers in the comfort
of their families and in their potent influence
in raising their children in the fear of the Lord.
The long, far-reaching distances of many years
is covered in an instant and we are with the
dear departed once more and in their presence.
The late Eli Saxton of Almy, Wyoming, was
one of that class and in the preparation of this
volume it seems most fitting to include a brief
record of the man, his attainments and his per-
sonal relations, that something may be pre-
served in durable form to hand his name down
to coming generations as an example of the
good qualities we have heretofore mentioned.
He was born in Derbyshire, England, on -Feb-
ruary 2, 1846, the son of Thomas and Rebecca
(Slater) Saxton, the father being born in 1822
and the mother in 1827, both coming of families
that for many generations have occupied Eng-
lish soil. Brought up to habits of industry and
thrift and educated as well as the exigencies of
the period afforded, Mr. Saxton early became
interested in the doctrines of the Church of the
Latter Day Saints and accompanied a party to
the promised land of Utah in 1864. He here
became identified with coal mining, with which
he was prosperously connected in Utah until
1883, when he made his home at Almy, Wyo.,
continuing the same vocation until 1888, when,
purchasing a ranch, he passed his closing years
in the development of his rural home. He was
not spared long to enjoy communion with
Mother Nature in this agreeable occupation,
as his death occurred on October 8, 1890. Dur-
ing his residence in Utah he was often called to
be a soldier in the fierce Indian wars of that
time, and bore himself most valiantly in this
hazardous service. He possessed a deeply re-
ligious nature and was a highly valued worker
in the ranks of the Mormon church, aiding and
fostering its religious and beneficent work. His
marriage with Miss Martha H. Moore, a daugh-
ter of Wright A. and Helen (Palmer) Moore,
a most estimable lady, whose exertions in the
care of her family and in the practical duties of
life have caused her to receive the universal
praise of the community. She was born in
Cache county, Utah, in 1864, of parents who
were among the earliest English emigrants to
Utah. She maintains her residence on the
homestead ranch and manifests a truly western
hospitality. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Sax-
ton are ten in number : Thomas W., Uilate M.,
deceased; Elizabeth, deceased; Eli B., deceased;
Elijah B., Philip R., Angelo M., Eli M., Wright
T. and Helen, deceased.
GEORGE W. SCOTT.
Born and reared at Georgetown, District of
Columbia, on the banks of the historic Poto-
mac, where the life of the nation centers, and
which was during the Civil War an almost un-
broken line of battle, having served his country
in the signal corps and weather bureau in many
places, George W. Scott of this service and an
artistic photographer at Lander, has a wide
and varied experience. His birth occurred on
March 21, 1854, a son of John and Sarah C.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF
285
i I'.ingey ) Scott, the father a native of Washing-
ton, D. C, and the mother of Xe\v Jersey, the
father being a prominent merchant in lib-
eral City, where he died in 1897 at the age "i
eighty, his wife having preceded him to the
grave in iSti^, when she was but thirty-six. ' h
their eight children, but two are living. John T.,
an honored official in the National Museum at
Washington, and George \\ ., who was edu-
cated in the public schools of the District <>i
Columbia, and with a course of business train-
ing at Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburgh
Pa. Later he worked in the glass factories at
Pittshurg, making good wages, although he
was but fifteen years old, and learned the paint-
er's trade, at which he worked for five years.
He then joined the U. S. signal service, and
after passing through its school of instruction
he was stationed successively at I'ittsburg,
Washington, Philadelphia. New York, Duluth,
I'.isniark, X. D.; Fort Bennett and Deadwood,
S. D., where he quit the service and enga fed
in the photograph business in rSS^. lie passed
four years in the business in that city, and then
reentering the signal service was stationed at
Omaha fur seven months and then-after at
Deadwniid until that station was abandoned in
iSSS, \\hcti he was sent to I'.isniark, then to
Fort Vates, X. D., for three years, and from
there in iSol in reopen the ab;indiined Sti
at Yankton and take charge of the weather bu-
reau at that place, where he remained three
years, going thence to Des Monies, [owa, for
a short time and finally in iS<»4 coining to Lan-
der as the head of the bureau of that brisk
ity. Si inn after coming here I
a photographic business and leased the tele
grapli line and has conducted both ol thi
tahlislmient s almost continuously since then,
lie has the i inly photograph galliT\ [or thi pat
rnnage of Lander and main miles ui adi
territory, and by his skill and attention to busi-
ness bas secured a large and profitable
lie is a progressive and eiiterpri-h] -.; man. e.arn-
esth devoted I" the wi-lfare of his country, and
finding its best security in the proper adminis-
tration of local affairs, in these I'.
interest. He is president of the city board of
education, an officer in the National Guai
tin- state, being the captain of Co. B, and the
popular observer of the Lander weather bureau.
Me belongs to the Ancient Order of L"n
men in Yankton and to the Woodmen of
the World in Lander. On January 12, 1X85,
he \\.is married at Deadwood \\ith Miss Kittie
A. Wilson, a daughter of James A. and Sarah
M. (Edwards) Wilson, natives of Michi
They have live children, Lee E., George K.,
James, Ruth A. and Lew. Both parents are
active members of the Methodist Epis-
church and Mr. Scott is a gentleman of prop-
erty, a progressive and enlightened citizen, a
faithful and capable official, an accomplished
artist, the family being welcome additions to
all social circles. His residence on Lincoln
street is one of the comfortable and attractive
homes of the to\\n.
JAMES S. SIMPSON.
Born and reared in the farther west and
studying and following at different times various
pursuits. James S. Simpson, now of Jackson,
I'inta county, illustrates in his career and char-
acter the wonderful! v fruitful conditions of life in
this part of the country and the versatility of the
American mind, which can mold a shape!\
tiny out of any plastic environment that fate may
tling around it. His life began at Denver. Colo.,
on July _>(., 1X75. .1 -MI of John I', and Marga-
rel S. i Sullivan ) Simpson, carlv settlers in the
State i 'f whom mi ire . ' mcntii >n is made
in the sketch of iheir son, William L. Simpson,
on another page of this \olume. James S.
Simpson ' I .o\ eland and
1), nver. Colo., and finished it at Lander. Wvo..
where he rode Hi range, studied law and phar-
macy and was depuu postmaster. During his
in Lander, intervening between his
range riding and his permanent removal to the
Jack 3i -11 M- ile country, he attended schoi .1. studied
law one winter, that of i SoJ -.;. and in
and i S> 15 studied pharmai \ . Later, in i Sod
and i So- he was the assistant postmaster
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMI\(,
under S. A. L. Renter, his brother-in-law, for
nearly nine months. lletwccn his school life and
his connection with the postoffice his services
were in demand as a highly capable and respon-
sible guide. In iSSij. when he was but fourteen
years old he first came to tlie Wind River country
and there rode the range with cattle. In 1893 he
came to Jackson Hole and since his permanent
residence here has acted as guide for hunting
parties, an occupation which is agreeable to him
and in which he still engages. In 1897 he took
up the place of 240 acres of good pasture and hay
land on which he lived until recently and de-
voted the greater part of his energies to its de-
velopment and improvement. He also owned a
' house and ten acres of land in Jackson, and gave
to both properties the care of a judicious owner,
until his sale of all, excepting one acre near the
townsite, on which he has a nice building spot.
On March 12, 1899, he married Miss Edith M.
Younger, a native of Kansas but reared in Indi-
ana, where her parents, William and Dora, M.
(Dowdy) Younger, were born and are now liv-
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have one child, their
daughter Helen May.
GEORGE H. SMITH.
George H. Smith, member of the firm of
Slane & Smith, that conducts one of the leading
mercantile enterprises in the town of Ther-
mopolis. Fremont county, Wyoming, is a typi-
cal pioneer, having all the characteristics of the
class in his make-up, and of all its daring and
achievement to his credit. He came to Wyo-
ming when it was a portion of Dakota, before
any continued or systematic lines of survey or
civilization had been established within its bor-
ders. The frontier and the frontier life was
to his taste, and he cheerfully relinquished cul-
tivated society for the opportunity of having
communion with its wild forms of nature. And
here he has remained continuously since his
first arrival in 1868, identifying himself with
the advancing development of the section and,
content with the pleasures and comforts which
it affords, seeks no renewal of his former con-
nection with the outside world. For twenty-
six years lu- has not seen a railroad nor cared
for a glimpse of the crowded East with all its
boasted triumphs of art and taste and progress.
He was born in Germany in 1839, and when he
was twelve years old he went to sea as a cabin
boy, rising there by merit to the position of
able seaman, and for ten years he was at the
mercy of wind and wave, going to almost every
part of the world. In 1861, at the beginning
of our Civil War, his vessel was blockaded at
Xew Orleans and soon after he enlisted in the
Thirty-first Louisiana Infantry, C. S. A. He
remained in the service until his capture at the
battle of Jonesboro, being then taken to Chi-
cago and was confined until the close of the war.
When he was released in 1865 he came west to
Utah and remained there until 1868. In that
year he came to Wyoming and, locating at
South Pass, engaged in mining for a short time.
From there he removed to near the present
site of Lander, taking up land and starting in
stock raising and farming. This enterprise he,
continued until 1877, when he moved to Fort
Washakie and conducted a dairy farm until
1880. The next ten years were passed on Owl
Creek in farming and stockraising. In the hard
winter of 1886 he lost heavily, but still con-
tinued his operations until 1890, in the mean-
time carrying on a merchandising business and
serving as postmaster at Embar. In 1890 he
took charge of a hotel at Lander and conducted
it for two years, then lived on a ranch at Red
Canyon until 1897, when he took tip his resi-
dence at Thermopolis and, in partnership with
Mr. Slane, opened the business they are now
conducting. Mr. Smith owns the block in
which this store is conducted and other valuable
property in the town, being much esteemed as
one of the community's most substantial and
enterprising citizens. He was married at Lander
in 1875 to Mrs. Lin C. Fairfield, a native of
Ohio. In his eventful career he has had many
a brush with the Indians, at times has had diffi-
culty to get off unhurt, but through all dan-
gers and privations he has stuck to the frontier,
helping greatly to make the state of Wyoming
PROGKESSIl'E MEX OF WYOMING.
287
•what it is today. Seeking no ] imminence or
honurs for himself, he is yet at the front in he
half Hi any improvement tn'the town or ..unity,
always willing to give time and effort to Si
cure its safe and healthy establishment. Such
men are the bone and sinew of a community,
the ones on which it must rely for enduring life,
activity and its real growth. Though others
may he the architects they are the real hnildcrs
of towns and states.
HYRUM SMITH.
The chronicles of the Mormon church, if
they were published, would show examples of
heroic endurance, arduous simple, unquailing
courage, unyielding' self-reliance inexhaustible
resourcefulness, and most triumphant success of
every kind, equal to those of any other people
in human history. To this great organization,
which firmly planted its advancing foot in the
wilderness \\hen driven from the boundaries ot
civilisation by the mailed hand of unreasoning
persecution, there setting up its altars and es-
tablishing its homes, carving a new dominion
of surpassing excellence out of the most un-
promising conditions, belongs Hyrum Smith,
now of l.al'.arye. I'inta county, Wyoming, and
in his life and work he exemplifies its sterling
and most commendable traits. His life began
at Salt Lake I'ity on February 22. 1.^5^, whither
his parents. \V. J. and Mary A. i 1'rcar) Smith,
liad c. .me fr. .m Kngland. their land of their nativ-
ity and the home of their ancestors, among the
first settlers in I 'tali. They were prominent in
church work, the father being an officer in the
councils of the church for mam yeai 3, and the)
had ten children, of whom six are li\ing.
Ilvrum Smith has the usual of coun-
try bo\s on the frontier — a limited attendance
at the public schools of his neighbor!). >• «d.
plenn of work to do on the farm and at 0
. IC< iipali' .us. and llu- e\pandii i i' 'tis in
cident to a new and undeveloped territory. < >n
lea\in- -eli.iol he engaged in th. sheep industry
iii his native state for lifteen years, then, in
|SS.|, came to \Y\oniing and bought the place
on which he has since resided near !
It consists of 1,000 acres of good hay and g
ing land, and has been well improved for the
purposes of the stock industry, in which he is
extensivel) engaged. I 'mil the spring of 1902
he had an average of 1,000 head of cattle, but
then sold them and turned his attention to
raising horses, which he is still doing on an
ascending scale and with promise of abundant
success. ( >n January ,}i, iSSS. at the great
Mormon metropolis. Mr. Smith and Miss Susan
( iarrett were united in marriage. She was born
in England, and in iSno accompanied her par-
'eiits. \Yilliam and Maria (Maycock) Smith, to
the L'nited States, from the Atlantic coast
\\here they landed coming to Utah, cros-ing
the plains by means of ox teams, and experi-
encing the apprehension and risking the dan-
gers, if not actuall\ suffering the horrors of at-
tack by wild beasts and wilder men. Mr. and
Mrs. Smith have four children. Jean L.. Quest,
Grace and IVarl.
IK IN. ROBERT SMITH.
To present in connected detail the leading
fact-- in the life of one of \\ \ • .tiling's distin-
guished men and throw light upon s,,me of his
more prominent characteristics is the task in
hand in order to place before the reader the
following brief biography of Hon. Robert Smith
of koek Springs. Since 1*7^; he lias been ac-
tively identified with the political and industrial
history of the state, winning • ,<i.-i'."ii- place
in public affairs and impressing bis strong per-
sonalit\ upon the community where For a quar-
ter of a century he lias been a forceful factor in
directing thought and molding opinion. He
is descended from a long line of sturdy Scotch
ancestors and inherits mam of the sterling vir-
tues for which that peopl. have long
i Mi- Father, Roberl Smith, was born in
the Highlands of Scotland, where during the
greater part of his life he had •
landed estate near the place of his birlh. lie
possessed excellent qualities of head and !'•
enjovcd distinct!
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
energetic man of affairs and died in 1865,
sixty years of age. Me was a son of James
Smith, also a native of the Highlands and a
farmer by occupation. Barbara Abercrombie,
\\lio became the wife of Robert Smith, Sr., and
the mother of Hon. Robert Smith, was the
daughter of John Abercrombie, a farmer and
sheepraiser, who lived and died in Scotland.
Robert Smith of this review was born on May
i, 1848. in Aberdeen, Scotland, and spent the
years of his childhood and youth on his native
heath. After receiving a preliminary education
in the schools of Braemar and Banff he entered
the academy at Fordyce, Banffshire, from
which he was graduated in 1864 and immediate-
ly thereafter accepted a position with the pub-
lishing house of William McKenzie, Glasgow.
After remaining in that gentleman's employ for
two or three years he resigned his position and
went into the shipping house of Hutchinson &
Brown, with which he continued three years,
leaving the firm while holding the responsible
position of cashier. Mr. Smith next went to
London, England, where for four years he held
the position of correspondent with the firm of
Sir Charles Price & Co. Severing his connec-
tion with that company he decided to go to
America, and in 1873 he left the old world and
in due time reached his destination, proceeding
direct to Uinta county, Wyo., where he ac-
cepted the position of cashier with the Rocky
Mountain Coal and Iron Co., having headquar-
ters at Almy. He continued in that capacity
about three years, when he went to Salt Lake
City and engaged in silver mining in the Stock-
ton district, but did not long remain there, re-
turning to Wyoming in the latter part of 1877.
In 1880 Mr. Smith entered the field of journal-
ism by starting at Green River the Sweetwater
Gazette, a weekly paper devoted to local and
state interests. The venture proved successful
and within a comparatively short time a large
number of subscribers were secured, also a lib-
eral advertising patronage. The Gazette soon
became the official organ of Sweetwater county
and was a recognized power in local and state
politics. It continued its periodical visits under
the original caption until 1887, when the plant
was moved to Rock Springs, fifteen miles east
of Green River, in the same county, the name
being changed to the Miner, and as such it has
since been published under the able manage-
ment of Mr. Smith. The Miner has come rap-
idly to the front as one of the strongest and
best edite.d local sheets in the state, and is an
ardent exponent of the principles of the Repub-
lican party. Neither time nor pains have been
been spared to make it a welcome visitor to its
patrons, and its editor and publisher easily
ranks with the most 'successful newspaper men
of the West. He has long been recognized
among his contemporaries as possessing ability
of a high order, wielding a polished and trench-
ant pen, being thoroughly informed upon the
political history of parties and familiar with the
great questions of the times, national and inter-
national. His editorials have now wide pub-
licity, while upon all matters of controversy he
is considered a formidable though courteous
antagonist, never stooping to personal attacks
nor resorting to anything savoring of undig-
nified journalism. Mechanically, the Miner is
a model of neatness and typographical art. and
as the office is well supplied with the latest mod-
ern appliances, the plant has become one of the
most valuable newspaper properties in this .sec-
tion of the country. Through the medium of
his paper and otherwise, Mr. Smith has long
been a potent force in state politics. In 1875
he served in the lower house of the General
Assembly and in 1887 represented Sweetwater
county in the Territorial Council. His record as
a lawmaker justified his constituents in the wis-
dom of their choice, as he succeeded in bring-
ing about much needed legislation, prominent
among which was the Mechanics' Lien Bill,
introduced by him and passed principally
through his efforts. He was one of the leading
members of both bodies, took an active part in
the general deliberations on the floor and made
his presence felt on some of the most important
committees. He was chief clerk of the house
of representatives of the Seventh State Legisla-
ture and honored bv the unanimous vote of
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
289
that body for the position. \Yhile deeply inter-
ested in state affairs. Mr. Smith has not been
unmindful of the claims which the community
has upon its citizens. He has been an earnest
worker for every enterprise that tends to the
development of the social, educational and
moral interests of the city and county and every
measure having the public welfare for its ob-
jecl finds in him a zealous supporter and liberal
patron. Being a well-educated man, he has
been especially interested in the matter of
schools, realizing that intelligence generally
diffused, is one of the state's most important
-ah -guards. He has served several terms as
school trustee and is at present clerk of the
Board of Education. He has spared no ex-
pense in providing for his children the best edu-
ial advantages and personally looks after
their intellectual development. The eldest of
his two children, after completing his literar\
course, entered Rush Medical College, Chic,
win-re he is now finishing the fourth year of his
professional studies. The younger, < leorgina,
made a creditable record as a student in the
schools and is a young lady of culture
and varied attainments. Mr. Smith was mar-
rice! in [87910 reorgina Kidd. a daughter
of George and Margaret (SandersMin Kidd.
all being natives of Scotland. Geoi
was a prosperous merchant in (IlasjMiw and
Mrs. Kidd's father was a seafaring man. who
For man) \e-ars commanded a vessel in I
merchant marine service. He con-
tinued in this vocation until reaching the
limit, after which he lived in retirement to be
quite an old man. Mrs. Kidd also lived to a
good old age. Mr. Smith belongs to the
Anci'-nl ' Irder of 1'nited Workmen, t!
oicnt Protective < >nler of Klks. to the
ind i" the Woodmen of the World.
His ha- been an active- life, throughoul \\hich
he- 1- tO live aCCi -rding to Ir
hiijie-st standard of maul
in \Yyotning are more widely known and HOIK-
' shown themselves more wonh\ of the
high esteem iii which he is held. . \1tli
• '.- . |,]\ engrossed in business affairs. Mr. Smith
r carries them into the quiet atmosphere
of the domestic fireside. As soon as he turns
the door of his office, he throws aside all the
cares and worries of the day and goes happy
to a home comfortable in its appointments and
restfulucss. There environed by the tenderness
of family ties and for the time shut from the
busy world without, he finds in his home, his
books and the company of his friends the rest
and pleasure which only very busy men know
how to appreciate.
I-R \XK SMITH.
The third of the elariug pioneers who first
invaded the primeval wilelerne.-.s of what is now
Weston county, Wyoming, by his labors and his
influence aiding largely in reducing the soli-
tude to civilization and systematic prodnctivc-
ness, holding in his own right 480 acre- of its
fruitful soil and having under lease a large ad-
ditional acreage, mi which he conduct- Z
ing cattle industry. Frank Smith, of the Stockade
: lias well earned l>
nention among the builders and makers of
this state which it is our pleasure to here give
him. He inherited from a long line of progres-
sive ancestors a true pioneer -pint and enthu-
siasm, his parents, Anthony and Rachel (Ft
Smith, having been among the first settlers in
\Yam-n county, Iowa, where he was bor
April o. iS;;v both his Father and his m,
having been brought there by tin ir parents in
early life, and having been reared in that county
when it was a part of the \-T-, Far West, "flu-re
the father, although a mechanic, followed farm-
nig succe-ssfully until his death in iSoi,
there the mother is pas-ing tl- if her
days, rich in a re-
mote pa-t because m'.isurcel by conditions rather
than years, and realizing as none but actua'
servers with • ice can. the all-cone|nering
spirit of American colonization. Mr. Smii
led with his mother, attending schoo1
assisting on the farm until he was twenty
290
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
i ild. He then rented a farm in his native county
and farmed it for four years. In 1877 he sold
out and removed to Nebraska, taking up a pre-
emption in Buffalo county in that state. After
three years of varying success as a farmer there,
In u;ain parted company with his land and came
to his present location on Stockade Beaver
Creek, making his home for a while with J. H.
I'rrrl on the ranch adjoining the one which he
now occupies himself. He at once went to
freighting and put his energies to work in the
line of enterprise incident thereto, hauling sup--
plies to various towns in the hills for two years.
In the spring of 1882 he located on his present
ranch, ten miles northeast of Newcastle, and
since then has devoted his entire time to ranch-
ing, and improving his property, increasing its
boundaries, developing its resources, making it
comfortable and complete as a home, and placing
its products, both animal and vegetable, on the
market in a way that has brought them high ap-
preciation and him gratifying returns. He saw .
almost the beginning of civilized man's estate in
the section, being the third to settle there and he
is the only survivor of these who began its in-
spiring history. 'When he "stuck his stake" on
the banks of the creek, Laramie county extended
along the entire eastern boundary of the terri-
tory from Colorado to Montana. On March 3,
1874, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with
Miss Josephine Freel, a native of Warren
county, Iowa, where the nuptials were solem-
nized, and where her parents, J. B. and Margaret
(Portez) Freel, were prosperous farmers and
pioneers. Mrs. Smith did not hesitate to walk
life's dangerous way with him into the wilder-
ness and has contributed her share to the growth
and improvement of the section in which they
live. He is a Republican in politics, serving his
people as 'county commissioner in 1892 and 1896.
Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Pythias
and the Woodmen of the World, holding mem-
bership in lodges of these orders at Newcastle.
In addition to his ranching and cattle interests he
has valuable holdings in oil properties with the
Rattler and the Custer City oil companies.
J. ANSDELL LOVATT.
It was at a very troublous time in our history
that the gentleman whose name stands at the
caption of this reiew came into the world. He
was born on March 21, 1860, when all the ele-
ments of public sentiment North and South were
in preparation for the most disastrous and mo-
mentous civil war of human annals, when even
the most hopeful looked forward to the outcome
of the storm-darkened skies with fear and trem-
bling. It is not to be supposed however that this
circumstance dominated his life, for that, in the
main, has been peaceful and its contests have
been along the lines of productive industry. Al-
most before ''manhood darkened on* his downy
cheek" the wounds of that war were healed
through a better fraternal feeling than had ever
before prevailed between the sections. J. Ans-
dell Lovatt is a native of Long Island,
N. Y., whither his honored parents, William and
Elizabeth (Ramsden) Lovatt, came directly from
their native England and from whence
they crossed the plains in 1861 to Utah.
In that then very remote and almost unknown
country the father worked at his trade of boiler-
making, and there, in Salt Lake City, at the age
of sixty-six years he died. There also the mother
died at the age of fifty-five. Ansdell was the
third of their six children, and was reared and
educated in the Mormon metropolis. After
leaving school he engaged in teaming in Utah
and followed this line of activity until 1882. In
that year he came to Wyomnig and, locating in
what is now Fremont county, worked for three
years in the mines at South Pass. He then again
engaged in teaming and contracting, with that
vicinity as headquarters until 1890, when he lo-
cated on his present ranch ten miles northeast of
Xewfork. This now consists of 320 acres of
good meadow land and he owns another of the
same size five miles southwest of Newfork. On
these fine ranches he raises a large number
of superior Hereford and Shorthorn cattle,
with immense crops of hay. Both are well
improved, as to buildings and other appli-
PROGRESSirE MEX OF WYOMING.
291
ances for their proper purposes, and both
are being brought to an advanced state of
cultivation by skillful husbandry and the ener-
getic application of the best modern methods ol
agricultural work. Mr. Lovatt is an extensive
Chipper of cattle to the eastern markets and his
brand is well-known in all the eastern stock-
\anls. The Xewfork country was new to civi-
lization and culture when he came into it and
what it is now is clue in large measure to the in-
telligent and progressive ideas he, and others
like him, have put into vigorous activity in the
community. Nothing of value to his section
escapes his attention or long waits for his active
assistance. It is to such men as he that "\Yyo-
ming, one of the youngest of the states, owes
so much of her progressiveness and advanced
state of commercial, educational and social de-
vi 1< ipment. In fraternal relations he is connected
with the order of Elks, holding membership in
Rock Springs Lodge. Xo. 103, and takes great
interest in the meetings and growth of the order.
THOMAS SNEDDON.
This gentleman is one of the most expe-
t iciiccd coal miners in the state of \Yyoining, be-
ing the efficient superintendent of the Diamond
( 'oal and Coke Co., of Diamondville. lie was
born on October 13. 1855. in Fifeshire. Scotland.
a son of Robert and |anet ( narrower) Sneddon.
the former of whom was born about 1X15. a son
of John and Margaret (Hunter) Sneddon, and
was a school-teacher. Robert Sneddon was a
leader among the miners in his native land, was
also a great lover of his home and a consistent
member <>f the Mormon church. He died in
Scotland on |nne \<>. 18711, sixt\-onc \ears old,
bm his wife survived imiil September, 1 890, when
she also died in Scotland at the age of scvcntv-
foiir years. Thomas Sneddon ivccived his edn-
cation in Scotland, attending the public schools,
at ( >akle\ , Fifcshire, and was twenty I
• >ld when lie came to the ( "nitrd Si id first
ted at \lrnv, Cinla coimtv. WyO., uhen he
\\as engaged in coal mining; i'"i- fourteen \ears.
He then came to Diamoiulvilk' and opened up the
mines here in September, iS<;4, as the mini'
man and in September, 1898, he was el
superintendent, which is his present position,
llu- duties of which he performs in a manner al-
together satisfactory to all concerned. Mr.
Sneddon has also been honored by being elected
vice-president of the First National Irmk at
Kemmerer. In politics Mr. Sneddon is a Repub-
lican and in i8<jo was elected to represent his
people in the lower branch of the State Legisla-
ture, having been on the school board for twelve
years, also serving as mayor of Diamondville for
three terms and also as a member of the mining
hoard, first as a practical miner and then as the
superintendent. On December 31, 1877. Mr.
Sneddon married in Oakley. Fifeshire, Scotland,
Miss Christina Newton, a daughter of John and
Margaret (Murray) Newton, and to this mar-
iage have been born eleven children, Margaret,
now postmaster of Diamondville; Robert, time-
keeper for the Diamond Coal and Coke Co. ; John,
who died at the age of sixteen months; Janet;
( 'hristena Cecilia; Thomas; Jane; Mary; Eliza-
beth and Ruth. The parents are members of
the Church of Latter Hay Saints, and are steady
going, upright citizens, and Mr. Sneddon is
possessed of all the sterling qualities that inva-
riably characterize Caledonia's children, being sa-
gacious, industrious and conscientious in the dis-
charge of his duties, and standing high in the
esteem of the compam . as well as in the respect
of the company's employes. Such men as Mr.
Sneddon constitute the factors that build up the
pros|ierit\ and eK vale the character of the com-
munities when they cast their lot in a new
country, and to such hardy pioneers too much
credit cannot be awarded. Mr. Sneddon greatl)
appreciates the benefits to be derived from prop-
erly applied industr\ and discriminating skill in
and knowledge of bis calling, and favorably com-
pares the compensation given in this country
uilh that in the old COUIltr) for the same
of lah"|- and knowledge. lie is well satisfied
\\ilh America and the country is well satisfied
with M r. Sncdd' >n.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
JOHN T. SNOW.
One of the most widely known and popular
ranchmen of Laramie county, Wyoming, and
\\lio has resided in the Platte River Valley since
18/8, John T. Snow was born December 27, 1852,
in Barren county, Kentucky, a son of William
and Mildred (Penick) Snow, both of old Ken-
tucky stock and well-known families in the Blue
Grass state. The father was a carpenter by trade
and in 1859 removed from Kentucky to Texas,
locating then near Paris, where he worked at his
trade and later at farming, which latter vocation
he followed until his death which occurred
in 18(13. ul Lamar county, Texas. Mrs. Mildred
Snow still survives and makes her home with
her son, John T. Snow. John T. Snow received
his early education in Lamar county, Tex., there
continuing to reside with his family and working
also at various occupations until 1872, when he
came northwest to Idaho with a drove of cattle
and located on the Snake River for over a year,
riding the range, the following year he returned
to Texas and worked oil his mother's range an-
• other year, then, in the spring of 1875, he came
from Texas to Wyoming, again driving cattle,
and on reaching Cheyenne went into the employ
of the Crayton Cattle Co., with which he re-
mained until March, 1878. Later in the spring of
this year he entered the employ of the Pratt &
Ferris Cattle Co., on their Platte River ranch and
rode their range until September, 1883. In the
spring of 1884, Mr. Snow took up land on the
Cottonwood and engaged in the cattle and horse
business on his own account and in the fall of
1888 he purchased his present ranch on the Raw-
hide, eleven miles from the Platte River, and
in the spring of 1889 to°k UP m's residence
on this property, which has since been his
home, and where his cattle and horses have
since occupied his attention. He has been re-
markably successful in stock-raising, has now
about 1,000 acres of land devoted to this
purpose and is clearly regarded as one of the
largest and most prosperous cattleraisers of the
valley. His ranch is a model one, perfect in
every respect, and his dwelling is one of the
finest in the section. Mr. Snow was married on
December 20, 1882, near Fort Laramie, Wyo., to
the amiable Miss Elizabeth McGinnis, a native of
Illinois, and a daughter of John and Catherine
I Mullens) McGinnis. The late John McGinnis
was also a stockman and came to Wyoming from
Omaha, Neb., in 1875. He indefatigably prose-
cuted the business and met with continuous suc-
cess until his death in 1880, his remains being in-
terred at Fort Laramie. His widow now makes
her IK ime at Lusk, Converse county, Wyo. J. T.
Snow was one of the first settlers on Rawhide
River and is consequently one of the best known
ranchmen in the valley and for miles around.
His name stands above reproach and he is looked
up to by his neighbors for that kind of advice
which his long experience in the neighborhood
enables him to give. In politics he is a Demo-
crat, but not a bitter one. allowing to all the
privilege of holding opinions with the same free-
dom they exercise in breathing the air of the sur-
rounding mountains.
JOHN W. STONER.
John W. Stoner, leading merchant and the
postmaster of Cokcville, in L'inta county. Wyo-
ming, is a native of "Maryland, my Maryland,"
where he was born on November i, 1837, his
parents being John and Mary (McFerran)
Stoner, Pennsylvanians by nativity and pros-
perous farmers not very far from the Maryland
line. The parental lineage runs back to Colo-
nial days in this country, three brothers of the
family then coming to America from Germany.
There were eight children born to the house-
hold of Mr. Stoner's parents, of whom he was
the fifth in order of birth, and seven are now
living. He was educated in the district schools
of Maryland and Pennsylvania, finishing his
course at an advanced institute in the latter
state. He began life for himself as a farmer in
'his native state and also taught school. In 1861
he made a trip to California by the Isthmus of
Panama, and soon after his arrival removed to
Nevada. In 1865 he went to Montana and
mined in that territory until 1877. His success
PROGRESSIl'E ME.\ OF U'YOMIXG.
293
in mining- was only moderate and a short time
later he took up his residence at Soda Springs,
Idaho, settling a few months thereafter at
Cokevillc, Wyo., where he has ever since re-
sided. In 1878 he started the mercantile enter-
prise which he is still conducting and has been
in ch rge of it continuously from its inception.
Thus for a quarter of a century he has lived
among this people, contributing to the <1< • !
opment and advancement of their country and
growing strong in their good will and esteem.
He has kept in vigorous action the sterling-
qualities of thrift, industry, integrity and >
mon sense which he inherited from a well-to-do
ancestry, noted wherever they were known for
plain and upright manhood. In i88t he was
appointed postmaster and has held the office
continuously since that year except during the
Cleveland administrations, when he resigned.
This office he consents to hold only because he
can thereby be of service to the people of the
town. Other political positions he steadfastly
refuses to take, although he is somewhat firm
and zealous as a Republican. Mr. Sinner's
is a model of compleleness, convenience
and tasteful arrangement. His slock of gen-
eral merchandise is large and well selected and
so disposed about the commodious rooms as
to !•' easy of access and inspection, and to pro-
claim its merits to the best advantage. He is
also extensively interested in the stock industry,
owning 4,200 acres of land in a body, which is
well improved and makes one of the finest
farms in this county. Here he has large 1
of registered Durham and Hereford cattle and
man' horses of superior breeds. His herd
undoubtedly among ihe best in ihr state. In
addition he owns ilv townsite of Cokeville, a
valuable residence in the town and considerable
stock in the bank at Montpelier. [daho, oi
which lie is the vice-president. In fraternal re-
lations- Mr. Stoncr affiliates with the fndepend-
cnl Order of ( >dd Fellows, belon^in
lodge at Kvanston. of which he has been a
For twent\ -seven years. ' >n April 5.
he was married in Man la [i \~an-
nie 1 .1 native- of that state, a dam-'
of Cortip and Sarah (Geiser) Fogler, also
Marylanders of German ancestry. Mr. and
Mrs. Stoner have two children, Roscoe F. and
Sarah. The experience of this gentleman is an
ofl told tale in the history of the Great V
He came to this section of the country when it
was unsettled, unsurveyed, and uninhabited by
white men, and began his residence in it by
trading with the Indians. He has seen it yield
rapidly to ihe commands of civilization, speedily
assuming fertility and comeliness at its behest.
and bringing forth with abundance for man's
enjoyment whatever is useful, nourishing and
valuable. And it is much to his credil that the
results arc due in large measure to his own
diligence and enterprise and the activity of
the developing forces which he has set in mo-
lion and kepi in aclive operalion.
WALTER HERSEY THAYER.
The civilizalion which the Pilgrims of the
Mayllower brought lo America was that of the
highest, and wherever we find descendants from
its prominent families we may safely assume
that they stand for all that represents integrity,
intelligence, public spirit, indomitable per-
ance, unstinted energy and all con
methods, and in the ancestry of Mr. Thayer we
find three of the very earliest of the Old Colony
people, while he was born at the quaint
beautiful old town of Beloit, Wisconsin, the
date of his birth being September 12,
his parents fsaac 1 1. and Eliza (Cooper) Thayer,
the father a native of P.uckiield. Me., and the
her of Paris, in the same state. The ma-
greal grandfather \\-as born in 1'b mouth
"',1 Colonial Stock, the paternal grand-
father tracing bavk to ilie Thayers of Bristol
county, Mass., but pa.ssing all of his life in
Maine. He V >i >ldier ill ihe
War of i id his widow, born a Hei
IOIIL; dre\\ a ] 'Vomit of his
In this connection we will Stati thai .1 tn.itrrnnl
of Mr. Tba now
• ing a pennon for his services in the i 'ivil
War. in which t\\o of his brothers al-. •
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOML\(;.
\vhilc an elder limther received such injuries
. during his military services in the Mexican War
that he died soon after his return to his home.
A number <>f the Thayers did loyal service in
the Union ranks in the Civil War, and the
father. Isaac H. Thayer, manifested great musi-
cal talents and early left Maine for Massachu-
setts, where he devoted much time to music, in
fact continuing to do so throughout his life, and
becoming a band master. After some years' resi-
dence in the Old Bay State and other years
passed in traveling he was for some years lo-
cated in the merchandising of boots and shoes
at Beloit, Wis.. thereafter removing to Ionia,
Mich., where in association with George S.
Cooper, he was prosperously engaged as a
merchant for twenty years, then retiring and
coming to Wyoming, where he took up the
present home ranch of his son, Walter, and
made it his residence until his death in Octo-
ber, 1892. Walter H. Thayer, the eldest child,
after his graduation from the high school at
Ionia, Mich., in the class of '80, engaged in
pedagogic work in Ionia for one year, then was
for three years conducting a grocery trade in
Ionia, after which he started westward, ultimately
locating in Wyoming in association with his fa-
ther in the stock business, their ranch being situ-
ated eight miles southeast of Glenrock, on Hut-
ton's and Batt's Creeks, and extending to Box
Elc4er Creek and containing 2.000 acres of
patented land, they controlling through leas-
es and in other manner about 10,000 acres. To
this property the title has now entirely.accrued
t" .\[r. Thayer, who is very rapidly adding to
the improvements thereon and possessing val-
uable adjudicated water-rights, he is from year
by year extending the amount of land under
irrigation. His ranch is known as Cannondale
and is a very attractive place, having good
buildings arid a truly homelike apppearance,
which is further advanced by the genial and un-
obtrusive hospitality which is everywhere in
evidence. Mr. Thayer is prominent among the
stockgrowers. His favorite breed of cattle is
the Black Polled Angus, but as it is not possi-
ble to raise that stock on the range, where there
are so many varieties, and maintain its purity,
he devotes his attention to Herefords, of which
he is running 500 head, annually, however, in-
creasing the number, and having a choice band
of horses, and he has recently introduced a fine
strain of running stock. Among the most pro-
gressive and valuable citizens of the state, Mr.
Thayer must be classed, for in all public mat-
ters and private improvements he manifests the
same qualities of calm, clear judgment, execu-
tive ability and wise discrimination that have
brought him such success in his business. In
matters political he acts and votes with the
Republican party, while he holds fraternal re-
lations with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, the Woodmen of the World and the Free-
masons. The marriage of Mr. Thayer and Miss
Rosa Wilkins, a native of England, and daugh-
ter of Enos Wilkins, Esq., of Devises, Wilt-
shire, England, occurred on December 27, 1898.
They have two winsome daughters, Minnie
Belle and Mabel Jeanette. The parents of Mrs.
Thayer were long connected with the raising of
flowers and with the florists business in Eng-
land and acquired a reputation of marked value-
in that connection.
HENRY TISCH.
A pioneer of three states and a fine type of
the German-American citizen, Hon. Henry
Tisch is one of the leading residents of Wheat-
land, Wyoming. Xow retired from active busi-
ness pursuits and enjoying in the evening of his
well-spent life the ease and comfort to which
his many years of industry and business activ-
ity justly entitle him, he is still associated in
business with his sons, and his heart is as
young and his ambitions as keen for his chil-
dren and for the welfare of the community in
which he and they reside as in the days of his
young manhood. A native of Germany, he was
born in the Province of Oldenburg, on Febru-
ary 9, 1831. the son of Joseph and Christiana
(•Klee) Tisch, both natives of the Fatherland.
His father was a mechanic in the old country
and after his emigration to America in 1851
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF ll'YOMIXG.
295
continued tlu- sanu- track-. The family settled
first in the city of Xcw York, where they re-
mained until 1854, when they removed '" the
state of Xew Jersey, the father still working as
a mechanic. In 1855 the family rcmox-cd to
"Wisconsin, establishing their new home in tin-
county of Manitowoc. Here the father died
on February io. iSSi, the mother having passed
away on July 31, i8M>. and the old people lie
buried side by side in the county of Manitowoc.
Henry Tisch grew to man's estate in Germany,
acquiring an education much more thorough
than falls to the lot of most young men. After
completing his school education he learned a
trade, which he followed in the state of Xew
York and afterwards in Xew Jersey. In 1852, Mr.
Tisch left his parents in Xew Jersey and came
(<• Misbicott, \\ is., then a new and unsettled
community, and there purchased a farm as a
home for his parents, who in 1854 removed to
their new home in Wisconsin. Upon arriving
there Mr. Tisch formed a business partnership
with his brother and the\ opened a general
store at Misbicott. which they conducted with
success for a number of years. Subsequently
he was engaged in teaching school in that vi-
cinity for three years, later becoming the en-
gineer of a large sawmill, where he remained
for some time, (hi \ugust _'i. i8d_>, during
the great Civil \Yar, he enlisted in the Twentx-
seventh Wisconsin Regiment and was engaged
in active service with that regiment from the
time of enlistment until the close «\ the war.
He was in many engagements, was ofien under
fire, but fortnnatcb escaped without sustaining
serious injury. I'pon being mustered mil of
tin- 51 rvice he returned to his fornu-r oecii|>ation
of teaching. Soon after he was elected 1" vari-
ous positions of trust and honor in the city of
Mishicott. in all of which he served with credit
and distinction. In those years he took an
active and leading part in the public affairs of
that section of tin Mate, being one of the prom
incut leaders of the Democratic party. In 187^
he removed to Kewaunee, \\ is., there engaged
in the hardware business for seven \ears, an.!
during this time he \\a> nominated and el
to the responsible position of register of deeds
of that county, holding that office for six \
continuously, being elected each term by in-
creased majorities, showing bis great popular-
ity. In iSSo. in association with his son. ( >ttO,
who is now associated with him in business in
Wheatland. he established a German newspa-
per in the city of Kewaunee, which they con-
ducted for about one year, then disposed of the
plant and in i88<;, they removed to Xebraska.
where they settled in the town of Crawford and
engaged in merchandising. They continued in
this business tor two years and sold their busi-
ness to good advantage and returned to Ke-
waunee, where they remained until 1894. when
they again returned to Crawford, and later Mr.
Tisch. in company with his sons. < Mto and
Henry, came to Wyoming, where tlu \ settled
in the city of Wheatland, then in its infancy as
a business community, there erected a store
building and engaged in the drug business, in
which they ha\e ever since been interested.
\fter successfully establishing this business
Mr. Tisch left it in charge of his sons and re-
turned to Crawford, Xeb., where, he remained
until iS<;j. when be returned to Wyoming, pur-
chasing a ranch about nine miles south of
Whcatland and engaged in raising cattle and
horses with marked success until the spring of
looi. \\heii he rented his ranch proper! \ and
moved his home to the city of Wheatland,
where he has since maintained his resilience.
Here hi- has a comfortable home, and while In-
still remains as the senior member of the old firm
of H. Tisch & Sons, which transact- a large anil
successful business in drugs, he leaves its act-
ive management to his eldest son. 1 Hto. who
lias carried it on with conspicuous ability since
the doors were first opened in 1 804. Mr. Tiscb
is also tlu owner of large tracts of real-estate
in Wheatland and vicinity and o\\ns the brick-
block in which the drug store is located. In this
business bis son-. Otto, Ibnrv and Kruin. are
all interested, and are rising and successful
young business men of lint line section
the countn. <>n April 6, iSoo. at Misbi-
COtt. \\i-cotisin. Mr. Tisch was united in mar-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOMIXG.
riage with Miss Alma Manger, who was a na-
tive of Germany, and a. daughter of Henry
and Laura (Miller) Manger. The parents of
Mrs. Tisch emigrated from their native Ger-
many in 1852 and settled first on a farm near
Mishicoll, Wis., and soon after they removed
to the city of Mishicott, where the father was
a tanner until his death in 1872. The mother
is still living and resides with a daughter in
Kewaunee, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Tisch have had
six children, namely, Amelia, their eldest child,
died January 10, 1870, aged three years ; their
second child, who died at the age of three days ;
Otto, Henry, Erwin, who are all engaged in
business with their father at Wheatland, and
the youngest daughter, Hattie, who died on
June 3, 1894, aged sixteen years. The little
daughter, Amelia, is buried in Mishicott, Wis.,
and Hattie is buried at Crawford, Neb. Mr.
Tisch is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity,
being a member of the lodge at Wheatland, and
also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
of the same place. He is a member of the
order of the Sons of Herman at Kewaunee,
Wis,. and of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Otto Tisch. the eldest son of Henry Tisch and
his successor and chief manager in business
matters, was married on February 3, 1892, at
Crawford, Neb., to Miss Minnie G. Thompson,
the daughter of a prominent resident of that
place. They have two children, Hazel and Ray-
mond. Otto Tisch was one of the first men to
erect a building and engage in business in
Wheatland and he has had much to do with
the building up of the city and the surrounding
country. His courage, confidence in the future
of this section of the state and his business sa-
gacity and public spirit, have contributed largely
to the settlement and improvement of the com-
munity, attracting capital and men of enter-
prise. He has built up, in association with his
brothers, a large and successful business, which
is constantly increasing. It is largely to the
efforts of such men that the young state of
Wyoming owes her present prosperity, as well
as her future promise. They are among the
foremost of the progressive young business
men of the state and are sure to be heard from.
JOSEPH M. WELCH.
There is scarcely any class of men or any
phase of human life which is not served at some
lime or other by a good livery stable. It waits'
upon the needs of the commercial tourist, read-
ily helps the hurried man of business, pours
out its sweat for the political orator, favors the
votary of pleasure, gives opportunity to the
love-sick swain, and attends with becoming so-
lemnity the burial of the dead. To all these and
others Joseph M. Welch has gracefully minis-
tered since 1899, when he opened the excellent
livery and feed stables he now, conducts, which
he has greatly popularized by his excellent ap-
pliances for the business and his enterprising
and obliging service in the use of them, for he
not only exhibits a knowledge of the require-
ments for present needs but a determination to
keep the establishment up-to-date and always
in the front rank. He was born in Tuscarawas
county, Ohio, on April 13, 184^, the son of
Joseph and Caroline (Shamel) Welch, also na-
tives of Ohio, where the father was a prosperous
miller until 1854, when he removed with his
family to Illinois and wras there engaged in the
milling of flour until his death. The mother
died when her son Toseph was eleven years old
and two years later he left home to begin the
battle of life for himself, then coming west by
wagon to Oregon in 1876, and after working for
years at various occupations in divers places,
he engaged 'in freighting from The Dalles to
the John Day country and on to the Malheur
agency, continuing this enterprise for three
years. The next two he passed in the same
work in Idaho and from there came to Lander
and drove stage for two years, going to Ari-
zona in 1881 and working there until 1891, when
he returned to Lander and after farming and
raising stock for eight years, he sold out in
1899 and started the livery business, into which
he has since put the most of his time and
energy. He still owns, however, a farm located
about a mile and a half east of the town, on
which he raises a good quality of horses and
cattle. In 1890 he was married in Lander to
Mrs. Fosephenia Dollard, the wrife of Mr. Mark
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297
Dollard and a daughter of David and Euphemia
Sartin, natives of Missouri. By her first mar-
riage -Mrs. Welch had four sons, John, James,
Edward and Charles, and by the last, has four
sons and one daughter, Joseph M., Leo E.,
All Hi/' i William, Agnes B. and George H.
\VELTNER BROTHERS.
the most extensive and progressive
>tuekgn>wers in the state of Wyoming are the
\\Yltner Brothers, J. C. and Frederick, whose
ranch is located on the Prairie Dog, three miles
easl of Sheridan. They conduct their business
mi a very large scale and according to the most
approved methods in every way. having their
ranch of 1,400 acres equipped with every appur-
n nance desirable for its purposes, and the part
< if it which they have under cultivation has been
brought to a high state of fertility and fruitful-
ness. They were born in Pennsylvania, J. C. in
1856 and Frederick in 1852. While they were
yet young their parents removed the family home
to Iowa, and there the brothers grew to manhood
and were educated. In 1871; they came together
to Leadville, Colo., where .they remained four
years engaged in the water business. In 1883
they settled in Wyoming on portions of the land
they now own and at once started a vigorous en-
terprise in the stock industry, handling cattle
principally. Their business has prospered and in-
creased with rapid strides and by constant accre-
and ha-- grown to enormous value. Their
herds are fur the most part pure-bred lien-fords.
I hey are close students of the stock industry and
are judicious in the applicatii >n uf uli:ii they
read and observe cuncerning it ami conducting
their uperatiuiis <>n scientific principle- and with
systematic industry the results uf their efforts
are commensurate with their <>iitla\ of time, tal-
ent and intelligence. Their ranch comprises, a>
has been niited. an extent uf [,40 , and
have in addition -.nun acres of leased land.
The place is one of the mosl majestic in its sweep
and variet) of feature in this part of the coun-
try, and the home which the\ h:i\ erected on
it is one of tile attractions of the neighburlioocl.
It is much to the credit of these gentlemen that
they have built up by their own enterprise and
skill an industry of such magnitude, and much
more to their credit that they have set in motion
forces which have enabled and are enabling oth-
ers to do something of the same kind. But it
must also be noted that they have been identified
in a leading and most serviceable way with every
good project for the improvement of the com-
munity, omitting no effort on their part needed to
aid in giving life and spirit to every movement
for advancement which they have deemed worthy
of vitality. Such as they have brought out the
tremendous commercial, industrial and manufac-
turing forces of the immense Northwest into
vigorous and productive activity and guided
all of its political and moral agencies forward
along the lines of healthy and enduring prog-
ress; and such as they are entitled of all men to
honorable mention in any record of the achieve-
ments and the aspirations of the progressive
men of the state in which they live.
HON. LEWIS C. TIDBALL.
Successful in business, prominent in politics
,-iiid highly esteemed socially, the conditions of
life would seem to be altogether favorable for
Hon. Lewis C. Tidball, who lives on the oldest
settled ranch on Soldier ( 'reek, it being a fine
property and located three and one-half miles
northwest of Sheridan. W\». lie was burn on
lime _'5. 1848, in Mu.skingum count \ . < mio.
being the son of Andrew H. and Eliza ( < iil-
keson) Tidball, buth natives uf Pennsylvania. whu
-i tiled iii ( >hio in early days and were pro
uusly engaged in farming there, not far f
Zanesville. until i8<>4. when they removed to
Illinois. After six years of successful farming in
that state they took another llight toward the
sunset, lucating in Jasper counu. Mo., where
tin , jtill followed i. :miug until their death, that
of the father occurring in i SS. , and that of the
mother in lSi»o. Their son Lewis taught school
ill Illinois, then followed his parents to Missouri
where he worked on the farm, taught school
and attended the high schuul at ('arthage. then
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
IK, in tin.- spring of 1874 entered the law-office
of Mr. Hamilton at Carthage and read law for
four years. His father, being a great politician
of the ultra Democratic kind, his son Lewis came
into politics by inheritance. In 1876 he broke
away from the paternal party and joined the
new "Greenback'' organization, casting his first
vote (and the only one in his township) for
Peter Cooper, the presidential candidate of that
party. He then entered vigorously into tin-
Greenback movement in Missouri, but in 1879,
owing to the great excitement concerning Lead-
ville, Colo., he took the mining fever, leaving
.Missouri before he was admitted to the practice
of law, later being admitted to the bar at Sheri-
dan, Wyo., although he never practiced. He
first went to Mexico but remained only a year.
From that country he went to Leadville, Colo.,
but remained there also but a year. In 1881 he
settled in Gallatin county, Mont., and there en-
gaged in farming and in the raising of stock for
two years. In 1883 he closed out all bis in-
terests in Montana and then removing to Sheri-
dan county, Wyo., took up the ranch on which he
now lives, which is the oldest in this section of
the state, it having been first settled on by the
P. K. Co., by whom it was used as a stage
station on the line between the terminal of the
Northern Pacific and Rock Creek on the Union
Pacific Railroad, their old stable and stage-house
being still in good preservation, notwithstanding
the flight of time and the tempests that have
swept over them in their lonely and deserted
condition. Other buildings have been erected for
the needs of the ranch, which is now highly im-
proved, well cultivated, and made as homelike as
thrift, good taste and the circumstances of the
case will admit. It is a very desirable property,
and the historic name it had as a place of en-
tertainment has not suffered or been obscured
under the management and control of its present
hospitable and genial owner. The principal busi-
ness which Mr. Tidball conducts here is raising
stock in which he is very successful, his product
being kept in good condition and holding a de-
servedly high rank in the markets. Mr. Tid-
servedly high rank in the markets. Mr. Tid-
March 6, 1881, to Mrs. Jennie (Kelly) Kimmel,
a native of Iowa. She is a women of splendid
attainments, having very extensive social rela-
tions, and she is held in high esteem by all who
know her, being regarded as one of the leading
intellectual women in northern Wyoming. She
is now the president of the Woman's Club
nf Sheridan. They have four children, Lewis C.
Jr., Jean Y., Vernon M. and Benjamin W. The
two oldest sons are attending the Wyoming Uni-
versity, and they are regarded as the leading
students of that splendid educational institution.
In politics the head of the house affiliated with
the Populist party and gave it good service, both
as a worker in the ranks and in responsible official
stations, for he was elected to the State Legis-
lature on its ticket in 1892, and his ability ancl
knowledge of affairs were so well established in
the belief of his associates that he was chosen
Speaker of the House in his first term. In 1896
he was again elected to the Legislature, and in
the ensuing term more than sustained his repu-
tation as a capable and farseeing legislator, ren-
dering his constituents well appreciated service
and doing excellent work for the interests of the
state in a general way. While in the Legislature
the first time he first introduced an amendment
to the state constitution which provided for the
"Initiative and Referendum" but it then failed to
pass. In his last term he was the first one in the
State Legislature to urge the passage of the
"free-textbook" measure which later became a
law and has given more satisfaction than any
other law ever passed. In the Legislature of
1897 he advocated the building of free bath-
houses at the hot springs of Thermopolis by aid
of the state ancl his plan was then laughed at, but
in 1903 the state actually commenced the erection
of three of the same free bath-houses he then ad-
vocated. In 1894 Mr. Tidball was made the
Populist candidate for governor of Wyoming and
he wrote the following plank in the Populist
platform of that year. "Demanding that the
Federal government should build reservoirs in
the arid regions to hold the waste water for irri-
gation." the very first demand of the government
in that line ever written. After the dissolution
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
299
of tin- Populist party Mr. Tidball entered the
Socialist movement and is now regarded as one
ni its K-aders in northern Wyoming. Air. and
Mrs. Tidball have a fine city residence in Sheri-
dan, where they now reside, for Mr. Tidball and
his two oldest sons have entered the newspaper
field. His newspaper is called The Independent
Press. In politics it is an uncompromising
Socialist publication, but in addition to politics.
he is trying to make it a newspaper of high stand-
ing with the intelligent aid of his gifted wife and
the assistance of his two bright sons.
WILLIAM J. WERXLI.
( hie iif the leading business men and prop-
erty owners of the new town of Encampment,
Wyoming, William J. Wernli. is also a pioneer
of that enterprising place. He is a native of Wis-
consin, horn in the city of Oshkosh. on January
5. iS5<>, the son of Jacob and Anna Maria
I Sterner) Wernli, both natives of Switzerland.
The father came to America in 1855, and estab-
lished his home in Oshkosh, where he continued
to reside for a number of years, and then re-
iihued his residence to Waupaca. Here he be-
came the capable principal of the city schools,
and later being elected the county superinten-
dent of Waupaca county. He made his home
at that place for about five years and then he
removed t" Milwaukee, and there held the po-
sition nf tlie principal of the public schools
of the secniid ward of that city tor two years,
thereafter removing his family to Platteville.
Wis.. where he was elected as assistant principal
nf the first state normal school which was lo-
cated at that place. He continued here fur two
years and then went to ( ialena. 111., where he
founded the Northwestern Normal College, of
which he was the principal and manager Eor
ti\e years. He then disposed nf his (ialena
propertv and made his home in Chicago, 111.,
where lie retired from professional labors and
smvessfiillv engaged in the wholesale and retail
book and statioilerv business for t \\ , . veal's. lie
then sold his business to advantage, and uent to
I i mars, [owa, where he purchased a section of
land and engaged in agricultural pursuits until
his death in 1901. During a portion of his res-
idence here he was principal of the city schools
and also the county superintendent of public in-
struction, lieing a man of wide information and
of high standing as an educator, his services
were in constant demand as a lecturer before
teachers' institutes. He was highly esteemed by
all classes of his fellow citi/cns. and was deeply
mourned by a large circle of friends and rel-
atives. He had been twice married, and lefi a
family of thirteen children. William I. Wernli
was the eldest child of the family and attained
to manhood in his native state of Wisconsin and
in Illinois and Iowa and receiving his education
in the schools of those states remaining at home
until 1879, when he became the secretary and
chief bookkeeper of the Plymouth Roller Mill
( o., at Lemars, Iowa. He remained in this po-
sition for ten years, then removed to Rapid City,
South Dakota, and engaged in a prosperous busi-
ness as a grain and produce dealer for t\\ o years,
and then returned to Lemars. where he embarked
in the sale of farm implements, later dispos
ing of that business and removing to Correction-
ville, Iowa, after residing at Lemars for some
three years, he engaged in the milling bus-
He was burned out one year later and lost every-
thing. Again returning to Lemars, he eng
in real-estate and insurance until ]8<j8. when he
removed to the vicinity of Encampment. V.
and there occupied himself in prospecting ami
mining for about two years, passing through
some very Irving' experiences and on on<
easion lie and his family came near perishing in
a severe storm which suddenh overtook them
in the mountains. In looo. he purchased the
Fail-child stock of hardware at lloggett. W\o..
and removed it to Encampment, where he erected
a small building and engaged in a small wa\ in
the hardware trade. l!y hard work, perseverance
and business enterprise he has gradually built
up an excellent trade and has extended his op
lions until lie is now tile owner of one of the
-t mercantile establishments in his section
of the state. < triginallv his store building was
only sixteen feet Mjnare. and lie resided with his
300
PROGRESSIVE .\JEX Of WYOMING.
Family in small apartments at the rear of his
store. Now he occupies a fine store building, de-
\-nting twenty-four feet by seventy to his hard-
ware department, and forty-eight by sixteen to
his drygoods department, the second story being
occupied by the Masonic order as a lodge room.
He carries a large stock of merchandise, has a
constantly increasing patronage and is one of the
substantial merchants of his section. He is also
the owner of large warehouses in connection
with his mercantile business. He attributes very
much of his success to his wife, who by her ad-
vice, counsel and assistance has materially aided
him in all of his plans and undertakings and has
been most loyally a helpmeet in the fullest sense
of the word. In November, 1879. Mr. Wernli
wedded with Miss Belle M. Stough, a native of
Iowa and a daughter of Calvin P. Stough, a
prominent business man, who was long engaged
in the furniture business in Lemars, and was a
leading factor in the commercial life of his city
and county. Now retired from active business
pursuits he is residing at Galena, Kan. To
Mr. and Mrs. Wernli have been born two chil-
dren, Winnie B., wife of G. E. Heber, of Im-
perial, Calif., and Laura M. Fraternally, Mr.
Wernli is affiliated with the Freemasons as a
member of the chapter at Encampment. He takes
an active part in local political affairs and is the
city treasurer of Encampment. Besides his other
business enterprises, he is largely interested in
mining, being the secretary of the Moon Anchor
Copper Mining Co., and of the Rambler Mining
Co., both of which give promise of being valuable
properties. He is one of the foremost men of
his county and is progressive and prominent in
all measures calculated to benefit the city of his
residence, or to develop the resources of the sur-
rounding country.
JAMES M. WHITNEY.
This gentleman is one of the most exten-
sive stockraisers and dealers in Laramie county,
Wyoming, and has risen to his present emi-
nence in this line entirely through his personal
efforts. He was born on August 14, 1856, in
Marion county, Iowa, a son of II. C. and
Elvira E. (Sheldon) Whitney, the former being
a native of Massachusetts and the latter of
Xe\v York. Both parents were taken to Ohio
when children, there attaining maturity and
were, there married, from Ohio removing' to
Marion county, Iowa, in 1851, being among
the pioneers of that section of the country. In
1866 the family removed from Iowa to Kansas
and located in Montgomery county, where the
father followed farming until 1874, when the
family home was made in Del Norte, Colo.,
where the father passed away a week later, on
July nth, 1874, and was there buried, the
mother also dying' in Colorado on August
3, 1876, while on a visit to a daughter and
her remains were also interred at Del Norte.
James M. Whitney was educated in Mont-
gomery county, Kan., and later accompanied
his parents to Colorado, from whence 'after the
father's death the mother and the three sons
came to Wyoming and located in Cheyenne,
where James M. again attended school for a
few months. Another son, Frank S., had been
living in Cheyenne ever since the town had
started, engaged in the transfer business, so
that the mother was not altogether among-
strangers. She, however, at once took up a
ranch on Crow Creek, eighteen miles west of
Cheyenne, and on this ranch the three brothers
conducted stockraising until the mother's death.
In 1878 James M. Whitney came to Laramie
county and in 1880 went into the employment
of T. A. Kent, then proprietor of the ranches
now owned by Mr. Whitney. In 1883 he left
the range and engaged with G. A. Draper,
wholesale grocer of Cheyenne, with whom he
remained until January I, 1884, shortly after
which date he began running a road ranch for
the Teschemacher & Billier Cattle Co., on Lara-
mie River, where L^va is now situated, in 1887
he took entire charge of the Uva business of
this firm, managing their hotel and store until
1892, when the firm sold out. Mr. Whitney-
next bought 480 acres of the land formerly
owned by T. A. Kent, lying on the Laramie
River, one mile west of Uva, and entered into
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
301
the -lock business. By diligence, good man-
nenl and ability lie has increased his hold-
ings until he is now one of th, iitle-
men ni" his section of the country and the
owner of the ranch on which he was formerly
an employe. He was joined in matrimoi
January 17, iSS^, ;:t ( 'he\-enne, with Miss
Elizabeth Ron, a native of Nebraska, being
daughter of Stephen Ron, one of the oldest set-
tlers of ('I.evenne and also father of Stephen
(Jr.) and Frank Ron. shoe-dealers nf that city.
To Mr. and Mrs. \Vhitney \\ere born two chil-
dren, Stephen H. and Frank, but the mother
was called from earth on June 13, 1887, her
tins bring interred in Cheyenne. The
marriage of Mr. Whitney took place on
nar\ u. i Si in. at Denver, Colo., with Annie
il'.ill-i Stewart, a native of Tennessee. Fra-
Ily, Mr. Whitney is a member of the Modern
• oi ili'- \\'i 'rid, ai't'ilii'ied witli <
X". 5440. "1 \\'heatland, and politically he is
a member of the Republican party, in which
lie is an activi and energetic worker, but ha;
always declined all solicitations lo become a
candidate fur ..nice. As a citizen, Mr. Whitney
is bmad mindid and public spirited, and en-
of the entire community and
business man he probably has not an
i mie county.
MART1X WTLLADSEX.
• >ne of thi >sive and successful i
M h-rth who have madr their mai
tli" bi ti world of Wyi >ming, is Martin \Vil-
ladsen, a t of < rranil e ' anyon, oni
the p h ion, He
n in I lenmark, on April 4, 1850. the
i .i v\ illad- and Marx ' :i ) \\'illa
both natives of ihat country. Mis fat hi i
n of fanning in Denmark
Inn iii iSS^. emigrated t. > ^.merii a in
with bis son, Martin, and other members oi
miilv. and established his n sidi
ranch nrar the place now owned and occupied
b\ Martin and there engaged in "sing
up to the time of hi- .'.rath, which occurrr.l in
[892. The motli d away in February,
and both were 1 - Cheyenne. Mr.
Martin Wilhh » \v to m:r e and re-
ceived his school education in iJrnmark. wli<T<-
he remained with his parents until he had at-
1 to the age of twenty years, and then
aged in fanning operations for himself until
[883. At a family conference held in
it was determined that the entire family shmild
emigrate to ilu- Xew \\'orld, and therefor.
that year the mother and her son Anton took
ship and sailed away to establish a new hi
beyond the sea. Soon after arriving in America,
they proceeded to the territory of Wvo;
and subsequently the father and other mem-
bers of the family followed them, and in the
spring of [883, Mr. Willadsen took up his pres-
ent ranch on Lone Tree Creek, about twenty-
one miles west of the city of Cheyenne, and has
since remained there, prosperouslj engaged in
cattleraising. Tie has met with marked suc-
cess and is our of the solid business men and
substantial property owners of his .section of
the state, where he was one of the earliest set-
tli He is now the owner of some 3,000
i tine land, improved, well fenced, and
ted. with large herds of cattle on i
' nek and also mi ('row ('reek, with ample
- and building-. Ry his industry, thrift,
economy and attention to business the ambi-
of his boyhiiod in I lenmark ha\e been
than realized, and he i- rapidb accumu-
. hani imi i'. irtune. I iefi ire coming to
this country he united his fortunes in happy
iage with Mi-s Amir B. Jensen, a native
of ItrnmarK. our of the pla\ males ,,f bis child-
\ndrrs and \im. i \'
|rn-rn, both natives of that country. Mrs.
n's father was a lifetime farmer in
mark, dying in iSo;. i >f ihr nnir children
of Mr. and Mrs. Willa.l-rn -e\rn are surviving.
Jlows: \nder-. Knnd. James. Julia. Ma-
nn-. Andreas, Stevens. The other ones \\ h.«
i died are: Henry, who passed au.r
iber 17. i oo i , at the age of five
and Henri, who died mi May ji. n»nj. at the
tendei a.\ • • 5, Th<- famil\
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING
members <>i" the Lutheran church, being reg-
ular attendants and devoted adherents of that
faith. In all good work in the community
where they reside, they are aim ins;- the fore-
most. Politically, Mr. YVilladsen is identified
with the Democratic party, although he is not
a strong partisan, and makes it his practice
tu support the best men for public office. He
is called one of the most liberal minded and
respected citizens of his section of the state.
ALLEX WILLIAMS.
The strength and resourcefulness of the
American character has often been remarked up-
on and wondered at. No danger daunts it. no
difficulty deters, no toil intimidates. Whatever
the emergency of the moment requires is fur-
nished as if by spontaneous action and always
meets the requirement in a masterly way. And
when long endurance or application is demanded,
that also is furnished to the last degree, unless
mental alertness supplies an easier and more
profitable way around the labor and sacrifice in-
volved. Perhaps no reason for this universal
readiness and commanding adaptability is more
potent than that found in the cosmopolitan char-
acter of our population. Every civilized country
un'der the sun has sent brain and brawn to make
and mold this people and in the very multitude
of counselors and capacities may reside our
greatest safety and power. From the picturesque
and historic Province of Nova Scotia came Allen
Williams, now of near Hamilton. Sheridan coun-
ty, Wyo.. one of the representative, progressive
and substantial citizens of that section of the
state. In that Canadian province for generations
his family had lived and flourished, there his
immediate parentage, Patrick and Mary (Wal-
lace) Williams came into being, achieved a cred-
itable career as energetic and prosperous farm-
ers, and in the fullness of time were laid to rest
in their native soil, the mother dying in 1892 and
the father in 1901. There Allen also was born,
his life beginning on March 28, 1859, and there
he lived until he was eighteen years old, attend-
ing the schools of the neighborhood, and looking
fnrward to a life-long career in his native heath.
lint for him the elements had arranged a differ-
ent destiny. About the time of his leaving sehool
and being confronted with life's responsibilities
and a world of hope and aspiration, but of toil
and struggle no less, his attention was earnestly
drawn to the unusual opportunities for individ-
ual effort and advancement in the Great West
of the United States, and he determined to there
seek his fortune. He did not, however, im-
mediately come hither, but for a number of years
gave attention to various lines of industry in oth-
er parts of the country. But in 1877 he made
the final and decisive move, for on April 16,
of that very same year, he arrived in Wyoming,
stopping for a very short time near Cheyenne,
then a straggling village baptized into be-
ing only a few short years before, and with
all of its now acquired destiny to win. 'He
lingered there until fall and came to Powder
River in Johnson county, and from his rude but
comfortable headquarters on its banks freighted
r.nd hauled wood in the vicinity until spring.
During the next five years he was actively en
gaged in freighting and hauling lumber, wood
and other commodities, now from Rock Creek
to Fort McKinney, anon between Rawlins and
White River, again to Laramie City or Buffalo,
always busy with his hard work, always willing
to endure the exposure, always looking forward
tc an easier life and better compensation for his
labor. In 1883 the opportunity for this came
his way and he seized it with alacrity. He filed
on a portion of the ranch he now occupies on
Big Piney Creek, twenty-two miles northeast of
Buffalo, and near the present town of Hamilton,
settled on his claim and at once began improving
the land, making a comfortable home for himself,
and building up a cattle industry for his future
business and support. In this aspiration he has
succeeded admirably. His ranch has been in-
creased to 320 acres and fashioned into comeli-
ness and fertility, while his stock industry has
expanded into very gratifying and profitable pro-
portions. He has risen to consequence also in
the estimation of his fellow men and become
one of the most respected and influential men
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
303
of In-- part nf tlu: conntv, with a potent vi lice in
its politics as a Republican, but not an acti\e
parti>;i n. ani! with an earnest desire ami a con
-tarn readiness to be of service to ever) g 1
< >'n rprise undertaken for the benefit of the com-
munity. < >n April 8, 1891, at her home in the
comity, Mr. Williams was married to Mis- \\ ino
n.i ( 'oiidit, a native of Iowa, but for one year
luvvious to her marriage a resident of Wyoming.
They have three children, Claude, Jennie and
Ethel.
.MRS. MINNIE WILLIAMS.
The general liberalizing of thought and ele-
vation of women due to the free institutions ot
America have opened to the gentler sex main-
lines of intellectual and physical activity which
through all the previous centuries were closed
.•'gainst them; and one of the striking justifica-
tions of the movement is found in the case of
Mrs. Minnie Williams, the receiver of the U. S.
bud-office at Lander, whose management of the
important public position to which 1 'resident Mc-
Kinley appointed her in December, 1898, has
given general satisfaction and been productive
of appnviati-d movements in administration.
Mr-. Williams was born at Frewsburg, Chautau-
rma count}, Xew York, a daughter of William
F. and Emily i Thornton ) Tinkcom. also natives
of New York. Her father was a blacksmith,
progressive and public spirited, who. after suc-
cessfully prosecuting his chosen occupation for
years in his native state, came to Montana as
head blacksmith for the large mines at Red
ge in ('arlion count\-. In the state of his
adoption his breadth of view and interest in pub-
lie affairs gave him local distinction a> chair-
.man of ' : of county commissioner-, for
a long time. Prior to making his home in Mon-
tana he followed hi- \ oration at Fort Dodge,
Iowa, in a leading way. He \\a-n SOD of Water-
man and Harriet <Tha\er| Tinkcom, native- of
Massachusetts \\lio removed to western Xcw
York in it- earh history, while \el the Indians
ami wild liea-t- held swa\ in thai : and
gave them and their neighbor-, main thrilling
adventures and hair-breadth escapes from vii
deaths. Mrs. Williams's mother. Hmily R.
(Thornton) Tinkcom, was a daughter of Albert
and Mar_\- I ( liven I Thornton, both scion -
Revolutionary families, the father being a direct
descendant of .Matthew Thornton, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Indepi ndence. while
in the genealog) of the mother the I'.oltwoods
of Boston mingled \\ith the ( ireens of Rhode
Island. Mrs. Williams was educated in the pub-
lic schools at Fort Dodge, Iowa, and after •
pleting her course shi < d in teaching in
that state. On April .'5. 1878. -he married with
Marion Williams, a son of John C. and Lydia
i Pierson ) William-, the latter a daughter of
Rev. Pierson, one of the first Ouaker preachers
in Iowa. The \Yilliamses were natives of ( >hio
and among the first settlers in Iowa. Mr. Wil-
liams is an engineer by occupation, and has been
in charge of important work in Iowa and also
in Wyoming. In 1891 he came to Wyoming and
settled in the Pig Horn basin where he took up
land and began operations in the cattle business,
running principally graded Hereford- and having
control of 5.000 acres of land. Like his wife he
always takes an active interest in public affairs
and gives to the advancement of the community
the fruits of his best thought and energy. He
belongs to the Woodmen of the World. Mrs.
Williams has been identified with the Women of
\\ ..... Icraft since its organixatioii in Lander Isold-
ing the position of I inardian \eighbor foi
years. In addition to his regular occupation he
superintends the improvement of their .
property at Cod] and clseu here. \\ bile M r-. Wil-
liams gives her undivided attention to the ad
ministration of her office. They ha\e had. three
children, Frank M.. ca-lner of the bank at Cody,
and I 'laivnce V. \\lio are living, and Donald t '.
who died at the :i^c of four \ears.
R( )|',l !x I \\
( hie of the 1110-1 -killed and expert black-
smiths of Rawlin-. \\'\oming. i- Robert Wil-
son. who in his carl\. and practical days
usually held ihe po-uion of foreman, but he
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PROGRESSirE MEN OF U'YOMIXG.
has no\\- virtually retired from the exertions of
the trade. llr was horn in Yorkshire, Eng-
land, in iS^S, a son of John and Sarah (Davis)
"Wilson, both also natives of Yorkshire. John
Wilson \vas horn in 1810, being a son of Rob-
ert and Sarah i l;eaniley) Wilson, the latter of
whom was a daughter of Sergeant Fearnley of
the battle of Waterloo fame. Sarah (Davis)
Wilvm was born in 1812 and died in 1870. John
Wilson survived until 1849. He had held dur-
ing nearly all his life, the very responsible po-
sition of manager of the silkmills at Boothtown,
and he and his wife were firmly attached to
the established Church of England and to their
home. They were the parents of four children,
of whom Robert is the only living represen-
tative. He acquired his education in England
and there also learned his trade of blacksmith.
He came to America in 1867, stopped for a
short time in Montreal, Canada, and then went
to Toronto, where he was employed as inspect-
or of rollingmills for the Grand Trunk Rail-
way for two years. After a short stay in Ham-
ilton he came to the United States and passed
one year in a navy yard in California, whence
he went to Omaha, Neb., and for one year was
in the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad ;
then was employed in railroad work at Ter-
race for a short time, after this coming to
Wyoming, where he worked at Laramie for
the Union Pacific for four years. Mr. Wilson
came to Rawlins, which has since been his
home in 1876. For twenty-five years after hi?
arrival he held the very responsible position of
foreman, but is now so financially situated that
he can live in comfort without further labor.
ile was married in Omaha, Neb., in 1870, to
Miss Elizabeth Cherry, daughter of Blain and
Catherine Cherry, natives of Ireland who had
settled in Ottawa, Canada, and were employed
in farming. In politics Mr. Wilson is a Re-
publican and quite popular with his party. He
has served with great credit to himself as a
justice of the peace for two terms, but he is
not a chronic office-seeker. In Masonic circles
Mr. Wilson is quite prominent, having held the
elevated position of grand master of the order
of the state of Wvoming, subordinatelv, he is
a charier member of Rawlins Lodge, which
he has served as worshipful master for four
terms. He owes his present comfortable po-
sition in life entirely to his own industry, tem-
perate habits and upright course in life; and the
respect in which he is held by his fellow cit-
izens is simply an acknowledgement of merits
manifested in his every word and act.
HENRY Z. YODER.
Henry Z. Yoder, of Meriden, Wyoming, is
a native of Holmes county. Ohio, born there
on January 18, 1844, the son of David and Bar-
bara Yoder, the former a native of the same
state, and the latter of Pennsylvania. His pa-
rents were farmers in Ohio until 1869, when
they moved to Johnson county, Iowa, where
they continued in the same pursuit during the
remainder of their lives, the mother dying in
1886 and the father in 1887. Henry Z. Yoder
remained with his parents, assisting his father
in the management of the farm until 1872, when
he engaged in farming for himself not far from
their residence in Iowa. Here he remained
with varying success for ten years. In 1882,
desiring to better his fortunes, he started on a
trip through the West looking for a suitable lo-
cation to engage in the stock business. Arriv-
ing in the city of Cheyenne in the summer of
that year, he there remained until the following
spring, when he visited the Bear Creek sec-
tion of Wyoming, and took up a ranch, and
immediately engaged in the raising of cattle and
horses. By hard work and careful attention
to business, he extended his operations from
year to year, and built up a prosperous and
successful business. In 1899, he disposed of
all his interests at this place to Mr. Mullen and
removed to his present home ranch on Bear
Creek, which he had purchased in 1890. It
is situated about twenty-seven miles east of
Chugwater, Wyo.. and is one of the best lo-
cations possible for a stock ranch. Here he
has successfully continued in his business of
stock-growing, and now owns a fine property,
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
having 510 acres of patented land. most of
which fs irrigated, together with adjacent ran^c
and SUM acres of leased lands, on which he
grazes liis herds, (hi May <>, 1884. Mr. Voder
was united in marriage in Washington ( "iinty,
lo\\a, to Miss Sarah A. Luke, a native of ( Miio
and a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Mettler)
Luke-, both natives of Pennsylvania. Emi-
grating from their native stair \\hen young to
Ohio, the parents followed there the occupa-
tion of farming for some years, but in iSo_>.
they moved to Iowa, settling first in Johnson
county, where they continued in the same pur-
suit. and later they removed to Washington
county, where the father is still residing, the
mother having passed away in July. i8cji. Mr.
and Mrs. Yoder have two children, Mary E.
cnteen years, and Ollie K.. aged four-
teen years. The family belong to the Method-
i-t Kpiseopal church, and take a deep interest in
church and charitable work. Mr. Yoder gives
his political allegiance to the Republican party,
and is actively interested in public affairs, being
one of the substantial and most respected citizens
of his section of the state.
]< >SEPH Y
Among the men who have nobly contrib-
uted to the development and prosperity oi
Wyoming, none occupy a more exalted place
in the hearts of the people or have been more
or conscientious in their effort- to pro
..... te tbi- public welfare than Joseph VToi
whose success in the business world lias onlv
been surpassed by his personal popularity, lie
a tative 'i England, where he was born
August 3. 1X44. liis father, also by name
Joseph, was born in the \\Vst [ndies, hut
lived in F.ngland from his ehildh ..... 1 until his
removal to the t'nited States in t866. l'.\ o<
CUpation be \\;is a fanner and a- siirb mel with
fair success both in K-nMaiid and ibis country.
< >n coming tu \merica lie settled in Illinois
where he made a specialt) of -t ' >cl-. raising until
liis death in 1X711. I le wa e and
ngreeahV ,1 nt leniau. a threat lover of faniily
and home and he spared no pains to instil
the minds of his children the principles of
moral rectitude, which bore fruitage in correct
deportment and upright conduct. The paternal
grandfather was foseph Young, who passed his
life in the West Indies as an
plain:;! ion ow ned by u ealtlr. parties.
in the Indies and left to hi hints tin-
heritage of an honorable career and a worthy
name. The maiden name of the mother was
Ann Turner: she was born in Westonzoyland,
Somersetshire, I- inland, and is still living, hav-
ing reached the ripe old age of eighty-two
years, her home being at this writing in Kan-
kakee county. 111., and, with the exception of
blindness with which he ha, been afflicted for
some years, she retains in a fair measure her
physical and mental powers. To Joseph and
Ann Young were born sons and daughters,
namely: William ; Albert: Charles ]•'..; Joseph:
Susan, wife of t '. Holmes; Sarah T. ; Eliza J. :
Mary; Elizabeth, and Lucy: of whom all but
Charles are living. Joseph Young, of tin
view, received his earh dncation in the scl
of his native place and at the age of twenty-two
accompanied his parents to the United S
During the seven or eight years following his
arrival he was associated with his iati:
erating a meat market ami at the 'ii of
that lime be engaged in the same business up-
on his own responsibility. \
Illinois until April. 1X77. lie came to \\
ting at Rock Springs, near \\hich
.subsequently purchased a ranch
in sheepraisniL;. From that t ime to th>
day Mr. Young lias devoted his time la'
to the sheep bn KI SS, mi ncial
3S such as few stockmen attain. For
sixteen years he was also ide-iiiiied \\ith
commercial interests ol Roc! Springs, running
a large general store in pannership with Tim-
othy Kinnev. the firm Incoming widch
vorably known throughout a \cr\ expensive
region, lie personally superintended his ,;
cut business interests a:id brought tli
verv lli iiirishinL; ci >nditi< HI. 1 1
\\as bronchi in close touch with the ;
FROGRESSITE ME.\ ()!• U' YOU IXC.
Sweetwater count v, and he enjoyed their im-
plicit confidence, his dealings being such as to
give them tin- highest opinion of his intellect
and honor, a reputation of which he feels justly
proud. Possessing rare business qualifications,
he n >se >tep by step from comparative obscu-
rity to affluence, achieving' his success by per-
sonal application of well directed industry and
successful management. Mr. Young has long-
been one of the leading political workers of
Sweet water county and in recognition of bis
services to his party as well as by reason of
his fitness for the place, be was elected by the
Republicans in 1884 and re-elected in 1886 to
the office of sheriff. He discharged his official
functions in an able and praiseworthy manner
and at the expiration of his term of service re-
tired with the good will of the people, irrespect-
ive of political tics. He proved a fearless and
conscientious public servant and, by bring-
ing a large number of the criminal class to
the bar of justice, did much to check the preva-
lent evils and inspire a wholesale respect for
law and order. Mr. Young has been called by
his party to other positions of honor and trust
and in all his record fully met the expectations
of the public. He served several years as a
justice of the peace, was also a member of the
board of county commissioners for one term
and as a member of the local board of edu-
cation he was untiring in his efforts to build up
the school system of Rock Springs and increase
its efficiency. Some years ago Mr. Young sold
his ranch near Rock Springs but still has much
valuable property in the city and throughout
the state, also owning real-estate of value in
Cheyenne, Green River and Salt Lake City,
with grazing lands in various sections of the
West and farm property in Illinois. He is in
independent financial circumstances, being the
possessor of a sufficient fortune to enable him
to pass the remainder of his life free from care
or anxiety, being one of the wealthy men of
\\ Yoming. while every dollar in his possession
has been earned by his own efforts and by
honorable business methods. He makes his
home in Salt Lake City, though retaining his
citizenship in Rock Springs, where he
a considerable part of his time. He was mar-
ried in 1885 to Miss I'lara Matthews, daughter
of Samuel and Lena Matthews, and is the fa-
ther of two si ms, William Lee and Joseph, the
latter deceased. He is a member of the Ma-
sonic fraternity and of the Independent < >rder
of Odd Fellows, and in both organizations he
has filled important official stations. His life
has been a practical exemplification of the sub-
lime teachings of these orders, and his straight-
forward course as a business man is without a
flaw, his career as an official above suspicion
and bis every relation with the world has been
marked by a spirit of rectitude, characteristic
of the high minded, courteous gentleman.
HEWITT M. YOUMANS.
The subject of this sketch is a native of
Schoharie county. New York, where he was
born on February 19, 1845. He is the son of
Nathaniel P. and Olive (Porter) Youmans, both
natives of the Empire state. His father fol-
lowed the occupation of farming in Schoharie
county, and was the sort of James and Aline You-
mans, both of whom were riatives of New York
state. The subject of this personal mention was
the eldest of a family of nine children, two of
whom are still living. During his childhood his
parents removed their residence from New York
to the state of Ohio, and still later to Wisconsin,
and he received his early education in the public
schools of those different states. Compelled by
circumstances to leave school before be had ar-
rived at man's estate in order to assist in the
support of the family, he secured employment as
a farm hand in the vicinity of his boyhood's home,
and for a number of years was engaged in that
pursuit. In the year 1863 he enlisted as a mem-
ber of Co. G of the Second Regiment of Minne-
sota Cavalry, in which he served up to the 29th
day of December, 1865. when he received an
honorable discharge and was mustered out of
the service. During this time he was engaged
for the greater portion of his term of service in
fighting the Sioux Indians in Minnesota and
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
Dakota, and was in many engagement-, although
lu never sustained any serious injury,
kaving the military service he followed the com-
bined occupations of farming and stockraising
fr.r a number of years, and in 1X77 came to the
then territory .if Wyoming, where he engaged
in ihe bu i hunting and trapping. Sub-
siquently, he took up a ranch near the present
\vn of Dubois. Wyoming, and also
located a desert land claim on Horse Creek. He
tied hen- for a number • and met
with considerable success. lie disposed of his
ranch property recently to good advantage, and
Eormi tnership with George V. Hay-, for
ih. purpose of engaging in general merchandis-
! I mhois. \\~yo. Air. Younians is an en-
terpri.-ing and public spirited man, who has had
led Mini varied . \perience in the western
country and on the frontier, and may be called
ers of Western Wyoming. He
has contributed largely to the building up and
'opment of the resources of his section of
iate. and is held in high esteem by all classes
i if hi- fell ivy citizens.
J. DAXA AM VMS.
Go where you will the trader and the money
changers are there and must be. or no extended
or consecutive civilization is possible without
[t is one of the inevitable conditions of
human life that men -ball ile in societies
and there must he mediums and centers OJ
change among them. The men therefore \vho
i such enterprises
Bather the commodities of the marts
wile'' are the 111.1'' 1 the
far frontier or all the product- of art and fashion
[i i actually in their
i!ie chasms bel een in. n and
are essential! :tors of mankind. To this
I. I )aiia Vdams • 'f Slu n '
' aercial Co. and active
manager of i ii indise
business with headquarter- at Sheridan, wh
b. 'I'll ' "i I I'Vember J I . I S |j. in > 1
Henry K. and Margaret !•'. i \\Ybbi Adams, the
er horn and reared in d tin-
in Maine. Mr. Vdams was educated and
reached years "f maturity in his native state, and
in iSnj came wesl to Marshalltown, Iowa, and
mercantile career which is pictur-
esque in it-- varietv of feature and it- uniformity
uiiiig \vas the liumbl-
of a minor assistant ami salesman, but with
the .-elf-relinnce 3 of bis nature, he
also carried on an independent busines
his own by purchasing and also shipping
Chicago on com ion various arti<'l<
luce. Tiring of tin- business he
il in farming for a few years, and in iS^j.
realizing that th • opportunities for this li:
industry were better in the farther West, he came
to ( blorado and, locating in Larimer county, car-
ried ,in an exl lock business. In 1881 he
took up land near Sheridan. Wyo., on which he
continued his farming and stock-raising industry
until iS<u. then returned to mercantile life, or-
ganizing the Sheridan County Commercial
of which be was the general man r ten
. In IQOJ the company was reorganized and
forth as the Sheridan Commercial Co. with
.Mr. Adams as its president ami manager. This
corporation conducts a large department -lore,
earning all kinds of merchandise, and in the
number and completeness of its and
\-i ilume of it- business it is one oi h t ex-
ive and important e-tablishmcnts of its kind
in the state. In connection with the enter
is a product • . which a large
and profitable business. I'.nt while thus giving
and pet istenl attention to hi a immi
business, Mr. Adams ha- not n
rests for he «\\ ns <>_M acr, • land
n. ar Sh« ridaii. rut ugh-
bred ' Mr. \ilain- was married
[owa in iS7_> with Mi-- Pora O. I'.rannan. a
native < if Wi ive three children.
I b nry K.. Mar} 1 1 md Tosephine I v
Old i 'bib of
Sher leading way with
rt fi .r the impro\ , : and
3o8
>GRESSIVE MEN OP WYOMING.
county. He is essentially patriotic, views with
alarm every attempt to invade the principles he
helieves in in national legislation or policy, and is
always outspoken and vigorous in opposition to
them. So firm were his convictions against the
policy of free silver in the national campaign in
iSo/) that he compiled a chart on the money ques-
tion which was used as a textbook all over the
country in that campaign, being a concise and
cogent statement of the issues of the contest,
analyzing clearly and forcibly the Democratic
and Republican platforms, and drawing deduc
tions therefrom in connection with financial his-
torv that seemed irresistibly conclusive. Mr.
Adams is one of the best informed men in the
state on financial questions, and was able to pre-
sent his subject with a wealth of learning and a
force and grace of diction that gave his chart
especial value and made it unusually pleasant
as well as very valuable reading. It at once
became a classic in Republican circles, hold-
ing firm place in the popular regard today,
although the logic of events has long since con-
firmed the wisdom of its conclusions. Its prep-
aration was a labor of love for its author, for he
is not a violent partisan nor an office-seeker, and
he wrote from a strong conviction of the right-
eousness of his views and a keen sense of duty
in proclaiming them.
HON. H. C. ALGER.
Among the illustrious public men of Wyo-
ming who have stamped the impress of their
character and personality, not only on the busi-
ness, political and social circles of the im-
mediate locality of their residence, but upon
those of the whole state, none is entitled to
greater consideration than that distinguished
gentleman, Hon. H. C. Alger. the representa-
ti\c banker of Sheridan. He comes of the best
American lineage. The "History of Plymouth
county, Mass.," says that "Thomas Alger, the
first of the name in this country, was one of
three men of that name who settled in Xew
England during the seventeenth century. The
exact time of his arrival is not known, but it
was some time previous to \ ('<<'>-,. as at that
date we find him at Taunton, Mass., near the
Three Mile River, a stream flowing through the
eastern part of Taunton. On November 14,
1(1(15. he married Elizabeth Packard, a daugh-
ter of Samuel Packard -of Wymondham, Eng-
land, who with his wife and child came to
America in 1638 in the ship Diligent, and set-
tled in Hingham, then Bridgewater, Mass."
Other authorities give the date of the immigra-
tion of the first American Alger as 1636, and
this seems substantiated. From that early pe-
riod the family has been connected with the
highest life of the country, every generation
furnishing men unusually prominent in every
domain of the country's prosperity. The battle
rolls of the Revolution contain their patriotic
names as do those of every war in which this
nation has been a contestant, the Spanish-
American War producing that of Hon. Russell
M. Alger, one of this family, as the occupant
of the eminent position of Secretary of 'War.
Everywhere and under all circumstances the
family has rendered conspicuous and patriotic
service in all lines of public and private enter-
prise and generosities, each succeeding genera-
tion maintaining well the record of its predeces-
sors. It has intermarried with the best blood
of Xew England, the Ames, the Morse, the
Russell, the Howard, the Brewster and the
Parker families among others, all feeling pride,
in this relationship. Hon. Horace C. Alger,
was born in Lowell, Mass., on April 15, 1857,
a son of Edwin A. Alger, Esq., and Amanda
M. Buswell, his wife, the father being a native
of New Hampshire and the mother of Vermont,
the maternal grandfather Morse having taken
part in the battle of Bunker Hill. Edwin A.
Alger, after his academic education became a
student of law, locating upon his admission to
the bar in the bustling manufacturing city of
Lowell, where for long years he maintained
high rank both in his profession and in citizen-
ship, holding prominently and capably most im-
portant offices and commissions, representing
his wealthy city with great acceptability on the
war commission of the state during the momen-
tous era of the Civil War. Two uncles of Mr.
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
309
Alger were killed at Malvern Hill, Ya., while
bravely fighting in the Union annv. T\\ « > < >f
his cousins served with credit through long en-
listments in the same period of contest. Mr.
I i. i . Alger received the educational advantages
i>f classic Xcw England. being graduated from
Harvard I'niversity in the class of 1879. The
sphere of commercial activity and finance at-
tracted his attention and. scum al'ter his grad-
uation, he came westward in the interests of an
e;,Mern commercial house, after a year parsed
in Iowa coming to Montana and Wyoming. In
the spring of 1885 he came to Sheridan,
\\\o.. In-coming identified with the Bank of
Sheridan as its cashier, here being connected
with that important element of the commercial
activity of this section, the firm of E. A. Whit-
ney & Co. In i8i),^ the Hank of Sheridan was
merged with the First National T!ank of Sher-
idan, and in this new and more important mon-
etary institution, Mr. Alger v.as the efficient
vice-president. His business qualities had early
been manifest to the people of his county, who
manifested their appreciation of his ability In-
electing him as county treasurer, their trust
being amply verified by his most capable ad-
ministration. Thereafter he was engaged in
varying activities until the close of the nine-
tiiiith century, real-estate and irrigation enter-
prises being among the number. ( )u September
20, i<joi. he opened the doors of the new State
Hank of Sheridan as it< ca-hier and now holds
that connection with the bank, his financial skill
pud momentary reputation adding largely to its
tige. Kmincnt as an energetic and far-sight-
ed financial operator and the inceptor and
inaugnrator of large industrial propositions
and public improvements, Mr. Alger has been
equalb conspicuous as a statesman, publicist
and political leader, besides in an UHUSUal de-
being a director of thought and a niolder
••pinion. An active I )eniocrat. he uas elected
I" the state legislature in 1895. He served with
great acceptability for two U-nn> as max or of
the citj of Sheridan, while in |S((S hi- v
in candidacy for the high office of governor of
the state, and after a closelv contested >
paign showed a very complimentary vote at the
polls, but failed of an election. Mr. Aiger has
IP pitched every link of the fraternal chain of
Freemasonry up to the Thirl \ second degree
and occupies an exalted place in the order of
Knights of I'uhias and also in the Henevolent
Protective Order of Elks, of which he was a
charter member of the local lodge. In all the
relations of life he is an unostentatious gentle-
man, of fine physique and mental endowment,
who possesses the warm friendship of the lead-
ing men of the state by reason of his numerous
good qualities and character. Xo public or
private benefaction or enterprise will ever
languish from his non-support.
MRS. MARY F. ALSOP.
One of the pioneer women of Wyoming,
whose late husband, Thomas Also]), was one of
the leading frontiersmen and pathfinders of the
western plains and also one of its leading and
prosperous stockgrowers. Mrs. Mary F. Alsop,
whose postoffice is Laramie. Albany count),
by her courage, devotion and her earnest and
practical sympathy was a very great sustainer
and assistant to her husband who alwa\s !•
very prominent part in the early settle-
ment of Wyoming and was one of the earliest
pioneers in the cattle industry on the Laramie
plains. lie wa- a native of England, born in
[836. His parents emigrated from their native
country when he was live years old. settling in
the state of Xew York, where his father William
Alsop was a prosperous farmer. He grew to
manhood in the Empire State and there acquired
his education and remained \\iih his parents,
occupied in farming operations , .n the home
In iSnii he determined to seek his fortune in the
far West, and came to the territory of Wyoming.
then on the extreme \\estern frontier and hun-
dreds of miles farther west than railroads had
In. en constructed. From \\ \oming he \\ent to
Salt Fake City, I 'tab. remained fora -hort time,
and then returned to Xew York. Hut his spirit
of aiKcntmv and enterpri too strong to
-it him to remain contented in \e\\ '•.
3io
i SSIFE MEX OP rrrO.U7.YG.
and in 18(14 lie again came west, at Omaha ac-
a-]>ting a pMMtiuii with a large outfit, engaged
in transporting freight overland from Omaha to
Salt Lake. He remained in this occupation for
some time, his business leading him frequently
over the section of Wyoming which afterwards
became the scene of his stockgrowing industry,
and he was the first person to note the superior
advantages of the country in the vicinity of Lara-
mie as a cattleraising locality. Leaving the em-
ploy of the freighting company he settled on the
Big Laramie River, about eight miles from Lara-
mie City, and entered upon the business of rais-
ing cattle and horses. He met with conspicuous
success in his undertakings and soon engaged
extensively in raising horses, cattle and sheep,
and for many years was one of the largest oper-
ators in that section of the western country. He
continued to reside at his orginal settlement on
the Big Laramie until 1882, when he removed
to the Little Laramie River, where the present
ranch property of Mrs. Alsop is situated, and re-
mained there until his death which occurred in
He was truly one of the leading stockmen
of Wyoming1, being the owner of thousands of
cattle, horses and sheep, and he made a specialty
of raising the finest grades of Shorthorn and
Durham cattle. Politically, he was a stalwart
Democrat, and ever took an active and foremost
part in public affairs, although he never sought
or desired public office. He consented to serve
the people for a number of years on the board
of county commissioners, but he steadfastly re-
fused to accept any other political office, pre-
ferring to devote his entire time and attention to
the care and management of his extensive busi-
ness interests. During the early days of Wyo-
ming he was ever at the front in the advocacy
of every measure for the benefit of the commu-
nity or the state. He was a great hunter and
plainsman, and his experiences during the fron-
tier days being of a varied and interesting char-
acter. His father resided in New York up to the
time of his death in 1895, when he was eighty-
three years old. In 1871, Thomas Alsop was
united in marriage in Des Moines, Iowa, to Miss
Mary F. Bringolf, who was born in Missouri
in 1848, th.- dan-liter of Jacob and Mary ( llnp-
kins i Mringolf, the former a native of Penn-\l-
vania and the latter of Indiana. Her father re-
moved his residence in early life from his native
slate ti> .Missouri and later to Iowa, where he
engaged in farming in which he also continued
until his death which occurred in 1889. He was
the son of Melcher Bringolf, a native of Holland.
The mother of Mrs. Alsop passed away on
April 5, 1865, at the age of forty years, being the
daughter of Daniel and Hester (Duncan) Hop-
kins. The Hopkins family were allied to the
P. ilk family, of which President James K. Polk
perhaps the most distinguished member. To
Mr. and Mrs. Alsop four children were born,
John D., Marie L., William J. and Thomas J.,
all now living and the country home of the fam-
ily, situated about fifteen miles west of the city
of Laramie, is widely noted for its hospitality,
as well as its picturesque surroundings and its
many evidences of comfort and refinment.
DAVID AXDERSOX.
The sons of Scotland inevitably make their
mark in whatever part of the world they may
happen, through the mutations of time and
travel, to cast their lot, and the able gentleman
whose name opens this biographical record is
no exception to the rule. David Anderson,
the contractor and builder at Evanston, Uinta
county, Wyoming, was born in Glasgow, Scot-
land, on January 2, 1853, a son of David and
Margaret (Ferguson) Anderson, the former of
whom was born in 1797 near the city named,
where he was reared a farmer. The father died
in Glasgow, December 31, 1852, a devout mem-
ber of the Presbyterian church, his remains
being interred at the little village of Chryston.
Mrs. Margaret (Ferguson) Anderson was a
daughter of James and Margaret (Connel) Fer-
guson, who were also farming people. James
and Margaret Ferguson were married in 1810,
and were probably born about 17/4. The
mother, Margaret Anderson, died on December
21, 1884, in Glasgow, where her remains were
interred in Janefield cemetery. David Ander-
PROGRESSII'l' MEX OF ll'VOMIXG.
son was the youngest in a family of three
and three girls, who all had the advantage of
a solid education in the excellent publ'c schoo
of Glasgow. After quitting school, young \n
derson learned the trade of a joiner, after
which he ensured in the manufacture of fur-
niture in Glasgow for about five years, and a
few years later, in iSS5, came direct to Evans-
ton. Wyo., and at once entered upon Hie career
of contracting and building whicn he has since
carried on with eminent success, many of the
finest buildings in Evanston and the surround-
ing country being the result of his handicraft.
Mr. Anderson makes many judicious ventures
in real-estate, principally in city lots, on which
he erects buildings adapted to business or
dwelling purposes and is the owner of some of
the finest edifices of Evanston. He was united
in marriage, in F. vanst on, on December 21,
[894, with Miss Annie 11. I'.lack, an adopted
daughter of John and Elizabeth I Ferguson)
I'.lack, which union has been blessed with four
children, namely: David and Elizabeth (twins)
horn November 4. iS<j.s, but of these. Eliza-
beth died at the age of five months; John I',.,
born lime 14, \&)~'. Margaret, born March 16,
[900 The parents are members of the Presby-
terian church, to the support of which they are
munificent in their contributions and in which
faith they are rearing their children and them
selves strictly adhere. \Yhcn Mr. and Mrs. An-
derson came to Evanston, John I'.lack. an
adopted brother of Mrs. Anderson, had been a
dent of the city for over a year, acting in
the capacity of bookkeeper for P.lyth £ Fargo;
bin he was called away from earth on \«
her _'4, I Si i |. and his m. .ther on it"1
of I >< cember [895, the remains of both hi ij
interred in Evatistoii. The Anderson family is
ed with the pioneers of the city, being
highly esteemed for main personal virtues.
MRS. I.< IUISA M. P. \II.V.
\ highly respected residei i ntennial
Yallc\ . Alham county, Wyoming. Mr-. Louisa
M. I'.ailx . is there conducting a large and sue,
ful business in ranching and cattleraising. She U
the widow of the late Jason \). I'.aily. a prosper-
on- eattleman of Albany county for many ;
but who passed away in iSij.4. at the age of for-
ty-five years, he being a na' Pennsyl-
vania, and also the -on of Humphrey and Ki-
lena (Davis) I'.aily, both being natives of that
state. During his youthful years the parents
of Mr. P>ailv removed from Pennsylvania
to Iowa, where tlu\ engaged in farming. Here
he grew to man's estate and received hi- early
education in the public schools. He continued to
reside in the state of Iowa until iSj^. when he
disposed of his property in that state and re-
moved to the cit\ of l.aramie. \Yyo.. and ac-
cepted a posititon in the -hops of the Inion Paci-
fic Railroad, and continued there employed until
18/9, when he purchased ranch property near
Sheep Mountain which he oecnpicd about four
years. He then disposed of that property and
took up a homestead in Centennial Valley, where
he continued to reside up to the time of In
cease, and where Mrs. I'.aily now resides. He
was successfully engaged in the stock business
during the remainder of his life, and left a !
-i He to hi- \\idow and children. In politics he
was a stanch member of the Republican party
and an earnest advocati of the principles of that
political organization, although he never sought
or desired a public office, preferring to devote his
entire time and attention to the care and
management of his private business inti
P.ut he conceived it to be the duty of every
American citizen, under our form ot -o\vni-
ment, to interesl himself in the conduct oi
public affairs to an extent sufficient to guar-
antee the safe and econon
public business. lie was a vei ssive, ell-
terprising and n-eftil citizen, and his prema-
ture death was 3 serious loss to the state and
he was deepl) mourned by his family, his bnsi-
- and fellow citizens. Mrs. I'.aily
born in i S^S. in Illinois, a daughter of Vh-
l.i-ll and Almeda i \iningl Mapes. Her father
was a native of ' Illio, and \\as engaged in the
occupation of fanning. lie moved to II
county. 111., when a \oung man and was m.r
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MEX OF ll'YOMING.
there, and later in life he removed his residence
to Kansas, where he continues in agricultural
pursuits. Her mother, a native of Pennsylvania,
died in 1901 at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs.
I '.ally's paternal grandfather was William Mapes
and her grandmother was Sarah (Messenger)
Mapes, both natives of the state of New York,
and well-known citizens. The ancestors of Jason
D. Baily were among the earliest of the pioneer
settlers of Pennsylvania, being members of the
colony of Friends which first began the civiliza-
tion of the Keystone State. Mr. and Mrs. Baily
were united in marriage at Laramie, on Decem-
ber 2, 1877, and six children were born to bless
their home life, Edwin, Philena, Myrtle, Susan,
Joel J., deceased, and Emily. The family is one
of the most respected in the section of country
where their home is situated. Mrs. Baily is car-
rying on the business along the same successful
lines as those pursued by her husband, and is
meeting with corresponding success. Her ranch
is one of the best managed properties in Albany
county and is being added to each year. She
deserves great credit for the ability she has dis-
played in the care and management of her prop-
erty and in the careful education of her children.
HOX. XAT. BAKER.
Among the prominent and well-known men
of Wyoming, is the mayor of the thriving city
of Lusk. Hon. Nat. Baker, who comes of old
Southern stock, a native of Plantersville, Texas,
where he was born on June 17, 1859, the son
of Isaac B. and Jane Pinxton Baker, both na-
tives of Alabama, his paternal grandfather be-
ing Isaac Baker, and his maternal grandfather.
Lucien Pinxton, both well-known and prominent
citizens of Alabama. His grandfather Baker
removed from Alabama to Texas many years
ago, where he became the owner of an exten-
sive plantation and a large slave-holder, and
permanently resided. The father of our sub-
ject continued to reside in Texas, following the
occupation of planter and merchandising, being
the father of five sons, of whom Hon. Nat, Baker,
the third one, grew to manhood in his native
state and received his early education from
private tutors and the neighboring schools.
Subsequently he matriculated at the Bailey
University, at Waco, Texas, and pursued a
course of study at that institution. Having had
the misfortune to lose his mother when he was
but two years old, and his father when he was
but ten, after he had completed his education
he removed to the city of Sherman, Texas,
where he was employed as the deputy clerk of
the district court for a short time, then joining
the stampede to the new mining camp at Lead-
ville, Colo., which was attracting adventurous
spirits from all sections of the country. He
remained at Leadville but a few days and re-
turned to Denver, where he became the ticket
agent of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
and the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Rail-
road. He continued in these positions for about
three years, and then engaged in contracting
for tin, slate and galvanized-iron roofing. In
this business he met with success for about two
years, when he sold out to good advantage and,
in January, 1886, came to Lusk, Wyoming, and
engaged in merchandising and stockraising.
He continued in these pursuits with marked
success up to 1895, when his stock interests had
grown to such proportions as to require his
entire time and attention, and he disposed of
his mercantile holdings and has since devoted
his energies to the care and management of
his live stock business. In February, 1884,
Mayor Baker was united in marriage with Miss
Eliza Dunnica, a native of Missouri, and to
their union had come two children, Nat, Jr., and
Leona J., and their home life was a notably
happy one until death called for Mrs. Baker
on January 9, 1899. Fraternally, Mr. Baker
is affiliated with the Masonic order, is a mem-
ber of the lodge at Denver, Colo., being also
a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. He takes an active interest in pro-
moting the fraternal and social life of the com-
munity and is always foremost in acts of char-
ity and public spirit. For many years Mayor
Baker has been considered one of the leading
public men of Wyoming. In 1890, after the
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admission <>i the territory as a State, In- was
elected a member of tin- tir-t [i • as-
sembly of the state. discharging the impoi
duties ni" that position with such ability and dis
tinction that he was reelected in i8gj. He
of the leaders of the House during his
entire term of service', trusted by his party as-
sociaies and respected by the opposition. In
iSiu. he was prominently mentioned as a can-
didate for the governorship of the state, and
l.is following anion- ilu- people i-- second to
.if no man in \Yyoming. Many measures
of useful legislation now on the statute books
of the state witness to his industry and devotion
to tin public interest. His enterprise and pub-
lic spirit have done much to build up and de-
p the state's resources and few have con-
tributed more to its settlement. The people
1 1\\ e him a debt of gratitude which they are
more than willing to pay and they will not fail
in the future to confer upon him suitable dis-
tinction. He is now serving his second term
as mayor of the city of Lusk, ami his admin-
istration has been marked bv success, substan-
tial growth and improvement to the city. He
is one of those rare public officials whose ser-
vices to the welfare of the general public can
illy be dispensed with.
SAMUEL BLACKHAM.
One of the oldest and most respected citi-
of Evanston, \Yvomiiig, and a pioneer
frontiersman, Samuel Rlackham, was born in
Stockport, Lancashire, England, on Septembi
_'S. iS^4. a son of Samuel and Martha i Robin-
son) Blackham. The father was born in Stafford-
shire. England, in 1800, and <!ied in 1875 at
Stockport, where lie is also buried. He \f
smith and the son of another black, midi, an-
other Samuel, also buried at Stoekport. who
lived to be ninen -three \ears of age. I (is wife,
grandmother of Samuel of Evanston, wa> Lucy,
born in Staffordshire and buried in the same
6. Martha iRobinsoiii I'dael.ham WES born
in Lancashire. Knglaud. She was a Mormon
and came to Salt Lake Cit\. 1 'tali, whither she
brought her family to America in
her husband in England. Her father was
James Robinson, and she died in iS8<; at the
age of eighty-two and is buried at Moroni.
Utah. Samuel P.lackham of Evan it to
work in the mills of Krgland at sixteen years
and continued to be there employed until In-
reached the age . he cam<
with his mother to America. While she
to Sail Lake ('ity In- stopped at Laramie. \\
ing for the government the first wi
Tn the spring he went to Leavemvorth, Kan.,
and in 1858 to St. Joseph, Mo., in the vicinity
of which place he remained two years, and here
in 1860 he married, then moving to Allegheny
City. Pa., to work at the trade of stone masonry
which he had learned in America. In 1862 he
went to Salt Lake City and remained six y<
and afterwards was in Kaysville, Utah, for
years. lie first came to Evanston in 1870, fo
engaged in mining for some years, but after-
wards and ever since he has followed his trade
as a stone-mason. lie has occupied his present,
prettily situated and attractive home continu-
ously for the past thirty-two years. In poli-
tics Mr. Blackham is a Democrat, and at ;
ent he is the constable of the town. Tie was
its first marshal, and has held the position of
special deputy for the county for sixteen years,
lie is an ( hid Eellow and a charter member of
the first encampment founded here. As al-
n-a.h noted Mr. Blackham was married in
Mrs. Pilackham was formerly Mary \. Lamb,
a daughter of Alfred and Mary A. (Crew"!
Lamb, being born in Laueashire. England. She
came to the United States with her p
185^, and she is qualified 1>\ birth and breeding
to be the wife <>f a pioneer. Her father
a lad came In ime o to find his stepm
beating his liule sister, who \\as sick at the
I le interpi >s< 1 and struck his $\
and this so angered his father, a wealthy and
titled gentleman of Lnnd,,n. that he disinhi
Alfred, \\lli mi he. hov nl to colli
finishing his course the boy still refused to
. for his earlier o'ndiicl to his
mother and the I'allur then casi him off. There-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1\<,
upon the youth Marled out for liimself in the
world, his brothers. Benjamin and James, leav-
ing home with liim. At the junction of the
streets in the great city of London the three
brothers shook hands and parted, each taking
a different road, but hoping that the fates might
some lime bring them together again. James
became a colonel in the army and Benjamin a
sea captain, but he has never since seen Benja-
min. He has never forgotten the harsh con-
duct of his father and stepmother, nor can he
ever forgive the unjust treatment he received.
Alfred Lamb was married in England to Mary
A.. Crew, a woman cast in the finest of heroic
molds, ever ready to help the needy, and a fa-
mous nurse of the afflicted. She nursed in
Count}- Manchester during the cholera epi-
demic and in London when the black fever was
raging there. She and her husband nursed each
other in turn when the plague overtook them.
Mr. Lamb came to America in 1853 and left
his family at Mineral Point, Iowa, and went to
Utah to there make a home for them, but he
was a Quaker and could not tolerate the be-
liefs and practices of the Mormons, and so
started back alone to his family at Mineral
Point, having only his gun. A hardy and de-
termined man, he shot his living on the way
through the wilderness, across which he had to
travel. Coming to the Platte River with its
treacherous quicksands, he pinned up a note
saying that if he succeeded in crossing safely he
would pin another announcement to that effect
on the opposite bank, but if he failed to cross
successfully he asked the finders of the first note
to warn his wife and children not to come to
a fate so detestable as awaited them in Utah.
He, however, succeeded in reaching his family
safely after his hard and perilous journey. So
incensed was he against the Mormons that he
destroyed the records of his property locations,
which were in the center of what is now the city
of Og-den. From Mineral Point, Iowa, Mr.
Lamb went to St. Joseph, Mo., where he en-
gaged in the shoe business. Later he moved to
Kansas City and still later to Evanston, Wyo.,
where he remained until his death, which oc-
curred in 1X73, at the age of eighty, his wife dy-
ing in the same year, aged seventy-three. l'.»ih
arc buried in Eyanston. Mr. and Mrs. Black-
ham, of whose forebears we have tried to give
some account, find their chief delight at home.
Mrs. Blackham is a purely domestic woman and
both, as parents, have a family in which they
may well take both nride and joy. The children
have numbered twelve: Samuel, Mary, Eliza-
beth, Benjamin, Rosetta, Lydia, Lucy, Martha,
Alfred, Olive, Thomas and Doll}', and nine sur-
vive : Martha, Alfred and Doll}- having passed
away. The girls are not only the pride of their
parents, but the joy of all that know them, hav-
ing that live!}-, cheery disposition that brings
gladness wherever they may be. Their father
is among the oldest pioneers in this section,
and yet a hale, hearty, well-preserved man.
PHILIP H. BATH.
A prosperous ranchman and stockgrower
of Albany county, Philip H. Bath, whose ad-
dress is Mandel, .Wyoming, was born in New
York City, in 1859, the son of Henry and Cath-
erine (Fisher') Bath, well-known and highly re-
spected residents of that metropolis. ' He grew
to man's estate at Laramie, and received his
early education in the public schools of that
vicinity. When he had completed his educa-
tion and attained to the age of twenty-one years
he entered upon the business of ranching and
stockgrowing in Albany county. Starting with
only 160 acres and a small band of cattle, he has
gradually increased his holdings, both of land
and cattle as well as horses, until he now is the
owner of a fine ranch comprising about 1,200
acres of land, well fenced and improved, with
suitable buildings and appliances for the carry-
ing on of successful stockraising operations and
having large bands of both horses and cattle. By
hard work, perseverance and close attention to
all details of his business, he has built up a
profitable enterprise which is rapidly assuming
extensive proportions. In 1882 Mr. Bath was
united in marriage with Miss Anna Puls, a
native of Germanv and a daughter of Carl
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and Luc) i Stenc.s ) Puls. hull] natives of the
I'atherlaud. Thi1 father of Mrs. P.ath was
born in 1834 and died in 1897, being burn.!
:r l.cigh. Xeb. Her mother passed away
in the year tSSo. and i-- liuried in ( u-rmany .
Mr. and Mrs. I lath have five children. Mabel,
Caroline, [rene, Henrj P., and Beatrice, and
their home is especially noted for its generous
and Denial hospitality. As a stanch adherent
of the Democratic party. Mr. I'.ath is a loyal
supporter of the principles and candidates of
that political organization, although he is in
no >ense an office-seeker, having otten de-
clined to accept political honors tendered him
by his party. The management of his large
and fast growing business requires his entire
time and attention and the only public office
which he has ever been willing to hold is that
posl er of Mandel, Wyoming, a po-
sition he is now occupying. Fraternally, lie is
affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd
lows, taking a deep interest in all its
fraternal work. Mr. P.ath is one of the solid
and substantial business men and property
rs of Albany county and one of its most
respected citizens. In his stockgrowing opera-
he takes especial pride in the breeding of
fine Shorthorn cattle and Clydesdale draught
• wning a large number of the most val-
uabK animals of his section of \\voming. He
:• the foremosl men of his county and
e much to promote its advancement and
devel' ip its resi 'iirccs.
HI IN. ELMER T. I'.ELTZ.
( >ne of the most efficient public official ot
Wyoming, whose management of the I.aramie
postoffice lias given him a reputation extend-
ing far beyond the limits of his state, ll»'
mer T. I'.elt/, was born in Bedford county. Pa.,
on July 19, 1861, the son of Adam and Naomi
(llordoni I'.ellz, both natives of the Keystone
State. His father followed the occupation oi
a tanner and was "lie ' 'i the must highly re-
spected citizens ol I'.edfonl county. At the
time of the breaking out of the ('ivil \\'ar he
among the first in his county to res]
to the patriotic call of President Lincoln, en-
listing in Co. E, One Hundred and Thirty-
e:ghlh Pennsylvania Regiment, and in his verv
c\cnifnl service in the \nn\ of the 1'otomac.
he participate.! in many engagements 'luring
the early years of the war, and at the ItattK of
("old Harbor, Ya.. in June. 1863, he was killed
in action, patriotically gi\ing his lit",' to his
country. When his son, Elmer, was five
of age In- was placed in the Soldier's < irplian
School of 1'ennsvlvania, and there received a
thorough education, being graduated from the
institution at the age of sixteen. !!•
cepted a position as an apprentice for the pur-
pose of learning the milling business, ret
ing in this service for four years, then he en-
' 'ed in the mercantile business at Spring
' e, i'a.. for one year and met with consid-
erable success. I luring this time he received
an appointment as postmaster of that '
from President Garfield, and it was a son; . oi
much regret to the people of Spring Hope \\hen
he decided to remove from that state, hut be-
lieving that business conditions would be I
rablc in the country farther to the west lu
disposed of his property and business and came
to Xchraska. Here he established his hon
the town of Edgar and engaged in loaning
money and handling live stock. In iSS4 he dis-
posed of his bush i" ' oo< 1 advantage and re-
moved to Laramie, Wyo.. where he entered
tipi in the rea 1 and insm . b >S, in
which he has since been interested. After com-
ing to Laramie he tilled a position as a railway
mail clerk for a period of one year, his duties
requiring him to run bet\\<-,-n Cheyenne, \\yo..
and ( igden, I'tah. and Huntington. t >r<
June, iS'jX. he received the appointment of
postmasti - of i r; n Erom ilie late President
\\'illiain ^lcKinl( . .:'-! he has since given the
iter pi irtic MI 'f hi-, time t" the discharge . .f
ill, duties of that important I luring
bis incumbency of that position lu- lias tbor-
. lUghl) ! hi busini iS, adding con-
siilerabK to ': .ng force, and also mater-
ialK impro\ii;g the efficien to the public.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOML\(J.
The letter-carrier service ;md also the system of
free rural delivers have been so highly improved
upon as to bring his management of the
Laramie postoffice to the especial attention of
the postoffice department, and to occasion
very much favorable comment throughout the
country. Special agents have been sent to
Laramie to receive instructions in the methods
of work inaugurated under the direction of
Postmaster Beltz, with a view to adopting a
similar system in other places. Politically, he
has ever been a stanch member of the Repub-
lican party, and for many years he has been
one of the most active and trusted leaders of
that political organization in Wyoming. He
is an eloquent advocate of the principles of
Republicanism, believing they are for the best
interests of the country, and he is ever foremost
in the promotion of measures calculated to ad-
vance the interests of the party. Enterprising
and deeply interested in the public welfare, he
is held in high esteem by all classes of his fel-
low citizens, without reference to party affilia-
tions, and is one of the most valued citizens
of his section of the state. In 1882, at the city
of Cumberland, Mel., Mr. Beltz was united in
marriage to Miss Mary Hounihcn, a native
of that state, where her parents were long well
known and highly respected. They have one
son. Warren E. Beltz, a young man of fine
ability and much promise. The home of Mr.
P.eltz is a popular gathering place for his politi-
cal and personal friends, and he takes pleasure
in dispensing there a generous and genial hos-
pitality to all. No man enjoys a wider popu-
larity, and if he so desired, there are few places
within the gift of the people that he might not
attain. Fraternally. Mr. Beltz is affiliated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Order of Red Men and with the Modern Wood-
men of America, and has an active interest in
the fraternal life of the city of Laramie. In
all works of fraternity and charity, he takes a
foremost part, being unfailing in his assistance
of movements for the public good. No man
in Albany county has a record more deserving
of public commendation.
GEORGE BOLLN.
Conspicuously identified with the mercantile
and public interests of Converse county, and
having seen a great diversity of life in this new
country of his adoption, George Bolln, the pro-
gressive and up-to-date merchant of Douglas,
Wyoming, deserves a place in any volume pur-
porting to treat of the "Progressive Men of
\\'\ i uning." Mr. Bolln was born on September
16, 1847. in the ancient maritime city of Ham-
burg, Germany, which lies so picturesquely on
the banks of the Elbe, the son of Joachin Bolln
and Catherine (Heitman) Bolln, both being na-
tives of Hamburg and of sterling old German
ancestry, devoting their lives to agriculture in
their native land. After his education at the
gymnasium and other excellent schools of
Hamburg, Mr. Bolln learned the baker's trade
in his home city, emigrating, however, in 1876,
and coming almost immediately after his arrival
in America to Cheyenne, thence soon going to
the Black Hills for a year, and, in the expressive
language of the West, "going broke." Return-
ing to Cheyenne, he gave three years in that
city to the baking business, thereafter driving
forty cows from Cheyenne to Leadville, Colo.,
and starting a dairy business, which he sold
four months later, while subsequently at Chey-
enne he purchased 210 steers and heifers, and
within a year all of this stock but three were
stolen. This insignificant remainder, with a few
horses he possessed, he sold and secured em-
ployment in a hotel, at the end of six months
leasing the hotel, conducting it with financial
profit for three years, then selling all of his
property, furniture, etc.. and removing to Fort
Fetterman, where he purchased the mercantile
establishment of Altman & Co., carrying on at
this place until 1888 a brisk and profitable trade
in general merchandise. In the last named year
he removed his stock to Douglas, purchased
one of the store buildings he now occupies, and
has since been engaged in the sale of general
merchandise at both wholesale and retail, his
business attaining wide scope and importance,
beiii"- numbered among the leading mercantile
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
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houses of the entire' county. Ik-re Mr. llolln
no\v has t\v<> large stores with a frontage of
fifty fiet. our being devoted exclusively to the
drygoods trade and the other to his groceries,
hardware, crockery, etc. Mr. I'.olln has two
capacious warehouses, one being IOD feet in
length, and carries a large stock of all the goods
suitable to the representative patronage he en-
joys. In moo he invested in sheep, and from
his ranches of aliont 500 acres on the I Matte
l\'i\er he runs a tine band. A staunch I )cmo-
crai in political faith, he has been an efficient
worker in his parly, his eligibility for official
,-tation being distinctly recognized by his elec-
tion for two successive terms as a niemluT ol
the board of count}' commissioners, serving
with conceded ability for one term as chairman
of the board, while in the city he has held the
office of councilor ami mayor to the satisfac-
tion i if the most critical and to the advancement
of the city's best interest. In 1894 he was the
nominee of his party for state treasurer, but
owing to the exigencies of the campaign was
not elected, although polling a handsome vot<
He was one of the organizers of the First Xa-
lional I'.ank of I Jmiglas and a member of its
directorate. < >n April i. 1887. occurred the
bedding ceremonies uniting Mr. I'.olln and Miss
Pauline Muegel. a native of I'.ohcinia, and the\
have two winsome children. Henry and Ksther.
Their hospitable residence is a line brick struc-
ture, modern in Style and architecture, and here
tliis worthy gentleman delights in entertaining
his numerous friends. Mr. I'.olln is affiliated
fraternally with the < >dd Fellows and is con-
sidered :is one of the" leading eiti/nis ,,i I <
las. being public spirited and generous to a
high degree and one of the most progressive
and successful citizens of the' city.
WILLIAM BOYCE.
Prominent among the progressive and well-
lo do earlx settlers of Wyoming, \\lio have ac-
cumulated handsome fortunes jn that country
of great business opportunities, is William
!'.• • i-< •. a resilient of I'.ox F.lder. in the count v
of Laramie. Morn on April 15, 1^54. he
native of County Armagh, Ireland, and th<
of William and Marv (( )rr ) Boyce, also natives
of that county. Ilis father \\-as a farmer in the
old country u]) to the time of his death, which
occurred in September, iSX.v the mother having
passed away in i8o_>. and both lie buried in the
sod of ( 'ounty Armagh, Ireland, near the scenes
of their lives' activities. William Boyce grew
up in his native county, receiving schooling
there until he had attained the age of tr
\ears, when he went on a visit to relatives in
America, who were residing in Franklin county.
Mo. Arriving there in iS<»i. he secured employ-
ment in a large vineyard with a view to acquir-
ing a practical knowledge of the wine-making
and grapegrowing business, which was then
a great industry in that section. He continued in
this employment lor five years, thoroughly famil-
iarizing himself with that business, and in 1874,
desiring to see more of the country further
he accepted a position with a government sur-
: trty, with which he came to the then ter-
ritory of Wyoming. Here he remained during
ihe summer and passed the winter at Camp
Robinson, in the following spring going to
Chcxemic. Accepting employment on a ranch
led by Henry ( i. Hay. on Lone 'free ('reek,
• i mained ihere for eighteen months, acquir-
ing a good knowledge of stockraising. In iS-<>
he resigned his position, to engage in business
for himself and came to the section of coun-
ir\ where he now resides. Mere he bought out
the right of a party who was then occupying
the land constituting a portion of his present
I'irch. and made a government tiling up"
in his own name, subsequently purchasing it
from the Cnitcd Stales. This property i
n iled on Box F.lder ("reek, about twenty-eight
miles \\est hx south of the city of Chexennc.
lie also own- a considerable tract of ad'.
land in Colorado, his residence being only
about one-fourth of a mile north of the state
line. Since that time he has made his residence
i-oiiiiimoiisly at this place, and has been en-
.1 in the combined vocations of da:'
nd catlleraising. I le has been very
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
successful, being now tin- owner of over 4,200
acres ni' the Enesl stock land in that section,
with over 200 acres under cultivation of grains
and vegetal >les. His gardening and dairy
departments have grown to very extensive propor-
tions, and lie finds a profitable market for all
Ins produce in all of those lines in the cit\ of
Cheyenne. His cattle are among' the very he-,t
grades in the state, those used in his dairy
being of high graded Shorthorn Durham stock,
and his range stock being most thorough-bred
Here fords. He has always found that the better
grades of stock pay a higher return on the in-
vestment than those of a lower type. On No-
vember 14. 1879, ^r- Boyce was united in wecl-
lock at the town of Marble Hill, Bellinger coun-
ty, Mo., with Miss Salina Mayer, a native of
that state and a daughter of Alfred and Louisa
Mayer, the former being a native of France and
the latter of Germany. The father of Mrs.
l'.o\ce was a watchmaker and jeweler, who for-
merly resided in Memphis, Term., and subse-
quently removed his residence from that city to
the town of Bollinger, in Missouri. After a
residence of some years in the latter place ho
again returned to Memphis, where he remained
up to the time of his death in 1872. He is
buried in that city. The mother passed away
at the home of her daughter in Box Elder in
1891, and is buried at Virginia Dale, Colo.
Eight children have blessed the union of Mr.
and Mrs. Boyce, Louisa, William A., Edward
A., Alice G., Emelia, Lee, Hattie and May. all
of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Boyce are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church,
and active participants in all church and charity
work. Fraternally Mr. Boyce is affiliated with
the Order of Modern Woodmen of America,
being a member of the lodge at Cheyenne.
Politically, he is identified with the Republican
party, and for many years he has taken a prom-
inent part in the local councils of that party.
He has never held public position, or had desire
for office, although he has been often solicited
by his friends and neighbors to become a can-
didate for important positions. His private
business has fully occupied his time and atten-
tion and satisfied his ambition, and his energy
and gi iod judgment are fast building up one of
the most substantial and best paying properties
in the state, while his successful career and
sterling traits of character have won for him
the highest respect and esteem of all who know
him.
JAMES I'.. BOYER.
There is scarcely any occupation among the
handicrafts that engage the industry of man
more important or more pressing in continuous
necessity than that of flourmilling ; for what-
ever other elements of happiness may be at
hand, the requirement for bread is as old and
as universal as the human race. And those who
contribute in supplying this demand in good
quality and measure, especially where the con-
ditions are more or less unfavorable, must be
reckoned among the benefactors of mankind.
It is gratifying to make specific mention of one
of the most successful and useful of these peo-
ple in this record of the life and achievements
of James B. Boyer of Wheatland, one of the
progressive men of Wyoming and a potential
force in its development and progress. He is
a native of that part of the Old Dominion which
now forms the great state of West Virginia,
having been born in Upshur county in 1863.
His parents were W. C. and Eliza (Queen)
Boyer, natives of the same locality, where the
father was a millwright and followed his trade
until just before his death in Parkersburg on
June 13, 1899. His wife survived him a year,
dying in 1900. Their son, James, was educated
in the public schools of his native state, com-
pleting his course at Parkersburg, where he
remained until he was nineteen years old. In
1882, hearkening to the voice of the awakened
West calling for volunteers in the great army
of industry she was gathering to develop and
make fruitful her mighty domain, he came to
Lincoln, Xeb., and there entered the employ
of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad as a
surveyor. His work covered much of Nebraska
and Kansas and occupied three years in time.
In 1885 he left the service of the railroad com-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
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pail}1 and. locating ai ( awkcr City. Kan., went
into tlu' flourmilling establishment of the Jack-
son Urns. Co. at that point and remained there
nine \ears, learning the business thoroughlv
in every detail. constructive, mechanical and
financial. In 181)4 he removed t<> I'lainville, and
in partnersliip with tin- P.urmugh Protlu-rs.
built large mills and carried on a very active
business, laying an extensive scope nf country
under trilnite t" its expanding volume and . on
-tanily increasing its gratified patronage. In
1807 lie sold his interest to his partners and
came to \\dleatland. Wyo., where he erected the
mill he now owns and conducts, one of the best
in the state in character and completeness of
equipment, and he does the lea dim.;- business of
that section of the country in its line. \t
1 iwker i ity, Kan., on June lo. iXSo. lie was
united in marirage with Miss Ida AT. P.lanken-
ship, a native of Missouri. They have four chil-
dren. Stella. John, Kuril and Stacy. Mr. Boyer
erg .iiid zealous in several fraternal or-
ders, b.-in!;- a Woodman of the World, a 1 'nited
\\orkinan, with a membership at Stockton,
Kan., an * >dd Fellow in the lodge at \Vlu-atland
and a Freemason, affiliated with Wheatland
I odgc at \Yheatland. Royal \reli ( haptcr and
the O msistory of the Thirtv second degree, Scot-
tish Kit' , :>t Cheyenne. In politics he is a con-
"i Republican, and althnnvb averse to
public life, allowed hhll-<'lf tO be elected eoinitV
commissioner of bK county in Xovember, IQOO.
JOI1X X. r.Rir.IIT.
This respected retired si r, having
a ranch lo , elve miles wesl of Forl I.ara-
inie. and situated on the Laramie River, al-
though a resident of that or only three
or four years, is widel} l.nown and e\ceedmvj\
liar. Mi- was born in Franklin cor
Ohio, on Septi-mlii-r \ 3. i S \( .. a son of Re\ .
I', an.! Rebecca iVinricki Bright, natives
"f Pennsylvania. The Father was a minister of
the Methodist church for fnrtv years and at
iU - times « a- tatii med in different middle
and eastern States, ln-ini; recogni/cd as a
i H1S, ;\rdeiit and . ' Mink r of ll
pel and a pious i Me had been living
near fndepend< nee. Kan., al>< >ut ilir<
\vlien his untimely .leath was caused by a run-
away accident on Julv .}. i Sj _>, to the u
ble grief of his famil, i a largr circ'
warm-hearted friends. The remain- of the un-
fortunate divine • • ed into
last resting- place in the consecrated earth at-
tached to the house of worship in which the
flock over which he had presided, in
their devotion, and deep and bitter was the
mourning at hi-- loss. His widow did not
survive him, but pasM-d away in 1877 and
buried in Linn county, Kan. John X. Bright
was educated in Illinois and Kansas and, ;
father had a farm near link pcnden.
John X. aided in the cultivation of this until
lie \vent to Missouri and ei ' ' ed in farming
near Sedalia on his own account in : .v
prospered fairly until i^'»). when lie returned
to Kansas and entered a homestead in Mont-
rv county, cultivated it until 1878. and
then went to the lead mines in the southeas
part of the state, thence h. d the line into
( i ili irado, where he . 1 in minini;
about three years. In l-Ybruary. 1883. Mr.
P.ri';ht came to Wyoming and settled on his
present ranch and embarked in cattleraising.
it> which he did a lar-'v business until the fall
of i SUM. when he turned over its management
to his two sons, who havi proved to be \\ M-thy
successors of their father. Mr. I'riglil. how-
ever, keeps :i . ' supervision Over iK
fairs of the ranch. passi"g his leisure hours at
his model home in Hartvillle. Tie has bei
g-QOd bn-iness man in every si he word.
and has valuabl real-estate. Besides '
dent property, lie owns several lots in Hart-
ville, which lie does not fail to turn to
count, and his ranch 0 bids fair
to become increaM-d in it^ dime'isioiis. as his
sons continue to prosper. John \. P.riglu was
married on Xovember iS. [866, in ' 'Wn.
Mo., to Miss France.- \. P.arnes. a ;
Mi--..nri and a dangliier
Barnes, \\!M came from their native
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
state of Tenn > Missouri in a very early
day. Joseph Barm > was a loyal Unionist and
served in the Seventh Missouri Infantry during
the Civil War and, after returning from the per-
formance of his duty in the military service of
his country, he settled down in Cedar county,
Mo., and engaged in farming until called away
by death in November, iS/o. His remains were
interred in the count}' in which he died; his
\vidn\v died in January, 1895, and was buried
in Saline county, Mo. To the marriage of John
X. and Frances A. Bright have been born six
children, Delia, who died August 8, 1878, when
but thirteen months old, and whose remains
lie buried near Independence, Mo. ; Alta (Gard-
ner) ; M. Rosa (St. Clair) ; Oba and Ora, twins,
of whom Ova died October 16, 1881, when six-
teen months old, and was buried beside her
sister Delia. John X. Bright is a public-spirited
citizen and a loyal Union man. In 1864 he
volunteered in the One Hundred and Forty-
third Illinois Infantry to aid in defending the
integrity of the nation, but served four months
only on account of ill health, yet he has prompt-
ly aided all measures of a local character de-
signed to promote the welfare of the com-
munity.
N. S. BRISTOL.
Prominent among the business men of his
section of Wyoming is Mr. X. S. Bristol of
Casper, who is closely identified with the inter-
ests of the city and surrounding territory as
merchant, banker and stockraiser. A man of
keen discrimination, sound judgment and ex-
ecutive ability, his excellent management and
his personal popularity have brought to him
success of more than ordinary character. The
progressive and yet the conservative policy he
has carried out in all his business plans and
methods, commends itself to the people and
tends to give him a large patronage in his
mercantile trade. He does not confine his en-
ergies to this line, for he is an able financier and
is also accounted a representative agriculturist
and stockraiser, while in former years he
evinced patriotism of a distinctive order by his
gallant service as a Union soldier on Southern
soil in the Civil War. Mr. Bristol was born in
Belviden.-. 111., on August 27, 1843, n's parents
being C. C. Bristol, a native of Rochester, X. Y.,
and Augusta ( Stowell ) Bristol, who was born
in Waitsfield, Vermont. The wife of his pa-
ternal grandfather was before her marriage a
Miss Woodward, her paternal uncle being an
aide-de-camp of General Washington in the
Revolutionary War, while she attained the re-
markable age of ninety-six years. The father
of N. S. Bristol, born in 1811, in 1829 went to
Illinois during the exciting episode of the Black
Hawk War, which continued until 1832, and
there made his home at Belvidere, seventy-eight
miles northwest of Chicago, where he acquired
large landed estates and resided for over forty
years, then migrating with two of his sons to
Nebraska, where he died in 1874 at the age of
seventy-seven years. N. S. Bristol was the old-
est child of the family and his youth was passed
at the Belvidere home of his parents. On July
25, 1862, his loyal nature responded to his coun-
try's call for soldiers, and he enlisted in Co. J,
Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry, and he gave most
faithful and unremitting service until he was
honorably discharged in September, 1865, his
arm}- life taking him down the Mississippi to
Columbus, Memphis, Jackson, Vicksburg, Xew
Orleans, the Red River Expedition, being pres-
ent at the fall of Vicksburg, and at the taking
of Natchez. Participating in most of the his-
toric battles and engagements of the Army of
the Mississippi, they were with General Stur-
gis, when at Guntown, Miss., they had their
most desperate engagement, over 600 men go-
ing into action and only seventy men and one
commissioned officer coming out, all the others
being killed, wounded and imprisoned. They
were after this in pursuit of General Price tram
Arkansas to Cape Girardeau, Mo., taking
prominent action in the great defeat of Price
at Warrensburg. thereafter being at Nashville
and in pursuit of Hood's army, then again at
New Orleans and thence at Mobile Bay, where
they aided in the capture of the city, performing
creat feats of endurance and exhibiting the
>(;KESSH'E MEX OF WYO
valor aiul soldierly qualities of the finest sol-
diery of the world, from Mobile going north-
ward and on to Springfield. 111., for muster-out.
In the greatest war of many centuries .Mr. Bris-
tol and hi.s comrades acquitted themselves as
bravely and performed as valuable a service as
any other of the organizations of the L'nion
army. On returning' in civil life Mr. I'.ristol
engaged in merchandising at Ripon, Wis., for
two years, on September 17, 18(17, marrying
with Miss Sarah A. ("loyd, a native of Chicago,
and then removing to I'.elvidere, 111., where he
remained until 1872, when he migrated to
Boom i ounty, Xeb., where for the long period
ears he was busily and profitably
engaged in the buying and selling of grain and
in the sale of agricultural implements, being
1 in his undertakings, which also in-
cluded farming and stockraising. In 1885 he
changed his residence to Hay Springs, Neb.,
where he was in the grain and livestock busi-
ness until 1888, when, in the month of March,
he located in Casper, YYyo., as a merchant, still
continuing his profitable business operations
in Nebraska, to which an elevator has been
added. From his coming to Casper Mr. Bris-
tol has been a conspicuous figure in the business
activities of the community and his influence
ha largely extended into the progress of ihe
brilliant young city. In 1891, by the admis-
sion of \Y. A. Dcneeke as a partner, the mer-
cantile house became X. S. I'.ristol oc Co., while,
as Mr. I'.rist»l is an e<[iuil partner in the bank
with Mr. Deneckc, the banking firm is \\ . A.
Denecke X Co. In this city Mr. I'.ristol intends
to make his home, and at this writing is
a residence commensurate with his idea of
h' nnc comfort, that will be a valuable addition
to the man}- attractive homes of ihe place. In
company with his son, Flmer J., Mr. I'.ri.-tol
<>un- a large ranch in Detiel county. Xeb..
where they now have i ,v « > head i if superii il
lie. Hereford- being their fa\orite breed, and
the) also ha\e on this place about _•<> hc.;>
slandard-brcd Clydesdale horses. Mr. !'•>
n..t allow political si rife or ambition to
draw him from Ic-iiimaic bn-iiics-. lie is a
loyal Republican, however, supporting the prin-
ciples and candidates of his party with the
earnestness shown in all things in which IL
ars he has been one of the
its ni the State University of Wyoming.
Fraternally he is actively interested in the (.irand
Army of the Republic and nded the lad-
der of Masonry to the Thirty-second de]
of the Ancient Scottish Rite. The father of
Mrs. Bristol. John Cloyd, was a native of Eng
land and came |o America when a young
man. at once locating in Troy. X. Y. Afterward
he moved to Michigan, where he was mar-
ried. He died in Xebraska. The children
of Mr. and Mrs. P.ristol are Elmer J. of Xe-
braska, Lilly M, wife of C. 1 1. Townsend. a
merchant of Casper, and Harry C., who remains
at the paternal home.
CHARLKS E. BUELL.
No man's destiny and not even hi lion
can be predicted with certainty in our tree re-
public with its boundless wealth and variet
opportunity. Alain a one ha- left his home in
the thickly settled sections and piling
into the wildcrne--. \\ilh no thought of doing
more than finding opportunity and perhaps Eor-
tinie for himself, and has become b\ force of cir-
cnm-tances the founder of a town, the builder
of a county, the leader of a people. Such as
this has been in some mea-ure. the history o|
Charles K. I'.ncll. who came from his native state
of Wisconsin to \Yyoming in 1878. and the next
located where I'.ntTalo now stands. He
helped to found and name the town and erected
die tirst house built within it- limits, the budd-
ing now occupied by the I • ( '" .
which he erected for the Trabing I'm-. Mr.
I'.uell was born in P.loomlicld. \Yi-.. on Jnl
1855. the son of William I. and Frances M.
( .\latlhe\\ s l I'.uell. nali\es of Xew York and
( >hio. The father is still fanning in Wisconsin,
when the son was educated and grew to man-
In iod. In 1878 he came we.-t to l.aramie '
Wyo.. and a \ear later removed to Job
eountv. working in both places at his trad
PROGRESSU'E MEN OF WYOMING.
carpenter, which he had learned in his native
state. In his new location he found plenty of
work at his trade although the facilities for
doing it were lacking in ninny respects. The
first building in the town, already alluded to,
was huili in Mil foundation to roof and fully com-
pleted without the use of a nail. Mr. Buell
worked a year for the Trabing Bros., after
which he built what is now the Occidental Hotel
and opened it to the public. When the next
spring came he took a partner in the business in
the person of A. J. McCrea and for years there-
after the hostelry was conducted under the firm
name of McCrea & Buell. The latter finally sold
his interest to Mr. McCrea and settled on a
ranch he then owned on Shell Creek, which he
had taken up as a homestead, and was the first to
be taken up in the county. Here he prospered
as a farmer and stockgrower until 1893 when a
disastrous fire burned him out and compelled his
removal to another ranch he owned. A little later
he located on the one which he now occupies and
which is known as the Somnesburger ranch. In
all he owns 640 acres of excellent land, com-
prising a desirable variety of meadow and range,
and on this he raises cattle, horses and sheep in
considerable numbers of superior quality. He is
an enterprising and progressive citizen, fully
alive to every chance to advance the interests of
his community, and with the requisite public
spirit to secure the acceptance and proper use of
the chance. On October 17, 1882, he was united
in marriage with Miss Jennie B. Herrick, a
native of Wisconsin, in which state the marriage
occurred. They have had five children, Helen
E., the first white child born in Buffalo ; Mabel
G. ; Frances L. ; Clarence, deceased ; Miles W.
Mrs. Buell's father. Miles Herrick, a native of
Xew York, is dead. Her mother, Lutheria Her-
rick, resides in Buffalo.
HOX. LAWREXCE R. BRESXAHEX.
One of the leading business and public men
of the state of Wyoming, Hon. Lawrence R.
Bresnahen, who has been four times mayor of
the citv of Chevenne, \vas born at Clummell, Ire-
land, in 1850. When he was seven years of age
his mother, together with the family, came to
America in the hope of bettering their condi-
tion in the Xew World, the father having died
in Ireland when unr subject was a child. Upon
their arrival in this country they settled at
Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y., where Mr. Bres-
nahen attained man's estate and received his
early education in the public schools. When he
was sixteen years of age, impelled by the spirit
of adventure, he left school to make his < >\\n
way in the world. Bidding farewell to the
scenes of his childhood and early manhood he
set out with a young man of about his own age
with whom he had attended school to seek his
fortune in the far West. Going first to the fron-
tier town of Julesburg, Colo., then at the height
of its prosperity, he secured employment with
Moore & Stanton in a meat market. In 1867
he purchased the business from his employers,
and in Xovember removed the establishment to
Cheyenne, Wyo., establishing himself there in
business and erected one of the first buildings
in that place. By his industry, perseverance and
careful attention to his business he rapidly built
up an extensive and profitable trade, and soon
came to be looked upon as one of the leading
business men of that section of the country. For
thirty-five years he has been engaged in active
business and financial affairs in Cheyenne and
the country tributary to that city and has been
one of the most important factors in the build-
ing up of the town and in laying the foundations
of the commonwealth of Wyoming. Xo man
has done more for the advancement of Cheyenne
or to 'promote the growth and development of
the territory and state of Wyoming. Foremost
in every enterprise, progressive and public spir-
ited, loyal to every interest of the city of his
residence and the state of his adoption, he is
one of the most prominent men of Wyoming
and enjoys the gratitude and esteem of all
classes of his fellow citizens. In 1875 ne was
elected to the council of the Fourth Territorial
Legislature and made a highly creditable record
in that position. In 1876 he was elected mayor
of the citv of Chevenne. This was a most im-
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"ii year in the history of thai city, for it
when the patent fur the town-site
the I'nitcd Static and the i
was just beginning to outgrow its proportions
and characteristics as a frontier to-vn. It was
largely through tin.- able. l'ar-M •eing and unre-
mitting endeavors of Ma\or I'.rcsnahen that
the city waterworks plant was completed and
became ilic actual property of the municipality.
Me was selected as one of the ahle commit-
twelve to ''repare the new city charter for
Cheyenne in I.V7S. immediately aftcr-ils adoption
igain to the office of mayor, run-
ning; MII hi ith the Democratic and Republican
tickets, showing tin esteem in which his services
to the pnblv were held by all . • ' the peo-
ple. At the expiration of this term of office he
' i-ain elected to the same position without
opposition. Me performed the duties of the
office \\itli ability and distinction, and. to the en-
tire satisfaction of his constituents of all parties.
At the time of the construction of the state cap-
it..! building Mr. I'.resnahen was the chairman
of the commission having charge of the matter
and t< " .1. II]-.!! himself the duties ,>f siipcrintend-
enl .ii . .instruction. "While the east and west
wing- ..i ih. capitol building were being erected
he gave the greater portion of his time to the
supervision of the work, greatly to the detri-
ment of his private interests. No sacrifice was
too jreal for him in what he conceived to i>
the conscientious discharge of his dut\ to the
i the Mat.', ami it was largely due t> .
his efforts, his practical busim i abilit) and his
nmirinv, devotion to the thorough supervision
. ii the details ' .f the work thai such .1 p
'in- was secured for the uses > if the i
if the stale. In reo ignition of the
51 i • i, e H hi.-li he had thus render.'.! to the
the iiti .1 building conunissi, .n. .it a '
held in l 'he\ emie ' in January i 7, i SSS. niiani-
mouslv ado pled the following resolution, \\hich
ordered spread upon thi- records of the
nissii in : " Kes. .Ived, That the comrn
desires tO place itself . .n record as heh".;
ful in the highest degree '" 1 . K. I'r. snahen,
the chainnan and superintendent of n instruc-
tion, for In- zeal, energ} and skill manifested in
I) li;ilf of the capitol; that to him the people are
indebted in large measure for the thoroughness
of the work perl", .ruled on both the- east wing
and the wesl win- of said capitol. J. C. Baird,
Secretary of the ( "apitol Kthlding Commission."
Such a record falls to the lot of hut few
men. In addition to his other large property
interests in Chevenne and else where, Mr. I
nahen is the owner of a fine stock ranch, com-
prising aboul 2,000 acres of land, which is sit-
uated a short distance from the city, and here
tie is extensively engaged in handling .-tall-fed
cattle. In this enterprise he ha- associati
nephew, Mr. Smith, as a business partner and
[hey have met with marked success. In •
field of activity, in business, in social life and in
public station Mr. I'.resnahen is one of the most
prominent and successful men of his city and
one of the most honored citizens of Wyo-
ming. While he was mayor he had Judge Mc-
Laughlin draw up a bill to be forwarded to
W. R. Steele. then the delegate to <
authorizing the city to purchase 640 :
of land about one and one-half miles wesl "f
Cheyenne, which is now very valuable, and
forms the base of the water supply of the city.
In iS-o he had reserved a huge tract of land
astern pan of the city, since then im-
proved as Lake Minnehaha Park. In settle-
ineiit with (lie railroad company in tSjn he ob
tained a deed to four blocks, IM\\ converted
into the beautiful city park in the heart of the
mil aK. , of land f. ir cemetery purposes with-
out cosl to the cil y. In iSoi and i Si u lie built
tin- Central avenue \iaduct and Snyder street
subway and completed the water system. Ml
land; thus acquired are now \er\ valuable, be-
ing taken n]' years ago. These
atioiis and labors sho\\ a -are and intelligent
foresight, and gem rations yet to come will honor
the menion of this wise philanthropist, who
was mindful of their welfare before their lives
in, planning their happiness with a
fn! prevision that few would have pos
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
LYMAN H. BROOKS.
Beautifully located on the border of two
great states of the American Union, \Yyoming
and Montana, with the murmuring waters of
the romantic Tongue River winding about his
ranch of 4,000 acres, comfortably housed in a
fine modern residence recently built, whose
architectural graces, convenient arrangement,
complete equipment and its artistic adornment
proclaim his good judgment and excellent taste,
with the fruits of his enterprise and thrift bloom-
ing and ripening around him and the benefits
of his progressiveness and public spirit manifest
in the commercial, educational and moral feat-
ures of the community he has aided in building
up, Lyman H. Brooks of Sheridan county,
Wyo., can almost defy the frowns of fortune
and feel secure in the prosperity that has
crowned his labors and the general esteem he
has won from all classes of his fellow citizens.
He was born at Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada,
on May 5, 1856, the son of Dr. Samuel J. and
Lucy (Mills) Brooks, the former a native of
Stanstead, Quebec, and the latter of Lunen-
burg, Vt. His paternal ancestors have been
prominent in American history for generations,
and have dignified and adorned every walk of
life in their respective ' times and localities.
Their original American .progenitor, Thomas
Brooks, came to this country in 1636 and set-
tled near the present site of the city of Boston,
and of his two sons, one located at Cambridge
and the other at Worcester. Lyman H. Brooks
belongs to the Worcester branch of the family,
and of the Cambridge branch the Rev. Phillips
Brooks has been perhaps the most distin-
guished religious representative. The Wrorces-
ter Brookses continued to reside in that city,
engaged in mercantile pursuits until the grand-
father of our Wyoming ranchman removed to
Sherbrooke, in the Province of Quebec, and
there passed the rest of his life. His son, Sam-
uel T. Brooks, was educated at Dartmouth Col-
lege, X. H., and after his graduation entered
the medical department of McGill University,
Montreal, from which he was graduated with
the degree of M. D. Practicing his profession
at Sherbrooke until 1862, he removed to St.
Johnsbury, Yt., and there continued a profes-
sional career which was a credit to the family
and a benefit to the community. His youngest
brother, Edward, was for years a member of
the Canadian parliament, and later was ap-
pointed to a life position on the supreme bench
of the Dominion. In 1894 the Doctor and his
wife made their son a visit in Wyoming, and
two years after he died at the age of seventy-
two, leaving a family of four sons and three
daughters. Lyman H. Brooks, the eldest of
this family, was graduated from the academy
at St. Johnsbury, Vt., and immediately found
employment in the counting-room of the Fair-
banks Scales Co. as paymaster. In 1880 he quit
the hoary traditions, bustling activities and
cramped conditions of his New England home,
and journeyed westward to the boundless
wealth of material resources, commercial op-
portunities and agricultural possibilities as yet
undeveloped in the newer states of our great
domain, and locating near the site of Sheridan,
Wyo., formed a partnership with Frank H. Kil-
burn for conducting the cattle business, he hav-
ing purchased and brought with him from Colo-
rado 100 cows for that purpose. They pitched
their tents on the banks of the Tongue River,
and their partnership lasted until 1889. when
Mr. Brooks bought out the interest of Mr. Kil-
burn in their properties. In the meantime, in
1882, foreseeing that when a town was to
be located in the neighborhood that Sheridan
would be its nucleus, they purchased the old
George Reid place covering that locality and
also took up a homestead adjacent to it,
making that their headquarters. At the same
time they sold their cattle and Mr. Brooks en-
tered the employ of the Scott & Hank Co. as
bookkeeper, remaining there until 1886, then
becoming the manager for John Conrad & Co.,
whom he served in that capacity for three years.
In 1889, when he bought out his partner, Kil-
burn, he also purchased the properties of Mr.
McCrea, and formed a new partnership with
Alf Diefenderfer, who had been McCrea's part-
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OF U'YOMIXG.
325
IKT in the hardware business, and thry continued
to rrindiii-i business uniil 1900. In 1893 they
bought a ranch and some stock mi Tongue
River :m<l in i<io<>, when th- \ dissolved partner-
ship, Mr. Diefenderfer took the hardware and
mercantile interests and Mr. T.rooks the
ranch and cattle, having- now 300 to 500 head
of superior stock, principally Shorthorns and
Herefords. \Yhilc living- and lining business in
Sheridan Mr. Brooks took a leading part in
ill, d< velopment of the town. He was the
r of the electric light plant, installed in
i Si 14 and in which he was a heavy stockholder
until IQOJ, giving also inspiration and valuable
aid 1- other municipal improvements. He was
our of the founders of the ?>ank of Commerce,
in which he has still an important interest. On
liiiu- ii. iSSo, hr was married with Miss Kate
Ruth [vey, a native of Wisconsin, whose father,
John I vey. died at his home at Mineral Poinl
in that state, after which the family removed
to Wyoming-. Three children have blessed this
union. Herbert Ivey and Ruth Sanhorn, who are
living, and Xorman Mills, deceased, being- one
nf thr principal founders of the town.
.1 \\II-S H. BURGESS.
though but a recenl acquisition to the bar
nf Wyoming, and not much more than free from
tin- cap and go\vn nf hi-, graduation in law.
• • >nnty attorn ) of Slieridan
countv. is sufficiently far from shore to j
full -ail in his profession, and has given abun-
t-vidence of his capacity to steer his barque
i red haven. lie i- a native of Nevada,
born mi June io, 1X711. th,- son of James 11.
• fane i Piero i Burgess, natives of Kentucky
and early emigrants in 1851 to California, whiTe
numlier of yi-ars th,- father engaged in
mining ami then removed to Xevada. scttl'
Austin, when- b, f< ill ,\\ ed the sam
until his death in iX~<). Two years later his
widow married J. Wagoner, and removed with
him to \V\oniing. The\- madfc their horn
Horn in Sheridan comity, and there th-
Tame.- H. \va- educated primarily in the public
schools. In 1896 he entered the State L'niver-
nd in 1900 was graduated from its
academic try department, then began the
study of law at Ann Arbor ( Mich.) University,
and was graduated from the law department of
that institution in 1902. Returning to his V
miiig- home he located at Sheridan and entered
actively mi the practice of his profession, and in
the ensuing fall, that of 1902, he was elected
county attorney on the Republican ticket, secur-
ing a hand-ome vote and every a-surance of the
confidence and esteem of the people. Mr.
gess is one of the best educated young men in
the county, being also progiv-sivc and en-
terpri.-inu:. not only in his profession but in
every other interest which engages hi- atten-
tion. He earn- the success that he is winning
at the bar. bv being a careful and diligent stu-
dent of legal science and ver\ i> mi-taking and
conscientious in conducting his cases. Feel-
ing keenly his responsibility as the representative
of hi" client, and as well the intellectual stimulus
which the contesl gives, he omits nothing that is
available on his part to secure su And yet,
while recognising that the law i- a jealous mis-
he does not allow her to engross his whole
time and energy, but seeks alike, as he has op
(unity, the pleasant recreations of social life and
the sterner contention- of politics. He is socially
a cultivated and entertaining gentleman, but in
ic affair- is unrelenting in ' .; his con-
victions. He still makes his home with his
mother and -tepfather at Sheridan. In the Old
Settlers' meetin an dings he tal
active interest a- the secretary of their club. All
indications lie-peal- for him a useful and a bril-
liant future, socially, politically and. more than
all, professionally.
|( >SKIM1 \\. BYR
( tin- o nling. prosper, >iis and truly
representative ranchmen of western Wyoming
is (I- il \\hoiu we now write. Joseph W.
ne, whose valuable and well-improved home
': and re-id ' iied ml th,
Muddv. six mill-- -oinh of 1'iedmont in 1
.S-"
I'KOGRESSH'E MEN OP WYOMING.
o unity, Wyo. Mo was born in Ogclcn, Utah,
on \ngn~i 26, 1855. the oldest child of Moses
and Catharine (Cardon) Byrne, of whom in-
di\ idual mention is made on other pages of this
volume. Acquiring the foundation of a solid
education in the common schools of Wyoming,
he early engaged in practical business as a
freighter, conducting this occupation for him-
self and in the employ of others for four years.
Seeing the great possibilities of stockraising in
\\ \ ' 'ining, in iSSi he took up a desert claim
of government land and engaged in ranching,
in 1887, he made his permanent home on the
school section, where he now resides, this he
has finely improved and developed, adding to
its acreage until his home estate contains three
sections and a half. He also owns 280 acres
located thirty miles north of Piedmont, and his
whole landed possessions comprise about 3,000
acres. His specialty in stockraising has been
horses, of which he has produced and owns
large numbers, some of them being of the -very
finest strain. The wealth of Mr. Byrne's landed
estate does not consist entirely in its agricul-
ture and stockraising possibilities, for on his
property is some promising and valuable oil
territory. Always active in public affairs. Mr.
Byrne's time and counsel has frequently been
asked and given in matters relating to the pub-
lic welfare. He has performed the duties of
school trustee with conceded ability, while his
fitness for the position, his energetic character
and other qualifications has made him a nomi-
nee of the Populist party for state senator and
in the election he received a very complimen-
tary vote. At Aspen, Wyo., on September 30,
1884, Mr. Byrne was united in marriage with
Miss Winifred L. Mumford. a daughter of Hicc
and Robie N. (Washbttrn) Mumford, natives of
Pennsylvania and descendants of old Colonial
stock, active in its early history and the Revo-
lutionary period of that commonwealth. Mr.
and Mrs. Byrne have had seven children, of
whom five are now living. Their names are
C. Leslie, Cecil M., Lenora A. (died at the age
of eleven years), Myrtle A., Ralph L.. Cardon
(dii d in infancy) and Joseph N. Mr. Byrne has
shown great energy and wise judgment in the
cultivation and improvement of the n<-\\ l.mds
he has purchased and developed and has be-
come known as one of the leading stockmen of
this section of the state. His sound judgment
and common sense have been manifested in all
departments of his personal affairs and also in
those of public character with which he has
been connected. Successful in business, happy
in his family relations, with a large circle of
friends who appreciate his many good quali-
ties. Mr. liyrne's condition in life is enviable.
HARRY BARTON CARD.
One of the foremost business men of Con-
verse county, an excellent type of the men of
energy and progressive spirit who have been so
largely instrumental in building up the western
portion of the United States, Harry Barton
Card was born on February 16, 1861, in Toledo,
< >hio. the son of Thomas Card and Harriet
(Burr) Card, the former being a native of
Plainville, Ohio, and the latter of Madison, in
the same state. His paternal grandfather, Platt
Card, was the first settler of Manhattan, now a
suburb of Toledo, and was the promoter of a
line of railroad to the former place before the
city had been founded and it was then thought
that Manhattan, instead of Toledo; would be the
principal place of business. Platt Card was one
of the leading business men of northern < >hm
and a large holder' of real-estate. Thomas Card
early entered the employ of the postal service of
the United States, and has continued in that oc-
cupation to the present writing, being now a
trusted attache of the postoffice at Toledo and
the oldest living employe of the P. O. Depart-
ment of the United States. In the later nineties
of the last century he was tendered a banquet by
the leading business men and postal employes
of Toledo upon the completion of fifty years of
continuous service in the department. He is
still active, one of the honored citizens of Toledo,
and of Ohio. The mother of Mr. Card was a
member of the famous Burr family, which has
taken such a prominent part in American history,
PROGRESSIl'E MEN OF WYOMING.
327
and n|" \\hich Aaron Iturr \va- a conspicuous
figure. ( )f the Card family, there were five
children. Mr. II. !'.. Card and his twin sister.
Ma Amelia, being the yungest members. Ili-
cducation was acquired in the public schools ot
Toledo, and owing to ill-health in the spring oi'
iXjX. he left sdiool. and renio\ed to the tlien
territory of Wyoming. Here he located in the
city of i heyenne, and accepted a position with
tin I moii Cattle Co., with which corporation he
remained the most of the time until iSXo. \\hcn
he came to the vicinity of Lost Creek, in what is
no\\ Converse county, and engaged in the cattle
and horse business, continuing there until iX<jj.
when he disposed of his interests and invested
in sheep, making his headquarters in Manville.
and carrying on his operations from that point.
In KJOO. he organized the Card Sheep Co., of
\\hich he was the vice-president and niaiiagei.
This company under his direction has lieen very
successful, heing now the owner ot j.ooo acres of
land adjoining the to\\nsite of Manville and
handling between 30,000 and 40,000 sheep. ( >n
April _>5, iXSX. Mr < ard was married with Miss
l-'.dith M. Mel .anglilin. a native of Illinois, a
daughter of Charles McLanghlin. a native of
Scotland. Mrs. ( 'ard come- of a Ion- lived race,
her great-grandmother heing still living ai the
advanced age of ninety-two years. To '.inn.
union have heen horn four children. Nathaniel
Forest, Iva May. Inlia F.lmira and Alma
Stella, and all are living. The family home at
Manville is noted for it- genuine hospitality and
their residence is the largest and finest in that
section of the state. Fraternally. Mr. ('ard is
itcd with the i irder of Modern Wo. idmen
of America, and also with the Woodmen oi ihe
\\orld. The family are activi and prominent
mi mbers nf the Methodist Kpiscopal church,
take a leading part in all work of religion and
In nevoleiice in the community where ihe\ reside
and are held in the highest esteem.
WILLIAM J. CASHIN.
( »ne nf the most enterprising and snecessl'ul
merehaiils i if Fvanston, Wyoming. \\ilhain ].
Cashin, is a native of \e\\ York stale, where he
was horn on Long Island in 1X41,1, his parents
heing Michael and Margaret (l)oheny) Cashin.
The former was liorn in Wexford. Ireland, and
came to America the \ear that William J. was
horn. He engaged in the business of run
man. having heen foreman oi a nnrserv in < >\-
ford, Fngland, and he conducted it with sni
at Flushing. L. I., until his retirement about
twenn /ears before his death, which occurred
in March, live years ago, at the age of seventy-
six. He was a man of broad views, refined
tastes and courageous hearing. Mis politics
were I Jemocratic. hut though often urged to
stand for public office, hi- alwa\s refused. His
wife, whom he married in Ireland in 1840 and
brought to America in 1X411. survived nnl\ until
iXsJ. dying at the age of twenty-tive. She was
a very affectionate woman, wholly devoted to
her home and family, lltishand and wile were
both devoted Catholics. William J. is the only
survivor of their union, their other child, John
B., having died young. William J. Cashin re-
ceived his early education in Whitcstoiic. 1 .. [.,
and he later attended the academy at Flushing.
After graduating he \\ent into the wholesale
house of |ohn I). Lock \- Co. and remained in
it for fourteen years, and until the firm cease: 1
to operate. Heing then possessed of the high-
est testimonials. 1 he result of untiring devotion
to duty, he went to Portland. Conn., and was
given charge of a department of a wholesale
house there. IK- remained in this employment
for six years and then went to \liddlcto\\n.
i onn., and bought a nickel electro-plating luisi-
ness, which he a mducii d \\ ith a nupli b
for twelve years until, al the urgent reqUCSl of
the late J. L. Cashin of Fvanstoii. Wvo.. he
came here . m May .}<'. i SX< i. t part-
ner in the business then conducted in two
rooms. Cnder his able management thi-
talilishnu in has -rowii into a mammoth de-
partment Store, carr\ing also a large line of agri-
cultural implements. Ihe linn i> now I '.ccman
\- ('asliiu. the |ireseiit Mr. Cashin's orij
partner having passed away. Mr. Cashin is a
ivmarkahK successful man of altairs. having
varied interests, lie is secretary of the Chita
('oimtv Natural (las. ( >il and Pipe Co., i- in-
328
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
terested in valuable oil properties in Wyoming,
was one of the original stockholders of the old
flouringmill, now abandoned because no grain
was raised for it, has stock in several Utah
mines and is one of the directors of the Ohio
and Wyoming Oil Co., organized in Cincinnati,
Ohio. In politics he is a Democrat. He held
the office of coroner for two terms and he has
several times been asked to stand for other of-
fices ; but his business affairs are too engross-
ing to permit his holding public office. He is
a member of the fraternal order of the Macca-
bees, of the Safety Fund and Insurance Co. .of
New York and of the Bankers' Alliance of Des
Moines, Iowa. Mr. Cashin's family consists
of his wife and these eight children : Edward
J.. assistant bookkeeper for his father's firm;
William J., a telegrapher for the Union Pacific
Railroad ; Joseph ; Frank ; Alice ; Leo ; Norvall ;
Roella. Mrs. Cashin was formerly Ellen Mc-
Auliffe, a native of Portland, Conn., where she
was married in May, 1889. She was born in
1859. daughter of John and Abigail (Grandon)
McAuliffe, both still living in Portland, where
Mr. McAuliffe is now retired. They were na-
tives of Ireland and came to the United States
in 1845 and settled in Portland. Mrs. McAu-
liffe is a loving motherly woman, who has given
untiring devotion to her family.
CHARLES E. CARLSTRUM.
Prominent among the citizens of foreign
birth who have contributed so largely to the
building up of the varied industries of the
county of Laramie, Wyoming, is Charles E.
Carlstrum, one of the leading residents of Pine
Bluffs. He was born in Sweden, which has
given so many men of the best type of citizen-
ship to the American republic, on November
4, 1861. He is the son of Carl and Annie (Sam-
uelson) Carlstrum, both natives .of Sweden,
where the father was engaged in farming in the
province of Smaland, and is still residing, fol-
lowing the same pursuit. Charles E. Carlstrum
grew to manhood and received his education in
the schools of his native province, remaining
with his parents until he had attained to the
age of sixteen years, when he commenced serv-
ing his apprenticeship to the trade of shoemak-
ing. and he worked at this trade in Sweden until
he was twenty-two years old. He then entered
the army of Sweden and served for over one
year, receiving his discharge in the fall of 1883.
In the spring of 1884 he took ship for America
to seek his fortune in the New World. He
went first to the city of Holdridge, Nebraska,
and there he secured employment at his trade
and there remained for about one year. In
May, 1885, he left Holdridge, Neb., and came to
Wyoming, locating at Pine Bluffs. The pres-
ent thriving community had then scarcely made
a beginning, the only buildings erected being
the railroad station and one or two small frame
structures for temporary use. Securing em-
ployment as a salesman in a store, he was en-
gaged in that occupation until January I, 1887,
when he located a homestead about two miles
north of Pine Bluffs and entered upon the busi-
ness of raising cattle and horses. At the same
time he opened a shoeshop at Pine Bluffs, and
worked at his trade during a portion of the
time, making his residence, however, on his
homestead. In 1890 he removed his residence
into the town, where he purchased a store
building and then engaged in a general boot
and shoe business. In 1895, having exceedingly
prospered, he added a stock of merchandise to
his line of boots and shoes and his operations
have rapidly extended from year to year. In
1900, his business had grown to such an ex-
tent that he found it necessary to erect a new
building to accommodate his increased stock
and the large number of his patrons. His pres-
ent store building, completed in that year, is
a model of its kind, having every convenience
for the carrying on of a large merchandising
trade, and would do credit to a place much
larger than Pine Bluffs. It is a monument to
the enterprise and progressive spirit of Mr.
Carlstrum. On October 27, 1891, at Cheyenne,
Wyo.. Mr. Carlstrum was united in wedlock
with Miss Christiana Anderson, a native of
Sweden and a daughter of John and Charletta
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOM1
329
(Swanson) Anderson, natives of that country.
To this union three children have been born,
Elvira L., Alfred E. and Hazel, and all are liv-
ing. Ihe family are members of the Swedish
Missionary church and take an active interest
in all works of charity and religion in the com-
munity. Mr. Carlstrum is a staunch adherent
of the Republican party and for many years
has been prominent as one of the leaders of
that political organization in his section of the
state. In 1894 and 1895 he served the public
as a justice of the peace, a position of great re-
sponsibility and importance in a new commu-
nity, giving the utmost satisfaction to the pub-
lic. He declined a reelection, owing to the in-
creasing demands upon his time and attention
of his business interests. He also served for
three years on the board of school trustees.
During the entire time of his residence in Pine
I '.luffs and vicinity he has been one of the fore-
mosl in working for the public welfare, and in
contributing of his time and means to the up-
building of the city and the development of the
.surrounding country. He is one of the oldest
settlers now residing in Pine I1) luffs and is one
of the leading merchants of that part of Wyo-
ming. In addition to his other property interests
he is a large owner of real-estate, improved and
otherwise, in Pine Bluffs and vicinity. To his
efforts is due in large measure the present sub-
stantial growth and prosperity of the city where
he maintains his home, and he has the grateful
appreciation and high regard of all of the citi-
/< us of the community.
CE \RLES F. CLARK.
Viewed in the light of what he has accom-
plished. Charles F. Clark, of Spring Valley,
I "inta county. Wyoming, well deserves a pi:-
the hoimr n >'' i-ssfnl and self-made mm.
I'.y l! if his native abilitirs. etierj
verance and thrift he has achiever! a success of
which hi' may justly be proud and attained to
a p. > '-imanding the r> all who
KIMW him. lie was born in Manchester, Towa.
on July 15. 1871, a son of Dealton A. and Mary
A. ( Haker) Clark, who were natives of Illinois.
Dealton A. Clark was a son of O. D. Clark, both
parents being natives of Iowa and of English
descent, and he is a brother of U. S. Senator
Clarence D. Clark of Wyoming. The family
however has been domiciled on American soil
since the early Colonial days of New England,
an ancestor being a veteran of the Revolutionary
War and other members of the family have been
participants in every war in which this country
has been engaged. Dealton A. Clark and his
brother. Dyer O., distinguished themselves by
patriotic service in the Union army of the Civil
War and Dealton was for some years in charge
of the commissary department of his military
division. Dyer O. Clark was seriously wounded
in the service, and an uncle of Charles F. Clark,
James Tisdale, was also a soldier of the Civil
War, holding the commission of lieutenant. Mr.
Clark was a bookkeeper and removed with his
family to Wyoming in 1870. where he was mana-
ger of the Union Pacific Coal Co.'s store at Rock
Springs for a period of time and then was the
head clerk of the establishment until his death,
which occurred on Ma\ 15, 1890, at the age of
forty-six years. Mary A. (Baker) Clark, is a
lad}- of. fine intellectual tastes and education,
capably and efficiently filling the office of county
superintendent of schools of Sweetwater county,
i. She is now residing at Rock Springs,
o., at the age of fifty-four years. Dealton
A. Clark and his estimable wife were pa:
of five children, two sons and three daughters
whose names we here produce in order of their
birth, Charles F. to whom this review is particu-
larly devoted; Florence, now Mrs. Arthur M.
< lilrlersleeve of Rock Springs; an in
died unnamed; Ilarrv" I)., of whom an individual
li appears on another page of this volume:
Mabel. ( liarles F. Clark received the educa-
tional advantages of the public scl
Springs, \Yvo., and early was engaged in the
adventurous life and occupation of riding tin-
range on the Wyoming plains near Rock- Springs
for Xelson Morris. ,>( Chicago, 111., and in his
330
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXI,.
<-mpio\ !u was satisfactorily engaged !"< >r five
years. At the end of tluil time and service lie
became connected with "Tim" Kitmey & Co.,
as clerk, continuing in ihis employ until iXiji>,
when he went to Alma, \Vvo.. in the capacit \ of
mine clerk fur ihe I'nion Pacific Railroad and
n, KJOI he was transferred to Spring \alley.
where lie was engaged in the same capacity. l\e
laining this position. gaing' good and valuable
service, identifying himself thoroughly with the
interests of his em])loyers and becoming con-
versant with the needs and requirements of the
pc i , pie of this section of the stale, he established
a business for himself in a line of merchandising-,
conducting a news, tobacco and confectionery
stand, which he opened in February. K;OJ. He
ha-- shown wise and discriminating care in the
liishment of this business and is enjoying
a marked degree of success, lie is a popular
citizen and has a large circle of friends, being an
active member of the Red ('loud Tribe No. S.
of Kid Men. of Spring Valley. Mr. Clark was
united in matrimony at St. Joseph. Mich., on
July ^4. iS()i, with Miss Ivy Henderson, a
daughter of Porter A. Henderson. Her father
was a native of Pennsylvania and her mother of
Virginia, and after the death of the father the
mother made her home in Xorfolk in the Old
Dominion. Mr. Clark is prominently identified
with the Republican party and while actively in-
terested in its campaigns, policies and elections,
has steadfastly refrained from accepting any
public or political office or trust, finding in his
legitimate sphere of business ample scope Foi
the exercise of his abilities. He is a man of
a genial and social temperament, strongly at-
tached to his friends, and in all his relations
bears himself as a whole-souled, lar^e hearted,
conscientious individual. He- is progressive in
his views on all subjects, and in whatever he en-
gages works with a determination and a will
which never fails to bring success. He has a
strong, well-developed physique and with his
cordial greeting, friendly demeanor and manly
character commands universal respect. In deal-
ing with his fellowmen his motto is invariably
that expressed in the Ciolden Rule.
A. D. CHAMI'.KkLAIX.
The intense intellectual energy and restless-
ness cif \'ew Kngland, after subduing ils own
legion in fruilfnlness. has been for generations
implanting its ideas a, id principles, ever bene-
ficial in the cause of civili/ation. upon other
countries and sections of the \\orld. especially
the new lands of the ( Ireal West, and in this
way it has been of immense advantage in set-
tling, developing and building up this vast terri-
torial domain of our great country, and there
is scarcely any part of the Union where Yankee
enterprise, thrift and capital has not been in evi-
dence and New F.uglanders found as the direct-
ing forces and leaders in its professional, me-
chanical and industrial activities. A prominent
example of this enterprising spirit is found in
the record of A. D. Chamberlain, one of the
leading citizens of Converse county. \\'yo.,
where he has been prominently identified with
many of the state's best representatives in en-
terprises of "great pith and moment," and has
conscientiously discharged important public
trusts. He was born in the old town of Hal-
ton, Mass.. on June 25. 1841, the son of Albert
S and Manila (Mitchell) Chamberlain, natives
of the same old town, although his grand-
father, Ezekiel Chamberlain, was born in an-
other ancient town, Colchester, Conn. The
Chamberlains run back in Xew Kngland history
to the infant clays of the Massachusetts colony,
members of its various generations being con-
spicuously connected with its affairs of state,
its operations in Indian, Revolutionary and
other wars, while with the great manufacturing
life of that section it has been closely inter-
twined. The house in which our subject was
born was erected by an ancestor in i/Q,/. it hav-
ing been in possession of the family from that
period, a sister of Mr. Chamberlain being now
its occupant. In this old mansion are treasured
many relics of bygone days, antique articles
whose histor\ leads back to Revolutionary and
earlier days, among them being a brace of pis-
tols presented by General Lafayette to John
C. Clark in consideration of his being a nephew
ri<(>(,KESSIVE MEX 01-' WYOMING,
33 !
(it his intimate' friend. Jud.^e J'llr.i Chamberlain,
win i was a particularly inllnential man in M
achusctts and especially active in the Colonial
cause. Ihi- father el" Mr. < 'haniberlain was a
us agriculturist and manufacturer, a
hi^hl) n spectcd citizen, who pnl himself in
touch with all the events of the limes, never
leaving his native Mate. All of his three chil-
dren are living. A. 1). Chamberlain had the
.itioiial advantages of tin- noted public
schools of Massachusetts, thereafii-r devoting
his attention to the paper manufacturing busi-
. in which his father was largely interested,
until the < 'ivil \Yar broke out. when lie enlist-
ed in the I". S. nav\. serving through the entire
(.'ivil \\ ar and receiving an honorable discharge
in April. [865. l-rom that time until 18X1 he
was engaged in the manufacturing of paper at
\\Ystliampton. Mass., thence coming to Wyo-
ming and locating at Chcvemic and becoming in-
ted in the stock business, in connection
with A. \\. Converse and Silas I )oty. forming
the firm of ( 'hamberlain, I )ot \ \ Co., and being
the active manager of its operations until I SSo.
\vhen. coining to Do IS a pioneer, he
transferred his energies to operations in (umbei
•id then • 'in unproduc-
tive coal and gold mining. -,:llin<_; his interests
in thi ' hi ' nne "iitlii m 1X11:5 and in 1 81.15 en-
i\X in the sheep business, which he Mill
tinties. Mr. ('hamberlain ha-- been a positive
Force in pnblir matters and political circl.es, po-
sitions of decided trust and responsibility com-
ing to him b\ reason oi the confidence of the
people and his particular aptitude for adminis-
tration, and he served with dignity, hit'
and conceded .ability one term in the State Scn-
air oi Wyoming, being el • & to that hi-h
m [890, \\hile in |8()5 he was appointed
of ill' (J. S. land ofl Di >iiL;las 1>y
I'resicleiii ('leveland and rrappointed by I1
dent McKinlev in lor.'i. I le i- especial!) promi-
nent in Freemasonry, h.-mn-; been a member
of that honored fratenhiv for over thin
years and attaining the Knights I'emplar de
i the 'I'hirt \ -SCCl Hid decree of the
Scoltisli Kite. In everv relation of life and offi-
cial connection Mr. Chamberlain ha- s|nod for
all that i the best elements of civili-
a Strong friend, a Denial companion
and an efficient officer. In November. iSSij,
he was united in marriage with .Miss Jennie Mc-
l\e\nold-. a native of Nebraska, who pn
over the faniilv home with ^raceful dignit)
a charming hos] ihalit \ .
M. RAVLIN O >LLINS.
\ natitve of Iowa, born in Dallas count), on
November < i, iSoS, .\|. K. Collins is the SO
\lbert and .Mary ( Ravlin ) Collins, th.- former
a native of \ladisoii count). N. Y., and the lat-
ter a native of ( 'hautani|iia eoimty in the same
state. His ])aternal grandfather I'"mer\ ( 'o'llins.
was a native of the ( irccn Mountain state, who
removed in earlv life to New ^'ork. where he en-
ed in farming, in \\liirh he enntimied up to
tile time of his death. The father of Mr. < 'ollms
oved his residence from New York to
Aurora. III., in 1X58. Here he resided until the
breaking out of the Civil \Yar. when he enlisted
in the Chicago 1 >rae;i i. m-. commanded b\ I
tain 1'iarkiT, and tor a time was a member of the
i^iianl of Gen. George 1'.. McClellan. Sub-
sei|Uentl\- lie enlisted in Co. A. "l"hirt)'-si\th Illi-
nois keiMincnt, one of the two companies of cav-
alry connected \\itli this infantry regiment. I le
saw much active service, participating it, tin bat
of Rich Mountain, 1'ea Uid.ue. Inka. ( 'orintli.
Siege of Yieksliuri,'-. P Ilill. and uas en-
d in many skirmishes. At the battle of
I'leasani Ilill his horse uas killed under
him and he had numerous other narrou
capes from death. lie was often promoted for
gallantry in action and hoiiorab!) discharged at
tin- end of the \\ar \\ ith tl i captain. I le
then returned to hi- t"< trmer hi ime in Illn
niter remoxin^ to Dallas coimt\. Iowa, when he
ei'Lja^'ecl in merchandising, in which lie con-
tinued until 187;. when he sold out to ^ood ad-
to Illinois. lie siibse-
itl) moved to Kansas, where he made his
In >me until |88_>. when he established himself
in Nebi.: 'ed there until iSoo. \\hen
332
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMI1
the death of liis \\iie. In- joined his son,
the subject of ilii.- review, at Lusk, Wyo.,
where lit lade his home. There were
three sons and three daughters in the family,
Mr. M. I\. Collins being the eldest son. His
early education \\as received in the public
.-M-hools of Illinois, completing his education in
ilu city of Aurora. He remained in Illinois un-
til 1886, when he removed to Wyoming, locat-
ing at Lusk. and became a clerk in a mercantile
establishment, continuing in this position until
1893, when he formed a partnership with Mr.
Xat. Baker, the present mayor of Lusk, and
carried on a large merchandising business un-
til 1898, when he purchased the interest of his
partner and organized the Collins & Snyder
Mercantile Co., which operated successfully
while it was in existence. In Tuly, 1902, he
purchased the interest of Mr. Snyder and in-
corporated the Collins Commercial Co., which
now occupies a large store-room and extensive
warehouses in Lusk, and is one of the most suc-
cessful mercantile houses in that section of
Wyoming. He is also associated with his
brother, E. A. Collins, in the firm of E. A. Col-
lins & Co., which carries on an extensive lum-
ber business in the same place. In addition
to his other business interests, Mr. Collins is
the cashier of the Bank of Lusk, giving the
greater portion of his time to the active man-
agement of that solid financial institution. This
bank is among the safest and most conserva-
tive banking establishments of the state. Polit-
ically, Mr. Collins is affiliated with the Dem-
ocratic party and his popularity in his county
is attested by his election on two occasions as
a member of the board of county commisioners
in spite of the fact that the county is largely
Republican. Fraternally, he is a member of
the Masonic order, having attained the Thirty-
second degree of the Scottish Rite, also be-
longing to the Woodmen of the World, ever tak-
ing an active and leading interest in all mat-
ters calculated to advance the social and fra-
ternal life of the community. On November 6,
1895, Mr. Collins was united in marriage with
Miss Florence Jenks, a daughter of W. S.
Jenks, who f. irnu Tly had business interests in
I" li Wyoming and Utah, and to this marriage
child, Florence, was born. Mrs. Collins
ed away from earth on Ma}- 31. iSijS. Mr.
( I'llins is one of the most successful of the
young business men of Wyoming and will be
a prominent factor in the upbuilding of the
co'mmercial and industrial future of tli state,
JESSE M. CORNELISON.
Born and reared amid the cattle ranges of
eastern Texas and occupied in their leading in-
dustry from his childhood there and elsewhere,
Jesse M. Cornelison of Weston county, Wyo-
ming, one of the prominent and successful cattle-
men on Black Thunder Creek, may be said to
have been born to his business and to have
passed his life in acquiring the facility he shows
in conducting it. His life began on December
9, 1871, at Collinsville, Grayson county, Tex.,
where his parents, George W. and Mary E.
( Rigen) Cornelison, the former a native of Ten-
nessee and the latter of Alabama, had lived
from their young married life. The father came
to Texas when he was a child and, having been
educated in Cherokee county, settled in Gray-
son county when he was twenty-three years old
and at once started business in the cattle indus-
try. He remained there until 1901, when he re-
moved to Oklahoma, and locating at Erick,
continued stockraising operations, his wife hav-
ing died in Texas in 1878. Jesse M. Corneli-
son remained with his father until he was nearly
of age, working on the ranch and attending the
district schools as opportunity offered, in 1891
going to the Indian Territory, there passing
three years in the cattle industry. In the spring
of 1894 he came to Cheyenne, Wyo., and fol-
lowed the same business there until January,
1896, when he brought cattle to Weston county
and located them on the celebrated O. S. ranch,
at the junction of Black Thunder Creek and the
Cheyenne River, one of the oldest and most
widely known ranches of this section of the
country. Here he has since carried on a thriv-
ing business, raising both sheep and cattle, find-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OI* WYOMING.
333
oducts of hi- farm holding a high
place in the market an<l more and mop
led as he lias improved their tirade and
(|iiality. In 1900 he bought a home in Xcw-
oastle and has since thru li\i-d in that city, mak-
ing frei|iicnt trips to his ranch. He owns about
of land and has several sections
j 111 addition.. Giving' to his business in-
telligent and studious attention, providing for
its proper management and development every
facility available, omitting no cost of time or
;y necessarx to secure the best result.-. he
has steadily risen to leadership in the industry
and easih maintains his supremacy. < >n Sep-
temlier _>,-. iS<,-. at Hot Sprin-s, S. I)., .Mr.
Cornelisiin was united in marriage with Miss
Carrie \Yilson, a native oi fowa. Her ]>arents.
James and Melissa ( Jackson | Wilson. being re-
tively natives of Io\v;i and Indiana. The fa-
ther farmed in Iowa until 1800, then engaged in
raising cattle at Hot Springs. S. !>., for a
after which he transferred his intere-i, i
Weston county. Wyo., and has since li.
pleasant home on 1'dack Thuinler Creel
carr\'ing<m an extensive business in shee ra
ing. His wife died in 1^.04. Mr. ami Mrs. '
11 ha vi- had two children. Meryl, who died
in infanc\ on \pril _>,}. loo', and I 'ami M.. wh >
on February id. [902. Mr. Cornel-
ison is one of the representative m< n of the
county, being foremo-t in ever) enterpris
the improvement of the political, civil, 111 '
tile and educational condition of the <
ininiitN . I le is ,-i member ' >f the board i if
COUnty commissioners, elected in No
[90 i, .1- the candidate of the Republican ;
• rnallv. lie is connected \\ ith the Km jht
of I'vthias, holding membership m the lodg
Xe,
S VMUEL ( < >RS< >N.
Samuel Corson, the able1, public spirited and
prominent business man oi i li ..... me. \\yo-
miu^. is a native of Scotland, and was born at
Ciirvan. on June i o. 1X57. bein- a s,,n of Rev.
William and . \itches, ,n illol.bi, i Corson. He
attended the school of his nati\e ; the
I Jnmbart until he wa-
'icn he i i rkin- f. >r th
John Orr Ewing \ Co., cotton manufacu
ow, with which firm he rema
I le was next with I land.-' -
Dick \ Co., an East India mercantile 1;.
with which he rema
came to the I rnited • H
been thorou-hl\ trained in business habits and
knowledge in his native land. Mr. *
difficulty in -ecnring a situation in this coun-
try and was tirst employed b) the i..
Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad as a clerk in their
office in Kan-.1- City, Mo. He did not remain
in the railroad offi
sition and came to Cheyenne, where he enl
the employmenl of the I'nion Mercantile Co.
with which concern he has ever since been iden-
tified as a stockholder and its secretan
treasurer. I'.eing a shrewd, all-around bu-'
nrm. with a quick eye to perceive Min-
ings cls they offered themselves and a com-
prehensive mind capable of grasping financial
rtunities as rapidly as they were dc\
cd. it may well be imagined that Mr. «
a busy man who does ni > permit th'
1 : • .litical car-, er iias
been an elevated as well as a useful on< . t \pical
of the character of the man. lie has si
three years as a Republican member of the
Cheyenne cit\ council and one term in iSo.;. as
a member < if the \Y\ > iming Housi ol Ri
Bentatives, and as a member of the State Sen-
ate in the sessions of I S< ,~ and iNin. m both
bodies making his mark as a wise and judicious
-man. l:i I 001 1 he ws ' county ,
missioiier and \\as chosen chairman oi ihe
d, .i position he still retains. Fraternally.
Mr. Corson stands ven hii-l;. II. \-.as "made
a Mas. .n" in Cheyenne 1 .odgi- N'o. i. became in
due Cl IUr : vice its worship!"'.:
and master of the State of V
ming. being also a member of Wyoming Chap-
ter No. i. Roval Arch Masons, of \\hicl
gani/ation he was hi-h priesl for thn .
lie i- also a past eminent com-
334
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
mander of W \oming Commandery Xo. i,
Knights Templar, is a .\l\Mic SliriiKT and has
attained tin- rhirty-second degree "f Scottish
l\iti- Masonry. He was united in marriage at
(iirvan. Scot land, in 1888, with Miss Alary
(ira\ and has a family of two children, \\ii-
liam A. and Samuel Corson, Jr.
I) \l.l. \S R. C< WHICK.
The present age is essentially utilitarian and
tlie man of action is everywhere in evidence.
Theories look well on paper and have a
musical sound when proclaimed from the ros-
trum, but in the end it is practice that tells and
it is activity by which social, commercial a:id
industrial conditions are to be revolutionized
and regenerated. The present day demands
men of brain, as well as brawn, to direct and
control wisely and well the varied interests of
the body politic. That such men are ever ready
to respond to demands is attested by the re-
markable advancement along all the lines "i
professional, industrial and commercial activity
which has marked the recent development of
our national domain, especially that part pop-
ularly designated as the Great West. Here the
evidence of the man of progress, enterprise and
matchless energy is plainly apparent and it is
to a consideration of such lives that this volume
is especially devoted. Among the progressive
men of Wyoming who have achieved, not only
financial fortune, but public recognition for
valuable services rendered the communities in
which they reside, is the worthy gentleman
whose biography is herewith submitted. Dal-
las R. Cowhick is a native of Virginia, born at
I'.alK Mill. 0:1 June 20. 1848, the fourth of seven
children constituting the family of William and
Elizabeth Cowhick, natives respectively of
Pennsylvania and ( )hio. The father was a
merchant and miller, a man of no small con-
sequence in the community in which he main-
tained his home. The early life of Mr. Cow-
hick was comparatively uneventful. Until the
age of fourteen he attended the public school of
his native place and then began working in his
father's mill, where in due time he became an
expert in the manufacture of flour. After
working at this trade about rive years under his
father's direction he went to liryan, ( >hio,
where for about fifteen years he had charge of
the largest flouring mill in that part of the
state. In June. 1880. Mr. Cowhick severed his
connection with his employers at Bryan and
\\eiit to Chexenne, Wyoming, where he en-
gaged in the drygoods trade, conducting a large
establishment with success and financial profit
until 1898, when he disposed of his business in
order to enter upon his duties as count}- clerk
and register of deeds to which offices he was
elected that year. Mr. Cowhick had not been
long in Cheyenne until he became actively
identified with the public affairs of Laramie
county as one of the leading Republican pol-
iticians of this part of the state. It was par-
tially in recognition of his sendees to the party,
but more on account of his peculiar fitness for
the position, that he was nominated and tri-
umphantly elected to the county clerkship, the
duties of which he discharged in a manner
highly creditable to himself and satisfactory to
the public until 1900, when he was reelected
his own successor. His official record is with-
out a blemish and as a public spirited man,
deeply interested in whatever tends to benefit
his city and county in a material way, he is
easily a peer of any of his fellow citizens. In
addition to the functions of his office Mr. Cow-
hick has been intrusted with other responsible
positions, among which is that of treasurer' of
the local school board. In this capacity there
pass through his hands every year about $30,-
OOO of school funds, in the proper distribution
of which he has been most careful and exact,
thus rendering an invaluable seivice to the edu-
cational system of the district. To say that
Mr. Cowhick is one of Laramie county's best
and most representative citizens is small praise
indeed. IUit words were never more fitly-
spoken than these and the statement will meet
with unqualified endorsement by a wide circle
of personal and business acquaintances and by
the people of the county generally. A strong
I'KOGKESSH'E MEX Ol- WYOM1
335
man of affairs, .il' ]in me mnced ability ami scru-
pulous integrity. IK- lias \vithin a comparatively
short time won fur himself a place second to
thai of r.u other citizen of thf counts, to the
! of which he has devoted some of the hest
years of his life. Mr. Co\\hick has not only
been inteiv>tei| in business ami official affairs,
hut he has encourage. 1 ever] enterprise for tin-
social, intellectual am! moral advancement oi
the commnnitv. lie is ;ui acti\c member of the
Methodist cluirch of Chc\cnnc and Tor some
year- past ha- lieeii ilie efficient superintendent
of ill' Sunday-school. His religion i- tint broad
and catholic -pirit that refu.-e- to be confined
by denominational line-, consequemlv Tie is a
friend of all churches ami to the limit of his
ability ministers to their prosperity. lie Imld-
iraiernal relations with the Masonic order and
Woodmen of the World, bein^ a leading work-
er in both organizations. Me was married in
iSj:; to Mis- Mary !•". ( )ver. of < >hio, a union
that has resulted in the birth of one son and
two daughters, namely: ( )ra. l.arne and idem,.
The last named was for three years private se<
retary of Senator Warren at Washington City
and is now taking a law cours • in Columbia
College. He is a \oimg man of strong men-
tality and superior educational discipline and
- everv promise of a useful and distinguished
career.
MRS. AGNES HEWITT.
All honor and reverence i- due and is mosl
heartily given to tbo,e courageous \\omen who,
daring all of the uncounted dangers of the \Vcst
in pioneer day-, sacrificed the delights, comforts
and amenities of life in the established commu-
nities of long years of settlement, to aid in found-
ing the new nations which ha\e arisen in the
l\ocl,\ .Mountain region and the Pacific Slope
• if this number, no one is held in higher esteem
or has done her part more hravelv in the j
CSl between ci\ ilization and barbarism, than
the admirable lad-, whose name heads tin
\ie\\. and who is no\\ the truly hospitable
SS of the unic|Uc Ilarvcv Hotel, at Mount
ain \"iew, W\o. It is with threat pU asure that
we herewith transcribe a very brief syi
her eventful life for tlii- perusal of coming
generations and the present gratilican< >,i of her
numerous friends. Mrs. Vgl i
horn near Wigdou, Scotland, on April 22, 1.^7.
a daughter of Robert and Mary (Mci'.ill) Mc-
Culloch both descended from familie- identified
\\ith Scottish histon from time immemorial. The
family was a prominent one, entitled to bear
arms, and owning vast estate's in
The great-grand father of Mrs. lle\\itt. Roh.Tt
Mc<"uiloch. was .1 -i a captain and his son, I 'eter,
\\lio married a Mary I'.rown, was a well-to-do
farmer on his own land. Her father, a fanner,
1 from his native land in iSn; and lo-
cating in Montgomerj countv, Io\\-a, lioth par-
ents resided thi re until th>-ir deaths, and they
now await the resurrection in the little cemetery
at Yillisca. They were zealous 1'resbvterians.
brinsinq- up their children in the fear of the I
There were ei^ht of these, and ilu five now liv-
ir;^;. met in reunion at Mnscatine. Iowa, in
\lrs. Hewitt ac(|uired a solid education in the
Scottish and F.nq~lish schools and came to the
I'niled Stall's in tSjs. \\diere her first residence
was made for tliree years in Connecticut. Here
-he met and married with her old schoolmai.
<|uondani sweelheart in Scotland.' \\"illiam
vey. he beiii.^- a -on of James and Uabel Harvey.
6S of O 'nut ) \\ i.u;-ti in, tile f Hiiilv having1
iterated thence in iSsi. locating in Rye, X. Y..
\\here the father's death early occurred. Mr.
I larve\ was a tor on ilu- \\-\\ York and
New Haven Railroad, and in tile fall of
hi Mid his wife removed to Io\\a and enga
in agriculture, \\here was the family home until
the death of Mr. 1 lar\ < j .11 \1 USCatine, on
her J^. i^7,v at the au;e of thirty-tin 1 le
1< ft four children. Robert I'... William l<
id Isabel J..iiou the wife of Archie Marchcs-
s.ault. all married and living near their mother.
I in March j^. tS^S. Mrs. | \.*
'id marriage \\itli Hewitt, a native
of \ ir-'inia of old O 'loiiial -d ick, hi- mi
1 . ill. \\ en S, 1" in- ainonu;- the fir
• the ' inecti-
336
'ilRESSll'E .U£A< OF U'VOMIXG.
cut colony, while Hon. Abram Hewitt, of New
York, was a cousin. They continued farming
operations in Iowa until Mr. Hewitt's death in
iSS,}. and in 1884 ms courageous widow and
family ii » >k up their westward march of hun-
drrds of miles, over the dreary plains to Wyo-
ming-, she locating here 160 acres when the res-
ervation was thrown open for settlement, being
extremely fortunate in her choice as she has
since sold much of it for townsite purposes,
, however, forty-two acres and two town
lots for herself. By her second marriage she
had one child, Ethel M.. now Mrs. R. R. Ham-
ill' n of Smith's Fork, Wyo. Mrs. Hewitt has
been a veritable mother in Israel all through
her life. She has reared her children loyally
and well, living to see them occupy responsible
and creditable positions in society and in inde-
pendent financial circumstances. To the weary
"stranger within her gates'' she has ever ex-
tended a mother's kindness, and no one is more
beloved or cherished than she in a large extent
of country. That the autumn of her life may
pass pleasantly and happily is the hearty wish
of her numerous friends.
HOX. GEORGE W. CRESWELL. M. D.
The most successful and still rising young
physician and surgeon of Buffalo, Johnson
county. "Wyoming, is George W. Creswell. M.
D., who was born in Randolph, McLean county,
111., on January 25. 1871. a son of William and
Elizabeth (Thompson) Creswell, natives of
Londonderry, Ireland, and the state of Virginia.
William Creswell, the grandfather of Doctor
George W., was the first of this family to come
to America : he settled in Quebec. Canada,
where he passed the remainder of his life, his
widow and her family subsequently removing
to Illinois. William Creswell, the father, has
long been engaged in the stock business, in
which he has had experiencee in various states,
being at present located in Crook county, Wyo.,
where he owns an extensive ranch and is
still engaged in the cattle trade. Dr. George
W. Creswell acquired his elementary education
in the public schools of Bloomington, 111., and
when full}- prepared entered the Commercial
College in the same city, from which he was
graduated in 1891. Being thus well grounded
in the principles and practices of business life,
he entered the Northern Indiana University in
the same year, took a full four years' course and
was graduated from the medical department in
1894. He then entered Rush Medical College
in Chicago, where he was graduated with hon-
ors and at once entered upon the active prac-
tice of his chosen profession in the commercial
metropolis of the Prairie State, and for one
year met with very flattering success. In the fall
of 1898 Doctor Creswell, believing that the less
crowded professional fields of the Far West
offered inducements superior to those afforded
in the densely populated cities of the East,
where physicians "most do congregate," came
to Buffalo, Wyo., to try his fortunes and here
his success has been so satisfactory that he
has seen no cause or reason to regret his de-
cision, as his medical talents has been fully rec-
ognized and his professional ability appreciated
to the extent that unvarying success invariably
enforces upon the general public or onlooking
laymen. In 1901, Doctor Creswell took up an
academic course of study in the postgraduate
college of New York, thus adding to the med-
ical erudition and experience he had acquired
by his previous study and practice, which has
been and still is of a general character. In
politics Doctor Creswell is very active in his par-
ty's counsels and extremely popular with its rank
and file, as well as with his fellow citizens gen-
erally. In 1900 he was elected to represent his
district in the State Legislature of Wyoming
and in 1901 was elected mayor of Buffalo, in
both of which offices he gave unqualified satis-
faction, as he performed their various duties
with the tact of a practiced veteran. Doctor Cres-
well was most happily joined in matrimony on
January 19, 1902, with Miss June J. Holloway,
of Buffalo, Wyo., a daughter of the late Henry
Holloway. of Buffalo, Wyo. Doctor Creswell's
outdoor practice extends all over Johnson
countv, in addition to which his office practice
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
337
is reaching very extensive pro In ad-
dition to the handsome income derived from
this practice, the Doctor has a source of pi
from a stock ranch in Crook county, in which
he has a large interest. The Doctor takes a
lively interest in the prosperii\ of his town and
county and the progress of the state is to
him a matter of commendable pride, and the
resull of his patriotism is that he has reached
tin- very ape\ of public esteem.
W. W. CROOK. M. P.
XM occupation among men brings more re-
lief from human suffering, greater or more
timely help in the hour of need, or more effec-
tual solace in sorrow than that of the medical
in. And when its practitioner has ac-
quired a thorough knowledge of the science by
and diligent study, and fortified that by
intelligent observation and a large and accurate
knowledge of human nature gained through
mingling with men, he is indeed a public ben-
or. And such is presented for ihe contem-
plation of tli! nf this work in the life
story of Dr. W. \V. Crook, of Cheyenne, who,
thrown on his own res.ouro • ''arly in life,
learned self-reliance and knowled ;hers
and w.'i- strengthened for llv Inlet- bait!'
his calling through the efforts ihen ma<i<
adva lie was horn at tne little rural
if Spilln re, in • [adison county,
K- -, on October 20, 1836. Until h /, elve
years of age the family continued to '
his birth-place, -md then, by the laborious but
inspiriting process of an overland journey with
I-, r.nchanan county,
and then In remained at home, attei
school in the country as he had opporl
and , tin- hon ' was
[ed. In IN';; lie began life's work for him-
Si If, ami in 1X57 on, K'in..
' -teppinu stone to a
higlier place in the world, tha then had.
At till' end of his tenure there he \\eii
lieotbe, Mo., and after a thorough examina
lion secured ;' !ir-t class certificate •• ' i
and during the next thn iie taught in
the schools of Livingston county, Mo., at the
same time making diligent use <>r h'
tunnies for the stud) o cine, although left
in this matter almost wholly to his own course.
In the spring o >i he ret : a
Ei r th< medical
studies. Inn thi pr ed of ready re-
souiv , ' low and difficult,
bringing him face to face with many u:\--
dilemmas in his efforts, llis resolute spirit and
determined perseyerance, however, irinni]ihed
over ever) obstacle, and in July of ill-
settled at Council Grove, Kansas, "hung out
his sign" and began the practice of medicine
and surgery. His sue as immediate and
considerah!' . both in acquiring patients and in
treating them, for his reputation was
tablished as a skillful and progp nicti-
tioner. the financial returns were of gratifying
and helpful measure, and four years later he
was able to pursue a regular course in medicine
and surgery at the ( niv< rsit) of Iowa, then lo-
cated at Kci -'.ill , and wa - luati ; that
institution with credit. The next ten years were
passed in an active at lative medical
practice at '' . Kan., and in iS,-^ the
Doct'T renio\ d his family to \V\ • • :. here
he has since li :ling at Cheyenne in
Here he has grown into populat
physician, ministering to the • a i.irge
«md characi> ristic body o) IS be-
come well d in public as :.
id a 51 >c;al facti ir. I I
us member of the American Mi lical \.s-
, ' t this writing i [i president
of tin Laramie Count) Medical Society, the lead-
" ill, state in h
lie is also a clear and forcible wi
contributed many in-
ting and instructive articles to the medical
i/ines and journals. (In .May .25. [864,
- unit"d in marriage \\ ith Miss Mi-
randa II. Kii : hey have
SIX children, but all have di- •! the
oldest dait-11
i if I >r. < V K. Snvder.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF IFYOM1XG.
civil affairs of ihe community in which he lived
the Doctor has always manifested an intelli-
gent and influential interest, although not a
partisan or office-seeker. lie was elected the
mayor of Doniphan, Kan., in 1870, and gave
the town a mode! administration. While hold-
ing no official station since his arrival in Wyo
ming, he has been a factor of substantial ben-
efit in the development and progress of his
home city and county.
HOX. JAM MS M. NEWMAN.
' )ne of the most popular men in Laramie
county is James M. Newman, who is one of
the county commissioners of Laramie county
and whose residence is in the city of Cheyenne.
He is one of the most progressive and enter-
prising of the business men of that city. He is
a native of the state of Wisconsin, born at
Jucla, in Green county, on January 25, 1854. the
son of Jefferson J. and Lydia S. (Chadwick)
Newman, both natives of Pennsylvania. His
father long successfully followed the occupa-
tion of farming and is now retired from active
business pursuits, enjoying the ease and com-
fort earned by his many years of industry and
activity. Hon. James M. Newman, the eldest
of a family of eleven children, grew to manhood
in his native state and received his early edu-
cation in the district schools in the vicinity of
his boyhood's home. When he had attained
to the age of eighteen years he entered the
Sell si iy Business College of Janesville, \Vis.,
and pursued a thorough course of business
training at that noted institution, being grad-
uated therefrom at the age of twenty-one years.
When he had completed his education, he re-
turned to his home in Green county and as-
sisted his father in the work and management
of the farm for about three years, then in
March. 1879, having resolved to seek his for-
tune in the country farther west, he came to
the then territory of Wyoming and here ob-
tained employment on the stock ranch of his
uncle, James M. Chadwick, in Laramie county,
and remaining there, acquired a thorough knowl-
of the business there successfully con-
ducted in two years. At the end of that time,
he engaged in the feeding and sale of live stock,
in which he continued with varying success
for a number of years; in 1889, he branched
out into a real-estate, live stock and commission
business, and continued thus employed for
about two years, meeting with considerable
success. In 1891 he disposed of his real-estate
and commission business and purchased a livry
stable, which he conducted for a number of
years. Disposing of his stable to advantage,
he formed a partnership with John P. Shafer
and entered into the business of dairy farming,
in which he is still largely interested. In this
venture they have been very successful, and Mr.
Xewell is now counted among the solid busi-
ness men and substantial property owners of
i heyenne. In addition to his dairy-farm prop-
erty, he is the owner of valuable real-estate in
and about Cheyenne, and is also largely in-
terested in productive mining property in other
sections of the state. In 1883 Mr. Newman
was married in Wisconsin with Miss Clara E.
LaBoard, a daughter of Peter and Phoebe La-
Board, well-known citizens of that state and
to this union has been born one child, Cecil
Kay, a bright and promising young man, who
gives promise of being a worthy successor of
his father. The Newman home is noted for
the genial and generous hospitality which they
take pleasure in dispensing to their large circle
of friends and acquaintances. Fraternally Mr.
Newman is affiliated with the Masonic order,
being a member of Cheyenne Lodge, A. F. &
A. M.. and a Thirty-second degree Mason of
the Scottish Rite. He is also a member of the
\\oodmcn of the World and of the Ancient
< irder of the United Workmen, and takes an
active interest in the fraternal and charitable
life of the community. He is an active mem-
ber of the Baptist church, foremost in all re-
ligions and other work calculated to be of
benefit to the people of his neighborhood. He
is a stanch adherent of the Republican, political
party and an eloquent advocate of the principles
of that organization, being one of its ablest
PROGRESS/I' E MEN OF WYOMING.
ami most misled leaders in l.arainie county.
In 10,00 he \vas nominated and elected as a
member of the board of county commissioners,
ami is now serving in ilia! capacity, lie li.i
made a faiihinl and conscientious public official.
discharging tile duties of his responsible posi-
tion in a manner creditable to himself ami
highly satisfactorx to the people and taxp.i
of the county. lie is held in high esteem by
all classes of his fellow citizens, irrespective of
parly affiliations, and no man in the countv has
a larger following- of warm personal friends and
admirers. It is a remark often heard in La ra-
mie county that further honors are in store
for him. of \vhich he is well worthy.
JOSEPH DEAX.
For Ion- generations has the trade of cot-
ton spinning been handed down as an industry
in certain families located in County Cheshire,
one of the norihwestern counties of England.
Lg established in this locality and intimately
connected with this industry, has been the Dean
famih, of which Joseph Dean, the popular ho-
tel proprietor and postmaster of Spring Valley.
1 "inta county. Wyoming, is the sole American
representative. His parents were John and La-
vina (I Hdfield) I lean and his birth oecurn
Cheshire. England, on March 21, 1^54, and he
was the youni esl of three children. Orphaned
1>\ i he death of both of his parents when he was
a lad of about three or four years of age, he
was reared l>\ and made his home with his
aunt. Harriet < 'Idlield. until his marriage in
1*75. I )> • til that could b< if the
early years of his life to diligent attendance at
ibe government schools of ( 'In shire, where he
acquired a good practical education, he then
became . cted w iili the carding department
of a cotton mill, with who , . . \vas
connected for about eight years ami until his
emigration to America, which occurred in iSSi.
Mis first American home was at ( lardeii
Rich county. 1'iah, where lie was engaged in
nltnral < iperation . fi if four \ ears, re
then to \lnia, where he was empli
around the mines for the same period of time.
M. ihen \\-as placed in charge of the mining
company's stock, holding ibis responsible po-
sition until the fall of [901, \\hen he resi]
' 'I the hi 'lei at Spring \ alley, i
the appi limnieni of postmaster of the Spring
Valley post office in April, loot. In conducting
his hotel, as in all other labors that he has un-
dertaken, he has spared no pains to place his
business upon a high foundation and in this he
has notably succeeded, having attained a high
reputation as a genial landlord and a
host which has gone out over a wide extc
country and has brought him a profitable pat-
ronage. Air. Dean was married in Englan
May jj. iSj5. to Miss Mary J. Ingham, a
daughter of Alfred and Margaret (Dow)
ham. Her father, a native of England, was a
son of John and Mary Ingham, and was a sta-
tionary engineer, at which trade he passed many
years. Her mother was born in Ireland and
Mrs. Dean was the eldest of their family of nine
children, two boys and seven girls, of which
three of the children came t" the l.'nited N
Her father died in England in tS()4 at the age
of sixty-six years, \\hile her mother is still re-
siding there at the age of seventy-seven. ITo
Mr. and Mrs. Dean have been born ten chil-
dren, the'ir names in consecutive order of birth
being: Alfred, died in England at tli.
three years and three months: Lavinia ; John
I.; Joseph: Margaret E. : James D. ; Edith V. ;
Effie E., died in Alma at the age of eight years
and two months: Myrtle I.: Hugh E. I
are no more devoted adhi o the * 'hurch
of Latter Day Saints than are the worthy sub-
of this sketch and his family. He has in
every way manifested >m character and
-IP ing religi- : id these, united ti '
marked executive business abiliix, h.
him to bi high office of b
of his local church. In social re', : .1 in
the hi nne circle Mr. :
panion. himself • • ceful
and bonntei IU the many nut
ons • . • and honor both of
these wortlr. for their many winning
340
PROGRESSIVE MEX ()!•' WYOMING
traits of character. Fraternally, Air. Dean is a
\ allied member of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, with which brotherhood he is affil-
iated at Spring Valley and in which he has held
the office of master workman. Mr. Dean has
always takes a prominent part in public and
educational affairs, and, while actively engaged
in the management of his business interests, he
has never shirked from the duties of citizen-
ship and has often been entrusted with matters
of great importance and official place and re-
:-l>< nisibility, where the possession of true honesty
and integrity was demanded, and in it he has
never been found wanting. He is a very stanch
supporter of the political doctrines ever i'ncul-
cated by the Republican party and has always
been a strong defender of its principles, pol-
icies and candidates, laboring with earnestness
for its success in its campaigns and elections.
When in the fullness of time the historian shall
gather in the name of those who in their sep-
arate spheres of life have wrought with earnest-
ness successfully and well in the building up of
a high moral and religious culture in this por-
tion of the great American Republic, not low-
est nor least in its importance will be the name
of the venerable gentleman whose life we have
just reviewed. He has a large concourse of
friends who appreciate him for his sterling
worth, his ability and his numerous personal
traits of high order. Conspicuous among these
qualities, however, must be noted his devo-
tion to his family and the care which he has
given and is still giving to the rearing of his
children to become useful and valuable citizens,
being honored and reverenced by all.
FRANK DEXEBRINK, M. D.
This eminent and prosperous young phy-
sician and surgeon is a native of Wapelio
county, Iowa, and is now a resident of Sher-
idan, Wyoming, where he has built up an ex-
tensive and lucrative practice, being recognized
as one of the most capable medical men of his
years in the county and state. He was born on
April 3, 1864, a son of Frank and Theressa
Denebrink, natives of Westphalia, in Prussia,
whence his paternal grandfather accompanied
Napoleon on his disastrous expedition to Mos-
cow, Russia, as a member of the Westphalian
contingent of the French emperor's army and
was one of the very few who returned ; later
he became a member of the Prussian army un-
der Blucher, to expel Napoleon from Prussian
soil, being among the first to reach the field
of Waterloo, while still later he served for a
number of years in, the Alexander regiment, the
pride of Berlin. Frank Denebrink, father of
the Doctor, was also a military man and served
about fifteen years in the Prussian army, hold-
ing the rank of captain. In 1861 he came to
America on a furlough to improve himself in
military science and tactics by making personal
observation of the methods used in the Civil
War then in progress, and was attached to Gen-
eral Hancock's division. The American gen
eral became warmly attached to the Prussian
captain, and Doctor Denebrink has now in his
possession a number of friendly letters the father
received from General Hancock. Captain Den-
ebrink eventually resigned his commission in
the Prussian army and was appointed to an
equally high rank in the Union army of Amer-
ica and took an active and conspicuous part in
all of the battles in which his company was
engaged up to and including the battle of Get-
tysburg. After the close of the war, Captain
Denebrink settled in Iowa and engaged ex-
tensively in farming until called away by death
in 1879. Doctor Denebrink received his elemen-
tary education in Iowa, and after due additional
preparation was admitted to Prairie du Chien,
(Wis.) College, where he took a full classical
course of six years and was graduated in 1884;
he then passed six months in study at the \\ is- '
cousin State University at Madison, and then
went abroad to finish his medical studies, which
he had already begun in America. He was
graduated from the medical department of the
University of Munich, Bavaria, in July, 1891,
and almost immediately returned to America.
Here he accepted the position of medical ex-
aminer for the Burlington Railroad Co., which
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF UTOMi
position lie held until iSijn, in the meantime
being stationed at various points. The Doctor
then came to \Yyoming and settled in Sheridan.
\vherc he now stands at the head of his pro-
on, having an extensive practice with the
class of citizens. His methods of treat-
ment are well abreast of the limes, as h
thoroughly posted in all modern discoveries in
hygiene, chemistry, electricity, etc.. keeping
himself familiar through the besf medical litera-
ture nf the day with the experimental practice
of the leaders in the sciences, who are contin-
ti'Uisly seeking new processes for the ameliora-
tion of pain and the more rapid bringing about
oi ]" rmanent cures. The Doctor is medical ex-
aminer fur the New York Life Insurance Co..
The Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Xew York,
The Union Mutual Life Insurance Co., the
lington Life, The Northwestern Mutual
Life of Milwaukee, also of the Etna and
other insurance companies and his offices are
among the finest and best fitted up of any in
the city. Fraternally, the Doctor is a master
Knighl of I 'ythias, and politically
he is a Democrat. Doctor Denebrink was united
in marriage in November. 1896, with Miss
Myrtle ('ompton, of Spearfish, S. Dak., a de-
inl o >n< of the first familie- of Vir-
ginia, while her grandfather was one of the
earlir-t -ettlcrs of St. Joseph, Mo., \\-here he
owned a large estate. Two children have
•d the marriage of the Doctor and his
wife and are named Prancis and < Urald.
SAMUEL DICKER".
An i x-.-herilT and a prominent and worthy
citixeii of Evanston, \\ -Miming, and the young-
est child of John and Margaret (Rutherford)
Dickey, of Oxford. I'a.. Samuel Dickey de-
serves more than a mere mention in this work.
His father was born in York, Pa., and lived
there until Samn> ' ight year- old. being a
butcher h\ trade'. In 1854 he lefi Pennsylva-
nia and went to St. Louis. Mo., anil after va-
ri»u- changes tinalK located at V. Grove
and tollowd hi- business llu-n a- a butcher
until hi- di-ath in 1*74 at the a.
was a Democrat in politics, a member of the
I're.-byterian church, a generous man and a kind
r. His wife wras a native of Ireland, born
in 1814, who was brought when young to Ches-
i unty, Pa., by her parents and here she
married and became the mother of nine chil-
dren, living al the early age of thirty-six, be-
in^ a devoted member of the Presbyterian
church. Samuel Dickey was born in 1X4- at
ord, < he-ter county. Pa. He got his early
education in the schools of Missouri and in
iSoj; he returned to Pi 'nu-\ Ivania and enl
in Co. F. Fifth Peiin. Cavalry, serving in the
Civil \Yar until Ma\ Jo. iSo;. when he
mustered out at Richmond. Ya. He then re-
turned to Missouri and again alien. i. ,1 -ehool
for a short time until. he went into the butcher
business at Kirkwood, Mo., in which he re-
mained until [871, after which he came west
to Fort Bridgcr. Wyo., when h was empl
by Judge \Y. A. Carter, until 1874. when he
came to Evanston and entered tin < inploy of
Crawford & Thompson, wholesale meat deal-
ers, remaining in the meat business until ap-
pointed deput\ sheriff under Sheriff ! 'cppcr in
iS77. serving four years as deputy under
Sheriff Pepper, he was then himself eli
sheriff in iSSi and served one term and he was
during tin- time and for eight years a
deputy LJ. S. marshal. At the on of
his term as sheriff lie went into the Union Pa-
cific's office at Green River as a clerk for MX
months, when he returned to Evansion and
went into the emplo) menl of the IS i .and
and Live StOi ' Alter this he served the
cil\ of K\anston as mar--hal and then retu
to clerking in the freight office of the Union
I'acilic her, in [890 and remained at it ever
. and in [900 he was promoted
me road at Fvanston. Mr. Dickey has
always b. ifficer, .L;i\'n- Tii-
ts to the work of hi-- office. His interest in
public affair- marked: and he i- an ex-
tremeK popular man with hi- acquaintances
anil constituenl 5. Me ha- been a nienib,
the eovernor' as an aide under ( 'n>\
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Barber, Ex-Governor Richards and the late
Governor Richards, being also chief clerk of
the State Senate in 1899. He is a member of
the Wyoming Consistory, A. A. S. R. of the
Masonic fraternity and belongs also to the Mac-
cabees. Mr. Dickey was married in 1867 at Web-
ster Grove, Mo., to Emma Kalffus, a native of
Baltimore, Md., a daughter of William and Su-
san (Chandler) Kalffus; and five children have
blessed the union : Mary, Lillian, Clara M.,
Robert and Samuel. Robert died in 1888 and
Samuel in 1898.
MAURICE P. DINNEEN.
At one time the proprietor of the largest
grocery house in the city of Cheyenne, Wyo-
ming, which he conducted in partnership with
an elder brother, William E. Dinneen, Maurice
P. Dinneen, now deceased, was one of the most
popular business men of the city as well as a
highly esteemed citizen. He was born on August
25, 1868, in Newman, Jefferson county, Kan.,
being a son of Maurice and Margaret Dinneen,
natives of Ireland and the parents of four chil-
dren, of whom Maurice P. was the youngest.
He was educated in the public schools of Kan-
sas and of Cheyenne, Wyo., to which city the
family came in 1879, where the father at once en-
gaged in stockraising in the vicinity. When
the son, Maurice, had attained the age of
eighteen years he relinquished school attend-
ance and joined his father on the ranch, and five
years later the family returned to Kansas,
where Maurice P. again lived for three years,
in 1889 coming back to Cheyenne, where with
his brother, William E., he opened a small
grocery in 1890. But their patronage rapidly
increased (and they may be said to have done
a thriving trade from the start) until the
death of Maurice P., which occurred on March
24, 1901, at which time they were doing the
largest business in their line of any firm in
Cheyenne, nr even in the state, and since his
lamented death the business has been prosper-
ously continued by William E. Dinneen. In
politics Maurice P. Dinneen was a stanch Dem-
ocrat, and extremely popular with his party as
well as with the general public. He was once
nominated on the Democratic ticket for repre-
sentative of his district in the state legislature,
but with the rest of the ticket he was defeated
by a small majority. He was president of the Jef-
ferson Club and wielded a vast influence over
the Democratic ranks of Cheyenne, and if his
life had been prolonged he would surely have
attained the high position for which he had
once been nominated. In religion Mr. Dinneen
was a devout and faithful member of the Ro-
man Catholic church and affiliated with a num-
ber of its socialities, chief among them was the
order of the Catholic Knights of America, of
the local branch of which he was the president.
He greatly enjoyed athletic sports and exer-
cises of all kinds and as long as his health
would permit he practiced them and for many
seasons he was manager of the local base-ball
club, being himself an expert player. In the
si icial circles of Cheyenne he was ever a prom-
inent figure, and his many virtues made him as
popular in these as his paramount business
qualifications did in mercantile affairs. His loss
to the community is irreparable and is deeply
mourned by his late fellow citizens, regardless
of nationality, politics or religion.
WILLIAM E. DINNEEN.
An elder brother of the late Maurice P.
Dinneen, whose life-record is made in the pre-
ceding sketch, and in which the family geneal-
ogy is given, William E. Dinneen was born in
Kansas on March n, 1861, the second of the
four children that blessed thn matrimonial
connection of Maurice and Margaret (Williams)
Dinneen. He attended the public schools of
Kansas until he reached the age of eighteen
years, when in 1879, he came with the family to
Cheyenne, Wyo., and was employed here by the
Pacific Express Co., for about four years, after
which he engaged in the grocery business in
partnership with his brother, Maurice P. Din-
neen. This grocery trade soon afterward at-
tained mammoth proportions, being now the
PROGRESSIVE MEX OI; ll'YOMfXG.
343
most extensive in its line, not only in Cheyenne
but in the state. The marriage of Mr. I )in-
neen was solemnized in iS<jo, in Cheyenne, with
Miss Katie Tiereny, this union being now
hle.sscd with five children, horn in the follow-
in u;' order: Roy, Maurice, Margaret, Willie and
Annie. Tn religions thought the family are
devout Catholics, in politics Mr. Dinneen is a
sound Democrat, while fraternalK he is a mem-
ber of the Woodmen of the World and the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Socially
Mr. Dinneen and wife mingle with the best
circles of Cheyenne and the many amiable qual-
ities and generous impulses of the parents are
matters of unreserved laudation. In the fall
of 1901 Mr. Diraieen purchased the livery busi-
ness of J. M. Xewman, one of the most ex-
Unsive in the state, consisting of t\vo livery
barns and one feed stable, having up-to-date
turnouts and other first-class properties, which
the traveling public appreciates.
HON. E. R. DIXWIDD1K.
lion. E. R. Dinwiddie, who represents Sher-
idan county in the State Senate, is one of those
substantial business men of Wyoming who give
force and direction to the various productive
activities of the state, and show forth in their
manhood and achievements the liber of which
her people are made. lie was 'horn in Indiana
on April 13. [862, and on the soil of that great
he gre\\ to man's estate and in her ex
nt public schools he received his chol
education which has been deepened, broadened
and made practical by van- d and interesting
ii • unong men. In iSS^ he came to
Wyoming and located a homestead, now a por-
tion of his beautiful home on Tongue Kivcr.
< iM. mile si >nth of I)a\ ton. Ili* ranch
prises [,400 acres, and he has in ad' Hi ion a large
amount of leaded land which furnishes abund-
ant pasture, l" 1 and range for the large herd
of hi, ;h- grade cattle which he has on it, consist-
ing of some 500 head, giving ample
the pleasant '
i> and resourceful mind, but the business is
iio\\ so s\ stemati/ed as to relieve him from un-
due attention to ii-, details, lie thus has free-
dom and opportunity to devote hi- energ
other industries with which he is largely con-
nected and to public affairs, in which he has
always been deeply and studiously interested.
His to his party have been valuable
and unremitting from his early manhood and
have made him its leader in his county and po
tential in its councils in the state. Pie is a Re-
publican and in iScu was a delegate to the Na-
tional Republican Convention. In 1900 he was
elected to the lower house of the State L<
lature, and at the end of his term, in 1902, was
enthusiastically chosen to the State Senate. In
the lower house his services to his constit-
uency were valuable and conspicuous, for he ever
met the requirements of his office with lofty
integrity and manliness, exhibited in the dis-
charge of its duties a knowledge, readiness and
resourcefulness which fully gratified, but did nol
surprise his political triends. and compelling the
admiration of his opponents. His record there
gives earnest of what may be expected in the
more exalted position to which he has attained.
Senator Dinwiddie is identified in a leading way
with almost every institution of usefulness in
the community and in all he is an earnest and
intelligent worker, counting no sacrifice of his
personal interests where the general welfare is
at stake. lie was married at Sheridan in Di
cember, iS'i.}, to \li-s I'anny L. Fulmen. a na-
of Xeliraska. They have one child, their
daughter, ( ieorgia.
\\ [LLIAM II. 1>< >1 M '
The genial and accommodating manager of
the Antlers Hotel at Newcastle is justly en-
titled to die cordial regard of the traveling pub-
lic and the high of the business world
which he enjoys. !!•• is essentiall) the archi-
tect of his , ,\vii fortune and in the struggle t'or
.supremacy has well learned the complicated
structure known as human nature, his education
being not so much the teachings . .f the schools
as ilu- development which comes from contact
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
with real difficulties and the lessons taught in
the hard but effective school of experience. He
was born on April 16, 1863, at Stratford, On-
tario, the son of Robert Fulton and Isabella
(Sanderson) Dodcl, of Scotch and Irish nativ-
ity, respectively, who emigrated to Canada
soon after their marriage and located near Gait,
in the province of Ontario. The father was
an expert cooper and followed the craft he had
so successfully learned all his days, dying at
Stratford on January 7, 1874. His widow sur-
vived him fifteen years and died in Torontp in
1889. Their family consisted of five sons and
two daughters, William being the very youngest.
He was limited in his attendance at school by
the death of his father and when he was thir-
teen years old was obliged to go to work as a
packer in a flouring mill at one cent a barrel for
his labor, which was also arduous and confining,
but enabled him to earn about a dollar in a
day of fifteen hours. In the fall of 1877 he went
to Hastings, Neb., joining an older brother who
was in business there, and during his residence
at that place he was never without employment,
being for a portion of the time an assistant in
the office of the county clerk. In the spring of
1885 he removed to Indianola, in that state, to
accept a place as deputy county clerk and ab-
stractor of titles, and on December i. 1886, he
went from there to Aurora as abstractor of
titles in the employ of the Aurora Abstract &
Investment Co., and after serving that company
faithfully for six years he was deputy county
clerk for two years. In February, 1896, he re-
moved to Cambria, Wyo., and took charge of
what was known as the Club House which he
still conducts, and in August, 1902, in company
with Meyer and August Frank, purchased the
Antlers Hotel and organized the Antlers Hotel
Co., which was incorporated with Mr. Dodd
as manager, a position which he acceptably
filled from that time to the present. The Ant-
lers is a first-class hostelry, equipped with mod-
ern devices for the comfort and welfare of its
guests. It contains fifty well furnished rooms,
is heated by steam and lighted by electricity,
and is conducted with everv consideration for
the proper entertainment of those who find
shelter beneath its roof. The building is of
brick, two stories high with a basement under
its ground floor, having ample sample rooms
and good stabling attached. Being the leading
hotel within a radius of many miles, it is very
popular as a resort for all classes of proper
people. Stately men and lofty ladies have trod
its halls, the commercial tourist has been
warmly welcomed to its comforts and repose,
the business conference, the political caucus,
the professional inquiry, shunning the sunlight
of publicity, have found shelter within its walls,
and "moist, merry men have used it for their
mirth when they were festive." The enterprise
lacks no personal attention from its genial and
capable head, but his mind is of such a char-
acter that no one interest can engage its full
force, and he is accordingly connected with many
other industries in a leading way. He or-
ganized the Cambria Live Stock Co., in De-
cember, 1898, and has been president of the
corporation since its organization. It has a
capital stock of $40,000 and does an extensive
business throughout a large scope of country.
Mr. Dodd has also a deep and serviceable in-
terest in public local affairs, having been the
president of the school board during the last
six years, in that position being of estimable
service to the educational forces of the town.
Every enterprise of value in which the welfare
and advancement of the community are in-
volved has his warm and helpful support. Fra-
ternally, he is now connected with the Modern
Woodmen of America, the United Workmen
and the Knights of Pythias. He was grand
prelate of the last named in 1901 and has taken
an active interest in all. On July 12, 1885, at
Hastings, Nebraska, he was united in marriage
with Miss Jennie G. Aken, a native of Penn-
sylvania, and daughter of Lewis and Elvira (El-
lis) Aken, the former born and reared in that
state and the latter in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs.
Dodd have had five children, of whom the only
one living is their son, Frank Eugene. Those
deceased are Arthur, Gertrude, Harriet and
Fulton.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOMIXG.
345
WILLIAM DULAX.
Among the earliest of the pioneers of \\_\M-
n ling, and among the must successful, also, was
William Dolan, now deceased, hut formerly a
leading citizen of Pine Bluffs. A native of Ire-
land, he was born in County Ivildare, on March
4, 1825, the son of Martin and Annie (Dunn)
I lolan, both natives of the same country, where
the) Lived until their deaths. William Dolan
grew to man's estate in County Kildare, and
received his early education in its schools. He
remained at home with his parents until he had
attained to the age of twenty-six years, but
in 1851 the misfortunes' of Ireland, and the im-
positions and persecutions practiced upon the
people of that land by the ruling powers, com-
bined with the reports which had come to them
of the land of opportunity and freedom beyond
the ocean, created a great exodus of the young
Irishmen from the soil of their nativity to
America, and William Dolan was among the
number who came to the New World to seek
their fortunes amid surroundings where polit-
ical persecutions were unknown, and all men
Stood as equals before the law. Upon arriving
in the city of Xew York he secured employment
at various occupations until 1X50, when he en-
listed in the I*. S. navy in which connection he
served for seven years, being in many engage-
ments during the Civil War and was wounded
at the taking of Fort Morgan in Mobile T'.ay.
His record was one of conspicuous gallantry
and in 1864 he was deiailed as one oi the watch-
men at an important naval station on the coast
of Florida, where he remained until 1X07. when,
having married, lie then resigned from ihe naval
service and with his family came to the city
i i heycnne, \Yyo. This was during ilie con
struciion M|" ihel'nion 1'acilic Railroad ami he
obtained a position in the const rui-lio:) depart-
ment M|" that i-Mmpaiiv, remaining in its em
plov I'MT about nine years. in 1X75. he took up
a ranch on the Muddy Creek, aboul nine miles
SOUthwesI of Tine I'lhlffs. which he Mwiicd and
occupied up In the time of his demise. This
place he stocked with cattle and left them in
charge of employes for about two years, remain-
ing himself in the tinpl<>\ nf the Union Pacific.
In 1X77 lie resigned his position and removed his
residence to the ranch, where he continue'! to
reside until his decease, which occurred mi
September 14, 1895. On November i, 1866, Mr.
Dolan was united in wedlock at \Yarrington,
Fla., with Miss Margaret Kerwin. a native of
Ireland and the daughter of James and Mary
i llessioin Kerwin, natives of the same country.
Her father was engaged in farming in his na-
tive land until 1X47, when, after the death m his
wife, he emigrated to the Xew \\"orld. I
his arrival in America he made his home in the
city of Xew < trleans. La., where, in 1853, he
was taken ill and died on August 10 of yellow
fever. Mrs. Dolan reiiidved from Xew ( Irleans
to Florida and made her residence in that staie
up to the time of her marriage. Mr. and Mrs.
Dolan had seven children, James. Mary K.,
William (deceased), John, Thomas, Edward
and Joseph. The married life of this worthy pair
was a very happy one and since the death of
the husband and father, the widow and children
have continued to carry on the business along
the same lines as those pursued by him. and
have met with the same gratifying success. The
family own large tracts of land in Colorado,
as well as the extensive holdings which they
have in Wyoming, and are among the mosl
pnisperous and progressive of the citizens of
Wyoming. They are devout members of the
Roman Catholic church and take a deep in-
terest in all works of chanty and religion in ihe
.community where their home is located. No
worthy nbject ever goes fnmi them without
substantial assistance. I'ublic spirited, progn -
sive, and industrious, devoted to the public wel-
fare and lM\al to the interests ,,f their neighbor-
hood. the\ are tine types of the best ,-ili/enship
of the state. Mr. 1 )Ml;m \\as a staunch adherent
of the Democratic party, and ever t.iok an
active and leading part in public affairs. U'hile
never seeking political place for himself, he \\a-
devoted to his friends, and grudged no effort.
346
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1XG.
sparing neither time or money to serve them
or n> advance the cause of his party. He was
a good man and an honored citizen, loyal to
his friends, generous to his foes, having a pa-
triotic interest in the puMic welfare.
JOSIAH E. DULING.
Born and reared on the wild Western fron-
tier, spending his childhood among the Indians
where he was the only white child in what is
now the populous, opulent and progressive city
of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and passing all of
his subsequent life amid the excitements, the ar-
duous struggles, the privations and the substan-
tial triumphs of pioneer life, Josiah E. Duling <>i
Newcastle, Wyoming, is essentially a product in
all particulars of the advance guard of civiliza-
tion and has been a potential armor wearer in its
ranks. His life began at Fort Randall, S. D., on
September 14, 1865, a son of Jefferson and
Mary A. (Rook) Duling, the -former a native of
Kentucky and the latter of Indiana. The father
was a prosperous farmer in Iowa when the dread
alarm of armed resistance to the integrity of the
Union in 1861 called him to the field in its de-
fense as a member of Co. C, Sixth Iowa Cavalrv.
Instead of going to the South to fight the Con-
federate forces, he was ordered with his com-
mand to the frontier in Dakota to aid in sup-
pressing uprisings by the Indians, who had timed
their hostilities opportunely when the armies of
the country were supposed to be needed else-'
where. He was stationed at Fort Randall and
various other places in this country until 1864.
seeing much active service, and when mustered
out was appointed posttrader at White Swan
just across the Missouri from Fort Randall,
holding this position until 1869 when he removed
to Sioux Falls, then known as Fort Dakota, to
carry the mails from that point to Yankton, S. D.,
and Luverne. Minn. He continued his residence
at Sioux Falls until his death in May, 1873, then
being killed in a cyclone. His widow passed
the rest of her days there, dying in August, 1804.
Josiah E. Duling remained in Sioux Falls with
his mother until he was twentv years old, attend-
ing school and assisting in the work of the house-
hold until he was seventeen, then he went to
farming in the neighborhood on his own account
and two years later engaged in freighting and
dealing in horses. His was a necessary enter-
prise in the section in those days, and its patron-
age was correspondingly generous and profitable.
Yet he felt that there were better opportunities
and more desirable engagements farther west,
and in 1885 he sold out and came to Sundance,
Wyo., and giving himself up to the especial in-
dustry of the country, rode the range with zeal
and diligence for two years. In 1887 he and
Fred N. Coates formed a partnership in a livery
business in Sundance, and after two years of suc-
cessful operation there they also started one at
Tubtown near Newcastle. In September, 1889,
when the enterprise and the public spirit charac-
teristic of the neighborhood laid at Newcastle
the foundations of a new municipal entity, they
bought lots in that town and there began a
livery business, the first of its kind in the place
and now a leading one in a large scope of the
surrounding country. The barn was the building
which has since been remodeled and rebaptized
into the more respectable and dignified capacity
of a county courthouse. In 1892 Mr. Camplain
purchased Coates's interest, and the firm was
thereafter Duling & Camplain for a year, when
Mr. Duling sold his interest to Mr. Camplain
and inaugurated a hack line between Newcastle
and Cambria, which he carried on for two years.
In the meantime, in 1891, he was appointed a
deputy sheriff of Weston county, in 1893 being
re-appointed. Three years later he was nomi-
nated on the Republican ticket for sheriff, but
although he received a large vote, he was unable
to overcome the big adverse majority then in the
count}'. In 1896 he sold his hack line and in
1897 went to the Black Hills and there passed
two years prospecting and mining near the town
of Lead. S. D., returning in 1899 to Newcastle,
where he again entered the livery business in the
building which he now occupies, and which he
has continually used for the purpose from that
date. He carries on a draying and transfer busi-
ness in connection with the liverv, and has made
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
347
ol' the two the principal enterprise of its char-
acter in this whole section of country. In politics
Mr. Muling is an unfaltering Republican and has
always taken an active part in public affairs. In
10.00 he was elected county commissioner, and in
May iijoj was chosen a member of the Newcastle
eity council. He is now serving in these two of-
fices to tlie satisfaction of his large hod\ of con-
stituents and the people gciieralb . ( )n October
MI. iSii^. at Sundance. "\Yyo.. he was united in
marriage with Miss Luella Mur|>lu. a native of
Laramie. this state, and a daughter of Francis
M. Murphy. Her father removed to the state
from Iowa in 1858. having been one of the first
settlers, and for many years he was engaged
in hunting and trapping and working at his trade
:u a blacksmith. He now lives on Beaver Creek,
about six miles from Newcastle. Fraternally
Mr. Duling is a Knight of Pythias, holding mem-
hirship in the lodge at Newcastle. In his early
life among the Indians he learned their language
so that he could speak it fluently, and acquired
facility in many of their sporting and athletic
accomplishments.
.MRS. EMILY DCRXFi iRD.
This estimable, progressive and truly repre-
sentative lady is the widow of George T. I turn-
Ford, a prominent and much beloved citizen of
Kvansioii. who was greatly identified with its
history and took an important part in its mak-
ing, lie was born in 1841 in Somersetshire,
England, and there learned the trade of stone
masonry. He came to the I'nited States in
i8u>, going tn Salt Lake City, I'tah, where he
followed his trade for five years. Following
this h< lived for a time in Summit county. I tab,
and then came to what is no\\ the city of Fvans-
ton in the employ of a coal compam. but
me a contractor in his own line of work,
and he was connected with the building of near-
ly all of the brick structures of the town, thus
making himself one of the most useful of its
citizens. Mr. Ihirnfonl was a man of marked
honestj and generosity, devoted to both home
and country, lie was well posted in the politi-
cal affairs of his adopted country and a Demo-
crat in his politics; but be never sought and
would not accept political office. He took a
great interest in in vent ions and was ever ready
to avail himself of their advantages in his biisi
ness. lie died April 22, lono, and is buried at
I^vanst on. lie \vas married in I Si >:; at Salt
Lake City, and besides his wid<>\v, he leaves the
following sons and daughters: Helen A., now
Mrs. Miller; George T. : Walter J.: Curtis W. :
Emily J.. now Mrs. Goodman; Florence I...
now Mrs. Daily. Another child. Frank, died
at the age of one year and is buried in Summit
county. Ctah. Mrs. Durnford is comfortably
situated and she lives pleasantly in one of the
comfortable suburban homes of Evanston. She
was born on the Hudson River in Orange coun-
ty. X. Y., the daughter of Ross R. and Helen
(Curtis) Rogers. Her father \\as a native of
Xew York City, a cabinetmaker bv trade, and
became one of Ctah's early pioneers, cros
the plains with his ox team in 1851 and settling
at Provo. There he became interested in saw-
mills and furniture making, remained two
in Provo and then went to Iron count \. where
he was also interested in a mill and in a fur-
niture factory. He was interested in mills in
various parts of Ctah, but he finally went to
Arizona and lived at Hades Ferry, where he
"\\ned laud which he took pride- in impro1
and he developed a line orchard and also de-
voted himself tO StOckraising. He died there
iii iSijt. lie was a Republican in politics and
held a number of offices. !•• : member
of a Masoiiie lodge .md of the Mormon church.
Mrs. Ihmiford's motlier, Mrs. Helen Curtis, was
born in i8_>i in Danhnrv. Conn. She was mar-
ried in Xew York Cit\ and died thirty years
ago and is buried in Summit coiint\. Ctah. She
also \\as a member of the Mormon church and
a \M >man devi ited to Iii r In ime,
Jt ISEPH W. F1SIIF.R.
Fmhieiit as 3 Jurist and conspicuous as a
soldier, the late Joseph \\ . Fisher was or
the most remarkable men that ever had a home
348
MEN Ol; WYOMING.
in i licxenne. Wyoming. His birth took place
• in Octobei i", 1X14, in Northumberland, Pa.,
and lie \vns the younger of two children born
to I'iseph W. Fisher, who was a native of Hol-
land. L'.otli paivni> dit-il when Joseph W. was
quite young and the future jurist was cared
for by an uncle during his schoolboy days,
which ended when he had reached the age of
fifteen years, his attendance having been at the
fi unmon schools. He then worked on a farm
until he was eighteen, when he began clerking
in a general store. At the age of twenty-one
years he began business on his own account by
opening a tailor and clothing establishment,
which he conducted until 1848, but while thus
engaged he devoted every spare moment to the
study of law and was duly admitted to the bar
and in 1848 he was elected as a Republican to
the state legislature of Pennsylvania, and so
satisfactory was his course while a member of
that dignified body during the session to which
lie was first elected, that he was twice chosen
tn succeed himself. He then practiced law with
eminent success until the breaking out of the
Civil "War. when, as he felt it to be his duty to
take up arms in defense of the integrity of the
L'nion, he enlisted, but before his company was
ordered to the front he was elected its captain
and by his request the company was christened
the Cookman Rangers in honor of a popular
Methodist minister in the neighborhood. The
company was ordered to rendezvous at Harris-
burg and the camp was named after Governor
Curtin, who was an intimate friend of Captain
Fisher, and it was also named at the latter's
request. His company was atttached to the
Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves, in which regi-
ment Captain Fisher was promoted to the rank
of lieutenant colonel before it started for the
front. Among the battles in which the regi-
ment took part was the great Seven Day's Fight
before Richmond, Ya., in which the colonel was
killed and Lieutenant Colonel Fisher assumed
command until placed in command of the Third
Brigade with the rank of brigadier-general, and
in his service he was twice wounded and received
his honorable discharge in 1865. During a
furlough home, while still suffering from his
wound, this gallant and courageous soldier did
not lose sight of his country's cause, but or-
ganixed there the One Hundred and Ninety-fifth
Pennsylvania Infantry, and his valuable serv-
ices while in command of the Third Brigade
are noticed in a most complimentary manner
in the "Personal Memoirs of Gen. U. S. Grant."
On returning from the army. General Fisher
resumed the practice of the law, which he fol-
lowed with unprecedented success until 1868,
when, his abilities having brought him prom-
inently beh ire the people, he was elected a
state senator. In 1870, he came to Wyoming,
having been appointed by President Grant an
associate justice of the Supreme Court of
Wyoming. After officiating at two terms of
court he was made chief justice and occupied
the bench with dignity and impartiality until
he resigned in 1879, when he resumed his legal
practice with, unequivocal success, retiring in
1890 on account of failing health, being sub-
seguently elected prosecuting attorney. The
marriage of General Fisher took place on Au-
gust 1 6, 1836, at Milton, Pa., being united with
Miss Elizabeth R. Shearer, a daughter of Maj.
James R. Shearer, a patriot of the War of 1812,
and his wife, Rebecca (Rupert) Shearer, and of
the eight children who crowned this union four
are still living, viz. : Thomas M., an attorney
at Seattle, Wash.; Tunis J., the present clerk
of the district court of Cheyenne ; Harry L. and
Sara M. The lamented death of Gen. Joseph
W. Fisher occurred on October 18, 1900, in
the faith of the Episcopal church. Fraternally
he was a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Grand Army of the Republic
and the Loyal Legion, and at his death passed
away one of the brightest intellects and noblest
souls that ever had an existence in Wyoming.
Tunis J. Fisher, the sixth child in the family
of Gen. Joseph W. Fisher, was born on Novem-
ber i, 1850, at Columbia, Pa., where he attended
school until sixteen years of age, and then be-
gan an apprenticeship at the printer's trade,
at which he worked in Lancaster, Pa., until 1871.
when he came to Wyoming and worked in
PROGRESSH'E .UEX OF WYOM1
imc until he was appoints 1 dcpnu -lu-iiff
and deputy L". S. marshal, which is he
held in the years of 1870. 1877. 1878. ami in
appoint* .1 ' lerl . if the U. S. 1 listrict t 'ottrt.
\\hich office he held three- years, he was tlu >
pointed as depul com • r of ] -ai
county, performing (he duties \\ith In- n-.na! abil-
ity, unswerving integrity and faitlifulnr--. until
IS<H. In 18117. s lingl] popular had he
me, that he \\-as elected clerk of the I >is-
trict ( "mm. being reele< ed in 1899 to succeed
himself, receiving the largest majority <>i" any
can. li. late on the Republican tieket. Fraternally,
Mr. Fisher is a member of tlu- F.Iks and of the
Maccabees, and is a \\ hi >1es, .tiled and public
spirited citizen. lie was married mi Ocl
24. 1874. at Laramie, VVyo., to Miss Kate
()'l'.rien. TII this felieilmis union liave been
born two children. Joseph ^Y. and l.orelta M.,
win i are like their mother, ornaments to tlie so-
eireles ill which the}' nio\e.
TH< (MAS .1. !•'< )STER.
Thomas 1. Foster of Sheridan is one of the
highly respected cilixens of Northern \V\oming.
coining to his eslate of world! a petence and
the esleein of his felluwmen through severe
trial, many liardships. great endurance and fidel-
ity to ever\ duty. In knighth parlance lie has
"won Ins spurs" and worthily does lie wear them,
lie is the son of a pioneer t'amih of ( ihio. where
lie was born on October -7. |S|^. Mis parents.
Robert I. and Rebecca i dunlin l-'oster, were
nati\ ' n :- .-ti\ el) of < >hi. > and I 'enns} Ivania,
and when tbe\ be] r i reer in life on the
soil of that great state n was little more than the
• \al wildi i ' -till under the dominion iu
a-ure of wild beasts and savage men. its
luxuriance nngovcrned, its \\eallli of productive-
ness and hidden Stores waste and uncl i:m<-d, and
all tin- forms nf civili/atimi unknown in its liills
and vales im\\ so teeming with the fruits of ciil-
tivitrd life and si, it was in Wyoming, when their
I., came here in 187(1. a veritable
pioneer of pioneers in this section, and one of the
founders nf the prcsrin greatness of tin- state,
\\lun Mr. Foster wa< ti\e years old his pa-
remo li-souri, settling in Holt county,
and i- later Ins father uas moved by the
menl to cross the plains
to < all fi trnia, and the mi ither and children
to ( iliio to awail his return. In 185^ lie joined
tin-ill there and thev again took up their resi-
dence in Missouri. For -- ars they pur-
sued the peaceful vocation of agriculture, and
when in iSf>i our land was darkened with the
il shado\\ of ilu- ( 'ivil \\'ar, foil. iwini,r their
convictions both father and son John d hands
with the Confederac} and enlisted in its army.
The father served until 18(14, when he returned
home ami went to Montana. Mr. Foster re-
mained in the si nice until the last tlag of the
Lost Cause came down at du- surrender of
Kirhy Smith, and then returned to his
home in Missouri, soon after L;OIIIL; back to
Ohio. In 18(18 lie aKo made the Ions,-- trip ai
the plains, seeking- the newer land of promise,
Montana, from whence after a short time he went
to the Boise \ alley. Idaho, and engaged in ranch-
iny. In 1874 he was united in marriage with
Miss Alice I>avidsou.a native of Iowa but ri '
in Oregon, and two \ears after his marriage he
came with his family to Wyoming, passed two
'.ears at Laramie City and Cheyenne, el
freighting, and in 1878 returned to his ancestral
vocation. Locating in what is now Johnson
county, he took up laud on the site of the aban-
doned Fort 1'liil Kearney and went 1" farming
ind raising stock, remaining until [901, SCI
in the meantime four years as r, oi the
' office at Buffalo. In IMIII he s, ,1,1 his ranch
and took up his n ideno in Sheridan, where he
has a beautiful home, which is much sought as
D iter of refined hospitality and gi . ipan-
ionship. Mr. and Mrs. Foster were the first
. ma! p, i ; ' menl settlers in Johnsi >n connt\ and
: icated on theii -:,iich their neai\ si
hbors wire ,,n I'ou der River, and als<
l-ort Cnster. one place seventy miles distant and
tin- ollur 180. h goes \\ithoni saving tbat Mr.
Foster has bad mam thrilling experiences with
road a-ents and in even other form of danger.
For an account of one adventure see the h
35°
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING
Frank Giranl. He is a member nf the Knights
of Pythias and the Old Settlers' Club of Sheri-
dan. The family circle contains in addition to
Air. and Mrs. Foster, their son. Fllery D., who
is a. skilled bookkeeper, and an adopted daughter,
Vinnie.
MEYER FRANK.
One of the leading commercial factors and
essentially a founder and builder of Weston
county and its seat of government, the city of
Newcastle. Meyer Frank now of that city is en-
titled to the high place he holds in the confi-
dence of the community and the regard of its
people. His life began in Germany on Febru-
ary 22, 1^54. where his parents, Michael and
Sarah Frank, passed their lives and where their
families had been respected and esteemed for
generations. He remained at home until he
was sixteen years old, attending the public
schools and absorbing the commercial spirit by
close and studious observation of the business
of his father, who was a prosperous grain mer-
chant. In 1870 he came to America and joined
an elder brother at Jeffersonville, Ind., there
obtaining a position as clerk and salesman in
a store at the munificent salary of $6.00 per
month and his board. Subsequently he re-
moved to a small town in Alabama and re-
mained there about six years engaged in mer-
cantile business. In i8?2 he came to the Black
Hills and secured employment in a mercantile
establishment at Central City, S. D. Two years
later he established the firm of Frank Brothers
at Sundance, Wyo.. which is still in active busi-
ness and has grown with the needs and growth
of the town to large proportions and firmness
as a necessary institution in the community. It
has been incorporated as the Ogden-Frank
Mercantile Co., Mr. Frank being its vice-presi-
dent. He is also vice-president of the Black
Hills Live Stock Co., secretary and treasurer
of the Weston County Live Stock Co., vice-
president of the Wyoming Live Stock Co., vice-
president of the Antlers Hotel Co. and the
cashier and principal stockholder of the Bank
of Newcastle, which he organized in 1889, with
a capital stock of $10.000, that was increased
in 1902 to $50,000. In politics Mr. Frank has
been especially active, but not as a partisan, his
efforts in public life being directed solely to up-
building and developing the material, educa-
tional, mercantile and social forces of the com-
munities in which he has lived and giving their
civil affairs a healthy and proper trend. He
assisted in laying out the city of Newcastle and
in organizing the county of Weston, and was
the first treasurer of these respective municipal
organizations, as county treasurer being ex-
officio probate judge. In this capacity he sol-
emnized the first marriage ceremony performed
in the new county. He was county treasurer
for three successive terms and was mayor of
Newcastle in 1900 and 1901. Having faith in
the future of Sundance, he was an early and
enthusiastic advocate of its progress, buying
the first lot sold in the town site and erecting
the first two business blocks within its limits.
He was also a member of the convention that
formulated the state constitution of Wyoming
in 1889, and rendered valuable assistance in
placing the new commonwealth properly in the
company of her sisters and firmly on her feet
for the career of honor, prosperity and patriot-
ism which was plainly before her. In all the
essentials of good citizenship and enlightened
humanity he has been an example and an in-
spiration, quickening with the touch of a master
hand even- impulse for good, and concentrating
and energizing every element of civic power
and progress. Among the many useful citizens
of his county he stands conspicuous.
JOSEPH HENRY FREEL.
When the record of a human life is made up
and sealed we should ask not whether it has been
successful or unsuccessful according to a vulgar
standard of success, whether broad lands have re-
warded its toil or all has at the last been swept
from its grasp. We should rather ask whether
it has subdued and harmonized its erring pas-
sions, has it been a true, genial and useful life.
Tried even by this exacting standard, the late I.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING..
I. II rurv Freel <if Newcastle. Wyoming. whose
untimely death. September 25, [891, at the early
age of forty-two, occasioned universal .orro\v
where he was known, is entitled to a high re-
gard, lie \vas horn on April 4. iS-jcj. in \\'arren
county. Iowa, the son of James and Margaret
(Portis) Fred, natives respective!} of < 'hio and
X'orlh Carolina. They were fanners in lo\va.
and their ashes repose under the sod of that great
state, f. Henry Freel even as a hoy exhibited
threat resolution of spirit ami self-reliance, and
at th- : eleven years left his paternal roof,
making his way to Denver, Colo., and after
; tig a short time there, engaged for service
with a freighting outfit traversing the wild and
- lies of Nebraska, \V\oming and the
Black Hill-- rou. 'try, the first enterprise of the
kind known in those parts. The country was
rugged and untrodden, the Indians were hostile
and numerous and the freights were of great
value at times. There were numberless adven
tures and many engagements with the savages
in -ome of which Mr. Freel received wounds,
• MI, irks of which he carried to his grave. He
i his freighting operations however un-
til the country opened up and bee in e more set-
tled, and then having outfits of his own made
regular trips between Cheyenne and the I'.lack
Hills. In iS-8 he located a ranch in the vicinity
of the ferni} -lockade on Beaver Creek, and
settling on it for the purpose of farming he
• ns in charge to his brother who con-
tinued the freighting business between Sidney,
Neli.. and Deadwood, S. D., he continuing as
owner of the outfits and having an inten
the business until iSSi when he sold out and
his al • ' ntirelv t' i hi'- ran. li and cattle
industry, in those days the conditions of life
nnd business wer. id trying. Road-agent-,
numerous and bold, the ci\il authorities
being nnabli tin them, and the cent
:lation were few and it was far bei
them. T' were held up aln day,
and ill. • • using them \\ere
thi iralui "i their freight
ere; 1. In iSjS the not..ri,,u- ( 'h.irlev
• and his gang made the memorable hold up
of the Deadwood and Cheyenne stage when it
had in custody a large amount of bullion, and
the Vigilante- '1 either powerless in the
presei o diis band of outlaws or to be in col-
lusion with it. Even on the ranch, where the
only near neighbors were wild beasts and the
usual visitors were highwaymen, the nearest resi-
dent white familie-- lu-ing fifty miles distant, the
days were full of excitement and the nights of
apprehension. I Jut the Freds worked on with a
resolute purpose to make their venture good and
as time passed beheld the natural ruggedness of
the landscape melt away under the persuasive
hand of intelligent industry which they had put
in motion for the purpose, they being the sei
permanent settlers in that portion of the state.
Mr. Freel continued his ranching operations until
his death, and was then laid to rest in the o
tery at Newcastle with every demonstration -'t
popular esteem and affection. He was an at
believer in the principles and policies of the
Democratic party and, although never seeking or
accepting official station of any kind, had' an
earnest and continuous interest in public affair-.
which found expression in useful attention to
the needs of the community and an intell
guidance of its civic forces. On July --• i;<7^-
he was united in marriage with Miss Effie Hen-
1 ,n. the nuptials being solemnized at Fort Lara-
mie. Mrs. Freel is a native of Pennsylvania
where her father. John C. TTcnlan was also
and was a merehaut until |SX|. when he rem
helton, Xeb., and ther igaged in the
furniture business until his death in X'oveinbcr,
1897. Her mother, nee Helen Goddard, was
bori in Paris, ' in her in
stolen from her home and brought over to the
I United States w hen shi was br< n : up as an
>ted child. She is now living in Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. Freel had five children. Bi
May. now Mi- Bode) ; Lucia Florence, deci
ith; John Henry; Charles A. Since the
th of her husband Mi lias re<ie
Newcastle, having l<-as,-d her I '.caver '
ranch. She has a beautiful residence in tin
other propertv tin : .
Nebraska which >-hc inherited from her father.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING
At a recent picnic of the old settlers of Crook
and Weston counties she was presented with a
chair as the oldest settler in the two counties.
She is an active member of the Episcopal church.
THOMAS FREANEY.
The highly esteemed resident of Glenclo,
Laramie county, Wyoming, Thomas Freanev,
is a native of Ireland, born in County Mayo on
December 23, 1843, tne son °f Thomas and
Winifred ( Moran) Freanev, both natives of Ire-
land, where the father followed the occupation
of farming up to the time of his decease, which
occurred in 1850. His mother survived until
1886, when she passed away and both are buried
in their native county. Thomas Freanev grew
to manhood in his native land and received his
early education in the government schools.
After he had completed his education, he re-
mained with his parents, assisting his father in
the work of the farm, until he had attained to
the age of twenty-one years. He then went to
Yorkshire, England, secured employment on
a farm, and remained there until 1867, when he
set sail for America. After his arrival in this
country he remained for about eleven months
in the state of New York, employed in farm
work until June, 1868, then migrated to the
territory of Colorado, where he settled first
at Central City, but soon went to Boulder coun-
t\ . where he engaged in mining and cattlerais-
ing. He met with success and in 1873 he re-
moved his residence to Larimer county, near
Fort Collins, where he purchased a ranch and
engaged in farming and stockraising. He here
continued in this pursuit until 1881, when he
removed to the Horseshoe Creek country of
Wyoming, where he located his present ranch,
situated about ten miles southwest of Glendo,
and still continued in the cattle business. He
has been successful, steadily increasing his
holdings of both land and cattle, and is now
one of the prosperous stockmen and property
owners of Laramie county. In 1899 he pur-
chased the old road ranch, one of the former
stage stations on the old overland trail to Cali-
fornia, and one of the historic spots of ihis por
tion of Wyoming. He is the owner of about
600 acres of land, having over 200 acres under
irrigation, and all modern improvements for the
successful carrying on of a general ranching
and slockgrowing business, and is largely inter-
ested in both horses and cattle. Mr. Freanev
is a member of the Roman Catholic church and
one of the most valued citizens of Laramie
county. Politically, he is identified with the
1 lemocratic p'irt\. but has never taken an act-
ive part in political affairs.
HARRY FULMER.
The leading druggist of Sheridan and one
of the prominent and representative men of the
community, Harry Fulmer, learned wisdom in
the hard school of experience, and was broad-
ened, deepened and made resourceful by years
of dangerous and difficult service as a stage-
driver and foreman for a large cattle outfit. He
is a native of Pennsylvania, that great hive of
industry which has sent its active and produc-
tive men into every part of this country, and
was born on November 11, 1861, the son of
W. F. and Rebecca (Michner) Fulmer, also na-
tives of that state. When he was eleven years
of age they removed to Omaha, Neb., where he
lived until he reached the age of eighteen years,
then, in 1879, he came to Wyoming, a pioneer
in truth and fact, and for five years engaged in
stagedriving. In 1884 he stopped this line of
action and took a position with the P. K. Cattle
Co., in their service rising by merit to the post
of foreman and filling it for a number of years
with great satisfaction to the company. He re-
mained in their employ eighteen years, resign-
ing in IQ02 to locate at Sheridan and engage
in the drug business. His store is one of
the attractive ones of the town and the con-
venience of its arrangement and the disposition
of its commodities makes it especially service-
able and agreeable to its patrons, who may
always feel sure of finding in it the best of every
article of staple and standard drugs, patent
medicines, toilet requisites, perfumes and rubber
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMi
353
sundries, and other lines ,,f goods allied by cus-
tom with the drug business. The firm name is
Fulmer \- Suits, and the business is conducted
mi strictly up-to-date principles, as is every-
thing Mr. Fulmer does. In politics Mr. Fulmer
is a steadfast Republican, having for many
years been active in the service of his party.
He was a member of the First State Legislature
of Wyoming and has been forceful and influ-
ential in party circles while not in office. Fie is
I'.M a narrow partisan, nor in any sense an of-
fice-seeker, for he- prefers the substantial wel-
fare and advancement of the community to any
party triumph and tin post of private citizen-
ship to any official station. He was married in
i'^;. at r.ighorn. Sheridan county, to Miss Ella
I'liirgess, a native of California, who came to
the county in 1880. They have three children,
Alice. Wilbur and I Tarry. Mr. Fulmer holds
membership in the Old Settlers' Club and takes
an active part in its proceedings. His long
residence in this section of the slate and tin-
wide range of experience he has had have made
him generally known a:id given him an accu-
rate and comprehensive knowledge of the sec
tii MI and its people. All his attainments are
at the service of his fellows, and the esteem
in which he is held is abundant evidence of ihe
uprightness and the usefulness of his life, the
genuine worth of his character and the agree
ribleiiess of his manner.
DANIEL EVERETT G< iDDARD.
It has been \\ell said that all human achieve-
ments, all human weal and woe, all things \\iili
in the mental ken. are bin mirrored bark from
the composite individuality of those who have
lived and that the accomplishments of the men
oi the present generation had their ^erm and
origin in the character of their ancestors. In
entering up a record of the career of one who
has pla\ ed well his part in thi
life, and who h;,., left the imp;. I rung
character upon the communities wherein his
li it has been cast, it is al , i -ant ti > note
that he can trace bis lineage i< > pei >ple < >i L: 1
parts, intelligent inentaliu and superior ability,
-''ii \\riiin- oi \1 r. I laniel !•' Idard, who
is holding important ntfici at Ltisk. Wyoming,
we gladly make record that his anccsm w;
a superior order, bein^ an old and cultured fam-
il\ of the great metropolis of F.nglaud, where
representatives oi each generation lu\e held
honored positions in some branch of the world's
great activities. Daniel Kverett Goddard was
born in London. Kngland. On June _'S. |S;S.
the son of Daniel L. and Lli/abeth (Cockins)
'.'"idanl. the father hein^ a nativi of [psvvich
and the mother of Christ Church, Hampshire.
\\here her father. Thomas Cockins, was also
born, the paternal grandfather. Daniel Male
Goddard, also having had his nativity in Ips-
wich, lie was employed in the Hank- of i
land as a young man in a clerical capacity,
and, after some years of service, he was trans-
ferred to Bristol and was then the subagent of
its branch bank, thereafter bein- promoted to
he agent at their branch bank at Newcastle-on-
Tyne, which exacting and responsible financial
position lie held with distinguished honor for
twenty-five years and up to the' tini< of his
death. His son. Daniel I'.. < loddanl, the father
of our Wyoming postmaster, also enured the
service of the Hank of Fngland as a junior clerl .
and after successive promotions and fort\ fivi
years of most acceptable .service, he was re-
tired on a pension in Fehruan . loot, and is now
living a retired life in his pleasant rural home
at Wallington, in Siirn\. Mis early intention
was to become an anaKtical chemist, for \\hich
he thoroughly <|iialitied himself hv attendance
and graduation from the celebrate. 1 Kin--
lege University, thereafter entering the |arn>\\
Chemical Works, where he \\.as in receipt of
a fair 'salary, \\hen ai the rei|iiesi of his father
lie look the position offered him ill the bank-,
lie always maintained his interest in scii
• ••A of the Ro\ al M icn >sc<
ciety and a bellow of the Ko\al Soci<
higliK distinguished bodi< land. Daniel
etl 1,0, |.].MI! \\as the eldest of the s..\cii
children of his father's famib. and received a
al frinil O e. Waiting
354
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
graduating therefrom in tin1 class of '74. there-
after passing the civil service examination and
going- ont in the service of the British govern-
ment to the Fiji Islands, where he remained for
thirty months in pleasant employment in the
custom-house department, enjoying to the full-
est extent the very beautiful country and learn-
ing the Fijian language. After his return home
he concluded to emigrate to America, and six
months thereafter was on his way to Kansas,
where he located in Osborne county and en-
gaged in the stock industry, continuing his resi-
dence there until 1884 and meeting with suc-
cess. Removing to Alton, Kansas, he there
formed an association with C. C. Dale in the
practice of law which continued for four years
with satisfactory results. In 1888 he came to
Lusk and here established himself in the real-
estate and insurance business. In 1890 he was
appointed U. S. land commissioner as a Re-
publican and still continues in the incumbency of
that office. In 1890 he was commissioned post-
master, and, witn the exception of four years
under Grover Cleveland's administration, he
has held the office until the present time, and
is also city clerk. Mr. Goddard was united in
marriage with Miss Matilda Spain, a daughter
of Bartholomew and Charlotte (Kebble) Spain,
of Kent, England, on March 12, 1879. She de-
scends from an old and influential family long
resident in the beautiful, garden-like county of
Kent, owning large estates there and also at
Seven Oaks, England. The children of this
union are Elizabeth W., wife of James S. Bons-
velle, a rancher of Lusk ; Daniel E., a promi-
nent stockman of Lusk; Edith M., assistant-
postmaster. The Goddard family have mam-
friends, being intimately connected with all the
affairs of the community, in which they occupy
a high place in the regard of the people. Mr.
Goddard is slightly interested in the stock busi-
ness in company with his son and also transacts
a large amount of real-estate business, being
now the administrator of several large estates,
and is the local representative of numerous
leading fire and life insurance companies, hav-
ing transactions of scope and importance in
this line. Fraternally, Mr. Goddard is an Odd
Fellow, his religious affiliations being with the
Episcopal church, in which he has taken great
interest from childhood, being then a chorister,
\vhile for the past two years he has had ch;i •<
of the St. George's Episcopal church at Lusk
as a lay reader, and here he has 'organized ;i mil
choral service, a vested choir of twenty-two
voices.
ERASMUS XAGLE.
This once famous business man of Cheyenne,
Wyoming, was born in St. Clairsville, Belmont
county. Ohio, on October 30, 1833. a son of
George and Elizabeth (Ewing) Nagle, both na-
tives of Ohio and the latter a descendant of Rob-
ert Ewing. the famous Scotch divine. Erasmus
Xagle received his literary education in his na-
tivr town, where he resided until he had attained
his majority, when he proceeded to Chicago, 111.,
where he graduated from Bryant & Stratton's
commercial college and also learned the sad-
dler's trade at Monmouth, 111., later becoming
a traveling salesman, handling harness and sad-
dlery for several manufacturers, next engaging
in business on his own account at Central City,
Colo., in the lumber business until 1868, thence
coming to Cheyenne, where he became a partner
in the grocery trade with M. E.Post. as Post &
Nagle, but soon afterward secured control of its
affairs on his own account, becoming one of the
most extensive wholesale grocers in the then
territory of Wyoming. He also largely invested
in cattleraising in partnership with Charles Wolf-
jen on Sybylle Creek. Mr. Nagle sold his in-
terest in this cattle business in 1882, but up to the
time of his death continued to be a heavy stock-
holder in various cattle companies. In 1884 the
Union Mercantile Co. was organized by the con-
solidation of the three largest grocery houses in
Cheyenne, those of Erasmus Nagle, of Pease &
Taylor and Whipple & Hayes, and of this com-
pany, which later absorbed the large grocery of
George A. Draper. Mr. Nagle was the president
until his death which occurred on January 24,
The sterling business qualities and prac-
tic abilities of Mr. Nagle were recognized in his
-•o
i
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TiLD
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF IVYOMIXC,.
355
ts tn positions of trust. In 1X7(1 he was
elected as one i'f tlii' linanl of countx o nmnission-
ers, serving in this position with exceptional abil-
ity and fidelity. In iSSi In- was tendered the
ni 'inination of delegate t" < 'undress by a con-
vention of the Republican party, but declined to
ao i'pt it. He was however in that \ ear appoint-
rd line iif the state penitentiar} i-nniniissioners
and was made chairman <>f the hoard. In 1886
!R' was appointed as one of the capitol building;
commissioners and then became ehainnan of the
commissioners during tlu- construction of that
beautiful edifice, and to its supervision he devoted
much faitful service, for which the Mate owes
him a debt of gratitude for his careful attention
to details and thorough mastery of architectural
knowledge could not have been well dispensed
with. Tn iSSo Mr. Xagle began the construction
' 'i i lie most beautiful private residence of Chey-
enne, for when fully completed, equipped and
mniished. iis cost approximated $50,000, being
i.uilt of stone, its architectural elegance and fin-
ished workmanship has rarely been rivaled in
the largest cities. He was most happily united
in marriage at Cheyenne, on November 24,, 1874.,
with Miss Emma Houseman, an accomplished
daughter of Henry and Ellen Houseman, who
were among the earliest settlers in \Y\oining and
well-known, being especially prominent in Chey-
enne. Tn this felicitous union was horn one son,
George II. Nagle, who was born in < "hcycnne,
Wyo., mi September I. iS-d. and attended the
public schools of his native citv until be was
Fourteen years of age; next he attended a pn
parntor\ school at Rod. |s];uid. 111., and then re-
I tbi- benefit of ail EpisCi ipal Ci illege. I Fe
tbeu went in F.tirope with a cmnpi ti nt private
tutor, made the "grand tour," on his return to his
tialh e land attended s,-bi« .1 in ( 'all l"i irnia in I
aNo \\"allace's Iliisincss College in Denver. Colo.
At the age of twent) oni years, being then fully
qualified for tin- task, Gei irge II.'
full charge of the estate left b\ his father and
ded him in th, pi < >f the I Fnii in
Mercantile Co., all the duties of which be has
discharged most snccessfnlK. FralernalK, he
is .1 "Mason of high degree," uhile politically he
.• :
is a Republican and has served his party as a
member of the Fifth' Legislature of \Yyn:
Ills marriage took place at < igde.n, I "tali, on
March iy, i8o,X. being then united with Miss
Mabel C. ifates, a daughter of Francis 1). and
llattie (Mrowni Vates, the father was born in
Albany, X. \.. in Jnlv, 1X40. a son of Richard
Yates, a hanker. \fter gniduating from the
Geneva (X. Y. I College. Mr. Yates c.ame to the
West, for a while lived in Denver. Colo., where
he clerked in a trader's store for four years. He
was then appointed by the C. S. Department of
the Interior the Indian trader at Spotted Tail
agency, where he served two years, and then was
transferred to the Red Cloud agencx . where he
seved another term of two years. He then re-
turned to Denver and became interested in mines
in various parts of Colorado. He married Hattie
F. Brown in January. 1875. at Cheyenne, to
which union have been born two children. Mabel
C., now Mrs. George II. Xagle, and Lillie M.,
now Mrs. A. T. Corey, her husband being one
of the firm of Corey llros., the well-kown rail-
road contractors, who still have their residence
in the East.
ANDREW GILCHRIST.
One of the leading men of \Y\oming, <
\\lio did more perhaps for the development of
its resources and to promote its settlement! and
growth than am other citi/en. I Ion. Andrew
(iilchrist. late of the cit\ of '
native oi Scotland, a fine t\pe of that race which
has written so large a page in the history of the
world's progress and contributed in such large
nre 1. 1 the pri Mm 'IN m ni' in. ;
n 4. 1844. in .\\rshirc. Scotland, he
the son of Andrew and Catherim i Pollock) CiF
christ. both natives of the same country, where
his father \\ a> one of th.
eissful breeders of hii;h gradi rattle in Scot'
I [e ' on muted to reside there n;i to the time of his
death, leaving bis native country only once, when
mi, to Vmei 'sit his son. \ndrew.
•nore than fort\ \earstbe father wa-
Ciellt (|liarterma-t. the Fn^ii-li
1'KUGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
men Cnvaln . great intere.-' in
military affairs. The subject of this sketch hini-
sill" served fnnn thr ag >i <?e iteen to nineteen
years as a member of the Queen's Life Guards.
He grew to man's estate in Ayrshire, receiving
his i-arlv education in the country schools, and
•hied with his parents until he had attained
twenty-one years of age. In 1865, with no capi-
tal except energy, ability and determination to
e out a successful career, he came to Amer-
ica. Here he attended, as his means permitted,
a business college situated near Hartford, Conn.,
for the purpose of acquiring a practical know-
ledge of doing business in the land of his adop-
tion, and subsequently he accepted a position
at South Manchester, Conn., being the outdoor
superintendent of Cheney Brothers, silk manu-
facturers, remaining in this employment for five
years, he then organized a colony in Connecticut
and came to Greeley, Colo. He was chosen as
the head of this colony and they purchased a
large tract of land in the vicinity of Greeley and
engaged in cattleraising. They also erected a
sawmill, and manufactured lumber, continuing
in that business until the spring of 18/2. Mr.
Gilchrist then entered upon the business of rais-
ing cattle on his own account and continued in
that pursuit until' 1877, when he removed to the
then territory of Wyoming. Driving a large
band of cattle from his former range in Colo-
rado, he took up land on Crow .Creek, continued
in the cattle business, and this was the beginning
of his remarkable financial career in Wyoming.
From the beginning he prospered, his habits of
thrift, perseverance and industry enabling him
to succeed where others failed. He added to his
landed holdings until he became one of the
largest landed proprietors in the western portion
of the United States, owning vast tracts of many
thousands of acres, on one occasion purchasing
130,000 acres from the Union Pacific Railroad.
He was one of the first among the stockmen of
Wyoming to enter upon the improvement of.
the grades of cattle, importing large numbers of
thoroughbred Herefords for that purpose, and
was largely instrumental in bringing about the
change from the inferior grades of range stock
\\hicli were then handled in this portion of the
West. During the early eighties he acquired a
large interest in the stock of the Stockgrowev.,
Xational l',:nik oJ Cheyenne, and w.is made a
director of that institution. Subsequently, he was
elected its president and, by his ability, business
management and strong financial resources he
conducted the institution through the years of
financial distress and panic in Wyoming, it being
the only banking house in the city of Cheyennt-
that did not close its doors during the financial
crisis of iXS6. Always enterprising, active and
progressive, he was the first to conceive the idea
of building up the city of Wheatland, and it
was largely through his efforts that the change,
so beneficial to all the people of that section of
Wyoming, was brought about. Ever foremost
in advancing the public welfare and in pressing
forward all measures intended to be of advantage
to the people or to develop the natural resources
of the state, he never seemed to think of his
own interests, working untiringly and very unsel-
fishly for the general good. To his patriotic
efforts, put forth at all times with an eye single
to the advancement of the state he loved so well,
the people of Wyoming owe him a debt of grati-
tude which can never be fully paid. The future
commonwealth, teeming with prosperity, the
plains once barren now covered with happy
homes and occupied by a population of thousands
of well-to-do citizens, will be his best monument.
To him, more than to any other man. will these
results be due and all honor should be given by
the men and women of Wyoming to the brave and
far-seeing pioneer, whose clear vision caught the
future possibilities of the state, and whose un-
erring judgment enabled him to shape the con-
ditions of his time so that generations yet unborn
might reap the benefit of his intelligent efforts in
their behalf. All his life a Republican in politics,
he gave of his time and means freely for the pur-
pose of aiding Republicanism, believing that in
so doing he was best serving his state and
nation. During his early residence in Wyoming,
he served for several terms as a member of the
Legislative Assembly, and much legislation of
benefit to the state, and especially to the live stock
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WY01IIXG.
357
industry, owes its origin to his wisdom and
patriotism. Often solicited by his friends and
party associates to accept positions of trust and
r in the gift of the political party with which
he was aftilnted, he steadfastly refused to be-
late for any other place than that
of member of the legislature, and during the
if hi- life he decline. e in
tint capacity, for he was of th on that he
of greater service to the- . and
better pn s of the state, by re-
maining a private citizen. He was always plan-
ning some measure of great public benefit, seem-
ingly without any reference whatever to hi-
per-onal interest, save as he might share in the
prosperit} eommon to all, and in his untimely
death the people of Wyoming lost their greatest
benefactor. On February 13. 1866, in Glasgow,
Scotland. Mr. Gilchrist was united in marriage
with : >ry Gemmell. a native of that city
and a daughter of Archibald and Janet (Eadie)
Gemmell, natives of Scotland. The father of
Mrs. Gilchrist followed the occupation of farm-
>nd was never a resident of America, al-
though he travelled here in search of health
\\lien a young man, both of her parents living
and living in Scotland. Among other important
public matters with which Mr. Gilchrist was con-
ed was th . capital, and
he was largely instrumental in having it placed
ite in the city of Ch ••• nne. It
block from the re ;<
ipied by the widow of Mr. Gilchrist,
h was erected by him in 1883. SI.
- of 3 large block of land near her
deuce, and of a fine -<< « ch situated on
Mi<M!<- Crow Creek. I b-r husband left a '
•-ntrolled by the widow, who shares
in the hig m in \\hich Mr. ( lilchrist
ing.
DR. F. E < ,< >Di -l"
One 01 the le; al men of
Western Wyoming and one of the most prom-
inent young men late in bo! h ],\\-
ieal life, i, I >r. 1
der, Wyoming. His profession is that of
tistry an most of that pur-
suit in the western country. The Doctor was
born at Xevada. Mo., on March 5. (8;
R. and Sarah M. (Galloway) Godfrey, both
natives of Kentucky. His father was a drug-
gist and broker an.l the son of a promii
of the I'.liu- Grass The family, which
was <>f Scotch and English descent, was well
. 11 during Colonial days, and took an act-
ind leading part in the War of the Revolu-
tion. Doctor Godfrey wa< the eldest of a fam-
three children, the others being named
Lillian L. and Grover C. He grew to man-
hood in his native state and received his ele-
mentary education in the public schools of Xc-
vada. Subsequently, he attended the Wi
Dental College at K:: ity and still later
was graduated from the lTni\
see, in the dental department, he receiving there
his degree in dentistry and also an honorary
ee in surgery in iSoS. b the youngest
member of his class. l"p»" comple)'"; - his uni-
versity education he established himself at Xe-
Mo., iii the practie. of dentistry, but
to Lander. Wyo., \\here he has since re-
sided, having been vcrv successful in Inl-
and building up a 1ar;_- .nstantly growing
practice, lie has large and luxurious offices
in the Amoretti I'.uilding. over the postoftice.
|!H mother of Doctor Godfrey was a direct
descendant of Daniel Boone, and he has largely
inherited the dauntless courage, industry and
enterprise of that great pioneer. In addition
to his professional pin ic ha< found time
ive no little in to business, ani
iui i r< -i'd in 51 ime pri imising > <\l pri iperl ies
Lander, which are likeh to bring him hand-
returns. dly. he is aftiliatcd with the
Masonic order, bi-ing a member of Wyoming
2, and also of 'he 1 ^lar;
he is also a inciiiK thias,
and vice-chancellor of the lodge at Lander,
is also a member of the Woodmen of the \\
and t i active and pan in the
1. .onimunity.
• \\ itli the- 1 >,
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
. and is one of the most trusted leaders of
that organi/ation in Western Wyoming. In
1900 he was elected as an alternate delegate
from \\'\i uning to the Democratic national con-
vention at Kansas City, and in the same year
was a delegate from Fremont county to the
I >< nioeratic state convention at Rawlins, Wyo.
He has a large and enthusiastic following
among the young men of the state, and is des-
tined to become one of the leading factors in
the future of the Democratic party of Wyom-
ing.
JOB C. GOODMAN.
A native of Niagara county, N. Y., where
he was born in 1852, his young life shadowed
by the dark cloud of the Civil War, and removed
from the home of his childhood to the wild W si
in his early youth, Job C. Goodman of Evans-
ton, Wyoming, has seen much of change and
adventure, and had opportunity to study man-
kind and human characteristics in many longi-
tudes. His parents were Elias and Sarah (Cook)
Goodman, the former a native of Pennsylvania
and the latter of the Mohawk Valley. X. Y. At
the beginning of the Civil War the father en-
listed in the Union army as a member of the
Seventeenth N. Y. Heavy Artillery in the ranks.
He saw active and arduous service, was a partici-
pant in many important engagements, and at the
end of the contest was discharged as a sergeant,
having been promoted for meritorious conduct.
After the war he engaged in contracting and in
the line of this business removed to Hilliard,
W\o., in 1874. There he found profitable busi-
ness in building flumes which occupied him for
a year. He then removed to Evanston and con-
tinued contracting until his death in 1895 at the
age of seventy-two, from disabilities incurred
in the war. Mr. Goodman's grandfather Good-
man emigrated from Holland to Pennsylvania
when a young man, and after a residence of
some years there removed to Weston, N. Y.,
among the earliest settlers of that place. His
wife was a native of Pennsylvania, but the ma-
ternal grandfather, Seely Cook, was born and was
reared in New York state. He attained promi-
nence iii politics and tilled the office of justice of
the peace for a number of terms. Mr. Goodman
received his early education in the public schools
of his native count}-, remaining at home until he
reached his legal majority, then farming in New
"S ork for a year or two, thence he came to Wyo-
ming, locating for a time at Green River and then
removing to Evanston, where he engaged in
raising cattle and sheep for a number of years,
his family meanwhile residing in the town and on
his ranch of 3,200 acres lying about twenty miles
southeast. He has been intensely active and in-
fluential in politics on the Republican side, and
has rendered his party excellent service both as
a private in the ranks and in the official stations
to which he was chosen because of his sterling
worth and superior ability. He was county
assessor in 1899 anc' I9°° ar>d in the fall of the
latter year was elected county treasurer, assum-
ing the duties of the office on January i, 1901.
His capability and fitness for the office were so
manifest in his administration of the duties con-
nected therewith that he was reelected in the
fall of 1962 by an increased majority. He also
takes great interest in church matters. He was
married in 1871 to Miss Amelia Brewer, a native
of New York and daughter of William and Eve
( Nerb'er) Brewer, and the}- have two children,
Arthur D. and Albert.
JAMES GRAHAM.
"Canny Scotland" is very largely represented
in the names of the progressive, industrious and
highly successful men who have been interested
and by their labors eminently useful in the de-
velopment of the wild West into the highly pro-
ductive and wealthy realm of civilization that,
through their efforts, it has become. Among
their number there is perhaps none other more
worthy of individual mention than the prosper-
ous James Graham, now of Willow Bank ranch,
which is situated on Willow Creek, Uinta coun-
ty, Wyo., one mile and a half east of the pros-
perous town of Hilliard. Mr. Graham was
born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, on Feb-
ruary 23, 1849. his parents being Robert and
PROGRESSIVE MEN OI- tt'YO.M
359
Janet iMd.eod) ( ir;ihain. both .if whom were
• i' 1. tuts of highly intelligent and respected
faniilirs, identified for -monitions with the in-
dustrial interests of iliat countn. His father.
a carpenter bv profession, was extens
known and liighK esteemed and died in 5
land in i Sji >. at the age of seventy-six, his wife
surviving him only h , ar, when she.
passed from earth at the age nf seventy \cars.
James t iraham received a solid education in
the Scottish puhlie school-, supplementing this
1>\ an attendance at the night schools "f i
burgh, where he took a thorough business
course, while in the day-time lie was pursuing his
l.-'bors in thi : business ennnected with
his emplov inent in a nursen. At the age of
seventeen years he assumed the personal re-
sponsibility .if UK- for himself, and, after two
rs and a half of steady application to vari-
OUS pursuits in Scotland, the attraeti.ni
the Xew World and its possibilities for sin-
to active, energetic young men, induced
his emigration to the I'niud States. lie
crossed the Atlantic in 1870, stopped For a short
in Xew York state and then he took the
long journey across the continent, making his
destination Uawlin.-. Wyoming. Here he became
identified with the Tnion 1'acific Railroad by
entering its emplo\ in the capacity of \ard
master. Hi- al>ilit\. g 1 judgment and sti
attention to the interests of the company
d his pr ition i" section foreman, which
responsible position he held for eight years.
Alw:; ''His of improving his condition in
life, and alert in securing a position of advance-
ment, while performing the duties of his last
named position h. leai graphy, and i
an mi thr road became the night opera
tor in the compain 's station at Carter.
ining conversant with the duties ,,f station
agent, alter a period «i ti-
irter and Bry; • ins, he b< tatii >n
agent at I'.ridger. where for tin In ga\.
valualile and appreciated services to th.- •
pain. l''rom I'.ridgcr he \\a> sent to \SJK-II.
where he :it and also had charge of the
\\ .it erii \s tank until tool, w hen his relat j. m -
with the coin|>any were amicabh closed.
of the characteristics of a true son of Scotland
is the desire to become the owner of a portion
bate on which to establish a permanent
family home. This idea had been carried into
practice by .Mr. (iraha rs before
his railroad life, and he had acquired the
nucleus of his beautiful honu. Willow I'.ank
ranch, in 1X87. and on this li. . died hini-
in the raising of cattle and horses. Ik-
has added to his estate ''' -i]!)se.|tient plircl
until he now owns in fee simpl.- nearl)
acres of land. itrols an extensive range.
Here his persistent efforts and determined skill
ha\e developed a large and profitable bl
In his catttle ranches he makes a specialty of
Hereford stock, which he raises in large ntnn-
ii : and of 1" -i quality, while some individual
his horse- are unexcelled in <|lial-
its by an\ stuck in this section of the state. Mr.
( iraham has made many and \aluable improve-
his ranch, bringing it inte) a high
of cultivation, with care and discrimination im-
proving it with a special view of making it an
ie in the line of agricultural indnsti
which he is devoting his attention. lie has
erected a commodious residence and all the
outhuil.'rr essar) to comfortably h<
and care for such of his stock as he chooses to
provide for in this manner. Ilis agricultural
and stockraising operations are conducted in
such a manner as to bring in a very protiiabl.
annual return, and he is consi ne of the
representative stockmen of Western Wyom-
ing. ' hi Ma\ i). 1X77. Mr. (iraham was mar-
ried with Miss Kli/.ahcth < lordon. a daughter
of James and Jane i. \lillro\l < iordon, natives
of Scotland. Mrs. (iraham • horn in 5
land and came to this country in 1X77. The
family of Mr. and Mrs. (Iraliam n.>\\
of three children, one having died at the age
of nine years. I'ln ir names .n i Jane M.. now
a successful teacher in the schools ,,| \s|H-n.
Wyo. ; Xellie. deceased: Robert ( i. ; James II.
With hi" usual em haracter Mr. (iraham
has attached himself to the fortune- ol the R.
publican political part) and h. h to
360
'GRESSIl-'E MEX Oh' WYOMING.
aid and further its success in local, state and
national affairs. .Mr. and Airs. Graham si
high in the estimation of the people of the com-
munity, not only on account of their intelli-
gence, zeal in public affairs and their many ad-
mirable social qualities, but also from their
great activity, which is manifested in their co-
operation with and participation in all matters
intended to improve the condition of that por-
tion of the community with which they are con-
nected. They have long been. members of the
Presbyterian church. Mr. Graham is one of
those strong, self-reliant men, who, having been
dependent upon himself since early youth, has
come to regard ordinary obstacles in the way
of his progress as mere trifles, which vanish
like shadows when attacked with zeal and de-
termination.
CHARLES GUILD.
Wherever one goes in traveling over the
broad extent of the American continent, the
Scotch element appears prominently connected
in its civilization with not only the learned pro-
fessions, but also as leaders in large and ex-
tensive commercial operations and industrial
organizations and combinations of high order.
The industry, thrift, sagacity and strong mental
powers so characteristic of the Scottish race
in its native land, are here developed to an ex-
tent that causes it to dominate and take the
leadership and to control the affairs that it is
connected with and conduct them to gratifying
success in every department of commercial ac-
tivity. We are led to these reflections in con-
templating the life of Charles Guild, now a resi-
dent of Piedmont, Wyoming, who is not only
a man of successful business undertakings, but
deeply permeated with a highly religious spirit,
is an honored and useful member of his com-
munity and his church. He was born in Dun-
dee, Scotland, on April 14, 1826, a son of James
and Agnes (Gordon) Guild, representatives of
families that for a long series of years have
been identified with the old "land of the heather
and the hill." His paternal great-grandparents
were David and Isabel (Wunlass) Guild. Da\id
< iuild I.K-I . • aver b) proiYsM< in ami •,
tion and, as is customary in the old country,
his son Charl. > [; rgaret Smith)
as well as his grandson James, became weavers,
and this honorable vocation has been success-
full}- and diligently followed for many genera-
tions. Charles Guild, even when but a child,
was employed in some of the departments of the
weaving trade, by his industry here addiiiv to
the general earnings for the family support.
As he was thus fully occupied he had little
opportunity to acquire the needed education of
the schools and books. He, however, became
thoroughly conversant with all the details of
his trade and was occupied in weaving in Scot-
land until his emigration to the United States
in 1854. Immediately upon arriving in the
United States he took his course to Utah,
where, with the same industry and conscien-
tious fidelity to his work, he was engaged in
weaving and farming for fifteen years in Ogden
and Lehi. In 1868 the first survey of the Union
Pacific Railroad was conducted, and Mr. Guild
then came to Wyoming and located his home
and family on the stage road, close to the toll-
gate, four miles below Piedmont, which was
their residence for about four years. When the
town of Piedmont was located, the family re-
moved thither and Mr. Guild established the
first mercantile business of the town, which he
successfully conducted until his buildings and
stock of goods were destroyed by fire. Not dis-
couraged by this ill-fortune, however, he at
once turned his attention to ranching, taking
up a tract of government land in 1884, a portion
of his present home. Since that time he has
added to his landed possessions until in this
ranch he owns 640 acres of valuable and highly
productive land. This property he has largely
improved and developed into one of the finest
homes in this section of the state, and here he
has erected a commodious residence containing
twenty-three rooms. The necessities of the
public seemed to demand that this residence
should also be utilized as a hotel, and as such
it has been popularly conducted by Air. Guild
IVE MEX OP ll'Y<
to tli ' lion oi liis iiumeniu- patrons. In
many directions tin- energies and bn-iness ca-
pacitie- of Mr. Guild ha\ demonstrated.
Me \\a- one in" tin- founders and corporators of
ml and!. Co.. of which he
ha- held the ofl president, and In- also es-
tablished upon a firm foundation ami basis the
Guild Mercantile Co. Ik- has been a strong
supporter of the Republican party and ha-
n a very active part in the affairs of the
county, while he has performed the duties of a
justice i if the peace with conceded ability. Mr.
Guild has been fur many years a conscientious
an«l valuable member of the Church of Latter
Day Saint.-, active in its services and he is
now tilling the hi^hh re • ,. , i-ible , ,1'tie, ,,f elder
i if the church at Piedmont. \t Ogden, Utah.
on Fcbrnarx [9, 1^55. Mr. Guild was united in
matrimony with Miss Mary M. Cardon. a
daughter of 1'hili]) and Martha M. i'1'unu-n
Carclon. She was horn in Piedmont, Italy. Her
father was a native of France and her mother
of England. They became residents of Utah
in iS5-(. and then resided itnt'l their respective
:i- which came at l.<ig-m. To Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Guild have been born eleven chil
dren. eight are now livii'".. I he\ are Mary,
wife nf bilni ( "ross of Piedmont, where he is a
nierchant and In 'Ids the office "f p< istmaster :
("harles A., died in infancy at Slaterville, Utah:
J»-eph I'., nmed mi nther pa-es of this work:
lames II,', ckraising ; Gei irge I"..
also mentioned in another parl of this volume:
[ohn A., married and resides al Lyman, V
where In- is tin' popular postmaster and a mer-
i : Lovina A., who died in infancy at (''ah:
Emma, wife "f Daniel (".ambell. Union Paciiie
siaiinn agenl at i arter, \\ yo.; Ida E., wife of
D. C. Swartsfager, i tail in I 'ai ific station 3
at Knight. \Vyo. : \Villiai:' Q with
merchandising at Lyman: Katie A., a young
lad\ nf brilliant |.nnnise, who, after graduating
at llrigham Young College al Logan, I'tah.
died at Piedmont, on X b _'.}. 180$. nt
the age iif twenty-two years and nine ninnths.
and was buried in the Guild cemetery mi the
Piedmont ranch. Favnn-d with -mi- whu-e
abilit eijual t<> the successful
i if tin- diversified kinds of bn
which Mr. Guild is im . he has pract :
retired from their operations and is enj.
1 his numeri'iis friends dun
ars of his lit"'-. I te lias ever been
a man of exemplary habits, kind-hearted, hos-
le, genen >u- to th with
the siitTering and di!1 id faithful to all
his trusts. Tie is gifted with a wonderful in-
tuitive 1. e of mechanics and has in-
vented a number of useful articles, notab
'•"inbinatioii door l»ek which cai
in jjo different combinations, and he has been
successful as a 1< >gie. nee of the D
monsense. iinlustry and capacity he has mani-
<! during a long series of years. His wife
has been truly a loyal helpmeet and 1!'
tain in their pleasant Wyoming 1:<
• m- western In i-jiitality.
MACDOXALD GTLDERSLEEAT..
It is a fact patent to all that the character of
a city or community depends largely upon the
[ing of its business men. their reliability.
energy, integriu in contracts and agreements,
|i Aether \\ith the esteem in which they are held
by the public. In many respects the cit
Kuck Springs has been fortunate in its citizens.
of whom have now not only a large share
iif public confidence in the immediate community.
1 in much more than local repute in their vai
of activity. Among the city's substantial
men of affairs no one is held in higher personal
rd than Arthur Macdonald Gilder-1
who, although young in years, has so im-
ed hi- personality upon tin- vicim'tv as
to maintain the repntati-
tive • nath e i if King-!
ada. bein. 'inl Julia ( K'
< iildcr-leevc. both parent- being born and n
in thai eonntrv. For a great number of \ears
lame- ( lilderslccve \\.i il iminent barrister of
KiiiL:-ton atnl in addition to his pi n de-
isiderable time to (he marine trade. ha\
ing run a line of -learner- on the Great I.al
162
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
various point- iada and the United States.
Mr was a man of fine literary attainments and
a profound -cholar. when a young' man being
graduated \\ith honors from one of the principal
educational institutions of his native country,
after which he passed several years in studious
traveling over various parts of the world, visiting'
the chief places of note in America and
Europe, thus broadening his faculties and adding
to the knowledge acquired in school and college.
Mrs. Julia Gildersleeve was the daughter of I.
N. Rose, one of the pioneer steamboatmen of
Canada, a man widely and favorably known
throughout that country and the northern por-
tion of the United States. His home was in the
town of Morrisburg. Canada, at which place the
mother of Mr. Gildersleeve was also born and
reared. Arthur Macdonald Gildersleeve was
born on December 10, 1819, and received his pre-
liminary education in the public schools of his na-
tive city. The training was supplemented by a
full literary course in Upper Canada College.
Toronto, from which he was graduated with a
creditable record at the early age of eighteen.
( )n quitting college, Mr. Gildersleeve entered
the Merchant's Bank of Canada as a clerk, and
after filling various positions to the satisfaction
of his superiors for five years, he resigned and
came to Rock Springs. "Wyoming, as the assis-
tant cashier of the First National Bank, remain-
ing with the latter institution about the same
length of time with which he served his former
employers, and becoming widely acquainted with
the leading business men of the city and the
country. At the expiration of five years of faith-
ful, conscientious service he tendered his resigna-
tion for the purpose of filling some large tie con-
tracts which he had secured from the Union
Pacific Railroad, and since that time has devoted
his attention largely to mining and stockraising.
It is a compliment worthily bestowed to speak
of Mr. Gildersleeve as one of the progressive
}oung men of a city noted for the high order'
of its business talent. He has led an active life
but has always found time to devote to the
social duties and public claims which every com-
munity expects of its citizens. He is affable and
pleasant in his relation-, \\ith others, strictly con-
scientious in the performance of duty, and, to
a decidedly marked degree, enjoys the respect
of the people of his home city, regardless of
class or condition. He has a very charming
household in Rock Springs. Wye ... which is pre-
sided over with gentle dignity by the lady
in every respect duly qualified to be his com-
panion and helpmeet. Her maiden name was
Florence Adele Clark, daughter of Dealton and
Mary ( Baker) Clark, and the ceremony which
made her Mrs. Gildersleeve was solemnized on
September 29, 1898. She is a faithful and de-
voted Christian and an active member of the
Episcopal church and she has been a factor in
the religious work of the city ever since she took
up her residence therein. They have two chil-
dren. Dorothy and Arthur.
GEORGE T. GUILD.
A quiet, unassuming man, with methodical
business methods and also a sagacious and suc-
cessful merchant, with original and profitable
methods of operation, George T. Guild of Pied-
mont, Uinta county, \Yyoming, who has served
as treasurer of both the Guild Land and Live
Stock Co. and of the Guild Mercantile Co.,
especially deserves something more than a
passing notice at the hands of the reviewer. He
was born in Lehi, Utah, on January 5, 1863,
the son of Charles and Mary M. (Cardon)
Guild. For details concerning the ancestral his-
tory of Mr. Guild we would refer the reader to
• the sketch of Charles Guild, appearing in an-
other part of this volume. George T. Guild
received his education in the excellent public
schools of Utah, and then engaged in active
operations in connection with the industries of
the Guild ranch. For the last thirteen years,
however, his mercantile tastes and ambitions
have led him to become identified with the oper-
ations of the Guild Mercantile Co., particularly
devoting himself to the affairs of the Piedmont
store. Lender his administration the business
has been wisely and judiciously conducted and
has met with gratifving success, he retaining
PROGRESSIVE MEN OI: WYOMING.
the o 'ntidencc nf tlu- public ;i:nl a o mimensu-
ratc share <>f its business patronage. .Mr.
Guild has loyallv supported the principles and
policies of the Republican party, with which he
has been connected -ince attaining his majority,
but has not cared to leave the legitimate licHs
of busines> to seek the uncertain rewards of
the simple for political honors for himself.
( >;i December jS. iS<)j, Mr. ( mild entered into
matrimonial relations with Miss Annie Swart -
faster, who was born in Canada in i8(>S, a
daughter of 11. L. Swart lager, her parent-. In ing
natives of ( 'anada and of ( ierman descent, and
Mr. Swartfagcr, surviving his wife, is now liv-
ing in the province of Ontario, ('anada. Two
children. ( ieorge Leonard and Leslie T., con-
stitute the family of Mr. and Mrs. (mild. A
keen observer of affairs, an extensive reader,
Mr. ("mild keep.- himself fully abreast of the
times in knowledge, and very intelligently dis-
charges all of his duties as a citizen. An able
business man, a warm-hearted friend and com-
panion, he has the friendship and esteem of a
wide circle of friends.
THOMAS HALL.
( >nc of the rising voung cattlemen of Lara-
mie county is Thomas Hall, whose address is
( ilendo. Wyoming. A native of Ireland, he was
born on January 17. 1^72, in County dalway.
the son of Kdward and Martha (Sale) Hall, na-
tives of that country. His lather followed the
occupation of farming in Ireland and at the
present writing he is still engaged in that calling
in his native land. His mother passed away in
iSSS. and she lies at rest in Coiinu Calwav.
Thomas Hall grew to manhood in his native
i ouiitrv and received his early academical train-
ing in the public schools. After completing ln-
ation he remained with his parents assist-
ing his father in the work of the place until he
bad arrived at the age of twenty-one years, He
then determined t,, escape iroin the forbidding
business conditions which prevailed in his na-
tive country and to seek' his fortune in America.
He therefore, in coinpain with other young
men of the same age and ambition as bin
left his old hi line and his parents and sel
lie Xew \Yorl<l. Cpon arriving in Am
lie pp '.-reded tO V ! til d Ills
uncle. Patrick Hall, then residing on Horsi
Creek, and .secured employment at the latter's
place for about one year. At the end of that
time he located his present ranch, about three
miles -' iiithu est ( ii ( ilendi i. i m the 1 !• ;
(reek, Laramie comity, and began to improve
it as fast as his circumstances would permit. In
the meantime, as his means were limited. In-
secured employment on cattle ranches in the
vicinity during a portion of the time in each
year until 1898, when he established his prc-
manent home on his ranch, and has continued
there ever since successfully engaged in the
cattle business. He has added to his acreage
and is no\\ the owner of about 400 acres of
land, well fenced and improved, with about
ninety acres under irrigation, having one of the
best-equipped small cattle ranches in thai
lion of the county. His induMr\ and perse-
verance are bearing fruit, as those sterling qual-
ities of character always do, and he is making
a success df his chosen occupation. Tie
member of the Roman Catholic church and a
highly respected citixen of the community
where he resides. Politically, he is identified
\\ith the Democratic party and is a conscien-
tious believer in the principles of that political
organization, although never a candidate for
public position. lie prefers to give his entire
time and attention to the care and management
of his private business interests .ind his energy
and ability are sure to win for him the sui
they deserve. I 'rogressu e. straigh forward ami
faithful in the discharge of every duty as a
neighbor and a citi/en. he i> held in high es-
teem.
W. F. II \ \l II l'< )N.
The Hamilton fainih is an illustrious and an-
cient "lie of Kiigland. S'oll.md and the north of
Ireland, one authoritv telling Us that il came
Xormandv \\ith William the Conqueror in
;md is recorded in the Hoomsdax !'.< '• •
RESSIVE ME\ Ol: WYOMING.
vnluaHe apportionment of English land
from tliat monarch. The tir^t American resident
oi the ; -Hate lineage of W. F. Hamilton,
no\v of DoiuJ.- Wyoming, was his Scotch-Irish
grandfather, who, settling in Allegheny
count, . Pa., manifested the thrifty and manly
ities characteristic of his race and developed
a fine i state from the tangled wilderness of his
purchase. His son, W. R. Hamilton, on attain-
ing manhood, married in his native county one
of its fair daughters, Miss Annie Hamilton, bear-
ing the same name, but not related unless in a
very remote degree, who was also of Scotch-Irish
extraction. Thereafter the young wedded pair
made their home in New Bethlehem, Pa., where
[vlr . Hamilton was long engaged in farming
operations and in merchandising, in a quiet way
taking an interest in public affairs, never seek-
ing official station or accepting office. His oldest
son, Samuel, gave patriotic service for his coun-
try in the Civil War as a member of the One
Hundred and Third Penna. Infantry, being taken
prisoner at Roanoke, and being confined for
twelve months in the prison pen of Libby, the
deprivations there endured so debilitating him
that he was ever afterward unfit for duty, re-
ceiving an honorable discharge at the termina-
tion of his second enlistment. W. F. Hamilton
was the fifth child of his parents and passed his
youth as country lads of his day were wont to
do, gaining strength and development in the farm
labors of the parental homestead in the summer
and attending the creditable public schools dur-
ing their winter sessions, supplementing the in-
struction there received by two years attendance
at a college in Scio, Ohio, after which he re-
turned home and was in the employment of his
father until 1876. At intervals his time there-
after was given to pedagogic work, in which he-
was quite successful, until 1879, when, to try the
effect on his failing health, he came to Cheyenne.
\Yvo., and engaged in sheep husbandry for a
year. His health improving under the salubrious
air and the conditions here surrounding him,
Mr. Hamilton removed to the vicinity of Fort
Laramie, continuing there until 1886 when he
came to the site of the healthful little citv of
Douglas and was one of the pioneer inhabitants,
being one of the first to raise a tent within its
borders. Here he has since made his home and
the headquarters of extensive stock interests,
demonstrating by many ways his business ability,
his devotion to the public weal and other char-
acteristics which entitle his classification to be
in the ranks of the city's best citizenship, and he
has given great satisfaction to the people, not
only as a private citizen, but also in his official
station as one of the city government. He was
one of the promoters and originators of the
Platte Valley Sheep Co., to which he sold his
ranch and sheep interests near Orrin Junction
in 1894, thence transferring his activities to an-
other ranch on the La Prele Creek, twelve miles
from Douglas, and here he has instituted many
improvements and a large amount of irrigation,
and usually runs about 10,000 sheep. Oil has
been discovered on this property and at this
writing development work is being clone, the
prospect being good for an extensive pool of
petroleum. Mr. Hamilton was particularly for-
tunate in his marriage. On October 24, 1883,
he wedded with Miss M. M. Vincent, a daughter
of the Rev. Dr. G. C. Vincent, a prominent min-
ister of the United Presbyterian church and
the founder of the college of that persuasion
located at New Wilmington, near Newcastle,
Pa., where Mrs. Hamilton was carefully edu-
cated. Their children are- Martha, Artie B.,
George R., James and William. In their hand-
some home an air of cultured refinement pre-
vails, and a rare hospitality is extended to the
numerous friends.
FRANK HARRISON, M. D.
The life of a country physician is full of
toil and hardship, but it has compensation in
the reflection that it is also full of benefaction
to the community which he serves and that no
effort in behalf of suffering humanity is thrown
away. Among the prominent and highly es-
teemed physicians of Evanston, Wyoming, Dr.
Frank Harrison is in the front rank. He was
born in 1842 at Toronto, Canada, the son of
SSIVE MEX OF
\\"illiam and Alary (O'Connor) Harrison, the
former a native of England and the latter of
Irel,: Bo • Ighl hy their pai
lie Xe\v \\'nrld ill childhood, it being the
them Utter opportunities
than were ai. : their native land. The
famil ' o in >nt< >. \\hcrc thc\
id and reared their offspring. Doctor
Harrison received his academic education at
the public schools i if hi, native country and be-
gan his medical training at the Toronto Uni
shy. lie continued it at St. .Michael's M.
College in Toronto, and fully completed it with
another two-years' course at Kcllevue Hospital
Medical ( 'ollcge in New York City, and from
which he was duly graduated on March i,
On March i, 18115. he had been ap-
pi ted .'i medical cadet in the service of the
. S. government, a cla-s of official-, which the
government had < atd and to which under-
graduates were admitted as assistant surgeons.
Hi- first assignment was on board the transport
S. R. Spaulding. which conveyed sick and
ided soldiers to Xew Haven, Conn., where
a military hospital was located. lie remained
at th'- hospital until November and the experi-
he had there has been of invaluable serv-
ice to him in his subsequent practice.
ter his graduation from Bellevtu College hi <
>< nver, ( 'olovad< >, at that tim<
not far from 4.000 inhabitant-. He passed his
tir-l summer in the \Ve-t in traveling
• cnnc. folio •, in" the rail-
in his pp. •! work a*-
itch. I le next went to the Sv.
mim - in th.
of lr .ion and then removed to K\
ton, \\luTe lie has b en in an active medical
mi ire than thirty yi ars. \ I the
first (lecii.in held after his arrival the total poll
of voters, men and women, numbered only 300.
In politics llortor llarri-on is a I >e;nocra;
ieen \ eri n the hm-re-i < \i the p;
He has been honored \\ilh several places of re-
ability in public life. diseliariMng the dn
of all with fidelity, intelligence and /eal. In |S;-|
and 18,-j he represented Sweetvvater county
in the Territorial Legislature, and from (8;
1880 was one of iis county coniin. . In
Uinta county he wa- probate judge for
years and county treasurer from 1884 to I
' also in i 'ii for thr,
He i Army
public, 1 g , • : nuch teei id
T in all of it- meetings. On January I.
iS-;, he was united in holy marriage with
Mary A. Creed, a daughter of J,
( )reed, a native of Illinois, and who-.,- father
in i Sod at Clinton, [owa, and the mother. \\
maiden name was Egan. is still living, her resi-
dence being at Dixon. 111. Doctor and Mrs.
Harrison have four children, James !•'.. Mary.
Helen and Fred \\ . Doctor Harrison ranks
high in his profession as a physician and sur-
geon, as a close student and as an intelligent
practitioner.
GEORGE P. HARVEY.
1'iorn and reared in the healthful and in-
vigorating atmosphere of the farm, gaining
from its abundant out-of-door exercise full
physical development and strength of muscle
and thus being well fitted for active operations
v field that gave him opportunity to en-
• therein, George P. Harvey bron-ln to
oming from his Iowa home when a youth
the qualifications for winning success in the in-
dustry he has chosen as his life work-, anil is
bringii - to hear in his labors a vigor of body
and a clearness of mind ih::t are certain evcry-
where to win success of a high order. While
i- childl d and youth v • sed in Moiit-
r\ county, he was born in Muscatine.
, on May 19, 1867, tl ' .11.
'v v.nes i Met 'nllocln |lar\e\. Something of
his parents and their ancestor- oiher
of this work in coi , \iih ihe re-
of tli.- active career of hi.- elder brother.
Roberl I'.. Harvey, to which we must refer die
reader. Receiving a L;ood COmmOn-SChool educa-
tion in the scho Iowa, at the age
Of Seventeen \cars. in iSS.j. Mr. llarev came
to \\ \OMMIIL; and to Fremont connt\. where
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
he rude mi the range for tin- Carter Cat
tk- Co. under the competent instruction and
direction o Ins mother's brother. I'eter McCul-
loch, ilu- capable superintendent of the com-
pany's extensive.- operations. Three years were
there passed, Mr. Harvey rapidly assimilating
the practical knowledge there afforded, then,
coming to I'inta county in 1887, he here con-
tinued in the employ of the same firm in the
same capacity until the Fort Bridger Indian
Reservation was opened for settlement, when
he took up a homestead, an integral portion of
his present ranch of 240 acres, and here he has
conducted stock operations of pronounced im-
portance and developed one of the pleasant and
valuable homes of the section, all of his land
being under ditch, furnishing an ample supply
of water for all his purposes. Two years of
his time were given to merchandising at
Mountain View and in June, 1902, he opened
a store at Carter, where he is now conducting a
lucrative business. Mr. Harvey has recently
embarked in the culture and breeding of Bel-
gian hares, having quite a stock of registered
animals. He is one of the substantial cit-
izens of the county and has manifested in good
measure the sterling qualities of head and heart
of the intelligent and thrifty Scottish race from
which he descends. Every demand on his time
in public matters or private business has been
fully met. every emergency has found him ready,
every duty of good citizenship has been prompt-
ly and fully performed, and he stands well with
his fellow men. He married with -Miss Hettie
Hendrie of Mountain View, on April 30, 1894.
She is a daughter of William and Sarah (Oder-
kirk) Hendrie, the father being a native of Ohio
and the mother of Indiana. Their home circle
is brightened by a winsome daughter, Dora H.
ALLEN \V. HAYGOOD.
The state of Wyoming, one of the youngest
in the Union, but also one of the most pros-
perous, most progressive and promising, owes
much to the men of enterprise, daring, and in-
trepid spirit, who during recent years have come
from the eastern and the southern states, estab-
lishing here new industries and laying strong
and deep the foundations of tin- c-ominon\\calth.
One of the most prominent of these men, now
enjoying the quiet evening of a well-spent life,
is \lli-;i \\ . lla\g 1. whose residence is near
Granite Canon, Laramie county. His native
state is Georgia, as he was born in Montgomery
county, December 4, 1835. the son of Appleton
and Mary R. (Lovelace) Haygood, native' of
that state. His father was for many years one
of the most prominent of the oldtime Methodist
Episcopal ministers of the South, one of the old
circuit riders of Georgia, the degree of Doctor
of Divinity having been conferred upon him on
account of his distinguished services to the
cause of religion and education in the southern
states. In 1841 he removed his residence to
Alabama, where he established himself in Ma-
con county, and remained there as the pastor of
the Methodist church up to the time of his
death, which occurred in 1865. He was a most
devoted adherent of the Confederacy during
the Civil War, for several years being the alert
quartermaster of the Seventeenth Alabama
Regiment of the C. S. A. The mother passed
a\\a\ in 1X57, and both father and mother were
buried in Alabama. Allen W. Haygood grew
to manhood and received his early education in
the public schools of Alabama, attending for
some time the graded school at Chunnynuggee.
In 1X5(1, having arrived at vears of maturity.
he left Alabama and went to Kansas, where he
took up land and engaged in farming about six
miles southeast of the site of Topeka, the cap-
ital of the state. Here, in addition to his farm-
ing enterprise, he also engaged in carrying the
mails under contract with the U. S. govern-
ment. He was among the very earliest of the
settlers of that section of the state and saw the
second house erected in Topeka. Some of the
first letters that found their way from civiliza-
tion to friends then living on the extreme wes-
tern frontier, were carried by him during those
years. In 1862 he disposed of his Topeka in-
terests and going to Leavenworth. then one of
the chief outfitting points for overland travel,
PROGRESSIl'E MEN OF WYOMING.
he provided himself with M\ teams and the nec-
essary ninth an«l started mi the overland trip
in I'entral City, Colorado He made the trip
in safety, traveling through a country which
wa> ven 'o traveler.--, n\\inu;- to the
depredati' >*•> of ImMile Indians, disposed of his
, i handsome pn 'lit, and return,
-as. In the spring of iSn^, lie eii^av.ed in
frci'jjitini;- from |)oints on the Missouri Ki\i-r
to the dilTereiit military ])osts of the West. This
lui.-i; \ to large proportions was very
prolitahle and he remained in it until 1868, when
havi-i- an • i] i] « irl unii ; to dispi ise i 'f it at a !
prol'u, he di'l SO and, associating' himself with
other parties, he established an extensive agri-
cultural implement business in thr < it \ of \t-
chis ; the name of |)ennison. IIa\good
M- Co., subsequently b\ a change of partners it
bins, I I a\ good \- Co. This busi-
ness was continued with great success until
1871, although Mr. llayg-ood was engaged in
various other enterprises at the same time. Tn
• impanied i me of his < i\ trains into
of \\ oniinj;, which at that time
had duly a few white settlers and was the fa-
vorite residence of the wild Indian and the buf-
ik up land where the I". P. rail-
road Nation now stands at < iranite ("'anon. \Yyo.
Ili-re he was engaged for -onu- time lii it h in
cattleraising. and in contracting nil the 1'nion
Railroad, the ])ioneer railniad of the
id in furnishing supplies and mat'
to the construction department of that road.
'--'71 lie returiu d to Uchisi m, and di posed
nf hi-, interesl in the agricultural implement
-'•, returned to \y\oming- and continui
his contracth aising operations [n
this he was ver- Mil and remained at
hi- ranch near < iranite < '.an >n until t88
he sold out at that place and pureh.-'-ed his •
ent ranch property on Lone ' • aboul
twenty-th -.he-re he
has rc-mained since, still lu-in- engaged in cat -
>ing. lie h
hor-.. i| tin-
men in thr « n '
of several tin nisand h. ad of hoth cattle and
• I 'lit lie was obliged to tlisp- |iart
of his holdings and limit liis operations. owhiL,'
to a lack of ranye. lie nnw controls about
i acres of tine land, \\ell fenced and im-
pro\-ed. and has other propert) throughout ihe
State. Mr still continues iii the mail contract-
ing, which oo 0 much of his earlier life
on the frontier in Kansas, and now controls the
contract heiueen (ir.miti ( anon, V( 1 \'ir-
tjinia Male, Colo. ( '•> I '. brnary t_). iS^u. in the
cit) of ^tchison, Kansas, "Mr. lla>L;-ood
united in matrinvru \\-ith Mis- Saphnmia A.
T'.isho|i, a native of X'orth Carolina and a
daughter of John 11. and Martha S. i \Yatsnn')
I'.isho]), natives of that state. IK-r father was
a merchant of Alurfne-boi-i .. \ . ('.. and re-
moved from that state to Kansas in
tliiiL;- in Tecnmseh. lie \\as there engagi 1 1:1
merchandising' until iSdj, when he moved to
\tcln-on. (-oiitinuinn- the same business ther
til 1873, then removing to ('hexenne. \\\o..
where he was for many years actively eng!
in trade, and when- he and hi- wife are now
(1902) arrying on a large millinery and supply
business, occupying one of the first bn-1
houses erected there. To Mr. and Mrs. Hay-
good eleven children have been born, ei-ht of
\\hom are li\-in^. namely: Henry 1\. ; Ada: A.
\\esley; Arthur L. : Xora : Alzada : l-'lorence ;
Theodore. The deceased arc T.ertha. \\'aller
and Mary. Mr. Ilay.^ood is affiliated with the
Masonic order, bein- ,\ member of Cheyenne
i idge, lie was early "made a Mason" at Te-
cnmseh. Kan., in iS<u. and in iSoS. he
the Thirty-second deg - ittish Rite
in St. Joseph, Mo. HI
dery <>i Kni-his Templar, No. i. of Chey-
enne, while Mrs. lla\i: 1 is a member of the
Order of tin Eastern Star of Cheyenne. Mr
1 has ever been identified with the
iKmocralic partx , and is prominent in its coun-
cils, although never seekin ts hands.
1 le has i iften bei '• instrumental in
sislini; his friends |,, places , ,f hi-h d
but has alwa
• Hi, preferring to devote his lime
and attention to his , ,- luix-jn,
368
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMi
ests. He is one of the mi.ist substantial bu>i-
ness men and properu owners of his section
of the state, and is in ihr enjoyment of the high
respect and esteem of the public.
FERDINAND J. HEGGR.
One of the progressive young cattlemen of
Laramie county, Ferdinand J. Hegge, whose
address is Glend< >, Wyi uning, is a native of
, born in the province of Holstein on
April 5, 1864. the son of Julius and Caroline
(Sivers) Hegge, natives of the Fatherland. His
father is still following the occupation of farm-
ing in the province of Holstein, and the mother
passed from life in October, 1899, and is buried
in the province of Holstein. where her son,
FiT'linand. grow to man's estate, 'and received
his early education in the government schools.
When he had attained the age of seventeen
years he set forth for the New World and upon
arriving in this country he located at Lincoln,
Neb., and secured employment with an uncle
near that place and remained there for about
one year. He then came into Lincoln, where
he accepted a position in a grocery and kept
busy in that trade until 1884, then he removed
to the western part of Nebraska, where he se-
cured employment on a large cattle ranch that
he might acquire a practical knowledge of that
business. In that connection he rode wild the
ranges of Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and the
Indian Territory until 1889. He then gave up
this occupation for the time being, and went
east to Chicago, where he entered the employ
of Christian Hauf in one of his large meat-
markets in that city, and remaining there about
two years, then coming to Wyoming to take
charge of the cattle interests of his employer
on Horseshoe Creek in Laramie county, and
was one year the manager. In 1894 he resigned
this position and secured a lease on a cattle
ranch on Elkhorn Creek, where he carried on
business for himself until 1890. Then relin-
quishing his lease he took up his present ranch
ranch on Elkhorn Creek, six miles northwest
of Glendo, and has, since been there occupied
in successful cauleraising. He has added to
his holding^, boih df lands and stock, from year
to year, and is now ihe owner of one of the
finest ranches for the cattle industry in that sec-
tion of the county, lie has 640 acres of land,
well improved, with good fences, and a large
portion of it under irrigation, and is counted
among the rising stockmen of that locality.
On December 2, .891, in Chicago, III, Mr.
Hegge was united in marriage with Miss Ella
Avery, a native of Indiana and a daughter of
Charles H. and Ruth i Western) Avery, the for-
mer a native of New York and the latter of
Indiana. Her father was long engaged in rail-
roading in Indiana, being occupied in that pur-
suit until his death in 1900. He was buried at
Rossburg, Ind. Her mother now makes her
home in the city of Newport, Ind.
JOHN M. HENCH.
Well may any man take pride in a worthy
ancestry, and in keeping inviolate everything
which exemplifies the sturdy and the honorable
characteristics that rendered them of good re-
pute and of value to the community, he indi-
cates that he is a true scion of the ancestral
stock, and will himself be found possessing a
character distinct and clear in its individuality
and showing the dignifying elements of gentle
breeding. Mr. Hench is numbered in this cate-
gory and he has during his mature life been
identified with affairs of importance and his
career has ever been characterized by upright-
ness and integrity. He was born in Juniata
county. Pa., on December 8, 1858, of a paternal
ancestry for long generations connected with
the maintenance of freedom in their native re-
public of Switzerland, but domiciled in Pennsyl-
vania from the Colonial days of that common-
wealth, his parents, William and Jane (Mc-
Laughlin) Hench, being natives of Juniata
county, that beautiful and historic portion of
their native state. The McLaughlins were of
that resolute, independent Scotch-Irish stock
which is ever noted for its intellectuality and
brilliancy, the emigrant ancestor coming to
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ Ol: WYOMi
369
America before the American Ke\ -<>lmii m, in
which members of the t'amih participat ed.
"William T Tench was a man nf mure than or
dinary education and mental powers and was
engaged in civil engineering and architectural
construction from his early manhood until re-
tiring from business a few years since, among
r enterprises aiding in and supervising the
; ruction of some of the largest bridges in
tlu State. lie was a large-hearted person, a
al believer in education and interested in all
public affairs, particularly those of a local na-
ture and appertaining to Inniata county.
F'ght children comprised his family, of whom
the eldest, Samuel If. Hench, became an em-
inent citizen of Fort Wayne. Ind., where he
was for eight years the prosecuting attorney of
his county, a member of the legislature for two
terms, chief of the law department in the state
: (roller's office for four years, judge of
the criminal courts for seven years, and judge
of the Superior Court for the very long term of
twenty-three years. After a graduation from
the excellent schools of Fort Wayne, John M.
lletich began the reading of law under the
rior tutelage of his brother, continuing in
diligent application to hi- study until 1885, dur-
ion of this 1 , ' (ing as bailiff in
his brother's office, and then, after a creditable
b.'ing admitted to the bar of the
• 'ing west, where he irav-
. then located in . but
the climate nol . witli him. he returned
I" th • some lime thereaflir locating in
Dixoii county. Neb., where he was in active
i d uccessful leg.-d practice for over ten
holding the position nf county attorney for
more than four years with conceded abiliu and
liti-dily gratifying success. In January, [901, Mr.
ived to Wyom tablishing his
home and office i;i ihe thriving \ oun
1 • e his professii mal abilities and
promptly met with reco and
valuable clientage has alread itself
to him and he is now engaged in (he full aciiv-
iiics ry extensive professional practice.
In the qualities connected with citi/enship ,,f
the highest type, Mr. Hench stands exponent
in his daily life and in the < ; the
•'•• of thi i 'iinty. who render a due
of pr both his standing as a man and
as an attorm
ronlt of this estimation. In political circles
n to
ihe K< publican party, and in the fall of i oo_> he
Xatrona
county. Fraternally, he : with the
Knights of I'yihias and the Modern \\oodmen
i >f America. ( >n Jim, , \'eb.,
Mr. Hench and Miss Anna Rakow were mar-
ried. She is the daughter of William Rakow
of Dixon county, Xeb.. where she was bom
and where h. leader in agricultural
and stock-growing circles of the 3 ! heir
only child is Samuel M. TIench, a bright child
of four years.
C. F. JACKSON.
A pioneer farmer's ln.y .in the froi,
two states, a si ildier in tl .f his
try during the Spanish-American \\"ar and
an enterprising a
and farmer. C. F. facl< on,, of near Bighorn,
has been tried by all , ; fortune and has
nol In en seriousl) disturbed b\ any. exhih
a readiness for ever] emergency, an adap'
it\ to any condition. and a willin
the best he could under all circumstances. He
\vas bi irn in P; • ci .11111 \ . bi\\a. i ~.
. and while he was yet a child his
I Ion. W. E. and Ainand.: ' m, re-
moved from that si. \fler a
short residence there they returned to i
in iSSo foil, iwed the march of pr.
ward. O >! here
their son grew to m.i ind was
in the public schools. \\ I call
to arms s, mnded i
1
In r of Colonel T»i-.
d throughout the
hardship and privation ai-
UOUS and ilai the
37°
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Hi-Id. After lli< \\ar lie returned to Wyoming
and resumed, on hi.- line farm ot 320 acres, the
peaceful pursuits of agriculture and stockrais-
ing. which he had begun before the war cloud
rn\rlo|ird our land. He raises lioth cattle and
es, being very successful and progressive
at the business. His place is well adapted bv
location and conditions to the industry and he
has made it as attractive by its improvements
as it was by its natural features,, equipping it
with every convenience for its purposes and
providing it with a very comfortable and tasteful
residence, which is one of the hospitable homes
of his section of the county. Mr. Jackson was
married in Sheridan county, Wyo., on March
23, 1889, to Miss Ella L. Hayes, a native of
Missouri but for some years a resident of this
state. They have four children, Pauline. Ed-
ward, Charles and Jay L. T. Mr. Jackson is
regarded as one of the enterprising and pro-
gressive young cattlemen of the state, and has
rapidly grown in public esteem as an upright,
serviceable, broadminded and influential citi-
zen, with years of usefulness before him in
many lines of activity, local and general, and
future distinctions awaiting him if he should
care to have them. In politics he is a Repub-
lican.
ORSON GRIMMETT.
Having lived almost his entire life far out on
the frontier, and having crossed the plains four
times when the trip was full of hazard and hard-
ship, Orson _Grimmett, one of the leading cit-
i/eiis of Lander, Wyoming, is very essentially a
pioneer and path-blazer for the advance of civ-
ilization. He was born in Birmingham, Eng-
land, on March 5, 1850, a son of John and Sarah
(Passey) Grimmett, also natives of England.
The father was a ship carpenter who did an ex-
tensive business in his line and in 1855 brought
his family to the United States, following the
banner of his religious faith into the western
wilds, and locating in Utah. He was an ardent
believer in the doctrine of the Reorganized
Church of the Latter Day Saints, holding a very
prominent place in its councils. In this coun-
trv. far from anv need for his services in his ac-
customed handicraft, he pniMied the quiet and
independent life of a farmer and stockraiser, for
a while in Utah, then in Missouri, and later in
Idaho, where he died in 1897, aged seventy
years, his wife .King in 1881 at the same piacc.
The fourth of their eight children, Orson Grim-
inett, was educated in the public schools of the
various places where the family happened to be
living during his school age and when he was
ready for the active pursuits of life he engaged
in mining in Utah, following that precarious,
but stimulating occupation for seven years, then
quitting- it for the more promising and congenial
field of stockraising, which he conducted in
Idaho until 1878 and has since been actively en-
gaged in near Lander, on his excellent ranch of
_I4O acres on Squaw Creek, which is mostly good
farming land. He has also a considerable body
of leased land, all well improved for its pur-
poses and in a high state of cultivation so far
as is desired. He raises fine grades of horses
and cattle, the products of his ranches having
a high rank in the market. He also owns val-
uable property in the city of Lander, including a
profitable livery barn and a desirable residence
on Main street, besides extensive interests in oil
lands, the Garfield gold mine at South Pass and
other mineral lands in various places. In pub-
lic life he has had a creditable career, hav-
ing been deputy sheriff, city marshal and sheriff
of the county from 1885 to 1887 an^ again from
1889 to 1891. In 1887 he was nominated for
a second consecutive term, and although the tide
was strong against his party, he was beaten by
only seven votes. At the expiration of his second
term he retired to private life and has since giv-
en his undivided attention to his business. He
is a member of Lander Lodge, No. 10, Knights
of Pythias, and of the uniform rank of the or-
der, also belonging to White Mountain Lodge,
No. 62_|, B. P. O. E., at Rock Springs. On No-
vember 27, 1876, he was united in marriage with
Miss Ella Barnaby, of Idaho, a native of Kan-
sas, a daughter of Robert and Jane Barnaby,
the former a Kentuckian by birth, and the latter
a native of Ireland. They have had two chil-
dren. Orson, who died in infancy, and Albion A.,
who is married and a resident of Lander.
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I Is I "MAX I',. HICKS.
-. ni the leading hankers and busin
men of the state of Wyoming. Truman B.
Hicks, who fur nearlv twenty years has been
the president of the First National I'.aitk of
Cheyenne, is a native of New York, where he
\\as born at Caldwell, \Varren county, on Sep-
tember 25, 1X44, a son of \Yestel \Y. and Cor-
delia C. iKctchum) Hicks, natives of the Em-
pire State. His father was a merchant of
Caldwcll and a prominent citizen of that com-
munity. Young Hicks grew to manhood in the
stale of New York, and attended the public
schools of ( 'aldwell until he had attained to the
of thirteen years. He entered the l.ansley
Commercial College, at Rutland, Yt, at twenty
years of age and pursued a thorough course of
business training at that institmiou. being -rail
uated that \ ear. He was later employed I'm
a short time as a bookkeeper in his father's
lablishment. and then he was ten-
dered a position as bookkeeper in the Second
National I'.ank of Galcsburg, 111., and came
\\est for the purpose of looking into the tnai
ter. Concluding to accept this position he re
mained there for aboui Hire, years, then re-
signing lo become cashier of the First National
Hank of Kewanuee. 111. He subsequently re-
signed this place and removed to Chicago,
where he accepted a position in ihe Third Na
tional Hank ol that city. He remained in that
bank live years and during the last year he
uas its assistanl cashier, and earned a wide r< p
utation ! successful banker. In iS-s. h
cepted the position of assistant cashier of the
First National I'.ank of ( heyenne, Wyoming,
and established his home in the city of ('hey-
enne. where he has resided sin,-,, ihal time.- Tn
iSS5 he wa> elected as pi i if the bank.
itiori \\hich he has since held continuously,
and in \\liiih he has shown liimself to be one
of the leading bankers and linancial men of the
western country. For manv years he has been
a prominent factor in the banking and bu
life ..f the ten MI n \ and state , >i \\ ' iming, bav-
in-- had nmch to do with building up her in
dnstries. de\e]oping her resource-, ami laying
upon a s.aie and conservative basis the ,
mercial foundations of the commonwealth. No
man has done more to promote and advance the
business interests of Wyoming or to attract the
attention of outside capital to the -Teat re-
sources of mine, forest and Field. He is largely
interested in the live Stock business and for
man} years was president of the Convi <
tie Co., OIK- of the largest owners of cattle in
the West. lie was president of the I'll-'
Men's Association of the city of Cheyenne, be-
ing a public spirited citi/cn who takes active
interest in the welfare of the city in which he
maintains his home. For twelve years he has
served as a member of the school board of
('heyenne, and has given no little oi his time
to ihe service of the public without any com-
pensation, or any expectation of reward. >
the consciousness of having well performed his
duty as a member of society. 1 hiring his long
residence in Wyoming he has been often so-
licited by his friends and party associat-
permit the use of his name for public po-
of honor and trust, but has invariably declined
to do so. preferring to devote his time and at-
b ntion to his extensive business interests. His
pn iminence and standing with thi pei iple of
his state are such that he might , ttcly
as], ire to any position within the gift of the
people, if he so desired. Fie ' 'crtaincd
ihe opinion that he could be of gl
to the communit) and to his fellow men in a pri-
station than in an) public position, ami
his progressive and public spirited course for
so main \ears has seemed to justify his judg-
ment. Certainly the power which In
wielded for tin- advancemenl of the best in-
of ihe comimmit) at the head of his
banking house, has been much than
that of any public official. \\ m of
[11., on S Mi'-
I ticks was united in i
M. P.ecrs, a dan ' •'" n I '. and \nn
'
] , , them v • two children. Francis Y.
who died in iS.»4. and \nna ('.. now Mrs.
37 2
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
\ \. Brackett, who resides at West Rox-
hury, Mass. Mrs. Hicks died in 1884 and in
iSS'- Mr. Hicks was again married, his second
wife being Mrs. Clarence W. Converse, the
lasa R. Converse. She also passed
,a\vay, living in September, 1899. Fraternally,
Mr. Hicks is affiliated with the Masonic order,
and is one of the foremost Masons of the
United States. Few men are more advanced in
the work of great fraternity or are held in high-
er esteem by the members throughout the
country. "Made a mason" at Galesburg, 111.,
in 1866, the chapter and Knight Templar de-
grees were conferred upon him after he had re-
moved his residence to Cheyenne. He has
served as right eminent commander of Wyo-
ming Commandery No. I, for two terms, and
subsequently he was elected as right eminent
grand commander of the Grand Commandery
of Wyoming, serving in that position for two
terms. In 1896, he took the Scottish Rite and
Thirty-second degree in Wyoming, and in 1899
he was made a Thirty-third degree Mason at
Washington, D. C. In 1901, he was appointed
deputy inspector general of Wyoming, and .is
now the treasurer of the four Scottish Rite
bodies composing Wyoming Commandery Xu.
J. The work which he has done to advance
the cause of Masonry in the West has been of
high value to the order and has met with due
appreciation. Progressive and yet conservative
as a banker and business man, an able leader in
commercial enterprises, a promoter of large
business enterprises and a safe adviser to his
friends and associates, he is decidedly one of
the foremost men of his state.
HARRY E. HODG1N.
It is with a high degree of satisfaction that
tlie biographer takes up the life story of the
gentleman whose name forms the caption of
of this article, a man widely known as one of the
honored citizens of Laramie county, Wyoming,
and who, though comparatively young, has be-
come prominently identified with the varied in-
terests of the part of the state in which he
lives. His well directed management of im-
portant business interests and his sound judg-
ment and keen discrimination have brought a
large measure of prosperity and his career
demonstrates what may be accomplished by a
man ]n»>e>sing the ability to take advantages
of opportunities. In all relations of life he
commands the confidences of those with whom
he has been brought in contact and this volume,
devoted in Wyoming's representative men of
affairs would be incomplete without a record
of his life and achievements. Harry E. Hodgin,
farmer and stockraiser, was born on November
30, 1874. in Warren county, Iowa. His par-
ents, David and Sarah (Hiatt) Hodgin were
natives of Indiana and early settlers of Iowa.
Moving tii Warren county when that part of the
state was a new and comparatively undevel-
oped country, David Hodgin has passed all of
his life as a blacksmith and farmer, and still
pursues those vocations in the above county,
where his good wife is also living. The direct
subject of this review was reared on the Iowa
farm and his early life was marked by no
special incident worth}' of note. He grew up to
fill the requirement of earning his daily bread
by honest toil, and as long as he remained at
home contributed his share to the support of
the family. His educational training embraced
the common school course, but in subsequent
life he has acquired -in the school of experience
a practical knowledge of business affairs such
as colleges and universities often fail to impart.
When old enough he assumed the responsibility
of the farm's management in order that his father
might work in the shop and in this way assisted
his parents until he was twenty-two years of
age. In 1895 he came to Wyoming, settling
on the Wheatland Flats, about four and one-half
miles west of the city of Wheatland, in Lar-
amie county, where he took up land and turned
his attention to stockraising and agricultural
pursuits. By persevering industry he has re-
duced his place to a successful state of tillage
and, by adding substantial improvements from
time to time, he made it one of the finest
ranches in this part of the state. As a farmer
PROGRESSIVE MEN OI: WYOM1
Mr. Hodgin takes leading rank and he has also
earned distinctive prestigi as a raiser of cattle
and horses, having a fine herd of the former
and more than a sufficient number of the lal
ter for practical purposes. He lias -teadily ad-
vanced from a modest beginning, and his ca-
reer, since locating on hi- invent farm, pre-
sents a series of successes which bear evidence
of his sound judgment and practical wisdom in
business affairs. On October 27, 1897, Mr.
Hodgin and Miss ITattie L. Argesheimer. of
Pennsylvania were united in marriage in the
city of Cheyenne. .Mrs. Tlodgin being a daugh-
ter of John and Harriet ( \\ allaa > imer,
natives of Germany and Pennsylvania .respect-
ively. These parents moved from Pennsylvania
to Mi.-souri. thence in 1872 to Wyoming, set-
tling first at Fort Laramie. where for some
years Mr. Argesheimer was chief musician of
the Third 1". S. Cavalry stationed at that ;
In iSpi he was transfi rred to I:ort Russell and
later accompanied his company to Arizona,
where his death occurred in 1884. Mrs. v
heimer now makes her home in Cheyenne. Po.-
litically, Mr. llodgin is a pronounced Democrat
but has never taken a very active part in po-
litical or public affairs. Tlis religious faith is
represented by the Presbyterian church, of
which body hi- wife is a consistent member.
She ha- been her husband's valued assistant in
busine*-- matters and is a woman of beautiful
Christian character, possessing much more
than ordinary mentality. Hi r lifi has been de-
voted to ^ 1 works and all who have the
pleasure of 1 ' are profuse in
their pra oi her many amiable qualities and
sterling virtues. She moves in the best social
• immunit) and lends her
ell ; i'il assistance to all \\-< >rihy
benevolence and is an active worker in the re-
ligi< nis congn • to which
IK )N. \V. H. IK ILLID VY
The ofttold tale of pioneer life in
X'ori Invest of the 1'niti'd State-, replete with
thrilling dramatic features, rug-ed
lines of hardship and danger, rich in tints of
poetry and romance, and tilled with alternate
hope and fear, ni MS interest in the
narration or grows stale on the fancy. 'Well
may we challenge the history of all the past
and invoke the heroism of all peoples and
>atch the daring, ujtnl the achieve-
ment.-, reach the height of endeavor or SI
the volume of good recorded to the credit of
the army of axmen and trailblazers who opened
the way for the march of civilization in this
western world and for transforming a wilder-
ness into a garden of the god.-, laughing, clap-
ping its hands and bringing "forth in sponta-
neous abundance everything brilliant, fragrant
and nourishing. All honor to th rs in
every section! Whatever futur. itions
ma}- accomplish or create, they wrought nobly
in their day and left a priceless heritage of ben-
efaction. enduring pain and privation that
others might enjoy peace and plenty,
toil and tears that others might reap in glad-
ness and smiles. < )nc of this numb,
invading footsteps were among the first in his
section, and whose achievements are among
the mo.-t substantial on business lines, through
civic interests and in social circles, is lion. W.
IT. Holliday of Laramie. \\lto ha- been a
of men. a creator of commercial Industrie
an impelling fore ry relation of life. He
uas born on Ma\ 21, 1843. in Hamilton comity.
( >hio. a son of Kli and Mary Anm .gartl
Holliday, the former also a native , ,
count) . ( >hi< i, and the latter of I land,
X. Y. 'flu- father was a prosperous farmer in
hi- native comity and in 1852 m Hp to
( 'aliiornia. -< ling h_\ boal to d '.luffs.
Iowa, and from then ' - and
niountair ams to what wa- then the land
of promise to all quarters of the globe. In
iS;; he returned to his home b\ tin- Panama
route and in iS;X .iinly.
111., later making his home in J.i ounty
iat Mate. ]n iSdS he madi
in Wyoming and while there ] 1 in
I (ouglas ('reek. uo\\ in the i • mining
distl i( t, In in the lir-l to become inter-
374
•(1RESSIVE MEN OF \VYOMI\G.
estecl in mining there and the first recorder of
the district. He died on November 22, 1868,
near Sherman, Wyo., and two years later his
family became residents of the territory. He
was a gentleman of influence in business and
social circles during his life and enjoyed the
esteem of all who knew him. His father, John
Holliday, in 1810 took his family down the Ohio
River by flatboat from Western Pennsylvania,
\\hither he had moved from his native state,
Xew Jersey, and settled about ten miles west
of Cincinnati, w;hich at that time was more gen-
erally known as Fort Washington. It was on
the far frontier,- this family being among the
early emigrants to the state. His wife, nee
Mary Lynn, was born in Ireland in 1772, being
a woman of heroic spirit, fit companion for a
hardy pioneer in a most trying period of the
history of the Middle West. William H. Hol-
liday inherited from his parents the sterling
qualities of character which have marked his
long and successful career, these were devel-
oped and trained by the exigencies of frontier
life, and thus fitted by nature and training for
vast undertakings, it was to be expected that he
would build up, wherever he might locate, en-
terprises of magnitude and importance. Con-
ditions in the vast uncultivated domain of Da-
kota, from which four or five mighty states have
since been carved, \vere favorable for a master-
mind, and Mr... Holliday was the man for their
proper concentration and development. His
education in the schools had been limited, but
he had a goodly store of the worldly wisdom
gained only from experience. Thus equipped
for the contest, in 1865, when lie was but twen-
ty-two he boldly challenged fate into the lists
against him and making his way to Denver
overland with a freighting outfit he entered up-
on active duty according to its call and worked
away cheerfully in that region until 1867, when
he came to Wyoming with a sawmill outfit, and
soon after it was installed in the mountains near
Sherman to manufacture lumber with which to
build Fort Russell and carry on construction
work along the line of the Union Pacific Rail-
road. He remained in the sawmill business,
managing mills for contractors, and for himself
in contract work until 1870, and then, in com-
pany with his brother Jethro T. Holliday and
William R. Williams, he purchased an entire
outfit and began independent operations on a
scale of magnitude. From its inception this
firm prospered and had orders for lumber often
beyond their utmost capacity. A large portion
of what was used in building Greeley, Colo., in
its early days was here furnished by them, and all
the surrounding country laid their facilities un-
der tribute. In 1872 Mr. Williams retired from
the firm and a year later Mr. Holliday pur-
chased his brother's interest and, leaving the
mills to_ the care of others, he took up his res-
idence at Laramie to manage a lumber \ard
that the\' had previously established there and
to look after the general interests of a business
which was rapidly expanding. Since then his
many commercial and industrial enterprises have
grown to almost gigantic proportions through
the skill of his management and the wealth of
his resources in capacity, adaptability and tire-
less energy. To lumber he added contracting
and building, later furniture, to furniture hard-
ware, and to hardware groceries and other lines
of merchandise, also including farm implements,
wagons, harness, machinery, etc., until it was
deemed best to incorporate the business to give
it proper breadth, firmness of foundation and
flexibility of function. Accordingly in 1886 The
W. H. Holliday Co., was formed with a paid-up
capital stock of $250,000, and this corporation
absorbed all the lines of mercantile enterprise
with which Mr. Holliday was previously con-
nected, including business properties valued at
more than $100,000 and a number of dwellings
in different parts of Laramie. In addition to
its mercantile features, the company carries on
a general contracting and building industry and
has erected many of the finest business blocks
and residences in the city. This immense com-
mercial enterprise stands as an impressive mon-
ument to the progressive and resourceful spirit
of its founder and principal conductor, for
while Mr. Holliday has had intelligent ami cap-
able partners and most valuable assistants in
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOMIXG.
375
his work, he has been and is tlu1 presiding
genius, the real lord of the heritage. The main
store building of the company is a three-storj
and basement block. 72x1,^ feel in dimensions,
constructed of stone and brick at a cost of $30,-
ooo. The carriage and implement repository is
96x1 \2 feet in size and two stories high; while
the lumber yard, planing mill, etc., cover an
entire city block of ground. From its or-
ganization Mr. Holliday has been the president
and managing head of the corporation, and to
him must be attributed the remarkable expan-
sion and continued success of its business. It
is conceded that he is one of the most capable,
far-seeing and prudent business men of t In-
state, with a large sweep of vision, a knowledge
of details and conditions and a readiness in re-
sources that are not surpassed anywhere. Yet,
although his commercial interests are enor-
mous and exacting, they have not lessened his
zeal or stayed his hand in behalf of the civil
affairs nf his communitv and the proper ele-
ments of public improvemenl and advancement.
In politics he is an unwavering I U-mocrat, loyal
to his parly, through firm convictions of the
wisdom of its policies and the correctness of
rinciples. and flevoted to ii> welfare as tin-
best guaranty of governmental good. Acting
mi such convictions, he has not hesitated to
give to its counsels his best ailention and to
. rvice his best energies, and has thus been
as closely identified with the political hisior\
of the slate as witli its fiscal and industrial de-
veli pment. He was a member of tin- Terri-
i' .1 i.tl Legislature t< <r ten years, of the lowi i
house in 187.}, :111(1 "' tn' "I'l"'1' l'1'""1 '^75 1"
1871). and again in iSS|. serving as president
of the- bod\ in the last term. At an election
held in 1880 h,- and his opponent had an npial
number of votes. In 1884 he was nomin;
for Congress, but was unable to overcome the
lar-i- Republican majoritv in the territory. In
1888 he was again elected to the legislature,
and in i8i/_> \\a~ chosen to the Stair Si n.ii'- i ' ""
a t< rm of four years. 1 le afterward
the M-natorship for the purpose of accepting hi-
parlCs nomination for the position of govern-
or in 1804. V^'iin the adverse majority was
too gnat for him to overcome, although he
ran far ahead of his ticket. In 1887 he was ail-
pointed to represent \\'\omin^ at a convention
held at Philadelphia to provide for celebrating
the centennial of the adoption of the Constitu-
tion of the United States, and in 1890 was
chosen by a nuvting of public spirited citizens
at Cheyenne as one oi a committee of
|ud'_;< Samuel T. Corn bring the other member,
to go to "Washington and assist lloii. J. M.
Carey, the territorial delegate in Congres-
secure the admission of Wyoming into the
Union as a state, l-'nmi 1800 to [900 he was
a member of the National Di-mocratic Com-
mittee, and in i8.o(. did very effective work in
the campaign which carried the state for a
national Democratic ticket for the firs; time in
its history. He has been for years a
spicuous figure at all the conventions of his
party, ah\a\s aiding in guiding I heir dclil
tions and frec|ticntly presiding over them, 1
chosen with enthusiasm as president of the
first Democratic state convention after the ter-
ritory had donned her robes of stateli 1. All
local interests, without regard to party have
had his earnest and helpful attention. !
(876 to 1878 he was a county commissioner and
the presid'-nt of the board. I'"or a Ion-- time he
was on the Laramie school board and for a
number of years was its treasurer. lie was
also appointed b) Governor \\ arren as a mem-
ber of the first board of trust the Wyo-
ming University. < >n May 5, 1865, at
Scott, Kan., Mr. I lollida) was united in mar
with Miss l-'.mily K. Coykendall. a native
of Wisconsin and a daughter of Orson and
Maria ( Ilancln-ti i Co ki idall. I ler father was
a native of New York who removed from that
state to Ohio and afterwards to \\iscousin.
Miehigaii. Illinois and lasl to Kansas, where In-
died in i8n.V Mrs. llollida\ was born in [849
and died in 1887. She was the mother of . I
children, of whom seven are living: Catherine
I-'., married to Russell I'utler. who is emp'
in one of the l.aramie banks: ( in\ R. and \1-
I-; . who ha\ i immediate d the
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OP WYOMING.
hardware department of the Holliday company's
business ; Lois A., married to Edward E. Fitch,
chief accountant of the Holliday company ;
Elizabeth C, married to Harry George, a news-
paper man of Laramie ; Ruth, a student at the
Wyoming State University, and Margaret, at-
tending the schools in Laramie. Mr. Holliday's
second marriage occurred on February 20, 1897,
when Miss Sarah E. East, a native of New Bed-
ford, Ind., became his wife. She had been a
teacher in the public schools of Wyoming for
several years and they have two children, Mary
Ethel and Helen. The life of Mr. Holliday has
been full of activity, industry and usefulness to
his kind. It has been conducted along lines of
lofty rectitude, with a broad view and a consid-
erate regard for the welfare, the rights and the
enduring good of his fellow men and has been
so ordered that his sterling worth and unswerv-
ing fidelity to every duty have endeared him
to all classes of the people, as well as bringing
him an immense measure of success in business,
a high standing in public esteem and approba-
tion and a sure place in the affectionate regard
of all who have experienced the inspiration of
his presence or the bounty of his liberal nature.
CHARLES W. HORR.
Whether the causes of success in life em-
anate from essential elements in the individual
or are quickened by extraneous circumstances
and influences it is difficult to determine with
exactitude, but there can be naught but praise
for the man who attains success by worthy
means, commanding confidence and esteem by
his integrity of character and honest endeavor.
Such an individual is Mr. Horr, who merits
place in this compilation as a successful rancher
and stockraiser and as an honored citizen of
Converse county, Wyoming. Charles W. Horr
was born near Parkersburg, Butler county,
Iowa, on May 28, 1864, the son of Recellus R.
and Alena (Townsend) Horr. The grand-
father Horr was of old New England stock and
moved from Massachusetts to New York,
where his son Recellus was born in the town
of Denmark, Lewis county. The mother's
Townsend aiio ,iors migrated froi" Pennsylva-
nia to Ohio in very early days, being among
the first settlers of the state and her grand-
father, Nathan Townsend, of English lineage,
who was born in Pennsylvania, married in Ohio
and there passed his days, holding conspicuous
positions of public trust. Recellus R. Horr
early went to Iowa and in 1859 there joined
an expedition fitted out for a journey to Pikes
Peak, later returning to Iowa, where he made
his home, a pioneer settler. He was distinct-
ively an active public citizen and worked hard
for the election of Abraham Lincoln as pres-
ident, voting for him and all candidates on the
Republican ticket. His patriotism would have
made him a soldier in the Civil War, but de-
fective teeth caused his rejection. He died
from an accident at the age of sixty-four years.
Charles W. Horr was the eldest of the five chil-
dren of the family and after his school life in
Iowa was ended he came to Colorado and for
a year was engaged in ranching on the Cache
la Poudre River, thereafter, in March, 1883,
coming to Wyoming, and entering the employ
of J. H. Kennedy on the La Prele, remaining in
that connection as a rangerider for six years,
when, on February 20, 1889, he took unto him-
self a wife, marrying Miss Uree D. Adamson,
a native of Iowa, whose father, Samuel Adam-
son, was engaged in agricultural operations in
that state. Immediately after his marriage,
Mr. Horr purchased the relinquishments of a
settler on his present home ranch, homesteaded
it and engaged in stockraising on his own re-
sponsibility. His location is a pleasant one
on the La Prele River, 18 miles southwest of
Douglas and now comprising 900 acres of
deeded land, in addition to which he controls
o/o acres of leased land. The home ranch is
almost entirely under effective irrigation and
producing alfalfa and hay in abundance, while
a comfortable residence, with substantial barns,
sheds, corrals, etc., combine to make the prop-
erty a model one for the purpose of carrying
out the special branch of industry in which Mr.
Horr is engaged, the raising of fine cattle of a
PROGRESSIVE ME\ Ol: WYOMING.
377
superior quality. I I, Tet. >rds being his favorite
breed and his herd showing sonic thorough-
breds. With his surroundings and the pros-
pects of cumulative success attending his care-
ful and intelligent efforts. Mr. Horr can justly
feel that "his lines are cast in pleasant places."
lie is a pronounced Republican in his political
relations, belongs to the fraternal order of the
Woodmen of the World, has held the office of
school trustee for years, his family comprises
three children. Bessie, Stewart and Ruth, and
held in high esteem as a successful rancher,
a courteous neighbor and friend and a valuable
citizen.
JOHN HL.'XK >N.
X'o better eulogium can be pronounced up-
on a community or upon its individual members
than to point out the work they have accom-
plished. Theories look fine on the printed page
and sound well when proclaimed from the plat-
form, but in the end it is effort in the various
line- of industrial activity which proclaims the
man and benefits the world. This is essentially
a utilitarian age and the man of action is every-
where and very much in e\ Such a man
i- John llnnton, the subject of this n-view, and
as Mich-it is both pleasant and profitable to con-
template briefly lu's career and character. Tn-
timatch associated for ma:iv years with the
business interests and industrial development
of Laramie o unity and taking an active part
in its public affairs, he ha- nol been underes-
timated by tin- people, who have learned to ip
predate his true value as a potential factor with
the bods politic. It is well for any man if he
can trace his family history to a substantial
creditable ancestry. In thi- respecl John Hun-
ton is peculiarly fortunate. lie comes of two
old and highly esteemed \ ir-inia families, trac-
ing his lineage in nnbrok. ssion back to
the sixteenth century on the father's side and
to the early part of the eventeenth c> ntury
on thi side of the mother. The I [unions are
Knedish and the family ha- been prominent in
the public affair- of Virginia from Colonial
times to the present day. \""t onl\ does the
name occupy a conspicuous place in local an-
nals, but a number of the Humous appear to
havi achieved a tate reputation by reason of
distinguished service in various avenues of pub-
lic Hie. Alexander ... father of John
1 I union, was born and reared in Madisbn coun-
ty and attained to high standing as a citizen.
lie spent all of his life in his native county and
lived to be quite old, dying in Februarv, 1898,
at the age of eighty-six. Elizabeth Carpenter,
wife of Alexander Hunton and mother of the
one of whom we are now writing, was a native
of the same county and state in which her hus-
band was born, and survived him but a few
months, departing this life in August, 1898.
She was also eighty-six years old at her death,
and, as already indicated, belonged to one of
the oldest families in the county of Madison,
being descended from German ancestors. John
Hunton is a native of Madison county, Va..
dates his birth on January iS, iS^o.. Like the
majority of country lads he grew up familiar
with the various details of farm labor and in the
-chools of his neighborhood acquired a good
practical education. Nothing occurred to
break the even tenor of his life until the na-
tional atmosphere became murky \\ith the ap-
proaching clouds of Civil War. when he <•
a local militia company which wa ed to
Harper's Ferry during the celebrated attack on
that post by John I'.rown. When the great
struggle finally broke out he espoused the
cause of the South, enlisting in Co. A, Seventh
\ irginia Infantry, with which 1 d the for
tunes and vicissitudes of war until the Con-
EederaC} went down at Appomattox. During
his military experience Mr. Iliintmi t
in some of the most noted campaigns that
marked that troublous period, participating in
a number of the bloodiesl battle., of the war. in
all of which his conduct was all that could he
expected • Ham s( >Micr. \m. >ng
the more notable actions was that . >f Gettys-
burg, when- his regimenl formed part of j
Illusion, and it fell to him to follo\\
leader ir
H< and F< :--anlts in the annal
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
warfare. At tlu- close of UK- war Air. Hunton
\\ent west, stopping tirst in Missouri, thence a
liillr later going to Nebraska. For about one
year lie was engaged in freighting across the
plains and in the spring of 1867 arrived at Fort
Laramie, \\ yu., where during the ensuing four
\cars he held the position of clerk of the post-
trader. In 1871 he severed his connection with
the fort and turned his attention to cattleraising
at I'.ordeaux, on the Chugwater, where he had
charge of a road ranch for about seventeen
years, meeting with encouraging success the
meanwhile. In August, 1888, he was appointed
posttrader at Fort Laramie, and held that posi-
tion until the fort was disbanded in 1890, when
he purchased its various buildings from the
government and engaged in general merchan-
dising. He has remodeled several of the build-
ings, and now uses for a residence a house for-
merly occupied by one of the officers of the
post, having converted the structure into a
fine modern dwelling and supplied it with many
of the comforts and conveniences of life. In
addition to his local business he is engaged in
cattleraising, owning a valuable ranch about
ten miles west of his place of residence, which
is u ell stocked and under his personal care. He
also holds the office of I*. S. commissioner for
this district, and in connection with its duties
and his enterprises already mentioned does quite
a business. Being one of the oldest settlers
in the vicinity nf Fort Laramie, he is familiar
with every part of Laramie county and is con-
sidered an authority on all matters relating to
its lands. He is consulted by parties desiring
to locate in this section of the country and his
advice and counsel have been of especial value
in assisting homeseekers and those who come
west for the purpose of engaging in cattlerais-
ing and other lines of industry. Mr. Hunton
was married in his native county and state on
October 5, 1881, to Miss Blanche Taylor, a
daughter of John W. and Mary (Crawford)
Taylor of Virginia. Like his own family his
wife's people are also highly connected, having
long been closely identified with the history of
Madison countv. Mrs. Hunton is of Irish de-
scent and traces her lineage back to an early
period m this country, and still more remotely
to the beautiful Emerald Isle, from whence the
family. originally came. She is a lady of varied
culture, a member of the Episcopal church and
of the Daughters of American Revolution, and
has faithfully cooperated with her husband in
his various business enterprises. Mr. Hunton
is a Freemason of high standing, having taken
a number of degrees, including those of chapter
and commandery. He is one of the most affa-
ble and genial of men and his popularity is
bounded only by the limits of his acquaintance.
Hospitable and generous, he is a typical west-
ern man of the best class, and his influence has
long been felt for good in the community where
he lives. He is an extensive reader, a close
observer and a deep thinker, and it is not too
much to say that there are few as intelligent
and well-informed men in the West. This state-
ment is made advisedly, in view of the fact that
he has one of the the largest and most care-
fully selected private libraries in the state.
When not otherwise engaged he spends his
time among his beloved books, where, shut in
from the world, he holds converse with the
greatest and the wisest minds of all times and
countries through the medium of their writings.
He afso keeps himself well posted on current
events and upon the great questions and issues
of the day he has decided opinions, which he
expresses freely when occasion requires, al-
though by. no means of a contentious nature.
He always has the "courage of his convictions"
and, like men of his intelligence and strong per-
sonality, is in a large measure a director of
thought and a molder of public opinion. Few
men in the county are as widely and favorably
known and none stand higher in the confidence
of their fellow citizens or have shown them-
selves more worthy of the esteem in which they
are held. In closing this sketch it is proper to
state that no man in Wyoming is as well ac-
quainted with the early history of Fort Lara-
mie and its vicinity as is Mr. Hunton. This
most famous of western posts forms an inter-
esting part of the history of Montana and of
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
379
all this section of the Rocky Mountain region,
and for many years it figured prominently in the
annals of the nation. Mr. Hunton \vas a con-
spicuous figure during the days of its prosper-
ity, witnessed with regret its aliandoinnent , lie-
in^' now the only one left to weave the thread
of personal incident into the \\oof of its long
and interesting history.
(II \U1.KS \V. J( IHNSON.
The subject of this sketch is a native of
Sweden, born in that country on March 20,
iS74, the son of Peter A. and Sophia I'. (Lar-
Si ii i lohiisein. aKo natives of Sweden, where the
father followed the occupation of farming until
1880, when, thinking to improve his condition
in the \e\v World beyond the sea. he left his
old home in Sweden and came with his family
to \merica. Here he first settled in Sannders
county, Nebraska, where he engaged in fanning
and stockraising, which he continued until iSXi>.
when he disposed of his property and removed
his residence to \\ \oming. where he took up
land about two miles south of Pine Pduft's and
immediately again entered into the raising of
cattle. This he followed with considerable suc-
cess until 10,00, when he sold his cattle and
Other ranch property and removed to I'ine
I'duffs. and engaged in the livery business, in
which he has continued down lo the' present
writing IHJMJI. Charles \Y. Johnson attended
the Nebraska schools and also those in the vi-
cinity of I'ine Bluffs, but at the age of twelve
years he lefi school and secured employment in
a More in I'ine I'.lulTs, that he might acquire a
kiie>\\ ledge- of merchandising. Here he re
mained for about six months anil then engaged
himself on a ranch in the vicinity, where he
remained up to 1X1,0, when he was offered and
pted a position in the store <>t Mr. I'. M.
Peterson at I'ine I'duffs, and was connected
there with the merchandising business f,,r five
\ears. ])uring this employment lie Mudicd te-
le-raplu .hiring odd limes, and in iSe,d, he se-
cured a position as telegrapher ai \ivher. \\'y<>.
Subsequently he was an operator ai different
points on the line of the L'nion Pacific in
Wyoming, among other places having a posi-
tion at Pine Pduft's. In the fall of iSijJ he re-
signed his position \\ith the railroad company
and accepted an offer to become the manage]
of the store of Mr. ('. I. ( iross at ( irover (
( olo. lie remained here, doing a general mer-
chandising business, for aboul eight month
the end of that time resigning this position for
the purpose of engaging in business for himself
ai the ciu of Pine 1 'duffs, where he purchased his
present store building and immediately put in
a large stock of merchandise and embarked in
merchandising. Shortly after this he reo
an appointment as postmaster of Pine I'duffs.
a position which he has held since that rime,
being a successful, progressive and promising-
young business man, destined to become one
of the prominent factors in the commercial -and
political life of that section of the state. In-
dustrious, ambitious, with keen business ability
and foresight, he is rapidly coming to the front
as one of the leading business men of the
county. < In March 14, loon. Mr. Johnson was
united in marriage at Pine 1 '.In It's to Miss Al-
bertina L. Bloom, a native of Iowa, and a
daughter of Carl M. and Christiana I'.loom. na-
tives of Sweden. Tfer parents are now living
at Pine Bluffs, Wyo. Politically Mr. Johnson
is a staunch member of the Republican party.
One of the active leaders ol the party in Lara-
mie county. No one is more trusted in the
party, and he is ever in the front ranks in the
advocaev of even measure calculated to pro-
mote its interests. Many positions oi mist and
honor have been tendered him during his resi-
dence in Pine Pduft's. but he has uMialb de-
clined to consider them, but he consented \«
become a member of the board of school trus-
tees, is now serving in thai capacity and is the
treasurer of the board. lie is also a no(ar\
public and he tinds the latter position
siderable convenience'. Mr. Johnson is an ex-
cellent t\pe of the -eli ma.!,' \oimg business
man. \\lio has raise'el himself by his o\\n efforts
In a position of prominence ami influence and his
marked abilities will continue to he' shown.
38o
M,,Y/rs.$7F£ MEN OF WYOMING.
.MART R. J< IHNSTON.
In making a brief record of the useful and
successful career of (he accomplished and skill-
ful superintendent of the Wyoming Develop-
ment Co., the largest and most important irri-
gating enterprise in the state, which owes much
of its success and growth to his efficiency and
clearness of vision, the annalist cannot fail to
note in his makeup qualities of natttral endow-
ment far more valuable to the man of practical
affairs than the lessons of the schools. He was
born at Dayton, Ohio, on November 17, 1857,
the scion of old Irish families, whose names are
glorious in the civil and military history of the
Emerald Isle, from which land his grandfather
came to the United States and settled in Mont-
gomery county. Ohio, among its early pioneers.
There he followed the peaceful and independent
vocation of the patriarchs and reared a family,
among whom was Thomas B. Johnston, the
father of Mart R., who was a farmer and fruit-
grower. While yet quite a young man he mar-
ried Elizabeth Shellabarger, whose ancestors
had come from Germany three generations be-
fore, and added to the developing forces of the
pioneers of Montgomery county. There Mrs.
Johnston was born and reared, there she and
her husband reared a family, several members
of whom became distinguished in various lines
of life and there he died in 1884 and she in 1899.
Their son, Mart R. Johnston, passed his boy-
hood in the manner usual with the sons of pros-
perous farmers, and as soon as he was old
enough he became his father's capable assist-
ant in the farm work. When he was eighteen
years old he left the homestead and making his
way to Denver, Colo., was about to begin an
energetic effort in the struggle for supremacy
among men when a serious illness overcame
him and delayed his beginning for a year. Up-
on his recovery he was appointed deputy sheriff
of Larimer county, Colo., and, after a year of
official life, entered the employ of the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad as a rodman in the pre-
liminary surveys for the road. In 1879 he left
the service of this company to take a place with
the U. S. government engineers, who had in
charge the official survey of parts of Colorado
and New Mexico, with whom he continued
three months. His first work as a surveyor
was done on the Larimer county, Colo., irri-
gating ditch, on the part located in Jefferson
county, and this was done in 1877. This prac-
tical experience, together with close and ob-
serving study, gave him easy facility in various
branches of civil engineering. In iSSi Mr.
Johnston returned to Dayton, Ohio, and there,
on January 10, 1882, he was married to Miss
Anna Miller, a native of Ohio, and a daughter
of Abram and Lena Miller, emigrants from
Pennsylvania. He settled near Dayton and en-
gaged in farming and in raising stock, in which
he was very successful. In February, 1888, his
wife's health requiring a change of climate, he
disposed of his property in Ohio and removed
his family to Cheyenne, and from there, a few
weeks later, to Wheatland, where he has since
made his home. In November, 1888, he was
appointed superintendent of the Wyoming De-
velopment Co., an organization formed for the
purpose of irrigating and fitting for cultivation
and use as pasturage large tracts of barren
land. The company began operations in 1884,
and two years later the first water was run
through the ditches, which had been construct-
ed at great expense to the stockholders. Since
then more than 60,000 acres of desert land have
been reclaimed and made fruitful, rewarding the
faith of the husbandman with rich annual crops
of fragrant alfalfa and golden grain, furnishing
room for hundreds of happy homes for thrifty
immigrants and returning to the stockholders at
the same time large dividends on their invest-
ments. The great utility of this mighty enter-
prise is due in a considerable measure to the
executive ability and skill of the- superintendent
in conducting its affairs. It has become so
popular and productive of good that active
steps have already been taken to vastly increase
the volume of its operations. The children of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston are Edna T. and Frank
D., both of whom are living at Wheatland. Mr.
Johnston stands high in Masonic circles, hold-
IESSIVE MEN (>!• ll'YOMIXG.
381
ing membership in Lodge X". 41') at Wheat-
.•ind in tlu- Royal Arch Chapter and Com
mandery. Xo. i. Knights Templar, at Che\
ennc. He is also a noble of the Mystic Shrine
of Korem Temple at Rawlins, and has ascended
ih.e symbolic laddi r of the Scottish Rite tip to
and through the Thirty-second degree. \huv-
over lie is a member of a lodge of Modern
Woodmen of America at Wheatland, while in
politics he is an un< nising Democrat.
who has given valiant and valuable service to
his party in many a hard-fought local, state
and national campaign. lie has large private
interests in the state, chief among them being
a live stock industry conducted on a large and
scale on a ranch which he owns a mile
south ol '.lie town. lie has three brothers in
Ch 1C, all of whom an- prominent and sue-
ill, ("i. I'. Johnston is one of the leading
plr icians and surgeons of the state, F. S.
Johnston i-- one of the capital city's most enter-
prising and successful merchants, F. D. John-
ston is chief clerk in charge of the several di
visions of the railwa) I'. S. mail service enter-
ing Cheyenne. Each is a potential factor in ihe
development and progress of (he state.
JOHN CONES.
\moiig those to whom has come marked
success in connection \\ith the industrial activi-
tie- .if Wyoming, tin-re is no one more worthy
of the prosperity which is his than John foni
the honored subject oi thi> review, who is not
onK one of the pioneers of the commonwealth,
contending with the hostile Indians for it
cupanci. but also me \\lio worthily wear
ap] ii llatii MI . if self. made, since he has depi
upon his own exertions for his maintenance
early childhood, coming to \merica From
tative FnglaiK1 as a stranger in a sli
tncl here acquiring \\ealth through his
lit. of industry and indexible integrity and win-
ning the confidence, esteem and friendship of
the people with whom lie has be.-n ihrown in
contaet. John (ones was born in I let vford-
shire. England, on Angus! 15, iS|o. tin- s. m
oi Samuel and Ann Jones, who removed from
their native land of \\ales to the rich agricul-
tural region oi !• igland, \\ hen- the) •
Farming operations until their death. Mr.
Jones wa> the youngest ..i nine children, and is
now the sole survivor of the family. He re-
ed in England until he was twenty-eight
years old. engaged for the most part of the
time in superintending brick-making, as fore-
man for a brother, who was largely engaged in
filling construction contracts. In iXdS \lr.
Jones left England for America, his first "
lion being at Rochester, Minn., where for two
\ears he engaged in farming, thence removing
in 1^71 to Colorado, locating as a farmer and
stock-raiser between i rreele) and Fort Collins,
where he was successfully engaged until
when he came to Wyoming and located on
Horseshoe Creek, practically having only the
numerous Indians for his neighbors, and they
not those of the most friendly kind. During
the first winter of his residence there were many
contentions between the rival races and three
men were killed from ambush by the Indians
on Horseshoe Creek. The next spring K. K.
Reel's "bull team" outfit was burned and his
foreman shot. F.cing ahead of the freighting
'iis, ilu- train \\as cut in two hv the Indians
and the wagons in the rear surrounded ind
later burned, the fight lasting for a day and a
night. These instances will serve to indicate
the conditions under \\hich Mr. Jones passed
the three years of his residence in that locality.
Thereafter he removed to the Wagon I I
I 'reek, there maintaining his headquarters until
lSS_}. when be came to 1 .1 I'rele. making his
ba • of operations at 1. II. Kennedy's ranch,
he ran his cattle on the ihen almost limitless
range, continuing to be (bus employed until
i So!--', when, having acquired a splendid financial
return for his earnest labors and deprivations,
he .sold his interests and retired from business,
later passing some time in Colorado a-i.l in
visiting olhei - of the ('.real West and
Free from all business until n»oi, when,
tiring of having no definite object or occupa-
tion, having been all of his life a most diligent
382
/'KOGRESSH'E -1/ZLY Ol; WYOMING.
worker, he purrhaM-d the George ranch, on the
upper La Prcle River, fifteen miles west of
Douglas, and consisting of 960 acres, and again
engaged in stockraising operations, which he
is conducting with his oldtime vigor and suc-
cess, usually running 500 head of Shorthorn
cattle, and being a representative citizen and
an honored pioneer. His ranch is a very avail-
able one, having a large irrigation ditch and a
large acreage of his estate being under effect-
ive irrigation and noted for its crops of il-
falfa. There is a commodious two-story dwell-
ing on the ranch, with good barns and other
outbuildings.
CHARLES E. JUDSON.
A leading stockman of Wyoming, who for
many years was active in the commercial world
in the city of Chicago and other eastern busi-
ness centers, Charles E. Judson, whose resi-
dence is at Mandel, Albany county, was born
on December 21, 1843, at Plattsburg, N. Y..
the son of Aaron and Sophronia (Mason) Jud-
son, both natives- of Troy, N. Y. His father
was a leading Presbyterian minister of the east-
ern portion of New York and who followed that
profession up to the time of his decease, which
occurred about 1852, at the age of thirty-nine
years. He was buried in the city of his birth.
The mother survived until 1879, when she. too,
passed from earth at the age of seventy years,
being the mother of three children. Charles E.
Judson attained man's estate in his native state
of New York and received his early education
in her public schools. In 1857 he matriculated
at Union College, at Schenectady, in that state,
where he remained for four years, pursuing
a full course of study at that noted institution,
being graduated as a member of the class of
'61. After the completion of his college course
he went to the city of Savannah, Ga., to take
charge of a contract to remove a large quantity
of stores which had been wrecked during the
Civil War and was sunk in the harbor at that
place. He remained at Savannah and vicinity
for about one and one-half vears, then estab-,
lislied his home in the city of Scranton, I 'a.,
where he accepted a position as the secretary
and treasurer of the Scranton Gas and \\ aid-
Co., and continued in that business for twelve
years. He was then advanced to be the man-
ager and treasurer of the corporation and held
that responsible place for several years. He
then resigned his position and removing his
residence to the city of Chicago, 111., he was
there elected to the presidency of the Con-
sumers' Gas Co. and held that responsible trust
for about twelve years, when he accepted the
presidency of the Lake Gas Co. and that of the
Chicago Economy Fuel and Gas Co. Shortly
after this he came to the then territory of
\\ \oiniiig and engaged extensively in the land
and cattle business, becoming the chief owner
of the Empire Land and Cattle Co., one of the
heaviest corporations operating in \Yyoining.
He has been very successful in the stock busi-
ness, being now the owner of over 10,000 acres
of land, well fenced and improved, and con-
stituting one of the finest cattle ranches in that
section of the state, with large herds of cattle,
as well as of other extensive business interests
in \Yyoming. In 1877 Mr. Judson was united
in marriage, in Pennsylvania, with Miss Mary
Black, a native of that state, and a daughter
of Robert and Caroline (Perkins) P.lack, prom-
inent residents of the city of Scranton. Her
father was long engaged in business in that city
as a drygoods merchant and 'also as a coal oper-
ator, being one of the leading business and finan-
cial operators of his section of the state. To
Mr. and Mrs. Judson one child was born, Ro-
berta, now deceased. Mrs. Judson is a superior
woman, who has had much to do with the suc-
cessful business career of her husband, for since
his illness from partial paralysis, she has prac-
tically assumed the entire management of their
large property interests, and is conducting the
business along the same successful lines as
those pursued during former years. 'Mr. Jud-
son is identified with the Republican party, and
for many years was one of the leaders of that
political organization in \Yyoming. During the
period of his active life, he was often solicited
PROGRESSIVE MEX ()]• WYOMING.
383
by his party associates anil friends to .•
positions nf tru.st anil honor \vitliin the gift of
the party in ilir state, hut lie invariable <le
dined tii hold public office, fur which his ability
and education so \\rll fitted him. lie is one of
the must respected citi/ens of Wyoming, and
the lamih hold a high place in the esteem of
the community.
ISIIx >KK KASTOR.
A leading commercial man of Evanstoti.
\Yyoming, who was horn in 1860, in Kaisers-
lanteni, Rhine Havana. ( iennany, his parents
being Salomon and Babette (Alcnberg) Kas-
tor, [sidore Kastor well deserves the pen of
the local historian. Mis father was born in
1834 in \Yattenheim, Germany, where he be-
came a prominent merchant, and was at one
time a sergeant in the Bavarian cavalry, hold-
ing that position for several years. He also
served as a commissary in the "Franco-Prus-
sian \Yar in 1870-71. He was an imposing per-
sonage, of commanding figure and strong phys-
ical makeup, but, better than all, a devoted hus-
band and parent. Me died at the age of fifty-
cight and was buried al Kaiserslautern. Mrs.
Solomon Kastor took that name by mama-t-
at the age of eighteen, A domestic woman,
caring only for her family, she is still living at
Kaiserlautern, aged sixty, with her son, a
brother nf Isidore, who is in business there,
Isidore Kastor was educated in German col
and he engaged in commerce at the age
of sixteen and came to America at the ,v.
twenty-t\so, and spending his first nine months
in mercantile work in Xe\v York. Thence he
to 1'ocahontas, Ark., and there was simi-
larly employed lor two years, after which he
came to Evanston, Wyo., and started business
for himself in a clothing am! general store in
.iiber. :S*5, and he has conducted il with
signal sii. I le is a wi<:
up-t' •--.oiialily
and engaging manners, coliseum nth of great
larity. In addition to his 1 busini ss,
he is interested in [oil and minin- pr< ip
erties. He is affiliated with numerous fraternal
bodies, hein^ a member of the Ma-onic lodge
' I l;\ ansfc m, also of tin- Scottish Rite I l.dl of
i lievenne. of the \\iiodnien of the World and
the Modern \Y linen <>f America, lie also
holds the degree of Honor and is a member of
Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen. Me was
i: arried in. December, isx.,. with Mis- Fannie
Lewis, a nati\e of (iennany and a daughter of
Isaac X. and Sarah il-'ranki Lewis. Her father
was horn in Kibarty, Prussia, and was formerly
in business in Evanston. but is imw in Salt
Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Kastor have three
children: Louis. Selma and Shirley, and the
family stands in most genial relations with the
most progressive element of the community.
ALFRED M. KKAS.
\niniig the first to recognize the natural re-
sources of this section of \\\,,miiii; and to
east in his lot \\ith its people was Alfred M.
Keas, now a prominent residua of the vicinity
of \\"heatland, one of the most successful farm-
ers of Laramie county. I'.orn on Julv 2, 1858,
he is a native of Mercer county, l'enn-~\ Ixania.
•i of Michael and Catherine (Miller) Kea-.
natives of that stale. In earK life hi- father
Followed the occupation of fanning in VTercer
county, and subsequently he removed his resi-
dence to Yenango county, when- he continued
the same pursuit up to the time of his death.
ni iS.jS. Me was buried in Cooperstown. in
that county. The mother passed awav in 1*7.}.
and lies at the side of her husband. Alfred M.
, - gre\v to man's estate i" \ enango county,
1'a., and received his carK education in its pub-
lic schools. In earl) life he assisted his father
in the work of the farm, an '
life for himself, al first securing einplo\ment
from his brother, who was a farmer in Vena
count) . remaining in his . ent for three
lie then left the farm and went to the
oil regions, near Mil City, where lie secured
work and remained until the spril
when he went to fowa and located
.nd count} ti ir a nils, then
3^4
I'KOGRESSII-E MEN OF
l\ansa>. lien he i«ok up land in the county
(if Rooks and engaged in farming, being one of
the very earliest settlers of that county. He con-
tinued in agricultural operations here until 1889,
when he disposed of his farm and removed his
residence to the city of Plainville. where he en-
1 in the livery business for five years. In
the spring of 1894 he visited Wheatland, Wyo.,
on a trip of inspection, and having fully satis-
fied himself as to the resources of the surround-
ing country, he returned to Plainville, disposed
of his property there, removed to \\~heatland
and purchased the ranch which he now owns.
situated about five miles southwest from that
place, on what are called the Wheatland Flats.
Here he engaged in the business of cattlerais-
ing with considerable success and by experi-
menting he found that the raising of hogs was
more profitable than cattleraising, and recently
he has been disposing of his cattle, and entering
more extensively in the raising of hogs for the
market. He has met with a marked success
and has a fine farm, well improved, with suita-
ble buildings, an excellent residence, and is
counted one of the solid and substantial busi-
ness men of his section. On April 18, 1880,
Mr. Keas was united in marriage to Miss
Addie M. Gentry at Plainville, Kan. She is a
native of Missouri, the daughter of Henry C.
and Mary (Gentry I Gentry, the former a native
of Missouri and the latter of Kentucky, being
a member of the well-known family of Ken-
tucky Gentrys. Her father followed farming
in Missouri until the outbreak of the Civil War,
in 1861 being commissioned captain in a Mis-
souri volunteer regiment of the Union army and
served throughout the entire war in that capac-
ity being in many engagements, but escaping
without serious injury, he was mustered out at
the end of the war. He then removed to Kansas,
and established himself in the county of Wyan-
dotte in farming. Here he remained until 1879,
when he disposed of his property in that county
and removed to Plainville, where here he still
continued farming operations in the vicinity of
Plainville until 1895, when he removed to 'Okla-
homa Territorv, where he continued the same
pursuit until his death in 1899. He was buried
at Xora, in that territory. The mother of Mrs.
Keas is still living and makes her home at the
town of Xora. To Mr. and Mrs. Keas five
children have been born, Charles, Arthur M.,
William 0., Pearl M. and Minnie B., all are
living and their home is notably one i .f tli<- most
comfortable and hospitable in their section of
the state. Fraternally, Mr. Keas is affiliated
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and with the Modern Woodmen of America, be-
ing a member of Wheatland lodges. Politically,
he is identified with the Republican party, and
takes an active and prominent part in public
affairs, although never seeking or desiring posi-
tion, his private business affairs fully occupying
his time. By his industry, perseverance, good
business judgment and management he is
rapidly accumulating a competency. He stands
high in the public estimation as a man of high
character, thoroughly reliable and trustworthy
in ever}- relation of life.
JOSEPH H. KENNEDY.
( >nc who perceived the wonderful possibili-
ties for financial success in the undeveloped
potentialities of stock-raising in Wyoming and
who has availed himself of them with good
judgment and skillful discrimination, being now
counted one of the leading stockmen of the
section of the state where he has made and now
maintains his home on the La Prele "River on
his productive ranch of 1,000 acres of eligibly
located land, situated sixteen miles southwest
from Douglas, Wyo., Joseph H. Kennedy well
deserves more than a passing notice in a vol-
ume treating of the Progressive Men of Wyo-
ming. He was born on January 12, 1847, in Vir-
ginia, where his ancestors on both paternal and
maternal sides had lived for generations, and is
the son o'f John and Jane E. (Strickland) Ken-
nedy, the father dying at the early age of thirty-
three years and leaving a family of three chil-
dren. In 1856 the widow with her children re-
moved to Iowa, having previously remarried,
locating in Marshall county, the stepfather hav-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
385
ing been engaged in merchandising. Remaining
at the Iowa homestead until 1872, the energetic
spirit dl .Mr. Kenned) led him to make the long
and dangeri ins journey across the plains to
Colorado, where he located in Larimer county,
and began his long career in connection with the
live stock business and was prospered in his
undertakings for the ti\e years of his residence
in that locality. In 1877 he removed 'to
Wyoming, and to his present scene of opera-
tions, in connection with others buying several
squatters' rights and taking up other lands.
Here they laid the foundation for operations of
scope and importance, continuing in a cumula-
tive business of prosperity for many years, Mr.
Kennedy purchasing the interests of his part-
ners in 1,^7 and 1900, thus creating his present
ranch and holdings, having a large acreage,
well-irrigated and yielding bounteous crops,
especiall) of alfalfa, as Mr. Kennedy raises a
large amount of this kind of hay. for he feeds
his cattle during the winter months. Here he
has erected fine buildings, barns, sheds, corrals,
etc., including ;in elegant residence of the latest
st\lc of architecture, modern in all respects and
finished in natural oak and cypress and fur-
nished with all modern improvements, including
the latest methods of heating, lighting and sani-
tation, it being one of the finest country resi-
dences of the state. Mr. K> nned) entered mar-
ried life on January S. |S< ig united \\iih
Miss Josie Shocklcy. a native of Kansas and a
daughter of A. 1). Shockley, who, after passing
a few years in Wyoming, is now maintaii
his home in South I >akota. Tlie\ tiavi on< son,
John Ubert. Mr. Kennedy is a represents •
citi/en of Wyoming in the best MUM of the
word: Mis motto has hern progn ss From ih>-
first, for Marling with Texas cattle in his first
ad\ enture in Hi tate, he has steadily advanced
the (|unlity of his herds, and has now some fine
thoroughbred Hereford bulls and usually runs
500 head of ihai celebrated breed. When the}
were on the public range they sometime
7.' > 10 head. I 1 1- keeps thoroughly in touch with
llle development of the Stock industn of the
counirv through the best literature of the day.
intercourse with leading stockmen ,-md by affil-
iation with the Com i • k Grow-
ers' Association and the Wyoming Sloe: i iru\v-
ers' Association. lie is one of Conver
ty's strong men, having a large numbi i
friends, while his political rel are with
the Republican party. Clearly defined purpose,
consecutive eft'ori and practical ability of a de-
terminate order are the qualities which have
made Mr. Kennedy one of the leaders of the
industrial activities of bis section of the
and have brought to him the un'
of his fellow men, his career having beer
of well-directed energy, strong determination
and honorable methods.
RICHARD M. KKXXEDY.
A contributor in a leading way to the prog-
ress of the various communities in which he
has lived, always interested in the general wel-
fare and pro-: . i his comity and state, it is
eminently fit that Richard M. Kennedy, of John-
son count\-, Wyoming, --hould now be the con-
servator of the peai •\ernment and dignity
of the state, which as sheriff he upholds with a
firm hand and a judicious exen
powers. Tie \\as born in Xew ''i ork Stati
September 3. 1848, the son of Michael and
Mary ir.urkei Kennedy, who left their native
Ireland early in life for the greater freedom.
larger opportunity ami mot laical
conditions of the United States, were married
in this country, and alter spending a few \
near the Atlantic seaboard came west to I
in 1.^54. when their son Richard was six years
old. Here he grew to manhood, attended school
Mom time to tim< as iisted his father in his
ntn and building operations. In 1X7^ he
made a i rip t< > New < >i lean -. bul - u^iit
again the Northwest, coming to M The
next year he locate,! in Johnson coumv. \\
and he-au , ipi ral ' ':' ' •' ''"'I ;l
dealer in timl» ! ' Vl'''
as deputy sheriff. <
letisivc dealer in hile in i SSi i
lie was a-ain appointed depnt\
386
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol-' WYOMING.
serving two years, wenl in I'ortland, ( )rc., and
passed ilu- m cl two years dealing in real-estate
in that cit\. lie then again came to Johnson
county, \\here he has .since rr.siiled. In 180.7 he
was made one of ihe custodians of the I". S.
Eoresl reserve, and in io.no \\-as elected sheriff
of the count) .'^ a Republican, lie was re-
elei te I in [902 and has since been adding to the
excellent record in his official duties which he
had previously made. Me has been successful
in business ,ui,] owns valuable real-estate in city
property and f;:rm lands. He is also interested
in mines of value and has vcrv promising hold-
ings in the Wyoming oil fields. In 1881 he was
married to Miss Fannie Stroder, a native of
Aiissouri. but at the time a resident of Buf-
falo, Wyo. Both have hosts of friends and
their home is a popular resort for them, being
a center of gracious and refined hospitality and
of intellectual and social intercourse.
JOHN G. FIERO.
John Ciillispy Fiero, a prosperous and well-
known citizen of Evanston, llinta county, was
born on November id. iS^>, in Ulster county,
X. Y., amicl the impressive scenes and sugges-
tions of the Catskill Mountains, at the little
town of Woodstock. His parents were Dr.
John Gillispy and Mary (Hall) Fiero, whose
family consisted of six children of whom five
reached maturity, Mrs. Harriet Hyde, now de-
ceased : John G. ; Wright E. ; Mrs. Zemira
Tronibley ; Mrs. Margaret O. Stephens. Dr.
Fiero died at the early age of thirty-six years,
after a record of great credit and success as a
physician and surgeon and after his death his
wife, with her young children, removed to
Mount Clemens, Mich., the home of her par-
ents, where her husband had also owned prop-
erty. Here she lived to the age of eighty-four
years and at her death, in 1894, she was buried
in the beautiful cemetery of this well-known
city. She was a lady of excellent character and
disposition, well-known and well-beloved, whose
life was passed in good deeds. Her father, a
prominent and successful physician and sur-
geon, was a man of affairs and connected \\iib
numerous business enterprises. He married
< Hive Rich, a native of Connecticut of English
parentage and both lived to old age, the I )oc-
lor being eighty-five and his wife eighty-se\en
at death. Among the industrial enterprises with
which the Doctor was connected was a glass
factory which he built and operated at Mount
Clemens. John G. Fiero after leaving the
academy at Mount Clemens, where he finished
his education, was apprenticed 'to the ma-
chinists' trade in the Detroit Locomotive
Works and worked there until the shops closed
during the panic of 1857. He spent the follow-
ing summer in the U. S. Coast Survey on Grand
Traverse I5ay, Michigan, and after that worked
at carpentry for some time. He was next en-
gaged at the Canada oil springs drilling oil
wells and in this line of work was a very suc-
cessful operator. In 1864 he entered the U. S.
army as an engineer and was assigned to duty
in the construction corps, building bridges, rail-
roads and other necessary works. In March,
1865, he left the army and returned to his for-
mer home in Michigan, thence in June of the
same year he started west across the plains to
prospect for oil in the service of a company
which failed before he reached his destination,
but nothing daunted by its failure, he came to
Fort Bridger, Wyo.. and became the pioneer
oil prospector of the state, boring the first
well within its limits, locating valuable oil fields
and opening and operating them in partnership
with the late Judge Carter of Fort Bridger. In
1876 he removed to Evanston and beginning
\\ork as a carpenter became a builder and con-
tractor in this line and also established a busi-
ness in drilling and piping oil wells, being from
bis long and practical experience in this line
of activity a master of it in every detail. Mr.
Fiero has prospered in business, is securely es-
tablished in the respect and esteem of his fel-
1' i\\ s and has rendered signal service to the
various communities in which he has lived. He
owns valuable property in Evanston, in North-
ville and in St. Louis, Mich. In politics he is an
active and devoted Republican, standing by the
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YOMIXG.
387
principle's and candidates of his party and ren-
dering loyal service in all its campaigns. In fra-
ternal relations In- is a master mason, and be-
longs to Fvanston Lodge. \o. 4, with which
he affiliated to aid in its organization as a char-
ter member. lie is a Presbyterian in religious
belief and an elder in his church. On ( ktober
6, iStji, he was united in marriage with Miss
Mary Landol I'.owen. the marriage occurring
at Xashville. Tenn., where she was born on
February .}, tSf^. the only child of James Lan-
dol and Rachel (Kernell) I'.owen. She is a
highly educated lady, a graduate of \Vard 's
S'-minary at Xashville. Maple Hill Seminary
and Doyle College, all celebrated educational
institutions of Tennessee. Tn art especially she
is richly endowed and has been very successful
as a teacher, working dircctlv from nature by
the freehand system. Her work has had honor-
able mention wherever it has been shown, win-
ning high commendation at the Xashville ex-
hibit. She is also prominent and active in the \V.
C. T. U. organization, having been the presi-
dent of the local union at Evanston and its
secretary for many years. She has good busi-
ness qualifications and manage- her estate with
skill and judgment. Her property in Xashville
Enable, and she also owns jioo acres of
timber and prospective oil land in DeKalb
county, Tenn., located about three mile, from
Sinithville. the count \ seat, which is in the
Pennsylvania-Texas oil licit. Mr. and Mrs.
Ficro have a pleasant home ai }< jS Lombard
street, Fvanston, one of the attractivi locial
resorts of llie town, and a center of intellectual
culture and Denial hospitality.
PETER J. KINNEY.
The resiles, and productive energy of the
Irish people proclaims itself, wherever thi
cure a footing;, in the ini|iro\ cineiil of th.
lion and the multiplication of the elements and
evidences of civilization. Among the men of
i h.n gifted race \\ln ' ha\ e been • >\ •
tit in developing the greal N'orthwesi and mak-
ing it nierrx with the music of industrial p
: I
ress and bright with the products
and taste, none is more entitled to honorable
mention than Peter J. Kinney of Xc\\ castle.
prominent in the annals of the town from its
founding as a commercial and a civil force. He
was born on Christmas day, 1861, in Boston,
Mass., where his parents. Peter and Catherine
I. \orton | Kinney, had settled when in |S4S they
left the,ir native F.rin and soughl a home in the
I'nited States, and where they were profitably
engaged in gardening until their deaths, that
of the mother occurring in iSi;<j and that of the
father in iSSS. Mr. Kinney was educated at
Brighton, a beautiful suburb of the Xew Eng-
land metropolis, where he lived quietly with his
parents until he was twenty years of age. In
1881 he caught the Western fever and crossed
the wide and lonely plains to Colorado, local
ing at Fort Collins, where he went to work on
a cattle ranch in that neighborhood, remaining
six months. In iSSj he removed to Cheyenm
and during the nexl three years rode the i
and herded cattle in the employ of various com-
panies. In l8S5 he went to (he P.lack Mil's and
settled at Spearfish. S. I)., where he clerked in
stores until iSSt), in the meantime making a
visit to his old home. In July. iSSo he cam. to
what is now Weston county, Wyo.. halting at
Tub Town, three miles from when- Newcastle
now stands. This was then a virgin country,
almost untrodden b\ the Eool ol civili/cd man,
bin it was not long before there was a healthy
sprinkling of desirable settlers in its midst and
at !cast one mining industr\ in vigorous
growth. The Kilpatricks were then opening tluir
coal mine, and tlieiel,. attracting boih labor
and capital to the seclion. Mr. Kinney en-
gaged in business at Tub fown until fall, and
then, .\c\\cas|]. being Founded, he bought
of the first town lots sold within its limits and
began a residence there which has continued
until the present lime. After three years pa
here ' and salesman, he determi"
make a start in business for himself. V
iugly. in iSuJ. he bought property and op
a liquor business in which he is siill
I b- prospered in nture, and looking ai
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•iGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ways to the best interests of the town and its
people, in 1898, with his characteristic energy
and public spirit, he put in an electric light
plant, and has found it a much appreciated, a
very serviceable ami profitable improvement.
He is now putting in a telephone system, for
which the populace has longed and which will
not only connect them with the rest of the
world in a close and beneficial way, but will
stamp the community as a progressive and up-
to-date one, even in this day of colossal com-
mercial enterprises. It is thus with Mr. Kinney
all along the line of development and advance-
ment. Scarcely any undertaking of pith and
moment in the whole section of country to
which he belongs has been without the quicken-
ing impulse of his master hand or the guiding
wisdom of his fertile mind. In addition to the
stand for his mercantile business, his residence
and the other property already mentioned, he
owns valuable real-estate in the town and
county and has interests elsewhere. In politics
Mr. Kinney is an unfaltering Democrat, most
active in the councils of his party and easily its
most esteemed and astute local 'leader. In 1894
and 189^ he served as a member of the Newcas-
tle city council and in 1898 he was appointed
mayor to fill a vacancy, serving eight months.
In May, 1902, he was elected to this office for
a full term and is now discharging the duties
of his position with an eye single to the welfare
of the community, but at the same time holding
under due consideration the rights and interests
of the individual citizen. On November 12,
1896, he was married with Miss Ethel Bailey,
a native of Iowa, but at that time a resident of
Newcastle, where the marriage occurred. Both
are members of the Catholic church.
WILLIAM LANNEN.
Among the younger generation of progres-
sive and successful business men of the state of
Wyoming, a prominent place must be given to
William Lannen, who, a native of the county of
La Salle, 111., was born on June i, 1859, the
son of David and Mary (Hunt) Lannen, natives
of Ireland, and from them he inherits the ster-
ling qualities i if industry, pluck and persever-
ance which have characterized the best people
of the Irish race wherever their activities have
taken them. David Lannen, the father, was one
of the earliest settlers of the western portion of
the United States, being a pioneer of four states
and taking a leading part for many years in lay-
ing the foundations of civilization in those com-
monwealths. Emigrating from Ireland in early
life, he came to America and settled in the coun-
ty of La Salle, on the Illinois frontier. Here he
engaged in fanning and remained for some years,
when he removed, in the fall of 1859, to Kansas,
where he settled first near the site of the city of
Topeka. Here he took up government land and
engaged in farming. Later he purchased a
larger farm in Franklin county in the same state,
and moved his family to the new home. At
this place he was occupied successfully for a
number of years in both farming and stock-
raising, then disposing of his interests he estab-
lished his residence in Osage county, where he
continued in the same occupations up to 1871,
when, desiring to engage in the stock business
upon a more extensive scale than the settled
condition of the country permitted in Osage
county, he sold his business to good advantage,
and started with his family on an overland trip
to the then territory of Wyoming, the winter of
that year being passed in Colorado, where for
a time he thought seriously of making his home,
finally concluding to carry out his original inten-
tion of going to Wyoming. In the spring of
1872, he arrived at the vicinity of the present
city of Cheyenne and took up a ranch on the
overland trail, it being the same place no\v owned
by his son, William, the trail passing immediately
in front of where his residence now stands. Here
he engaged in cattleraising, having brought from
Kansas quite a fine herd of animals. He met
with immediate success in his operations and
as soon as the land was surveyed by the govern-
in lit, he laid claim to it and subsequently ac-
quired it by purchase from the United States. He
also purchased large tracts of land from the rail-
road company and other parties, as his needs re-
PROGRESSIVE UEX OF WYOMING.
339
quired, and his business \\as extended, until at
tin.- time of his death in 1891, he was the owner
of over 12,000 acres. He was one of those
practical, rugged men, having a keen business
abilitv and indomitable resolution, who conquer
all difficulties and carve success "in of any con-
ditions that confront them. Coming into the
country in those early days when ii seemed like
a desert to those accustomed to the landscapes
of the East, with green fields and waving trees,
: aw the possibilities of Wyoming, had un-
1 confidence in the future and went to
with a will to build his home in the new
. T.y his efforts, his unfailing industry and
his courage and perseverance in the midst of vi-
. he changed the desert into a garden and
saw his fortune grow from small beginnings un-
til he became one of the most prominent stock-
men of his state. Long before the close of his
arduous and successful life the correctness of his
judgment was vindicated b\ events and the bar-
ren plahn of Wyoming were covered with thou-
sands of cattle, horses and sheep, and the sparsi 1
settled community of his early life became an
important state in the Union. He did much to
build up Wyoming when a territory and when
a state, and it was through the hardships and
sacrilV of .-uch men that the foundations of
civilization- here were laid strong and deep and
. ay prepared for the generations which are
to follow. A debt of gratitude which i
ill i-- justly due to these hardy pioneer
builders of the great Middle West. .Mr. Lannen
ed away at the old home on May 7. iSin,
1 I. his family and friends and respected
honored by all. being buried in ihe city of
Ch e. The mi itlier survived until
dying rin January 19, of that year, In MIL; buried
by ili of lu-r husband. W" 'ether
in lii ring a large fortune ami raiding an
intert -tin- family of children to comfort them in
ill. ir declinin rs tl d in
n. I',. .tli were devout tnei b ' the Ro-
man <'ath»lic church, ever foremosl in all works
of helpfulness and charity. Of their family of
six children, the driest. Mrs. I'll, n Lannen !>ial,
d a\vav on February 15. [901, at < '
Utah, aged fifty- four years; Mrs. Julia Lannen
Hinkston is now a resident of Ogden ; Edward
died on January 27, 1881, at the age of twenty-
seven years, and was buried in the city of
Cheyenne: .Mrs. .Mary Lannen Holt is the wife of
Thomas D. Holt, one of the leading stockmen of
Wyoming, residing at Hecla; William, the im-
mediate subject of this revii \\ ; Mrs. Katie Lan-
nen Owen, now residing in Laramie, Wy.i.
William Lannen grew to manhood and re-
ceived his early education in Warning. Leaving
school when nineteen, he then took an active part
in the management of the ranch and the stock
interests owned by his father and continued in
that employment until his father's death, hav-
ing for several years previous to that time the
control and entire charge of all the operations,
carrying them on the lines formerly followed by
his father, and meeting with the same success.
After the death of the father the estate was
divided among the heirs and the home ranch,
of some 12,000 acres, became the property of
William Lannen. A considerable portion of this
great tract is under irrigation and each year im-
mense quantities of hay, both timothy and al-
falfa, are grown, most of which is consumed on
the property by the cattle belonging to Mr. Lan-
nen, who is the owner of several large herds of
fine stock, confining his operations to cattle, and
having both thoroughbred and graded Herefords,
finding thi.' latter the hi -1 stock for range cattle.
!t i.- a mailer of historical interest that old
\Yalbach was former' 'iome
ranch of Mr. Lannen. the site being near hi-
dence, and the cellars of the post still remain.
ivho in the pi. mi . i were
killed by the Indians lie buried in the vicinity.
and thi re ari
frontier life in the sp; if the
country by white people. Kvcn in recent years
111. Indians have been troublesome from their
catllr sk-aliii' nd the ranch has
mcd quite scrim • from that -
time to time. < in October 2O, 1807. Mr.
.1 in in. - : the hoi;
the bride'.- parent- to Miss Matilda J. Tail, a na-
tive of Wyoming, and the daughter of Robert
PROGRESSIVE MEN OP WYOMING.
and Agnes (Finlayson) Tail, prominent resi-
dents of that section of Wyoming, and they have
one child, F.tYie Agnes. Politically, Mr. Lannen
is a li member of the Republican party, and
takes an active interest in all public affairs. Fre-
quently he has been solicited by his neighbors
and friends to become a candidate for public
office, but he has consistently declined to do so,
his private business interests fully occupying his
attention and requiring all of his time. He is a
progressive and popular citizen of that section of
Wyoming where his home is located, admired
and respected by all for his high character and
ability as an enterprising man of business, and
is destined to become one of the wealthiest men
' of the state.
GORDON O. LATH AN.
The oldtimers of Wyoming, as of the entire
western country, are fast being removed from
the stage of action, and the heroism and pathos
of their lives are rapidly becoming a part of
their country's history, but the scenes which
have known them in the past and witnessed
their deeds of valor and achievement on the
frontier, will soon know them no more forever.
Their numbers are steadily growing less, but
what they accomplished in the settlement of the
West will grow brighter as time goes on.
Among those who have blazed the way in
Wyoming, no one stands higher than Gordon
O. Lathan, now a prominent resident of Iron
[Mountain, Laramie county. Coming into the
territory at a time when the Indian and the buf-
falo were practically the sole possessors of the
land, he has watched its development and done
his full share in the great work, from a condi-
tion of barbarism to its present condition, as
one of the most prosperous and progressive of
the states of the American Union. Born on
May 24, 1840, in Sandusky, Ohio, the son of
Stanton and Lois (Small) Lathan, both natives
of Massachusetts. Mr. Gordon O. Lathan in-
herits the spirit of adventure from an ancestry
ever forward in the van of civilization, his grand-
parents being pioneers in New England, while
his father was a pioneer and frniitier.Mnan of
< >hio, Michigan and Iowa, who, settling in < ihio
during its early days of settlement, there carved
a home from ihe almost untouched forest wilder-
ness before iSjo, while later he was for fourteen
years a frontiersman and a hunter in Michigan,
removing to Jackson county, Iowa,
\\liere he also continued life as a fanner, llere
lie remained until i8di, when he removed to
Missouri, serving in the army of the Civil War
as one of the home guard for four years. Sub-
sequently he engaged in farming in that stale
until 1884, when he came to Wyoming, and
made his home with his son, Gordon, for two
years, then removed to Johnson county, where
he owns a ranch and resides there with two of
his children, being still (1902) an active man
at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. The
mother died in 1852, being buried in Genesee
county, Mich. Gordon O. Lathan came to the
then territory of Colorado in 1859, and engaged
in prospecting and mining in Colorado, Utah,
Arizona and Xew Mexico for about eighteen
months, then established himself on a ranch on
the St. Bravin River, near Boulder, Colo., and
engaged in cutting hay and selling it' in the
mining camps until 1807, when he removed to
Fort Laramie, Wyo., and entered the employ
of the United States government at that mili-
tary post. Here he acted as hunter, scout and
guide until 1868, when he went to Fort Halleck
nnd hunted under contract from the Union Pa-
cific Railroad for about five months. Return-
ing to Fort Laramie he hunted for the com-
missary department of that post during the win-
ter of 1868-69. In the spring he purchased a
ranch on Horse Creek on the stage road be-
tween Cheyenne and Fort Laramie, where he
conducted a road ranch and stage station, and
for four years carried on his former business
of hunting. Cheyenne was his chief market
and, during the days that game was plentiful
in the vicinity of his place, he found the occupa-
tion a very remunerative one. In 1874 he took
up the ranch now owned by Mr. McLaughlin
on Horse Creek, and engaged in cattleraising,
hunting, however, a portion of each year.
PROGRESSIVE ME \ <>/• i; ;
39'
Fighteen niDiiths later he disposed of this place
ami bought ilu- Stone ranch, m-ar his former
place, and remained there until iSSo, engaged
in the ])rotitalile business of raisins; cattle anil
Here he also did considerable hunting
and aKo acted as guide for the officers at Fort
Russell, being considered the most efficient
guide in thai section of the \\'est and as having
a lietter knowledge of the gci igraphy of Wyom-
ing ami of its game preserves than any other
man on the frontier. In the spring of iSSo he
disposed of his ranch and stock interests to
good advantage and in the fall went to Florida,
in the hope of recuperating his failing health.
I In- IK- remained fur about eighteen months,
during which time he owned and operated a
tran-ier line from the St. John's River to In-
dian River, Fla. In the spring of i SS^ he re-
turned to Wyoming and in the fall took up his
ni ranch mi ('hnguatcr, about forty miles
southwest of the city oi ' heyenne He has
been continuously engaged here in the business
oi raising cattle and horses and lias been very
-.sinl, having a tine ranch of over 2,50.0
. well fenced and improved, with barns
and buildings, and about 400 acres of the besl
hay land in that vicinity, lie nuns a large herd
of cattle and many range horse-, and is stead-
ily increasing his holdings from year to year.
Among the experiences of his early life which
are full of historic interest. We uill mention that
he was a member i if an expedition senl <mt
friim Fremont, Xeb.. in |S;'|. against the I'aw-
• Indians, uho were mi the warpath and com-
mitting inan\ outrages and depredations upon
the settlers, ('aptain Ma/en uas in command
ni tin compan) and i ii-iu-ral Thayer was at the
..I the expeditii m. The--. 1 1-\ i ni » il. and
punish, d the Indians severely, capturing many
prisoners and crushing tin- uarlike spirit of the
iriln-. Si i thai I ri iin that lime the little
trmible In white settK-rs. iin April 2~ . 1*70.
Mr. Lathan wa- united in m.n ; the city
1 nne, Wyo.. In Mis> Fill ii \nnsi i
a native ni I Us, -go county. X. Y.. a daughter of
William and F.unice ((iibsmii Armstrong, na
fives iif thai stair. ller lather \\ a - a ^lone-
and contractor, who ri to < 'bin,
where he followed business with great sui
and died at \\akeiiian. Ohio, at the greal age
of ninety-nine years. Her mother also died at
the same place in |SS| at the age of eighty-
four years. Mr. and Mrs. Lathan have no chil-
dren of their own, but ha\e one adnpted child,
William Md )> maid I.athan. aged thirty-three
years. They an- numbers of the < hristian church
taking an nteresl in all wi 'i '< of r. ligji m
or charity in the community where thi
Politically .Mr. I.athan is a member of the Repub-
lican party, and all of his life has taken an
active interest in public affairs. The hi-
of his life and experiences on the plains of the
West during nearly half a century would have
an absi , rbing interest and be of enduring value,
for he is a pioneer of pimu-i TS. one of that
heroic band \\lm ciiin|uered the \\i-i for civil-
ixatii UK
DEXX1S W. LEMAN.
It is a most pleasing task to preserve for
generations someuhat nf the \i\c- and
activities of those uhn by their thrift, their
ability and their wise de\ i -Ii ipment have laid
and are laying the fnimdati^ : the
in-n-perity of the state. \ man m" strong char-
acter and one whose life has been of signal
fulness, Mr. I.eman, now of Converse '•• unity.
W\ oming. well deserves our no a sterling
and progressive citizen, lie is of ancient Kng-
lish lineage and was himself born on Jul) .^ i .
i,v54. iii the "tight little isle." his hirthplace be-
ing in < Hi incestershire, t he 3O and
Cane i \\ilkins) I.eman. Imth being natives ni
Somerset. The father was a fini iCnta-
tive of the I nglish fanner, in:
and progressive. The sixth <>f the seven chil-
dren i if the famil) . w hen twi years i M" his
life had been numbered. I tennis W. I.eman
shook i if!" the ties binding him to the land of
his nativitx and sailed WCSl Ward fo try tin
piirlimilics ,,f i.hlaniin 'icial standing in
the Xew World. Fortune has been his M
and lie was \\ise in making his u. - the
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
great Mississippi Valley to the far West, his
first stopping place being Denver, Colo., but
in 1877 ne came to Wyoming and was for four
\ears identified with ranching and cattle inter-
ests on Wagon Hound Creek, following which
employment he founded his permanent home
at his present location by filing on a home.-'
securing a desert claim and acquiring other
land by purchase until his ranch now con
of over 500 acres, a portion of it being ilii>r-
oughly irrigated and producing alfalfa hay and
grain in great abundance. His ranch is located
on the La Prele River, twenty miles southwest
of Douglas. Through his broad understanding
of the principles underlying success in stock-
raising, Mr. Leman has been successful, having
an attractive and productive place, a commo-
dious and conveniently arranged residence and
an equipment of barns, sheds and other out-
buildings, harmonious with and comme:isurale
to the needs of his special branch of agricul-
ture, the raising of superior cattle, and here he
is giving personal attention and care to his
large herd of thoroughbred and graded Short-
horns, being considered one of the thoughtful
leaders of the cattle industry, giving time and
labor to the improvement of the stock interests
of the state and taking part in the wise endeav-
ors of the Converse County Stock Association
and the State Association of Stockmen. In po-
litical matters Mr. Leman gives support to the
Democratic party, although not a partisan, he
is active in his support of public matters of a
local character and is numbered among the
wide-awake and progressive men of the county
and state, being well and extensively known as
a representative citizen as well as a stockman.
He takes great interest in educational matters
and has given useful and acceptable service in
various school offices. The potentialities of Mr.
Leman's life were largely increased on Sep-
tember 15, 1896, when he married with Miss
Bessie Mills of Nebraska, a daughter of Favious
and Louise (Copsey) Mills, who has been a
most capable assistant in his far-reaching plans
and activities, their family circle being enlarged
by three charming daughters, Grace, Edith and
Ruth.
HENRY LESTER.
It is not to the soldiery, with its pomp, pa-
rade, glitter and clash of arms, not to the poli-
ticians, with their noisy oratory, fiery declama-
tions and invectives, that American liberty owes
and will owe its preservation and perpetuity.
These are but the foam and froth on the surface
of a deep and powerful river, while the current,
bearing on in strength and to safety the free in-
stitutions of our land, is best typified by such
a person as the one of whom we now write.
The class of which he is a type will control
the destiny of the country so long as right is tri-
umphant and honor manifested in the transac-
tions of men, for he is emphatically a man of the
people and a representative man in all respects.
Without parade, without noise, quietly and stead-
ily, conservatively and consistently, he has ever
aimed to know what was transpiring around him,
and. knowing, to use his best judgment in choos-
ing a course adapted to produce "the greatest
good to the greatest number," yet ever dominated
by. that deep religious principle, which has come
to him as a precious heritage from a long line of
devout ancestors and makes him intensely loyal
and useful to the church in which he holds an
elevated position. Henry Lester, of Hilliard
Flats, Uinta county, Wyoming, was born in Not-
tinghamshire, England, on May H, 1857, a son
of Henry and Ann (Hankin) Lester. The
father was a son of William and Mary (Brad-
ford) Lester and the parental grandfather of the
Wyoming Lester was a native of Sheephead,
Derbyshire, England, and Mary Bradford Les-
ter was born in Derbyshire. William Lester
was a successful stocking manufacturer, which
business he conducted for a long term of years,
while Henry Lester, Sr., was an agriculturist as
were his wife's people. He is still living in Eng-
land. The mother of Mr. Lester came of a long
line of English agricultural forebears. She was
born on July 22, 1830, and died on November 30,
1898, in England. Of their ten children, four
came to the United States and Henry was the eld-
est son of the family. He received a comprehen-
sive education in the public schools of England,
for some years in early life was engaged in
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF IVYOMIXU.
agriculture, following this with about three years
labor in the coal mines. He then became
an able seaman, soon, however, enlisting in the
il Sherwood-Forest Second I'.attalion of
the English army, in which he served with honor
and credit for lour years. Following this he
K anted the trade of lacemaking, but after two
years of steady application to this sedentary occu-
pation, in 1884, he emigrated to the United
States, settling in Alniy. Wyoming, where he
nployed in the mines until 1890. Desiring
to have a home of his own, and a place that
would be a permanent habitation for his family
.lining years, in 1890 he took up 160 acres
of government land, a portion of his present
desirable ranch, to which he has since
also added ,}2O acres purchased from the rail-
road, and eighty aero more of desert land. This
land I'.e has improved and developed to meet his
iii ee.s.sities and requirements and here he is suc-
cessfully engaged in extensive and profitable cat-
1 1t-raising. He is very public-spirited, being one
of the school trustees and a person whose judg-
ment and strength of character make him prom-
inent in the community. Me is financially con-
nected with several extensive ditch companies, of
which he is the president. On October 7, 1882,
Air. Lester was married in England to Miss
Mary A. Powell, a daughter of James and Mary
(Bebb) Powell, natives of Wales. The family
of this worthy couple consists of six living chil-
dren, one having been called away by death.
They are Jamr- I [. ; \lar\ ; Joseph; William P.;
Evan Arthur, died on November 27, 1892, aged
om • ar and ten months : Waller L. : Merle. Mr.
ami Mrs. Lester are faithful members of the
Church of letter Day Saints and Mr. Lester a
md counsellor to the hidiop and also super-
intendent of the Sunday-school. In political re-
lations Mr. Lester is stanchly arrayed in the
ranks of the Democratic party. using discrim-
ination however in the support of candidates and
not blindly following the dictates of any individ-
ual. IK- is considered one of the representative
citi/eiis of the ci immunity and holds a high place
in tin- regards of a wide circle of friends, ;md the
hospitality of the Lester household is known
throughout an extensive area.
ERXEST E. LEVERS, M. D.
Ralph Waldo Enter- that "a man
is what his mother made him." yet, much of
truth as there is in that statement, it does not
express the entire truth, for bygone generations
as \\ell as parental influences are concerned in
the building of the man. Physical characteris-
tics, traits of individuality and mental tenden-
cies have been transmitted and come down to him
from a long series of ancestors, and. wherever
these have believed in improving their own intel-
lectual powers, in cultivating and developing a
healthy and vigorous physical organism and in
elevating their moral nature by watchful self-
discipline, they were not only benefiting them-
selves, but making it possible for distant gener-
ations of their posterity to be the stronger, not
only in body, but in the higher department of
intellect, better titled in every .way to make a
vigorous appearance upon the stage of life. So,
in writing of Dr. Ernest E. Levers, it is well to
consider that the energy of past generations is
his also. Running back through several genera-
tions of American ancestors residing in Ohio and
Pennsylvania, both his parental and maternal an-
cestral lines cross the Atlantic < >cean and are
fnuiid connected with the great German Father-
land for si, many years that the memory of man
knows nothing of any other origin. Many of
the characteristics of the deep thinkers, brilliant
scientists, and painstaking medical men and
scholars of that leading nationality are sho\\ n in
him and verify the reasoning we have presented.
Ernest E. Levers, the popular physician and
.surgeon of Spring Valley. I'hiia county, V
was born in Stark county, Ohio, on April 21,
iS-i. a son of William and Liew (Ilassler)
Levers. His paternal grandfather, David Lev-
ers, a native of Pennsylvania, soon after his mar-
riage became a pioneer farmer in the heavy for-
est wilderness of Ohio, where, by his industry
and persevering efforts through a long series of
years, he transformed the face of nature and de-
,ed a large extent of productive acres of val-
uable land. Mere lie reared his children to he
. industrious and patriotic citi/eiis, and at
his death besides his material possessions, left
394
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF ll'VOMIXG.
them the precious heritage of an honorable name.
His son William also followed agriculture in
Ohio, and l>y his marriage with Miss Liew Hass-
ler, also of German lineage, established a home
to which came two sons and three daughters,
the second one in order of birth being the subject
of this sketch. Intensely loyal in his nature,
when the storm of civil war burst over the coun-
try William Levers became one of the soldiers of
the Union and served with honor for two years
in the H4th Ohio Volunteers. He and his es-
timable wife are now living in ( )hio, where they
hold an honored place in the regards of the com-
munity. The early educational discipline of Doc-
tor Levers was obtained in the excellent public
schools of Ohio, and, being a natural student and
having a desire to become a thoroughly educated
physician, he entered Heidelberg University, at
Tiffin, Ohio, and took a full classical course of
study at this reputable institution, graduating
with the class of 1895. Having thus laid a solid
foundation for the technical study of the sci-
ences of medicine and surgery, he pursued his
medical education at the Ohio Medical Univer-
sity of Columbus, Ohio, and, acquitting himself
with credit, was graduated therefrom as M. D.
in 1898. His qualifications for a successful pro-
fessional career were so marked, even in his col-
lege days, that upon graduation he became in-
terne in the hospital at Columbus, which position
he successfully filled for one year, therein ac-
quiring a practical experience that has since been
of great value. Succeeding this service, deem-
ing that the new West afforded opportunities for
usefulness and profit that would be in accordance
with his wishes, he came to Wyoming and was
the house surgeon of the Wyoming General Hos-
pital for six months, meeting with good success
and acquiring a valuable acquaintance. In 1899
he made his permanent residence at Almy,
Wyoming, and established himself in the general
practice as a physician and a surgeon and s< >< >:i
his abilities were manifested in the acquisition of
a valuable circle of patrons coming from the
representative families of that section. Here he
was actively engaged in medical labors until 1901,
when he removed to Spring Valley to become the
local surgeon and physician of the U. P. Coal
Co., which position he is now filling. He is also
an assistant surgeon for the Union Pacific Kail-
road, while an extensive and lucrative individ-
ual practice has already been built up. Doctor
Levers keeps himself fully in touch with the lat-
est developments and discoveries and is a close
and thoughtful student along all lines of med-
ical progress. He is a member of the board of U.
S. Pension Examiners, of the state board of Med-
ical Examiners and has held the distinguished
office of president of the Wyoming Medical Soci-
ety, of which he is an active member. Doctor
Levers reads, travels and thinks. He is an in-
tense radical in support of everything, in public,
professional or private life, which has for its
object the improvement, the development or the
advancement of the community or the people. He-
holds advanced opinions on all subjects, can sup-
port them ably and pungently with tongue or
pen, and is active in all matters and particularlv
so in his support of the Republican part}-, in
whose success he takes great interest. In the
fall of 1902 he was a candidate of his party for
the State Senate and was elected by a flattering
majority. Fraternally, he holds membership in
Evanston Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M. Doc-
tor Levers consummated a very fortunate matri-
monial alliance, when in Columbus, Ohio, on
December 29, 1899, he wedded with Miss Bessie
M. Long, a lady of education and culture, a
daughter of the Rev. M. DeWitt Long, D. D.,
and his wife Pauline (McCahoon) Long. Her
parents were natives of Ohio, her father of
German extraction and her mother of Scotch.
Doctor Long is now the venerated pastor of the
Knox Presbyterian church of Omaha, Nebraska,
where is his family home. Mrs. Levers is the
possessor of a very musical voice, of great range
and capabilities, being extensively known as a vo-
calist. She passed the winter of 1901-2 in the
cultivation of her voice in one of the best schools
of voice-culture in New York City. Doctor and
Mrs. Levers occupy a high place in social
circles and have a large number of friends
to whom they extend a charming hospitality. A
strong friend and a kind neighbor. Doctor Lev-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OE WYOMING.
ers is niic iif the must highly-valued citizens ni
the enmity of his home ami \\nrihilv has the
universal esteem and confidence of its leading
men, both as a medical man. an official and as a
citizen.
GEORGE LORD.
George Lord, a prosperous ranchman and for
years an active business man of Sheridan, was
burn mi September 30, iSdi. in Clinton county.
Xe\v York, the sun of George and jane (Hare)
Lord, also Xe\v Yorkers by nativity. The fa-
ther was a well-esteemed hotel man at Saranac,
V Y.. who while on a trip through Colorado in
|NV4 died in that state, his remains being taken to
his native county for burial. Some years later
the mother followed her son to Wyoming and
nciw resides at Sheridan. George Lord was edn-
cated in the schools of his native county and in
iSjS came west to Omaha, then new and promis-
ing, and went t> i work on a farm not far from the
city. After some time, however, he took to rail-
roading, working on the Cnion Pacific through
Nebraska and Wyoming. His first advent in
Wyoming occurred in 1880. when he had a run
on the ruad between Rawlins and Green River.
The next year gave up railroading and came
to northern Wyoming with a herd of cattle, locat-
ing them on what is now the site of Sheridan,
attending fhem there, riding the range and look-
ing after the intcivM iif the business for right
\ears. In 1890 he took up his residence and in-
vested his money in property at Sheridan, and
engaged actively in business. Since that time
he has been more or less interested in real-estate
and commercial business in the town, but in 1901
In Ix night a ranch on Tongue River, eighteen
miles norilme-t of Sheridan, and started a stock
imlustrs of considerable proportion-,. In the au-
tumn of [902 hr sold both tlu slock and ranch
and returned to Sheridan to live and look after
his interests in tin- city. Here he has valuable
propertie- ami i-, again engaged in mercantile
business. In politics Mr. Lord has always been
a firm and faithful I >eim >cral. -rr\ ing his part)
\\ell without seeking its honors or emolni:
Hi did however serve ill the cit\ council of Slier
iiian for .-even years as a matter of accommoda-
tion to the citizens and for the benefit of it- be-t
interests. In county and state politics \i\- voice-
is potential in his party, and his knowled^
men and methods is much appreciated. Frater-
nally he belongs to the < >rder of Klks. holding
membership in the lodge at Sheridan. lie was
married on April 15, iS'i.}. to Miss Louisa I'.ru-
nig, a native of Illinois, then living at I'.uffalo
in this state. They have three children. Edwin.
Leo and F.linore.
\( >1IX 1). LOUCKS.
In the rush and hurry of our workday life in
America, it is not given to mam men to leave
an enduring record or snhsiantial memorial of
their work, however useful or important. John
D. Loncks. of Sheridan, Wyoming, i- an excep-
tion to the rule, and has in the city of his resi-
dence an enduring monument, for he is essen-
tially the father of the town. It was he who laid
out the city; he \vas its first postmaster, its first
school director, its first mayor, its first news-
paper founder and proprietor, and its leading citi-
zen. The first election within its corporate limits
was Meld at his house and at the origin of every
feature of its existence he has been present \\itli
paternal and vitali/niv, force, lie came to Wyo-
ming in iSSo, his native state being Xew York.
and his life be^an there in Xovember. iSj;.
His parents. Adam and fane 'Collier! Lot
•,' en also natives of that state and when he was
one \car old the\ removed i11 Michigan.
years later thev took another step westward to
Marshall connt\. |o\\a. where after \car- oi
fill .and upright life as prosperous farmers they
died. And there on the farm their son John lived
and worked dnrin- youth and young manh
attending the schools of the district as he was
able, scooping up however, but a handful of the
grateful, invigorating waters of knowledgi
they danced and bubbled across his pathway. In
March. iSii^. when he uas but seven;,
of aL;e he enlisted in the Cnion anm in Co \
Sixth |o\\a Cavalry, and in thai '"1 served
during the Civil \\ a r. Its field of Opi rations \\a<
396
>(,I<ILSSII'E ME.\7 OF WYOMING.
in the Northwest, \\lutv lu- saw dangerous ser-
vice against the hostile Sioux who took advan-
tage of the Civil War to rise against the Gov-
ernment. He also helped to build Fort Rice
and traversed the Yellowstone Valley and other
portions of the farther West, at the close of the
war returning to Iowa, where he passed some
time in Sioux City. In 1872 he removed to Kan-
sas, settled in Smith county, helped to locate and
lay out Cedarville, but in 1873 sold his interests
and returned to Iowa, where for seven years he
conducted a brick yard and a drug business in
Bedford. In 1880 he made a round trip with
teams from Bedford to Bozeman, Mont., and in
1 88 1 he went by steamboat up the Missouri to
Miles City. There he wintered and in the ensu-
ing spring drove a team to the present site of
Sheridan, Wyo. He took up preemption and des-
ert claims on the Big Goose Creek, and soon af-
ter his arrival, discerning there the promise of a
growing settlement, with Mr. Rhodes he plat-
ted and surveyed a townsite which they named
Sheridan, and for the survey Mr. Loucks fur-
nished the necessary means. He also bought a
grocery store which Mr. Rhodes had been oper-
ating, and enlarging its scope to include general
merchandise, he carried it on for a number of
years. For awhile his customers were almost
wholly Indians, they were not unsatisfactory, for
they paid for what they got and seldom created
disturbance. Prices were high, trade was active
and profits were good. Flour was ten cents and
bacon and sugar each twenty-five cents a pound.
Freights were also high, not less than five cents
a pound from Rock Creek, Wyo. In 1888 he
sold his business and disposed of the ground on
which he had conducted it to the First National
Bank of Sheridan and this corporation gave lots
to settlers as an inducement to bring population
to the town. Mr. Loucks retired to his ranch
and busied himself with an active and interesting
stock industry, conducting at the same time a
flourishing furniture business in Sheridan. In
1901 he built the Loucks block on Main Street,
a fine two-story brick edifice, the first floor of
which is occupied by stores, and the second by
offices and the rooms of the Young Men's Chris-
tian Association. This organization, which he
was one of the leading spirits in forming and
of which he is now the president, is practically his
guest in the building, as he does not allow it to
pay any rent. He owns much other property in
the city and in 1902 sold his ranch and took up
his residence in the young municipality he had
founded. In 1882 he was appointed postmaster
of Sheridan, and was obliged to walk fifteen
miles to take the oath of office. He served until
1885, being in the meanwhile elected school di-
rector and mayor of the city. The last office he
held for a number of terms in succession and,
whether in or out of office, his interest in school
matters never flagged. His first election as
mayor was held at his own house, it being then
the headquarters for every form of political and
public activity in the community. In 1886 he
was elected a member of the upper house of the
Territorial Legislature and during his term of
office had the satisfaction of securing the organ-
ization of Sheridan county, with his town as the
county seat. Mr. Loucks is a prominent mem-
ber of the Grand Army of the Republic, and
was influential in organizing John Schuler
Post. He is also very prominent in the benefi-
cent and the evangelizing work of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church, and is prominent by
influence and example in ever}- charitable enter-
prise in the community. In 1872, in Iowa he
was married with Miss Annie Clark, a native
of Pennsylvania, and they have three children,-
Annie, wife of C. W. Garbett, superintendent of
the Wyoming Forest Reserve, Homer and Flor-
ence, all being residents of Sheridan. Among
the enterprises with which the public spirit and
progressiveness of Mr. Loucks must be credited
is the first newspaper published in Sheridan, the
Sheridan Post, of which he was the founder and
for years the proprietor. In reality, there is
scarcely any element of advancement or means of
improvement, any engine of commercial, educa-
tional or moral development that has not been
quickened by the touch of his tireless hand or
broadened bv the force of his active mind.
WE MEN Or WYOMING.
3<J7
DUGALD McCALLUM.
As his naiiK1 unmistakably indicates, the most
and successful lumber merchant in his
e of the leaders in this branch
tercial enterprise in tin- \<>rth\vrst, |)u-
gald McCallum of Wheatland in Laramie counts'.
Scotch ancestry, and lii's career proves that
he has inherited the thrift, resourcefulness, self-
md productive power of his race and
ly. In 1844 his parents. Dugald and I •
hella i McLarty I McCallmn. emigrated from
Scotland, to Canada, then locating- in the
Province of Otiebee, where the father engaged
in i', inning until 1847. From thence he removed
to ' >wen Si mnd, Ontario, and there followed the
pursuit until his death in 1878, his wife
having died in 1862. Their son Dugald was
in Quebec, Canada, »n \o\-i-niher 18. iS;;.
thi' year after hi- parents came to the Xew
World, lie was educated in scholastic learning
in the puhlic schools of his native land and in
ils and manners by his careful and p
parents. Reared to farm life, he learned
early the dignity and imp' iriaiuv of labor and
while yet a youth made- a full hand on the hi
:. where he remained as an employe until
h twenty-four, when he took charge of it,
thus enahlirg- hi- father to enjo) a needed rest,
and soon after he purchased the place and culti-
: it until 18/1, when he sold it and engaged
in the liven- business at Kincardine, ( >nl., for
two years. In 187^ he disposed of his livery
and gave hi- • i ' to contracting- and build-
ing with headquarters al Kincardine. After Four
years of -iiccessful operations in thi> lire he sold
his outfit and came to Wyoming, locating at
i 'he} enne, hc-ginning an n
bridge-building enterprise, which he conduct, .1
for the I 'nioii I'.-icitic Railroad unlit iSSo, during
iext thn< . i,| in the car
is of the compan . Hi then lefl the service
of the coinpair, and ,,on was conductin
and lucrative bn-iness as a contractor and b\iilder
at i heyi nne. and to his err. lit in thi i cap
are many of the besl building- in the city. In
iSSS he sold out his business and became man-
Luinber Co., havi
of its affairs until the yards ,.
cemli Jle then followed contracting un-
til February, 1894, when he became assoe
with II. F. Crain in the lumber bn
atlaud. On .March i_>. igoo, he purcha-,-d
his partner's interest and has since carried on
the business alone, Mr. Crain engaging in a sim-
ilar enterprise at Guernsey. Mr. McCallum has
steadily enlarged his business and increased its
importance to the communitv until -t is now one
of the most extensive of its kind in the state. He
has financial ability of a high order and a prac-
tical wisdom, broad and serviceable in every line
of mercantile anil mechanical thought. \ltlnnigh
his commercial and industrial affairs 1
engrossing, they have not kept him f n mi exhib-
iting a zealous and fruitful influence in behalf of
all public improvements of merit and every un-
dertaking for the advancement of the community
in moral, intellectual and material strength. In
fraternal relations Mr. McCallum is conn
with the Freemasons in all branche- rdef,
holding membership in the symbolic, capitular,
cryptic and templar bodies, also ha . n the
Thirty-second degree in the Scottish Riu-. Me
also belongs to the Woodmen of the World, and
to < astle Hall Lodge. No. 2, ECnigl
.'• • heyenne, being initiated in is-s. In church
membership he is an ardi uionalist
and in politics a firm and faithful Republican,
yel not an offensive partisan nor . -in office seeker,
having in his long and interesting career
sented t" hold no official station, except tb.
justice of the peace at \\heatland. in which he
sen i-d two \ i-ars and exhibite
a high order. On February _>j. 1X7.'. at M;
i 1-ilton county. ( Intari
Amii< i :ie of the Dominion
daughter of William and Agnes i Akins i I .aw-
• 1! r parents were natives of Scotland who
i earl\ da\ s and settled in llal-
ton county, I 'nt.. where the mother died in the
and the father in 1870. Mr. and
Mrs. MeCallmn have had two children. William
X.. horn on December .}". 187.-. and died M
5, [894, and Xeil John X.. born at Kincardine
398
i';«>GRESSIl7E HEX Ol< WYOMING.
on Irebruary 27. 1875, who is his father's part-
ner in business and has assumed much of the
burden of controlling the various and respon-
sible interests which the firm has in charge. In
addition to the mercantile industry which en-
gages them they have a fine farm a mile and
one-half north of Wheatland. to which they give
special attention and which they have brought to
a high state of improvement.
FRANCIS M. MATHER'S.
Of the many oldtime stockmen of Wyoming,
whose industry, thrift and enterprise have laid
strong and deep the foundations of that common-
wealth, none are held in higher esteem than Fran-
cis M. Mathews, of Granite Canyon, a native
of Davis county, Mo., born on January I. 1843.
the son of Greenfield and Hannah (Xash) Math-
ews, the former a native of Tennessee and the
latter of Kentucky. His parents were among the
earliest of the pioneers of Missouri, and followed
the occupation of farming in Dekalb and Davis
counties. The father died in Dekalb county in
1852, and the mother died in Davis county in
1876. Francis M. Mathews attained manhood in
Davis count}- and there received his early edu-
cation. In 1862. answering to the patriotic call
of President Lincoln for troops to defend the
flag of the country from dishonor, he enlisted in
the Sixth Missouri Cavalry of the Union army,
and served continuously until the close of the
Civil \Yar, being mustered out of service in
April, 1865. He was in several hotly contested
engagements, but escaped without receiving se-
rious injuries. After the war he engaged in farm-
ing in Davis county. Mo., remaining there in
that occupation until 1873, when he disposed of
his farm interests in Missouri, and removed his
residence to the then territory of Wyoming.
Here, in May, 1874. he settled on his present
ranch, situated on the South Crow Creek, about
twenty miles west of the city of Cheyenne and
here he has since resided, being engaged success-
fully in the business of cattleraising. He was
one of the earliest settlers of that section of coun-
trv. bv his industry, attention to the details of his
business and good judgment, building up a fine
property, which is increasing from year to year.
On February 2, 1868, in Davis county, Mo., Mr.
Mathews was united in marriage with Miss Ra-
chel Taylor, a native of Missouri, and the daugh-
ter of William and Mary A. (McCoy) Taylor,
natives of Iowa. Her father was long engaged
in fanning in Davis 'county, Mo., but in 1868 he
n moved to Oregon and later to Idaho, where he
again engaged both in farming and stockraising,
and where he remained until his decease in Au-
gust, 1896. He was also buried in Nez Perces
county, Idaho, near his pleasant Idaho home.
The mother now resides in Nez Perces county.
To Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mathews six children
have been born. William G., George W., Minnie
(Jay), Arthur, Gertrude and Laura. Politically,
Mr. Mathews is a stanch adherent of the Repub-
lican party, and for many years he has taken an
active and patriotic interest in public affairs, al-
though never seeking public position. He leaves
partisan politics and office-seeking to others, find-
ing contentment and sufficient gratification in at-
tending to his business affairs, building up the
handsome fortune which he now possesses. His
sterling traits of character, and his useful life,
which has been marked by industry, thrift and
fidelity to every duty, and crowned with flatter-
ing success, have earned for him a high place in
the esteem of his fellowmen.
A. L. MILLER.
A prominent figure in the business life of
Converse county, being the general manager of
the large mercantile establishment of Barron
Brothers, at Lusk, Wyoming. Mr. A. L. Miller,
a native of Jackson county. Mo., was born on
June 25, 1861, the son of William H. and Mary
Frances ( Adams i Miller, the former a native of
Virginia ard the latter of Maryland. His pa-
ternal grandfather, Nathaniel Miller, was also
a native of Virginia, where the family for many
generations was prominent in its business and
social life. The father of our subject was a
graduate of the U. S. military academy at West
Point, but did not enter the army, preferring
^GRESSIVE MEX Ol: WYOMING.
law as a pn ilessu >n. In tin1
fifties he left
\ irginia, and removed to Missouri, where he
maintained his residence until iSnj, when of
course his sympathies \vere with the Confed-
eracy, and lie took steps to raise a enmpam i«r
activc service in the army of the South. Yield-
ing. however, to the earnest entreaties of his
friend- and of his relatives, he relinquished this
idea, and sought dame fortune in the far West,
where wonderful discoveries of gold had just
been made and. going overland to Alder Gulch.
Montana, he established himself for a time at
Virginia City, and later, upon the placer dis-
coveries in Last Chance Gulch, on the present
site of the city of Helena, he removed thither
and resided for some time. In the early days of
the settlement of Wyoming, however, he rc-
fed to that territory, made headquarters at
Cheyenne, continuing there in the practice oi
law for many years and taking from the first a
leading part in the professional and public af-
fairs of the territory and state. From 1,^70 to
iN'7S he was prosecuting attorney of his county.
and largely aided in establishing the capital of
the territory at Cheyi ...... . In 1881 lie remove. i
to Henna Vista, Colo., and was active m iin
legal and mining affairs of that state up I" th<-
time of his death, December _'S. iSi)^. lie was
a man of ability and prominence, reckoned
aiming the leading men of the pioneer life of
Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. lie was
the , e cl n, the subject < >i this
tig the third. After his leaving for the
West in iSi.j the residence of the family was
still maintained in the city of St. Joseph, Mo.,
and here A. I.. Miller passed hi- boyhood
ived his early education. In June, 1X7^, he
came to Wxoming, and for seven years made
his head<|uar ' hc\ enm • occupied
during most of that time in riding the range-.
there aei|uiring a ledge of the
cattle business, in which it was hi- ambition to
on as circumstance- \\-ould permit.
He then came to the vicinity of l.n-l. and in
[890 : in merchandising at thai pi
a tiim- he was in the empli 13 > if ih.- I laker
1 • n was ihe ca-hier < if tile bank
of tin' P.arnm llrothcrs. lie remained iii this
po-iti<-n about t. onths, until the bank
changed hands, then removed to hi- ranch on
' >ld \\"oman's ( 'n-ek, about ten miles
Lusk, and followed the cattle business for aboiu
five years. In 1X1)5 he became the genera] man-
ager of the large mercantile house of the I'.ar-
ron Mercantile Co., located at Lusk. V
he has since continued in that position, al-
though Still owning his ranch property and there-
carrying on an extensixe sheep and \\oolgrow-
ing business, (in September 15, [890, Mr.
Miller was united in marriage to Mi-- Lizzie C.
Daley, a native of Iowa and a daughter of the
late Daniel Daley, formerly a prominent stock-
man of Converse county. To their unio:i have
been born seven children, William Daniel,
ence Leon, Edward Nathaniel. Kenneth ( ireg-
ory. Thomas < illie, Lee Gerald and Donald.
The family home is a center of genial and re-
fined hospitality, with many appointments of
luxury and comfort. Fraternally, Mr. Miller is
affiliated with the Independent ( Irder
I"' Hows and with the Woodmen of the World.
and takes an active interest in the social life
of the community. lie is one of the mosl
gressive and capable business men of his
tion of the state, and is held in high esteem.
WILLIAM II. MILLER.
In this great land of hope and promise.
multitudinous opportunity and bountiful reward,
every citizen is a sovereign, therefore liabli
be called at any time' to the admini-i:
public affairs ; and for the pr< ;
official di: ch is well prepared b\ a con-
tinual participation in the thought and
on which the government is founded. William
II. Miller of Newcastle, V county, V
ming. one of ill' cattle and ranchmen
of his section of th. vho has demon-
strated his titncss for public business by .
and careful attention to hi- own and tl
result - achie\ ed , ' ' the
rule; that he has made an ideal official •
surprise to those who have known him in
4OO
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
vate life. IK' \\as born in Noble county, Ohio,
on January 16, 1864, the son of William and
Elizabeth (Rogers) Miller, of the same nativity
as himself. The father owned a large sawmill
in Lawrence county, that state, and for a num-
ber of years did a profitable business with it in
that thriving and progressive section. In 1872
tin- family removed to Guthrie county, Iowa,
and there engaged in farming until 1878, when
they took a flight toward the setting sun, alight-
ing in Colorado and settling at Villa Grove, at
the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a
range rich in mineral deposits of enormous
value. There the father discovered the Bo-
nanza mine, one of the largest and most pro-
lific silver mines in the state, and gave himself
zealously to the work of developing it. He has
since sold part of his interest, but owns the
greater portion of this fruitful holding and still
makes his home at Villa Grove. William H.
Miller received his education in Guthrie county,
Iowa, remaining there until 1876 when he re-
moved to Cheyenne, Wyo., but after a short
stay in that city went to the Black Hills and
engaged in freighting, going from that region
to Sidney, Neb., and there riding the range in
the cattle industry until 1882. In 1883 he came
to Crook count}', Wyo., with cattle and rode
the range in care of them for three years. ' In
1886 he started a cattleraising industry of his
own, taking up a ranch nine miles south of Sun-
dance, to which he has since made additions
until it now comprises 640 acres of the best-
grazing and range land in that portion of the
state. He is a stockholder and tne vice-pres-
ident of the Cambria Live Stock Co., of New-
castle, one of the largest and most enterprising
organizations for handling sheep in the North-
west, controlling immense bodies of land and
carrying on a business of great scope and ac-
tivity. 'He is also a half owner of the Meek &
Miller Cattle Co. Mr. Miller also owns stock
in rind is vice-president of the Coffee Oil Co., of
Newcastle, whose fields of unctuous wealth lie
southwest of the town and freely yield up their
treasures to the industrious seeker. He owns
much desirable property in the residence sec-
tinn of the city and has interests of value else-
where. In 1894 he removed his cattle from
Crook to Weston count}- and there ran 'them
until 1901 when he disposed of them, still hav-
ing a large number of horses in Crook count \.
From 1892 to 1898 he was extensively eng..
in the dairy business near Cambria and in the
latter year was elected sheriff of Weston county
on the Republican ticket. He so bore himself
in this responsible station that he won the re-
gard of all men officially as he had already done
personally and in a business way and was re-
elected in November, 1902, demonstrating the
popularity he has acquired among the voters. On
March 30, 1887, in Crook county, Wyo.. Mr.
Miller was united in marriage with Miss Anna
McMoran of that county, a native of New
York and a daughter of Robert G. and Mary
McMoran, the former of Scotch and the latter
of English ancestry. Her father was a brave
and faithful soldier for the Union in the Civil
W'ar, who removed his family to Wyoming in
1883 and added his forceful energy to the cat-
tleraising industry until his death in 1899, his
widow still making her home in Crook coun-
ty. The Millers have five children, Mary E.,
Helen B., Sidney A., C. Raymond and A. Ruth.
Mr. Miller is a member of the Knights of
Pythias at Cambria and the order of Red Men
at Newcastle and both himself and his wife are
members of the Episcopal church.
JOHN MORTON.
One of the best representatives of the great
sheepraising industries of Converse county, Wyo-
ming, is Mr. John Morton, who by his energy,
industry and strict fidelity to all business and
social relations of his life has raised himself to
a well-earned prosperity and now stands securely
founded in the good graces and the esteem of his
associates in all the departments of existence. He
was born on September 3, 1862, in Dekalb
county, 111., of German ancestry, and has shown
throughout his busy career the thrift and indus-
try, the patience and the self-reliance characteris-
tic of the German race. Having only the educa-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
401
tional advantages of the common schools, he la-
bored i in the parental homestead until 1878, when
In made the long- journey to Ravvlin-, \\ >., and
identified himself for three years with the care
of'sheep in various localities, then, securing' a
band "i" hi, own, he ranged them near Ravvlins
until the fall of 1880, when, removing to Doug-
las, lie there established his home and the center
of his operations, ranging his rapidly increasing
flocks between Douglas and Jeannette. In this
industry his skill, ability and wise personal su-
pervision have brought tangible results, and he
is at this writing one of the leading sheepmen
of the state, aside from his individual holdings,
carrying a large interest in the John Morton
Sheep Co., of which he is president, and also
In. in- the -enior partner of the firm of Morton &
Jennings, also running large flocks of sheep. On
February 8. 1894, Mr. Morton was united in
marriage with Miss Sarah E. McDearmid, a na-
tive of New York and of old Scottish ancestry
and they have three children, John Robert, Will-
iam M.. and Margaret. Mr. Morton is a strong
uphold, T .-111,1 supporter of the Republican party
in politics and an active and generous contrib-
utor to all public matters of a local character,
holding- a high place in the esteem of the people
and being a valued member of the Masonic fra-
ternity.
WENTWORTH H. MOSS.
Tli r of a state being but the sum and
total of llu- individual characters of its eili
every man's individuality has a peculiar im
for ii- \\hen writing of the attainments and ;
pirity of its commonwealth. For mam centuries
in England has the name of MI is- been com
with feat- of valor, moven -tatesmanship,
industrial progrr-- and pro ; achicvem, nt.
I 'migrating from ill, mother country to
11 - in 'In i arly days of , privation
, three brother, named Moss e-tab-
on Xew England -oil tl: liaracter-
app, -naming to tli,- Kngli-h t'amilv. < die
• f these brothers was th>- giv.it -grandfather of
Wentvvorth II. Moss, of I'inta county. \Yyoi-
In America, as in England, the family has been
noted for its intelligence, culture and beneficent
inte-re-t in public affairs anil for its integrity and
superior business qualifications. "YYentworth H.
Moss was born on March 20. iS_|^. in what is
the beautiful manufacturing village of
Sandy Hill, Washington countv. X. Y.. wb<
1 one of the largest manufactories of wall
paper in the world, a son of Fdward and Mary
(Carter) Moss, Imtlt of whom were nativ>
Xcv. good type
of an intelligent Xew England fanner, and, in
addition to his vocation of agriculture, took quite
active part in the conduct of public affairs.
He removed with his family in 1846 to I
county, 111., where for a long term of years he
was a superintendent of school-. Hi, father.
Edward Mo-s. was a soldier of the American
Revolution. Six children i to Mr.
Mrs. Moss, of whom Wcntwonh was the third.
Hi- elde-t brother, James Moss, distinguished
himself and maint: patriotic record of the
family in the Civil War bv his loval serv:
captain of Co. I'.. Fifty-eighth Illinois Yolun-
[ lo ' life in the rnemoral>!>
ment at Red River '. i --iana. Went-
worth II. Moss received his elementary literary
at the public -eh, ,: '1- of mini 'is, SU]
menting this by an attendanc, ewhat
: academy. In 181.5. lii-
pelldent busine-- career vvas initiated b
vices as a bookkeeper at Salt Lake- Citv and
hi was an (' . S. \\agonmaster, with headquarters
at Forts I.aramie, Sedgvv ick and Ru
.Mcl'herson and Camp CarhV. .ing this
•nt he made his home -i1 ly in
mie and < i
!• ' the earn ing out of tli' -neiit
acts he had undertaken. In 1 8
• ncc in I "inta >
' 11 the hea the I'.ig Muddy,
-outli , if th, \ i Piedmont,
tinned to lie li-
of land whicli lie ha- d in a \vi-e and
i the dem.'m
cai i le and In il "icnl-
lural indtt-lrv to which lie ha- devoted In'-
402
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF UTOMIXG.
He has still continued and is now engaged in ex-
tensive contracting operations, having a large
acquaintance with men and affairs, not only in
\\'estern Wyoming, but far beyond the bounda-
ries of the state, lie is an active member of the
Democratic party, prominent in its councils and
in its campaigns. Without any desire h'owever for
political ho'nors or emoluments for himself, he
has accepted and done valuable service as
postmaster, deputy U. S. marshal and as a wa-
ter commissioner. Fraternally, he has attained to
the Royal Arch degree of the Masonic order, and
i- also identified with the Benevolent Protec-
tive Order of Elks, holding membership in the
first at Evanston, Wyo.. and in the second at
Rock Springs. In Norfolk, Neb., on December
22, 1875, occurred the nuptial ceremony uniting
Mr. W. H. Moss and Miss Mattie B. McClary,
who is a daughter of David and Almy McClary,
who also trace their lineage to very early New
England families, themselves however being like
their daughter, native in the state of New-
York. Universally esteemed for his gen-
ial ways, his sterling worth and integrity, Mr.
Moss is one of .the best types Wyoming can pro-
duce of a self-made man. His success is the
result of .steady industry, business thrift and en-
terprise reaching over an active period of years.
He has ever been benevolent and hospitable, a
patron of educational interests, a public-spirited
citizen and an exemplary member of society.
With numerous friends in official circles and
among the leading representative men of western
\Y\ oming, no man is in a position to exercise a
greater influence in the direction of business in-
tegrity or in shaping the affairs of this section
of the state, then is this representative of an old
time family, Wentworth H. Moss.
JOHN L. McCOY.
John L. McCoy, stockgrower and capitalist,
and one of the leading men in the state of Wyo-
ming, is a native of Pennsylvania, where he was
born on A larch ii, 1853, the son of John and
Elizabeth (Steele) McCoy, the former a native
of Ireland and the latter of Pennsvlvania. He
\vas reared at the paternal home until he was
twelve years old, when, as his father was a poor
laboring man. it became incumbent on him M
go to work on neighboring farms and this he
continued to do until he was twenty years old.
tor the first four years receiving onlv his board
and clothes and the privilege of attending tin-
winter schools for three months each winter.
Shortly after he was twenty he engaged his ser-
vices in the construction department of the \V.
U. Telegraph Co. and remained in that connec-
tion and employment for about eight months and
until the panic of 1873 caused the suspension of
labor in this department of the company's opera-
tions. In 1874, when he had just reached his
majority, he determined to start afresh for him-
self and in another field of endeavor from that
in which his parents had toiled, and he went to
California, locating in the Santa Clara Valley,
passed three years in farm work there and
then entered the service of the U. ?•. government
as, a civil engineer to do surveying work under
contract. In 1881 he ran the first line surveyed
in the Bighorn basin, the established guide frni.i
the Seventh standard to the Twelfth, and, from
this line as a base, this entire section of country
has been subsequently surveyed. He remained
in the government service in this capacity until
1884, when he came to Fremont county and lo-
cated on Owl Creek, determined to return to the
pursuits of his forefathers, and engaged in farm-
ing and stockgrowing. His ranch is the well-
known Keystone ranch, and he has a wide celeb-
rity as being one of the most extensive cattle-
growers in the state. He is also the heaviest
property holder in the town of Thermopolis, and
has been of inestimable service in the develop-
ment and improvement of the town. He built
the Keystone Hotel, a fine modern structure of
stone, which cost $10,000, and a massive and ar-
tistic two-story stone business block, besides
making numerous other desirable improvements.
He owns large blocks of stock in the First Na-
tional Bank of Thermopolis, also in the electric
light plant, and is connected in a leading way
with almost every appreciated enterprise in the
community. Being a progressive and broad-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OI- WYOMING.
403
minded man. with an intensely patriotic devi
tn hi- section »f the country, he i- ever deeply in-
terested anil always willing to In- actively hclp-
ful in whatc\er may tend to hnild up the town
and conniv in which he lives, or advance thr
comfort, happiness or well-being of it- people.
( hi his ranch he raises principally graded Here-
:!<iway cattle, and his product, in
addition tn being one of the largesl in the county,
i . alsi > < me > if the hest and hesi known in this
of the world. Mr. VIcCo) i- essentially a
made man, tin- outgrowth of the inherent
qualities of huMnc.s- capacity, clearness of vision,
quickness of apprehension and readiness in ac-
tion with which he was endowed by nature, and
which the exigencies <>f his struggle for suprem-
acy among men have de\ eloped and trained,
lie reached California with n> H inure than ten
dollars in greenbacks as the sum of his worldly
wealth, and in that state at the time the pur-
chasing power of his money was somewhat be-
lnw par. P.ut he had in himself a better capital
than wealth, and this he has coined into various
t'crms nf propertv and substance by judicious
ise, at the same time securing, by deserving i!.
the approhali'in and . - fellow men.
wherever he has ca-t ani n for a
P,v the people among \vlmm he has
ind lal.i ired mosl : Utously he i- nni -
one of tl • advanced
ami pn igressi • ' it up-
and '• "f their citi:
IK )X. CHARLES F. MILLER.
Safely anchored in that quiet, peaceful haven
i -- numbers even < m tin- side
df tl' i rene and hali old ag , vhi re
life hi -it not i
tie undul ilioMs , ,f the unrnflleil wat,
Mill, r of Cl i the inal
MIL;-, can ' over the troubled
and way he has a »me with additional
icl 'ii and pleasure n the very
struggles, pr: . 'id dangers through which
I. A child <>l" the -unnv South, imbued with
.. ilitieal principle- taught and revered in thai
section of our countrv and • . bear
arms in the Civil \\'ar, \vhin the long threat,
.storm broke over thr land, he \varnil-,
the cause of his p ml gallantly foil
tln.ir banner through that awful baptism of blood
and disaster, beholdin.;;- its ])roud folds wa
triumph at Manassas and Harpei
( Chancellors^ ill) and ' i
at South Mountain, ^ntietam and Gettysburg,
and go down in irretrii \ ible disaster al
bnr^ and at The \\'ilden. .omattox.
Then • rther West, when the coun-
try was new and just awakening to life :i
activity. h« ' . lerful growth
ni. within the short space of
MI an alino-i unbroken wil-
derness to many mighty states marching ma;
ally onward on the highway to empire and en-
during gi In this contest also he has
his full ihare of the labors and bu:-
and wears their marks with pride and no:
peasant recollections^ lie was born in Rappa-
hannock county, \ a., on April .7. iS^^. his par-
ents. Henry 3 :th i ( !rigler i Miller, b
natives of \ irginia, whither his grandfather. John
.Miller, came from dcrmam as a young man. the
who accompanied him settli:
-vlvania. Ib- was soon marri Miss
I litt. and together ilh ' prospered S >.' .inters and
! a family of ten or twelve children. Air.
Miller's parei ; iy in X'irginia
as farmers and died then ll
did his grandpan nts. lie was himself r<
' farm in his
her pnbli. ch ils. \\nen he was nineteen he
.ili...1 ' \-}< in a store lie)
the fa ih, ' irk, now of Chey-
. which v unity,
and two or thi i Mis-
souri and m;. nnty.
\\'hile living there ' in a
s|,,re in Iowa which rated bv
In iS;o lie herilV of Atch-
. .. i . [o., ;md lal I • the
- \ ing in all ! At
Md of hi- t> rm, ii Mnied
dirongh \\'a-
4"4
Rl SSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
tor "ii the day after Lincoln's first inauguration,
which lie was prevented from attending by the
\vt\rk iif his railroad train in Illinois, being there-
in dclaved many hmirs. Soon after he reached
home tlie i Hil War broke out apd he promptly
enlisted in Co. (i. Forty-ninth Virginia Infantry
under Col. "Extra Billy" Smith, formerly gover-
ni ir ' if the state. The Colonel was then over sixty
years old and soon after the battle of Gettysburg
n signed. .Mr. .Miller's regiment belonged to the
army of northern Virginia, and was in the thick-
est of the fight during the entire war, and he
participated in all the leading battles and num-
berless skirmishes which marked its gory prog-
ress. At Antietam he received a gunshot wound
in the side, which was prevented from being very
si ri( His if not fatal, by a small Bible and a pair
of scissors which he was carrying in his inside
pocket. The bullet tore the Bible to fragments
and bent the scissors. Even with this protection
Mr. Miller was incapacitated from active service
by the wound for three or four months, then he
rejoined his regiment and remained with it until
he was captured in front of Petersburg about two
months before the close of the war. He was
taken as a prisoner first to Washington and later
was detained at Fort Delaware until the coming
of peace released him. being at the time of his
capture a first lieutenant of his company. When
released from the Federal prison he returned to
Missouri and in November. 1867, came to Wyo-
ming, then a part of Dakota territory. The ter-
minus of the railroad was forty miles east of
Cheyenne, but its builders were pushing its con-
struction as rapidly as possible, and every form
of enterprise was on the boom. Mr. Miller se-
cured employment in a large merchandising es-
tablishment conducted by Stephen F. Nuckolls,
then one of the merchant princes of this . part
of the country. Soon after he took charge of a
traveling store for this establishment and fol-
lowed the advance of the railroad. Cheyenne
wns then the distributing point of freight and
commerce for a very large scope of country,
but the rough and lawless elements of society
were abundant and daring. Mr. Miller carried
his store through to Corinne. Utah, but along
the line of his progress he had many thrilling
experiences and narrow escapes in the railroad
camps. At Bear River a severe fight occurred
with some of the graders, several men being
killed on both sides, but he escaped unhurt. In
the autumn of 1869 he returned to Cheyenne and
remained in the employ of Mr. Xuckolls until
1872. The business was then sold to Erasmus
Nagle and Mr. Nuckolls went to Utah. Before
this occurred, however, Mr. Nuckolls was sent
as a delegate to Congress and during his absence
at Washington Mr. Miller had entire charge of
the extensive business, and for two or three
years after Mr. Nuckolls removed to Utah Mr.
Miller was in charge of the collections and of set-
tling accounts. During this time he had also
acquired an interest in the store which he still
retains. In 1875 ne started a cattle industry and
in 1876 was elected probate judge and county
treasurer, to which office he was reelected in
1878, holding the office four years and during
the time he was also vigorously pushing his cat-
tle business, having 2,500 to 4,000 cattle on the
ranges. He sold his stock interests in 1897 and
since then has lived retired from active business,
but he still owns considerable valuable real-estate.
Having never married and being ^therefore free
from domestic responsibilities, Mr. Miller has
been able to largely devote himself to the ad-
vancement of the prosperity of the community
in which he has lived, showing great enterprise
and public spirit in this direction. He was one
of the promoters of the introduction of gas into
the town and has been connected in a leading
way with other projects of value to the city and
count}-. Fraternally, he has long been connected
with the Masonic order and he has gone through
all its branches. He was "made a Mason" at
Rockport, Mo., in 1857 and is now a Thirty-sec-
ond degree member of the Scottish Rite, as well
as active in the chapter and commandery to which
he belongs. In politics he is a consistent and un-
wavering Democrat, devoted to the interests of
his part_v, always ready to bear his portion of
its burdens in campaigns both local and national.
His useful life has won him the esteem of ali-
bis fellows.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OI- WY(
405
JOHN .Mt iRAX.
( >ne of UK successful pioneer ranch and
men of Laramie county is John M
\vhosc address is < .lendo. Wyoming. lie is a
native of Ireland, where he was horn in County
Mayo, on December iS, 1X45. tlie son of James
and Mary (Scanlon) Moran, natives oi that
(try. The father followed fanning in his
kind until iS.tS. when lie emigrated to
America and established his home in Potter
ty, I 'a., and there attain in farm-
ing, which he followed up to the time of his
death in 1899. The mother died in iSo.}, and
both parents lie buried near the Potter county
home. John Moran grew to man's estate in the
Kcvstone state and n 'us early schooling
in Potter county. He remained with his par-
ents until he had attained to the age of nine-
years, then in 1X05. he resolved to
his fortune on the western frontier, and bid-
ding farewell to his parents, and the seen.
his childhood and early manhood, he came to
the city of St. Joseph. Mo., then the principal
ouititting point for o\erland travel to the \
Hen he secured employmenl with a large o
land freight train and dri ar as
ill,.* i ty of ] '.'iiver. v here he rem,
short time and then proceeded to
I'.lack Hawk, Colorado, where he engage.! in
mining until l8» During this time and in
.n with a . he had pure'
a ranch- on Coal Creek. Colo., which they
ed with cattle and left in charge of an
• , while tli tiued their mining op-
erations. During the winter of 1870-1, Mr. Mo
•.-moved to Erie. Colo., where lie continued
until iS-j. then disposing of his mining in
Is, with his partner he went to New Mc\-
nnrchased cattle, which they
dn to their Coal Creek ranch. In iS;^.
the\ disposed of this proper!) and moved their
Laramie county, VVvo., purchased an-
. and continued there in the cattle
business, meeting with Itltil [871
the\- .lisp, ,,(-,! , if tb'-ir pro
jsil the ' 'lion at Philadel-
phia. In the spring oi the following year they
returned to Larimer county, Colo., and in the
vicinity of Fort Collins entered upon the
tleraising business, remaining there al
Thcv then brought their cattle to the
Horseshoe Creek country, of Wyoming, and lo-
cated the ranch now owned by Mr. Moran on
Horseshoe Ci >ut eight nm
of Glendo. lie \, that
section of Wyoming, being the third settler on
Hi .shoe Creek, and has seen the country
change from the wild and sa- litioti oi
that time to the civilized and sealed condition
of the present, when it is considered one of
the most favored stockgrowing regions ,,f \
ming. lie is the owner i his
home ranch, about i.ooo ac-
Creek, having oilier lands in various sections
of the state and being consid :" the
;olid bu iness men and substantial property
owners of I.aramie count)-. lie handles both
cattle and slice]), taking an especial pride in his
grades of Shorthorn and Hereford cattle, own-
ing a large number of the most valuable an-
imals in Wyoming. His larg perty in-
i.s are in cattle, although he operates
tensivcly in sheep. IN- is a member of the Ro-
man Catholic church, and takes a deep inti
in all measures calculated tO be of benefit to
the people of the community where h<
1 le is also a member of the 1 >ouglas 1
\'o. 15. 1. ( >. O. I'"., at Douglas. \\
litically, he is identified with the Repub
part), being a conscientious believer in the prin-
ciples of that pol • rganization, but he has
n. v er taken at ''^'l ni:"
ment, and in local matters often r the
rather than the party, holding that men
of right thought^ will do right.
M. II. MURPHY.
( hie of ihe most
citizens of V mnty, Wyoming, is M. 1 1.
Mtir)ih\ . a resident of Laram
• nia. born in lS),. ll
I, ,1m and Helen i Howard) Murph\. nativi
406
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
Ireland. The father emigrated from his native
country when a small hoy and resided first in
the city of New York, and later in Pennsylva-
nia, where he engaged in farming during his
active life and dying there in 1845, the Jear
of the birth of his son, M. H. Murphy. The
mother also in Pennsylvania passed all the
years of her active life where she was married.
She survived her husband for many years and
died in 1888, being buried at Binghamton, X.
Y. The subject of this sketch grew to man-
hood in his native state, and received his early
education in its public schools. At the early
age of fifteen years he left home and secured
employment in the lumbering business, in which
he continued for a number of years in Penn-
sylvania. Leaving the state of his nativity in
1847 ne came to the then territory of Wyo-
ming ; this was in the early days of civilization,
and' he was among the first band of the 'pion-
eers within its lowly borders. Securing em-
ployment on the line of the Union Pacfiic Rail-
road, then being constructed through that coun-
try, he remained in its employment for
a number of years. In 1871 he came to Lar-
amie, Wyoming, and soon thereafter established
himself as a wholesale and retail liquor dealer,
in which business he has continued to the pres-
ent writing (1902). From the first he prospered
and is now numbered one of the substantial
property owners of Laramie. Ever foremost
in matters of public enterprise, law-abiding and
energetic, he has the respect of "all classes of
people, and is one of the best citizens of the
community where he maintains his home. In
1873, Mr. Murphy was united in marriage with
Miss May Fee, a native of Ireland who came
to America with her parents from their native
country when a small child. She died on May
30, 1898, and was buried at Laramie. Seven
children were born to bless the home life of Mr.
and Mrs. Murphy, namely : Thomas, deceased ;
Kate ; Nellie ; James ; Edward ; John ; George.
This worth>- couple were exceptionally happy in
their home, which was a center for a generous
and kindly hospitality which they delighted to
dispense to their large circle of friends. Po-
litically, Mr. Murphy is a stanch adherent of
the Democratic party and his life has been
active and prominent in the councils of that po-
litical organization. Before the admission of
\\ >' uning as a state he served- one term in the
Territorial Legislative Assembly, there making a
most creditable record. Fraternallv, he belones
o
to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and
also to the Ancient Order of United Workmen,
taking an enthusiastic interest in all measures
calculated to promote the fraternal life of Lara-
mie and being a prominent and a representative
citizen.
GUY H. NEWELL.
One of the progressive and prosperous
young ranch and stockmen of Albany county,
Wyoming, resides at Spring Hill, in that
county, where he is successfully engaged in the
business of raising cattle and horses at his ranch
in Horseshoe Park, situated about thirty-five
miles south of Douglas, Wyoming, being none
other than Guy H. Newell, who was born on
October 19, 1875, in Black Hawk county, Jowa,
the son of Harrison J. and Sarah J. (Benham)
Newell, natives of Ohio. His parents removed
from their native state to Iowa during the early
days of white settlement -vest of the Mississippi
River, and were among the earliest pioneers of
that section of Iowa, where his father' followed
the occupations of farming and stockraising
first in Louisa county and later in Black Hawk
county, where he remained busily employed in
that pursuit until 1880,- when he removed his
family to the then territory of Wyoming and
engaged in mining for a short time, and then
entered upon the prosperous occupation of
ranching and the -raising of livestock, in which
he is still engaged at Horseshoe Park. Guy H.
Newell came from his native state of Iowa with
his parents in 1880 and grew to manhood in
Wyoming, receiving here his early education,
and after the completion of his schooling he
remained at the paternal home assisting his fa-
ther in the management of his property until
1897, when he took up the ranch he now owns
PROGRESSIVE Jl/E.Y OF ll'VOMIXG.
and occupies on a tributary of the Labonte
( r< ek, in Albany comity, adjoining his father's
place and there devoted himself to the business
of raising cattle. He has succeeded in his
venture, and is looked upon as one of the rising
young stockmen of that part of the county.
I'.y hanl work, persc\ eranee and careful atten-
tion to the smallest details of his business, he
is rapidly- forging to the front and is destined
tu become line of the representative cattlemen
and property owners of the county. On July
10. 1900. Mr. \e\vell was married at Douglas.
in the state of Wyoming, to Miss Myrtle Chap-
man, a native of \Yyoming and a daughter oi
Leon and Mattie (Xewell) Chapman, natives
of Missouri. The parents of Mrs. Xewell re-
moved their residence from their native stale
in i8So to \Yyoming, where they now reside.
being classed among the most respected cit-
izens of their section of the state. Mr. and
Mrs. Xewell have one child, Sarah A. Their
home is one of the pleasantest and most 1ms-
pitable in Horseshoe Park and the family is
held in high esteem. Politically. Mr. Xewell is
a stanch member of the Democratic party, and
is actively interested in the public welfare. He
is an energetic and enterprising young IniMiie-.'
man, destined to take a leading part in t he-
business and political life of his section.
\l \UtVS A. XI' \\ ELL, M. I).
( Mie i if the leading and favorite physicians of
Sheridan. Wyoming, is Maims A. Newell, M. IX.
who was horn in Saratoga county, X. Y.. on
Siptemher X. [866, a son of James and Julia A.
livan i Newell, also natives of Sara
: tv. I [is grandfather. David Xewell. was horn
in Ireland, who on coming to America settled at
Saratoga Springs. X. Y., and In passed the re-
mainder of hi- life engaged in farming in 5
Ci itinty, and llieiv died .11 ' i sei ent\ -
the years. James \ewell. the father of Doctor
Xewell, was also a farmer in Sara Oga county,
and then died in iSiji . \\ hen fhl years
old. lie had three brothers who served ill the
Civil \Var. two of whom are stiM Ihin^-. ,-m.l
there were eleven children in the family. Doctor
Xewell'.s mother was horn in Saratoga county, X.
A"., her parents being natiw- of Ireland, where
her father. J. P. Sullivan, was born in Dublin
and there highlv educated in the celebrated Cni-
vcrsitx of Dublin; becoming one oi the most :
historians of his day and also very prominent in
public affairs. His family consisted of one
son, I. P., Jr., and three daughters. J. P., Jr..
also being a distinguished public person and for
six vcars he was an I". S. Consul in France under
President Grant's administration. Doctor .Mar-
cus A. Xewell passed his youthful days on the
home farm, rendering such service as he then was
capable of performing, and attending the public
schools, and the education he there ' was
supplemented by further study at the Academy
for Young Men at Saratoga, from which he was
graduated in 1886 at the head of his class, being
awarded a special prize for Latin. Tn the fall
of 1887 he entered the medical department of Co-
lumbia University in Xew York City and was
therefrom graduated in June. 1890, being among
the tir-t ten in a class of 150. During this period
of study he spent eighteen months in the 1-J.OOSe-
velt Hospital, out-patient department, as an un-
dir-gradnate receiving this appointment in con-
sideration of his high standing in his ela--. Hi-
vacations he had passed at Saratoga Springs in
the offices of Charles S. ( '.rant. M. D.. assisting
that eminent practitioner and devoting all his
available spare time to study. After graduating
Dr. Xewell leased the Saratoga Sanitarium, which
he conducted during the summer of [890, during
the same fall be came to \Y\oniing imdei
tract with the Cnion Pacific Railroad as physi-
cian t" the minin;; camp at llanna. where 1
mained eighteen months and was transfern
Sail I al e City, 1 Ftah, as .1 nr^eon. I'ut
the Doctor was nol pleased with this selection
resigned In- position in \ovemln r. iSoJ. came to
Sluridan, \Y\o.. in 180,, and was appointed
L;VOII of the 1'iurliiigtoii l\ lilroad, an offii
signed in 1X117 to enter upon the practice of his
i w hi.-h he rapidly secured a lu-
• e patrona-e and is no\\ holdii,
clientele of an\ ph\ sician in the cit\ . standing pre-
4o8
OGRESSIVE MEN OF UTOMIXG.
eminent as a surgeon. He is practically the ex-
aminer for all the oldline life insurance compan-
ies that do business in this section of the country,
but his private practice is in itself sufficient to
keep him .full employed. He keeps fully abreast
of the progress made in modern surgery, has
great faith in the use of the Roentgen treatment,
and has the only X-ray instrument in the state.
He was joined in marriage on June 15, 1895,
with Beal Leaventon of Pennsylvania, a daugh-
ter of the late James Leaventon, a pioneer and
prominent business man of Sheridan, who was a
leading factor in the development of Northwest-
ern Wyoming and died in 1896. One child has
biessed this marriage, Marjorie A. The Doctor
is largely identified with the fraternal societies of
\Y\< uning as a master mason and has filled some
very high positions in other organizations, being a
past chancellor commander of the Knights of
Pythias and also a past exalted ruler of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and, po-
litically, he is an active Republican and has ably
served as county health officer and occupied the
position of assistant surgeon on the staff of Gov-
ernor Richards, being also a staff officer of the
Wvoming National Guard. The Doctor is very
public-spirited and takes great interest in the
prevailing industry of the country and is the
principal stockholder in the Sheridan Sheep Co. ;
he is also one of the chief stockholders of the
\Yessick Mercantile Co., of Sheridan.
CHALMERS C. NORWOOD.
The genial, courteous and accomplished super-
intendent and principal of the schools of Evans-
ton, Wyoming, Prof. C. C. Norwood is a native
of the state of Alabama, having first seen the
light there in 1853, in what was then Pike county,
but is no\v known as Bullock county. He knows
but little of his parents, his mother dying when
he was an infant of a few months and his father
when he was only a child. His father, Joseph
Norwood, was a native of Georgia and' died
a valiant soldier in the Civil War in the Con-
federate service. His mother, Sarah (Munn)
Norwood, was a native of South Carolina, whence
she moved t<> Alabama on her marriage to sur-
vive only a few months. Her remains are bur-
ied at Perot, Ala. Chalmers C. Norwood was
reared by his maternal grandparents and was
educated in Davidson college, N. C., and in the
Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore, Md.,
from whence he was graduated in 1878. For
two years he was a professor in Davidson College
and in the Agricultural College of Maryland he
occupied a professor's chair for four years. He
entered the Department of the Interior of the
L'nited States under President Harrison and was
an examiner in the U. S. patent-office for five
years. Following this he went to Utah and
taught in the New Jersey Academy at Logan for
two years and in the Agricultural College one
year. After that he came to Evanston, Wyo.,
and here he has been the superintendent and
principal of the schools for the last four years,
serving with great credit to himself and ex-
treme satisfaction to his fellow citizens and his
associates in the work of educating the young.
A man of learning and ability, he enforces precept
by example. He is a man of fine manners and
of practical accomplishments as well, being a
highly valued member of the State Board of Edu-
cation. Mr. Norwood and his wife, with whom
he married in 1889, are members of the Presby-
terian church. They have one child, a daughter,
named Helene. Mrs. Norwood was Mary Tut-
liill, a native of New Jersey, and a daughter of
Captain Benjamin C. and Margaret (Harrison)
Tuthill. She comes of good Revolutionary stock
as is evidenced by her membership in the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution. Her great-
great-grandfather, Christopher VanDeventer and
his seven sons were able soldiers in the Con-
tinental army of the Revolution.. one of the seven
being the great-grandfather of Mrs. Norwood.
Indeed the family has always given of its best
talent and wealth to the country. Mrs. Nor-
wood's own father was a sea captain, following
the waves until his retirement from active life.
During the Civil War his vessel, the John Lin-
thall, was in the service of the LT. S. Govern-
ment and he was a participant in the Burnside
expedition.
PROGRESS! I'E ME\ Of WYOMING.
409
EUGEXE D. XOKT< »N.
The Xortuns have ever been conspicuous
in connection with Massachusetts and Amer-
ican history from the first days of the old l'.a\
Colony, members of the name holding public
office in every generation and being represented
in the early French and Indian wars, the Rev-
olutionary period and in every contest waged
by the United States from that time to the pro-
ent, while in professional and scholastic life
and as learned representatives of the law. the
family has ever been in distinct evidence. The
paternal ancestors of E. D. Norton located in
Western Xe\v York in the first quarter of the
nineteenth century as pioneer settlers of that
section, David Norton, his grandfather passing
his entire life from a young man as a farmer at
Wales Center, in Erie count}-, while his father,
E. S. Norton, was a prominent merchant of the
same county, taking a leading part in public
matters and for several years he was a member
of the board of supervisors of this important
county, of which the great city of Buffalo is the
county seat. E. D. Norton was born at Wales
Center, Erie county, N. Y., on March 10. 1801.
the son of E. S. and Matilda (Weaver) Norton.
! (e received a Hi' in nigh academic education at the
State Academy at East Aurora, then entered him-
self as a student of law in the office of those
leading lights of the legal fraternity of P.ut'fulo,
Messrs. Hawkins and (iibbs, under whose i om
petent instruction and through his industrious
studies he succeeded in mastering the founda-
tions of legal principles as applied in the laws
of \e\v York, and also the necessary technical
instruction incident to knowledge- of the law.
making such progress that he very easilj
passed the requisite examinations entitling him
to admission to tin- bar In-fore he was ol • <
being precluded on that account from receiving
the desired certificate. In iSS2 lie migrated to
South Dakota, where he was soon admitted i..
practice at Plankinton. and h»- there established
an office and engaged in legal practice, his ser-
vices being in demand from the first, and a
representative clientage soon attaching itseli to
him. l-'or twelve years he held a k;
sit ion before the courts of Aurora and
counties, holding the esteem of the jurists and
the members of the bar by his frank and cour-
teous demeanor, his legal abilities and his suc-
cess as an advocate. From 1887 to iSS<; he
was the prosecuting attornev of Fall River
county, and his fitness for official place and du-
ties were often recognixed in the conventions
of his party by his nomination to various of-
fices of honor and trust, but, as he was a Dem-
ocrat in an overwhelming Republican section,
his defeats came as expected occurrences, he
sharing the fate of the other non n the
same ticket. He was particularly active, how-
ever, in the Democratic cause in both state and
national politics, often being a member of the
State Central Committee. In 181)4 he came to
Casper, \\yo.. and has been in continual prac-
tice of his profession unto the present writing,
from 1897 to 1899 holding the office of prose-
cuting attorney, and he has built up a fine and
lucrative practice, being also a forceful factor
in the movements of the Democratic party of
the state and a member of the State Democratic
< "onimittee. In the fall of 1902 he was the Dem-
ocratic candidate for judge of the Second Ju-
dicial District, at the polls reducing the u
Republican majority of 1700 to 300. but failing
of election. Mr. X'orton is thoroughly a lawyer.
He had from the hand of nature the matt-rial
requisite for the outcome of the actual lawyer
and man that he appears today. But that did not
make him such a man. TTis read} mastery of the
facts constituting the case, his thorough un-
derstanding of the law involved, his quick ap-
prehension, his keen discrimination, his elear
and pointed processes of logical reasoning, his
fertility and aptness , ,f illustration, are p
sufficient that he has not happened into what
hi is. but that he has develop the result
Of a definite purpose earl}1 formed and pursued
\\ilh a most rigorous persistence, by study, by
painstaking discipline arid th cultivation re-
quisite for the attainment of sneh a result
his present standing is onh the s\ mmetrical se-
quel of the la\\ s governing human development.
GRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YOML\(J.
On June i, 1887 Miss Sadie Eaton, a native of
Hillxlalc, Mich., and Mr. Norton were wedded,
her family residing at Hot Springs, South Da-
kota, at the time of the marriage. The}- have
had three children, Eugene (deceased), Donald
and Arthur. Mr. Norton is evidently a broth-
erhood man, belonging as he does to the Ma-
sonic fraternity, the Woodmen of the World,
and the W. of W. G. From his extensive range
of acquaintance and the popularity all members
of his family enjoy it may easily be adduced that
a bounteous hospitality prevails in his attract-
ive home, which is one of the extremely pleas-
ant residences of the city.
CHARLES W. XVLEX.
A prominent citizen and stockman of Con-
verse county. Wyoming. Charles W. Nylen,
whose address is Orin, in that state, is a native
of Sweden and was born on March 18, 1855,
the son of Gustaf and Annet (Landquist) Ny-
len. both natives of that country. The father
was a minister of the gospel in Sweden and con-
tinued in that profession up to the time of his
decease in 1893. The mother survived until
1902, when she passed away on the 2Oth day of
January, and both of the parents lie buried in
Sweden. Charles W. Nylen passed his early
years in his native land and there received his
academic training in the schools of the vicinity
of his boyhood's home. When he had attained
to the age of fifteen years, the spirit of adven-
ture led him to leave school and seek his for-
tune in the New World. So he set out for
America and upon his arrival here in 1870 he
located in Chicago for a short time, then went to
the city of St. Paul, Minn., one month later
going to the city of Duluth. where he secured
employment in a hotel for about three months,
and at the end of that time securing a po-
sition on the Northern Pacific Railroad, which
he held for a short time. He then held a po-
sition on a farm near Rochester, Minn., until
the spring of 1871 when from Winona he, in
company with another young man, took a boat
down the Mississippi River as far as the city of
Fulton, 111. From thi> place they went to
Chicago, and about two weeks later continued on
to Burlington, la., where he secured employment
on a farm for a short time and then engaged in
harvesting in the southern portion of Minne-.i-
ta, completing the season near St. Paul. After
this he became a brakeman on the Northern
Pacific Railroad and remained in that cmpl<>\-
ment until 1873. hi < »cioher of that year, he
went to work fur the I'. S. government as a
teamster at Fort Abercrombie, N. D.. and in
1874 lu was earlv transferred to Camp Carlin.
\\ - uning, and had charge of an outfit of mules
and wagons for the use of General Crook's ex-
pedition against the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians
who were then on the warpath. He remained
in the employ of the government until 1878 and
during that time served as the messenger for the
quartermaster at Camp Carlin. In 1879, he be-
came clerk for the sutler at Camp Carlin and
remained in that occupation up to 1881, in the
spring of which year, he removed to Denver,
where he opened and conducted a restaurant for
about three months. He then disposed of that
business and came to Cheyenne, Wyoming, soon
accepting an offer to take charge of a merchandis-
ing establishment at Hartville, Wyo., and he was
engaged in the management of that enterprise
for about one year and then resigned to engage
in business for himself. In the winter of 1882 he
opened a store in Hartville, as a dealer in gen-
eral merchandise. He conducted this busi-
ness with varying success until 1885, when
he disposed of it to advantage and in
the spring of 1886 came to the Platte River and
took up his present ranch, situated about two
miles southeast of Orin Junction, Wyo. Here he
has continued in the occupation of cattleraising
since that time, meeting with marked success and
being now the owner of a fine ranch and a large
herd of cattle, and he is adding to his business
from year to year. In July, 1879, Mr. Nylen was
united in wedlock with Miss Mary E. Butler, a
native of New Jersey and a daughter of Thomas
and Elisa Butler, natives of Ireland. Her father
during the Civil War served as a soldier in the
Thirty-ninth New Jersey Infantry. Soon after the
PROGRESSIVE MLL.\ UI: ID'O.\//.Vo'.
411
\var was over, he enlisted in the Fourteenth I". S.
Infantry, was stationed in Ari;:i.na. and here
while engaged on escort duty he uas killed In
the Indian^. \fter the death of the father the
family removed to California, where they resided
I'm- a short time and in 1809 came to Cheyenne.
Wyo. The city was then in its infancv compo >
principally of lent-. Snl)-e(|iiently the family re-
moved to Omaha, where they remained until
1874. when they again returned to Wyoming
where they .-till reside. The mother died on No-
vember i>. |S<>|, and at the time of her dr.
she \va- making her home with her daughter at
the ranch on the I Matte River, and there she is
hnried. Mr. and Mrs. Xylcii have had six chil-
dren. Alice G., Charles P., Gustaf E., George,
James R. and Thomas L., all now living except
George, who dird in 1888, at the agi- of Four
yiars and six month-, and was hnried near their
home. I'Mlitically, .Mr. Xylen is identified with
the Republican party, active in the local council-
of that political m-gaiii/ati. >n. He lias often been
requested by his party friends and associates to
Income a candidate for public office, but has con-
-istcnth declined to d<> so, preferring to give his
entire time and attention to the management of
his private interests. The family is held in the
highest respect and esteem.
ALEXANDER XISI'.F.T.
1 hi- worthy and indn-tnou- citi/m of E vans-
ton, Wyoming, was horn at Knighlshood, 1 >um-
liartoii. Scotland, mi January 2~ , 181.;. the son
of . \le\andrv and Isabella Xisbct. natives of
Scotland. The father came to the 1
- ill l8.v> hut returned to Scotland in In-
latter day.s and died iliri , , ,n \, ,\ embi '
1887. uhcre his remains lie hnried at Maryhill.
In 1 8> jo his widow relumed to America and re-
mained abi MM tlu-ee • n ce mi ire making
an ocean voyage mi her return to Scotland
\\here she abided for a lime bin quilted it again
fi n \m( rica in [900, since when she ha- :
her home in Salt Lake City. Alexander \i-hei.
of this review, received his earlv education in
lland and there gave .liligenl heed and alien
lion to the occupation , if a miner, i to the
L'nited States in < ictober, 1888, he loi
a lime in \\ellstmi. < )hio. \\hence he came to
Almy. Wyo., where he engaged first i:i coal-
mining, and later, and Eor the lasl three years
of hi- stay, as a coalweigher. In politics lie is
a Democrat, and from his capability for UK-
place he was appointed dcpun county clerk un-
der Jame- Brown in [895, and he has con
scientiously held the place from th.it tin,
thi present writing. He \\a- married mi lune
2_|. i8,;j. with .Mi- inphcll. a native of
Scotland and a prominent member of the
Cnurch of Latter Day Saints, ami by this mar-
riage four children have been born, Alexander.
Matthew. .Maggie and James, 'flic last r.
died in September, icjno. being buried at
on, Wyoming.
MRS. MARTHA A. SACKETT.
Mrs. .Martha A. Sackett. widow of the late
John 11. Sacked whose untimely death in 181,^
at the early age of forty-eight year-, four im.nths
and twenty days cut short a career of great ac-
tivity and usefulness and was universally de-
plpred, is a native of Illinois being a daught.-r of
Sila- and Betsey A. (Wooley) I'.unl, nati\.
Peru, X. N'.. and earlj emigrants to [llinois, in
which stair Mr-. Sacked giw, to womanhood,
and on March 15. 1X71 was united in man
with John II. Sacked, also a native of tin-
pire state. The very next year they left the blan-
dishment- of civilization and all it- comforts be-
hind them, to b pioneer- on the frontier of
Nebraska. For three years they wrestled with
fate in that state and for thn in ( bloi
I;. 1X78 ihcv came to Wyoming and settled at
1 hi enne, in 188. i up their residence ill
Sheridan county, adjoining the site of thr •
cut loun of I'.ighoru. which they founded and
ed through its infancy. They here i'
homestead and engaged in farming, and
elected and operated .1 -aw and shingle mill and
a planer. The-e were die lir-t eiitcrpri-e- of the
kind in the count \ and Mr. Sackett was in fact
the first in many gi ivements for the benefit
UVE MEN ()!• WYOMi
of this iiari of the state. On In- farm was held
i lu first industrial and stork exhibit or fair in
\\ ' vi lining. 'i.1 started tlie first school in She.ridan
county, he was one of the organizers and the
first president of \Vyoming College located at
r.ighor.i. and was the president of the first coal-
mining company in the state, while Mrs. Sackett
was interested in the organization and manage-
ment of the first creamery in the county. He be-
lc .nged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and helped to organize the first Wyoming lodge
of the order. He was also an enterprising mer-
chant and for years was engaged in merchan-
dising in partnership with Charles Skinner at
Kighorn.. Since his death, which occurred in
1899 when all his faculties were in full vigor and
his usefulness to the community was great and
constant in many lines of activity, his widow,
who shared in all of his trials and triumphs,
and w-ho was closely associated with him in all
of his diversified undertakings, has carried on
the farm and has also kept the business of the
stock industry going in the same full vigor and
on the same high standard of excellence in
material and methods that he had reached with
it. The farm comprises about 800 acres and has
a good quality of land with sufficient variety, to
give ample range for the stock and ample food
for their winter maintenance. It is well im-
proved with good buildings and is equipped with
all the needed appurtenances for conducting its
operations with enterprise and success. Of the
seven children born to the family six are living :
Lee, in the employ of the U. S. government at
Manila, holding membership in the OdrlFellows
Lodge at Bighorn ; Carl L., a graduate of the
State University of Ohio, receiving the degree
of B. L. On June 19, KJOI, he was admitted to
the bar of the Supreme Court of Ohio, in Janu-
ary, 1902, admitted to practice in the courts of
Oklahoma, in February, 1903. admitted to the
bar of Wyoming. He is now the junior member
of the law-firm of Metz & Sackett at Sheridan,
the leading law-firm in practice in Northern
Wyoming; Ursula J., married to T. J. Gatchell
of Buffalo, Wyo., was a graduate of the "Wyo-
ming College and one of the leading teachers of
the state for .several years thereafter; Clyde E. ;
Hugh < ).; Ross \\. ( )ne other child, Loren E.,
is deceased. The children wlm are living at
home assist in conducting all the business of
the ranch which includes, in addition to the
farming interests, the care of a fine herd of
cattle and an increasing drove of good horses.
This business is carried on with great system
and care and is eminently successful, Mrs. Sack-
ett justifying in her management of it the ex-
pectations that were raised when she took hold of
it and the encomiums that have been passed up-
on her skill since then. She fully understands
the business and puts her knowledge to active
practical use in every detail of its various and
exacting phases. She also stands high in social
circles and assists in much unobtrusive charity.
HON. THOMAS D. O'FLYNN.
Descended from distinguished lines of Irish
and Scotch ancestry, who bore their part well in
all the relations of life wherever they lived and
contributed to the advancement of their country
in many ways in both civil and military life.
Judge Thomas D. O'Flynn of Evanston. Wyn-
• , has been true to the traditions of his fam-
ily and exemplified in his own career the best
features of its history. He was born on June 15,
184.4, in the province of Ontario, Canada, the son
of John L. and Nancy (Murdock) O'Flynn, the
former a native of Ireland and the latter of Can-
ada. The father followed teaching for thirty
years in his native country and upon retiring
from that vocation was elected mayor of Belle-
ville, the county-seat and most considerable city
of County Hastings, where he died in 1862. The
paternal grandfather of the Judge was born in
Ireland and emigrated to America in his young
manhood, locating in Canada and after a long and
successful career in business there, returned to
the land of his birth to die. The maternal grand-
father was born and passed his life engaged in
active pursuits in Scotland, dying there at a
good old age. Judge O'Flynn came into the
I "nited States at the age of eighteen, and en-
listed in Co. I',, Ninth N. Y. Heavy Artillery in
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
413
the L'liiiin army, ami rendered g 1 soldierly ser-
vice tn tlu- land i'f his adoption from iSdj to
September _'i), i Si 15. when lie was mustered out
immand ' >\ Co. I . Sec md X. Y. Regiment,
havh L: I (lie service as a private and risen
ition !)•. pri mil >i'< m f* >r merit >ri< >us o >n
duct and gallantry. II. was in ( leneral Alc-
Kinley's brigade and saw active and arduous ser-
vice, participating in more than a dozen serious
• ' among them ("old 1 1 arbor. James
River (Seven Days Fight). Winchester and the
battle- around I'.-tersburg and Richmond up to
surrender. At the battle of Winchester he
was .severely wounded. After the close of the
war he returned to Canada and engaged in the
retail grocery business at ( 'olborne and was
twice elected mayor <>f the town. In 1883 he
ming and, locating at Evanston, en-
tered the cmplo\ of lleckwith & Ouinn. grocers,
with whom he remained two years. He then
formed a partnership with one Waynick, and
the) as < iT'lynn & Waynick conducted a retail
ry for two years. In iScjo and in I goo he
was (J. S. census enumerator and in X'ovember
of the latter year was made the county jud-
i county, being designated soon after by the
ouncil of Evanston to serve the city as police
justice. In politics he is a Republican, deeph
ed with the principles of the party, lie is
active in its service and his judgment is highly
appreciated in it- councils. He belongs to th>-
nd Army of the Republic, being also the
t of I 'i ist \i |. 5 } nf the I leparl-
menl including Colorado and Wyoming. I!''
in I 8~i i in I 'nlarii i, ( 'anada, ti > M iss
I utman, a danght' r of |> ihn and Eliza
belli i Spencer i l.ntinan. natives of the pn>\ ince
and both iio\\ n. sting buieatb its ,od. Mrs.
died in 1887 and her remains were bur-
ied beside those of her parents. She lei" I two
children, lolm I., a barrister al law at Sault Ste.
1 anada. and I'llanche. who lives with her
prominent banker of Ontario. In the
of his adoption Indgv oT'lynn is thor
ouglily domesticated. lie is firmly attached to
its iusiinitiiMis and cordially intcresteil in its \\vl-
• ilriotic in all ' • i xlnhilhig
the besl trait 3 of Amet
<iR \XT SAFELY., .M. 1).
i if stunl\ Scotch lineage, but himself a true
s. m of the West, his birth occurring al 1 lor
( olo., "n May <i. rSi-i. Doctor SatVK has had an
eventful career and lia- sliown the characteristics
of the family for adventure and pioneer life, but
no\\ located at Douglas, Wyomnig, busiiy
occupied in attending to a large and representa
live medical and surgical ]>ractice which has
to him from his superior skill, kn and
aljility, and. as he stands well upon the list of the
nputable practitioners and surgeons, a reco
himself and somewhat of his ancestry is here-
with presented. The Safelys of Scotland have
bet.n prominent as skillful machinists, so when
Thomas Safely of Edinburg, a grandson of Wil-
liam Safely and son of Robert, emigrated, it
was only natural that he should make Cohocs.
X. Y., the terminal point of his journey. Re-
maining in this brisk manufacturing cit\ for ten
years, he removed thence to Iowa, and here we
will mention a strange fact. lie had four
brothers and four sisters and the five sons. Thom-
as, John, James. William and Andrew, all !• •'
near Cedar Rapids and became known as the
"Safelys of Sugar throve." Xot far from them
were located five brothers and five sisUTs named
Safely, who came also from Scotland but were
scions of a ditt'en m branch of tlu same i ni
tree, and these \\ ere the "Safel) - of i
The Sugar Grove Safelys were pioneers in all
that the term implies, they wrought at the dil"-
'! industries that prosper in a neu couiilry
i Thomas being a blacksmith as well as a fan
me owners of fine i md grew old alter
i repute, th< g andmothi
the DoctOl attai ing the age of 104 \ears.
fhomas Safely died at the age of sr\enty-eight.
Ill- son Alexander Kemvick. horn at \\ate:
X. Y., on June 30, [841, l< fl Sugar (ir..\<- at the
• if ninetei n in 1860 foi the \\ est. taking ;lu-
lirsi si imp mill erected in llonlder countv. * 'olo..
\\itb him on hi- long and ha/ardous journey
Mils \\ illi an ' i\ team. i I
in mining in i o],,rado until iSiu when b
h-leil in (lie I "nil >n annv at ( entral ( ',{{
I I. l-'irst ' [nfantrv, \\ Inch later became
414
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
the First Colorado Cavalry. \Yilh this organiza-
tion lit.1 assisted in preventing the invasion of the
territory by Confederate Texans and also had
hostile Indians to contend with. His regiment
delivered Colonel Canby when he was besieged
at Fort Craig, N. M. and drove the Texans out
of the country. Mr. Safely was then made chief
of M-outs and he was the only man of two regi-
ments who possessed sufficient courage to volun-
teer as a bearer of dispatches from Denver to
Fort Union. He made three of these perilous
trips, the distance between the points being 350
miles, had 'many thrilling experiences and nar-
n iw escapes and on his safe return from his third
trip was complimented by the colonel, who said
that he was the bravest man he ever met and re-
fused to allow, him to make the trip again. Mr.
Safely then volunteered to perform another dan-
gerous service, that of locating the camp of the
hostile Indians, and after fourteen days of ad-
venture he found them at Sand Creek, ninety
miles below Denver. 'Reconnoitering the Indian
village he rode to Denver 'and at six o'clock in
the evening of the day of his arrival he was
again in the saddle as the guide of his regiment.
At daybreak the village was attacked and by noon
800 of the savages w( re dead. This was in
1864 and no more trouble was given by Indians
for many months. Being mustered out of ser-
vice at the close of hostilities as a second lieuten-
ant, he made his home in Boulder, where he now
resides, an honored citizen, engaged in mining
and serving as postmaster from 1884 to 1889.
By his marriage with Miss Jennie Anderson, a
native of Pittsburg. Pa., he had two sons, of
whom the Doctor was the eldest. When fifteen
years old the Doctor entered the Highland
Military Academy of Worcester, Mass.. there-
after matriculating at the University of Colo-
rado at Boulder, here taking a special technical
course of study preparatory to a medical course,
then he became a student of the Colorado School
of Medicine, the medical department of the Uni-
versity, after taking a two-years' course here re-
moving to Nicaragua, Central America, where lie
passed two years in medical practice, thence re-
turning to Boulder and matriculating in the
School of Medicine for a three-years' course, two
years of which time were given to hospital prac-
tice as house surgeon, 'curing also the honors
of his class by an average percentage in his
studies of 93.6. After his graduation in 1900 he
located at Osceola, Wyb., as surgeon for the
Ferris-Haggarty Alining Co., removing to Doug-
las in April, 1901, where he is now in successful
practice, also being the medical examiner of the
Mutual Life and the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insunmrr Companies. He has acquired a fine
reputation as a surgeon, having performed some
very delicate and successful operations in abdom-
inal surgery. During his student life at Boulder
the Doctor raised a company of seventy-eight men
for service in the Spanish-American War, but as
the quota of the state was full it was transformed
into the National Guard, the Doctor being chosen
captain and resigning the office after one year's
service. He was also three years in the post-
office of Boulder, one year in the U. S. Railway
Mail Service, one year in the surveyor general's
office and a deputy assessor for four years. The
Doctor enjoys a high degree of popularity, and
is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and with
the Modern Woodmen of America, of which he
is examining surgeon.
THOMAS B. SANDERCOCK.
In the daily laborious struggle for an honor-
able competence and a successful career on the
part of the average business or professional man,
there is little to attract the reader in search of
a sensational chapter. But to the mind thor-
oughly awake to the reality and meaning of hu-
man life there are manv noble and imperishable
lessons in the career of an individual, who, with-
out other means than a clear head, strong arms
and true heart, directed and controlled by devout
principle and sound judgment, conquers ad-
versity and finally wins, not only pecuniary re-
ward, but, what is of far greater value, the re-
spect and confidence of those with whom his ac-
tive years have brought him in contact. Such
an individual was the late Thomas B. Sander-
cock of Fort Laramie, whose honorable career
rR(h;RESSH'E MEX OF
415
as man ami citizen reflected credit upon himself
and family and added to the good nanir oi the
place of his residence. Mr. Sandercock was a
native of \Yavne county. Pa., where his birth
occurred on April i_>. iS_|_i.. His parents. ( ieorge
and Mar\ I I'.cllaim ) Sandercock. were horn in
England and came to America in the early
-. settling in the above county and state,
where the father < ngaged in agricultural pur-
suits. I leorgc Sandercock met with fair sue
as a Earmer, earned the reputation of an honor-
ahle citizen and after a long
departed this life in 1X85 and his widow is still
living on the Pennsylvania homestead, having
reached a ripe old age with the retrospect of a
well-spent life behind her. Thomas P>. Sander-
ired to farm labor, early became
familiar with the varied phases of agriculture
and remained under the parental' roof until his
marriage, which was solemnized on September
= . 1807. with Miss Hattie \. Schenck, a native
of th' • county in which he first saw the
li-ht of day. After his marriage he engaged in
and in connection therewith operated a
iill, meeting with encouraging success both
•iller of the soil and a manufacturer of lum-
ber. Suhse(|tH -nth , ah' iiit 1871, in partnership
with a brother, he opened a store in the town of
Ariel. \Yayne county, and was thus engaged For
five years when failing health obliged him to dis-
ntary life and seek a more whole-
ancl congenial clime. Accordingly in
1^7') Mr. Sandercock disposed of his inu rest in
the firm and came to Wyoming, locating first
Cheyenne, where i in the sawn
less and also dealt in lumber. Tn iSSi he
n d by his family in Cl and one
later he wenl t' ' I Itah to purcha
Ig his vvife and children in the city. On Ins
ranm IP • ' .it Forl Laramie and was there
'••sitinn of engineer in a large
mill, which commanding a liberal salary he
ept. In due tii :, his family ivi
Eort Laramie and from iS8j to his death he
tinned his duties er, |»roviilii!g well
for thosi depending on him. besides laying up
a CO1 for future
Mr. Sandercock wa> a man of energ; nd
sessed sound judgment and business ability of
of no mean order. He discharged worthiK every
duty ci iming within his sphere, enjoyed tb
teem of his employes and all others with whom
IP- mingled, and his death, which occurred on
December 20, 188(1, was an event greatly deplored
in the city of his residence. Fraternally, he was
•live •meiiiln r of thi \la 51 ink hr> itherb
belonging to the lodge at Salem, Pa., in which
he was inducted into the mysti the order
\\heii a \omig man. Mrs. Sandercock i
daughter of John H. and Man i lh>el i Schenck.
both parents natives of \Va\iu county. Pa., and
descendants of German immigrants \\lio settled
in that part of the Keystone Slate prior to tin
Revolution period. The Sehenck-
repi iied in the War of Independ
members of both families joining tin
army at the breaking out of the stru
fighting bra vely and gallantly until the l',rili-h
, nd their hirelings were forever driven from the
I; id. John H. Schenck was a fanner and f"l-
lowi d that useful calling with varied success until
hi-, death in 1870; his wife survived him until
iS8} when she too entered into rest. The former
is buried near the old family home in Pennsyl-
vania, but the latter sleeps in thi :ry at
Eorl Laramii . having been an inmate of her
daughter's household at the time of h
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Sander-
cock has lived at Eort Laramie looking after her
children's interests, superintending their educa-
tion and managing their hushies, affairs •'•
able and most pi rth] manner. \Yheii
• TI I aramii v\ as dismantled and aband
she purchased her present home and at the open-
• i n atii 'ii tiled ' Hi land which has
since greatly increased in value. Her
tool up claims and. with an eye to each other's
interests, they have mutually COOpi until
they are now in afllnent circumstance-
over [,OCXD n • land, on which the\ ha
•mmber of cattle. In keeping their children
her and bending all of h' a the
direction of then
displayed wisdom ai>< ought as
41 6
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
they aiv admir.-ei i . and the success the smis have
achieved in their various undertakings i.s directly
attributable in her wisely-directed efforts in
their behalf. She imt only possesses business
abilitie-. c if a high order but a beautiful moral
character, which, with her many other admir-
able (|iialities, have won her many warm friends
ig the best social circles of the city and
her popular with all classes and conditions
of people. The following are the names of the
children: George, Mary A., William M.. Thomas
I.. Otis A., Stella G., Florence S., C. Meade.
EDW1X J. S.M ALLEY.
To the subject of this review, Edwin J.
Smalley, belongs the distinctive honor of being
the first child born in Cheyenne, his parents
Benjamin H. and Alary J. Smalley, having been
the first couple to enter the marriage relation
within the present limits of the city. The father
was a native nf New York and the mother, who
carried the maiden name of Mary J. Castle, was
born in Pennsylvania, both of them coming west
in i8'>7. Edwin J. was born on June 27. 1868. and
with little exception his life has been very closely
interwoven \\\th the history of his native town.
After attending- the public schools until his
eighteenth year and acquiring a practical educa-
tional discipline, he accepted a clerkship in the
grocer\ hinise of A. C. Snyder, where he re-
mained one and one-half years. Severing his con-
nection \\ith that gentleman, Mr. Smalley then
passed two years in the grocery business with
E. H. Lenby and at the expiration of that
time he entered the employ of G. W. Stanley,
a grocer with whom he remained until the
.-tuck passed into the hands of Mr. E. S. John-
son, when he accepted a similar position with
the latter party. After continuing five years
with Mr. Johnson, Mr. Smalley effected a co-
partnership in the general grocery trade with
C. M. Denmark, which, as Denmark & Smalley
lasted one year, at the expiration of which time
Mr. Smalley sold to his associate and accepted a
lucrative post with the Union Mercantile Co. of
Clievennc. After •remaining' in the wholesale de-
partment nf that lar^e linn lor five years, lie WES
appointed sheriff <>f l.araniir enmity to fill the
unexpmd term caused by ilu death of John J'.
Shaver, entering upnn the discharge of his offi-
cial duties ou August (>. mm. The year prc-
vious he was the Republican nominee for sheriff
against Mr. Shaver, but the county being reliably
Democratic he failed of an election. Mr. Smalley
is a gentleman of simu^- individuality, an accom-
plished business man and has acceptably filled
many important positions and ably discharged
every duty coming within his sphere. His rec-
ord since taking charge of the office which lit
now so acceptably holds, has fully met the high
etations of his friends and the public, irre-
:-|>eetive of politics, although he is uncompromis-
ingly a Republican and does all within his power
to promote the interests of his part}-. Mr. Smal-
ley has been ail eye-witness of the remarkable
growth of his native place, and to the extent of
his ability has ever contributed to the general
advancement along all lines of commercial and
industrial activity which has marked the city's
prosperity. He is truly public spirited, takes an
interest in all laudable enterprises and in many
ways has been a factor in the progress which has
characterized the last decade in this section of the
state. He holds fraternal relations with the
Knights of Pythias, Benevolent Protective Order
nf Elks and with the Woodmen of the World
and for several years he was a member of Co.
!'-, Wyoming National Guards.
JOHN Wr. SCHUNEMAN.
The treasurer of Laramie county, Wyoming,
whip has been twice elected to the responsible
office he still so capably fills, John W. Schuneman
was born on December 14, 1869, near Buffalo,
N. Y., the second of the four children that graced
the marriage of John H. and Effie (Wheelock)
Schuneman. who were also natives of the Em-
pire state. He received his preliminary education
in the public schools of Boone. Iowa, from which
he was advanced to the high school and after
being graduated from the latter, was himself a
teacher until he had attained the age of eii^liu >
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF If) i
years, when he becami bookkeepei foi \arious
firms in I loom- and ( "he\ emic, linn- an ac-
countant of more than ordinary merit. Hi.- n
deuce in ( 'heyenne began in |SS4. where his abil-
ities were speedih recognized, in- lirst election
to the count) treasurershi]) li\ the Republicans
taking place in l Sc jS and his second election to
the same office occurring in n,mo, hi-, competenl
• nuance of duties during his first term de-
terring the llemocratic party from even nomi-
nating a candidate against him. Fraternally he
i- a member of the Woodmen of the \Yorld, An-
cient Free and Accented Masons and the Benev-
oKnt Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Schuneman
was united in marriage in iS<jo in I'.ooue, [owa,
Vith Miss I,j//ie Metcalf. who has home him
OIK child. Fdgar.
O. J. SMYTH.
I'.orn and reared on a farm in Illinois, rural
life has from childhood been no novelty to O. T-
Sim ill of Sheridan and. being a pioneer in this
state, among the earliest to settle on her soil, bav-
in;;- conic hen in iSjS. no phase of Wyoming life
i unknown to him. Tn fact he i- thoroughly
identified with the history of tin- section of the
country from ihe beginning of systematic efforts
at settlement and development of its great re-
sources, lie is a native of Illinois, where he was
born on I leceinhcr _v>. '^5-1. ;m'' where his par-
ents. Samuel and Mar) (Jolle) I Snivlli, natives
of Ireland and Illinois settled soon after his
father's arrival in the I 'nited Stales. While, he
• quite young his mother died and he was
left much to the care of strangers, thn- early
learning the lessons of self-reliance and hid'
iK nee which have been of great importance in
ubsequenl career, lie \\as sent to school in
the neighborhood of hi- father's farm, and when
necessary worked on the farm until he grew to
i< >od. In iNjS he \ it Ided to a i' ' hich
had possessed him for some vears and -ought a
frontier life in \Y\oining. locating near lor! Mc-
Kilincy. where he entered the cmplo\ of [•".. Y.
Snyder as posttradef , and later was employed in
I. II. Conrad in the same capacity, holding the
position six years. At the end of thai period he
went to Buffalo, ibis stale, and for a ,-hort time
was engaged in the livery business and later in
the liquor business. rinsing out the latter he
settled mi a farm near the town and cond-
it and his liver) business in Knffalo for two
years. lie then returned to B • live, but
in iS>,.) moved to Sheridan ani ' a furni-
ture emporium, in which be now has one of the
most extensive and best selected stocks iii his
line to be found in the Northwest. In i
\\ith this establishment he conducts an active
business as an undertaker and an embalmcr at
I'.uffalo. In both departments of his enterprise
hi is energetic, up-to-date and pn igres-u e. lor
nothing that public taste demands or ]
convenience requires in his way is wanting to
the completeness of his stock and equipment.
and naught that the most progressive business
iiKlhods involve i- .'milled from his management
and mercantile spirit. Fraternally Air. Smyth is
connected with the ( >dd Fellows, the F.Iks, the
Knights'of Pythias, Modern \\oodnien and the
Royal Neighbors. In all of these his member-
ship is active and serviceable, and in the affairs
of his county in general he is forenioM in sub-
stantial aid for their advancement and imp!
ment. He was married at lUifialo on February
23. lW,v lo Mi-s Minnie V. Lomery, a native of
('alifornia. They have had five children. ( irace
P., Carl H.. Walter M., < lifford, deceased, and
an infant also I. Mr. Smyth is a xealons
member of the ("lid Settlers' ( 'lub and tal
prominent part in all its proceedings. Tin's or-
gani/ati' in, \\ hich is i me > >f th.
Sheridan, is also nf ^real usefulness in a more
pr.iciical \vay by collecting and preserx ing the
id of pa
relating to the early history of the c<>imt\
state, which are fast fading from human ivcol-
:i and \\ i mlil Othi i « '• ' •• enlirel
to the knowledj lien through the death of
\\lio participated in them. To this work
of the club Mr. Simlh contributes time and at-
leiitii 'ti. and in il he lal es a great inti :
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
i 1IARLES F. ROBERSOX.
This extensive, progressive and prosperous
l>roprietor of the Opal Stock Farm, at Opal, 'Wy-
oming, is truly a self-made man, having attained
a high degree of prosperity through his intelli-
gent industry, far-seeing and sagacious methods
of business. He is one of the finest types of suc-
nl stockmen, not only of the state, but of the
entire Rocky Mountain region. Every foot of
the way he has traveled, from a poor boy to the
culmination of his life's work in the magnificent
industrial enterprises wherewith he is connected,
affords both incentive and example to other
worthy young men struggling on the rough road
of financial progress. Mr. Roberson was born
in Livingston county, N. Y.. on March 8. 1847,
a son of Samuel O. and Mahala (Trimmer)
.Roberson, natives of New Jersey. The father,
who was originally a millwright in the fertile
wheatraising Genesee Valley of Xew York, later
devoted his attention to farming and stockrais-
ing. He was a well-educated, public spirited
man, taking prominent part in the conduct of
public matters of a local nature, being descended
from intelligent English stock, domiciled on
American soil from the days of the Mayflower.
He traced his descent in a direct line from Jona-
than Roberson. the original emigrant. After a
long life of useful activity he died in 1864. His
first wife, a faithful helpmeet, preceded him to
the Silent Land, after which he consummated a
second marriage. Charles F. Roberson was the
second of three children, the brother. John T.
Roberson, exemplifying his patriotism by a long
and' faithful service and in many a bloody action
on southern battlefields as a gallant soldier of the
Union army of the Civil \\ar. He is now en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits in New York. A
sister, Jennie, rounded out -the number, while a
half-brother, \Yilliam Roberson, is now deceased.
Charles F. Roberson received his educational
training in the excellent schools of Livingston
county until his father's death, when commenced
his personal connection with the business oper-
ations of life. He diligently applied himself for
two vears to farm work and then learned car-
pentry, at which he became a skilled artisan,
working steadily and consecutively at this trade
in Chicago until 1876, coming then to Cheyenne,
\Vvoming, and following the same occupation in
that city during the summer season, then becom-
ing identified with the Union Pacific Railroad
and continuing in its employ as a carpenter until
he came to Green River, where his skill was re-
quired in the erection of the courthouse. In
the spring of 1877 he came to the then unsur-
veyed section of the state where is now his home,
made a settlement on the creek and engaged in
putting up hay. After the government survey of
1881 he located on his present place, and to his
original acreage he has added until he has a
magnificent estate of 5,500 acres in one body,'
1,500 acres of it being rich bottom land. Here
he has developed one of the finest properties in
an extent of many miles, it being well improved
with all the buildings and accessories necessary
to the successful carrying out of his special
branch of husbandry, the raising of fine herds
of horses and cattle, and being provided with
a modern residence of thirteen rooms, conven-
iently arranged and supplied with the latest im-
provements, while the same taste and enterprise
is shown in the massive barns, yards, corrals, etc.,
with which the place is bountifully provided, the
whole constituting a model stock farm. Mr.
Roberson is here giving great discrimination and
care to the elevation of the standard of his stock,
steadily raising the quality of both his horses
and his graded Hereford cattle, and is perform-
ing a mission of value to the whole country by
his earnest and intelligent efforts in this direc-
tion, while yearly his flocks are assuming larger
and larger proportions, and being of a better
strain of blood. He has attained prosperity be-
cause he is worthy of it, and no other result could
con from his scientific methods, carried to a le-
gitimate conclusion by careful attention to all
departments and details of his domestic economy.
He is the owner of another superior tract of
land comprising 1.674 acres on Green River, at
the mouth of Fontenelle Creek, and is also large-
ly interested in. and the treasurer of the Wyo-
ming Hydro-Carbon Co., owning 2.000 acres of
/ SSIYE MEX OF WYOMING.
419
. .ill and gas land in the great i. >.-sil oil fields
.if \\"vi lining. Although his domestic tastes arc
-irong. and home is ever the dearest place mi
earth, still Mr. Roberson is a. man of broad and
public spirit, aiding and encouraging
all objects for public improvements or private
! [is political affiliations are strong-
ly with the Republican party and fraternally he
nnected with the Independent < >rder of Odd
Fellows. : n January 20, 1884. Mr. Roberson
entered married life, selecting as his companion
Kinma M. \Yright, a daughter of James M.
and Avis i Robinson') Wright, natives of Ver-
mont, but for many years residents of Uinta
iv. They are now residing on Hams Fork,
\ miles from the city of Kemmerer, being
held in honor and esteem, not only on account
of their many excellent qualities, but from the
-.•I due in the old settlers. Mr. and Mrs.
Roberson have had three children, Charles Opal,
died "n September 10, igo_'; Avis 1 '. and Oscar
( . In their delightful home this charming fam-
ily dispen .'. nial and a pioneer hospitality.
GEORGE W. SNOW.
Born at Lvme. Grafton county. X. If. on No-
vember jo. 1 8;^. Mr. '
Goldsmith. Wyoming, is the son of Elijah 1'.
and Nancy i Quintv ) Snow, both natives of
New Hampshire and his forefathers for many
gi iterations have been natives of that state, where
his father was a farmer during all the years of
his Ion- and active life. Retiring from active
business in iSoi. when nearly eighty vcars of
, he disposed of li Xe\\ 1 l:mip-
-hire and ren re he has
since made his home with his children there
re-iding. passing the • i" hi- lime
of hi- daughter. Mr-. P.. 1 lawes.
I!.- i- now i n,oj i ninet)
in tb. lent of good health. The mother
ed away in i8<)< > ) -two
5, and is buried in tb.- old t< iv n of I .vine,
X. II George \Y. Snow grew to manhood, and
ed his early education in
completing lr
the schools ,,f that place, remained with his par-
ents until he had attained the age of twenty
years. In 1874. he began life for himself and
id employment as a practical farmer in the
vicinity of the parental home. Here he
tinned for three year- to \.ork for w:
quiring a thorough knowledge of agriculture,
and carefully saving his earnings, with a view
to engaging in business at a later ti . i an in-
dependent basi-. Here li. learned those habits
of thrift, industn nomy which have char-
acterized his subsequent career, and to which
may be attributed mosl of the ieved
in the business world of today. Tr, the spring of
1877 he removed from Xew Hampshire to the
then territory of Wyoming, where his older
brother, E. P. Snow, had already established his
home, having come to tin frontier at the time
the Union Pacific Railroad was first in construc-
tion. Here Mr. S pv secured employment on a
ranch near Cheyenne and there remained for two
and one-half years. In the fall of 1879, lie pur-
chased a small band of -beep and established
himself on a ranch at the headwaters of i
Creek, Wyo., the same property now owned by
Mr. Charles Smith. He remained here about one
vutr and in the fall of i8Su took up his pr
ranch on the Bear Creek, about fourteen miles
south of Chugwater, on the old Fort 1 .aramie
road, there being a .n and a
transfer point on the ranch at th. This
. .n the line of thi • enne
and Port Paranr. nd trail, and was the
main line of overland travel prior to the con-
struction of a railroad. Here he continued sue-
fully in th • ing l>r.Mne.-s,
until 1885. when he .1 hold-
ings for a handsome sum and embarked in rais-
draft horses and graded HI cattle, lie
has met with marked success and tij.
when the raih :he north-
ward, li. a large stage station and
: lie
d land and holds
if the
d b -i the
On was
42O
<«,/;/ .YS7/7: MEN 01'' U'VOMING.
united, in marriage to Miss Effie Sawyer, at the
city of < In M'nne, Wyo. She also is a native of
Lynn-, X. II-. and a (laughter of Edmund and
Eliza) i' -tli < arpenter) Sawyer, the former a
native of that state and the latter of Vermont.
The father was a contractor and builder in
Lyme. during all the years of his active life, and
in iSS<j. lie retired from all active business,
with his wife then removing to Wyoming, to
lit.' re make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Snow.
Since then, with the sole exception of one
year, when tliey returned east to visit at their
former family home in New Hampshire, the old
people have resided with their daughter in
\\ \ < lining. On May 25, 1899, the mother died
but the father is still living at an advanced age.
Mrs, Snow's family has a distinguished history
in the Colonial period of New England. Some
of her forefathers came to Plymouth. Mass., in
the Mayflower. The maternal ancestors of her
father were Thompsons, who bore a prominent
part during the early settlement of Massachu-
setts. Of her father's paternal ancestors, five
brothers of the Sawyer family settled on the
Connecticut River during the earliest Colonial
days and were among the prominent and in-
fluential pioneers of their section of New Eng-
land. Her mother's family, the Carpenters, were
also prominent in Colonial days, and her ances-
tor, on both her parental sides were participants
in the Revolutionary War. her great-grandfather,
Abel Sawyer, having been an army surgeon and
her great-grandfather, John Thompson, being a
colonel of one of the American regiments.
Seven children have come to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Snow. Clyde M.. Ralph E,, Ernest H..
Ethel Ci.. LeRoy G.. Florence M. and Elmer E.,
all of whom are living except Ethel, who died in
infancy in July. 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Snow are
active members of the Congregational church,
and take a deep interest in the religious and
charitable life of the community where they re-
side. Politically. Mr. Snow is a stanch Repub-
lican, and for many years he has taken a very
active part in the public affairs of the state. He
has been a member of the water commission of
his district ever since 1801 and for several years
he has served as a justice of the peace for the
township where lie maintains his home. In
1898 he was elected as a member of the State
Legislature, receiving the highest vote for that
office of any one then elected in Wyoming. He
served one term, making a most creditable rec-
ord, and declined to become a candidate for a
reelection. He is one of the foremost business
men, as well as one of the most trusted leaders
in public affairs, of the state.
JACOB STAHLE.
Now a retired citizen of Evanston, Wyoming,
Jacob Stable is a native of Switzerland, who was
born near Berne on December 10, 1828. His
father, a good man and born in iSn, came to
America in 1862, and met his death in the same
year while on his way across the plains from
St. Louis to Utah. His mother, who was Miss
Krise before her marriage, survived her husband
only a few months, dying in L'tah in the fall of
1862, being originally a member of the Eng-
lish Lutheran church, but she joined the church
of the Latter Day Saints in L'tah before her
death. Jacob Stable was with his parents on the
overland journey to Utah, where he finally ar-
rived with his mother. He took up farming in
that state and continued it for about two' years,
when he went to Idaho and fanned a small place
ior himself. It is now twenty-seven years since
he moved thence and came to Evanston, Wyo..
and engaged in sheepraising, a business in which
he has been very successful. He now owns two
sections of land and the comfortable home in
Evanston in which he is now living in retirement
with his wife and family : his sons having the
ability and the willingness to manage the ranch.
Mr. Stable was married in 1863 in Davis county.
Utah, to Bertha Munc, a daughter of Henry and
Margaret (Munc) Munc. Her parents were
both born in 1805 in Switzerland and her mother
died at the age of fifty, but her father lived to
lie seventy-five years old. He had been a suc-
cessful commission merchant, a keen and practical
man of business, but also a man of scholastic
tendencies and great intelligence. Mr. and Airs.
PROGRESSIVE MEN" OF U'YOMIXG.
421
Stable are both members of the Church of Latter
Hay Saints and their union has borne fruit in
a family of eight children, one of which died in
infancy. The others are as follows: Kmma ;
Jacob. Jr.. born in 1861., di< d in iSSj and buried
in Kvanslon ; John; Ltlla ; Fli/a ; .Henry; ( 'harles.
Though ii"\v living a very i|uiet life in his retire-
ment, Mr. Stable remembers manv Stirring in-
cidents of the days of his pioneering and takes
pride, as well he may. in recalling them.
HOX. WALTER R. STOLL.
There are no specific rule-- fur the building
of character; neither are there infallible plans for
the achievement of success. Tin- man who can
rise from the ranks to a position of eminence is
the one who can see and utili/e the opportunities
at his command. Hon. Walter R. Stoll is one of
tin- fortunate few who know hov to mold cir-
cumstances to suit their purposes and in the ab-
•rtunities possess the power to create
them at will. His life forcibly illustrates what
can be accomplished by a \oung man actuated
b\ a laudable ambition directed and control!.
ect motives. Few achievi in more
than one calling or profession and
tin- exception is found it is good evideno
ability of a vi ry much higher order than is
i by the bulk of tile greal majority. Wal-
ter l\. Stoll j, of -th and combines
in hi- meiifil attribute, very manj of
elements of the Xew England lift. 1!
Moses Sii'll. was a representative »f an old Xew
Jefse-, family and his mother, who bore the
maiden name of O irnelia Riggs, « a > also a native
of lh:'t Mate. These parents had a fami'
• hildivn. \\'alter being ibe third in order of
birth, lie was born at D - n. X. J., on
February 14, iS^S. and received his preliminary
tional discipline in the schools of bis native
That he made satisfaetor\ ad,
in !n- various studies is attested 1>\ the fact that
at the early age of seventeen hi .iiVn-iently
iiualitied ili. requin d • miinati' >n and
Si cure a license entitling him to t( acll in the pnh-
lii " >ls. \ fter an experieni
a teacher he discontinued pcdag... rk and in
1870 took the competitive examir, r ad-
ion to the U. S. Military Academy at West
Point, being the onl\ one out of a class of thirty
that successfully stood the test. I fe entered the
• di m\ in June, 1877, and was graduated there -
fioin on June it, iSSi. and immediately there-
after received his assignment to Co. I. Xinth
S. Infantry, stationed at Fort .McKinney,
Wyo. In August. i8Sj. he was transferred to
Fort Russell, where he remained until re-
signing bis commission, in the meanwhile devot-
ing all his spare time to the study of law,
which he had wisely decided to make his life
work. In June. 1884. he was admitted to prac-
tice in the Third Judicial Circuit of W\ oming
and the following November bade farewell to
military lift- and was admitted to the bar by the
Supreme Court of the state, (')n leaving the
army Mr. Stoll opened an office in Cheyenne and
at Once began an active practice of bis pi
sii in. Hi- abilities soon \von him reco
at the I.aramie county bar and in due time he
succeeded in building up a large and lucrative
busini • rning the reputation of an able coun-
selor and judicious practitioner. In iSSo he
was elected prosecuting attorney of Laramic
county, the dntii- of which office be dischai
in such a satisfactory manner that at the ensuing
election, two years later, lie was chosen his own
: b\ a greatly iir irity. At
ill' expiration of bis second term he resumed
legal practice and continued it with a serii
uninterrupted successes until iSo/>, when he was
for a third time the IVmncratic nomiitei
editing attorney, failing of election because there
two candidates in th< igainst him. a
ililican and an Independent Democrat. In
iS'iX be was nominated for State Senator, but
the county being reliably Republican, be did not
overcome the formidal nion. In n)<x>he
was again bis part\'s cb.o-ie, for the position of
•Miting ail ' and in the election of that
year \\ a decisive ma;
Ili- administration of the offici n marked
1 I ab ing bis incumbency many
ions lav. i have been brouehl
422
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF ll'YOMIXG.
bar of justice and sentenced to long terms in the
penitentiary. Mr. Stoll is well grounded in the
principles of his profession, familiar with all the
devious details of practice. He studies his cases
with the greatest care, prepares his legal papers
with the most scrupulous exactness and never
enters upon the trial of a cause without a thor-
ough mastery of its every detail. He is cour-
teous in demeanor towards court and opposing
counsel, never resorting to unfair advantage to
gain a point and nothing savoring of disrepu-
table practice has ever been laid to his charge.
As prosecuting attorney he has discharged his
every duty regardless of fear or favor, and it is
the opinion universally expressed that the county
has never enjoyed the services of an abler or
more faithful and judicious official. He has
long been a recognized leader in the Democratic
party of Wyoming and as such has contributed
much to the success of the ticket, locally and
throughout the state. Fraternally, he stands high
in Masonic circles and is considered one of the
brightest members of the lodge with which he
holds membership. He has risen to the Thirty-
second degree in the Scottish Rite, and in that
capacity has come in close personal touch with
the leading members of the order in Wyoming
and other states. He is also identified with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and be-
longing to the Cheyenne Lodge. Personally, Mr.
Stoll is a most affable and courteous gentleman,
having an attractive presence and always easily
approachable. His long and vigorous military
discipline developed in him a commanding dig-
nity, which added to the power of his personality,
makes him a natural leader of men. He is popu-
lar with his fellow citizens irrespective of party,
and has so demeaned himself as to be worthy of
the large measure of public esteem he enjoys.
ROBERT TAIT.
It would be impossible to write the history of
Laramie county, and difficult indeed to write the
history of Wyoming, without making substantial
reference to that sturdy pioneer, successful man
of business and high-minded citizen, Robert Tait,
of I slay, Wyoming. Emigrating to this coun-
try from Scotland after he had arrived at years
of mature manhood, he brought with him to the
land of his adoption those habits of industry, fru-
gality and perseverance which everywhere char-
acterize the Scottish race and which have en-
abled it to take a prominent place in the world's
history. Wherever civilization has gone, there
the men of Scotland have been, with their keen
intellect, their clear judgment, and their indomit-
able courage and determination, overcoming ob-
stacles, conquering difficulties and achieving vic-
tories. Robert Tait is a worthy representative
of the sterling traits of national character that
have marked the men and women of that land
ever since the beginning of their history. Coming
into the then territory of Wyoming with only a
lew hundred dollars as his total capital, he has
by his energy, perseverance and good judgment
grown to be one of its largest property owners
and most successful men. A pioneer of Lara-
mie county, he has had much to do with building
up the industries and laying the foundations of
the commonwealth. A native of Scotland, he
was born on February 11, 1842. the son of Sam-
uel and Matilda (Service) Tait, natives of Scot-
land. His father followed farming in his native
country up to the time of his decease, and on his
farm Robert Tait grew to man's estate and re-
ceived his early education in the schools of his
native country. He remained with his parents
until he had attained the age of twenty years,
then entered service as an apprentice to the
trade of carpentry. After the death of his par-
ents, which occurred soon after he was prepared
to begin life for himself, he removed to Edin-
burg, and there continued labor as a carpenter
and builder. In 1872, he determined to seek the
bettering of his fortunes in the New World, and
emigrated with his family to America and upon
arriving at the city of Xew York, there secured
employment at his trade for about three months,
thence removing to Chicago, where he engaged
in the same calling until the following year, when
he then removed his residence to Colorado, where
he purchased a farm and for a short time was
engaged in agricultural occupations. Subse-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF U'YOMIXG.
quently he was employed on the railroad which
was then in construction, then went to Fort
Collins, where he assumed charge of the con-
struction of a water-power plant for a saw-
mill near that place. He remained there about
one year, and then was employed in the erection
of the first bank building of Fort Collins. Sub-
sequently, he accepted a position on a large sheep
ranch near Fort Collins, and was engaged in that
employment for about one year. In May, 1876,
he came to Wyoming and located a ranch on
Pole ('reek, near where his present ranch is now
situated. Mere he engaged in ranching and
stockraising1, and continued in these vocations,
meeting with great success, up to 1884, when
he purchased the ranch propcrtv lie now owns
and occupies on Pole Creek, about twenty-seven
miles r.orthwest of Cheyenne, and still continues
in the raising of horses and 'cattle, being now the
owner of one of the finest ranches in that section
of the state, comprising about 6,000 acres, well
fenced and improved, with fine buildings and all
modern improvements. He is one of the largest
individual cattleowners of Wyoming, and has
many other property interests throughout the
state. ( >n December 31. 1869, in Edinburg, Scot-
land, Mr. Tail was united in marriage to Miss
Agnes Finlayson. a native of Scotland and a
liter of John and Jane ( Padie i Kinlayson,
both being natives of that country. Mrs. Tait's
father followed the occupation of shoe-making in
his native land until hi- death at an advanced
age. Mr. and Mrs. Tail have had two children,
Samuel, who died in infaiic\, and is buried in
Kdinhurg. Scotland, and Matilda J.. now Mrs.
Lannen. Mr: Tail is mie of tlu- earliesl of the
pioneer- of his section of \Y\oming. There was
tlOl a house between Cheyenne and his ranch
when he there first established his In >me. I le has
seen the Mii-roundm- countn advance through
all it- stages of development and ha- coiitrihni' d
largely by bis own efforts to its settlement and
impro\ eu i ei it. 1 'oliticalK . lie is a stanch Republi-
can and for many \ears be has taken an active
i.n in public affairs. He ha- never sought
am political positions, but his fello\\ citizens,
recognizing his eminent titne--. ha\e in-isteil up
on his acceptance of certain positions of public
trust. During the years of 1897. iScjS, iXiji) and
1900, he served as county commission, t- of l.ara-
mie county, but at the end of his second term
of service he declined a reelection. For twen", -
three years he has served the people as the treas-
urer of the school board of his district. bclie\-
ing it to be the duty of every citixen to give a
portion of his time to public service, lie is rec-
ognized by all classes as not only one of the solid
business men and substantial proper! v holders of
W\ Mining, but also as a citizen whose high char-
acter and sterling worth entitle him to th<
gard and esteem of all men.
CHRISTOPHER B. TAYLOR.
It is a far cry indeed from being a machi:
in a New Jersey machine shop to a hotel propri-
etorship at Fort Bridger, Wyo.. but after many
changes and migrations, this is the very fortune
that has come to Christopher B. Taylor, who was
born at Springtbwn, N. J., on April <j. 1856,3 son
of William and Sarah ( Bowers i faylor, natives
of Xew Jersey and descendants of families living
On the soil of (hat stale from an early date in
Colonial days and taking part in all of the wars
in which this countn- has contested, from the
French and Indian wars of the early period of life
in this continent down through the Revolution,
the War of 1812, in which an ancestor of Mr.
Taylor on the paternal side was an American
officer, unto the Civil \\'ar. His paternal grand-
father was John Taylor and his maternal grand-
father was llein\ Bowers, of llardport. \. J.,
all being of hutch descent, llis father, ori-iually
a farmer, was much in public life and position,
and at the birth of bi- son Christopher, was the
popular landlord of a comfortable inn or tavern
in Spring-town. Christopher I'.. Taylor, after at-
tending the public -cli' >• 'Is until he was , .Id enough
i' ' learn a lradi . was appri a machinist
in the large niaiiu l.ietnring plant of the Xew
Icrsey Mowing Machine Co., at I'hilipshnrg. and
here acquired an excellent technical and practical
km>\\ leilv of machinery and its making and re-
pairing, and then engaged at the trade in the
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*GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Lehigh Valley railroad shops at South Easton,
Pa., continuing there employed lor two years,
when he Started on the long mute across the
continent, making S< veral well-defined stops how-
evi r "ii tin way. I le \vas in Chicago for a time,
i was at work in the Northern Pacific shops
at P.raiitanl. Minn., removing then to Minneap-
olis, thence in 18/5 to Sydney, Neb., where he
became a driver with an ox-team outfit going
to the Black Hills. In 876 he was working for
the famous Homestake Mining Co., and in this
connection he "set up" one of the first stampmills
that company put in operation, in Bobtail Gulch,
thereafter continuing engineering and the put-
ting up of machinery until 1877, when he visited
New York City and his New Jersey home,. soon
however returning to Kansas City and on to El
Paso, Texas. For a time Mr. Taylor was here
in the service of a railroad, following this by be-
coming foreman of the roundhouse at Chihuahua.
Mexico, from there two years later proceeding to
California, where he held a situation with the
Central Pacific Railroad in its Sacramento shops
until 1882 when he came to Utah and engaged
in prospecting and also the sale of machinery for
about a year, thence making his way to Idaho
Falls, where at the old Eagle Rock he was em-
ployed in the shops of the Utah & Northern
Railroad, now the Oregon Short Line Railroad,
for several years. Relinquishing his trade Mr.
Taylor took up the first ranch developed on Sand
Creek in the Snake River Valley. Still later he
was a justice of the peace and a real-estate oper-
ator at Idaho Falls for several years. He has
been a resident of Fort Bridger since 1894, and
his enterprise and business ability have here been
manifest in the successful prosecution of the sale
of farm implements and as a genial landlord of
the only hotel of the place, the Taylor House.
These occupations have not monopolized his time
for he has done much prospecting to a good pur-
pose. His town property consists of two blocks
of three lots each on opposite sides of the street,
on one stands the Taylor House and on the other
a small warehouse. He is also interested in sev-
eral hundred acres of oil and gas land. Always
active and alert in the cause of his political party.
he has taken great interest in public affairs and
was the candidate of the Democratic party in
the hst election for representative in the State
Legislature. Mr. Ta\lor was united in marriage,
ir Idaho, on December 25, 1886, to Miss Anna
Nurd, a native of Sweden and a daughter of Ole
and Ella (Nelson) Nord, her father now being
a farmer near Kristianstad, but he was for twelve
years a soldier in the Swedish army. His name
was originally Jensen, but, as he served in the
army as a substitute for a man named Nord, the
latter name naturally attached to him. One of her
uncles, Jens Manson, was an influential member
of the Rixstag, the Swedish Legislature. Of the
six children of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor the two
youngest were born at Fort Bridger. Their
names are Eleanor B., Raymond N., Martha P.,
Beulah E., William C. and Edith A.
BRYANT TURPIN.
A pioneer of Wyoming, one who during fron-
tier days, before the time of the railroads, car-
ried on an extensive freighting business, Bryant
Turpin, whose address is now Junction, Laramie
county, Wyo., is a native of Wayne county, Ken-
tucky, and the son of Bailey and Martha ( Dan-
cey ) Turpin, the former a native of Kentucky
and the latter of Ohio. The father followed the
occupation of farming in Kentuckv up to 1856,
when he removed to his residence in the state of
Texas, settled in Johnson county and engaged
in farming and stockgrowing, remaining there
until 1866, thence removing to Red River county,
where he continued to be in the same occupation
up to the time of his death, which event oc-
curred in 1875. The mother also died in 1858
and she was buried in Johnson county. Texas.
Bryant Turpin was born on February 18. 1848,
coming early with his parents from Ken-
tucky to Texas, having had very little oppor-
tunity for acquiring an education in early life,
being compelled to leave school at the early age
of nine years and earn his own livelihood. From
that age he worked on ranches in the vicinity for
about three years, and showed those qualities of
self-reliance, industry and perseverance which
PROGRESSIVE \ll-.\ OF WYOMING.
4->5
have so largely character]/, d his subsequent
career. At the age of twelve years he was cm-
pluyeil liy parties engaged in shipping can
eastern and southern points to gather up stoci
cattle for that purpose, and he continued in this
employment for about threi ears, when h>
^agcd in farming' for two \ears and then again
en-aged in gathering cattle for shipment. In
this emploMiient he made frei|iieiil trips from
Texas into Arkansas and other states and in
i Si i- lu- determined to seek his fortune in the
country farther on the frontier and removed his
residence to the then territory of Colorado.
Hen hi engaged in freighting and freight con-
Hig on his own account, operating chiefly bc-
tween the city of ("he\cnnc. and commercial
points in i olorado. lie continued in this busi-
ness, with considerable success, until iSjii. when
he removed his headquarters from Colorado to
( heycnne. and there engaged in freight con-
tracting between that city and the I Hack Hills
country of Dakota. lie also hauled supplies for
the LV'w-rnnient to the various military posts
of Wyoming and Dakota and remained engaged
in this pursuit until iSSg. when the con-
struction of railroads to all important point
tuallv destroyed the old-time business of overland
freighting. He was one of the oldest freighters
in the western COuntrj and was well known to
and re-pected h\ all of the milita.r\ officers and
frontiersmen during the mam years he followed
that occupation. In iSS^ he located a ranch on
the Cottonwood Creek, about twenty-two miles
northwest of Wheatland. Wyo.. and in iSS<>, he
niih hither and made it his perma-
nenl home, lie did nol however activel) en^a^v
in the1 cattle business until some years later. In
l!"Si| he .lisp, .seil of a port!' >u of his large freight
ii< oiittit and sine,- that lime h:i- devoted alten-
tion to the cattle bu ini ,il liis lanch oil the
Cottonwood, although he was still employed to
some extent ill freighting. Since t Si i1 1 h>
i;iven his entire time to the cattle hnsiness. has
i with success and is now the owner of one
of the liesl and most thoroii-hh e.|iiipped ranch
properties in that section of I.ar.imie county, and
nsidered as one of the substantial business
men of ti ..unity. On O< • 'her ^ i .
.Mr. Tnrpin was united in marriage at
Inis, ( olo.. to Miss | [attic I'.nrt. a natu . of \ er-
d the daughter of Henry Hurt, a well-
. n and respicted citizen "f that stal
children have com. to bless their home life,
Me, who died in 1X70,, and was buried in
1 h. • . " . [ami ! ' -ie S., died on June 28,
1902, aged twenty years; i irace A.. di<-il mi De-
cemher 26, lS<><>. both the latter hein- bun
\\'heatland: Abbie I',.: Lizzie L. Air. Turpin
filiated with the < >nlcr • .f Fraternal I'nion of
America. lie is one of the prominent pioneer
citizens of Wyoming, and is held in high esteem
by all classes of \\\- fellow citi. .
RICHARD S. WEAKLEN.
This progressive and enterprising voting
stockman, residing al Glendo, in Laramie county,
\\"\riming, is a native of I Ynnsvlvania. her
I'Vbrnary jo. iSd_>. the son oi '< ind Mar-
garet (Miller) Weaklen. also natives of the
Keystone state. The father followed the 0
pation of farming in his native state and in
l SI 15 removed to [owa, where he established his
home near ( 'harles City and cn^a^ed in the same
pursuit. Snbsei|iientK he movi ' inty,
where lie has continued in the same calling up
to the present time I [902). The mother .lied in
iSj-. and lies buried in ( 'la\ count v. Richard
S. Weaklen grew t» manho, id in |o\va and re-
ceived his earl} academical training in the pull-
in schools of that state. U'hen he had com-
pleted his education lie d witli his father,
assisting in the work and management of the
farm, until he had attained tli
one years. He then secured employment mi dif-
ferent farms in that vicinity until iSSi,. \\hen he
determined to seek ln~ lortmie in the country
farther to the wesl and located in the llors,
! country of \\'\oming and seenred en/
menl on cattle ranches t.> learn a practical kn
< di;e of the caul, business lie continued here in
ihis employment until iSij; and earned the repu-
tation of lu-hn; one of the most efficient and
capable men emplo\ed in the cattle business. Tn
426
'GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ih:it year lit located hi- pn -cut ranch on the
North Elkhorn Creek, about ten miles northwest
of Glcndo. and entered into the business of rais-
ing cattle and horses. In this enterprise he has
met with success -and is now looked upon as one
of the representative young stockmen of that
section of Wyoming. He is the owner of a fine
ranch to which he is steadily adding each year
and he is destined to become one of the foremost
business men of his county. Capable, enterpris-
ing and energetic, he is coming to the front in
his chosen pursuit and his sterling traits of char-
acter would make him a representative man in
am community. He is a member of the Roman
Catholic church and takes an active interest in
all measures calculated to be of benefit to the
people among whom he maintains his home.
Politically, he is identified with the Republican
party, being a conscientious believer in the prin-
ciples of that political organization. He has
however neither sought nor desired any public
office and has preferred to give his entire time
and attention to the care and management of
his private business interests.
JOHN T. WEDEMEYER.
Human life at its largest estate is brief and
it is far better if it can be said of a man, when
its fitful fever is over, that he did his duty well
and was a benefactor of his kind, than to have
erected to his memory the costliest mausoleum or
loftiest monument of the ages. Such as this may
truthfully be the utterance of both the indulgent
friend and the judicious critic in relation to the
character and career of the late John T. Wede-
meyer of Laramie county. Wyoming, whose un-
timely death at the full maturity of his powers
when less than fifty-seven years of age was uni-
versally regretted. He was born at Kiel, Ger-
many, on January 6, 1838, and there grew to
manhood. Like most of German youths he was
apprenticed to a trade, and while yet young be-
came a proficient weaver of fabrics. Later he
learned photography and followed that as an oc-
cupation in his native city until the beginning of
the Franco-German War, when he promptly en-
tered the army in defense of his country and
served through the war, seeing much hard ser-
vice and enduring many privations. He was
married at Keil on November ( >, iS(»i, to Aliss
Dorothy M. Yoight, a daughter of Joseph E. and
Maria Yoight, natives of Prussia, the father be-
ing a prosperous shoe merchant for many years
in Kiel and decplv interested in the affairs of the
city. A year after his marriage Mr. \Yedemeyer
came to the United States and after living for a
year at 1 >avenport, Iowa, came to 'Wyoming and
entered the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad
at Cheyenne. For twenty-one years he rendered
faithful and valuable service to this great trunk
line, and when he resigned in 1892 was the oldest
employe of the road in continuous connection
with it. After resigning he purchased a small
ranch at the head of Horse Creek and turned his
attention to stockraising, adding to his real-estate
from time to time as his business grew. His
oldest son lived on the ranch and assisted in con-
ducting it, but the rest of the family had their
residence in Cheyenne, occupying a house pre-
viously purchased of ex-Governor Baxter, one
of the finest homes in the city. By close atten-
tii m to his business and intelligent application of
his broad and practical knowledge, he built up
an enterprise of leading scope and influence in
the state and earned the reputation of being a
shrewd and far-seeing business man of high in •
tegrity and progressive ideas. His genial man-
ner, obliging disposition and his attractive so-
cial qualities rendered him universally beloved
and gave him a very strong hold on- the con-
fidence and in the esteem of the people among
whom his useful life was passed. To the pub-
lic affairs in his county and throughout the
state he was zealously attentive, devoting, es-
pecially to the cause of education, the time, wis-
dom and means which resulted in gratifying and
substantial benefits to the community, while in
reference to all matters of material, moral and
social advancment he was \\-ise and helpful, re-
straining undue zeal, stimulating the flagging,
directing the forceful and conserving every ser-
viceable element. In his domestic life he was
singularly blessed. His hospitality was generous
PRO( Ml.\ OF WYOMING.
and considerate, hi- di-po-ition was cheerful
mi. hi* manner- were easy, dignified
cordial, all marking him a> a gentleman of
-npcrior culture and elevation of character and
aiding in establishing him in the affection- »1 his
he sincere and hi-h regard of his
neighbor* and friends. His lift- was a force tor
L; 1 that cannot die. In fraternal relations he
iffiliated with the order of Odil Fellow- ami
u-efnl and influential member oi hi- '
Ili.- family con*i-ted of ei;dit children, <>i \vlioni
Theodore, the fir*t horn, was killed in a railroad
accident at IWatell, >. Idaho, on Septi . b
bein;;' at the time a railway mail clerk. The
other* are Maria, a lii.^hK educated lady. \vho
after attending colleges in California and Colo
rado and teaching in the hitjli school* of Che)
for live years, started on a course of sp
instruction at Columbia I'nivi-rsity. X. Y., in
which -hi- i- -till engaged; I'.eriha is also well
educated and now holding an ini]iortant position
in the school system in Colorado; Frank,
eriek and Ernest, are connected with the man
incut of die ranch and the stock busines* of the 6S
tate;] dward, who has been in the railway mail
service mi the L'nion 1'acitic since [900; John,
the oldest living son. since the death of his
father ha- been in charge of the estate and has
been Conducting it- very extensive hnsines, with
pnideiice and sue, alously aided by his
hrotlnr*. Me learned the tradi of a machinist
at i 'heyemic. and for eitjit \car- worked at it
for the I'liioii Pacific. In the spring of
the ranch at the head of I lor-e Creek was sold
and the one now occupied on the I.aramie River
twelve miles west of \Vhcatland \\a* purchaser!
Tin- i-mbraces \.^xi acre* of land, most of which
.a-tnrap-. and in aildition tlu
ln-otlu-rs have I..V") acres lea-ed. At the time
of the piircha-e the liomi- in ( 'heyeniu- \\a* -old
and a portion of the proceed- wa- hive-ted in
The \Yed< mi er brother* ai | tlu
I'nl and hitjlily esteemed cattlemen
in the comity, much • >\ their ittribu
table to their mother, who has been a safe and
judicious advisor in tin of the
bn-ine--. p< iSSCSsin • 'f \ i-iou. foi
ICter and bn-iue-- cap a llii^ll ' H
Ji iSl-.PIl \\ II.:
\\'!ibout a thought of di-para^eiceni
excellent ]>eople in and around Fort I.ara-
mie. perl: whole are iu> :
worth v or a* extensively known as the Denial
lar L;eiitleuien \\ho-i- name introilnces this
article. ll> belongs to the younger and ai;-
sive generation which in the la iiurx
nch to develop the natural and in-
dustrial resource* of one of tlu
of the American nation. Joseph \Vildc \\ a* born
on .May 14. 1X5^ it ty, 111., and i* the
hll and Kate \\ilde. botli parent* hein.^
native- of l'.\ occupation the father
a tailor and worked at hi- cho-en calling in va-
rious
in;;- in iS;7 !' < \1 innesi >\:\ and Si
son, where he lived for a numb irs, run-
ning a shop fur some time in th but
i ;sed ihe latler \ ear- i if In
where hi- death < iccur •
ceiling him to the Other life in iS;o I1irouu;-h
the death of his parent* h '-eph Wilde was tin
upon his own rc-ourc . arly
n.ye. Ib d school in the different town*
and cities where 1 after the
father's death entered a butcher -bop in St.
Paul, where I ' for tw<
bnsiues*. In-coining i|nite proficient in the trade.
In 1X7^ he \\ ' ! ill 'rado and S(
lion in a meat market in the cit\ .'i later
Mo. \fter reinainiiiL; in that
until the fall of iS-i. he came to Fort
\V\oniinu;-. and from that time until the
of the next \c.ar he wa* in the empl '" the
I . S. -o\eninu.'iit. h
from ("li. Black Mill- .1
'. and continued that bn-ine-- until
\\lien he di-p hi* outfit and located at
Fort I.aramie. \\hctv he ha- *ii and
I, Mr. \\"il>' d a hon-e for the
entertainment of tin tra\elin.u public here
also engaged in tin- mercantile bn-ine*- in
\\liich hi* success ha- il uralif\in-. He
carrii - on a bla. • g -hop. handl
full line of Stoves and hardware, be-ide- '
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
much of don acres at the forks of the river near
the fort and on< containing j_|.o acres a sliort
distance in the southwest. In his various enter-
prises Mr. Wilde has displayed unusual energy
and financially has met with success such as
fe\v attain. He is one of the leading stockmen
of the Fort Laramie district, having a large num-
ber of fine cattle, horses and sheep on his ranches,
Mhile as a merchant and a hotelkeeper he ranks
with the most enterprising business men of the
place. As indicated in the initial paragraph .Mr.
Wilde is a gentleman of genial nature, inheriting
many of the admirable qualities and much of the
vivacity for which his French ancestors were
noted. He is popular with all classes and con-
ditions of people, being a whole-souled com-
panion who delights in relating the thrilling ex-
periences and daring adventures which marked
the early times throughout the West. His life
has been an eventful one, fraught at times with
much that was thrilling and dangerous, and his
name is destined to live with the local history of
this region as one of the noted characters of
Fort Laramie and vicinity. He has managed
his affairs successfully, being today the possessor
of a fortune of sufficient magnitude to place him
in independent circumstances, every dollar of
which was earned by honorable and straighfor-
ward business methods. Mr. Wilde is a mar-
ried man, the father of one chilfl, Louis, who was
born on November 14, 1884, at Fort Laramie,
Wyo. His wife, to whom he was united in mar-
riage near the city of Cheyenne on the 6th day
of August, 1883, was formerly Miss Mary Neit-
ftldt, a native of Germany. Mr. Wilde is a mem-
ber of the Cheyenne Lodge of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and his name also
adorns the records of Cheyenne Camp, No. 144.
Woodmen of the World.
JOHN W. WILLEY.
Horn on March 12, 1850, on an Iowa farm
which had been taken up as a homestead two
years before by his parents, who came as pioneers
to the interior of the state in 1848, and reared
and educated in the rural section which was his
birthplace, and in iw living, on one of the finest
and most desirable ranches on the Prairie Dog
Creek in Wyoming, whither he came as a
pioneer, John W. Willey has had a career of van -
ing success and interest. His native place was
Marion county. Iowa, near the town of Gosport,
and his parents were Hezekiah and Sarah
( White) Willey, the former a native of \e\v
York and the latter of Massachusetts. His
father was an enterprising farmer in Marion
county and afterwards in Lucas county, whither
the family removed when their son John was
sixteen years old. In that county he finished the
common-school education he had begun in Mar-
ion and after leaving school worked with his
father on the farm until he was twenty-five. At
that time he was married to Miss Lora Wright,
a native of Io\va and a daughter of David S.
and Mary (Roseman) Wright, natives of Ohio,
whose parents were emigrants to this country
from Ireland. He then settled down on a farm
for himself in Lucas county, Iowa, and conducted
its operations with profit and success until 1885,
when he came to Wyoming and located on the
ranch he now owns and occupies and which lies
beautifully along Prairie Dog Creek, and eight
miles south of Sheridan. His father continued
to farm in Iowa until his death in 1888 and one
year later the mother followed him to the grave.
He had thus two incentives to remain in the state
of his adoption and to push his business with
ardor and energy. All the old family ties were
severed and his property, under his very skillful
and vigorous management and the spirit of im-
provement he had inaugurated and applied to it
\\ ith assiduous attention, was rising steadily in
value and he was becoming firmly established
in the good will and esteem of the people around
him, who, like himself, had come to the neigh-
borhood when it was in the very infancy of its
development and had helped, as he had, to build
it up and make it populous and civilized. He
inaugurated, as soon as he got his land into con-
dition for the industry, a flourishing cattle busi-
ness, which he has been conducting continuously
and successfully since that time. Mr. Willey
has always been active in politics, but more from
> SSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
earnest interest in the welfare of tin- oniimunilv
than from any partisan or factional spirit, al-
though he gives a cordial and lo\al support In
the Iv-puhlican party, lie has however -teaii
lastly declined all overtures for seeking or tilling
political offices, himself, preferring much to any
static in of that kind the he ciii >ral>le post of a pri-
citizen. IK- is a representative citizen ' <\
the county anil has influence in In-half of am pro
jcCt for ils advancement which commends itself
to Ills judgment. His marriage occurred on
1 Vccmhcr 17, 1X7(1. in Lucas county, i
where his wife'-, parents still live and carrv on
a flourishing farming and stock enterprise. Mr.
and Mrs. \Villc\ have four children. Mien 15.,
Fannie L.. Elsie May and ('heater. Their home
on the ranch i-. one of the \vell-hnilt and attrac-
tive residences of th,- section, while th'e ap-
purtenances "f ilu- farm in general are in keeping
\vitli it: the air of Denial ho-.pjtalit\ \\hii-h per-
vade it and the taste and culture which emanate
from it an- among the social feature-- of tins -part
of the county.
J. M. \YILS< )\. M. 1).
Tlu- history of a slate is chiefly the chronicle.
• I the lives and activitii-s of those who h
ferred honor .nul dignitj upon societ) and the
world judges the character of a coinmnniu K\
thai of its leading citi/.ens. yielding its tribute
admiration and respect for the genius, learning
and virtues < if tin ise win ise \vc irks and actic His con
-litiile the record of a stale's prosperity an-i
pricli-. The geiitkman whose.- name stands at tin
lii ad ' i" this p-i lew is i • rc-d as > me i if ilu-
enlalive men c if the state, in n
widely varying h i\ in- addecl to -!
being and prosperity of ihe people, standing high
if tlic'i' estimation, not miK l>\ reason nf his
tious professional life. l>ut also through
the result ..f In- business - i md hi- niisel-
ti-h ami useful |inhlic services. Mnct.cr \\
\\a- hnrii .it X'ewluce, \\'i^tc m -hire. Scntland. mi
l-cliruarx .'5. 1X54. the son nf John and Mary
(Ross) \\ils,,n. linth representatives c,f ancient
Scottish families nf ^n,,,| repute, his pat
yrandfatlier. also h'lm \\'iU,,n. beillf
ong and successful practice in the
and. while his father was a civil > ii^iiieer.
who. a fur retiring from his lah<>r- of many
years of activity, emigrated and made h
i he .me in America until his death in iSi.j.
.inu; his elementary literary education in Al-
. X. V.. and \\' i Ihio, Doctor \Vil-
ited tin- b) an itt< ndance at the
\\\sle\an l'niver>it\ at l> lio, there-
after matricnl lical i 'i .1-
of I'liiladelphia. Pa., there devoting his at-
tention to thi special scientific and technical in-
struction necessary for a thorough equipment in
the sciences of medicine and surgery, 1 icing
graduated from this excellent institution in the
class of iS7,S and \\ith the <! E M. I). ("0111-
meiicing his pre ifessimial life at I Iarris\ ille. Ohio,
he_ there soon gave definite elrinniistration of his
ahility as a physician and surg .|iiiring a
repri sentative practice and winning many friends
by his excellent personal qualities. In iSSo I )oc-
tor \\Tis,, in Douglas, \\ \ci.. continuing
inedi' ice there and aci|iiiring th
tion of In in- well skilled in his pi i. re-
maining vcr\ actively eniplo\'-d in li
ice until i.^ij'i. when he ceased h
i labors, his time and cncrgii - rans-
Fi rn I to otlii-r spliere.s of usefulness and activity.
Ahotil iSi)^ lln llities of the wealth
wrapped in the great siockraising di-partment
of the industries of tile state attracted the atteu-
lion of lloet.ir \Yilson. \\h investment in
slieep. having hi-- raiichiiii; headquarters ihree
miles from I >rhi Juuclic m. and In ;-
with <i<iv. DeForrest l\i> ' i the Platte
\ ;'lli the hnsiness lu-ing- cumulative
llaiiiing -real scope and importance, nun i ing
amotll Metinie.s to ^O.OCHI lu-ad.
ami highlv improving their ranch property hy
and other methods ami h\ en-
gaging in the -onie\\hal exl ^-sjii- of
alfalfa. This enterprise has thriven. ha\iM- hc-c-u
coiiducled with o >iiser\ati\c and iiiclic--,
ii-hU prosperous condition. K\er
active and alert for the good of the community
and the v !
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YO.MIXG.
one of the -leading spirits in the organization of
i onverse count}', taking- interest in both state and
national politics, earnestly working- for the snc-
CCSS of thi principles of the Republican parly,
but he has steadily refrained from allowing his
name to he placed in nomination for any political
office, although often requested so to do. lie is
unselfish in his action, and for this reason stands
high among his fellow citizens, who value him
for his true elements of worth. He has touched
every link of the fraternal chain of Masonry to
the Thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and
is a highly valued member of the Odd Fellows
and of the Woodmen of the World. He was ap-
pointed by Governor Richards to a place on the
state's first board of sheep commissioners, in that
connection doing valuable service, and he was
one of the members of the first city government
o+ Douglas. He also served as one of the or-
ganization commissioners of Converse county by
the appointment of Governor Moonlight, during
territorial clays. On December 30, 1880, Doctor
Wilson and Miss Laura J. Moore of Harrisville,
< ihio, were wedded. She is a lady of grace and
culture, whose father, Jacob Moore, was the son
of an early pioneer of that section of Ohio, the
fine estate he there acquired still remaining in the
possession of the family. The two children of
this marriage are James Byron, a student of
Oberlin College, Ohio, in the class of '05, and
( 'liarles M., now pursuing his preparatory edu-
cation for college at Oberlin Academy.
MADS WOLBOL.
One of the leading ranch and stockmen of
Albany county. Wyoming, is Mr. Wolbol, who.
born in 1841, is a native of Denmark, the son of
Xels and Mary (Larsen) Wolbol, both natives
of that country. His father was born in 1805
and followed the occupation of farming in his
native country, up to the time of his decease,
which occurred in 1881. He was the son of Mads
and Marguerita ( Gradv ) \Volbol, both natives
of Denmark. The mother was born in 1815 and
passed away in i8og. having lived to the age of
eighty-four years. She was the daughter of
August and Dora (Christensen) Larsen, both
natives of Denmark. Mads Wolbol grew to
man's estate in his native country and received
there his early education, attending the public
schools and when he had completed his education
IK engaged in farming in Denmark, assisting in
the support of his mother and the family, until
1871. He then resolved to try to better his con-
dition and to seek his fortune in the New World
luAond the sea and, leaving his relatives and the
home of his childhood and early manhood, with
the scanty savings which he had been able to ac-
cumulate he took ship and came to America,
coming directly to Omaha, Xeb., where he re-
mained for some time, gathering information
as to the resources of the surrounding country,
then came to Laramie, Wyo., and secured em-
ployment on the Union Pacific- Railroad, and re-
mained in that occupation for about three years,
when he resigned his position and purchased a
ranch of 200 acres of land. Using all the capital
which he could command, he gathered together
twenty head of stock cattle and embarked in the
business of raising cattle. He has continued in
the same business down to the present time
(1902), steadily adding to his enterprise from
year to year, until now he is the owner of 2.500
acres of land, well fenced and improved, with
suitable buildings and appointments for the ear-
ning on of a large and extensive ranching and
stock-raising business. He is also the owner of
a large herd of cattle, which is steadily being in-
creased, and he is one of the solid business men
and most prosperous stockgrowers of his section
of the state. His successful career illustrates
what industry, perseverance, and careful atten-
tion to business can accomplish in any branch of
industrial development. In 1873, Mr. Wolbol was
united in marriage with Miss Catharine Iversen,
the daughter of Iver and Dorothy (Lauritsen)
Iversen, a native of Denmark. To their union
five children have been born. Dora, Laura, Nels,
Walter and Eva, all of whom are living, Nels
and Walter being twins. The family is greatly
respected in the community where they reside
and Mr. Wolbol is held in high esteem by his
business associates and friends.
PROGRESSIVE MI-.\ Ol- WYOMING.
431
II. R. PAUL.
An honored veteran iif tlu1 (nil \\ ;ir and
for the ]i;i-i ten vears ' >ccup\ ing the responsible
position of the cashier of the First Xational Hank
i)f l>"iiglas. II. R. I'aul stands high in th<
teem of lb< i-innniiniity as a man of fniaiuia!
abiliu. piT-mial integrity and a representative
citi/eii interested in all public matters that tend
i. ' the advancement < it' ail of the better intei
of the city n|" liis res Ci .md the equal bet-
Unueiit of the state. Mr. Paul \\-as born in
lhtl>ni|iie county, stau- of [owa, "ii March 24,
|S4_'. \\heii the city of •])nliii(|iie was a mere
hamlet, the si-in df Julni Paul, a native of Ken-
tucky, and lliana I Jordan I I'aul, his wife. The
father came in iS_>- to ( ialena. 111., anil became
identified with mining' in the lead mines. The
lainK west of the Mississippi were then in the
sion of the Indians, no white men b
allowed t" (ouch the deposits of lead in their do-
main. As soon as ihi \ were opened to tlu- oc-
cupation of the whites through treaty, the
father made his family home at I lubnqiie. which
"ii their arrival consisted of one log cahiii onl\.
Me i in mining- ami resided in Dubnque
ity until iS'iM. thence moving to Waterloo,
[owa, and in Janiesville in die in • tat< where
id his wife resided for the rest of their days.
I I I-'. I'aul was the eighth child in a fami
i! children and after receiving the advan-
of the public schools nf Dubuqnc county he
gave one year of faithful study in the Methodist
inary of F.pworth, Iowa, thereafter joining
nf the ( 'ivil \\'ar h\ eiili
in June. iSi._>, in Co. IT. Twenty-fourth lo\\a
Infantry, with which organization i active
service in Missouri, later taking part in the
Yickshm • lign, often being in liatth
undergo!! ile, From
Yickshurg. after the surrender nf the city, their
tield of opi ration was in the lo\\
in and in '1 * .iking In adquarlefs at
in Xew Orleans and • . irt in
the disastrous K'ed U ' litinll under
eral ' ' • being in the .M< .l.ile camp lign,
iheir ci.mmand ll -nriug the two almost
Forts, lilakey and V keturn-
ing to Xeu < irleans they were mustered out at
I'.aton Rouge, in August. iSn;. In man) of the
bl 1\ and historic battles of the Anm of the
.Mississippi his ciimniand was engaged, showing
1 intrepidity, being often mem
official communications for their brave gallantry.
I \\ . I '.i .' in Memphis,
Teiin., while in service with a three months regi-
ment. In i Sin' i Mr. Paul entered the e;npl>
I lubuque and Sioux ( "it\ \\ hich
afterward became
m, when- for I'liurteeii years, he gave laith-
-\ille,
[owa. Meeting with an accident which so in-
jured his right hand as to permanently cri •
him to a degree, 1
. • 'dueled merchandising, then
coming to Douglas, Wyomi'i1
clerical pi v ilh the firm of ( '. 11. l\;
Co., general merchants, having first a tent at
Fort l-'ef
and snhseqnentlv he was a hookki.' ''igh-
mi inllis fi ir i .. \\'. Met,
city, accuracy and fitiu-^ n .r the position
bavin: ; beer • hown, in iS()_> he was
Eered ani
cashier of the Fir-t X.itii n
\\hich he has nov\ continuously held for fully
ten years, from his i iimiesty, strict in-
n-grit \ and high mural character steadily adiling
t" 'die well being of the d Miimtr land-
ing higher in the • He
maintains his interest in the i'i\il \\'ar b
lection with the G. \. R. organization, ami
he is also identified \\itli the ' t'ra-
leniil v . In political ri latimis he is in full ::
M ub th< Ri I'ublican i>art\ in nati.
matter.. i 'n da) . iSoS. Mr
and Vliss II."' \\'i'od, a ual \"ew
Yorl :n marriage and they
have iddren: Ros.-i M.. wife of II. S.
-man, tl
. Mrs. \V. \nilu ns "f 1 ' Xed
•ll; \\".. a native
min;;.
^GRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YOMIXG.
PETER PAULSON.
A representative pioneer ranch and stockman
of Laramie count}-. Wyoming, who was long-
prominent in the upbuilding of this section of
the state, the late Peter Paulson, formerly a
leading citizen of Glendo, was born on December
13, 1836, in Sweden, and grew to man's estate
in his native country, where he received his edu-
cation in the public schools and learned the trade
of wheelwright and remained in that employ-
ment in his native land up to 1870, when he set
out for America. Upon his arrival here he went
iirst to Aeiiraska, where he established his home
first in the city of Omaha, where he remained
for about one year, thereafter removed his res-
idence to Big Springs, where he accepted a
paying position with the Union Pacific Railroad.
Here he remained for about four months,
in the fall' of 1872 coming to Cheyenne,
in the then territory of Wyoming where he was
employed as a wheelwright by the U. S. gov-
ernment at Camp Carlin, YVyo. in the building
of wagons for the use of the U. S. troops on the
frontier during the Indian wars, remaining here
for eleven years. During a large portion of this
time the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians were on
the war-path, and he was a witness to and a
participant in many exciting scenes of frontier
warfare. In 1883, he left the employ of the
United States and came to the vicinity of Horse-
shoe Creek. Wyn., and settled with his family
upon the ranch which was his residence for many
years, and where his widow now resides. He
was one of the earliest settlers in this section
and also one of the first to recognize its superior
advantages as a cattle country. He immediately
engaged in raising cattle and horses, in which he
met with marked success, increasing his holdings
of lands and stock from year to year, until he
became one of the leading property owners of
that vicinity, and was looked upon as one of the
substantial business men of Laramie county. He
did much for the development of tlif resources
of the section and his sudden death was a great
loss to the community. He was widely known and
was honored by all classes of men for his many
sterling traits of character, and his life of in-
dustry, thrift, and good deeds furnishes a high
example for the emulation of others. Keen of
judgment, able in his business transactions, loyal
to his family and friends, true to every obligation
of duty in both private and public life, he was a
fine type of the useful citizen who makes the
world better. Frugal in his habits and successful
in his undertakings, he left a large estate to his
widow, who now manages the business and cares
for the property along the same prudent lines
followed by her husband. The home ranch of
820 acres of land, well fenced and much of it
under effective irrigation, is one of the finest
places in that fertile section of the state, and
was a highly prolific source of satisfaction to Mr.
Paulson. On June 8, 1872, he was united
in wedlock at the town of \orth Platte, Xeb.. to
Miss Johanna Olson, a native of Sweden, whose
parents were highly respected citizens of that
country. Three children were born to bless their
home, Oscar A., born on July 3, 18/4. died on
September 17, 1901 ; H. Gertrude, now Mrs.
Mitchell; Lloyd R.. born on January 5. 1878,
died on April 20, 1880. Their home life was a
notably happy one, and their place of residence
was notable for the gracious and generous hos-
pitality which they dispensed to their many
friends. Mr. Paulson and his family were devout
members of the Lutheran church, deeply in-
terested in all works of charity and religion in
the community where they maintained their home.
lie was active and prominent in the work of the
Sunday-school, and wherever there was an op-
portunity to promote the welfare of his fellow
men he took a foremost part. He was a good
man. a member of the Woodmen of the World
and a citizen that the community could illy afford
to lose. He was a stanch member of the Repub-
lican party, a strong and conscientious supporter
of the principles of that political organization,
being one of its most trusted leaders in his sec-
tion of the state, but never sought office, prefer-
ring to devote his time and attention to the care
of his business interests. His widow continues
to reside at the old home, ably demonstrating
that she is capable of managing the large prop-
erty in a manner worthy of her late husband,
- held in the highest esteem.
I'h'OGRESSll'E MI-X Ol' ID'OMIXG.
433
GEORGE E. PAXTOX.
This well-known citizen of Evanston, Wyo-
ming. \\;is born in I'.erlin. X. Y.. the son of
George and Catherine (Rivenburg) I'axton, in
t8(i_>, his father being a native «\ Yorkshire, Eng-
land. where he \vas born in 1830, coming to
Merlin. X. Y., when eighteen years old. beco
ing tben a very successful fanner and hop-
growcr and an active Republican, serving as ti>wn
ssor for twenty-one years. His wife was
born iu \lhany. X. Y., in 1832 and died at Ber-
lin in 181)6, being the mother of three children.
Loth husband and wife were devoted Methodists.
George 1 I'axton received his early education
in the public schools at Berlin coming to Evans-
tou.Wyo., at the age of twenty-four, there first
taking emplo\ nient as a clerk for Blyth & Fargo.
In 1803 be \vent into the hotel business in which
Iu has been remarkably successful. It takes
special qualifications to conduct two hotels suc-
mlly in a town such as Evanston ; but Air.
I'a \ion exhibits all of these qualifications in a
high degree in his management of the Pacific
I Intel and the Marks House, being also a part-
ner in the firm of Paxton & Hilard of Ogclen,
I lab. .Mr. Paxton is an active and influential
Republican, being a member of the Slate Cen-
tral Committee of that political party, and he
is also affiliated with the Freemason- of Ev-
anston and also with the Elks of Salt Lake
City. lie was married m i SSi > with Anna Saun-
ders, a native of Salt Lake City, I "tali, \\ho has
borne him two sons, Ellsworth and Sidney.
\\ \LTF.U D. PEASE.
Hue of tile leading civil engineer-- of WyO
n ring. \Y;dti r I >. Pease, of the cit) of Cheyenne,
was bom in Broome county, X. Y., on November
2i, 1833. the son of Ephraim I'., and Caroline
i Barnes) Pease, native- of the Empire state, lie
'•Mest of ;i family of three children, and
to man's estate in llroonie county, and at
tended the district -clmnl- hear the parental home'
until he had attained seventeen years of age. lie
then occupied his time during the \\inler
sons in teaching school, while dm -um-
mers be Worked on his father's farm in I'.roome
tv. lie continued to be thus employed until
In arrived at the age "f twenU-two year-, when
he left the home of his childhood and early man-
hood for the state of Illinois, establishing him-
self in Ahc ma in Km>\ ci unity, in the grain and
lumber business. lie remained here Ed
two years, during a portion of the time being a
teacher in the public schools of Altona. \t the
end of that time he removed his residence to
I 'ike's Peak, joining the great stampede thither.
Subsequent!} he went to Denver, Colo., where he
was appointed assistant postmaster, after he
si rved for a time as a clerk in the posto
During the Civil War be enlisted in the Third '
Colorado Cavalry, expecting to be ordered to tin-
front but tin' C. S. government refused i
lease him from his position in the postofficc until
18(1;. when the war was practically over. He
was thus prevented from becoming an active
participant in the Civil War. notwithstanding
bis earnest desire to do his country militan
Cpoii leaving the po-.toi'ticc in l8n^ he
engaged in freighting from Denver to Cheyenne
and the Missouri River and continued in this
pursuit lor about two years. The [ndi
•, er\ troublesome along the lines of bis i
and he had many exciting experiences and
gin ins eiio iiniti rs. but escaped without serious
injury. In l8<>8. during the early days of '
ume. he there established himself in a rOO
ess. in \\hich he continued until 1881. lie
then disposed of his mercantile establish]
and settled c in his ranch near t 'he\ : -.1 he
b:i'l entered as the lir-i homestead in V-
where he engaged in -tod. raising and dairy i"
ii.g for some time and sold his ranch 1
of Cheyenne1 as a site for the municipal water-
works, lie then opened an ot'iice as a civil en-
gineer and the greatei p> n tion of 1
has been occupied in the'
fessioll. Subsei|llenll\ lie was appointed
\\ ati r ci 'inmissioner fc n- the 'i1 , amie
counts, holding that position about tweb
I -'or three terms be has held the office of county
\ or . .f I araniie count\ . at the pn -
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PROGRESSIVE MEX OF ll'VOMIXG.
ing (ii)O-) being the efficient and popular in-
cumbent of the position. In 1899 he was ap-
pointed as citv water commissioner and city en-
gineer nt" Cheyenne and still occupies those p»M-
tions. discharging their duties with entire satis-
faction to the people and to the city government.
Mr. Pease lia- been a lifelong member of the Re-
publican party, a stanch advocate of its princi-
p] ind a loyal supporter of its candidates. In
public life and private station he enjoys the re-
spect, confidence and regard of all classes of bi=
fellow citizens, being affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity as the only surviving member of the
charter members of the Cheyenne Lodge of A.
F. & A. M. He is also a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic, holding the position of
quartermaster of his local lodge. He is both a
member and a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal
church and one of the most valued citizens of the
community. In 1857 m th-g state of Illinois Mr.
! ' ise was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Note-
ware, whose parents were well-known and highly
respected residents of that state. To their union
was born one child, Mary L., now Mrs. John
Storrie. Mrs. Pease died in 1872, and about
two years later Mr. Pease married with Miss
Sarah E. Cory, of Cheyenne, Wyo. They have
one child. Bertha M., now Mrs. George E. Harri-
son of Wheatland, Wyo. Mr. Pease is one of
the most highly respected citizens of Cheyenne,
of which he was one of the founders and earliest
settlers. He was a pioneer of the western coun-
try and has contributed his full share in chang-
ing it from its pristine condition of wildness
and savagery to its present civilization.
WORDEN P. NOBLE.
A man of force and influence in the financial
.•md business circles of two states, holding im-
portant and extensive interests in both, and so-
cially well esteemed wherever he is known, Wor-
den P. Noble, of Lander, Wyoming, and Salt
Lake City, LTtah. is an impressive illustration of
the possibilities open to pluck, business capacity
and integrity in the new communities of the
Northwest, and his example is an incitement to
struggling merit everywhere. He was born at
Sacketts Harbor. X. V., on December 24. 1847,
a son of William and Jane A. (Payne) Noble.
His father, an influential and prosperous civil
engineer and farmer, died at the age of forty-
five, and thereafter his family had to make their
own way. The mother, a daughter of Worden
and Augusta (Warder) Payne, being a descend-
ant of old Colonial families, accepted her fate
with commendable heroism, and by devoted ef-
forts kept her children together and provided
for their wants until they were able to help them-
selves. She lived to see them all well established
and applying in every day life the lessons of
thrift and frugality which she had so carefully
inculcated, and in 1892 her useful life ended at
Lander. Wyo. Their son Worden was the sec-
ond of their six children, all of whom are living,
and one, Fred F., is mentioned at length on an-
other page of this volume. Worden Noble re-
ceived a common-school education in New York
state, and later was graduated from the Commer-
cial College at Watertown. In 1866 he turned
his back on the home and associations of his
childhood and youth, and sought a new location
towards the setting sun in which his hopes might
expand and flourish. For three years prior to
1866 he had tried business life in the East, in a
sutler's store in Washington, but tiring of this,
he came t<3 St. Joseph, Mo., and there engaged
to work his way to Omaha as cabin boy on a
Missouri River steamboat, and, liking the ex-
perience, he remained on the boat during the
summer. In the fall of 1866 he became the night
clerk at the Herendeen hotel at Omaha, and
passed the winter there in that capacity, coming
on. in the spring, to the country now embraced
in Wyoming, where, at Fort Laramie, he took
charge of the business of Jules, Ecoffey & Cuny,
government contractors, with whom he remained
about a year. At that time Cheyenne had not
an existence, and in the spring of 1868 he re-
moved to Atlantic City and engaged in general
merchandising, hauling his goods from Fort
Laramie and Point of Rocks. He did a thriv-
ing business for a year, then sold it and engaged
in government contracting and teaming, haul-
.\JEX OF WYOMING.
435
ing with (">x tennis nearly all the lumber u
ii; the erection of Camp Stanbaugh. During
this time he had a number of thrilling experi-
ences v. iili tin- [ndians. At cue time one of his
men was killed and he frequently lost cattle and
hr.rses by the raids of the savages. In 1877 he
started a little cattle business for himself, and
the next year sold hi.- freighting outfit and gave
his entire attention to his stock interests which
were thriving on the Sweetwater. In 1880 he
removed his stock to Xowood. and in the win-
ter of 1882 sold them and again began merchan-
dising, keeping an agency store at the Indian res-
ervation as a member of the firm of Valentine &
Xoble. Soon after starting this enterprise he
purchased the interest of his partner Valentine
and associated a Air. Lane with the business.
In 1885 he and Mr. Lane started their store at
Lander, and in 1890 established the bank at the
same place, taking Mr. Xoble's brother Fred in
as a partner and making the style of the firm
Xoble, Lane & Noble. This was a much needed
in>tituti«n and has been of great service to the
community. In i88_>. Mr. Xoble again turned
ittentinn to cattle, starting with a good herd
and a flock of 2,000 sheep. He has increased
this number to 60,000 head of sheep and greatly
added to and improved his herd of cattle, hav-
ing also sheep interests at Xoble and Carniody.
lie i- also extensively engaged in business in
Nevada, and in the autumn of 1883 he ren,
li Lake City. Seeing opportunities then
iHw business cut' ; he at i mce put )"•
in motion for the organization and tnc irpo
of the < '• unmercial Xational Bank in that city,
president, as he also is ol
brink at Lander. !' • ireful investments, Mr.
Xolile has acquired considerable valu
estate in the Mormon city, .md h nsive
similar pr ipertii al unty,
\Yvo., being also connected there with -Fred
••• in the mercantile business. Everything
! and i" if the
ists his eai His info
ihlic affairs indue, d him b
of com '-inty,
at a critical tinn in its h gave to its
needs close and frnit ful care. He has ai
member of the state legislature, and in Salt
I ake Cit) ha- been a valued member of the city
council. In that bod} his vigorous disciplinary
powers were of gr< as chairman of the
police and lire commission. On December 25,
i8("). he was married at \tlantic City to Miss
Maggie llolloran of Iri-li ancestry, who died in
California in July, 1893, at the age of forty-seven
years and was bui ;lt Lake. She left .-nr-
viving her four children, Ida J. : Fred \V.. man-
tg : of the large ranch in Nevada belonging to
the i 'lover Valley Land & Stock Co., of -.hich
Mr. Noble is the president, and which owns 60,-
000 acres of land; Edith, now the wife of J\
Smith of Salt Lake ; and Ma>
WM. L. WHEELER.
After long years of strenuous life in buffeting
with the \\orld on the vast plains of th
William L. Wheeler, an honored pioneer and
successful stockman on Heaver Cm
his valuable ranch being eligibly located a
.'(stance south of the little village of Lone Tree,
is passing the evening twilight of his life in the
beautiful home his energy has evolved from the
primeval \\-ilderne-s. surrounded by choice herds
of excellent stock and he has the satisfaction of
knowing that his own ability, industry and men-
tal action are responsible \< >r this pi
tion of affair- and that he is beholden to none
oiber than himself in the ae<|ui-ition of In-
ert \. He was born on July i t, 18^7. in Columbia
eouiitv. X. Y.. a son of William 'hoebe
1 !'.< nnett I Wheeler, and i- the
his father's family. Attending t!
schools until ' •
iSs.7 be enti n d upon his 1 nl ful
•rn life 1» crossing ;'• tent fro-
T.miis to Caspi r, \\ y i., w ith in •• • train, which
wa> carr\ in-" Supplies For the !
HI itinued in llr until
iSf.i '
mining to some extent, -
: 'ing. pursuing tl until
' .une to Fort Brid
436
>GRESSI17E MEN OF WYOMING.
twenty years thereafter was a faithful and re-
spected enipl(>\i of ll<>n. W. A. Carter and the
Carter estate, only closing his connection there-
with to found a home and conduct stock opera-
tions for himself. In 1890 he located on the
quarter-section of government land that is now
his home and here he has devoted himself to the
raising of a superior class of cattle, having at the
pn ent time a choice herd of finely graded Here-
ford stock,- being prospered in his undertakings
a.- the result of his care, his discrimination and
his superior knowledge of the business. His ranch
is most eligibly located and in an advanced state
of improvement, his land consisting of excel-
lent meadow ground which returns him boun-
teous crops of hay. He is held in high esteem
as a citizen and a neighbor and in a quiet way he
takes great interest in public matters of local in-
terest and supports the Democratic political
party.
B. F. PERKIXS.
An attorney-at-law and also the capable presi1-
dent of the Bank of Commerce at Sheridan.
Wyoming, Mr. B. F. Perkins was born in Balti-
more, Aid., on September 15, 1857, being a son of
Benjamin B. and Margaret R. (Emory) Perkins,
both natives of the state of Man-land. Benjamin
B. Perkins maintained his residence in his
native state until about 1880, and from there
he removed to Philadelphia, where he still re-
sides. He was a graduate from the Jefferson
Medical College of Pennsylvania and also took
a postgraduate course in the Homeopathic Col-
lege of Philadelphia. He was a very successful
physician and achieved a high reputation, and
it was not until he had attained the age of sev-
enty-eight years that he retired from active
practice. In 1900 he and his wife celebrated
the anniversary that marked their fiftieth year
of happy married life, or in other words, they
celebrated their golden wedding. Their family
comprises eight children, of whom three are
still living. B. F. Perkins was educated in Phil-
adelphia and, after leaving school, entered a
conveyancer's office, where he was soon inducted
into the practical application of business rules,
and while still in that service he was admitted
into the law department of the University of
Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in
1882. the same year being admitted to the Phil-
adelphia bar. Owing to rapidly failing health,
however. Mr. Perkins was absolutely compelled
to look for a change of climate, and accordingly
left Philadelphia on May 30, 1883. and at once
came west, locating at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
and there he resided until September, 1883,
when he removed to Buffalo, in the same state.
His health having improved at once and con-
tinuing to improve steadily, he changed his resi-
dence shortly afterward to Mead Creek, thirty
miles distant from Buffalo, and there passed
one winter. In the spring of 1884 he removed
to Sheridan, being employed bv J. D. Laucks
in the grocery business, and he also engaged in
the real-estate business for himself, in connec-
tion with the practice of law until the fall of
1884, when he was elected justice of the peace.
In the spring of 1885 he severed his connection
with Mr. Laucks and engaged in the same line
of business exclusively for himself and so con-
tinued until 1888, when he was appointed post-
master of Sheridan, an office he satisfactorily-
filled for four years. During his incumbency of
this office he formed a partnership with E. L.
Mills and started a small store in conjunction
with the postofnce and also continued acting in
his office of justice of the peace. After the ter-
mination of his term of service as postmaster,
the business of his 'store having largely in-
creased, Mr. Perkins and his partner continued
merchandising as E. L. Mills & Co., until Mr.
Perkins was appointed as the clerk of the
District Court, when he sold out his interest
to Mr. Mills. Upon the organization of Sheri-
dan county and the admission of Wyoming as
a state of the Union, Mr. Perkins was elected
and reelected to the same office. In 1893 ne re~
signed this position and was elected vice-presi-
dent of the Bank of Commerce, of which finan-
cial institution on July 13. 1893, he was elected
president, his present office. In the meantime
he had filled all the other official positions of
the bank, teller, cashier, etc., having reached
PROGRESSIVE MEN or WYOMING.
4.v
his promt exalted and rcspi msihlc position
strictly through his merits. IK- now owns a
r. ni n illing interest in this bank, tin- condition
(.if which at this writing may he stated as fol-
IM\VS : Capita] stock, S.^i.noo: surplus. S_>5.ooo:
undivided profits, $40,000; deposits. $270,000;
loans, Sjip.ooo. The first marriage «f Mr. Per-
kins took place mi December d. iSSj, with Miss
( 'lara ( 'otten of Lawrence county. Pa., a sister
nf the late Thomas Gotten, one of the respected
early settlers of Sheridan and an able lawyer,
who helil many prominent positions in the
county. Mrs. Perkins was called from earth
in |nly, 1900, and his second marriage was cele-
brated on January 15, 1902, the bride being
Miss ROM' Ilann of Sidney, Iowa, one of the
must popular teachers of Sheridan. Mr. Per-
kins in iSij,} served as the mayor of Sheridan
and has also been town trustee and town presi-
dent, and ma\ be trmhfulh designated as one
of the iii' ist popular men in Sheridan counlv.
lie i- a Knight of Pythias and is also an able
member of the Reiievolent Protective Order of
F.Iks, hi society circles Mr. Perkins and fam-
ily move in the highest, \\liile as a citizen no
man is more highly esteemed in the city or
count \ of Sheridan than this very pleasant gen-
tleman and financier.
HEXRV PERRY.
While we cannot . except in a relative sense,
call anything old in the civilization of the \\est-
tates, or claim for it the merit of antiquity,
\. i there lias been crowded into tin- history of
tin Greal \orth\\est so much of heroic effort
and heroic achievement thai the mark of its
•advancement is as high as those of man) see-
on which rests the niajeMv of centuries.
Surel] no race of men have anywhere accom
plishcd more, braved more, endured more than
the pioneers of ibis stale. ;md among the h.
"oldtimers" ,,f i|,e pioneer period on whom
time has set the seal of approval, \\hich seldom
roiiH - except to the departed, no one is more
entitled to honorable mention than the vem
ble llenrv I'crrv. who is now living a retired
life on Henry's Fork, I'inta count \. surrounded
by children and children's children, who delight
to do him reverence. 1 fe was born in St. I
county, Mo., on |anuar\ jS. 1830, a son of John
and Theresa ( Marshall i Perry, natives of Can-
ada and Missouri. The father descends from
an ancient family of France, the name originally
being Paria. Locating in Missouri when a
young man. the father there married and re-
sided until his death in iSjij, his farming opera-
tions being broken only by his participation as
a soldier in the early Indian wars, wherein he
acquitted himself mosl imhlv. His son. Henry,
was the ninth of a family of twelve children and,
as his childh 1's home was on the very fron-
tier, he had absolutely no advantages for educa-
tion in the schools, for he early engaged in
driving mules for the I'. S. government, con-
tinuing this in the Santa Fe region for two
years, then individually conducting freighting
with ox-teams from Independence, Mo., to
Santa Fe, at that time belonging to Mexico.
Returning to Missouri at the end of a year of
freighting he remained in his natixe state until
1X51. when hi' became a "pioneer of pioneer-"
in Wyoming, where for six followed
trapping for beaver and hunting buffalo. The
Indians were in full possession of the country
and mam \\ere the wild adventures and thrill-
ing \\ere the experiences that fell to the lot
of Mr. Perry in the strenuous life of the new
lands. ' >nce his train and another one which
joined it were' attacked b) combined bands of
1 omanches and Kio\\as on the Santa Fe trail,
the result being the repulse of the Indians. At
another lime he was in a light with Indians near
the present Swectwatcr. where again the whites
were in ce -ml. the having a I;
number killed. Bui 3 volume would scarcely
contain all the excitni] -n which Mr.
h,:d part. I ''or manj years lie conducted
a profitable stock business, a |V\\ \ear> a-
tiring from actn Secure from adverse
fortune- and lirmb tixed in the regard
teem i if his I'elli i\\ s, lie \\ as a resident in his
present localitx in iS;|. \\lu-n llu- Mormons
built Fort Snpph and .luring the il-
438
PROGRESSU'E-MEX OF ll'VOMIXG.
their occupancy ni" it he frequently bought vege-
tables of them. "When he came across the
plains he had six yokes of oxen attached to
two wagons, and among his companions in
hunting and trapping were Tim Goodwell,
Mitchell harden and Joe and John Baker, the
noted Indian scouts, and he was also himself
a scout and a guide against the Indians with
the regular troops in 1857, when they were
called thither by the report of the Mountain
.Meriilnw massacre. On May 17, 1865, and at
Virginia City, Montana, Mr. Perry was united
in holy marriage with Miss Louisa Wade, a
daughter of James and Sarah (Elliott) Wade,
natives of Illinois, four of their five children
are now living, Sarah, wife of George Herford
of Henry's Fork ; Mary T., wife of Charles
Eberhart of Rock Springs ; James G. ; Laura,
wife of Thomas Casto, a prominent sheepman
of Uinta county, Wyo. The youngest, Lillie, who
married E. Mason of Lander, is now deceased.
James G. Perry, the son of Henry and Louisa
(Wade) Perry, was born in the mining camp of
Rochester Gulch, Mont., on December 19, 1868,
and from the exigencies of the situation his edu-
cation in textbooks was necessarily limited.
But by diligent study and judicious reading at
every opportunity he has acquired a valuable
fund of knowledge. He early engaged in the
stock business, following it successfully until
April i, 1902, when he transferred his energies
to merchandising at Mountain View, where the
qualifications which won his success in his for-
mer vocation are still in evidence, showing sat-
isfactory results. He still owns his well-im-
proved ranch of 320 acres and five town lots,
two at Mountain View and three at Piedmont.
Hi< first claim and location of 160 acres was
made on Smith's Fork, five miles southwest of
his present residence. In politics he is a firm
believer in the policies of the Republican party,
and gives to its needs an earnest, thoughtful
ami helpful attention. He married with Miss
Nellie Hendrie, a daughter of William M. and
Sarah (Oderkirk) Hendrie, at Fort Bridger,
Wyo., on April 15, 1893, and their family con-
tains two children, Lillie L. and Albert G. The
Perry family is one of the long established and
sterling families of Uinta count v and in the
pleasant homes of its various branches a truly
pioneer hospitality is graciously displayed.
JOHN PETTY.
The record of a busy and successful life must
ever prove of interest and profit when scanned
I)}- the student who would learn of the intrinsic
essence of individuality. ''The proper study of
mankind is man," says one of England's most
distinguished poets, a fact demonstrated by all
history, for history is but the record of the
lives and achievements of men in their relations
to one another. In the life of the gentleman
\\li')se name furnishes the caption of this re-
'view there are no thrilling pages, yet it con-
tains a record of activity, laudable endeavor and
duty well done, which, if properly contemplated,
must prove interesting and profitable reading.
John Petty is one of the best-known and most
popular men of that part of Laramie county,
of which he is an honored resident. A south-
erner by birth, he is to all intents and purposes
a western man, belonging to that large and en-
terprising class that has done so much in recent
years to develop this part of the American com-
monwealth. He was born in Fannin county,
Ga., i m March 10, 1856. the son of Elijah and
Sarah (Parker) Petty, natives of that state. The
father, a well-to-do farmer of Fannin county,
spent all of his life there, dying on April 27,
1881, the mother long surviving him, and dy-
ing on August 19, 1897. Mr. Petty was reared
to agricultural pursuits in his native county
and there acquired a fair knowledge of the Eng-
lish branches under competent instructors. He
grew up a continued help to his father, whom
he assisted on the farm until attaining his ma-
jority, when he began life for himself, choosing
for a vocation the time-honored calling of agri-
culture, and on March 27, 1881, he was united
in marriage with Miss Angelina Woody of Fan-
nin county, a daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth
(Hunt) Woody, and he immediately thereafter
took his bride to the farm he had previously
PROGRESSIVE MEX UI- WYOMING.
439
been cultivating. The place formerly belonged
in his fattier and came into tile sen's possession
ali. an the time he left hmne \<> engage in agri-
cultural pursuits upon his own responsibility.
Mr. Pettv remained in ( ieorgia until tSSj", \\lu n
he sold In- place and came to Wyoming, 1> •
ing "n Sand (.'reek, l.uramic county, when- In-
carried mi agriculture with success and finan-
cial profit until iSo,i. In that year lie changed his
location to tile \Yheatland district, near which
place he followed his chosen calling until he-
coiiiing foreman of the ranch on Sybylle Creek,
belonging to the Swan Land and Cattle Co.,
when he moved to thai place, which is at unit
seven miles west of \Yhcatland. As manager
of tin company's large inkrest.s on Sybylle
Creek Mr. Petty displayed fine business qualifi-
cations and executive ability of a high order.
I'ntiring in his efforts, lie has added much to
tlie company's prestige ami lias extended the
of its undertakings, proving most efficient
and faithful in the discharge of his duties. The
ranch is devoted mostly to the raising nf hay
during the summer and fall and to the feeding
of stock in the winter, and embraces an area
of hundreds ,, being one of the largest
and most important properties ,,f the kind in
this section of ihe state. In connection with
his work as manager of the above ranch Mr.
Petty lias land of his own on tile \Yheatland
Flats, where for several years he has been en-
1 in cattlcraising for himself, lie has ,1, un-
well in a financial way, accumulating' a liberal
competence and surrounding himself with many
nf the conveniences \\liich make life in the west-
ern countr\ pleasant and desirable. lie has
a comfortable home and his place, although not
as larj others in the district, is well im-
proved and presents attractive features, be
speaking the residenci of a famiK of cnergv
and thrift. Mr. I'ettv lakes an active interest
in the public affairs of his county and aids and
encOl dl enterprises tending to its p. ,••
res-, and development. In politics h, U a IVin-
ocrat, and while not a /ealons parly worl er, h'
- hitllseh' \\ell | ii i, ted i ,11 the i|lle -li< ills and
the day, having : iancv in ex
sing his , .pinions when it beco
to do so. Mr. and Mrs. Petty have ten children,
whose names are . .-arah, Elizabeth,
>h. Victoria, Kan, llattie, Rosa, John. Car-
rie and Cora. Mrs. Petty's father and mother
still live on the old family homestead in Famiin
count), ( ia.. where their lives have been spent.
They have reached a ripe old age and take great
interest in the welfare of their grandchildren
who are growing up in tin- \Y<
THK PHILLIPS BROTHERS.
In the development of the great West it is
noticeable that many of those who have been
at the head of the leading industrial enterprises
and other departments of its strenuous en-
deavor and limitless possibilities have been
and well-balanced sons of England, who here
find scope for their rugged activities and
the citizens of America object lessons of rare
value. And so. when mentioning the leading
factors of a new industry of gnat prospective
value to the county of Converse and the city
of Douglas in particular, we find the Western
Oil Co. (limited) and the Labonti ' 'il Syndi-
cate of |)ouglas. pioneer institutions in th>
irelopment and exploitation of the petroleum
fields of this section of the state, and that their
interests are well conserved, proucted and for-
warded by the Phillips Pros., who have large
tments therein and hold the h
cial positions of the corporations, in the
pilation of a volume reviewing the "Progressive
Men of Wvoming." they mn- Malogued.
Mi. Phillips name has ever stood in advance
for all that represents high intellectual attain-
ments, brilliant commercial ability and cit
ship of the very highest and most unselfish char-
acter, in America
being that wonderful orator and humanitarian.
Wendell Phillips, aii.l the philanthropic founder
, if tin 'f New Kng-
bnd. the Phillips Andover and Phillips Exeter
academies. '1 E in F.ngland has been
s\ nom mous ever w ith the best civ ili/;<
d with the r .(1 in the
440
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
assemblages of knighthi » >d. The subjects of this
article descend, through a younger branch,
from one of the oldest of Welsh families, which
numbers aim ing its members several princes of
Wales, who were foremost in aiding the strenu-
ous eft'nris of the Welsh people to preserve the
independence of their country, and who were
successful in so doing, until the union with Eng-
land under Edward I. The family still retains
the patriotic motto: "Ducil amor patrice." J.
P.evan Phillips, the eldest of the three brothers,
who came to Wyoming in the eighties, ranks as
a most skillful and successful architect. The
love of art and architecture is apparently hered-
itary, as within the last two centuries several
members of the family have been very prom-
inent in the artistic professions.. Thomas Phil-
lips, the great-great-grandfather of the Phillips
Brothers, held the post of royal architect to
his majesty. King George II, and was in charge
of all public works under that monarch. He
was also an enthusiastic collector of fine pic-
tures, which he kept at his country seat in Ox-
fordshire. His son, William, was prominent in
London as an architect and engineer and there
erected many well-known public works. He
was killed by a highwayman in 1776. His son
William, who was a mere lad at his father's
death, followed in his footsteps and prospered
exceedingly in the same line of business. John,
his son, was very successful as a mining en-
gineer until his death, which occurred while the
subjects of our sketch were yet children. He
married Jane Atkins, who came of a family re-
nowned for their legal learning, as is in evi-
dence on monuments erected in Westminster
Abbey, London. Mr. J. Bevan Phillips, the eldest
son of John and Jane (Atkins") Phillips, was
born in London on July 21, 1857, received his
elementary discipline in that city, supplement-
ing this by a five-years' attendance at celebrated
schools of Germany, a portion of this time be-
ing passed as a student of art at the Royal
Academy of Arts at Dresden, Saxony. On his
return to England he was apprenticed to Alfred
Waterhouse, R. A., L. L. D., remaining with
him in the further study of architecture for eight
years, being a regular attendant during this pe-
riod at the Royal Academy. Following these
years of study Mr. Phillips came to America
in 1886 and settled in Denver, Colo., where he-
carried on his profession for mam \ears, erect-
ing during that time a number of the most
prominent buildings in that city. In 1895 he
came to Wyoming to look into the mining in-
dustries of the state. In the course of his in-
vestigations he traveled over the greater part
of the state, till finally, on the discovery of indi-
dications of oil in Converse county, he joined
his brother, Arthur W. Phillips, at Douglas, in
his efforts to secure the development of this
field. Mr. Phillips holds memberships with the
Masonic lodge, chapter and commandery at
Denver, Colo. Arthur W. Phillips was born in
London, England, April 18, 1862, and was edu-
cated in England and Germany, afterward pass-
ing four years at sea in the merchant-marine
service. In 1885, learning of the great oppor-
tunities presented to capital, energy and indus-
try in ranging cattle in Wyoming, he came
hither and established himself in the stock busi-
ness, his brother, Lawrence C. Phillips, joining
him a year later, and in association they con-
tinued ranching until 1891. In 1887 Mr. Phillips
married Miss Edith M. B. Greenwood, a daugh-
ter of Judge Henry C. Greenwood, Esq., of
Stoke-on-Trent, England. They have a family of
four girls. Mr. Arthur W. Phillips may justly be
called the pioneer in the oil development of
Converse county, as he it was who located the
first claim in the county. Much credit is due
to him and his brother Bevan for the strenuous
and unremitting efforts made to interest neces-
sary capital, notwithstanding the greatest dis-
couragements and often most unreasonable op-
position. Lawrence C. Phillips, the third broth-
er already mentioned, is a solicitor of the Su-
preme Court in England. After joining his
brothers in Wyoming and passing several years
in cattle and horseraising in Albany and Con-
verse counties, he again took up the practice of
profession in 1891. After a year's residence
in Laramie, he finally settled in Denver, Colo.,
where he devoted himself principally and with
UVE MEN OF WYOMING.
marked success to the investment business. He
married in 18^5 Miss S. J. ( iates nf Laramie,
elder daughter ui" .Mr. I. F. (latcs, \vlio was joint
proprietor with the late Judge 1 1 ay lord of the
"Sentinel," the oldest newspaper of Wyoming.
Mr. L. C. Phillips has two children, a girl and
a buy.
GEOKtiK F. PFISTERER.
The owner of \(<n acres of productive land
on the lieneh near Mountain View and having
tlie honor of being a veteran of the Spanish-
American War, wherein he very bravely s>
MS| a barbarous enemy in the far-away
Philippine.--. George !•'. Pfistcivr has st,(-n much
of strange lands, peoples and customs since his
birth in Xew York City on Christmas day, 18(14,
S son of David and Louisa (.Miller) Pfisterer.
the father being a native of Wurtembcrg. Ger-
many, and the mother of P.avaria. The father
came to Xew York in 1853 and there conducted
3 tlonridimg business as a tailor until he died in
I'.rooklyn on February 18, 1884. He left thir-
teen children, of whom the following are living,
Ilenrx. (leorge F.. Herman, a soldier in Co. G,
Seventeenth I". S. Infantry; I -"red, a bridge-
builder in Xeu York City: John, living near
Lyman. Wvo. ; l^ose, wife of Peter < >Ken of
Hunbvillc. 1 'tab ; David, of Nevada. In 1892
the widow married with Harry Weit/cl, a retired
soldier, of Ilnntsville, I "tab, where they are now
living. < ,eor-e !•'. Pfisterer after his graduation
trom an excellent liigh school in Xew York
learned and followed his father's trade of tailor,
becoming noted for his skill in the depart n
of cutting and tilting, and he was associated in
business with his father as manufacturing tailors
i mil the death of the parent in iSS.|. 'I wo
later, on July o. iX8f>. the son eiiii-led in the
military service of the United Stale as a pri-
i in Co. II, Twent) first I ". S. Infantry.
Soon after lie was made tailor for the company
.••nd accompanied the command to Forl I'.ridger,
\Vyo., ri-maining there until the abandonment
ol the post in iSi)o, when lu- a 'tied it in
irious movements t«> Salt Lake City, where
he was discharged in i8<ji at Camp
I roii i there going to South Dakota, to P.uffalo
and on to Plattsburg, X. Y., where at thi
racks he reenlisted in April. 1898, in the
ngiment but in Co. E, for service in the Spanish-
American War. In Cuba he participated in the
historic battle of San Juan Hill, upon his n
to Xew York being transferred to his old ,
pany II on February 22. ]8i|<>. with which he
proceeded to the Philippines, where he vns in
constant and active service, taking part in the
tierce battle of Zapodia I '.ridge, with the ex-
pedition sent from Mamng to Pact on July
16 to 2O, 1899, in the engagement at Calam-
bra on July jd. 2~ and 30 and also the later
at llantanges. being honorabh di-char^ed
at Laguinoc in the province of Tayabas, Lu
in April, 1901, immediately coming to the United
States and locating temporarily at FTnntsville.
Utah, from whence he removed to riuta county.
Wyo., in ii)o2, and settled on his present site.
An intelligent citixen, a gallant soldier, a
gressive and ciiU rprising commerual force, the
community is honored by his residence among
its people. He is politically connected with the
Republican partv and fraternally belongs io the
Independent (Order of Odd Fellows, holding
membership at Platlsbnrg, N. Y., having in his
heart the full knowledge of its teachings.
Al.FN. \NDER POWFKS.
One of the proprietors of the active li\
business of J. B. Powers & Co.. at Sheridan.
Wyo., the principal business of the character
within a very large scope of c< Alexan-
der Powers was born in (icntry comity. Mis-
souri, on July J<). 1871. being the son of I.
I'., and Rebecca I. (Whitten) Powers, n.n
of \ irginia who came to Missouri after the i
of the Civil War. \\hen their native state
• till MllVt vie,- d ieplj tt' im the awful etU'Cl
that sanguinary contest. The father w.is a skill-
i'nl blacksmith and an enterprising man \\h<
tahlished a shop for working at his trade in
( icntn county and conducted it with vigor until
18113. \\ hen hi ed to Wyoming .md at
Sheridan Open iierprise of ihe -atne kind.
442
MEN OF
a little later purchasing the livery barn and outfit
which two of 1ii.-< >ons are HOW conducting. He
personally carried on his shop and livery busi-
ness until his death on July 9. 1901. His son
Alexander received a common-school education
in his native county and at an early age went into
the black-smithing business in partnership with
his father and remained with him until his death,
accompanying him to \Yyotning in 1893, after
that time being connected with him in all his
IUK lertakings under the firm-name of J. B.
Powers & Co. A few months after the death
of his father Mr. Powers took his brother, J. D.
Powers, into partnership with him and the es-
tablishment was reorganized and has since been
conducted under the style of Powers Bros. The
business is flourishing and deserves the success
it enjoys, for the gentlemen at the head of it
understand well all its requirements, sparing no
effort to meet them. Their vehicles and rigs are
modern in pattern, sufficient in number and of
the proper quality to satisfy the demands of an
exacting taste as well as to perform the arduous
duties often made necessary by distance of travel
and inclemency of weather. In politics. Mr.
Powers is an ardent Democrat and takes an act-
ive part in the campaigns of his party. Its in-
terests are always near his heart and his service
never flags at the important time of close and
effective work. Yet he seeks and desires no
political office for himself being content to work
as a soldier in the ranks. He is also deeply and
intelligently interested in everything that pei-
tains to the welfare of the community, being one
of the enterprising citizens who believe in the
the future of Sheridan and are willing to give
their time and energy towards bringing it for-
ward as rapidly as circumstances will permit.
On April 15, 1890, in Hickory county, Mo., was
solemnized his marriage with Miss Lillian
Dougherty, a native of that state and daughter
of William P. and Armelia Dougherty, old set-
tlers in their section of old Missouri, where the
further carried on a prosperous business as a
blacksmith. Three children have blessed their
union. Esten, Avery and Yenla. They are living
.-it home and brighten and cheer the household.
Mr. Powers is distinguished for his common-
sense and breadth of view. Neither partisan
nor factional interest warps his vision where the
s^aiera! good is concerned, his independence and
public spirit being of a strong fiber and excellent
grain. He takes hold of any public enterprise
with vigor and pushes it with pertinacity.
PROF. ARTHUR L. PUTNAM.
In every section of our country the influence
of Xew England has been felt, especially in the
spread and growth of our educational institu-
tions. Wherever her people have planted their
family altars they have sent upward to greet the
morning sun the curling column from the
schoolhouse chimney which proclaimed that the
schoolmaster was at hand and invited all
comers to his ministrations. And this is well.
Our immense educational facilities have been
the strength and support of our civil institu-
tions. The public school is the sheet anchor
on which our ship of state relies with its confi-
dence and hope. Among the educational forces
of this western world, particularly of Wyoming,
that are entitled to high regard and honorable
mention everywhere, Prof. Arthur L. Putnam
is conspicuous by reason of his scholastic at-
tainments, his progressive spirit, his valuable
services in school work and his creditable rec-
ord in public life as an esteemed official in an
important position. Professor Putnam was
born on August 20, 1858, in Dane county, Wis.,
the son of George W. and Martha R. (Brewer)
Putnam, natives of Vermont, and members of
families resident and influential in New England
from the earliest Colonial times, George W.
Putnam being the first of the line to leave the
land of his fathers and seek a home in the West,
locating in iDane county, Wis., in 1854. He
was a carpenrvr by trade, but in the West was
engaged mostly in farming. He was a near
relative of Gen. Israel Putnam of Revolutionary
fame, and of other patriots of the name whose
deeds adorn the civil and military annals of
America in historic periods, showing gallantry
in even- war and wisdom in every civil crisis.
PROGRESSIVE .MEX OF WYOMING.
443
The American progenitor of this line came in
Plymouth, Mass., in u>34- He \va.s IVtiT Put-
nain ni' sturdy old English ancestrx. ami
emplified in his services lo ilu- colon) the qual-
ities oi manliness, self-reliance, l>reailih of view
and lofty courage which have ever distinguished
his descendants. They have always heen p< ople
of positive convictions and stern adherence to
tlu-iii. The professor's father was one of the
charter nieinhers of the Republican parly, being
a delegate to its first state convention in Wis-
consin in 185(1. an(l following its doctrines
through the Civil War as a soldier in the First
Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. After the war he
settled in Richland county. Wis., and was a
fanner there until loij^. then he returned to
Vermont to pass the resl of his days, and there
died ill March, iSijij, aged sevenly-three years.
While living in Richland comity, Wis.. he held
various public positions and in them all gave
satisfactory service. He was twice a mem-
ber of tlie State Legislature, was once count)
clerk, twice being the county superintended of
public instruction. His wife died in ]S<jJ
and reposes by his side in the soil of her
ited state. Professor Putnam gn-\\ to
manhood in Richland county, Wis., and there
received his scholastic training. He completed
his education at the Richland Center high
school, teaching in the neighborhood between
times in gel ihe necessar) Funds. In iSXi he-
went to MiniH-sota and remained until [890,
Iling in < llnistead and Ramsey comities. In
the fall of iSijo he came to \\ \ oming as prin-
cipal of the schools at Xcwcaslle, a position
which he filled continuously until January. iScj;,
when he resigned to qualify as count) -
having been elected to that other ill the Fall ''I
iS. , i II i lied it acceptabh . winning
in this responsible official station the same
in isure of piihh- i that In- ha-1
through his educational service. In iSijfi he
was elected as member from Wyoming mi the
In iard i ii direcl ' irs < <\ the N'at ii lucatii mal
Association, and still holds lirmh to bis inter
est in the cause of public education. He is also
part owner and the editor ol the Newcastle
\ews-Journal. a weekly paper devoted to the
advancement of Republican politics and the
general welfare of the county. I his publication
was begun in 1889 when the town of New<
was started, and has ever since been the county
i oi it- party. Professor I'ntnam has been
connected \\ith it since iSo,} and he also has an
interest in the ( larland Mercantile Co. of Gar
land, \eb.. and in other commercial enterprises
of value. Fraternall) he belongs to the Knights
of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World at
Newcastle and to the Red Men and the Modern
\V linen of America at Cambria. Wyo. (in
December _'^. 181^, at Sundance. mar-
ried to Miss l-'.va I. Ogden, a native of Ne-
braska and daughter of David and Mar;
den, emigrants to thai state from Illinois. The)
came to the I'.lack Hills as pioneers in 187''.
and Mrs. Putnam's father was a minister in
the M. I'"., church and a merchant at Central
City. S. IV They afterward moved to Crook
county, \Vyo.. where he died in [897, and his
widow is now living at Sundance. The Putnams
:,- i liild. V LI irrai-.ie. born at Xewcas
i! Xovember 7. 18117. Mrs. Putnam is an
active member of the Methodist Kpis.
church, earnest in its -.""1 works.
HON. CHARLKS A. REALS.
There is no mon popular or highly re-
pected citizen of Alb-.my county, \\yomiiig.
than the present eflicienl treasurer of that c: uni-
ty, Hon. Charles A. Reals, who is a sturdy
t\pe of the best citi/eiiship of the -late and a pub
lie official withoiil reproach, \\liom his t
'iis delight to honor, and a man whose name
is a synonym for probit\. fair dealing and p
larity. lie was horn in ( >iiondaga county. X. ^.
on < Ictober IM. iS4.v being a s,,n of William A.
and Catherine (Foltz) Reals, natives of the
Fitipin- State. I le was the third of a t'anr."
six children and grew ti • man's ,
i counts, attending the public schools in the
vicinity of his home until he had all. mud i
,f eighteen > • ars, « hen h. \\ as ami n .
first tO respond '<' the patriotic call of Prcsidelil
444
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OF WYOMING.
Lincoln for troop to deieml the integrity of
i lie L'nion. and nlisted as a member of Battery
F. Third \Vv, York Artillery for service in the
L'nion ann\ of the ( ivil War and he was in
active service for four years, until the close of
the rebellion. He was in many important en-
L; •iL'.mients and saw some of the greatest move-
ments -mil slaughter ever seen on a field of battle,
but was fortunate enough to escape without ser-
inu.s injury and was mustered .out of service as
a non-commissioned officer in 1865. Returning
to Xew York he remained there but a short time
before he accepted a position on the railroad at
Scranton, Pa., and thither removed with his
family. He remained there until 1869 when he
removed his residence to the then territory of
Wyoming. Here he entered the employ of the
Union Pacific Railway as a locomotive engineer
and for twenty-nine years he continued in that
position, one of the most trusted employes of
the road, being frequently called upon for special
service when unusual skill and care were re-
quired. He had the fullest confidence of his em-
ployers and the highest regard of the. people of
the community in which he maintained his home.
Upon the admission of Wyoming as a state in the
Union, Mr. Reals was nominated and elected as
a member of the First Legislative Assembly of
the state, and served one term in that Capacity.
He was a faithful and able representative of the
people, devoted to the interests of his con-
stituents. Several important measures of legis-
lation especially affecting the railroad interests
of the state were introduced by him and through
his efforts and influence were enacted into laws.
He also served as a member of the board having
charge of the Wyoming Soldier's Home, being
an earnest and conscientious member. In 1898
he was nominated and elected county treasurer of
Albany county, and discharged the duties of that
responsible position in a manner so satisfac'n iry
to the people, that in 1900 he was renominated
and reelected by an overwhelming majority. He
has earned a wide reputation as one of the most
faithful and efficient officials of the state and
his friends have suggested that his record in
office has been so high as to fairly entitle him to
become a candidate for the office of state treas-
urer. Politically, he has all his life been an ar-
dent member of the Republican party and one
of the leaders in public life in both county and
state. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the order
of Freemasons, being a member of the chapter,
commander}- and Mystic Shrine. He also be-
longs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks,
also to the Grand Army of the Republic and
to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
He has been twice the representative of the local
division of the latter order in the International
Division and is held in high esteem by the
Brotherhood. In 1864, Mr. Reals was united in
marriage with Miss Lizzie Rice, at Syracuse,
V Y. Mrs. Reals was a native of New York,
her parents • being well-known and highly re-
spected residents of that state. Mr. and Mrs.
Reals have t\vo children, Frank and Harry, both
of whom are living and the home is noted for its
generous hospitality. Mr. Reals is one of the
foremost men of his section of the state, and one
of the most valued citizens of Wyoming.
CHARLES REID.
One of the prominent stockmen of Converse
county, Wyoming, the late Charles Reid, for-
merly a resident of Spring Hill, was a native
of Alabama, born in the city of Montgomery on
July 5, 1851. His father was a very prominent
planter and one of the leading citizens of Ala-
bama, where his son Charles attained to years
of maturity and received his early academical
training in the public schools. After complet-
ing his education he remained with his parents
until he had attained twenty-one years, assist-
ing his father in the management of the planta-
tion. In 1872, he resolved to seek his fortune
in the far West, and came to the then territory
of Colorado and engaged in mining in the vi-
cinity of Leadville for about three years, meet-
ing with success. At the end of that time he
removed his residence to another portion of
Colorado, where he engaged in ranching and
stockraising. He continued in this occupation
in Colorado until the spring of 1883, when he
PROGRl SSIVE MEN OF WYOMi
443
moved to Wyoming. He first located «>n kock
l 'reck, in Alham county, when- lit- remained
until tin- following year and then went to I orl
Fcttcrman, and entered ml" the hotel business
and was al<o the owner nf a freighting line be-
tween Kurt l-'etterman and Huffa!". Wyo. At
the lame time he served as a dcpnt\ slierilV of
the county, remaining there until iSSn. llr
then took up a fine ranch on a branch of Lahonie
i !reek, where he established his home and rc-
d Eor seven \cars actively engaged in rais-
ing cattle and horses. In this venture he
was vi T\ successful and in March, 180,2, he dis-
posed of his ranch and stock to good advantage
and removed his residence to the city ol Doug
las. where hr continued to reside until his de-
cease. I hiring the summer of iSgj he pur-
chased a large hand of sheep and engaged ex-
tensivel} in sheepraising and woolgrowing m
Converse cmtntv, and also purchased the Elk
restauranl at I >< >uglas, which he was. c< inducting
with profit when he died. lie was the owner
of about 1.51)11 acres of land before his death,
being one of the leading business men of his
section of the county. While looking aller his
stock interests iii Nebraska he was there taken
with a sudden illness and dreil on March
15. iSijij. ami \vas buried at Douglas. Wyo
ming. Politically, he was a stanch kcpub-
lican. and took an active and ])romineiit part in
the councils and nianagemeni of his part)
He was one of the most valued citi
iif ( onverse county and his death was a
serious loss to t-hat section of the state. < >n
' Ictober 7. iSSn, Mr. keid was united iii mar-
riage with Miss Kli/a ( ollins, a natue oi In-
diana and the dairjiler of Peter and N
H'.lairi Collins, also nalixcs oi ihai state. Her
father folloued the OCCUpatioh of farmins; in
his p.-ii ive -i. ite and remi '\ ed fr> 'in thi-r. in
to Kansas and. sellliii" in the' southeastern sec
tion of that commonwealth, continued there in
the same pursuit up to i he lime < >\ hi
which occurred in i ^7,v The mother is still liv-
ing and no\\ makes her home in Missouri. M>
and Mrs. Reid have four children, < 'liarles,
George, Margaret and Florence, all of whom
al home with their mother. Aller the death
of her husband Mrs. Reid continiK d t<j
at l)oii-las. carrxinu; mi extensive
in sheepraising and woolgrowing, but in i
looj, .she purchased .1 ranch on Mill ('reek.
a be itit tv • south ol I '
where she has since made her home. 51
now the owner of about J.JQO acres of land
and controls large tracts of leased lands and
her business has proved to be very profitable.
Her two sons, now .\"uu^ men ol nearly twenty
year.-, ol age, still remain with their mother and
assist in the management of the property. She
is a member of the Episcopal church and is a
superior woman of great force of character,
being held in high esteem.
J. DE !•( iKKST RICHARDS.
Standing solidly in the front rank of the
monetary institutions of Wxoming is the
National I'.ank of Douglas, which was established
in iSX(> with a capital of $75,000 and has been
a pronounced and helpful factor in the de\
menl of ("maerse county, show-nig now the
healthful condition of Douglas and surrounding
country in its deposits of $^00,000, and intimately
connected with the affair-; of the ban! For the
pasl live years has been j. DC boivst kicb
who was born in ('amdcn. \\'ilco\ county, Ala.,
on November _>S. 1X74. the only son of the late
governor of Wyoming, Hon. DC Foresl Richards.
- See hjj sketch elsewhere in this volume, i I he
red ived his ednc iin ihal discijiline in
i M his birtn until lie was tw < rs of
age when the t'amilv home was remo\ed to
Ne!n"iska. \\-her" he attendi-d the publ.
for t\\-o years, thereafter becoming a student at
the St. I'anl's School of i oncord, N. II.. from
which he was graduated in the > iSiu.
Coming then to \\ \oming he was for two years
:ilied with merchandising in the
kichanls. i lunningham & Co., at Casper, tl
going to Ann Arbor. Mich., and matriculating
in the I "nivcrsitv of Michigan, located at
, finishii • in 181 iS. I'.eing thus
e«|itipped i'' ir the he c u
446
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Wyoming, became the assistant cashier of the
Firsl National Bank of Douglas, and in January,
1901. he was elected its vice-president. The
commodious building occupied 1>\ the bank was
(.•reefed in iSSd and is constructed of brick with
stone facing's, the ground floor being fully taken
up by the bank proper, its banking rooms and
vaults. Everything is in harmonious taste and
arrangement, and the whole is an ornament to
ihi city. The business has been steadily in-
creasing, during the last four years forging
rapidly ahead and the finances are in very healthy
condition with a bright outlook, the deposits,
as before mentioned, now touching the $300.000
mark. Mr. Richards is interested in the stock
business as treasurer of the Richards-Coombs
' ».. which deals exclusively in sheep, their ranch
property lying south and west of Douglas,
which is their headquarters, and also as the treas-
urer of the Chambers Live Stock Co.. their ranch
being_ located on the Cheyenne River in Weston
count}. Fraternally, Mr. Richards is a Free-
mason and politically he supports the Republican
party with a strong, persistent energy.
E. P. ROHRBAUGH, M. D.
In the character of Doctor Rohrbaugh are
to be seen many of the elements derived from
the strong, sturdy Pennsylvania-Dutch ancestry
from which he has descended. He is now in
medical practice at Casper, Wyoming, recog-
nized as an able, scholarly and a talented mem-
ber of the professional ranks of the state. He
was born in York county. Pa., on December 25,
1858, the son of Peter and Elizabeth (Bortner)
Rohrbaugh, both of whom and their ancestors
were residents of that extremely fertile county,
where they followed agricultural pursuits. His
parents had ten children and at the time of the
Civil War the father was too old and the sons
too young to bear arms, but a brother-in-law,
Daniel Krout, served through the war and now
carries a bullet received in his service. Edwin
P. Rohrbaugh received his preliminary educa-
tion in the public schools of York county and,
being a close and avidious student, his taste led
him to fit himself at once for professional life,
and after his graduation from the high school
at Glenrock, York county, he entered the peda-
gogic field for two years and then commenced
his preparation for medical knowledge by
studying under the competent tutelage of Doc-
tor Gladfelter, supplementing this by an at-
tendance at and graduation from the University
of Maryland on March 3, 1881, his class stand-
ing and his clinical work evincing his natural
qualifications for his chosen field. His first
field of practice was at Glenrock, Pa., and the
people of this place, who had known him as boy
and youth, soon found him to be a man of
\vorth and integrity, possessed of skill, good
judgment and professional ability. For six
years he held here a representative practice
and then he essayed a westward flight to Ellis,
Kan., and until his removal in 1891 to Chey-
enne, Wyo., he was the local surgeon of the
Union Pacific Railroad at that place. From
1891 until 1899 he held the same position at
Cheyenne with the Union Pacific as at Ellis, in
connection therewith acquiring an extensive
practice among a distinctively flattering class
of patrons, holding also the position of county
physician and winning many and valuable friends
in social life. The marked advantages of the
thriving city of Casper appealing to him. in
iS(|. I he established himself here as a physician
and surgeon, and here he is now in active and ex-
tensive practice, having acquired a valuable
clientele, drawn to him by his unusual profes-
sional skill, as manifested in. diagnosis and
treatment and his coolness and steadiness as
well as deftness as a surgeon. He is a member
of the State Medical Society, the medical ex-
aminer for the Xew York Mutual, the Equita-
ble, the Union Mutual, the Germania and the
Hartford Life Insurance Cos., holds the posi-
tion of "medical appointer" for the state of
Wyoming for the Providence Assurance Co.,
and is also the county physician. He is also
a U. S. pension examiner, receiving the appoint-
ment from President McKinley. and was re-
cently appointed by Governor Richards as a
member of the State Medical Board. Doctor
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
447
Rohrhaugh has maintained his student habits
ami keeps in touch with the rapid advances
made in the sciences of medicine and surg
as \\ell as in all literary and other scientific
thought. His ahility in his professional life,
his personal characteristics and his exalted con
nection \\ith the fraternal organizations have
caused him to be one of the liest known men ot
the stale, for in the brother!) 1 of Freemasons
he has been fur one year the grand niasier oi
the Grand Lodge of Wyoming, and he has also
in the Sc'ittish Rite received the Thirty-second
ee. He is a member of the Woodmen of
the World and of the I'uited Workmen. Doc-
tor Rohrbaugh was united in marriage . on
March .;• with Miss Klla J. Hengst, a
liter ol Henry Hengst, a prominent citi-
zen of York county. Pa. Their children are
Anna C, Mrs. R. F. Potter of Douglas. Wyo.,
to whom was born a daughter, now deceased;
Charles H., deceased; Ada !',.. wife of V J. ' un
ningham, a banker of Casper, and llarr\ Wil-
! un. Doctor Rohrbaugh has commodious and
tineh equipped offices fitted up to enable him
t' i take advantage of the treatment of disease
by electrical and compressed air processes, and
has in use the latest and best improved appa-
ratus and appliances. His high standing in the
community and state rests not alone on his
professional worih. but in the sterling <|iialiiics
manifested in his every day life.
PRl IF. DANIEL C. R' »YER.
The proud position occupied by All
among nations of the world is largely attribnt-
t< . ihe high standing and supi riur c\ccl-
knee of her enormous educational t"''11"
wliich now comprise the 1>. -i products of public
spirit, privat<- neiiefaei ion and enlightened in-
M in every department from the rural
: chool to the highest universil
\\ell the ui'.-t sv hematic and practical o E
special training for lli
•. nlarlv in rcial and industrial lines of
Whatever other a iuntri le in
the • 111 '
ive are blessed with many and excellent institu-
tion-, designed for instruction and training in
the practical duties of life, and in them the un-
flagging diligence, the clear insight and the con-
scientious devotion of their devoted anm
teachers make up a force for good that is im-
measurable in value although often, even b
beneficiaries, unappreciated in usefulness in its
true proportions. Among the men who have
achieved success and popular esteem and ap-
proval in OIK' of thesi « il dep
education, in the state of V, more
intitled to honorable mention and high p
that Prof. D. C. Royer, principal and prop,
of thi' rhevcnnc Business College, the only in-
stitution of its kind in the state, lie is a native
of Lanark. Til., where hi' was born on M •
tin y< iunges1 of the si \ en chil Iren of
Daniel and Sarah (Butterbaugh) Royer, and
until he attained his majority he resided at
• z, attending the public -chools in bis neigh-
borhood and by diligent application acc|uiri;\g
h ' ."mid of useful in:" :i and such a
tematic mental development that he was able
when he left school to aired ex-
amination and secure a teacher's certificate of
high grade. After teaching for three years in the
district schools of [owa he removed to ("ol.
and engaged in educational work enne
Wells, but soon accepted a position as instructor
in the ("entr.d Business i , i" | K'livcr. en-
tering upon In- duties in 1890 and retaining the
I". 'i- sj\ vears. In i So» lie left this institu-
tion and started a commercial
at Cheyenne, but soon after, with a view of pre-
paring himself for more effective work
teacher of all branches included in the course
of a first-class business college he entered the
Atheiieuin at Chicago, where he pursued a full
commercial course, and : ' • • 'dilate
course in stenography at 1 >cnu ms Short-
hand sch< .1 .1 in III In July. iSiji). lu
Colin.'
ming Stale Qni • had
charge . 'f il i" ' : ! '-bed
the Cheyenn ipital
city. lion.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
its directing fora- and its vital breath from the
first. This institution has had almost unprece-
dented Miccess and fn.un its halls, hallowed by
I, bors of conscientious teachers and earnest and
ambitious -indents, have gone forth to all parts
of the eountn- young ladies and gentlemen
thoroughly trained in the science, the practice
and the ethics of business life, and capable of
iiKeting \vorthily its calls to duty in every field.
As an m.-tructor in the various branches making
up the curriculum of his school Professor ROM r
hus a well established position in the front rank.
He is endowed by nature with a strong mentality
and has been thoroughly trained by intellectual
and professional discipline, so that he has mas-
tered the rare and priceless art of imparting in-
stuction in the best form and with the least loss
of effort on the part of giver and receiver. He
has moreover a winning personality which at-
tracts and retains warm friendships and enables
him to secure for each pupil in his care the best
results attainable. The school grows steadily in
the number and character of its patrons, and has
exerted a beneficial influence in business circles
in Cheyenne, and other cities and towns within
its reach, enormous in volume and priceless in
quality. In a very large and appreciable sense
Professor Rover has been a benefactor of his
kind, for by supplying the means of superior
business training, he has prepared many young
people for useful and honorable stations, who
otherwise might have struggled through life in
unwelcome subordinate positions, with adverse
circumstances ever a barrier to loftier success.
His record already written is but a forerunner
of his larger and farther-reaching usefulness in
the future, and embodies the promise of the
greater school into which his present enterprise
is destined to surely grow. Professor Rover
was united in marriage with Miss Gusta Ellis,
a daughter of S. J. Ellis of Aclel, Dallas county.
Iowa, a well-known farmer near that place and
at one time sheriff of the county. The mar-
riage was celebrated in Adel in 1885, and
brought to the Professor the aid of a cultiv,n< -1
lady in his life work, which she brightens by her
presence and lightens by teaching ably in the
shorthand department oi the school. They have
one child, a son named Knssell. born in Denver,
Colo., on July 14, 1890.
IIEXRY I'.ATH.
The subject of this brief sketch is one of the
pioneer,, i if Wyoming and an active factor in the
building up of the industries of the state. 1 le
came to Laramie as early as 1868 and erected
the first frame building at that place. Through
all the stages of development he has been a
leading participant, and has watched the develop-
ment of the country from a wild and barbarous
lati to its present condition of prosperity, and
civilization. He was born November 25, 1832,
in Germany, the son of Herman and Hannah
(Miller) Bath, also natives of the Fatherland,
\\liere his father was born in 1796 and folio, \f.i
the occupation of hatter up to 1848, when he re-
moved his residence to America and settled in
the city of New York, where he resided en-
gaged in his business of manufacturing hats until
1866. He then removed with his family to
Iowa and there remained until 1880, when he
again moved his residence, coming to the then
territory of Wyoming and locating in Laramie.
Here he died at the advanced age of eighty-four
\ ears and was buried there. The mother passed
away at the age of seventy-six years and was
also buried at Laramie. Henry Bath grew to
man's estate in his native land of Germany, and
received there his early educational training in
the public schools. At an early age he came with
his parents to New York City, where lie learned
cabinetmaking, and continued in that occupa-
tion in New York until the commencement of the
I'ivil War. He then enlisted in Co. B. Forty-
fifth New York Infantry, and served for four
years, being a most gallant soldier until the
close of the Civil War. After being mustered
out of service, he went to Iowa, where he estab-
lished his home and remained in business until
1868. He then concluded to seek his fortune
in the far West and coming to the then leni-
tory of Wyoming, he established himself at
Laramie and immediately there erected the first
PROGRESSIVE Mi WYOMING.
449
framed house of tin infant town and conducted
a siieccssfnl hotel biisine-s for about two vears,
\\hcn In.- sold mil and purchased a ranch on the
Little Laramie River. al>ont fifteen miles north-
west of l.aramie. ami d in ranching and
stockraising. In this enterprise he has met with
substantial success, and is no\\ counted as one of
ili -olid business men and property owners of
that section of the county. The industry, thrift
and frugality which he inherited from hi- •
man ancestry have enabled him to build up a
tine property, and in the evening of hi- Ion;,;
and useful life, li ' -vino- the fruits of his
many years of activity, beini; held in hi^li e-teem
b\ all classes. In tS^s, in New Ybrl t ity, he
was united in marriage with Miss Catherine
Fisher, a native of ( iermam whose parents were
highly respected citizens of that country. She
died iii 18(17 at the a-e of sixty years, bcin^ also
buried at Laramie. To their union were born
ci-ht children. William. Philip. Alfred. Fred-
crick, Lucy, Herman (decea ed), Kiinna. Kath-
erine. The family are highly res]iecteil in .the
•nnnity as ranking; among the best citi/ens
oi Albany county.
MELVILLE X. BALDWIN.
' >ne of the nto-t .serviceable, not to sa\ nec-
ations among tm-n is ihat of UK-
liant. Whatever else may happen, the
'i in tin- \\ a\ of food, cli iibin- and
nec< .:i impli menl ol toil musl be supplied,
and the purvi-yor or dis|n-nser of these is a real
actor, even if be should carrj on his busi-
primarily for hi- o\\n pi-oiit and a<l\an
< ine nt i Mi leading merchant s of Fremont » ,
t\. in 1 bis Male, and one who lias rendi
his fellnus in this capaeitx is Mel-
ville X. I'.aldwin of Lander. It ma\ with pro
priet\ be -aid thai be was born and bred to the
• -s, [or, although he was \\-ell educated at
one of the best of the- eastern colleges, all the
- and enviro life from
childhood inclined him to the In: ivity
in which be has foinul expression for hi f.-n-nl
MM! their ]>roper and
mem. Mr. l',ald\\in was born in the state of
Nevada mi J.nK .}. i Si o, the si m
and Josephine (Wright) llaldwin. r be-
ing a native 61 Xe\\ York and tl
Connecticut. In I Si .1 . they removed from X\-
Wyoming, settling on the -he of Lan-
ancl here their son Melville attended the
primitive '1 Is until lie was old enough to
lege, when he was senl to Finnm--
Aid., for a lull -academic course at .Mount St.
Mar\ 's. ( an old and reni i\vn< d institu-
tion .ii learning under the control of the I Z
lie church, which has many of the mosl distin
'^uished men of tin- country on the roll of its
alumni. After leaving college he returiu
\\"yomin^ and b« Ctive business life
clerk and salesman in bis father's store. In due
time he became \\ell established in the coiiri-
dence and e li the community and was
cho! en Ci mm \ treasurer. Thi
lor imir years and. on retiring from it in
bought hi.- father's interest in the store and has
since personallj conducted this grow
cantile enterprise. The store is a general
and the stock embraces everything m
a coniiiitiiiity of such varied |iursuits ;mil con-
ditions of life as obtain at Lander, and. al-
though lar-v and varied, is kept up-to-date in
even respect, Mr. llaldwin b stu-
dent i it" the \\ liis pan utle-
man of threat enterprise in supplyin
i nder his directing skill the business has iloiir-
steadih . the highe -i standards
and niethi ids liave been maint aim d, sti
ity. politeiu-s- and > • in-ii1. rate 3
ivards customers on the part • iiave
been enforced, all of the element
business management ha\-e be rved and
ed, and Jhis ha- given to the establish-
its .uTeat popiilarii\ in the community
and to its proprietor his hiedi standing in the
commercial \\<>rld. ( >n September 24, iSS.j. at
Lander. Mr. llald\\in was united in
with Mi-- if El daml
;md daiiL;lil< r of I' 'Im and I'.li/alu-il
also Fnuvli-h b\ nativitv. l-'mir children !
blessed their union and added sunshine and
merrimei ' .1 larr\ X..
t hi nor and Marion.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
WILFORD W. LUCE.
1'iorn in the interesting' and progressive Mor-
ninn metropolis, which in its origin and its
^rowth is one of the wonders of this land of
\\cnukTs. ;ind living there until he was thirteen
\ear> old, and since that time at various times
a resident of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming,
Wilfonl W. Luce, a leading citizen and promin-
ent stock-grower of Fremont county, with head-
quarters on Green River twelve miles east of
Bigpiney, is in all respects a product of the great
Northwest and an excellent representative of the
citizenship and business activity of that section
of i >ur country. His life began at Salt Lake City,
Utah, on January 4, 1865, where his parents,
Wilford Y\~. and Anna (Ouamby) Luce, are still
living. They were respectively natives of Maine
and England, and came to L'tah late in the for-
ties. The father after he grew to manhood cul-
tivated a farm and drove a pony express and also
an overland stage in the early days of settle-
ments and their family consisted of eight chil-
dren, of whom three are still living. In his na-
tive city Mr. Luce attended the public schools un-
til he was thirteen years old, then, taking up the
burden of life for himself, he went to work on
the Oregon Short Line Railroad, following its
course in parts of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
At Idaho Falls (Eagle Rock) he located a home-
stead, on which he lived three years, thence re-
moving to Boise but there remained but a short
time. From Boise he came to Uinta county,
Wvo., and in 1888 located on the ranch he now
occupies in Fremont county, which is one of the
desirable tracts of land in the fertile Green River
vallev, situated about twelve miles east of Big-
piiiLy. It consists of 960 acres of fine meadow
land, is well improved, and under careful culti-
vation yields abundant crops, while large herds
of Hereford and Shorthorn cattle here are amply
provided for and for \yhich it is the home. Mr.
Luce is largely engaged in the cattle industry,
being an extensive shipper of his product to the
Eastern markets. As might naturally be in-
ferred from his standing in business circles, he-
is a man of affairs and takes great interest in
the development and progress of the community.
The county and the state are indebted to him For
valuable aid in all the best esteemed avenues
of educational and commercial activity, his in-
fluence and example being of great weight among
all classes of the people in whose midst he li\es.
On October 24, 1898, Mr. Luce was married to
Miss Essie Wilson, who was born and reared
in Illinois, the daughter of John C. and Elizabeth
A. (. \Iallory ) Wilson, natives of Kentucky and
Illinois respectively, her father being a popular
dealer in agricultural implements. The family
home is brightened and enlivened by three chil-
dren, Wilford, Frank and Vivian.
HON. AMOS W. BARBER.
One of the voung men of Wyoming whose
success has been notable, and whose career has
been crowned with distinguished honor, is Doctor
and former Governor Amos W. Barber, now a
leading physician of Cheyenne, who was born
at Doylestown, Bucks county, Pa., on April 26,
1861, a son of Alfred H. and Asenath (Walker)
Barber, also natives of the Keystone State. For
many generations the family has borne a promi-
nent part in the life of the American Republic,
participating with distinction in many trying
scenes of the country's history. During the War
of the Revolution and in the War of 1812, the
ancestors of the Doctor were conspicuous for
their gallantry and patriotic devotion, while dur-
ing the Civil War the father of Doctor Barber
was an important figure in the special secret ser-
vice work of the U\ S. government, often re-
ceiving from his superiors in office distin-
guished marks of their approval of the 'faithful
and efficient manner in which he had performed
delicate and difficult duties. Amos W. Barber
was the fifth of a family of six children growing
to manhood in his native town, and he received
his early scholastic training in the academy lo-
cated at that place. After completing his aca-
demic course he matriculated at the U'niversity of
Pennsylvania, and there pursued a full literary
and medical course of study, being graduated in
the class of 'S^. His career as a student was
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marked by di-tinetion, and upon his graduati< in
In was tendered a po-hion zs regular resident
physician at the I'niversity hospital, was ap-
pointed staff ph\ sician at the Children*' hospital
and the Pennsylvania hospital and was niadi a
i-ubstitute resident physician at the Epi.-i
lital. He served in these highl) responsible
positions for two fears ami acquired great
credit for the very able manner in which he
discharged hi- duties. In 1885 he was sell
to take charge of the inilit ir\ hospital at Fort
nnan, Wyo., and shortly after his arrival
at that ]»>st. lie received an appointment as an
acting assistant surgeon in the U. S. army.
While- serving in this capacity, he was din
t' i accompany the noted military expedition coin-
led by General Crook to Arizona and, upon
his return from that arduon- service, he
at I:ort Russell and afterward at Fort
lYtierman. During this period he acquin
reputation among the settlers residing in the
vicinity of those military posts as a physician
and surgeon, especially for his skill in treating
gunshot . and also rattlesnake bites. His
menl of the latter was by means of perman-
ganate of potassium, su by S. \\ " r
Mitchell. M. D., and he met with mark/
cess in count • the insidious poison of the
uptiles by this treatment. Faithful in the
itipus di-charqe of ever) professional d
luver sparing himself when extraordinary effort
; th. >sc in dis-
•. he soon bee- of the most popular
ir.eii in Wyoming. It is said that on o
-ion he rode over fifty miles to attend tb.
hter of a frontier ranchman who had
i! by a rattle md upon finding that
-he conld not have the treatment at home which
the 51 \ ' rip, of the i ' irried thi
child the fifty miles mce to 1
when- the proper rei ipplied and a
cure al't'ecteil. In i SSi i hi- private practice had
so i that hi ' immission
in the army that he might id\e b time
ition i" medicine and m gi r ami en-
«
tendered the po-ilion of p in ehaiX'e of
the hospital of the Wyoming Stock Association,
and was engaged in a highly SI :1 medical
practice- throughout the entire territory until
1890. Upon the admission into tl ,n of
\\yoniing a- a state in that year he received the
nomination of the ilr-t kijiniilican State Con-
vention for the office o try of state, and at
the succeeding elect ii 'ii he \\ cted by an
Overwl ' majority. i In the -ame state
ticket with him in i8(/>, t!
ior. Tion. Francis E. \\'arren, i
elected to the high office of . and at
the session of the Fi ' ! ".islatix'e
under the si eminent Senator Warren
ivas chosen LJ. S. Senator, h nice with
-•i institution tl
tary of state then succeeded to the official duties
of the governor, and Iioetor Barber thus became
icting governor of the state. Hi- adminis-
i- was a notable one in the histoi if the
state, and was characterizi'd by ability and
fidelity in tb. no of the responsible
duties of that high office. During hi- term of
there were -e\eral cri-e- iii the hi-tory of
\\"\oming, which for a t;' itened to im-
ty of her institutions, among them
being the great Pine Ridge Indian outbreak of
iSi)i and the serious difficnl' the
• • wners < >f \\'\> miing in
d the Rustler \\'ar. In each i
Governor F>arher acted with lirmne-- and de-
cision, at once calling mu the militi i to -n;
insurrectii m, protect life at o en-
force the lav. s. I le al denil
i. by the prompt-
ami stri i! his i iftici.i! .11 tii
the uprisings, prevent. "d main-
1 ; and the die;im\ and i ;
the la •'. s of both the ; Had
.•liar-
then occupied the gubi ' . re-
sults might Iiave folio -erioii.- to th
pntation of \'.
backward in it- march •
•he entire
West
fl ,r the -
452
,U£.V OF WYOMING.
which he stood for law and order and enforced
respect for the laws. Time, which sets all things
right, has long since vindicated him from
thoughtless criticisms of his action which came
from certain quarters, and in the future prosper-
ity of Wyoming and her reputation as a law-
abiding state will be a lasting monument to the
wisdom and nobility of his official action while
its chief executive. While in official position
Doctor Barber continued his professional prac-
tice and at the end of his term of service as
governor, he again gave his full attention to his
medical practice. In this he has met with dis-
tinguished success and for many years he has
been one of the leading members of his profes-
sion in the West. Possessed of literary tastes,
he has contributed largely to medical journals
on the treatment of gunshot wounds and snake-
bites, with which his long experience in the
army and on the frontier have made him so fa-
miliar, and he has also contributed stories and
articles on western life to Harper's Weekly and
other publications. In 1892 Governor Barber
was united in marriage with Miss Amelia Kent,
LUghter of Thomas A. Kent, a leading citi-
zen of the city of Cheyenne, and their home in
that city is a center for a hospitality that i
warm and generous as it is gracious, cultured
and refined. At the beginning of the Spanish-
American War, Doctor Barber again entered
the service of the United States as an assistant
surgeon, receiving this appointment at the hands
of Surgeon-General Sternberg, and continues in
that service, while pursuing his general practice.
He has accumulated considerable property, and
is foremost in movements calculated to benefit
the city of his residence or the state of his adop-
tion. Public-spirited, progressive and success-
ful in his profession, as. well as in general busi-
ness transactions, he is one of the most popular
men of Wyoming, and one of the state's most
prominent citizens. Fraternally, he is affiliated
with theMasonic order as a member of the Com-
mandery of Knights Templar and a Thirty-sec-
ond degree mason of the Scottish Rite, having
the ethics and the teachings of the fraternity
as his cardinal rules of action.
MISHOPS. R. BROUGH.
The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter
Day Saints has ever retained in its far-reaching
service and manifold labors for the propagation
of its faith the consecrated efforts of the most
zealous and self-abnegating disciples. Xo pri-
vations, no obstacles and no dangers have ever
been sufficient to deter its missionaries from
carrying their message to the uttermost corners
of the earth : no person has been so humble as
to be denied its succor and kindly ministration,
and i^ noble emissaries have also been the lead-
ers in the industrial labors and activities that
have to such a remarkable degree transformed
the western deserts into smiling gardens and
lands teeming with bounteous harvests. Among
those who have earnestly and faithfully labored
in both the material and the spiritual depart-
ments of the life and progress of this religion,
and been signally favored in both ministerial
labors and industrial activities. Bishop Samuel
R. Brough of Lyman, Wyoming, stands forth
conspicuously. His great-grandfather, Richard
Brough, descended from an ancient family of
England, and his son Richard, the grandfather
of the Bishop, was a soldier under the Duke of
Wellington at the battle of Waterloo, and re-
ceived a pension for his army service until his
death. Thomas Brough learned both the ma-
son's and carpenter's trades, but after his mar-
riage until he came to America in 1858, he
chiefly conducted farming. He married Jane
Patterson, a native of Scotland, and to them,
on August 20. 1857. on American soil, in Madi-
son county, 111., near the city of Alton, was born
a son, Samuel R., now Bishop Brough. Seven
years of his childhood were passed in Illinois,
and then the family came on the long dreary
journey across the plains to Utah, utilizing ox-
teams for their carriage. In Morgan county
they located, and there in 1882 occurred the
death of the father at fifty-four years, the moth-
er still surviving him in that state. Of their
nine children Samuel was the fourth, and after
receiving his educational discipline in the merit-
orious schools of Utah he engaged in lumbering
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in Morgan county fur ti\ , in ihai con-
Iso runtii vmill and manufactur-
ing slu'iiv,!' s and other lumber. Then, becoming
Mer of the church of his belief, his prose-
lyting spirit carried li
md, Sci >tland and ! : re he did
\eomaii sen : •• a preachi h iith for
four years, gathering many converts into the
fold and being greatly bles-ed in lii-- labors. As
is tli' ' eluireh. all of his expenses
i rayed l>y himself, which fad indicates
trength of this devoted missionary's loy-
alty. Afirr this effective and exhausting cam-
- F.ldor B n>ugh relumed to I 'tali, poor
in purse and almost homeless, and labors ei|iial-
•ilant and energetic were demanded in
the strenuous struggle for existence, so he
came to I'inta count}-, \Yvo., where the virgin
soil wait eil but the touch of skilled husbandry
E its bounteous capabilities, and
claim to iCio acres of government land at Ly-
man. which from it 'ageous location,
was later set aside by the leaders of the church
for a town site. Here he has given his attcn-
irrpi ig and to rai perior strains
i'f stock .iiaking specialties of graded Durham
and Jersey cattle and of thoroughbred Berk-
shire and Poland-China hogs, being prospered
in his industry and having rapidly increased the
size of 1 : Tie is now the
owner of 560 acres of land in his home p
all ui!'!'" with a sufficient quantity of
r permanently available to er all de-
mand ' ranch is . .ne i if
•!• uperior homes of thi enmity, being well
ppi d B :i! ences i ' an<l
rn architecture, outbuildings, -1
corral- and othei essentials to successful farm-
ing in this state. lie also owns his "\\n thresh-
ing machine, whi< h gre; h mar-
keting i'f his bounteous ern]is. Tn ndditio
eiill-
ducted successful merchandising here, and eon
liinii s the i nti rpri >e to
of farm i
at* of the prosperity that has come to
the gnoi' :- is only
to stale that <->n his arrival he was
compelled to borrow the money ry to
complete the filing of his land. Bishop
installed in bis bishopric of the Lyman ward
in iSijS, and he has dischar^i d its functions will.
bilitj In In 'ili a M'iritual ai ecu-
live \\a-, . and the church has thriven greatly un-
der his ministration, havi- , iei ib rship
of 600 and the largest church edifice in the
ctate. Bishop r.rough was first married in
Salt Lake City on June 2, 1881, to Miss Phoebe
A. Cherry, daughter of James and Laura ('Brat-
tan") Cherry, natives respectively of Kentucky
and Towa. while her grandparents. I'.enjnmin
and Margaret Cherry, were also lifelong resid
of the Blue Grass state. Their children are
Thomas J., Samuel J., Ernest L., Wallace C.,
Laura A.. Xettie M., Byron C.. who died on
September i. 1*01, and an infan- that d^eil un-
named. A second marriage occurrerl in <
ber, iSSh, in Tiah. to Mis, Eliza Cart-
daughter of Samuel and Sarah ('Day) Carter,
natives of England. By this marriage ar
children. Horace, Franklin R.. Viola. Ch
Eveline and Hiram.
JAMES BROWN.
James r.p'wn, a prominent citi/' man
'fairs of Evanston, \\"yomiug.
j.|. [86 Iderbank, Lanarkshire.
Sci itland, the son > f i lla ('Dick')
Brown. TTis father was also a native of Lan-
arkshire. ha\ ! that
shire •! . iS^.(. hut his edur.
was received at G up t<> the age of fif-
teen years, when he was uticcd to the
trade of mechanical eiigi: which hi
1 ! until r -ear his fiftieth year. At
ibis time lie eauic to \t
<-ss;iry for him to continue \\nrk at his trade,
i he last ten or tw ' irs of his
lirenieiit in I'ear Lak'e count \ . i
He died on his bi ' ' .u-tly
Id. Hi- lie burn
the cenieterv ill t!: ;' 1 .iberlv. Idaho.
454
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
James Brown, nee Isabella Dick, mother of the
present James, was born on August 10, 1838,
in Carmyle, Scotland, a daughter of John and
Elizabeth i I'.rown) Dick, and was married in
i Si o. She died in Hear Lake county, Idaho, on
the morning of July 4, 1894, a little over two
years before her husband. Her father also
emigrated from Scotland to America, crossing
the plains by ox-teams to Salt Lake City, where
he lived the life of a farmer. James Brown, the
subject of this notice, came to the United States
in 1878, being then seventeen years of age and
master of the blacksmith's trade. He located
first in Salt Lake City, where he followed his
trade of blacksmith for a year and a half, and
from Salt Lake City he went to the Almy coal
mines in Wyoming and remained there six
months, thereafter in Evanston, Wyo., he con-
tinued at his trade for thirteen years. Here he
was appointed deputy county clerk under John
R. Arnold, and in the fall of 1894 he was
elected county clerk of Uinta county and has
been three times reelectecl to that office. He
is a Democrat in his political affiliations and a
man of enterprise and energy in every -relation.
He is president of the Medical Butte Oil Co.,
and the secretary of the Last Chance Oil Co.
He was ordained a bishop of the Church of
Latter Day Saints of Evanston on November
II, 1883, by Apostle Albert Carrington, of Salt
Lake City and has since held this office. He
married on July 27, 1882, Miss Christiena Hun-
ter, born in Salt Lake City, a daughter of Adam
and Elizabeth (Patterson) Hunter, who came
from Scotland and crossed the plains in an ox
wagon. This union has been blessed with seven
children, James, Elizabeth or Bessie, Isabella,
Tiena. Adam, William G. and Frank.
FRED BOND.
Distinguished as a professional man and of-
cial and holding marked prestige as a citizen,
Fred Bond of this review during the last twenty
years has been actively identified with the his-
tory of Wyoming. Called to fill positions of
honor and trust he has shown himself worth} "I
the confidence reposed in him and in the high
office he now holds has won a conspicuous place
among the leading public men of the state, lie
i.- a son of A very J. and Adaline (Dennis)
Bond and was born in Johnson county, Iowa,
on June 30, 1856, the father being a native of
Pennsylvania and the mother -of Ohio; these
parents had four children, Fred being one of
twin brothers, also having one brother older
than himself and another younger. Fred Bond
spent his childhood days and youth in the
fertile county of his birth and until the age of
seventeen he attended the public schools, in
which he laid the foundation of the thorough
intellectual training he acquired in subsequent
1 ears. Actuated by a laudable desire to increase
his scholastic knowledge he entered the State
University of Iowa at Iowa City, in which he
completed the prescribed course, being graduated
therefrom on June 23, 1880, with a creditable
record. One year later he accepted the position
of bookkeeper in a wholesale house at Des
Moines, which he held until 1882 when he re-
signed and went 1o Cheyenne, Wyo., where dur-
ing the three ensuing years he was employed as
a draughtsman in the surveyor-general's office.
After resigning that position Mr. Bond passed
-'unc time as bookkeeper for different banks in
( 'heyenne and subsequently entered the land-of-
fice where he was employed for some years in an
important clerical capacity. For four years, be-
ginning with 1889, he was the city engineer and
during his incumbency constructed the present
water-works system and built the viaduct, both
enterprises demonstrating engineering skill of a
high degree. At the expiration of his term he
went to Buffalo. Wyo., where he remained four
years, during which time he served as official
engineer of that city and constructed the water-
w irks, besides doing much other important en-
gineering, which added greatly to his already
well-established reputation as a master of his
profession. Returning to Cheyenne when his
official term expired, Mr. Bond became the chief
clerk in the LT. S. surveyor's office, a 'position he
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF II'YOMIXG.
455
subsequently resigned tn accept tlu- office ot
Mate engineer. In which he was appointed on
July. iS<)M. This high ami important trust cam'.'
iii him in recognition of liis efficiency as an able
and skillful engineer ratlu-r than as a re\\ard tor
political services rendered his part}-, although for
years he had Keen OIK of the leading Repuhli
can politicians of the state. Ilis elevation to tlu
office has received the unqualified approval not
onl\ of members of his party, but also of those
opposed to him on political grounds, tor it is a
position in which partisan affairs have little or
nothing to do and he discharges his duties fear
lessly and conscientiously. Hi.- career thus far
e.-tahlishes the fact that the state will greatly
profit by his wise administration of the office,
lie brought to his work as an engineer a mind
thoroughly disciplined by severe intellectual and
profe-sioual training, and his ambition to excel
in whatever he undertakes has been fully real-
ised as the nature of his work attests. He is
a man of great sagacity, rarely mistaken in his
judgment of men and things, foresees with great
clearness future possibilities and determines with
a high degree ot accuracy the outcome of present
action. I'.y reason of his large professional suc-
ci ss, hi- uuhlcmi-hed character, his just and up-
right life and the universal esteem in which he
is held, he may without invidious distinction be
called one of Wyoming's most honored and dis-
tinguished citizens. Tn March. iSS(>. at Des
Aloines, Iowa, was solemni/ed the ceremony
which united .Mr. I'.ond and Miss ( 'lara William-
son in the bonds of wedlock. This marriage, a
most fortunate and happ; one. has been blessed
with three bright and interesting childrui. War-
wick I".., Kenneth W. and Frederick. The house-
bold is almost ;ni idi-.d one and to see Fred I'.ond
at his lust is to meet him in the bosom of his
familv. where his easy dignity and cultured bear-
ing mark him as the high-minded, courteou
gentleman. The family are favorite- in tin- best
social circles of < he\cnne and their home is a
favorite resort for kindred spirits, who l"re<|ucut
ly enjoy the hospitality there dispensed \\iih a
genefo-ity which sweetens the welcome-.
\\. W. BOWERS.
A native of (.'lark county, Indiana, anil born
in iSi.S, \\ . W.. Bowers, the chief of the fire «k-
lent of Laramie, one of its leading citizen-,
is the son of ( leorge I'., and Margaret i May-
maker) I lowers, natives of the state of his birth.
His father, born in iS^S. followed the occupation
of farming in Indiana and was for manv years
prominent in the 1 Vmocr.atic part}-, holding tlu
office of county commissioner of the count) <\
Clark for six years, being the sou of 1 >aniel and
Elizabeth (Hostctter) 1 lowers, native- of \orth
( 'arolina, who were among the earliest settlers
of Indiana, where I >aniel Bowers erected the
first brick house built in that part of the state and
also took an active part in suppressing the In-
dian outbreaks ,,f that time and served as an of-
ficer in the serious wars which finally terminated
in the breaking of the power of the savages, thus
preparing Indiana as a safe place for the resi-
dence of civilized men. W. W. llowers grew to
manhood in his native state and received his
early education in the public schools in the neigh-
borhood , ,f his ho\ hood home. Subsequently he
attended college at Lexington. Kv., pursuing a
partial course of study there. Compelled to
leave college at the early age of eighteen years,
he engaged in mercantile pursuits in I.exii
fiii a short time, and then removed to the city
of ( 'hicago. Til., where lie continued in the same
business for about two years. In iS<)i he left
Chicago, and came to Wyoming, where he es-
tablished himself in Laramie in the business of
buying hides for a large eastern concern. He
conducted this business with marked success tor
about ten years, when he succeeded to the bn-i-
ii]H 111 the death of tlu - ".\ ner. Iii this ven-
Inn- he has been very successful, and is now
conducting one of the most extensive and pros-
perous enterprises of his section of the state.
M is one of the rising \oung business men of
\\ \ i iming, having thi • peel and a >nli<K ill
all the people. lie is very popular witli the
ranch .md stock men of the state, and has a
practical monopoh of his business ju the 1
456
iGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
mie section. In December, 1901, Mr. Bowers
was united in marriage to Miss M. A. E. Jones,
the daughter of C. A. and Emily (Richardson)
Jones, prominent residents of Laramie, and
their home is the center of a hospitality as gen-
erous as it is gracious. Mr. Bowers is a stanch
adherent of the .Democratic party and has taken
a foremost part in the councils and management
of the party in his section of Wyoming. For a
considerable period of time he has been very ca-
pably holding the position of chief of the fire
department of Laramie, a position he still occu-
pies, discharging its responsible duties of the
office to the entire satisfaction of the citizens.
MOSES BYRNE.
There is nothing more interesting than to
make an examination of the life of a self-made
man, and to analyze those principles that have
enabled him to pass on the rugged highway of
life many who, at the outset of their careers, were
more advantageously endowed by fortune. Few
men who sought prosperity in the wild West in
the pioneer days were men of wealth. Generally
speaking their only capital was two strong arms,
a determined will and executive ability, and this
was the class of men who made the great states
of Utah and Wyoming, yes, and other western
states, what they are today, men who faced hard-
ships and privations and have converted the des-
erts covered by sage into productive ranches
and who have aided in bringing the state of Wyo-
ming into its present progressive and prosperous
condition. These are the men who deserve to
have their names honorably inscribed on the
pages of "The Progressive Men of Wyoming,"
and among them all there is none more deserv-
ing than the venerable gentleman whose name
heads this review. The paternal ancestors of
Mr. Byrne run back in an unbroken line for
many generations in Ireland, where the family
has been connected with the agricultural activi-
ties of the Emerald Isle. Moses Byrne, now a
retired merchant of Piedmont, Wyoming, was
born in Laftsvich, England, on June 2, 1822,
and he was a son of Dennis and Jane (Sease-
brick) Byrne, who were natives of Ireland,
where they were married. Mr. Byrne was named
from his paternal grandfather, also Moses Byrne,
and until he was sixteen years old he somewhat
intermittently attended the government schools
of England and at that age he was apprenticed
on a merchant vessel sailing the Atlantic, to ac-
quire a knowledge of seamanship. Following
the seas for a number of years, he had some
notable adventures and narrow escapes from
death, but received no injuries that disabled him.
Meeting some faithful missionaries of the
Church of Latter Day Saints in 1853, he became
interested in their doctrine and becoming a con-
vert to their religion he cast in his lot in life with
them, emigrating to the United States in 1854,
and, crossing the long miles of weary distance,
arrived in Utah on October 2gth of that year.
Here he assumed family relations and formed
the nucleus of a' permanent home by his mar-
riage union on October 21, of the same year to
Miss Catherine Cardon, a daughter of Philip
and Martha N. (Turner) Cardon, and engaged
in agricultural operations near Salt Lake until
1861. Mrs. Byrne was a native of Piedmont,
Italy, and her parents were for a long time resi-
dents in the romantic valley of Piedmont. Her
father was of French ancestry and her mother
of English origin, but the Cardon family existed
in France previous to 1600, when the family
made its home in the. beautiful valley of Pied-
mont on the borders of Italy and France, in
order to avoid the persecution they as Hugue-
nots were receiving in their native land on ac-
count of their religion. In 1861, Mr. Byrne
removed to Wyoming with his family .and for a
number of years was a railroad contractor in
the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad.
He immediately located with his family at
Piedmont, named from the Italian valley, and
engaged extensively in the manufacturing of
charcoal, in the transportation of which he
utilized over fifty teams. The magnitude of his
operations and the necessities of the community
and his employes caused him to open a mer-
cantile establishment at Piedmont, which he suc-
cessfully conducted until his retirement from
\GRESSIVE MEX 01-~ UTOMIXG.
457
business operations a few years since. During
the forty years of his residence in \\\»ming. Mr.
Byrne ha-- steadily and without exception main-
tained the character of a worthy, reliable and
honest eitizen. For years his counsel upon any
and all questions of public interest has been im-
plicitly relied upon by all who have known him.
His political faith has been that of the Demo-
cratic party and in its cause he has labored earn-
and well. Fraternally, he is identified with
that ancient order, the honored Brotherhood <>;
Tree and Accepted Masons, with which order he
became affiliated in England, the place where
lir is Mill maintaining his membership. Mrs.
Byrne, although a very modest and unassum-
ing lady, is noted Tor her strength of char-
acter and Im-iness ability, and has been in every
way a true helpmeet to her husband and has
had much to do with his unqualified success.
Thev have had thirteen children, eight are now
living. \Ye lure enter a brief record of them
in order of birth: Joseph \\~., who resides six
miles south of Piedmont, and of whom a per-
sonal sketch appears in another part of this
work: John T'.. also personally reviewed on an-
other page of this volume; James I'... \\lio died
at the age of sixteen years : Alice, widow of the
late Thomas lliushaw: U'illiam II., who is
married and living on a ranch twenty miles
north of Piedmont; Charles L.. died in 1901 at
die age of thirtv-seven years; Albert, who died
at the age of twenty-eight years; Edwin \\ '., who
maintains his residence at \\ ", idrnlT. \Y\o. ;
Francis, who is a resident of Piedmont; Arthur,
who died in infancx ; Minnie and Mary, twins,
of whom Minnie is now the wife of Fred \V.
Kendall, of I'inta. I "tali; while Mary died at
the age of two years and seven months. The
youngest child, Katie, married San ford Fife, of
rdale, Utah, where they are now residing.
None of tin- present generation of I'inta county
has been more identified with its t verj phase and
development during the last half-century or has
to-dav a higher place in the esteem and love of
ile, than the honorable and venerable
Moses r,\rnc. His life during the whole of
his long residence here has been one of activity.
not only in his own interests but in those per-
taining to the public weal. He is a representa-
tive of that energetic class of men who have
made the western portion of the United S
famous on account of the enterprise and deter-
mination with which they have undertaken and
pushed to completion plans for the betterment
of their own and children's material condition
and also the business and moral interests of the
communities where they have resided.
ISAAC BULLC."
The son of earlv pioneers and a native son
of Wyoming, having been born on September
19, 1857, on '\Yillow Creek, at old Fort Supply,
then located near the present site of the little
town of Robertson, Mr. Bullock is most surely
entitled to the name of a pioneer. And well
has he justified the name, for he has from
childhood battled witn the rugged elements of
undeveloped nature, and by his own efforts has
wrung prosperity and a cheerful home out of
most adverse appearing conditions. His par-
ents were Isaac and Electa (Wood) Bullock,
natives of New Hampshire and of Ohio, hi-
lernal grandparents being Benjamin and Mar-
tha (Kimball) I'.nlloek, farmers of Xew Hamp-
shire. Isaac Bullock. Sr., was a man of strong
mental powers, possessing great magnetism
and energy, and as a leader of the Mormon
church exercised a position of intlucnce. He
came t" I'tah in very early days, in 1^4',). and
he met and married, his bride 'having pre-
ceded him to the land of hope and promise.
coming hither in 1.^48. After their man
the] located at Fort Supply in 1851., and the
father was thereafter high in the council
the Church of the l.aiier ha\ Saints and had
the lofiy distinction of being the president of
the high priests' quorum for several j
Eore his death, which occurred in iSoi. His
widow is now a resident of Provo, Utah,
Bullock. Jr.. was the eldest of the children of his
parents and received the educational advan-
tages' of the schools of Utah, thereafter en-
ig in farming, to which and to stockraising
458
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
he has steadily and successfully devoted him-
self, making the base of his operations in vari-
ous portions of Utah, even his present residence
being in that commonwealth. He came to this
section in 1882 and took up the 160 acres which
formed the nucleus of his present valuable es-
tate of 538 acres, and here his stock operations
have been extensive and of great scope and im-
portance, bringing him annually satisfactory re-
turns and being of swift cumulative growth, his
choice herds of cattle being the admiration of
all beholders. Mr. Bullock became the head of
a family on November 23, 1862, the date of hi?
marriage to Miss Mary Webb, at Salt Lake
City, Utah. Mrs. Bullock is a daughter of Par-
don C. and Jane (Lee) Webb. She has been
an able helpmeet to her husband and their
pleasant home is a center of cordial hospitality,
both occupying a high position in the regard of
their numerous friends. They have seven chil-
dren, Effie, Lucille, Owen, Electa, Irene, Gid-
eon W. and Allen L. Mr. Bulloch is a devoted
adherent to . the fortunes of the Democratic
party, but is not an aspirant for political or pub-
lic office, honors or emoluments.
HON. CHARLES N. POTTER.
Among the distinguished men whom the
state of New York has furnished to the Great
\\ i '-4 appears the name of Hon. Charles N.
Potter, the present chief justice of Wyoming.
For over a quarter of a century his life has
been very closely interwoven with the profes-
sional and judicial history of this common-
wealth and the distinction achieved in many po-
sitions of honor and trust has made him one
of the most illustrious figures before the public.
He was born in Otsego county, N. Y., on Oc-
tober 31, 1852. His family history is traceable
to an early period in the history of that part of
the Empire state, his grandfather, Royal Potter, -
having been reared in the county of Otsego,
where his ancestors settled many years ago,
removing to that county from Rhode Island.
George W. Potter, the father of the chief jus-
tin . was also a native of the same countv and
there married Mary J. Marcellus, a representa-
tive of one of the county's earliest families, and
followed mechanical pursuits for a livelihood
and about 1854 moved to Michigan, locating
in the city of Grand Rapids, where his death oc-
curred nine years later. His wife, who is still
living, bore him two children, one son and one
daughter, the name of the former furnishing the
caption of this review. Judge Potter was about
two years old when his parents moved to Mich-
igan, where he attended the public schools, and
there made commendable progress, and after
finishing the branches there taught he took up
the study of law under the direction of compe-
tent instructors. Subsequently, in 1871, he be-
came a student in the law department of the
State University of Michigan, from which he was
graduated in 1873, an(l immediately thereafter
began the practice of his profession in Grand
Rapids. By diligent application he succeeded
in winning recognition at the Kent county bar,
and continued in practice there under favorable
auspices until 1876, when he decided to seek
a new field in the rapidly growing West, and
came to Wyoming and became associated in
legal practice with E. P. Johnson, the firm of
Johnson & Potter continuing until the death
of the senior member in October, 1879. For
several years Mr. C. N. Potter practiced with
Judge Riner, after the dissolution of this firm he
was in practice alone until 1886, when he effected
a copartnership with Willis Van Devanter, which
lasted until 1888. From that time until 1891
he was again without an associate, but in the
latter year became the partner of T. F. Burke,
with whom he remained until his elevation to
the judgeship in 1895. Meanwhile the Judge
built up a legal business of great magnitude and
wide scope and won distinctive prestige as one
<>f the most erudite and successful members of
the \Y_vc uning bar. His practice embraced an
extensive territory and for a number of years
his name was associated with nearly every im-
portant case tried in the courts of Laramie
county. He also took an active interest in the
public affairs of the city and state, and in recog-
nition of his abilities and peculiar fitness he was
PROGRESSIVE ME\ OF WYOMING.
459
railed from time to time to various positions of
honor and trust. In 1878 he was appointed city
attornev. thr duties of which office he dis-
charged until iSSi, when he was made attorney
of Laramie county for a term of two years.
Again in 1888 he was appointed to the former
position, in which he served until 180,1, when
he was further honored by being chosen as at-
tc ime\ -general of the state. His career in that
high office covered a period of four years and
was replete with duty ably and conscientiously
performed to his own credit and to the satis-
faction of the people. In 1889 he was a member
of the convention which framed the present
constitution of \\Aoming. bore his full share in
the deliberations of that body and his services
on the committees on education, corporations
and the judiciary left the impress of his ability.
From 1888 to 1897 he served on the school
board of Cheyenne and for five years of that
time was its president. In this capacity he. was
instrumental in arousing an interest in ednca
tion and building up the school system of Chey-
enne until, in point of professional ability on
the part of the teaching force and the high
standard of work done, ii stood unexcelled by
that of any other city in the state. In 1886 the
Judge was made a member of the board ot
commissioners empowered to selecl appropriate
sites and draw plans and specifications for the
Stati capitol. In this as in every other trust
ded t'1 him his proceeding was straight-
torward and truly businesslike, and met with
the approbation ,,f thr authorities, by whom
he had been selected. From 1887 to i ooo, in-
clusive, he was a member of the board of trus-
tees having in charge the l.aramie county pub-
lic library, and he has hecii identified at diller
nit times with variola other enterprises for the
intellectual and moral advancement of the- cit\
of his residence and the state at large, lie re-
signed the attorney-generalship in 18115 to ac-
eipt the position of justice of the Supreme' ( 'on rt
of the stale-, and has since served in that high
office, becoming chief justice in 1807 on the
death of II, m. \. I'.. Conaway. fully inc.
the expectations of hi- friend- and proving one
of the able and distinguished jurists of his dav.
llis professional career throughout has '
highlv creditable, and he occupies a coiispicu-
lace among the leading members of a bar
long noted tor the high order of its legal talent.
As a lawyer he is well grounded in the prin-
cipjes of Ins profession, while the high character
he attained as a practitioner is attested b\ a
large volume of business which came to him
while actively engaged in his chosen calling.
Ih. honorable distinction acquired at the bar
has been heightened by his judicial experience
as the head of the highest tribunal in the state.
His record since his elevation to the position
he now holds has been noted for the soundness
of his opinions, for his comprehensive, knowl-
edge of the law and the depths of judicial n as
oning in his decisions and for great breadth of
thorough and legal erudition. In the dischargi
of ever} duty coming within his sphere, he ex-
ercises his functions with a dignitx becoming
the honorable station to which he has been
called, and the impartiality in dispensing jus-
tice has made him popular with the bar of tin-
state and with the people whom he serves. I le
possesses a vigorous personaliu and a plea
nee and impresses all with whom he c
in contact as a typical representative of sym-
metrically developed manho id, one of the best
products of American soil and American insti-
tutions. With all his eminent abilitx as a law-
yer and judge, he is entire!} \\ithoiu ostenta-
tion and to the humblest of his fellows he is easily
accessible. Profound as a jurist and popular
with the people in the private \\alks of life, it
may truly he said that he is one of the notable
men of the state which he honors with his citi-
zenship. Judge Potter was married in 1877
with Miss Ireland, a native of Canada, the union
resulting in the birth hildren, of whom
but one. Ada A., is living. Politically, the Judge
has been a lift '•'epublicau. and it was by
MI of his ' 'id eminent Sen ices to his
as well as on aCCOUnl of his intellectual
and professional fitness, that many of his public
is came tO him. lie lias been a ni'-mber
of the city. o>iini\ and state Republican central
460
committee.--, and in I So_> was a delegate t<> ihf
Republican national convention, which met at
Minneapolis, serving in that body as the chair-
man of the Wyoming delegation. He has long
been prominent in Masonic circles and takes
high rank in the order, having risen to the
Thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, ami. he
is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is also
an enthusiastic member of the Pythian Brother-
hood, in which he has filled all the chairs and
in 1887 was elected grand chancellor of the
state, holding the office with dignity.
BRYANT BUTLER BROOKS.
Bryant Butler Brooks, of Casper. Wyoming,
is an able representative of the best type of
American manhood. He is widely and favorably
known throughout the state, his abilities well
fitting him for leadership in business, political
and social life. The terms progress and pat-
riotism are indicative of his character, for
throughout his career- he has labored for the im-
provement of every line of business or public
interest with which he has been associated, and
at all times has demonstrated that he is ever
actuated by fidelity to his community, his state,
his country and his friends. Mr. Brooks de-
scends from the celebrated Massachusetts fam-
ily of his name that has ever been prominent in
the various departments of New England life.
The birthplace and early home of B. B. Brooks
was at Bernardston, Franklin county, Mass. ;
where, on February 5. 1861, he was born, a son
of Silas N. and Melissa M. (Burrows) Brooks.
His paternal grandfather, John Brooks, M. D.,
being a native of Vermont, who removed to
Massachusetts when a young man and was long
in successful medical practice at Bernardston, be-
ing an honored and prominent citizen, serving in
the legislature of the state for many years with
great ability. His son. Silas N. was a manu-
facturer of farming implements and also repre-
sented his town in the Massachusetts legisla-
ture and his district in the State Senate. In
1871 he removed to Chicago, 111., there being
for twentv-seven vears a member of the firm of
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OF WYOMING.
Sargeant, Greenleaf & Brooks, the very extensive
manufacturers of safe -and timelocks. He was
a man of culture and education, straightforward
and charitable. His family consisted of three
sons and one daughter. The eldest son, John,
is in the wholesale drygoods business in Albany,
N. Y., and is also associated with B. B. Brooks
in his Wyoming enterprises.* The second son,
Halbert G. Brooks, is the manager of the
Rochester, N. Y., business of Sargeant, Green-
leaf & Co. B. B. Brooks is the youngest son of
his parents and was educated in Chicago. After
passing a year in Nebraska he came to Wyoming
and' thoroughly familiarized himself with the
stock business by actual experience on the range.
In 1883 he organized the cattle firm of B. B.
Brooks & Co., with headquarters on the Big
Muddy Creek, eighteen miles southeast of Cas-
per, and here under his personal supervision has
been conducted an enterprise of great scope and
importance in the raising of high grade cattle,
his favorite breed being the Polled-Angus, and
through his efforts in maintaining the high stan-
dard of his stock, he has acquired a national re-
putation, cattle from this ranch securing the
first prize for the best specimens of Polled- Angus
cattle exhibited at the Fat Stock Show in 1902,
while on beef cattle sold on the Chicago mar-
kets he has on several occasions received the
highest price paid on that day. This ranch is
a splendid estate, containing as it does 7,000
acres of patented land with a large proportion
under good irrigation, on which he raises annu-
ally over 2,000 tons of hay and alfalfa. To his
extensive herds of cattle, in 1892 Mr. Brooks
added sheep, and he is now running 15,000, the
Rambouillet type of merino being his favorite.
He has also a band of Percheron horses of ex-
cellent quality. Upon this estate Mr. Brooks has
erected a country residence, having all modern
improvements and latest sanitary appliances, with
pure water in all parts, being lighted throughout
with acetyline gas. The recognition of Mr.
Brooks as an able public man and official has
not been lacking. A stalwart Republican, he
was one of the delegates to the National Re-
publican convention that at St. Louis nominated
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF li'YOMIXG.
461
William McKinley for president, and lu1 held
nstinguished position of presidential el
on the occasion of President Mcl\inlc\ 's -
elei tion. In various local offices IK- has rend
valnahle service and as a member of the Wyo-
ming legislature evinced statesmanlike qualities
of no common order. Fraternally. Mr. Bn»>l.-
has a far-reaching acquaintance in the Ma-
order, having attained to the Thirty-second de-
gree of the Scottish Rite and also to the Knights
Templar degree. ITe. is also affiliated with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the
Woodmen of the World. On March n, 1886,
Mr. Brooks wedded Miss Mary X. Willard. a
native of Ohio and a daughter of Judge L. I >.
Willard, for years an eminent jurist of Ohio,
later removing to Nebraska and engaging in
raiding, becoming a noted breeder of Short-
horn cattle, having a very extensive farm in
Thayer county. The children of this marriage
are Jeanii \\ .. a student of Wcllesley. Mass.,
Abb} I',., Lena X.. Melissa M. and Silas X. Tt
has been well said that the strong men of a true
people are always benefactors. Their usefulness
in the immediate and specific spin res of their
activity can be measured and guaged. but the
good they perform through the forces thev set
in motion, and through the inspiration of their
presence and example, is immeasurable by any
finite gauge or -tandanl of value. In this class
and with this influence \\ e must reckon Mr.
I! rooks, while the rare atmosphere of cultured
hospitality surrounding his home is a delight and
charming pleasure to the extensive circle of the
friends of tile familv.
MI >X. CHARLES VV. BURDICK.
This distinguished gentleman, who 50
dis< harged the duties of secretan of stale
"i \\'\oming. is a native of i (hip, born in l.ncas
coinit\ on \ugiisi 15. iS'io. a son of I.eauder
and ( 'elia i \\illianisi Mnrdick. the father ha \ ing
birth in I Vnns\ Ivania and the mother in < Ihio.
Leander I'.nrdick located at Toledo in iS^i and
since that time he has been prominently identi-
fied with the manufacturing and banking inter
of that city; tilling also ma : .113 of
public contid. ! trust. Charles W. Bur-
dick \\as the only child of his parents and he
was educated in the public schools of Toledo,
at the Friends' school of 1'rovideuce. P. I..
at the Ohio WesK-yai 'sity. His pi
sional education was acquired at the University
of Michigan, where he gradual d from the Lav
department of that instiiui ion. In iSji; Mr.
Llurdiek was induced b\ the main attractions
of western life an.! the hope of improved health
to locate in Wyoming, and for some \ ears he
here devoted his attention to the live stock busi-
ness, until restored physical energy permitted
him to undertake the practice of his chosen pro-
fession. From the ye; Mr. Munlick's ar-
rival in Wyoming dates his active interest in the
political and public affairs of the stale. He was
a member of the Territorial Legislature of iSS<»
and of the convention which framed the pn
stale constitution, and, like the typical and pro-
jive \\estern man. he has always laki
e interest in such projects and enterp
as aid in developing the resources of the state.
in i Sou, upon the admission of Wyoming into
the L'nion, Mr. Burdick was elected andito; o
state, the first man to hold that office, and dis-
charged the duties of the position for a period
of lour years, retiring therefrom in i Si 14 with
an enviable record for efficiency and prompt-
ness in the transaction of business. In the lat-
ter year he was again honored by a signal mark
of public favor in being elected secretary of
stale, which office he held for • n of lour
\s state auditor he rendered valuable
service to the slate, especially in protecting the
people from the operations of certain fraudu-
lent honil companies, and as secretar\
he was instrumental in securing an increased
revenue from corporation fees and in pulling
before the public in attractive ionn literature
descripti\e of the stale's reSOUTCi Mr. Bur-
ilick was married in iSS; \\ilh Miss II
I uller of ( thin, who lias home him one daugh-
ter. Margaret. In bis political adherencv Mr.
llnrdick is an uns\\er\ing Republican and he
has been ;i potential factor in the counsels of
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'GRESSIl'E MEX OF WYOMING.
hi*- parly through' nit tin- state, being one of its
recognized leader-. He has done much effc-c-
tive service in campaigns and has received many
honors from his part}-, in every instance dem-
oiiMrating his worthiness for these marks of
favor. In 181)4 h<-' became associated in the
practice of law with Hon. Josiah A. Van Ors-
del, and the firm thus constituted still exists,
being recognized as one of the leading law firms
of the state. Professionally, Mr. Burdick is rec-
ognized as a safe and careful lawyer, command-
ing the confidence of his clients and the respecl
of the courts. His laudable ambition to excel
in his profession, coupled with industry, close
application and a clear comprehension of the
principles of jurisprudence, have resulted in a
clientage representing many of the largest
property interests in the state. In addition to
his professional work, he has interests in live
stock and banking, and possesses that practical
business knowledge and experience which qual-
ifies him for the position he occupies in the pro-
fessional and business circles of Wyoming. His
fraternal relations are with the Masonic order.
In the domain of private citizenship Mr. Bur-
dick is essentially a western man, enjoying to
an eminent degree the confidence and esteem of
all with whom he associates.
GEORGE BRUXDAGE.
Born and reared on what was at the time
the frontier of Ohio, and since then a pioneer
in four states, George Brundage of near Sheri-
dan. Wyoming, has seen stirring times and
aided in bringing many regions from barbarism
and primeval wildness to civilization and the
blessings of cultivated life. He was born in
Seneca county, Ohio, not far from the present
thriving and progressive city of Tiffin, his life
beginning on November 18, 1832. His parents,
Thomas and Osee (Depew) Brundage, were na-
tives of Xew York, who settled in Seneca
county in 1824 among the first white people to
plant a domestic shrine in that then far western
region. There they passed their lives actively
engaged in farming, the mother dying in 1878
and the father a year later. In his native county
Mr. r.rundage grew to manhood and received
his education, and after leaving school assisted
his father on the farm, teaching school in the
winter. He remained at the parental home un-
til 1864, and then becoming infected with the
gold fever that spread like wildfire from Yir-
i City. Mont., he set out for that distant
region, traveling overland from Grinnell, Iowa,
by way of old Fort Laramie and the Big I lorn
mountains with a large train of 150 wagons and
Mr. Brundage was made sheriff of the train.
They had one brisk fight with Indians and lost
four men. He reached his destination footsore
and weary, but with high hopes and undaunted
spirit. He remained at Virginia City four years
engaged in teaming and prospecting, then, in
1808, left for a new land of promise that had
just opened around Omaha. From Fort Ben-
ton he went down the Missouri to this place,
and a short time later returned to his Ohio
home on a visit. In 1869 he again sought op-
portunity in the West and, locating in Bates
county. Mo., for eleven years he was actively
occupied in cultivating the farm he had there-
purchased. In 1880 he sold out in Missouri
and went to Gunnison. Colo., where he followed
tin- lumber business for a year. He then set
out for Cheyenne and from there went to Dead-
wood, S. D., and in June, 1881, came to north-
ern Wyoming and took up his present ranch on
Little Goose Creek, two miles south of Sheri-
dan. The country was new and wild and he
was one of the first to try to place it under
cultivation. For a year he furnished logs for
the fort by contract, later giving his whole at-
tention to his farming and stock industries, im-
proving his ranch and developing his business
by every proper effort on his part. Of the i.ooo
acres of good land which he owns, 270 acres
are irrigated and brought by skillful farming to
a high state of cultivation. He conducts here
a prosperous and well-managed stock business,
and his son. Howard," following his lead, has
land in the Bighorn basin, where he also is
engaged in the cattle industry on a scale of
increasing magnitude, and with correspondingly
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OP WYOM1 C
463
gratifying results. Mr. KruiKlage is a zealous
and active Democrat. He has been constant
and useful in the service of his party and
brought credit t<> its ranks while acting as a
justice of the peace, county commissioner and
a member of the State Legislature. To the last
office he was first elected in 180^ and was re-
elected with enthusiasm and increased support.
In the fall of 1002 he was nominated by his
party for the position of state senator from bis
county. As showing his vigor and resourceful-
ness in the discharge of official duty, it should
be noted that on one occasion while he was
serving as justice of the peace, a fugitive from
justice who was making his escape across a
swollen river was promptly committed to cus-
tody by Judge Krnndagc. who held his court
on one side of the creek while the sheriff and
the prisoner were on the other side. After the
, evidence was ill the court fined the prisoner.
Mr. Brundagc was married in Seneca county,
< thio. on January i, 1857, to Miss Mary E.
Hall, a native of Xew Jersey, and a daughter
of William and Catherine (Jones) Hall, also
natives of New Jersey, who came as early set-
tlers to Ohio, and soon after their arrival the
father died. To the llrundage household six-
children have been born and all are living. They
are Howard, Thomas, Lora. C.corgv p.. Mary
and Virgil A. In public life and private station
the head of the house has borne himself with
commendable manhood anil has exemplified the
besl elements of the most admired citi/enship.
THOMAS r.LYTH.
i >ne of the leading and most enterprising
citizens of Evanston, Wvoming. who was born
in ('oiinty Kirkealdv, Scotland, in iS4_>, Thomas
Kb tli is the son ol Petei and < lathi rim (Ha
(..in Klyth. both natives of the same country.
1 he father was a sea captain and sailed thr • 3
mini the time Hi" his death, which occurred in
is* ). at the age of fortj eight. His remains were
buried in ilu- \\ esl Indies. 1 1 i mi mber "i
a lodge ipf Freemasons at < ilasgow, Scotland,
and his father, -rand father nf Thomas, was a
Scotch weaver. Mrs. Caroline illaxtoni Klylh,
the mother of Thomas, was married in
her birth and survived her husband until
iSSj. when she died at the age of seven!
and her remains rest in her native county. She
,i .! devoted member of the Free church of
Scotland and her parents were Thomas and
Catherine (Pringle) lla\t«m, native's of Kiik-
caldy county, and her father, like the paternal
grandfather of Thomas Klyth. was a weaver.
and had charge of a weaving plant, living- until
1*47. when he died at the age of seventy-six and
was buried in his native count* his wife
\\lio died in 1843, aged sixty-eight. They
both devoted, deeply religious and conscientious
members of the Free church. Thomas Klyth
was educated in Scotland and at lli • •• -ix-
teen he took employment in the steamship
of Brown & Hutchinson at ( ila.-go\\ and re-
mained for nine years and at the time ol his
leaving he had attained the position of pay-
master and shipping clerk. He emigrated to the
I'uited States in iSdS. coming tirM to
in a few days however going to Iowa, where he
remained about three months. Coining from
there to Wyoming he took employment as a clerk
for the Wyoming Coal and .Mining Co., at Car-
.md in the following March he left for Sher-
idan, Kan., where he clerked for Seller Ov Co.,
until August, when he departed For i 'alifornia.
Thence he \isited various place-. tinalK return-
ing to Carbon to take up his former work,
tinning at this until lS~J. when he took a trip to
Scotland for some months, returning in t Vtohcr
of the same year to settle i" Evanston where he
i tablished a merchandise business, with which
he has ever since been occupied. The
uient is one of the finest :i ton, conducted
tinder the name of Kbth X Fargo, Mr. Klytli be-
ing the president and ireful and de-
liberate in all his undertakings, the result of his
efforts i- such that h well be proud of
them. 1 le has been commissioner for
, .'lit ears and • 'i member of ih.
sonic order. Ih was firsl married in ^7.4. 1IU
\\ ife \\ as [sal ' ' michacl. a natn e of '
Scotland, She died ill iSSS at the ...
464
'CRESSIJ'E MEN OF ll'YOMIXG.
thirty-eight and was buried at Evanston. and her
children are: Thomas. < ailierine, Charles. Wil-
liam and Isabella. She was the daughter of
Robert and Anna (Dicky) Carmichael, natives
of Scotland, and now deceased. Mr. Blyth mar-
ried again in 1892, then taking to wife Miss
Fanny Anderson, a native of New York and a
daughter of James and Emily (Brockbank) An-
derson, the former a native of New York and the
latter of Connecticut. The father is now dead
and buried, at Canandaigua, N. Y.. while the
mother lives in Evanston.
HUGH CALLAXDER.
One of the leading citizens and business men
of Converse county. \Yyoming, Hugh Callan-
der. now the president of the Bank of Lusk, was
born at Rannockburn, Scotland, on December
25. 1845, tne son °f Jonn and Mary (Stevenson)
Callander, natives of Scotland. Both his pater-
nal and maternal grandfathers were weavers and
skilled in that pursuit, and his grandmother,
Margaret Nelson, was related to the Nelson
family of Thomas Nelson & Sons, the great pub-
lishing house of Edinburg. In 1861 the father
of Mr. Callander disposed of his home and
property in Scotland and with his family came
to America, settling at Rice Lake, Minn. Here
he engaged in fanning for many years and his
family consisted of six children. Hugh of this
sketch being the youngest. Receiving his early
education in Scotland, his opportunities for at-
tending school instruction after his arrival in
America were limited, and soon after the es-
tablishment of the family home in Minnesota
Mr.' Callander enlisted as a member of Co. B,
Mounted Minnesota Rangers, commanded by
Colonel McPhail, his company commander be-
ing Captain Austin. The regiment was mus-
tered in at St. Peter for one year's service, the
greater portion of his time being spent in Da-
kota in service against the Sioux. The regi-
ment had many engagements with the Indians
and were compelled to do much scouting serv-
ice. Their principal engagement was the Battle
of the Big Hills, at the junction of Apple Creek
with the .Missouri l\iver, which continued for
three days. In this battle many of the soldiers
were killed and wounded and the losses of the
Indians were very severe, many being drowned
in the Missouri in their efforts to escape. At
the end of his term of service he reenlisted in
Co. L, Second Minnesota Cavalry, and was
mustered in at Fort Snelling. The commander
of the regiment was Colonel Pfender and the
commander of his company Capt. H. S. Bing-
ham. The regiment saw much active service
mi the frontier, where it was stationed until
1806. During the latter part of his term of
service Mr. Callander was on detached duty
and had no serious engagements, receiving an
honorable discharge in May, 1866. After his
military life was ended he removed to Minneap-
olis, where he secured a position as a clerk in a
grocery store, in which employment he re-
mained for about two years. He then returned
to Rice Lake and engaged in farming in com-
pany with his father, remaining there for three
years, thence removing to the state of Indlnra.
where he was in the drygoods business for a
short time, soon, however, beginning the study
of law and in due time he was admitted as a
member of the bar of Kosciusko county, Ind.,
and established himself in legal practice at
Syracuse, Ind., where he remained from April,
1877 to 1882, and during four years of this
time he served as a justice of the peace. In
1882 he removed his residence to the then terri-
tory of \Yvoming. entered the employ of the
I'nion Cattle Co., with headquarters at Chey-
enne, and remained there for about two years,
when he returned to the East. _ In February,
1887, he returned to \Yyoming and located in
the town of Lusk, becoming the cashier of the
Bank of Richards Bros., continuing in this po-
sition tip to the time of the retirement of the
firm in 1803. In the spring of 1894 he formed
a partnership with Bartlett Richards and they
conducted a successful banking business in
Lusk up to 1899. when the growth of the busi-
ness of the bank had been such that a corpora-
tion was formed, known as the Bank of Lusk.
Mr. Callander being the cashier and Mr. Rich-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OP WY( i
ards president. In July. iSoo. Mr. Callan.ler
purclia-rd ihe interest of his partner and be-
canu- pn : the institution. Through his
enterprise and conservative business judgment
tin' bank has grown from small beginnings until
it now does a large and constantly increasing
business and has cordial relations with all re-
sponsible hanks, both of tin1 stale and tin- coun-
try. The hank building and equipment, burg-
lar-proof safes, with the latest improved auto-
matic time-lucks, etc.. arc among the finest in
\\ yoming, having also a large numhcr of saicty
:s for the accommodation of its
customers and patrons, and doing a liheral. yet
a safe and conservative business. Mr. Callan-
der is <>ne of the most substantial and sui
fnl business men in his section of the -
"ebruary 8. 1872, Mr. Callander was united
in marriage with Mrs. Isabella Spraguc, a na-
tive and they have one daughter. Ti-s-
[r ' dlander is a member of the ( Irand
Army of the Republic, and is also affiliated with
the Masonic order. He is one of the leading
bn-iness men of "Wyoming and has done mui.h
in i' .pment of the resources and the
building up of his section of the state.
A. D. CO( IK.
The \\-orld judges the character of a com-
munity by its representati- us and yi
•'i and respect to those whose
ins o institute : -per-
nd pride, \mong th
and also faithful officials of Converse comity,
5 tr. G ii 'k, who, by hi- < ifl ii et'fi irts
and determined inrlustry and integrity, ha- been
:ilder of liis own prosperity and maintains
an honored position in the esteem »f the citi-
1 a 'init v. lie v. , ' in K.dinl
?cc itland, i in lune i <). \rch-
iOn of John and Margaret
[. (John
mpar ti : otdi
n, the Famil] ' r fr> im I
laud. \\ here it had loi d. The maternal
[father, rhomas fol
h lineage reachin ' -nd the mem-
ory of man. yet he married with the attractive
ilaughti-r of a German -•, a-captain liy the name
of Smith. I' rnal grandfaiher w:is long
a pr> nierehant at ( 'ross Gal'
land, and there the father remained until his
•ration in l Si .;•', ' ; be-
ing engaged in CO on railways and stone
vork. IK- then came i.i America and
was i'Viitiried with coalmining at T.arclay, Pa..
for tliirti • -iioved to
To\\-a. wh • ed ten more years in pros
pecting and mining and then returned to !
sylvania. where he li-> • life the rest
of hi- on Xovembi-r iX, iSSi,. leav-
ing eleven children to monrn hi- loss. A. D.
Cook was the eldest child, and in the 11:11 •
school- of Kdinburg and the publi<-
of Pennsylvania were obtained his educal
acquirements, which were solid and effective
in securing a position in a clerical relation in a
mercantile house at Barclay, he ther
Iowa engaging in prospei >al and in
railroad!' \ era! • < ars, i hen startin
the brilliant land of promise, the I'.lack Mills
ci luntrj . where hi - :re givei
tical mining and empl..\ meiit in the am,
mat'.r and mills, remaining thus occupied for
he returned to I
hortly afterward, in [886, employed by the
i hicago <\ Northwestern "Railroad to ma'
•lecting trip through ( mty.
\\"yo., and in this congenial occupation he
tinned -fur eighteen months, becoming well ac-
quainted with the mineral and industrial re-
sources of the county and forming : warm
dship with main of its citizens, th;
benefit to him in later years. Follovv-
h emplo) ment Mr. i "ook
: 'tion in the new
of Douglas, his first actii
le \\iih meat, in which
ful vo :ati. m h ' "itinued.
reliii(|ii:
of th. :" which
id faithful service until 1891. II
ii kh. ilder in the :
ing i !o., \\ Inch is 0 near I
ab\a\ -
466
ME.\~ OF WYOMING.
political question* 1 ;i. .1 given earnest support
to tin- Republican party, and in 1891 was nomi-
nated h\ that p; t) for county clerk and regis-
ter of deeds and was successful at the polls,
holding ilio-r responsible dual offices with pub-
lic approval and bv successive elections until
1897, when to those offices was added that of
clerk of the court and Mr. Cook received the
flattering commendation of a reelection, and
until the present writing from year to year the
satisfaction of the people has been recorded by
his annual election to attend to the same du-
ties. His activities have by no means been con-
fined to his official duties ; he has been an active
factor in every public enterprise for the benefit
of the city or county. In 1891 he reorganized
the Douglas band and has been its leader from
that time, by his labors and executive ability, in
connection with his talent as an instructor, so
raising its moral standard that it has made
great progress, being now generally admitted
to be one of the leading bands of the state, and it
\vas appointed in 1901 the military band of the
First Regiment of Wyoming. In August, 1880,
Miss Florence H. Hartman and Mr. Cook were
united in marriage. She was born in Findlay,
Ohio, a daughter of Amos A. Hartman, and is
a worthy descendant of one of the original set-
tlers of Ohio, the family often appearing in
the pioneer days in connection with deeds of
bravery and daring. Their children are Arthur
H., Ethel, Douglas, Beatrice and Nell Marga-
ret. The family is active in the social life of the
city and Mr. Cook prominently connected with,
the 'Woodmen of the World and with the Ma-
sons, being at this writing the "tyler" of his
Masonic lodge, while in Odd Fellowship he has
"passed the chairs" and is district deputy grand
master and chief patriarch of the Encampment.
We can no better close this review than to re-
peat what has heretofore been written: "Mr.
Cook is a man in the prime of life who has many
of the best traits of the Scottish race, and is
and officer and citizen of whom Converse coun-
ty may well feel justly proud. He is a produc-
tion of the best element of the citizenship of
Wyoming."
WILLIAM C. DEM ING
William C. Deming, of Cheyenne, Wyoming,
was born at Mount Olivet, Ky., on December
6, 1869. His father, Judge O. S. Deming. was
born in New York state and entered the
Union army at a very early age, and settling in
Kentucky just after the Civil War. He mar-
ried with Miss Leona C. Rigg, a highly cultured,
artistic Kentucky woman. Judge Deming is still
a leading Kentucky Republican and has held
many positions of honor and trust. William C.
Deming, the eldest son, attended the public
schools of his native town and entered Allegheny
College, Meaclville, Pa., in September, 1886, at
the age of sixteen years. He was graduated in
June, 1890, as the president of his class. He re-
ceived the degree of Bachelor of Arts at his
graduation and that of Master of Arts three
years later. After graduation he studied law in
the office of his father and was admitted to the
Kentucky bar in 1893. During his law studies
he did the editorial work on the Robertson
County Tribune. In March, 1894, Mr. Deming
was asked to help organize a company to pur-
chase the Warren (Ohio) Daily Tribune, and
upon its formation, he was made its editor and
later bought the interests of his associates. He
continued to edit that paper until 1901, when,
though continuing the ownership of the War-
ren (O.) Tribune, he came to Cheyenne, Wyo.,
to accept the editorship and management of the
Wyoming Daily Tribune. L'nder Mr. Deming's
management the Tribune has become the lead-
ing paper of Wyoming and he has become a
heavy stockholder in the paper. At the election
in Wyoming in November, 1902, Mr. Deming
was elected to the legislature and was one of
the active members of the House. He is a writer
of articles for Eastern papers and a lecturer of
some ability. Under the law creating the "Wyo-
ming Commission of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position" the late Governor Richards appointed
Mr. Deming a member of the commission.
LTpon organization Mr. Deming was elected the
secretary of that body. Though operating two
daily papers, one in Ohio and one in Wyoming,
W. C. DEMING.
e LIBKAHY
.. i*-<yx ,.-
,
1'KOGRESSII'E MEX OF WYOMING.
Mr. Doming finds time ti> take an active inten i
in exerx tiling looking I" tin- development of the
young and growing; state of Wyoming.
C. \\. CO< >K.
( )iu- of tile prominent and successful stock-
growers and fanners of Johnson count). \Y_\o
ming-. living on Johnson Creek, eight miles west
of I'.uit'alo. (". H. Cook, can smile at fortune's
freaks and rest content in the secure and com-
tortahle anchorage he has found iii a snug; and
safe harhor after many buffets of adversi winds
and tides. I -"or he has challenged the capricious
dame into the lists and dared her worst assaults.
He is a native of Arkansas \\here he was born
on \pril 2, 1X50, the son of Jefferson and Poll)
fones) Cook, who were horn and reared in
Tennessee and removed to \rkausas soon after
their marriage, where ill. mother died while her
s, in. C. 11. Cook, was ) el a -mall child. Thus Irfi
an orphan at a very earlv age. Mr. Cook was
closely attached to ihe fortunes of his father and
when five years old accompanied him to Texas
\\here two years were passed. Together they
then returned to his natixe state and in iS'ij-
they turned their faces to the Pacific coast, load-
ing their worldly possessions on wagons they
drove their ox-teams to San I licg'i i county, I
and then d in farming until the death of
his t'.tilh r. after wliich, in iSjJ. lie ma<le his wax
I.' Salt Lake and I mm there to ( 'olorado. hunting
hhffalo and gradually working (oxxanU lr
home in Arkansas. In 1X73 lie rctnnu d to
California and five years later came to \\ x oming
and in this slate and ('olorailo furnislu d h.
ill' r. S. goxermucnt under contract. In i SS^
he determined to local.- permanentl) on a i
selected the one on \\hich he no\\ li\i ; and at
began improxing il ami aiding in the devel-
opment of ihe surrounding country. Me built the
u ire fence pin n|i m what is n> >v\ J< >hiison
county and wa-. one of the orgai of the
•h fork- Ditch I , w hicli has o instruct
itrigali litch fifteen miles long, tin.. ugh its aiii
d land. Mr.
has MM i acres of exc< lieu land and is earn -
ing on an extensive stock indiisirx \\ith -ratify-
ing returns and expanding- volume. Me was
married at Denver, Colo., in iSjj to Mi
1'atiley, a native of Arkansas. After tliit
years of happx \\ediled life she died at I'.ntTa'io.
WyO., in iSS;. leaving- six children: Amur, mar-
ried to f'rank Yarwood; l;amhe. deceased; Mag-
gie, married to l-'ivderick Fernacase | Hamilton;
Herbert; May; all the living ones being residents
of Johnson county. In iSSi) In- contracted .1
second marriage xx'ith Mrs. I'hoebe I'.oyce. a na-
tive of Wisconsin and at the time of her mar-
riage with Mr. ('ook a \\ido\v \xilh two children.
William I'.oyce and Retta, now Mrs. Kdxvard
1 lolloway of ]ohnson county. The ('ooks liave rive
children living, lUanche. Ili-njamin, ('hurchie.
leimie and Melvin. Mr. Cook's life has been
bus) and adventurous. He crossed the plains
thirteen times with teams \\heii ever) hour was
full of haxard, and while contracting- at different
- saxv much of danger and disaster. He
v.as at Fort Steele when the \Yhitc River mas-
curred, and like main another, became
50 inured to peril that it seemed at times to al-
mosl lose its impressiveness. lie is now 01
the le.-'ding- and most highlx esteemed citizens oi
thi county he has helped to build, having xvell
earned his place in the regards of his fellow men.
J(
I. O »NLEY.
|ohn T. ConKy, the postmaster of r.
and a leading merchant of the town, has had a
varied and trxing experience. Fate ha
(kalt overkindK \xith him at any time, and
lie has been severely against him. but his in-
domitable xx'ill and unyielding resources ha\c
enabled him to triumph over his \\oi-st estate
and come forward to 'i ! t encounter with
chei rfnlness and imdannted coiir.i
born at ( iak •sbnrg. 111., in 1844, his parents, John
and !ilex having' S( ttled in that
n -ion \\hen tin \ sought in ihis countl
l:,rger > >ppi irtuuiu f«-i
.d.le to them ill
relainl. Ill the |o\\n of his birth he
v to the a n and x\ .
468
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF IVYOMIXG.
tlu- public schools. In 1862 he enlisted in the
! . .K ral army in Co. D, One hundred and Second
Illinois Infantry, and served to the close of the
Civil "War, seeing hard service in the field and on
the march, attending Sherman in his triumphant
progress to the sea and being mustered out in
1865. He then returned to Illinois and engaged
in farming for awhile in his native county and
later in Ford county. In 1873 he was taken sick
with an illness that was serious and lasted seven
years. When he recovered his health in some
measure, he engaged in the drug business for
two years. In 1875 he removed to Knoxville,
Iowa, and there for eight years conducted a
merchandising enterprise with success and vigor.
In 1883 he sold out and removed to North
Dakota, where he was occupied with an exten-
sive and prosperous real-estate business. From
1885 to 1901 he was in charge of a fruit industry
in southern Missouri and in 1901 also he came
to Wyoming and took up his residence at Big-
horn. In 1902 he was appointed postmaster,
having previously opened a merchandising es-
tablishment, which lie is still conducting and
which meets the requirements of a large, ex-
panding and exacting trade. Mr. Conley was
married at Henderson, 111., in 1867 with Miss
Ruth McMurtrey. a native of that state and a
daughter of James and Eliza (Rice) McMurtrey.
They have four children, Minnie S., James,
George and W. O. In all the relations of life
Air. (.Vinley has met his responsibilities in a
manly and self-reliant manner and among all
classes of people he has sustained himself with
commendable independence and force of char-
acter. He is a member of the order of Free-
masons, belonging to Willow Springs lodge at
Willow Springs, Mo. In the welfare of the
order he takes an earnest interest, as he does in
the progress and improvement of his home com-
munity and in that of his state.
AXDREW T. CLARK.
Andrew T. Clark, of the firm of Black &
Clark, contractors, builders, planing-mill and
lumberyard proprietors at Cheyenne, Wyom-
ing, is a native of Canada and was born on
Prince Edward Island on April 22, 1859, a son
of Ewen and Marjorie (Robbins) Clark, natives
of the same place and parents of six children,
of whom Andrew T. is the eldest, the father be-
ing a farmer and stockman. Andrew T. Clark
attended a public school until seventeen years
of age and then learned the carpenter's trade.
After having finished his apprenticeship he
worked in Boston, Mass., one year as a jour-
neyman, then came west and for two years
worked in Central City, Colo., as a carpenter
and millwright, and in 1883 came to Cheyenne,
WYIJ., and worked at his trade until 1891, when
he formed a partnership with P. J. Black in
a general contracting and building business
under the firm name of Black & Clark, in which
they engaged in operating a planing-mill and
in 1900 added a lumberyard, in which they han-
dle not only all kinds of lumber, but everything
pertaining to the building industry, and con-
stantly employ from twenty to thirty men in
the various departments of their now extensive
business. In politics Mr. Clark is a prominent
Republican and exceedingly popular with his
party as well as with the general public. He
was a member of the Second State Legislature
in 1892 and 1893, was very vigilant in caring
for the interests of his constituents and also
served on several of the most important com-
mittees appointed by the Speaker, being like-
wise very active on the floor of the House, tak-
ing part in all debates upon matters of general
importance, and proving himself a shrewd par-
liamentarian and an eloquent and convincing
orator. Mr. Clark has likewise been a member
of the city council of Cheyenne for the past six
years, and as chairman of the water committee
he has made a profound study of the important
subject of water supply, and is at present be-
yond a doubt the best posted man in Wyoming
on the various systems of water supply in the
state. Fraternally, Mr. Clark is a member of
the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and the Who's Who
Order, being a favorite with all from his genial
good-natured temperament and being con-
trolled in" all his actions by charitable considera-
tion of the impulses and acts of his fellow men.
PRO. fl'E MEX OF ll'VO.MIXC.
The marriage of Mr. Clark' was solemnized in
July, i8S5, at Cheyenne, with Mis- Mary TTunt.
the accomplished daughter of '•': and
rine Hunt of Darlington. Wis., and to
this happy union h:i\e been born three children.
Marjory, who unfortunately was called awav in
April, 1901, Harry and Catherine. Mr. ("lark
ilu most energetic, reliable and indus-
trious residents of Cheyenne, and his residence
in the community is a matter of general con-
gratulation.
HOX. SAMUEL T. CORX.
It is not ar •!•: to follow in detail
career of a man who has led an eminently act-
•id busy life and attained to a position of
high distinction in the more important and ex-
acting fields of human endeavor. But 1
rapliy finds its justification in the tracing and
• ; i! of 'list such lives, and it is with a full
appr, ' if all that is demanded as well as
with a feeling of satisfaction, that the writer
:! v touching briefly upon the
;it facts in the career of the distinguished
public servant whose name furnishes the cap-
tion hatever may be said of
the legal fraternity, it cannot be denied that
members of the bar have been more prominent
in public affairs than those of any other profes-
or vocation. The ability and leai
which ("inalify a man for this mos'
all callii: 'iim in main
for duties which lie outside the h of
his profession and which touch the general in-
E society and the business world. '
• recedence aim ing the distingu
juri-ts of the West, with a feputat
nd the confines of hi-
iu-1 T. Corn. Supreme
Wyoming, has 1
hi .11, irable place in th :
mis • the \'.: iinnionwealth. \
ma:: ' lands four«-sr|iia: . wind
and win ise si r<-ngih ai
as the number of hi, days, much might be writ-
uch ' .' g his
' and eminently h. <n< rabli .'areer
still be omitted. In view of this fact it is in-
i ended that the following lines shall contain-
but a brief epitome of the life, professional rec-
ord and | ervices of this typical Ameri-
\vho has so deeply impressed his person-
ality upon the state in which he now holds such
nel T. C bom
in Ji - amine county, Ky., on October 8, 1840,
endant of one of the c:>rly settlers
of that pan of the state. His paternal grand-
father, Solomon Corn, was a pio; Ken-
tucky, settling in Mere, r county when the coun-
try was new and bearing his full share of the
hardships and privations peculiar to the period
in which he lived. Ellis Corn, i i the
Judge, was born in Kentucky and spent all of
his life there, dying in Jessamine county in
His wife, who bore the maide of Emily
Thompson, was also a native of the I'.'ue '
state and a representative of one of tl
families of the county, in which si
and reared; she survived her husban
. departing this life in 1803. Of the chil-
boi to F.llis and Emily Corn, five are liv-
ing at the present time, two sons and three
daughters, the Ji'd 'i'y one resid-
ing in V. ' Corn was rear,
his native slate and into his mind v !y in-
stilled the lessons of : and in-
ry, which ha ' fruit throughout all
the years of his active life. liminary
.itional d . ac.|uired in the home
schools, aroused in his mind an ardent <'
for kno\\ ' i id a laudable ambition for the
it- gratification. ! if furnish-
him the best s ' . his
mother in i^;R sent him to Frine
in which institution ! ndies
until comyileting the preserib
ing hi later. Witli his mind
wi 11 fructified by i' ' line, Mr.
, in li'.'iving ' 'l.v ' 'f l^\v
at Xicholasville. Ky., under the direction of W.
R. Welch, a prominent attorney of that •
and in i :ially admit!.
bar. I I.
4? '
MEX OF WYOMING.
» >n took rank as an able and judicious law-
yer, building up a lucrative practice in the
courts of Garranl and neighboring counties and
winning recognition at a bar long noted for the
high order of its talent. After spending about
three years in the above place Mr. Corn in
i Sdi i went 10 Carlinville, 111., where he practiced
his profession continuously until 1886. These
twenn years of laborious, conscientious work
brought with them not only increase of prac-
tice and reputation, but also that growth in
legal knowledge and that wide and accurate
judgment, the possession of which constitutes
the more marked excellence of the really great
lawyer. ' Probably there was no attorney in the
district where he resided whose opinions were
more largely sought, or were more widely re-
spected than his own, and his reputation, as
\vell as his clientele, increased in magnitude and
importance with each recurring year. In 1872
he was elected state's attorney and served in
that capacity two terms, retiring from the office
in 1880. In 1886 Mr. Corn was appointed by
President Cleveland an associate justice of the
Supreme Court of Wyoming and served in that
high position with distinguished ability until
1890, when he retired and resumed the active
practice of his profession at Evanston, Wyo.
He remained at the latter place until 1896, when
he was again . elevated to a place on the su-
preme bench and has senved in that capacity
ever since, with credit to himself and with sat-
isfaction to the state. While engaged in the
practice of law Judge Corn was regarded as
one of the foremost representatives of the legal
profession of the different places where his
talents were exercised. Thoroughly versed in
the science of jurisprudence, with a profound
knowledge of every branch of the law, he be-
came an able councilor and a shrewd but ju-
dicious practitioner, and easily stood among the
most scholarly and erudite members of the bar.
In the trial of causes he was uniformly courte-
ous to the court, his opponent and witnesses.
He cared little for display and never, lost a
point for the sake of creating a favorable im-
pression, but sought to impress the jury rather
by weight of facts in his favor and solid argu-
ment than by appeals to prejudice. In discuss-
ing principles of law he was remarkable for
frank clearness of statement and candor, sought
faithfully for firm ground on which to stand
and, when once he found it, nothing could drive
him from his position. His zeal for his client
never led him to urge an argument which in
his judgment was not in harmony with the law.
His conceptions of legal principles were clear-
cut and he preserved intact that perfect bal-
ance of judgment which characterizes the mas-
ter of the profession. Judge Corn's career on
the supreme bench has been eminently satisfac-
tory and, as already stated, it has won him dis-
tinction as one of the eminent jurists of the
\\Yst. His written rulings are incisive, entirely
incapable of misrepresentation. His written
opinions, couched in forcible English of the
purest diction, are models of legal literature.
With a full appreciation of the majesty of the
law. he exemplifies that justice which is the in-
herent right of every individual, and fearlessly
discharges his duty with a loyalty to principle
that knows no wavering. He has the sincere
respect of the bar throughout the state and
enjoys the unlimited confidence of the public.
Not only as an eminent lawyer and distin-
guished public servant is Judge Corn known to
the people of his adopted stat'e, but in the do-
main of private citizenship his record has been
open and kept free from blotted pages. -He is a
gentleman of dignified but pleasing address,
easily approachable and, being a man of the
people, he has ever had their interests at heart.
In many ways he has contributed to the indus-
trial advancement of the state, ready and will-
ing at all times to lend his influence in behalf
of whatever tends to promote the moral and in-
ulleciual condition of the people. Politically,
he has been a lifelong Democrat. Believing
thoroughly in the principles and doctrines of his
party and the dignity of its mission, he has ren-
dered valuable service to its nominees, both
state and national, as an eloquent and effective
campaigner. He made thorough canvasses of
Wyoming in 1890, 1892, 1894 and 1896, ad-
CRESSIVE MEN Ol: WYOMING.
dressing large assemblages at the leading cities
anil ld\vns. winning votes wherever he went,
besides adding to his own reputation as an
tor. In business the Judge has met with en-
couraging financial success, being the pi
of a competence of snftieicnt amplitude to place
him in independent circumstances. lie belong
to the Masonic fraternity and, like all true
members of the mystic tie. squares his lite in
accordance with its principles and teachings.
Indgv ( 'orn was married in 1870 with Miss
Emma I'.lackbnrn. and is the father of four liv-
ing children, namely. Thompson, Margaret.
Annie and William A. Corn.
HON. G. II. CROSS.
The gvnealogv of this well-known ranchman
ami cattleraiser of Converse county. Wyoming,
runs away back into the darkness of the past in
Scotland, but. sufficient for the purposes of this
review, we will state that the family long resided
in the parish of (lid Monklands. Scotland, and
that Hon George II. Cross was born in Mon-
treal, i an ida, on September 15. 1854. the son of
ill" llraehead I Imise. < ilasgow.
land, and Julia Lunn. his wife, a native of
Montreal. Hi- paternal grandfather was Robert
Cross, who married Janet Selkirk, the great-
grandfather being .Mm Cross, both native
gow. Alexander \\.as the voimgest l)orn
child of RuluTt < TOSS and was born on March 22.
[820. lie came to Canada in l8_>o. settled on a
farm on the Chateauga} River and close to the
battle gn iund ' 'f < 'hi' and later stu
l:iw under the competent tutelage of the erudite
I |. Day. (J. ('., at Montreal, and. called to the
bar in 1844, was made (Jin-en'- ( 'oinisel in 1804,
and on Augu-t ,}< >. '877. appointed judge of the
h for th<- provinc, bee, from
which distinguished offici b' retired in i8cj_> with
a high reputatic in. be -ing looked upon as one of the
of < anada. dying on ( )cti .her 17.
18115. His marriage with Julia I. mm. daughtei
of \\'illiam I.nnn. \\hose brother. John I. nun.
a captain in the Knglish navy, occurred ou
July .v. 1851. and -he was born "ii March ji.
1 8 jo. She was a great-granddaughter of Philip
Embury, the founder of Methodism in the I
Slates. They had nine children, the eldest son.
Selkirk, being now a member of the law-firm in
Montreal, of Hall. Cross, I'.rowu & Sharp.
George II. Cross was the -e-cond child of the
family. His early educational training wa- ob-
tained in .Montreal, this being supplemented by
an attendanci at the I'pper (.'anada College at
Toronto, thereafter passing some time as a -In-
dent at Xicollet College, at Nicollet, Quebec,
here particularly giving attention to the study
of the French language. After hi- college days
were ended, in 1875 he c.a: ' Mid in
1877 to Wyoming, where he made his residence
in Converse county, when1 he ha- since been an
active citizen and operator in the stock line, lo-
cating on his present ranch in 1884. He i- a
leading and a representative stucknian. Ili- fa-
vorite breeds are Hereford and Durham and at
the time he was associated in this enterprise
with D. W. Leman. they ran as many as .2.500
head. Since the range has been over-occupied he
li i decreased the size of his herds, which are
limited to a few hundred. I 'pon the organi-
rse county in 1888. Mr. Cross was
elected a member of the first board of county
commissioners as a I)eniocr:it, hi- associates be-
ing Maj. Frank Wilcott and Fdward Uavid.
while in 1894 he was elected for the "short
term" in the State Senate. In 1800 he was uomi-
3 presidential elector, but resigned prior
to election, being the -anie year nominated for
the Stale Senate and after a close and exciting
• i elect' d b\ a majority of 31 votes, the
result of his great personal popularity, ill
tmhlican -late ticket receiving a large majority
in the conntx. Although a member of the minor-
part} of the Senate. Mr. Cross showed the
•ties of a true legislator and did good -e. r-
l - of his (-on- titn< nl- and the
ile of the state, introducing
-erxingon important committees. Mr. '
1 in marriage- • «n Januarv 30, 188 ;.
Miss Lea 1 • ur. a n.ai • uu-bec. H
her people were en
licnjamin 1 < wa- a magistrate of that
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF Il-'YOMIXG.
province and also followed farming pursuits.
.She possesses the vivacious nature and charming
manners of the French nation, from which she
descends and with her husband extends a cour-
teous hospitality to their numerous friends. They
have had eleven children, Margaret Adele, de-
ceased, Julia Irene, deceased, Margaret, Julia
Mary, Elsie Corrinne, Alzire Evelyn, Alexander
Selkirk and Robert Benjamin, (twins), Eliza-
beth May, William Hutchinson, George H., Lea
Emma Adele. Mr. Cross possesses all the ele-
ments of good citizenship and is distinctly and
deservedly popular. He is a man of the people,
an energetic and scientific worker in the state's
leading agricultural industry and a valued com-
panion of the state's most eminent and philan-
thropic workers for the public weal and the ad-
vancement of the commonwealth.
HON. GIBSON CLARK.
An enumeration of the men of the present
generation in Wyoming who have won public
recognition for themselves and at the same time
have honored the state to which they belong
would be incomplete were there failure to make
due reference to the distinguished gentleman
whose name appears above. Gibson Clark has
long enjoyed prestige as a lawyer, jurist and
soldier, and in these and other capacities he has
borne himself with such signal dignity and honor
as to gain the esteem and confidence of his fellow
men. He has been and still is distinctively a
man of affairs, and as such he has wielded a
wide influence and left the impress of his strong
individuality deeply stamped upon the state of
which he is an honored citizen. Judge Clark was
burn on December 5, 1844, in Clarke county, Va.,
the son of James H. and Jane A. (Gregory)
Clark ; the father being a native of the Old
Dominion, and the mother of North Carolina.
James H. Clark was a merchant and was in pros-
perous trade nearly all of his life in Virginia, dy-
ing there in 1876; his wife entering into rest some
years prior to that date, departing this life in
1859. Their son Gibson spent his childhood and
vouth in his native state and received his educa-
cational discipline in such schools as the town af-
forded. Reared in the South he naturally es-
poused the cause of the Confederacy when the
destructive Civil War broke out, joining the
Parker Battery, with which he loyally served in
Longstreet's Division until the last and final sur-
render at Appomattox. He took part in many
of the most noted of the Virginia and Ten-
nessee campaigns, participating in some of the
bloodiest battles of the war, including among
others Chickamauga, the Siege of Knoxville,
Spottsylvania C. H., Gettysburg, Cold Harbor,
Petersburg and . all the engagements around
Richmond. When the flag of the Confederacy
went down in defeat, Mr. Clark returned to his
home in Virginia, but did not long remain there,
going thence in 1866 to St. Louis, Mo., where he
engaged as clerk in a mercantile house, where
he remained until October of that year. LTpon
leaving St. Louis he went to Fort Laramie, Wyo.,
then in Dakota, which place he reached on De-
cember 4, 1866, having driven a six-mule team
across the plains from Nebraska City. At Fort
Laramie he was employed as a clerk and book-
keeper in the post-sutler's store, owned by Seth
E. Ward, until 1872, when he went to Nevada
and L:tah and was there engaged in mining until
June, 1883. While in Utah Mr. Clark read law
at intervals and was admitted to the bar of that
territory in 1880 but did not begin legal practice
until three years later, when he opened an office
at Fort Collins, Colo. After remaining at that
place until January, 1886, he came to Cheyenne,
Wyo., where in due time he built up a lucrative
business and won an enviable reputation as a
sound lawyer and successful practitioner. He
was soon in the most important litigation in the
courts of Laramie and other counties, becoming
recognized among his professional brethren of
the Cheyenne bar as a lawyer possessed of a
strong legal mind, extensive and varied reading
and decided ability. His career from the begin-
ning presents a series of continued successes sel-
liom equalled, as is attested by the fact of his hav-
ing- been elevated to a place on the Supreme
Bench after nine years of practice. It is doubt-
ful whether the history of jurisprudence in this
PROGRESSII'E .MEX OF ll'YOMIXG.
473
country can furnish an example of such rapid
advancement in the face of untoward circum-
,iiid ceruiiiily the legal annals of Wyo-
ming are without a parallel case. i\Ir. Clarl,
Dinted associate justice of the Supreme
Court in 1892 and discharged the functions of
that exalted station for two years, when he re-
signed for the purpose of accepting the position
of I". S. district attorney, to which he was ap-
pointed in August of 1894. Judge Clark entered
upon the duties of thr latter office in the Septem-
ber following his appointment, and discharged
its responsible duties in an ahle and praiseworthy
manner until 1898, in September of which year
his term of office expiring he resumed his large
private practice in the city of Cheyenne. He was
associated in legal practice \\ith J. M. Davidson
for some years, later forming a partnership with
R. W. rircckoiis under the firm-name of Clark
& ['.reckons which continued until February,
1902, and he has since been engaged in the prac-
tice at Cheyenne. Wyo. In addition to his pro-
'•.nal and official careers, Mr. Clark has been
actively identified with all political and public af-
fairs ever since comng west. He served in the
Territorial Legislature during the sessions of
1871-2. being elected to the same by the Demo-
cratic party, of which he ha-, been an active sup-
porter ever since old enough to vote. He still
takes a prominent part in local, state and national
politics, and has been one of his party's sue-
ful leaders for a number of years, contributing
much to its strength as a shrewd and able cam-
paigner. Of Judge Clark much might lie said
hi written. In many respects he is far in ad-
vance of the average lawyer, as his remarkable
< an er exempli tie-. lie is constitutional!', honest
and true and the various high stations \\ith
which In lias been honored came to him in rc-
,-. .gniiimi of merit, rather than as a reward for
political service. lie has a high conception of
manhiMid and that genuine prid<- of character
which renders distasteful am thing sordid or dis-
reputable. A man of ilrep and profound con-
\ictioiis, he maintains the right as he sees and
understands it and endeavors as closely as pos-
sible to live up to his hii'li -landard of manhood.
Intellectually he is direct, incisive and critical
and is never imposed upon by intellectual sophis-
i always been actuated by a laudable
ambition to rise in his profession and, consider-
the circumstances under which he was
;t-cl to labor in order to make a beginning,
his advancement partakes of the nature of the
phenomenal. He easily ranks with the ablest at-
eys of a bar which numbers among its mem-
bers some of the strongest legal minds of the
West, and in his practice he has been connected
with many of the most important causes ever
tried in the courts of Cheyenne. Personally he
enjoys great popularity in his city, and through-
out the state, and possesses the faculty of win-
ning and retaining warm friendships among all
classes, regardless of political affiliations. So-
cially he and his estimable wife arc highl
teemed and move in the best society circl'
the city in which they have their residence. In
1881 Judge Clark was united in wedlock with
Miss Frances Johnston of Iowa, the ceremony be-
ing solemnized in Utah. Four children have
blessed the union. James H., Francis G., John D.,
Robert G., and all are living.
SAM A. CRAWFORD.
A prominent business man and a valued
member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
who is now residing at Laramie, Wyoming,
Sam A. Crawford, is a native of Ohio, where
he was born on December 30, iS^S. the so
John and Elizabeth (Anderson) Crawford, the
former a native of Ireland and the latter of
Ohio. The father in chil';' me from his
native country to America with his par
Samuel and Mary i Mel 'lung) Crawford, they
ting in Vlanis county, ( >hio. where ihe
grandfather, Samuel Crawford, followed the oc-
cupation of farming and was also engaged in
a pr . • ting business. 1 lis
John followed tin 'its as Ins lather,
dying in Kentucky. The mother, who \\
daughter of John and Julia (F.wingi Met lung,
died in tSSS. a; the :•
subject • i this -: etch grew to man's estate
474
H;KESSIVE-MI-:.\ oi; WYOMING.
in Kentucky and there received his early edu-
cation. \\'hen his school days were ended he
engaged in fanning; and contracting and at the
breaking out of the Civil \\"ar enlisted in the
Fifty-third Kentucky Mounted Infantry, being
coininissioned captain of Co. K. He served
about eight months and was mustered out at
Louisville. He later engaged in the grocery
business in Kentucky and subsequently removed
lo < iliin, where he followed mining until 1886,
when he removed to the then territory of
\\ \oiiiing and established himself at Laramie.
Here he secured employment in the rollingmills
for about one year, when he engaged in the
transferring and express business at the same
place, continuing in this employment for abou-t
two years and then entering- into the retail coal
business, in which he has since been engaged
anil met with marked success. He also owns
and conducts a fine ranching and stockraising
property, situated about ten miles southwest of
Laramie. In 1869 Mr. Crawford married with
Miss Edith Corum, a native of Kemucky and
a daughter of William C. and Edith (Passmore)
Corum, also natives of that state. Her father
was the county clerk of Greenup county, Ky., for
many years, being first elected to that responsible
position in 1827. Mn and Mrs. Crawford have
had five children, John William, George A.,
Charles C., Samuel F. and James, the last three
named are deceased. Mrs. Crawford died in
1896, being buried at Laramie, Wyo. In 1901
Mr. Crawford led to the matrimonial altar Miss
Rose J. Osborne, one of the most estimable
ladies of Wyoming. Mr. Crawford is a staunch
adherent of the Republican party and for many
years he has been active and taken a leading
part in public affairs, being also the first coro-
ner elected after the organization of the county
where he now maintains his home. He is af-
filiated with the Grand Army of the Republic,
as a member of Post No. i at Laramie, is the
present quartermaster of his post and has been
its commander. In all matters connected with
the well-being of the great order of the Grand
Army of the Republic he is an enthusiast, while
he is ever foremost in the promotion of all meas-
ures for (he advancement of the city and county
\\lure lie resides. He is one of the most re-
spected citizens of Albam Cnuntv.
SILAS DOTY.
Enjoying distinction as one of the largest
and most successful cattlemen of Wyoming,
Silas Doty of Lakeview, Laramie county, has
far more than a local celebrity. In business
circles widely and favorably known in the
Northwest, to him as much as to any other is
due the credit of bringing Wyoming to the
front as a great live stock producer. He is a
scion of one of the oldest families in the United
States, tracing his ancestry back in an unbroken
line to Edward Doty, a member of the original
Plymouth colony, who came over in the May-
flower in 1620 and was a warm personal friend
of Capt. Miles Standish. whom he afterwards
accompanied on a voyage of discovery along
the Xew England and Virginia coasts, receiving
for his services in this regard a tract of land
adjacent to Plymouth. He came to the New
World a young man twenty-one years old and
unmarried; but on January 6, 1635, he was
united in marriage with Edith Clark, who bore
him eight children. The youngest of these was
Joseph Doty, progenitor of that branch of the
family to which Silas belongs. Silas Doty, the
father of the subject of this writing, was born
and reared in Vermont, and in his early man-
hood removed to New York and there, on Sep-
leinber 13, 1826, married with Miss Zerna Par-
ker, a descendant on her mother's side of the
Spragues of Xew England, famous in all the
annals of the section from Colonial times. Mr.
l)"t\ the elder was for many years a farmer in
Wyoming county, N. Y., but later in life mi-
grated to Calhoun county, Mich., and there
passed the rest of his earthly existence, dying
on July 6, 1879. His widow survived him until
April, 1894. Their son, Silas, was born in Cal-
houn county, Mich., on October i, 1847. He
was reared to farm labor, educated in a log
schoolhouse near his home, and remained on
the homestead until he was twentv-one years
PROGR1 SSIVE MEN (>!• WYOMING.
475
old. I.iki- many other ymuii; men, IK- turned
lo:i^ini,r eyes mi the apparently houndlcs-
wealth nl" rc-oiirces and opportunities of the far-
ther West, and in iSSS came to Wyoming, then
a wild and sparsely settled land. Alter spi
hit; a lew months in Cheyenne he made his way
tn l.aramer countv. Colo., where he remained
until iS-j, devoting hi-- time to ranching and
fn i^hiiiii;, becoming familiar with the niamurs
and enstinns nf western life. In I Sj4 he relumed
tii \\ vi nnin^ and \vas employed as the man
nf the \aliniial ( 'attle Co.'s interests mi the
S\lulle and Chugwater, and in addition he ran
cattle nf his Own, ihn- laying the Foniidali. n oi
a hnsir.ess which in a low years ^rew to lar^c
]ii •• .pi irtimis. In iSSi he formed a partnership
in tile cattle industry with Albert * "hamherlaiii.
and the firm was incorporated as Chamberlain
\- I'oty. The firm the same \ ear purchased
the T II ranch on the Mail. River, in Laramie
county. I'.v reason of his eiii;av;emciit with the
National Cattle Co., \\hich refused to part with
his services as manager, Mr. Doty was unable
to give persona] attention to this venture, but
lett everything connected with it to tin sitpcr-
vi-ion of his partner until iSS.V when he severed
his connection with his employers and turned
his attention wholly to his own affairs. In the
same year his firm purchased a ranch on Cherry
Creek, el< ven miles 51 mh of l-'ori l.aramie, and
soon develi .ped into one of the largest and most
successful establishments in the \V\oinin^ cal
tie business. They had the \\llole extent o|
country ranu;c practically to themselves, and here
during the middle eighties they usually ran frmn
io. in iX.uoo cattle, the largest number
owned by any one firm in the stale at thai lime.
< )f this enormous business Mr. l>ot\ assumed
the dire. ; • nt until iSij^. when they
sold tlieir slock and wound up their bus
dissolving the partnership a \ear later. It is
but just praise of the management to slate thai
with a single exception this \\:is ih, iml\ firm
in this part of the country cn^a^ed in th.
iK business thai successful!) wintered the finan-
cial storm of iSSd and came ihioiitji with
cn-dit mitarnished and as from assault.
In iSi)4 ^Ir. Doty a.L;ain embarked in the cattle
business on a somewhat smaller scale. lie
retail'. -d the ranch on the I'lalti- and the 1
on C|u-rr\ ('n-ek. and now owns _• i
acres of excellent stock laud, of which IJ.OOO
acres are well fenced. \t present I KJOJJ he has
the largest herd of cattle belon^in^ to any one
man in l.aramii- county, and is jtisily accounted
f the slireu I 1 niOSl
ators in the live stock business. Moreover, he
carries into the -i-n.-ral intensis of the com-
munity the same integrity, breadth of view, en-
ergy and progressive sjiirit which characterize
him in his business :md ihe sterling i|iialil;e- of
manhood In everywhere exhibits have won him
a hi.u'h place in the regard of hi and
;;i\-en him a ] oic< For good in advancing
every meritorious pn1 rprise. (hi Feb-
ruar\ 10. 18X5. Mr. 1 )ot\ married Mis- Kliuor
\\\-lch of I 'rinceti m, 111., a daughter . il
and Louisa \Y. (Charlton) \\'elc1i. tb
being prominent as a lawyer a; 1'rincctou. Mr-.
Doty, having lost her parents in carl\
reared under the car.
fully educated. She came to Wyoming
and has since traveled through mam -tat< -
the territories. Mr. | lot \ is a zealous and en-
thusiastic b'reemason. holding membership in
the lodge, chapter and conmiandcry at t'liey-
taken the Thiny -second d.
in the Scottish kite. lie and his wife are ac-
tive members of the Kpiscopal church.
Ik \\lx M. !•( )OTE.
This ^entlennii \\ h. < i proin-
inent citi/cn- A as born
in iX.jf. at South r.einl. Ind.. the son of Alexis
I 'hristiana I Milli- 1 FoOte. I Us fathe:
a native of Connecticut \\heiv he lived until his
t\\entielh year when In went to ludiar
talilished a boot : and shoe business ju South
I'.end. relirint; from this later to a farm about
four and ope-half miles south of the town where
he died in |Svi. his remains beiuy intern
South I'.end. Ib kepublican. Mrs.
was born in Saratoga. \. ^". beiiiLj the
476
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
daughter of James and Alniira (Gill) Millis, and
she died on March -'<-'. two years ago and is bur-
ied at South Bend. Ind. She was a devoted and
active member of the Methodist church. Frank
M. Foote was educated in the Northern Indiana
College and the Indiana Normal School at Val-
paraiso. He was fifteen years old when Fort
Sumter was fired on and the event so stirred his
patriotic young blood that he tried to enlist as
a soldier in the defence of the Union ; but his
youth barred him and he failed of acceptance on
its account, and later he was employed at book-
keeping for some years. In 1871 he came west
and obtained a clerkship with the Union Pacific
Railroad at Bryan, Wyo., where he remained in
this capacity for thirteen months and then took
the place of agent for the same road at Evans-
ton. This responsible position he continued to
hold for seventeen years, when he was appointed
a receiver of public moneys under President Har-
rison for four years, after which he was elected
the assessor of Uinta countv for two years on
the Republican ticket, being reappointed receiver
of public moneys by President McKinley in
June, 1897, but resigned the office on May _>,
1898 to take command of a battalion of Wyo-
ming troops in the Spanish-American War, this
giving proof that the patriotic fire of his youth
was kindled in the depths of his nature. In this
command he acquitted himself well, serving
with gallantry in the battle at the taking of Ma-
nila on August 13, 1898, at the fight at San
Pedro-Macati, Guadaloupe and at San Juan del
Monte, in the Morang expedition, and in many
other battles, engagements and skirmishes. Mr.
Foote has distinguished himself in several fields
of undertaking. His military record though
brief is full of fruitful activity. His political
record is both long and strong. From 1876 to
1880 he was the probate judge of Uinta county.
From 1881 to 1884 he was deputy sheriff; and
\ve have already noted the filling of many later
years' service in other work civil and political.
His social and fraternal attainments have been
the very highest possible to any man. In 18/9
lie was grand master of the Odd Fellows of his
state; in 1880, grand master of the Freemasons;
in 1895, grand commander of the Knights
Templar of the state. He has taken thirty-three
degrees of Masonry. He is an active member of
the Supreme Council S. J. of U. S. and a mem-
ber of the Salt Lake City Lodge No. 85 of Elks.
Mr. Foote married in 1873 at Waterloo, N. Y.,
with Ida L. Deuel, a native of the state of New
York and a daughter of J. T. and Emeline
Deuel. Four children have blessed this union :
Alary E., Grace S., Robert P., and Frank. The
last named was born in July 18/6 and died on
October 5, iSSi, his remains being interred at
South Bend. Ind.
PETER H. GERDEL.
There is no toiler in any field of enterprise
who surpasses the sturdy German, for he has
application without stint, and husbands his re-
sources so as to make the most of them and
under his indomitable industry all obdurate
conditions give way and the fruits of his labor
are manifest. To this hardy and industrious
race belongs Peter H. Gerdel of Sheridan, one
of the highly respected citizens of the town, a
man of property and consequence, which he has
gained in .this state and solely by his own ef-
forts. He was born in the Fatherland in 1848,
in the place where both his father's and mother's
family had lived for generations, and there he
attended school, grew to manhood and learned
his trade of shoemaker. In 1872 he came to
the United States and passed five years at
Louisville, Ky., in working at his trade. On
March 15, 1877, he started for the Black Hills,
where gold had recently been discovered in
great quantities, and whither the eager multi-
tude, which always moves toward the place of
such a discovery, was flocking, by way of Chey-
enne, where his party fitted out a wagon train
for transportation to the Big Horn Mountains.
At Antelope Springs the Indians stole their
stock and they were obliged to walk the rest
of the distance to Deadwood, on the way suffering
many hardships and privations, being frequently
threatened by hostile savages. He did not re-
main long in the Black Hills, but returned to
PROGRLSSll'L MEN OF ll'VUMIXG.
Cheyenne, where and at Laramic he worked
at his trade umil 1878. ( )n March 15 of that
year he arrived in what is now Sheridan county,
and locating on a homestead whirh he took up
near Bighorn, he engaged in raising stock un-
til I'jOi. He ; Id hi.s ranch an • • • and
up his n • in Sheri- re in- had
built a handsome home, and since that time he
has lived here retired from tin- aciive pursuits
of life, enjo\iug ie has eai
and i ' teem and companionship of the large
circle of friends acquired through his sterling
qualities of head and heart, his unyielding in-
. pr< igri . public spiril and
citizenship. Mr. Gcrdel was married in ' .
mair i to Miss Theresa Saur, a nativi
belor jing t> < families 1, >ng rcsi-
. She was the lirst white woman to
e within the present limits of Sheridan
county, ami loyally endured with her hu '.
ill, n ;id hardship, of pioneer life.
children, Emma, the lirst white child
born in tin county, now the wife of William
Xerlinuer of Whatcom, Wash.; Herman, a
'its black-im'th at Slu-riilan : Eda. first
married b ! '• >tt > Snlgar. since decease
now tin wife <>f Oscar Nelson; [sabelli
Louise. Mr. Gerdel is connected fraternally
with the Independent < >rder of Odd Fell
holding mcmhership in the lodge at Bighorn,
and 1 rs' < ilub of Sheri-
dan. Coming to this country when it was al-
nii'si entirely unsettled, he was ob 0 en
. ultii s in mi natural o indi-
, . the hostility of the Indian- and the law-
les - i" 5s • 'f the road agent . ! I • was
1 in a 1' ••. a\ with aim
the d< '. ' !' ipmenl of the • • >nntry
furnislied In n • the lirst
]n istal >en ice at High' irn am'
press and was instrumental in starting the first
store at tlii III owns a con
amount of desirable real-estate in hoth l;ig-
lior-i and Sheridan, and hi- u-rful life has made
him hi-hl, respected
classes of people.
Gl'STAYUS T. GOODRICH.
Prominent among the early self-made men
of L.i ounlv \vllu IKIVL- won -r
surmounting condili 3 anil overcoming ob-
stacles calcn! discourage and deter, is
.. ell-kin )\\ n gentleman whose name intro-
duces this an ''hough a comparativi
is |iart of \\'yoniing, he has
nt of tli since 1883. and
: time his life has
been very closelv identified with the growth of
the states of Wyoming ind Colorado. Gustavus
T. Goodrich was born on August 4, iSuO, in
Racine county, \\ is., and is a son of Gustavus
jane P. I ' ioodrid' - re-
. i New Y' irk and Massai
onsin when cmite
y, their \e families heing an
the pioneer settlers of Racine county. There
thev were married and there until the • Utbreak
of the ('ivil \\ar the father carried on agricul-
tural pursuits. "When the stab gov-
ernment was threatened by the armed
M r. ( i' M idrich re-pi mded to the call
for volunteers by organizing Co. i! of the Twen-
onsin Infantry of which he was
iptain and o immissii mi d. I lis military
Inch proved < if brief ilura.ti' in. was
li rminated bv a fatal illness, contracted shortly
after goin^ to the front and retnrnin- home he
died -hortb iheri after on April 14. 1803, being
buried at Mound Center in Racine county. The
nelj death of the head of the family threw
the responsibility of running the farm and
die three children on the shoulders of the
her, \\ hi • aobl) di-chai : manifold du-
iintil hei- . re old i umo
of the burden. In due 1 1 ta\ us and
Ider brother tonk tbe management of the
farm and thus coop i until the latter mar-
after \\hich Gustavus as-nmed tbe entire
n -poitsibilitv . alilnm-h then !>ut sixteen
i, Id. I Ie continut d to the place and look
his mother's interests until his majority.
\\ben be \\ mi to b iwa and acci pied the
478
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
tion of salesman with a mercantile firm at Sioux
Rapids. He arrived in that city in 1882 and con-
tinued in the above capacity until the spring of
the following year when he resigned his place
and went to < ireeley, Colo., where he remained
until the spring- of 1884. The preceding fall he
purchased a farm at what is now the town of
Goodrich, and moving to it the next spring he
ir.gaged in agricultural pursuits, which he car-
ried on with fair success until 1803. when he-
sold out and opened a grocery store in Greeley.
He conducted the latter business about four years
when he disposed of his stock and in 1897 came
to Wyoming and took possession of the farm,
five miles west of Wheatland, which he had pre-
viously purchased and on which he has since re-
sided. At the time of the organization of Mor-
gan county, Colo., he was appointed a county
commissioner, an office which he held until his
removal to Greeley in 1893. Mr. Goodrich has
devoted his attention very closely to agriculture
during the latter years, meeting with success
commensurate with the efforts he has put forth.
His farm which is well situated, contains some
of the most fertile land in this part of the coun-
try, and the high state of cultivation to which it
has been brought and the various improvements
made thereon bespeak the presence of a man
familiar with every detail of successful and prac-
tical husbandry. Mr. Goodrich is enterprising
and progressive, as the condition of his home
attests, and takes high rank among the represent-
ative farmers of Laramie county. In addition to
tilling the soil he pays considerable attention to
raising stock, from which source he derives no
small part of his income. The marriage of Mr.
Goodrich was solemnized in Greeley. Colo., on
Jure 13, 1888, with Miss Rose Ward, a native of
Xoble county, Ohio, and a daughter of Mark
E. and Jane (Latighlin) Ward, also native-, of
the Buckeye state. Four children have been
born to this union, Rosalie and Pearl, twins, G.
Ward, Dorothy. Mr. Goodrich holds member-
ship with the Knights of Pythias and the An-
cient Order of United Workmen, belonging to
the lodges at Greeley. Colo., where he was in-
itiated. In politics he is a Democrat and in re-
ligion a Methodist, his family also belonging to
that church. His life has been one of great ac-
tivity and the success with which his efforts have
In en crowned has been fairly and honorably
earned. An eminently creditable career is the
brief record of this industrious and upright citi-
zen, who starting under adverse circumstances
has built up a respectable fortune by the exertion
of his own brain and muscle and he o\ves his
prosperity to himself alone. He has borne and
is bearing well his part and. standing high in
the esteem of his neighbors and friend';, he is
accounted one of the progressive men of the
county which he honors with his citizenship.
DUNCAN GRANT.
Natural endowments and large experience in
practical affairs have eminently fitted the sub-
ject of this review for positions of trust and pre-
pared him for the duties of the useful career
which has ever marked his life. In Mr.
Grant's veins flows the blood of a long line of
sturdy Scotch ancestors and in his personality
have been reproduced many of the sterling qual-
ities for which his forebears of long ago were
noted. His parents, Robert and Sarah (Mitch-
ell ) ( jrant, were natives of Lanarkshire, Scot-
land, the mother dying when Duncan was quite
young and the father subsequently emigrating
to the United States where the remainder of his
life was passed. Duncan Grant was born on
May 22, 18^4. i° Lanarkshire, Scotland, and be-
ing early left motherless, he was reared by his
father, who spared no pains in providing him
with a proper education and left nothing undone
in the way of instruction to fit him for the prac-
tical duties of the life before him. After pass-
ing the prescribed course in the schools of his
native place young Grant entered the office of
the Udclington Iron Works. Lanarkshire, where
he remained about two years in a clerical capac-
ity, and in May, i8';<j, in company with his fa-
ther, he came to the United States and during
the ensuing five years they lived near LaCrosse.
Wis.. the father devoting his time to agriculture
and the sun dividing his time between cultivating
PROGRESSIl !• MEN OF WYOM1
the soil ami clerking in a store. In the sprin
1X74 they came to Wyoming, \\lietv Duncan
MI. in entered the employ <>f the McFarlaml &-
Mcllwain Cattle Co., which then owned a ranch
mi the ( 'hngwatcr in Laramie comity. After
continuing \vilh that firm t'nr some time Mr.
Grant -gaged with llmiter & Ahlmti. cattlerais-
i in \\liose services he remained until 1X711.
when he resigned to accept a position with the
Swan Pi-others Cattle Co. I'Yom a sulionlinate
station he was soon given charge of the roundup
work, and with -uch ability and fidelity were his
duties discharged, that in iSS.} he was pnn
foreman of all the company's ranches in this
section of Wyoming, a position of great respon-
sibility and only given to men oi recognized
ability and who by practical expei
ha\\- demonstrated their fitness not only as man-
. bui who have also proven their mural
worth as custodians of important trusts. Mr.
Grant held this position to the satisfaction of
his employers until the fall of i.SN.j when he
iied the station and look up a ranch on
• lie Creek, ten miles southwest oi Wheat-
land where he has since been 61 1 in the cat-
tle hiisim n Ins own responsibility. He
has added Breath to the attractiveness of his
tantial improvements, including a
• liftil and comfortable residence, recent i
mod • 1 at tin' present lime ' >\\ ns
mil. well situated as to markets and admir-
adapted for stock purposes. Mis ranch is
\\ell slocked and since beginning business for
rlf his proofs, has been most encotll
and his as rapid and substantial as he
! reasonably expecl or de-ire. I le h.1. '
quiri of no mall pn>porti> ms
;'.nd cnjovs ihe distinction uf bein; oi iln
th ite, at ihe
• h ng marl.'
besl known cattle men in Laramie county
hos His I mg MOH \\ ith
the ' i 'fought him into close
ch \\ itb man) oi thi .lock-
men of the state, • hich, w itb bis < >\\ n .
and obsen ition, has made him familiar with tliis
i and t'ai ' ery de-
partment and detail. Mr. Grant is a pnblic-
spirited man and has always exerted his inrlu-
ence'in behalf of whatever irmls to ])roniote the
material welfare of the community and
He takes an active interest in public affairs but
has no political aspirations nor desires to distin-
guish himself in an official capacity. Politically
npports (he i\i publican party and fraternally
belongs to the Masonic hr< itherln io,l. \ncien:
der of United Workmen and to the WoOi
of the World. ()n January .}. iX'j.2. Mr. Cram
and Mary li. Kei; m were united in I
the ceremony beiii^- solemnixed at Cnion Springs.
X. V. Mrs. Grant was born in tlu X'ew
York, her parents settling near thi i Au-
burn when tit. C3 ' to this country from Ire-
land. Mr. and .Mrs. Grant have three children.
Margaret M.. George U. S. and Klleii L. Dur-
ing the greater part of his life Mr. t Irani was
closel) associated with his fallur. Uuli in b
ness and in residence. ihe\ never being
rated for a longer period than one month in
forty-six years. Coming to this counlr\ together
Corked p!> a^antly and harmoniousl) to-
gether and to each others interests until the
death of the father, who departed this lit
nary to. [goo at the .age of eighty-four
and now lies in dreamk ss sleep on the ranch
where he so happily passed the latter years of
his long and usetul life.
IK IN. LKK< 'N GR \\ T-
( hit of the depths of his native wisdom. <
lyle wrote "History is the essence of innumer-
able biographies." Another almost equallj dis-
tinguished writer said " P.iograplu is the
complete form of hi-iur\ ." In view of
statements, which ar> the world 1
uri'iin ]irnpert\ interest iii even life, the im-
nce of ihe intcn upon tile rel-
ative valn> of th< individual to the conimuniiy.
the state ' ir to du natii in. "' ieaselessl
-.Inch weaves ihe \\el>
of human destiny, and into the vast mosaic fab-
nter the indi\ idnalii \ aco 'm|>-
lishment ' man, be his statii in r one
480
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
' >f distinction and power. Within the textile
folds may be traced the line of each individual-
ity, be it one that lends the beautiful sheen of
honest worth and honorable endeavor, or one
that, dark and zigzag, finds its way through
warp and woof, marring the composite beauty
by its blackened threads, ever in evidence of
the shadowed and unprolific life." The study
of the successful life is always interesting and
profitable, serving as a stimulus to greater en-
deavor on the part of those whose destinies are
yet to be achieved. There is no impropriety in
scanning the acts of any man as they affect his
social, business or public relations, for in so
doing his career may serve as a beacon, lighting
others to the pathway leading to the goal of suc-
cess. These thoughts are suggested while con-
templating the career of Hon. LeRoy Grant, who
has figured conspicuously in the recent political
history of W'vomincr and whose course as a leg'-
o o
islator and official has had a decided bearing upon
affairs of state. He is a native of Columbia, Her-
kimer county, N. Y., born September 7. 1847,
and his father, Conrad Grant, who was a farmer
and merchant was born in the same Mate as was
also his mother, who bore the maiden name of
Elizabeth Yrooman, Of their 1. > children Le-
Roy was the first born and the public schools -of
his native town gave him his education until he-
was fourteen years old. when he became a stu-
dent of Whitesborough College, from which he
was graduated at the early age of eighteen.
Shortly after completing his .collegiate course.
Mr. Grant engaged in the oil business at Rouse-
ville and Oil City. Pa., there devoting the ensu-
ing three years in an attempt to realize a for-
tune from a source in which few succeed and
many fail. At. the expiration of the above pe-
riod he abandoned the oil fields and went to
Chicago, where he took up a course of studv in
Eastman's Business College and after graduat-
ing kept books and worked for different mercan-
tile firms as clerk and traveling salesman for a
number of years, finally engrixii'g in business for
himself. Investing his capital in a stock of gro-
eeries, he began that line of trade in Chicago,
under very favorable auspices, and continued
with encouraging success until the great fire swal-
[i <d up his establishment and left him, like
hundreds similarly engaged, stranded upon the
rugged reefs of financial disaster. With a spirit
not easily discouraged, he rallied from the loss
and in due time opened a second grocery store,
which he conducted with gratifying results until
1876 when, by reason of failing health, he left
the business temporarily and came to W\ 1 1-
mitig for the purpose of recuperating his worn-
out bodily energies. After passing one year in
the West to the great benefit of his health, Mr.
Grant returned to his business in Chicago which
he continued to carry on until 1879 when he sold
out to make Wyoming his permanent home. In
the pursuance of this resolve he purchased a
ranch about one mile from Tie-siding station in
Albany county, and engaged in the cattle and
sheep business, which he carried on at that place
during the five years following, when he moved
his family to Laramie, where in addition to a
very extensive livestock business he was con-
nected with a large general store. In 1889 Mr.
Grant was appointed by President Harrison a
receiver of public moneys, which position he
held four and one-half years, when, by reason of
a change in the national administration, he was
removed and the place given to a Democrat.
Meanwhile in 1886 he was elected as mayor of
Laramie. the duties of which office he discharged
satisfactorily to all concerned for one term. Early
inking an active interest in local and state politics
he soon became one of the Republican leaders in
Albany county. In 1884 he was elected to the
lower house of the General Assembly and two
years later was further honored by being chosen
a member of the State Senate. His course in
these bodies meeting the unqualified approval of
his constituents he was elected his own successor
in 1888 and nine years later, in 1897, for a third
term he represented Albany county in the lower
house. His career as a legislator not only justi-
fied the people in the wisdom of their choice, but
he there demonstrated abilities which won him a
conspicuous place among the distinguished publi-
cists of the state. He was honored with places
or; the most important committees, where
his influence was instrumental in consummating
much important legislation, while on the floors
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMi
481
ci' both houses he was easily the peer of his as-
sociates and a recognized leader on the Ivepubli-
can side. He retired from the assembly with a.
record free from the slightest taint of susp:
and a gratifying reputation as a sound and dis-
creel legislator, in which his numerous friends
havi1 ever since taken a just pride. Appreciat-
ing his ability and value as a public servant, his
party in 1899 called him from retirement and
made him the state auditor, which important trust
he has since held. The success which has attend-
ed the career of Mr. Grant since he became a
citizen of \Yvoming has few parallels in the his-
tory of the state. From the beginning he rap-
idly forged to the front, and that too by the
sheer force of his own will and genius, until he
became not only a controlling factor in the coun-
cils of his party, but a leader in many matters
with which politics has little to do. A man of
mi iripeachahle character and unusual intellec-
tual endowments, possessing distinctive patience,
urbanity and industry, he has succeeded in win-
ning a high place in the public regard, and, as a
faithful and conscientious public official ha-
discharged his functions as to conserve in the
largesl measure the general good. His popular-
ity is state-wide and many of his warmest per-
sonal friends are members of the party that an-
tagonizes him politically. Rich in the honors
and iv-.pe.ct which follow an upright life that has
ever true to its ideals and highest pos-ihil-
tii , a life that has been of preeminent benefit
to his fellowman, .Mr. Grant lias well earned
the esteem in which he is held and bid-, fair to
be called to still higher station! in the Euture.
Me is a Mason of a high degree and has long
b i prominent in the work of the fraternity.
was married at Chicago on November j^,
1X77. to Miss Ida A. Hiischwah, and thi- union
has been blessed with four children. I.eKoy N.,
\lhert I'.. I [attie E. and Ida VI. [aide.
IIKKKKRT J. GREGl >RY.
Among the- < lungi r busim men of LJinta
county. Wyoming, noi ds in belli r
u nli llie public than Mr. , . the c ..
and popular manager of the commercial interests
of the Loni Trei
uarters al the thriving
of Lone Tree. His bu ••• been
in accord with the hi
untiring energy, is keen and quick ill his p< I
tions, form '•<'••- p dly and accurately, and
sucee comes to him as the very natural se-
quence of the operations of i . -ry rare quali-
ties. Tie is a native of Manchester, England.
born there on September 23, [875
of James and Susanna (Joni ' .. and his
parent- are still n siding in the land of his birth,
his father being a successful commercial trav-
eler. Herbert I. Gregory came to the United
States in [890, having received an excellent
cation in the famous public schools of England.
and made his first location at Salt Lake ••
where he d in mei Tn 1898
he became one of the interested principals ;
Lone Tree Mercantili Co., and took up his resi-
e here to attend to the practical details of its
management. As ha bi n mentioned b
success has aiiei ded hi • . and he ha
the respect and confii
his si,, re. h, iheir • gs is
displayed a full line of dn .
hardware, farm implements, everything i
to satisf\- the trade of a well-1 ' . prac-
tical class of paimus. Th
s I- icated at this stori ry having
been commissioned the pi tmaster in
dministratii >n of ilu- duties in
him in that connection meets \
led in all things that make for the
uplifting and the h> i ' •• f the community
d is the present clerl '
July i |. [890, at Salt I City, I'tal:.
Gregor) formed a matrimonial with
I . ivina S. Easton, a dan^l;
-ma (Mel ton, Mali
land. I ler m '"I ill
\pril. , and In r fatlu
lard. "I h. ii- i hildn i an H -'ma. Mr.
h in thi
\ on b"ih of w'hii
id Mrs. '
482
iGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ory ' iccupy a high p<»ition in society and have
many friends and i1 i ir lionie is a center of most
gracious hospitality.
HON. CHARLES P. CLEMMONS.
One of the leading men of Wyoming, at pres-
ent mayor of Saratoga in thai state, Hon! Charles
P. Clemmons, a native of Nebraska, born on Jan-
uarv 22. 1866, is the son of Travers and Cynthia
(Powell) Clemmons, both natives of Ohio. His
paternal grand lather was John Clemmons, a
prominent citizen of Ohio, who removed from
that state to Nebraska in territorial clays, being
one of the earliest of the pioneers west of the
Missouri River. He was a prosperous farmer
and for many years prior to his decease was one
of the representative men of Nebraska, having
his home near Rock HI tiff in Cass county. His
son, Travers Clemmons, was a young man at the
time of the removal and grew to manhood in his
new home, residing near Rock Bluff until 1887
when he disposed of his property at that place
and changed his residence to Fairbury in Jeffer-
son tounty, where he has since resided and been
one of the prominent business men of the place,
although he is now practically retired from active
pursuits. During recent years he has been en-
gaged principally in railroad construction work
under contract, helping also to build the first
railroad in the state. Hon. Charles P. Clemmons
was reared in Nebraska and received his element-
ary education in the public schools near his boy-
hood home. Subsequently he pursued a course
of study at the business college at Dixon, 111., and
then entered the law-office of Hambell & Hessty
at Fairbury as a student. This was one of the
leading law-firms in that section of the state, in-
terested in much important litigation, especially
in connection with the operations of the Burling-
ton & Missouri Railroad, for which it acted as
counsel. Therefore Mr. Clemmons had an op-
porttmity in this office to thoroughly familiarize
himself with the theory and practice of the law
under skilled preceptors, and he improved his
opportunity to the best advantage. In 1888 he
was admitted to the bar of Nebraska and soon
afterward removed his residence to Colorado
Springs, in the- neighboring state of Colorado.
where he became associated in the practice of
his profession with J. K. Goudy, a prominent
member of the liar of that state. He remained
there about two years and then removed to
( irand Encampment, Wyoming, and there en-
gaged in mining for another period of two years,
He was successful in his mining enterprises at
times and was also largely interested in the town-
site compnny at ( irand Encampment. In 1892 he-
removed to Saratoga, where he now lives, and
there formed a partnership with Dr. Price in a
drug business at that town. His partner's health
began to fail soon thereafter when he took charge
of the business and conducted it with steadily in-
creasing success. At the same time he was
largely interested in mining and was instrumental
in negotiating several large deals in mining prop-
erty, notably that of the famous Ferris-Haggarly
mine, which was sold for $1,000,000. He is at
present a stockholder and actively interested in
several of the largest and most promising mines
in southern Wyoming, has done much to bring
outside capital into the section, and been fore-
most in all measures which promised to promote
the development of the surrounding country and
benefit the people of his county and the state.
In lanuary. 1899, Mr. Clemmons was united in
marriage with Miss Mamie Miller, a native of
Indiana and a daughter of I. C. Miller, president
of the Rawlins National Bank of Rawlins, one
of the leading citizens of that portion of the
state. Their union has been blessed with two
children, Isaac Russell, named for his maternal
grandfather, and Charles Powell Clemmons, Jr.
Their home is widely noted for the gracious and
generous hospitality which they have pleasure in
dispensing to their large circle of friends and
acquaintances and all of the members of the
family are held in high esteem. Fraternally Mr.
t lemmons is affiliated with the order of Elks and
takes a deep interest in the proceedings both of
his lodge and the order. In political faith Mr.
Clemmons is a stanch Democrat, one of the ablest
and most trusted of the leaders of the party in his
state. The esteem in which he is held by his
PROGRESSIVE VEX OP WYOMING.
483
neighbors and fellow-citizens, ami their o
di nee ill his business ability and capacity fur pub-
lic affairs. is fully attested h\ hi- election to the
of mayor of his home town, and his tri-
umphant reelection to that position over a si :
and representative Republican. TTis municipal
udmiin-tr.iiii.n has been characterized by fair-
ni ss, ability, progressiveness and fidelity to the
best interests of the entire community, without
n, uard to party or personal considerations. His
e has been progressive and enterprising, at
same time being safe and conservative, and
the growth ami improvemenl of the community
been marked and gratifying: under hi-
guidance and management of its affairs. In iS<>S
he was the candidate of his party for the office of
ci unt) attorney, and in moo for that of repre-
itive in the state legislature, but, owing to
the large adverse majority in the county, he failed
, election, although he made an excellent
run and received a very flattering vote. Tn the
fall of 1902 he was nominated for member of
from his state but, although making
a handsome showing at the polls, the conditions
irable to hi, party and he was not
ted. He is one of the rising men of Wyo
niing in business and in public life and is des-
to continue a prominent ligure in public af-
fairs, lie i- progressive, able, faithful to .
trust, and loyal to his friends and con-tili
ng the younger men of \V\oiniiig he L
ily in the from of thi ise on whom
the commonwealth must depend for safely and
advancement at home and distinction abroad. In
of 1 : ha - show n bi'-di chai
unyielding integrity, lofty citi/i n-hip. admirable
icitj and a charming per while in
ever i of tile slate be is regal
Kading and mosl representative man.
RH I GR( ISHI )N.
ft is a pi n to turn
of events to chri micli the
ncoril of a self-made man, an industrious and
ill person, wl n ability and hon-
est dealing has placed himself high upon the \\-\
of business men as having achieved a justly mer-
SUCCCSS. And just such an individual is
Maurice < iroshoii of Fort l',ridg\r.
lie i- a son of \Villiae I He!
1.' r-i in the city • li St. ' .
Mo., on June 22, 1X5'). His father was a native
of New Jersey an ; a son of Peter Groshon.
comes of a rMig line of ancestors tracing back to
earl) Colonial sto • T.icles
was a Colonial governor, .several members of
the family serving with >. ily in the
French and Indian wars, bin in the C '
army of the Revolution. Hi
live of England, where the family has long been
resilient. William t.iroshon was an <
of the cit} of St. 1 ,ouis, and, havi"
the hatter's trade side 1> id: with Mr. Dmilap,
the celebrated hat manufacturer, he opened the
first store for the manufacture and -ale of hats
in the city of St. Louis, which h -fully
conducted for many years. William
and wife had six children, thr ' three
girls, and three of them are now 1'ving. namely,
h •- \l,irie A. I of St. Louis. Mo., who
i; the mother of one child: Cleveland, wl
married and ha- one child and also i
St. Louis; and .Maurice ( ',ro>hon of Wvo-ning.
Mr. Groshon received his prelimir < ' -ation
in the cii\ -eh. . 5t. Louis and sup
the valuable instruct by at-
in the Waybill;.; 'Diversity.
r In- , ducatii mal di -.-ipline was thus acmiired
b was appointed manager of the I". S. ware-
In 'ii-. ; under bis fath< - rs held
\fler
1 in the
Mr. ( iroshon i ngaged as ,-K •
rum
St. Loui tO Pil 'led this
six months and then
with : of St. Louis.
Mining to Iv thus occupi( d »",•;• i
: his health b • tired, v I
this ace' 'lint, be r cli-
matic conditions of the West and in -
t .
n with
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOMIXG.
the industrial enterprises i >f Wyoming was on
n cattle ranch for a short period, being also a
bookkeeper in Rawlins during the winter of 1881
and 1882. In the spring of 1882 he came to
Fort P.ridger and followed his former occupation
of cowboy on a ranch for several months, when
he was given the position of clerk in the post-
trader's store in the employ of Mrs. W. A. Carter.
By his ability, attention to business and personal
qualifications he was soon made manager of the
store and held that important position until the
post was abandoned in 1889. Since that time
he has been independently engaged in ranching
and cattleraising, owning 480 acres of highly im-
proved and valuable land beautifully located on
Smith's Fork, in Uinta county, opposite Mount-
ain View, and here he has made many improve-
ments on this place, which he has developed in
a wise and discriminating manner to correspond
with the requirements of the special industry he
conducts, and here he runs a band of fully five
hundred high bred Shorthorn cattle. Mr. Gros-
hon takes great pains in the purity of the cattle
he raises and is considered to possess one of the
finest herds in the state and his ranching opera-
tions cover the raising of fine crops of grain and
hay. He also owns and operates an exceedingly
valuable traction engine and threshing machine.
Mr. Groshon has always taken very active part
in political affairs, being pronounced in the sup-
port of the Democratic party, and he has strongly
battled for the success of its principles and its
policies. That lu- is considered a wise, discrimin-
ating and intelligent man of affairs is shown when
\ve state that he has held with great accepta-
bility the position of U. S. commissioner for
Uinta county for the last ten years. His long
continuance of office is the strongest evidence
possible of his capabilities, his honesty, his de-
votion to duty, and also of his popularity as a
man who is noted for his industry and- useful
qualities, sound judgment and practical common
sense, and he enjoys the esteem of a large ac-
quaintance for his many sterling qualities. On
October 30, 1884, Mr. Groshon was joined in
matrimony with Miss Lulie L. Carter, a daugh-
ter of Judge William A. and Mary E. (Hamil-
ton) Carter, natives of Virgina. For full ances-
tral history of Judge Carter see a separate article
elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Groshon
have one of the most beautiful and plea -ant
homes in this section of the state, and here they
entertain their large acquaintance and numcron-
friends with a bountiful hospitality, with gener-
osity also giving to all worthy objects of pub-
lic interest or sympathy coming to their notice.
JOHN W. GRIFFIX.
One of the leading hotel men and stockdcal-
ers of the state of Wyoming, being also one of
its most progressive citizens, John W. Griffin, of
Cheyenne, is a native of Ireland, receiving, his
birth near the beautiful lakes of Killarney, where
he passed the first ten years of his eventful life.
The spirit of adventure was so strong in him in
childhood that he ran away from home at tin-
early age- of ten years and crossed the Atlantic
to the city of Xew York. Born on October 23.
1848. in the winter of 1858 and 1859 he found
himself alone in the city of New York, having no
friends or relatives to assist him and with his
own way to make in the new, strange world, but
the spirit of determination which has attended
him through all of his life, and to which may be
attributed a large measure of his success, was
with him at that time and he found employment
and started to learn the trade of coppersmith.
In three months' time he concluded that he was
not fitted for that trade and engaged in other
work. During this time, while denied the privi-
leges of school life, he availed himself of every
opportunity to acquire an education and to im-
' prove himself. He was ever a close and a care-
ful observer and by his industry and attention
soon became possessed of a more accurate knowl-
edge of men and things than most boys who
have all the advantages of school. In the sum-
mer of 1862 he was still in Xew Yrork and wit-
•nessed the terrible scenes of the great riots, which
made a deep impression upon his young mind
and taught him in a manner which he never for-
o
got a respect for the law and for the preserva-
tion of life and property. In July, 1862. he
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
485
went ti> Pennsylvania, where lie secured em-
ployment as hrakenian on a railroad. He con-
tinued in this occupation for suine time and in
181.4 was promoted to conductor. Dunn- 1864
and 1805. he was in charge of a train running
out of ('leveland, Ohio, on the Atlantic and
i \\Vstrni railroad, remaining- in the employ
of th:!t road until 18^7. In Xoycmber of that
year he removed his residence to Cheyi
\\"yo. This was during the frontier dav s of Wyo-
ming and Cheyenne was then in its infane
a city. Upon arriving here he accepted a posi-
tion as foreman in the car department of the
railroad shops of the Union Pacific Railroad,
which was then under construction. He was
engaged in this employment until 1871. when he
was transferred to Sidney, Xeh.. to take charge
of the railroad car shops at that place. Here in
187.' he organized the firm of ( iriffin & Hark-
son. and entered upon the cattle business, hav-
ing headquarters at Sidney. This firm did a
very large husine-s and for many years was
among the most extensive operators in the west-
ern country. In 1874 he erected the Metropol-
itan hotel at Sidney, long a well-known ho-telrv
of thai section and soon thereafter purcl.
ih< (.rand (Vntral hotel at the same place, con-
ducting both places at the same time. lie was
also still holding his position with the railroad
company, and handling his cattle business. In
Xovember, 1874, his own interests 1,..
extensive as to demand his entire time and at-
tention and he resigned his position with the
I 'ni: ,11 I 'acific. Me O iiilinned ill his h' tie] and
cattle hn- eting witli great success, up to
1880, when he disposed of his stock interests at
a lar-e profit, and early in [SSi In M his
hotel propert} in Sidncv . and removed his
. to Cheyenne, Wyo. Mere lie purchased
tile VIel n >|" ililan h' 'lei ' Hi Fergus, in and In
, and has c< mtinned since that time
iii a i;l In .tel business at that place. 1 le
••inch enlarged his hole] building, and
improvements until n. >v\ he has one of
the largest ami most modern hostilities in the
and en ji >\ > a flattering p • n'- im the
I- t cla es of people. In 1887 he again became
interested in the cattle business. purchas;i
tract of kind on < 'row < "reek. al» ml six
miles west of ' heyenne, stocking it with rang..
cattli I [e also purchased land on Spn
for the same purpose and is now the ownei of
ab ni 6,OOO acres of fine ranch land, well f
and improved, besides controlling several thou-
sand acres under lease from tin slate, and is ex-
tensively engaged in raising cattle and ho
Me is also a large holder of city property in
(.'heyenne. being one of the most enterprising
and representative men of that citv. He has
always keen foremost in all measures calculated
t<> promote the welfare of his city or of Wyo-
ming. (Mi Xovember 18. iSdij. at I'avenport.
Iowa. Mr. (iriffin was united in marriage with
Miss Margaret Mclncrney. a native of Ireland.
whose parents were well-known and respected
residents of that cmmm. Mrs. Griffin came to
America at the age of lit teen years with her
brothers and oilier relatives and made her 1
in Davenport until her marriage. To their un-
ion nine children have been born. Thomas !•'..
who, at the age of sixteen years, on I lecemher 4.
iS8<>. was accidentally drowned: John A., who is
in charge of his father's ranch and stock inter-
ests; Mary F... died on July 15. [890; Frederick
E., died in 1888. aged >ix years; James died in
iSls_>. aged two years; Joseph II. .at the pa-
' home and attending school; Fdna. died
• 'ii Inb i . \>' ars; and Wil-
liam, who is also at home with his parents. Their
i is one noted for its generous hospitality,
and all through his life Mr. (iriffin 1
! for his good fellowship and his charity
and helpfulness to those less fortunate than him-
s. If. The family are member- of the R
( 'alholic church, and lake an active interest in all
works of hcnefici nee in the community. Mr.
( iriftin is a stanch Republican and for mam
lie has tal 1 1 a 1. a. ': i parl
enl < if that p "i iii W\ -
oniing and Xebraska. \lwav- interested in the
public welfare, and prominent in every i
nient for the improvement of the cit} of '
or the development of th, if the
stale, he has lu \er soilffl I" hold
486
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
public position. Often solicited by his party
friends and associates to become a candidate for
office, for which his business ability and popu-
larity so well fit him, he has steadfastly declined
to accept any position, except to serve the city of
Cheyenne for several terms as a member of the
city council. In this position he has been very
useful to the community, and has won the re-
spect of his fellow citizens. He is one of the
foremost men of Wyoming, a pioneer, one of the
strong representative men who on the frontier
have solidly laid the foundations of one of the
best and most promising states of the Union.
HON. CHARLES A. GUERNSEY.
For countless ages History recorded only or
mainly the bloody aspects of human life. Her
heroes were the men of might and arms, and
these she made the staple of the student's daily
aspirations and nightly dreams. American en-
terprise and skill have called her vision to new
fields of conquest and given to her glowing pen
a theme of broader and more spiritual inspiration.
The victories of peace, the triumphs of man over
nature on our soil have quickened her pulse and
made the substance of her story. She has in large
measure deserted the heroes of destruction to
portray and commemorate those of construction.
The career of one of these it is the pleasing pur-
pose of this writing to briefly outline. Hon.
Charles A. Guernsey of the town which was
named in his honor, and which is the product of
his fruitful brain, successful enterprise and in-
dustrial generalship, is a native of Oneida coun-
ty, N. Y., his parents, Morrell and Betsy Ann
( Merrill) Guernsey, being also natives of that
state, where in its capital city the father car-
ried on an extensive and prosperous mercantile
business until his death in 1861. The mother
is now living in Otsego county, in the state of
New York, where she was born. Mr. Guernsey
was forced earl}- in life to look fate firmly in
the face with almost no dependence but his own
resources. At the age of sixteen, when most
young men of intellect and scholarly ambition
are contending for degrees and honors at college,
he left the public schools and became a clerk
in a wholesale establishment in Albany, X. Y.
Herein he also found his proper bent and soon
developed ability of a high order for the busi-
ness and was given charge of the sales and col-
lections of the firm, a position of great responsi-
bility for so young a man, but one in which his
capacity was more fully demonstrated than be-
ti ire, for responsibility educates rapidly where
the fiber is fruitful, and he rose to every demand
of his place without apparent effort. Commercial
life was, however, too narrow and inflexible to
satisfy the demands of his aspiring mind, and
he sought in the great empire of the Northwest
a wider field of enterprise, coming to Wyoming
in 1880. Here was an agreeable and propitious
conjunction of a new field of boundless undevel-
oped wealth and opportunity and a young man
of resolution, firm self-confidence and lofty as-
piration. He took up land on the Cheyenne
River at the southern part of the Black Hills, and
started an industry in cattleraising which he con-
ducted successfully for nearly nine years. Hut
he was designed for a different domain and when
the hour came he heard the voice that called him
to it. In 1889 he located in the section of his
present home with a view of developing its min-
ing interests and located mines of iron and cop-
per in the Hartville and Sunrise districts and or-
ganized companies to work them. They proved
productive and valuable and were soon leased
by the Colorado Syndicate which is now oper-
ating them. He continued his search for mineral
deposits by active prospecting and from time
to time located other mines of value, which he
has since developed by his individual enterprise
and capital. These cluster around a conven-
ient point for the town necessary to their success-
ful operation and an inevitable outgrowth there-
of, and this, humble and unpretentious at first,
as all mining towns must be, under the influence
of his energy and the spirit of improvement en-
gendered thereby, has become a beautified, thriv-
ing and promising little city ; and popular senti-
ment appreciating his enterprise in the matter,
ha> suitably baptized the growing infant, giving
• it the name of its real father, Guernsey. He
PROGRESSIVE MEX 01- WYOMING.
owns much of the town and all of the land sur-
rounding it for some distance, and take- great
interest in its welfare and growth. But while
mines and industrial development have largely
ei. gaged his attention and activities. Mr. Guern-
-< \ has never lost interest in the stock industry
and no\\ own- many of the best and most judic-
iously located ranches on the Platte and some
of the finest stock in the state. In justice to
his public spirit and breadth of view, even if in
contravention of his modesty, it must be said that
neither his mining operation-- nor his ranch in-
dustries have been conducted solely or mainly
with a view to his own interest. He has been
essentially a promoter of the progress of \\ yo
n ling along the lines of healthy and steady
growth, and has carried on his business in such
a way as to attract to his localities an excellent
class of immigrants and get them started as fac-
tors in his commendable design. However much
he might personally wish it otherwise, in a coun-
try like ours, particularly in a new state of the
West \\here the population is sparse, it is in-
evitable that a gentleman of Mr. Guernsey's
ability, resources ami diversity of interests, con-
trolling the comfort and powers of mam pri-
sons who must look to him for direction and lead-
ership, should become by force of circumstances,
if not otherwise, dceplv and actively interested
in the politics ami legislation of the State. Real-
izing this fact, he ha- accepted bis share of public
duty and performed it with conscientious devo
tii in and fidelity. A firm and intelligent believer
in the principles of tin Republican party, lie has
done what he could to make them the ruljng
power in Wyoming. ;md their application to the
civic force- of the state as beneficent .1- possi-
ble, lb- has served one term in the lower house
of the Territorial Legislature, one in the Terri-
torial ( '( imicil : one in the lower house of the Stale
Legislature, and is now a member of (he Stale
Senate, being also its president. In e:ich ot
these bodies lie has been animated b\ the same
lo ft \ standard of ethics and sustained by the
same \\ealth of knowledgi and breadth of vie\\
which have charaeteri/cd him in other depart
meiits of human mcrgy, and the benehts of !ii-
Kgislalivo career are felt and ap, d all
over the state. In the very responsible and im-
portant position which he now occupies as p
I'leiit of the Senate, he has displayed readii
fulness of knowledge, skill in interpretation. great
firmness in decision and withal the most un-
broken cmirtesv of manner, qualities which have
won him universal commendation, but which
have not surprised those who know him. Mr.
Guernsey married on June it, 1900, at Chicago,
Ilk. Miss Mary A'. Bryant, a native of Ohio and
a daughter of Henry V. and Lucy (Stratton)
I'.r'.aiit. Her father was one of the founders of
ibi chain of P.ryant & St ration business colleges
established around the country which ha\e done
so much to improve and systematize business
methods in this country. Two children have
their union. H. Bryant and Antoinette.
No man is better known in Wyoming than Sen-
ator Gnern-ey and none is more highly or more
generally esteemed.
J( )SEPH P. GUILD.
< >ne of the leading business men of bi-
tion of Wyoming and prominently conm
with one of the largest mercantile houses of the
t ill', is io-eph I'. Guild, of Fort Bridger. '
county, lie was born at Spanish Fork. I'tah. on
March 7. iS^o. a son of Charles and Mary M.
i Canlon ) Guild. Tie received the educati<
advantages that were afforded b\ the public
schools of Wyoming and was diligent in obtain-
ing the benefits thereof, lb was a bright, ener-
boy, with confident hope- and firm
and was inspired bv an boiie-t
ambition. < 'onscioiis of the capacity to exert his
faculties in useful labor and feeling a lo\al re-
sponsibilit) as to the use of time, he seemed to
have an intuitive dread of idleness From the mo-
ment he was prepared for industn. With -uch
a spirit be earh engaged in cattleraising with
his father, with \\hom he i- still connected and
of \\honi an individual sketch appears elsewhere
in this volume. By his energv and busiiu
parity he was largvK instrumental in produc-
ing the rapid and almost phenomenal growth of
488
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMI\(,.
their extensive stockraising and commercial op-
erations. On the formation of the Guild Land
and Live Stock Co. he became very active in its
operations and, upon the retirement of his fa-
ther as president of this corporation in 1900, he
succeeded him in this office-. This company now
controls and owns about 6,000 acres of land, on
which they raise immense herds of high-grade
cattle. The unexceptional habits and tireless ap-
lication of Joseph Guild to business, his quick
perception of what was right and what was
wrong, his undeviating integrity, the simplicity
of his methods and his unbounded confidence in
the results of legitimate industry, gave him an
early and valuable reputation for sound judg-
ment and as a successful business man this has
been amply demonstrated in the progress and
building up of the Guild Mercantile Co., of which
he is the president and also manager of its Fort
Bridger store. The Guild Mercantile Co. car-
ries a large stock of general merchandise in am-
ply equipped stores located at Fort Bridger, Pied-
mont and Lyman. The largest stock is displayed
at the Fort Bridger establishment and consists
of, not only general merchandise, but agricultural
implements, hardware, etc. To obtain control of
valuable patrons and bring' success in merchan-
dising requires an ample understanding of the
fundamental laws of trade and of the legitimate
means of success. No young man of the state
has more thoroughly mastered these laws and ob-
served them than has the subject of this review.
Mr. Guild has always taken a very active part in
public affairs, and as a Republican the political
combinations of his county and his state have re-
ceived the full strength of his vigor. He is
prominent in the councils of his party, by the
voters of which he has been twice elected county
commissioner of Uinta county, the duties of
which office have been most faithfully performed
under his administration. He has also rendered
valuable service in educational matters in his
position as one of the school board of Fort
Bridger. Mr. Guild was married on Saint Val-
entine's day in 1884, in Piedmont, Wyo., to Miss
Lucy B. Eiden, who was born in Loraine county.
Ohio, being a daughter of Nicholas and Maggie
(Laux) Eiden. natives of Germany, who emi-
grated to America and settled in Ohio, in which
state her widowed mother still resides. Mr. and
Mrs. Guild have had three children, Nora,
Charles, who died in infancy at Piedmont, and
Robert E. The family holds a high position
in social circles of Fort Bridger, entertaining
gracefully their numerous friends. Mr. Guild
has ever manifested a deep interest in public im-
provements and as a business man he has been
and is successful, while as a member of society
he is respected and beloved.
HON. ORA HALEY.
One of the most successful stockmen and
largest individual landowners of \Yyoming is
Ora Haley, a prominent citizen of Laramie,
whose home is at 417 Thornburgh street. He
was born at East Corinth, Me., in 1845, the sun
of Benjamin and Nancy J. (Rollins) Haley, the
former a native of the state of New Hampshire
and the latter of Maine, where the father followed
the occupations of farmer and drover and was en-
gaged in those pursuits until 1866, when he
moved to Malaga, X'ew Jersey, where he con-
tinued to live up to the time of his demise on
March 17, 1887, at the venerable age of seventy-
three years, and he was interred at Malaga.
The mother passed away in 1849 and was buried
at East Corinth, Me. Hon. Ora Haley grew to
manhood in his native state and received his
early education in the public schools, taking a
course of study in the East Corinth Academy.
.At the age of eighteen years he accepted a posi-
tion in a mercantile establishment in Bangor,
Me., for the purpose of acquiring a knowledge
of mercantile pursuits preparatory to embark-
ing in business for himself. He passed two
years in this employment and then went as a
substitute in Co. A in the state militia during
the Civil War and for a period of sixty days he
was employed on garrison duty at Fort Mc-
Cleary in the regular army. After his muster-
out he removed his residence from Maine to
Waukon, Iowa, where he secured employment
and remained until 1805, when he joined the
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
stampede to Pike's I'eak in search of gold and
drove a five-yoke ox team from Wisconsin to
I knver. In iS<>h he went to I '.lack I lawk, in die
then territory of Colorado, where lie lea-cd a
meal market and started in business. Tie remained
at this place meeting with financial success until
the town went down, when lit- engaged in
in -ighting from the Cache la Pottclre River td
the city of Cheyenne, Wyo., and along the grade
camps west of Cheyenne, furnishing hay for the
grading onitits who \vere then constructing the
line of the Union Pacific Railroad, continuing
in this occupation until January, 1868, when he
removed his residence to Fort Sannders. To
this place he brought a band of catttle and soon
engaged again in the meat business, continuing it
with considerable success until 1871, when he
located his first 160 acres of land on the Little
Laramie. This was the first land he owned in
Wyoming, and he has increased his landed hold-
ings until now ( 1902) he is the owner of 50,000
acres of land in Wyoming and 2,500 acres in
Colorado. He is also the owner, in association
with I!. F. Saunders of Salt Lake City, of large
tracts of land and cattle in Arizona, also having
extensive stock interests in Wyoming. Colo-
rado and Arizona, being one of the leading
stockmen of the western country. IK- lakes
a special pride in the breeding of thoroughbred
and graded Hereford cattle. Mr. Haley is a
-launch member of the Republican party and
for many \cars has borne a leading part in pub-
lic affairs, being one of the most prominent and
trusted of the part}- leaders of his state. He
was elected as a member of tlu Second Legisla-
tive Assembly of the territory of Wyoming and
was a member of the State Senate during
the first legislative session meeting after the
admission of the state to the I 'nion. While
a member of the Lcgi-laliire lie served his
constituents and ihe slate \\illi conspicuous
ability, many of the provision^ of the presenl
statutes iif Wyoming owing their origin to his
industry and patriotism. For many years lie
has been a member of the state hoard of live
-tock commissioners, and has given a consid-
erable portion of his time to the public service
without compensation, or hop, ol reward, other
than a consciousness of having discharged his
duty as a public-spirited citizen of Ins
Fraternally he is affiliated \\ith the Masonic or-
der, being ever interested in any measure cal-
culated to promote the welfare of that order or
to advance and conserve the fraternal life of
the community. < >ri Januarj S, 1872, Mr. Haley
was united in marriage to Miss Augusta Peifier,
a native of Missouri and a daughter of Frank
and Susan Pciticr. Mr. and Mrs. Haley have
had four children. Annie G. and Addie J., twins,
Hattie I!, and < >ra 1'.. Addie |. died on Septem-
ber 30, 1902, at the age of thirty years, having
been an invalid for a number of years. The
Haley house is noted for its comforts and tin-
many evidences of refinement which surround
it, and for its charming hospitality. Mr. Haley
is one of the most advanced and prog
business men of \\ voining, and the success
which he has achieved is a fitting tribute to bis
ability and worth as a citizen. He has done
much to build up the state and. if lie should de-
sire it. there are lew honors within the gift of
the people which might not be within hi- gi
for few men in Wyoming stand higher in the
estimation of all classes of the people.
PATRICK J. HALL.
One of the most prosperous cattlemen of
Laramie count). Wyoming, is Patrick J. Hall,
whose address is Glendo, in that county. He
was born on March I S. 1841), the son nf Tho
and Ann I Murray) Hall, natives of County rial-
way. Ireland. Hi- Father followed the occupa-
tion of farming in his native country up to the
lime of his decease, anil Patrick grew to man's
estate in ( 'i mm \ < ,.il\\ a; . where he wa-
and received his early education. After he had
finished his training in the public schools In-
remained with his parent-, as-isting his father
in the work and management of the farm, until
he had attained to the age of eighteen yi
when be began life for himself on farms in the
neighborhood fora -hori lime. In iSuib,
solved to free him-elf from the hard hn-v
490
PROGRESSIVE MEX Ol; irYOMIXG.
uii>l unjust' political conditions that prevailed in
lii> native countr\, and with a number of other
young; men of similar aspirations and plans bade
farewell to the home and scenes of his childhood
and early manhood and took ship for the New
World. He remained about eight months in the
city of Xew York and then came to Omaha, Neb.
Stopping here only a short time, he came on to
Cheyenne, in the then territory of Wyoming,
where he arrived in 1872. Not finding business
conditions there as favorable as he had antici-
pated he went on to Denver, in a short time re-
turning to Cheyenne, where he became the stew-
ard of the Dyer House, at that time one of the
leading hotels of Cheyenne. He remained in this
position until 1^75. when he resigned to en-
gage in the business of raising cattle, and com-
ing to the North Crow Creek country, about
twenty-one miles west of Cheyenne, he located
a ranch and entered upon his chosen pursuit
with considerable success, continuing there in
the same business until 1879, when he disposed
of his ranch to good advantage and removed his
residence and stock to Horseshoe Creek, where
he took up the ranch where he now resides and
which has been his home continuously since that
time. Here he continued in the cattle business
and he has been very successful, increasing his
business from year to year and improving his
ranch until he is now the owner of one of the
finest and best-equipped cattle ranches in that
section of the state, having over 420 acres of
land, with large and suitable buildings for the
convenient and successful carrying on of an
extensive stock business. He has 220 acres un-
der irrigation and grows large quantities of hay,
chiefly alfalfa. When he came to the Horseshoe
Creek country and began business it was prac-
tically in a state of nature, there being but two
other white settlers in the vicinity. Game of
all kinds was abundant and it was neccessary to
bring all supplies from Cheyenne, a distance
of 140 miles. He has seen this section of
Wyoming pass through all of its stages of de-
velopment, from the wild and savage condition
in which it then lay up to its present settled and
•civilized state, and he has been engaged exclu-
sively in cattleraising. On October 26, 1878,
at the city of Cheyenne, Wyo., Mr. Hall was
united in marriage with Miss Sophia Heck, a
native of Wyoming and a daughter of Charles
and Wilhelma 1 leok. natives of Germany. Her
parents were highly respected citizens of Chey-
enne, being early pioneers of Wyoming. To
ibis union have been born two children, Wil-
liam and Sophia A., both of whom are residing
at home with their parents in Laramie county.
The family home is one of the most hospitable
in that portion of the state. The family are
members of the Roman Catholic church and
take a deep interest in all works of charity and
religion. Politically. Mr. Hall is a staunch mem-
ber of the Republican party and a loyal and able
advocate of the principles of that political or-
ganization, although never seeking or desiring
any public position.
ROBERT HALL.
A respected stockman and a representative
member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Robert Hall, whose address is Centennial,
\V \ nming, is a native of Fulton county, N. Y.,
and he was born on July 17, 1842, a son of
Thomas and Margaret (McCuen) Hall, natives
of Ireland. The father emigrated from his na-
tive country at the age of eighteen years and
first settled near Montreal, Canada. Here he
remained for a short time and removed to Troy,
N. Y. Purchasing a farm in Fulton county he
engaged in the occupation of farming for fifteen
years, then sold his farm and removed to Sara-
toga county, where he was engaged in the same
calling for. a number of years. Subsequently he
made his home in Otsego county in the same
state, where he remained up to the time of his
decease at the age of eighty-two years. He was
the son of William and Mary Hall, natives of
Ireland. The mother of the subject of this
sketch also passed away in New York at the
age of seventy-five years. She was a noble
woman of marked traits of character and was
the mother of nine children. Robert Hall grew
to manhood in his native state of New York and
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YOMIXC.
received his early education in the public
schools. When he had completed his education
he learned the trade of blacksmithing and en-
-a-cil in that business in Troy for about five
years, n-niovrd to < Itsego, continuing there in
c .cetipation for about three years. At the break-
ing out of the great Civil \Yur he responded to
the call of his country and enlisted in Co. I,
T \\ciit\-iirst Xe\v York Cavalry, and served in
the Inion army for three years. After being
mustered out of the service he remained for a
short time in New York and removed his resi-
dence to .Minnesota, where he continued to re-
side until iSSi. He then came to the then terri-
ton of Wyoming, locating at Laramie and en-
gaging in the blacksmith business for a period
of twelve years. He then located on the Little
Laramie River and engaged in ranching and
slockrai-ing. in which industries he has con-
tinued io the present time (1902). In 1867 Mr.
Hall was united in marriage with Miss Rosanna
Hunt, a native of the city of Troy, CST., Y.,
she being a daughter of Enoch and Mary
(Clapp) Hunt, also natives of that state. Her
father was born in 1803 and followed the occu-
pation of blacksmithing in his native state up
to i lu time of his decease. He was the son of
William Hunt, a native of Xew Jersey, wh"
a master mechanic during his active lifetime.
The moilirr of Mrs. Hall was born in l Soo and
died in iSo;. Mr. and Mrs. FTall have had four
children, Rosa, Kdwin. John F. and Enoch. The
lasl two named are deceased. Politically. Mr.
Hall is identified with the Populist part} and
is an earnest advocate of the principles of that
political organization, alsi. being a highly re-
spected citizen of the community where he
maintains his home.
WILLIAM II. HARVEY.
Among the men who in industrial activil
and commercial operations have attained di-
tinctive success and prestige in ("inta comity
and are reci i-ni/ed as reprei ; ! izens of
the stale, William H. Harvey, the popular mer-
chant of M, luntain View . •-• hen he main
his pleasant home, is entitled to a hi-h regard;
and although there may be no thrillin- or ex-
citing chapters in his life story, his career has
r!\ true to hi"-]] ethical stan
and prolific of individual and objective ^ood.
He was born at .Muscatine. Iowa, on March 29,
1863, a -on of William and Agnes i.McCulloch)
llar\e\, i if whom due mention has been made
elsewhere in this volume in connection \\-ith the
sketch of an older brother, Robert E. Harvev.
William H. Harvey had excellent school advan-
tages in Iowa until he was seventeen \ears old,
thus laying a solid foundation for the broader
education that he has acquired in later years
b\ commingling with men of action and affairs.
In 1880 he came direct from Iowa to the Forl
lirid.L'vr section of Wyoming, where he pa
the winter, in the spring going to the Big Horn
country with the (".Tier Cattle Co.'s outfit, ami in
the empliu of ilia] company was a range rider for
two years, and afterwards for a year served it
in the same wax in Montana, becoming an ex-
pert in all branches of the stock business. Re-
turning to Fort Bridger he became "a stockr.
and has continued in that business to the pres-
ent. • both cattle and horses with pro
nonnccd success. When the reservation was
opened for occupation and selllemcnt Mr. liar-
located Mo acres of land imniedi,,
of .Mountain View, making ihat his home and
center of operations, and his real-estate no A-
ists of 2OO acri , nluiral and bench
land and a number of rapidly appreciating busi-
ness and residence lots in Mountain View, where
lu tirM erected the present hotel as a residence
for himself, and where in \>'<n he establi
the lirM general store of the' place. This he is
still conducting, with a >ieadilv in< vadc
and an expanding Stod >ds. Mr. Harvey
is well kno\\n in the count) and throughout a
wilier area, and such has been his course in life
that he has ever enjoyed the esteem of the lie-i
elements of the community, both he and his
wife, a lads- of hirdi cultivation, occupying;- lead-
ing places in the besl s. ici
I !i<'ii;Ji never aspiring to i he honors or emolu-
menl of pub! , he is a stri ing and valued
49-3
I'kOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
factor in the counsels' «>i" the Republican politi-
cal party. His interesl in the welfare of the
community and its progress has. however, in-
duced him to accept a purely nonpartisan office,
that of school trustee, which he has capably
filled for a number of years. On May i, 1900,
he was married at Villisca, Iowa, with Miss Ida
B. Gourley, wln^e parents were John and Caro-
line (Baker) Gourley, natives respectively of
Pennsylvania and Iowa. In the last named state
Mrs. Gourley 's maternal grandfather was the
first judge of Adams county and her family has
been important in the history of Iowa from
early pioneer days. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey have-
had four children, three of whom are living.
Rex E., Lisle D. and Zelda. while another
daughter, Ethel, died at the age of five months.
The home is the center of a most genial hos-
pitality and the aid of the family is freely given
to all good causes.
JOSEPH J. HAUPHOFF.
The biographer writing for the future, as
well as for the present generation, would be un-
mindful of his duty if he failed to commend to
the young the example of such a career as the
life of the worthy subject of this review affords.
Commencing with little capital beyond well de-
vised plans to succeed, and paving the way to
honorable position and well established pros-
perity with the solid groundwork of honest in-
dustry, genuine personal worth and upright con-
duct, he has achieved success in the face of
every obstacle and made a name, which when
transmitted to posterity, will shine with the ra-
diance emanating from a life of integrity and
duty faithfully and uncomplainingly performed.
Joseph J. Hauphoff is one of the sons of the
German Fatherland and in a marked degree in-
herits the sterling characteristics which for cen-
turies have made his nationality noted among
the people of the world. His father, Herr Nicho-
las Hauphoff, was a merchant in the city of \ irl
and never left the land of his nativity, passing
the greater part of his life at the above place,
he died there in 1883. The maiden name of the
mother was Khzabeth Maker. She was also born,
reared and was married in German}- and in 1837
she entered into her eternal rest at Yirl, where
her body now lies beside the remains of her
husband. Joseph J. Hauphoff was born on
February 13, 1831, and until his eighteenth year
remained at home attending the government
schools and assisting his father as a clerk. In
1849 ne followed the example of many of his
eiiuiitrymen by leaving the Fatherland and com-
ing to the United States, where he was led to
believe that prosperity, if not a fortune, awaited
the young man of laudable ambition and prop-
erly directed energy. During the three years
following his arrival in the Xew \Yorld, young
Hauphoff was a clerk in a mercantile house in
Baltimore, but at the end of that time, in 1852,
he joined the U. S. navy as one of the crew of
the Powhatan, which was attached to the squad-
ron under Commodore Perry when that bold
and intrepid commander compelled the Japanese
government to open the port of Yedclo. Mr.
Hauphoff recalls many incidents of that noted
expedition, being an eye-witness of the thrilling
scenes preceding the opening of the ports of the
hermit nation to the commerce of the world.
Upon his return from his trip, which covered
a period of three years, he quit the sea and
for some time thereafter lived at Norfolk, Ya.,
going thence to Baltimore, where he was en-
gaged in the restaurant business until 1859, then
he sold his establishment and during the en-
suing two years taught school at Louisville,
Ky. He was in that city when the great \Yar
of Secession broke out and immediately left
the schoolroom and assisted in organizing three
companies of home guards, which he afterwards
drilled and fitted for effective service in the
field. Subsequently he was made captain of
Co. C, Sixth Kentucky Infantry, and as such
served in General Rousseau's division until
May, i8()2. when, on account of impaired health,
he was obliged to resign his commission and
retire from military life. Returning to Louis-
ville after leaving the army Mr. Hauphoff
opened an auction store, which he conducted
until 1868, when he closed out the business and
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YOMIXG.
493
m:t<lr his \v;iy to the Wc-i. Reaching Chey-
enne, Wyn., at that time a young and rapidh
growing frontier town, lie engaged in the shoe
•less with encouraging iinancial results and
continued the same until 1.^74. at \vhieh time he
opened a hotil at Fort Laramie. Mr. Hanp-
hoff acted in the capacity of "mine host" about
four years, disposing of his house in 1X78 and
removing to the ranch on the Platie River,
where during the three following years he was
engaged in cattleraising. In iSSi he started
a lumberyard on the present site of ( iuernsey.
at that time the center of a populous district,
and commanded a fairly successful trade until
the following year, when he disposed of the
business and opened a house for the accomoda-
tioii of the trading public at the town of Sun-
rise. In connection with his hotel he also ran
a grocery store, devoting considerable time ,o
mining, having succeeded in locating several
ver\ valuable mineral properties. Selling his
claims in I SSS and disposing of his business in-
terests at Sunrise, Mr. Ilauphoff took up his
resideiu-c in I'.adger. \\'yo., where he erected
a good hotel, which, in connection with the mer-
cantile business, he still owns. While nm li
his business interests is at the above place and
his family resides there, Mr. Ilauphoff make-.
business headquarters at Hartville, near which
he has large and valuable mining claims, includ-
ing i<V> acres of land thickly underlaicl with a
fine quality of onyx, which, when properly de-
veloped, will doubtless prove the source of
a fortune of large magnitude. In addition to
the varied inn-rests referred to he owns a tine
ram h. i m which ma\ Be een >* une • if the be-i
breeds of cattle and high-grade horses to be
found in this part of Wyoming. All of his busi-
ne-- enterprise, ha\e been fruitful of liberal
financial resulls and his large forinue is a credit
lo the abilitv. good judgm -ill and acumen dis-
played in whatc\'i he lias undertaken. Mr.
llanphofV was married in l.oui-villc. Ky., to
Miss Mar} llartman, a native of that state and
the daughter of Joseph and Mar\ iSmiiln Mart
man. Twelve chililren haw resulted from this
union, the eldest of whom (lied in infancv, un-
named; the others being Ros! [OSI
phine : John, deceased; Lulu, Minnie M.. Albert,
Daniel. Charles. \\'illiam, Marl and Xiel,
In the range of political life .Mr. Haup-
hoff is j,r, iiiounced in his allegiance to the I
ocratic party, believing its princi])les to be for
the best interest s . if the pei pple. I le reads much
and his mind is stowed with a fund of valuable
information rareK to be met with outside of
scholastic or professional lives. Well versi
political questions, particularly those relating
to state and national legislation, his opinions
carry weight and in a large measure he has be-
come a leader in shaping and directing the pol-
icies of his party in l.aramie county. I'.y no
means an aspirant for public office, he has been
honored at different times with positions of
trust, having served for some years as a I". S.
commissioner, also as a justice of the peace,
while from the da\ Hartville was incorporated
he has been mayor of that thriving town. With
the people he is universally popular, old sol
diers and sailors holding him in especial es
teem and regard. lie was reared a Roman
Catholic and has always remained loyal to thv
teaching of the mother church, his wife and chil-
dren also being devout members of the -
communion. In his social relations Mr. llaup-
liofT is a model of kiudui ~s and gciien>Mt\. His
home, a most pleasant and happy one. is always
open to his friends .md the stranger never fails
to share his 1'nll-hauded hos|,iialit\ . He believes
ill looking upon the sunny side of life and. be-
ing kind and courteous in demeanor, naturally
wins warm friendship-.
WILLIAM HINTON.
This gentleman one of tin- old. oldtinier- of
Evanston, jWyoming, was born Ma\ i. iS.^i. in
Scott county. Ky.. the son of I )e Alfred and
r.etsev ( Siiltou i lluilon. 1 '. \lfredllinton.\\ho
u as also a native oi Scoii county, K\..
a man of affairs, bein^ a tinancier and capitalist
a- well as : i in mercantile business.
I |e died in i Si -I <. aged sixt) li\ e, and is liin-i.
\e\\port. K\. His wife, the nioihei of William
494
PROCRESSIJ'E AIEX OF WYOMING.
Hinton. was born in Virginia of English parents.
She was married in Kentucky where she lived
until 1834, when she died and n<>w lies buried at
Christiansburg, Shelby county, also in that state.
Both she and her husband were members of the
Baptist church. William Hinton acquired his
education in the public schools and in the old
Augusta Methodist College in Kentucky, where
he took a three year's course. His father wished
him to become a physician and with this end in
view he entered the office of Doctor Muzzey, a
prominent physician of the time, but after a
year of diligent study in this connection the gold'
fever, which was then raging strongly, caught
him and he started for San Francisco by the
Panama route. This was in 1850 and in the fall
he went from San Francisco up into the mining
countries, first to Feather River and later to the
Yuba. . He also established a trading-post in
Sandy Gulch between the forks of the Mokel-
umne River. In 1856 he went to Hannibal,
Mo., and engaged in coalmining, in which he
continued until 1864. Selling out he went to
Miongona, Iowa, where he was also interested
in developing coal mines, but having only a
small vein of coal he again sold out and went to
Chicago. Here he conducted an auction store
until 1868 when he came to Carbon, Wyo., and
v\ as given the charge of all the mines of the
Wyoming Coal and Mining Co. This position
he held for two years and then started in coal
milling for himself at Almy. Wyo.. continuing
his endeavors for about three years. His first
year was successful but he soon found that the
railroads were hard competitors and held the
upper hand of him by their charges for trans-
portation, and he was thus forced out of the busi-
ness. Since then he has been engaged in specu-
lating and lending money, making his home in
Evanston, but he is now practically retired from
active business, maintaining an office chiefly for
his convenience and comfort. Mr. Hinton was
married in 1858 to Margaret L. Marsh, a native
of Ohio. This union resulted in one child.
James P., of Hannibal, Mo., now engaged in the
wholesale ice and coal business in that city and
also in office as the cashier of the Hannibal Bank.
Mr. William Hinton is the very oldest or almo-t
the oldest one of our settlers, for there was but
one log cabin and one tent in the town when he
first came to and located at Almy. His life has
been one of great usefulness, while with the
prosperity which he has earned have come honors
increasing with his increasing years.
THOMAS D. HOLT.
As a fine type of the self-made man and an
illustration of what hard work, attention to
business and unswerving fidelity to every busi-
ness obligation will accomplish, no better ex-
ample can be found than Thomas D. Holt, the
subject of this review. Losing his parents in
early childhood, and being thrown entirely upon
his o\\ n resources, without friends or relatives
to aid him as he began the hard struggle with
the world, he has fought his way successfully
through every hardship, conquered every ob-
stacle that confronted him and is now (1902) in
a fair way to become one of the leading stock-
men of Wyoming. Born in Freo count}', Tex.,
on March 5, 1857, he is the son of Robert and
Pheta A. Holt, long-time residents of the state
of Texas, where his father followed blacksmith-
ing, being engaged in that business in Freo
City up to the time of his death, which occurred
in 1864. The mother died in the same town
only one year later, and both were there buried.
When he was nine years of age Thomas D.
Holt left his home in Freo City and lived for
a time in the western part of Texas, earning his
living in various ways, then removed to Dodge
City, Kan., where he found employment as a
farm hand and remained engaged in that voca-
tion until he was nineteen years old. He had
little opportunity of attending school, but im-
proved his spare time and thus acquired a fair
education through his own efforts. In July. 1876.
he left Kansas for Wyoming. Arriving first in
the city of Cheyenne, then the Mecca for so
many adventurous seekers of fortune, he re-
mained there a few days and then went out into
South Dakota, where he secured employment
with a freighting outfit then doing business be-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
i Sidnc\ . Xeb.. and the country an. mid
the I'.l.-ii-k Hills o) Dakota. I le continued in this
business until [880, when he returned to !
run. , iiibsequenth going t" the Middle Crow
country of Wyoming, \vliere he entered tile em-
ploy (if A. I!. Blue as a range rider. He con-
tinued in thi menl for three years and
Seven months, and tln-n resigned to accept a
belli r diler I'ruin Mel lee & li,1 ivho then
had large stock interests in the viciniu of
h Crow Creek. 11. remained with this firm
for nine years, practically having charge of their
eattle interests during- the greater portion of
that time. In iSgo he resigned thi on for
the purpose of engaging in business for himself
and purchased his present ranch. !!• 1
with liui ca ii il, purchasing the place nmstiv
ivdit, but by hard \vork. perseverance and
strict attention to all the details of his business,
he ha b& n enabled to overcome the difficulties
attendant upon the hard times of the early
nineties and to place himself upon a sound finan-
cial basis. In this he has been generously as-
1 by ihe friendship of Mr. Daniel Arnold,
; whom he purchased the place. He has
no\\ a fine ranch proper! v, consisting of 3,560
acre.-, of land, well fenced and impnued. with
suitable barns and buildings, and with about 300
acres of the best hay land in that section of the
itry. Having passed successful!) through
the greal period ,Pf depression in business he is
in prosperous and satisfactory circum-
on the way to the full achievement
of his youthful ambition, being destined to be
-lock-men
as he is now one of its most respected and hon-
citizens. < »n December 31, iSSj, Mr. Holt
united in elllie. Wye., with
Miss Mary A. Lannen, a native oi III
a dau-hter of David ami Mary (Hunt) Lannen,
natives of Ireland. Her parents were among
the earliesl pioneers of ihe West. Emigr,
.-land, the;, first settled in La Salle
county. 111., v ' "ing. In
the fall of 1X50 they removed from that
iled near
ihe ' site ' pf TI d in
farming and resided until 1871, when the}- start-
ed overland to Wyoming, where they arrived
-,-j. being among the first settlers and pio-
section. 1 leiv the iailk i
m cattleraising with great success up to the
time of his decease, \vhich occurred in i8gi. He
left a large estate, consisting of over 1 2.0OO
of land and large herds of cattle and
iili. leading stoi kmen • A
ming. The niotlier died on Jamiar
[899, and lies, buried by the side of her husband
in the cii enne. Six i hildn n lia\ e :
to Mr. and Mrs. Holt, viz: Guy E., Maud,
W. l.)a\id, Ililga 1!., Kugvne 3 • 3 W.. and
their home life is conspicuous for the many evi-
' at ion and affect i> ma
sh' .\\ n by all the . if the family ii,
friendly relations. The marri f this
worthy couple has be< ceptionallj i
one. and Mrs. Holt has been in the best -
a companion and et to her husband, be-
on suited by him in his business-ira.
and much of his being attrib
her wise counsel and conservative judgment.
Mr. Holt is affiliated with the order of \\
men of the World as a rm ' the lodj
Cheyenn< and takes an active interest in the
social and fra imunity.
J» >SEPH S. HOSACK.
Among the many s
-iiing, is Joseph S. Hosack. vvl Mi is
•h ' if ( iranite.
in th
\la\ 17. lS;o. in Armstrong county,
tin- -in . if John M. and Man V ' ' Ho-
'iat state. Mis fathei
a millwright, \\lio removed from V
nty, where he still liv,
li itlu-r d;
[So;, and was buried ' • antv. J.
S. HI received bis
n in the f his na'
•ned residing with hi
, until hi . ild. \\ hi
led them 1. 1 < "larion county.
('I'.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOMING.
nued and completed bis education, and he
accepted an apprenticeship under his father 1"
the trade of millwright, which i iccupation lie
folloued until he had attained to tile age of
tweim-two years, when he purchased a sawmill,
and engage' 1 i'1 the manufacture of Inmher. In
this business In.' met with considerable success,
hut at the end i if twii years, having an opportunity
to sell out at a handsome profit on his investment,
he disposal of the property and immediately pur-
chased a farm in Armstrong county. Pa. Here
he pursued farming and the growing of stock
until 1882, when he disposed of his farm and
removed to the then territory of Wyoming. Af-
ter his arrival at Cheyenne he traveled over var-
ious sections of the territory, looking for a suit-
able-location for the live stock business. Subse-
quently, desiring to acquire a practical knowledge
of the business before starting in it independ-
ently, he secured a good position on the ranch
of Hay & Thomas located on Lone Tree Creek,
and remained with them for about fourteen
months. The firm then disposing of their ranch
and stock interests to the Warren Live Stock-
Co.. Mr. Hosack accepted from the latter com-
pany the responsible position of foreman of their
horse department. Here he remained for nearly
four years. In 1886 he resigned this position
and entered the employ of G. B. Goodell, being
appointed as foreman of his large trotting-horse
establishment, that was located on Lone Tree
Creek, about nine miles west of Cheyenne. Here
he remained until January, 1889. when resigning
his position to go into business for himself, soon
after purchasing his present ranch property on
Duck Creek, about twenty-five miles southwest
of Cheyenne, where he engaged in highly suc-
cessful cattleraising, and has continued in it up
to the present time (1902), being now the owner
of over 1,850 acres of fine land, patented, while
hi < ontrols several thousand acres of leased state
land. He is steadily enlarging his operations,
and has one of the finest hav and stock ranches
in that section of the state. He puts up each
year large quantities of the finest hay, most of
which is consumed on the place by his own stock.
On Christmas day. 7872. Mr. J. S. Hosack was
united in marriage in Armstrong county, I 'a.,
with Miss Carrie J. Piaughman. a nativi of that
state, daughter of David and liarbara ( Xulph)
Manghman. also natives of that slate. Her
lather was a prosperous farmer of \rnistrnng
county, where he resided until his death, which
occurred in iSijs. Iler mother is now making
her home with her children that are living in
Armstrong county. To Mr. and .Mrs. Hosack
six children have been born. Minnie M.. Clara.
William, Eva, David and Bruce, and all are
living. Mr. Hosack is a member of ilu Repub-
lican party, who for many years has taken an
active and prominent part in public affairs. He
erved one term as constable of his township
with credit to himself, and has been often soli-
cited to accept other positions of trust and honor,
but has steadily declined to do so, preferring to
devote his time and energy to his private busi-
ness affairs. By industry and strict attention to
his business. Mr. Hosack has built up a tine
property from small* beginnings, and his admir-
able traits of character have won for him the re-
spect a,nd esteem of all with whom he has been
associated.
MARRIOT G. HOWE.
< hie of the leading ranch and stockmen of
Converse county, who has done much to develop
the resources of that section of Wyoming. Hon.
Marriot (1. Howe, whose address is Orin. Wyo.,
was born on June 19, 1858, at Sharon. Windsor
county, Yt., the son of Marriot G. and Dollie
(Tinkham) Howe, the former a native of Massa-
chusetts and the latter of the Green Mountain
state. His father followed the occupation of
farming in Vermont and there remained en-
gaged in that pursuit up to the time of his de-
cease, which occurred in 1883. The mother died
in 1889, and both were laid to rest at Sharon,
near the scenes of their long and useful lives.
The immediate subject of this review grew to
manhood in his native state and received his
early education in the public schools of Sharon,
until 1876. when he left his old home and went to
Xew Hampshire, where he secured employment
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OF H'YOMIXG.
4V7
ill tile White Mountains fur ahoiu oni if, in
tlu sprin:;- of iS-j he went In Illinois. and located
near the city • if \.un >r;i and then
on a t'anii in i's vicinity fur nl>"iit i
thence removing to Nebraska, where at the
to\\n iif I'.catricc lu- cn^a^ed in tl1 '<usi-
ncss fur alu nit niu- \car ami tlu-n return
Anrnra and ai;ain took up tltr occupa
fanning. In the spring of iSSi lu- resolvi
seek his I", irtune in tin far \\ i -t and r< n
his resilience to the then tcrriton of Wyon
where lie soon fninid cmpli ivmenl <>n a rancli
near tlu.- city of Laramic for one year, when he
was placed in charge ol" the management of the
ranch of the Mechanic Live Stock Association,
situated near Laramie I'eak. \\"yo. lie i
a^'cd this ]iro]ierty successfully until tSS;,
he resigned his position that he ini^ht en
in business for himself. Taking up a ranch at
the head of Horseshoe (."reek, near Laramie
. he entered upon the business of sh
raising and woo] growing, in wliich he continneil
with marked success until iSSS. lie then dis-
! of his ranch to good advantage and rc-
. .1 his shee]i to i 'ra\\ i< ird, \el>. :
continued the same business lur aliout h
months and reiunieil with his stock to Co
ity, Wyo., carrying on the b with
large profit until iS<)_>. he then sold all his !
ings and in the fall of lSi)4 came to Orin Junc-
tion, where he pun-ha-id the huildin^s and p
li he now < ccupies, and '
hotel and livery business, in which he is Mill
In all of his ,
has !/• ; D ispicnously stu'cesslnl and is count-
ed as one of tin- solid business men and sub-
stantial pro|,ert\ owners ol that ' the
slate. In 1900 he a-ain entered lat to the
slice;
on \\"all... On September 5. i
llo\\e was united iii marriage at Uctlul. \'t..
with Miss Mabel I'.. Spaldin-
'1'kllown and Iliyllh respected citl/rlls
i if \ emu 'iii , \\ here she ' heir
union \\as horn o I, Mollie I-'... \\li-
sides \\ith her falher. the mother having died
on |ul\ |. iSSS, Ix-illL; buried at I rauford. \eb.
(in September 2, i Si jo. a; -. \\\o.. Mr.
again married to his
n Mrs. l-'mrna J
ut. Two eliildn
K. and I larn
\l r. I b iwe •md ma!,e their home
liim. Mrs. llo\\c is a liable
!
church, active and foremost in all works ol re-
harity in the community. Their
•i for the ui'racii lUS
hospitality \\hich thi pleasure
in di i" their lar-e circle of friends and
5, and the family en;- hi;;h
1 11 and a! uards of all win > know
them. Mr. Howe is affiliated with the Ma-
I'.lr.e L...I-V a.t I )ou-'-
hs, \\'\".. and also with the Woodmen of the
\\'orld. and 1 -t in the
of the neighborhood whev
maintains his home, lie is a staunch member
publican par'
of tlu suppi irtet o that political organi:
in 1- ith '
[incut in i!u- ]'art\. he has been often solic-
ited to beci ; ''"si
and honor in the public service, but has stead-
fast!
when ill lSi;o !•• Hed to become a
the Sfll- .
.111 • niajoritx
in that capacit\ for one term with distinguished
ml with ndclitv to the in: if his
intents. Many measures of 1 --i-laiion
he statute bi " -I- s . if W\ om
n to hi- w i-lom and the patriotic m.:
liich he discharge I his public dnt\. At the
•ation of his u-rni of oftice he decliiu
private bit '1 his
time and alt
I. G. HUNTER.
\ leading and an eru.liie practit
la\\ . a slice, sxfnl farmer of Sh. •
of tlii- board \\lio laid out the ' <lu-rid.ui
and presided "\er it-- birth and ini
is idi iitil'u d \\ ill' the
498
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WY01IIXG.
advancement and impn >\ •< mont of his town,
count\- and state, J. G. llunter is a potential
factor in the professional, commercial, social and
political life of Wyinning, and has to his credit
a record of good service in behalf of all these
that any citizen might be pleased to have. He
is a YVvnming pioneer of 1880 when he brought
to its needs and the duties that awaited him here
a wide and valuable experience gathered on
other fields of action. His life began in 1846,
near Philadelphia, Pa., where his parents, Wil-
liam and Lucy L. ( Orrey ) Hunter, resided for
many years, the former being a native of Ireland
and' the latter of England. When they came to
the United States they took up their residence
sixteen miles south of Philadelphia, and here and
in the city of Philadelphia their son passed his
childhood, and attended school until he was ten
years of age. In 1862 he went to Canada to live
and the family thither followed him one year
later, and in that country his father died in
1874 and his mother in 1886. After leaving
school J. G. Hunter engaged first in farming and
later in railroad work until 1869, when he mar-
ried with Miss Charlotte E. McAllister, a native
of Canada, and soon thereafter they removed to
Montgomery county. Kan., where he took up a
homestead and occupied, improved and culti-
vated it until 1875. He. then went to Colorado
and conducted a freighting business until 1880,
when he came to Wyoming' and "stuck his
stake" adjacent to what is now the town of Sher-
idan and there farmed until 1888. At that time
he took up the study of law and pursued it with
such application and constancy that he was ad-
mitted to practice in the subordinate courts in
1890, and since then he has been actively en-
gaged in professional work, being in 1897 ad-
mitted to practice before the Supreme Court of
the state. To his professional duties Mr. Hunter
lias given the same care in preparation, the same
vigor and intellectual force in management, and
the same judicious application of scientific prin-
ciples that distinguished his other labors and with
the same gratifying results. It has been noted
that Mr. Hunter was one of the board who laid
out the town of Sheridan. The interest in the wel-
fare of the municipality he thus exhibited has
never waned. He owns and retains his original
tract of land adjacent to the town site, having
increased it to 210 acres, but his land, is not
nearer to the city than its best interests are to his
heart. He served its people for two terms as
justice of the peace and has given freely of his
time and energies to the needs of the progressive
city in a public way on all occasions. He also
owns valuable property within the city limits.
There have been two children born to Mr. Hun-
ter and his wife, Franklin C., a highly re-
ed re.-ident of Sheridan; and Effie M., who
re-ides near Boston. Mass., and is the principal
of an important public school of a high grade.
Mr. Hunter procurred a divorce from his wife
in 1874, and has since remained unmarried. He
is a member of the Old Settlers' 'Club and takes
an active part in its proceedings, contributing to
the interests of its meetings and aiding in col-
lecting and preserving its valuable records of 'a
past that is fast fading away to come no more.
WILLIAM McREYNOLDS.
One of the representative business men of
Converse county, Wyoming, is William McRey-
nolds of Manville, the president of the Man-
ville Mercantile Co. He was born on August
26, 1869, in McLean county. 111., the son of
Perry and Susan (Eaton) McReynolds, both na-
tives of Indiana. The family is of ancient Scotch
individuality, his paternal great-grandfather be-
ing a native of bonnie Scotland, who removed to
Kentucky when a young man and was truly one
of the earliest pioneers of that state, where he
followed stockraising. His son, Leonard Mc-
Reynolds, the grandfather of the subject of this
sketch, removed in early life to Indiana, where
he married, subsequently removing with his fam-
ily to Illinois. His son, the father of Mr. Mc-
Reynolds, still makes his home in that state, be-
ing the owner of a fine farm near Stanford. He
has practically retired from business and is
passing the later days of his life in the ease and
comfort earned by his many years of activity.
He is one of the leading citizens of his section
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMI\(',.
499
of Illinois and has been the mayor of the town
of Stanford. Air. McReynold's mother is also
living at the family homestead near Stanford.
Uf the family of six children born to his worthy
parents, Air. Me Reynolds is the third child. He
received his preliminary education in the public
schools in the vicinity of his boyhood's home
in Illinois, and subsequently attended the Pres-
byterian University at Lincoln in that state.
Upon leaving that institution he engaged in
farming and remained with his father until 1888,
when he came to the state of Nebraska, where
he remained for about five years, engaged in
farming and stockraising with considerable suc-
cess, in the spring of 1893 coming to Wyoming,
and to Manville, where he has since resided.
Here he embarked in the raising of stock, which
he followed with great success up to the spring
of 1901, when he disposed of his extensive hold-
ings and made a visit to his old home. Upon
his return to Wyoming he organized the Man-
ville Mercantile Co., of which he became the
president, and erected a fine store building at
Manville for the accommodation of the large
stock and business of this house. The build-
ing is large and modern and the company car-
ries an extensive and well-selected stock of gen-
eral merchandise, and conducts a profitable and
constantly increasing trade and Manville post-
office is located at their store. On August 18,
[88l, Mr. McReynolds was united in marriage
with Miss Martha Simpson, a native of Tazewell
county, 111., and a daughter of Henry Simpson,
one of the representative men of that county.
To their union have been born five children.
Abbie, now the wife of C. W. Rousli of the busi-
ness college at I'.rokenbow, Xeb. ; Delia, Alice,
Perry, and Mertin, deceased. The\ all are prom-
inenl in the social life of the community where
Hi reside and Mr. McReynolds ha- re.
coni|>l<-i' d a large and tine modern resi
Mamille. which is the center of a
genial hospitality. Fraternally, he is affiliated
with the order oi" Modern Woodmen of Amer-
ica and also \\iih the Woodmen of tlie World.
Politically, he ha- • of his
fount \ and district as a m< the board of
:; 1
county commissioners and also as a school trus-
and .. • s an active and prominent part in
all public affairs, lie is one of the leading fac-
tors in the business and public life of his sec-
tion of the state and one of the progressive, suc-
cessful and rising men of Wyoming.
MKkRIS C. BARR< >W.
Newspapers arc most powerful factors in the
development of any community and upon their
early establishment the rapid growth of any in-
cipient city largely depends, and where the one
who stands as the directing head is a man of wis-
dom and sagacity, its power is multiplied and
the journal reaches into a larger area as a force-
ful power in the advancement of the weal of the
state. Among the unique, original and very ably
edited newspapers of Wyoming, Bill Barlow's
Budget takes no second place, and in this volume
devoted to the review of the Progressive Men of
Wyoming, its editor and proprietor has a well-
defined place. Mr. Barrow was born at Canton,
Bradford county, Pa., on October 4, 1860. the
son of Rev. Robert C. and Helen (Harding)
! '.arrow, the father being a native of New York.
The father was early educated for a ministerial
life, as a young man going to Pennsylvania, and
there entering the ministry of the Christian
church and also forming his matrimonial relation.
In 1861 he went to Missouri and two years later
to Nebraska for a two Mar's residence in that
state at Nemaha, concluding his migrations by a
residence in Johnson county until his death in
1896. Merris C. Barrow was the eldest of the
four children of his parents and his school edu-
cation was acquired in Nebraska, he then
learning the printer's tradi h in that
state, in is,-*, leasing the Tccumsch Chieftain.
Two years later, receiving' the appointment ot
I'. S. postal clerk, he removed to Omaha, run-
ning from there until tS'S. being then transfer-
red to Wyoming with headquarters at 1 .arainie.
CC until iS-ii.
v, hen he '" cam ! the I .aramic
l>aih Timi 5, and was tilling this position when
"Kill" > d the 1 g on
500
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
March 17, 1880. Mr. Barrow became the city
editor of this new candidate for popular support
and when, early in 1882 Mr. Nye severed his
connection with the sheet, Mr. Barrow became
the managing editor, continuing to hold this situ-
ation until 1884. In September, 1884, he went
to Rawlins, Wyo., to take the editorial and busi-
ness management of the Wyoming Tribune, and
early in 1886, he came to Douglas and established
his present weekly journal, the unique Bill Bar-
low's Budget, the initial number appearing June
9th. three months before the railroad was com-
pleted to the town. The paper was a "hit", its
success was assured from its first issue and it
has attained prosperity and much more than a
local reputation. It may be proper to remark
incidentally at this point, that Mrs. Barrow is a
thoroughly practical newspaper worker, who dur-
ing Mr. Barrow's absences of official duty or
otherwise takes full charge of the newspaper,
showing talent and ability and being justly en-
titled to a large share of the credit for the suc-
cess of their periodical. A stalwart Republican,
when the U. S. land-office was established at
Douglas in 1890, Mr. Barrow was appointed its
first receiver by President Harrison, and was in
charge of the public moneys until removed in
1894 by President Cleveland, thereafter, on
June 12, 1897, being reappointed to the same of-
fice by President McKinley and later, in 1901, ap-
pointed as his own successor by President Roose-
velt for the term he is now serving. In the ses-
sions of the State Legislature of 1894 and 1896,
he was the chief clerk of the house, but since that
time he has not been eligible for the office as he
was in U. S. service. He has also been the mayor
of Douglas for two successive terms and was the
worshipful master of the 'local Masonic lodge in
1899, 1900 and 1901, being a Knight Templar,
and a noble of the Mystic Shrine in that frater-
nity. On March 17, 1877, Mr. Barrow and Miss
Minnie F. Combs, a native of Macomb, 111.,
were wedded and they have had three children,
Lizzie M., now Mrs. H. B. Fay, who maintains
her home at C. P. Diaz, Mexico ; Merris C. Jr.,
who died on November 10, 1884 ; Helen M.,
now Mrs. Fred N. Brees, of Douglas.
FRANK H. JAMES.
The popular and efficient sheriff of Uinta
county, Wyoming, whose name heads this arti-
cle, is a native of Wisconsin, having been born
about eight miles from Waldwick in that stair
in 1861. His parents were Richard and Emily
(Rowe) James, natives of England, whence the
father, Richard James, came when young with
his parents to America. They settled first in
Pennsylvania, later moved to Wisconsin and
followed farming, but in 1849 Richard took an
ox team and crossed the plains to the goldfields
of California, where he was successful and later
returned to his farm life in Wisconsin, and at
present he is living near Mineral Point in that
state, being among the early settlers of that
state, where he is now a prominent school officer
and an active Republican in politics and also an
ever-ready helper of the poor and needy, as he
has ever been. His wife, who was also brought
from England by her parents in early life and
was married in Wisconsin, still lives with her hus-
band in the state of their mutual adoption.
Frank H. James learned his trade of harness-
making at Mineral Point, Wis., where also he
first engaged in business on his own account,
but selling out in 1886 he went to Omaha and
worked a few months for Marks Bros., whence
he came to Evanston, Wyo., arriving here on
May 30, 1887. Here he was employed at A. C.
Beckwith's training stables as harnessmaker and
remained at this employment tintil March i,
1888, when he again went into the harness busi-
ness for himself, at the urgent request of Cash-
man & Co. of Evanston, however, he soon quit
this and assumed charge of their large harness
and saddlery department, continuing here in this
employment for nine and one-half years, mak-
ing a record of which to be proud. From Evan-
ston he went to Kemmerer, Wyo., and estab-
lished a harness and saddlery business for him-
self, which he continued until the fall of 1900,
when he was elected sheriff of LTinta county on
the Republican ticket. He has since held this
office to the complete satisfaction of his fellow
citizens and the increase of his own renown,
/'/v'm/AV VEX OF WYOMING.
serving also in 1900 on the board of county com-
missioners, filling the vacancy left by George
Gill. Socially. Mr. James is affiliated with the
Freemasons and with the Maccabees. He is
a man of sterling worth, well-known and highly
i -sieemed, being a man of good cheer, a lo\al
citizen and a true friend, always frank and open,
he is also careful and prudent and a safe busi-
ness man and conservative adviser in financial
matters. He was married in 1885 with Miss
Mary I'ren, a native of Wisconsin, who has
borne him five children, of whom three survive.
Henry M., Xellie and Mildred. Two others have
passed away. one. Cora, died at the age of t\vo
at Mineral Point, Wis., where she had been
taken in the hope of benefit. The other, Rich-
ard R., a general favorite everywhere he was
known, was drowned at the age of eleven and
one-half years while crossing the Ham's Fork
River in a wagon, being in the company of an-
other boy and the driver of the team. The
driver escaped, but both boys and the team per-
ished. Mrs. James is the daughter of William
C. and Ellen (Riley) Uren. The mother died
in Xovember last, aged fifty-five years, and is
buried at Mineral Point, Wis., which is the home
of the father, a native of England.
M< iRTIMFR JESURUN, M. D.
The potency of lineage and environment are
strongly exemplified in the life of this learned
physician and pioneer citizen of the cily of
Douglas, Wyoming, for he traces his ancestry
back in an unbroken line to the twelfth century
and to a distinguished prime minister of the
king of Spain, the family from lhat linn- hem-
numbered among the proudest in Spain's proud
chivalry. Doctor Jesurun was born on July 18,
1860, in Curacao, South America, the son •
Jesurun, who was born in Ycne/nela on the
north coast of South America, and his cultured
wife. Luna (I'eixottol Jesurun. His maternal
male ancestors \vrre all noblemen of Spain and
Foiiseca I'eixotto, president of the republic of
Brazil, was a near relative of his mother. Tn
i So | the father, who had been I '. S eonsnl at the
port of Curacao from 1857, made his home in
Xew York City, becoming a shipowner and hav-
ing large shipping interests with which he was
identified until his death in 1880. The mother is
still living. Dr. Jesurun received his early liter-
ary education from special tutors at his own
home, at eleven years of age going to Germany
to continue his studies, which were pursued in
the gymnasium and higher educational insti-
tutions of the famous old maritime city of Ham-
burg, during his summer vacations making
many trips over Europe and voyages to various
ports connected with the commerce of Ham-
burg. In the course of time he voyaged to Bra-
zil and from there came to the United States,
and in 1878 became a resident of Fetterman,
Wyo., and embarked in the stock industry. To
this he gave his personal attention and services
in the summer seasons, returning to New York
for the winters and there devoting himself to the
study of medicine under competent tutel;
thereafter matriculating at and receiving in-
struction in the medical department of the
University of the City of Xew York, being also
graduated from that creditable institution in
March 1892, with the degree of M. D. The
Doctor was one of the original settlers of the
town of Douglas, has aided in its growth and
advancement and has been associated with its
prosperity as one of its leading and most pro-
gressive citizens, showing administrative qual-
ities of a high order during his acceptable ser-
vice as mayor of the infant city. In his pro-
Eession 1 >oeior Jesurun has attained high rep-
utation and a representative practice of the
best character, while during the' Spanish-Amer-
ican War he won pi < his professional
services as major chief surgeon of ilie Second
U. S. Volunteer Cavalry under Col. J. L.
Torrey. and as chief surgeon of the hospital of
the Third Division of the Seventh \rm\ Corps
miller Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. In multitudinous
ways is Doctor Jesunm an honor M the slate
of his adoption, lie is aiding in the improxe-
ment of the Mock interests of Wyoming through
his connection uiih the Fetterman llei
Co.. \\hieh On n- extensive ranches is devoting
502
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
care, skill and capital to the raising of thorough-
bred Hereford cattle, while as a member of the
last Territorial House of Representatives he ex-
hibited truly statesmanlike qualities in his leg-
islative action, also in an intellectual and ed-
ucational way he is doing good service on the
board of trustees of the State University. In
the midst of his great activities he has taken
time to gather one of the most valuable col-
lections of skins of native birds ever collected,
taking great interest in the .Douglas Gun Club
and being its leading spirit. He is a member
of the American Ornithologists's Union and
of the Linnaean Society of New York City. His
political affiliations are with the Republican
party, while fraternally he is associated with
the Freemasons as a Knight Templar and in
his pleasant home, hospitality reigns supreme.
JAMES R. JOHNSTON.
Unfortunately but few of the earliest pion-
eers of the far West, those who blazed the
trails for civilization as early as 1849 ar"d 1850,
are now among the living. As a- class, they were
unique in the history of the world. They were
Argonauts, explorers, frontiersmen, builders of
highways for those who were to come after
them. Brave souls they were, filled with the
spirit of adventure, afraid of no danger or hard-
ship, aflame with enthusiasm and determined to
conquer the desert and the wilderness and to
make them willing servants of civilization. They
were appalled by no danger, discouraged by no
defeat, unconquerable under every vicissitude.
We who come after them and enjoy without
effort the fruits of their sacrifices and of their
heroic endeavor, must be blind and ungrateful
indeed, if we do not accord to them the full
need of commendation and just praise for what
they have done for the welfare and the com-
fort of the present and all future generations.
Prominent among the men of this class, fore-
most in every movement fraught with danger and
adventure on the frontier, being formerly a res-
ident of Little Horse Creek, Wyoming, was
the late Hon. James R. Johnston. He was a
pioneer of three states, first going overland to
California in 1849, thence to Oregon and subse-
quently returning to Wyoming, through which
he had passed many years before on the old over-
land trail on his way to the Pacific coast, lie
had an extraordinary career and his life was full
of experiences rare even in the history of the
West. He was a strong character, who always
rose superior to his surroundings, no matter
how hard or forbidding. When danger men-
aced, his courage rose with the occasion ; when
difficulties threatened to defeat his purpose, his
resolution and strength increased with the ne-
cessity and he crushed down all opposition.
Born on June 17, 1827, amid the mountains of
Allegheny county, Pa., he was early accustomed
to the hardships of frontier life and learned in
the hard school of experience the wholesome
lessons of industry and frugality. He grew to
manhood in the rugged surroundings of his
early home and received there his education,
although the opportunities of schooling were
limited. He, however, acquired a fair common-
school education. Upon completing his school
life, he engaged in farming in Allegheny county
until 1849, when reports of the fabulous dis-
coveries of gold in California having reached
Pennsylvania and created so great excitement
among the young men of that locality, that Mr.
Johnston and his brother, the late John L.
Johnston, resolved to go to that distant land
in search of their fortune. They procured an
outfit for overland travel and started on the
long journey across the continent. With a large
company of emigrants they followed the old
overland trail which passed through what is
now Wyoming, passing by Fort Laramie, thus
travelling very near the scenes of his later busi-
ness activities. Arriving in California, the
brothers opened a store at Weavertown, where
they did _ a prosperous business for one year.
They then engaged successfully in the livestock
business near Sacramento, where they contin-
ued until 1853. They then engaged in the lum-
ber and sawmill business some miles east of
Sacramento. This enterprise they conducted
successfully for seventeen years, supplying a
ri>-<)GRESSiri: MEN OF WYOMING.
503
large portion of the lumber and mining timbers
used in that section of California. In 1870,
tli<\ 'sold their mill and lumbering interests to
good advantage and engaged in fanning and
stockgrowing in Hutu- county, until 1873, when
they drove a large band of cattle into Oregon,
where they established themselves in Grant
count} in cattle and horseraising. In iSjS
they disposed of a portion of their stock in
< ifrgon and drove a large band of horses o
land to the East, disposing of the greater por-
tion of them in the dti<-s of tin- Middle Wesl
making a handsome profit. Returning to the
\\Yst. they remained in Denver until October,
1880, \\hen they came to Wyoming and tool
up large tracts of land on Horse and Little
TTorse Creeks, and engaged in their former
business of cattle and horseraising and in
eral ranching, being among the early settlers
of that section of Wyoming. In 188} Mr.
Johnston purchased the fine ranch property on
Little Horse Creek which he large]} added 11.
and improved and owned and occupied up to
the time of his death, on January 2O, 18(17. His
br..iher. John I... with whom he had so long
been associated in business, died December [6,
is.,-, rnited not onK b\ ties of Mood, but by
many years of toil and struggle side by side in
their endeavors to accumulate a fortune on the
frontier, the affection which existed between
the two men was such that it was the subject
of frequent remarks by all who knew them dur-
ing their long and busy lives together. \--
' -1 to-, -tlter in a way so marked by broth-
erly love and fidelity during all of their lives,
they are not separated in death, both being
ed in the ceineter\ oi Cheyenne, \\ \oming.
P.oth of these men were admirable types of the
hardy pioneer- of Mie \Vest and their memories
will long be hi >n< m ,1 m tin- 1. icalitii tt :
1 in Jannarv _•_>. r86l, Mr. lohnston was
united in marriage at I'ine Gl 'lit'., with
Mis. I.ixxie I).-ine. a nativi : -ton. Mas,,.
and a daughter of |ohn
also natives of Massarhnseit s. Her parents
emigrated from M < 'alifornia in
185(1 when- they resided until they died. Mr.
and Mrs. Johnston had seven children, one of
whom, Mar\ M., died at the age of one
["hose livipg are: I'hebe J., now .Mrs. Kracaw,
and residing at Telluride, Colo.; George D., a
iK-rous ranchman of Wyoming, who has
been traveling for a number of years; Iloiiu-r
H., now engaged in the mining business at
1 ripple ('reel,. Colo.; J. Lafayette, orii of the
leading ranch and stockmen of Wyoming:
James H., now mining at Cripple Creek, Colo. ;
F.li/abeth i'.. IMW Mrs. I'.uck. and residing at
Telluride. Col • >f the children were born in
California, while the two \oungest are natives
of i >regon. Mr. Johnston was a life-long mem-
ber of the Democratic party and for many years
he took an active part in party affairs. He was
early elected to the office of justice of the peace,
which in the pioneer days of the Wesl v
position of. great importance in its relation to
the welfare of the community and the pres-
ervation of public order. He served as post-
master from 1884 until his death, and in (
relation, either of public or private life, he was
a capable and conscientious officer, a good
business man. successful in bis undertakings
and a highly respected eitixcn.
J. LAFAYETTE JOHNSTl >N.
J. Lafayette Johustoi>. of the Little Horse
k, Wyoming, is one of the leading stock-
men of that state. Me is a native of the county
of I'.utte and state of ('alifornia. born on Septem-
ber l. 1871. the son of James R. Johnston, one of
the prominent pioneers of California and \\
'. and Mrs. I.i/xie illanei Johnston. The
reader is referred to the prece.ling sketch of
the eventful histor\ of James |\. Johnston.
Immigrating \\ith his parents into Wyoming
\\hen he was nine years of age, he received his
earh education from lr r, who was a very
superior woman and from the primitive sch
of the district where he resided. TO his tnoth-
hiiiL;. however, he o\\cs most
of his valuable training and his ,-arIy knowl-
edge of bool s ' • ipleting his education
he remained at the home ranch, assisting his
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
father in the management and conduct of their
extensive stock interests, since 1896 he has had
the full control and supervision of the prop-
erty of the family. This comprises four large
ranches, including, with lands held under lease,
about 20,000 acres, stocked with large numbers
of cattle, horses and sheep. Their chief hold-
ings are in cattle, and while his brothers are
interested with him in the business, all is con-
ducted under the name of J. Lafayette Johnston,
being wholly under his management and con-
trol. He has been very successful in the cat-
tle business and is looked upon as one of the
most thorough-going and progressive stockmen
of Wyoming. Inheriting from his father his
characteristics of pluck, perseverance and in-
tegrity, he has very largely increased the former
holdings and is steadily adding to his already
extensive interests. On September 20, 1899.
Mr. Johnston was united in marriage at
Greeley, Colo., to Miss Maud Ewing, a native
of Pennsylvania and the daughter of James W.
and Anna M. Ewing, also natives of that state.
Her parents came from Pennsylvania to
Greeley. Colo., in 1882. Here the father en-
gaged successfully in dairy farming and is still
(1902) following the same pursuit at that place.
The mother died in 1894, being buried at
Greeley. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnston one child
has been born, William R., the date of his birth
being October 21, 1900. The young man al-
ready gives promise of being a worthy successor
of his father and his grandfather. Fraternally,
Mr. Johnston is affiliated with the Masonic
order as a member of the lodge at Cheyenne.
While still a comparatively young man, Mr.
Johnston has already made for himself an hon-
ored place in the business life of Wyoming and
is highly esteemed in the community where he
resides. Born and raised in the West, he is
thoroughly Western in every respect, having
the sturdy elements of character, energy, keen
intelligence, push and level-headedness peculiar
to the successful men of that section. He is
looked upon as one of the rising men of his
state and as destined to occupy a prominent
place in its future history.
HON. W. E. JACKSON.
The competent and efficient superintendent
of the Big Horn Forest Reserve of Wyoming
was born in Indiana on March 7, 1843, the son
of William and Hester (Copeland) Jackson, the
father being a native of Hamilton county, Ohio,
where he was born in 1818, his death occurring
in Iowa. The mother was a native of Pennsyl-
vania, born in 1811. She died in Illinois in
1848, the family having settled there a short time
before. In 1859 the elder Jackson removed his
family to Iowa, locating in Page county and
there engaging in farming and raising stock
and there the son, W. E. Jackson, finished the ed-
ucation in the public schools which he had begun
in those of his former residence and, in 1861,
when the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in
the Union army as a member of Co. A, Fourth
Iowa Cavalry. He served faithfully through UK-
war, performing his full share of its arduous
duties and bearing the marks of its burdens, hav-
ing been wounded twice, once near Little Rock,
Ark., and once at Guntown, Miss. The wound
received in Arkansas was in the wrist and the
other in the breast, and in that portion of his
body he still carries the bullet that brought him
low. He was discharged at the close of the
war as first sergeant of his company, having
risen to this rank by meritorious service. He re-
turned to his Iowa home and a short time after-
wards came west to Denver, and for three years
was engaged in mining at Central City. He
then returned to Iowa and was married. From
there he went to Kansas and passed seven years
cultivating the soil of Lincoln county, serving
also a part of this time as sheriff of the county.
In 1880 he came to Wyoming and, locating near
Bighorn, took up a homestead and began to
cultivate and improve it. He has increased his
land to 500 acres and has a large and valuable
lot of stock. He has always taken an earnest
interest in county affairs and the improvement
of his neighborhood, was one of the promoters
of the irrigating canal in his part of the county
and served as a county commissioner of Sheri-
dan county and also held the same office in John-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WY<>
505
son county before it was divided. Tn these offi-
ces he gave excellent service and general satis-
faction, an unusual occurrence, for the office of
county commissioner is one of the most difficult
and exacting in the gift of the people. As a
member of the board he helped to organize Sher-
idan county and get the new political division
safely on its feet. In 1896 he was elected to the
Legislature and in that body actively championed
the usury law of the state, which has been of
great assistance and protection to the borrowing-
class. At the end of his term he was appointed
tin superintendent of the Big Horn Forest Re-
serve, and is filling this office with diligence, in-
telligence and with conscientious devotion to his
duties. Mr. Jackson belongs to the Masonic or-
der through blue lodge, chapter and comman-
dery relations, being also an Odd Fellow and
he finds much pleasure in the meetings of the
orders. In 1869 he was married in Iowa to Miss
Amanda Davis, a native of Missouri and a daugh-
ter of Matthew L. and Mary (Whelpley) Davis,
natives of Kentucky. The father died some years
ago in Iowa and the mother makes her home with
her daughter. Three children have come to the
union of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Minnie, mar-
ried with L. K. Martin, of Bighorn, of whom
specific mention is made elsewhere, in this vol-
ume; Frank, a prosperous stock-grower of I'inta
ty; Edna, wife of Dr. W. B. Carver, of
er, ( 'olor.'ido.
JACOB JENNE.
'I In- , nergetic anil pri ispcrou-
\\hose modern resideno • i graceful architecture
i- one of the attractive "feature- of the thriving
(own of I longlas. Wyoming, was born in De •
Kalb O unity. 111., on July I . lS-n. being the son of
1 \V. and Rosa ("Schmidt i Jenne, who came
from Germany early in their married life and be
i'il agriculturisl of 1 >el\alh c< unity.
111. lacoli received a practical education in the
public schools of his native connlv and lli n
v as employed at farm labor in Missouri, in iS'H
coming to \\"yi lining and at once engaging in
sheepherding, continuing to be thus d for
two years and becoming skilled in all depart-
ii" Mis of the sheep industry. He then started in
the same line for himself, making Converse coun-
ty his headquarters and being prospered as the
logical result of his care and his discrimination,
making Sand ('reek his permanent center
of operations, where he has continued to give
his personal attention to the care of his flocks,
running as high as 20,000 head. On October 18,
1889, Mr. Jenne married with Miss Annie Elrod,
a native of Indiana, and the}' have one son,
Frederick. Mr. Jenne holds distinct opinions on
public matters, joining himself to the Republican
political party as the best exponent of his politi-
cal faith, but having no desire for the acquisition
of public office for himself, content to be a pri-
vate citizen, who enjoys the good will, confidence
and esteem of a large range of acquaintances,
being a loyal and valued member of that worthy
organization, the Woodmen of the World, him-
self and family also taking a distinct place in
the social circles of their friends, while a hospit-
able welcome is extended to all comers at their
beautiful home, which is elegantly located on the
eastern declivity of the hill overlooking the city,
commanding a lovely view. Mr. Jenne is an
example of the success obtainable in the fair
tati of \\'y< iming by a man who is willing to
lead a hard-working, painstaking life, and en-
counter hardships and deprivations f"r a few
'.ears, and he is successful because be
success, having acquitted himself manfully in
all relations of li
CHRISTOPHER HARRISON' J< >\KS.
( hie of the most successful ranchmen and
stockgrowers of Albany county, \Vyomhu
Christopher II. Jon. s, who is a resident of l.ar-
amie. lie was born in Ireland in iS;^. the son
of John and '• - natives
of that country. lli- father continued in
ricultnral pursuits in Ireland until hi- death,
which occurred . when he bad attained to the
.ir- being buried in I >1:\-
506
1'KOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
gow, Scotland. He was the son of John and
Margaret ( Harrison) Jones, residents of Ire-
land. John Jones was of English descent and
had moved from his native country of England
and established his home in Ireland in early
life. The mother of the subject of this sketch
was a woman of remarkable character, living
to the age of seventy-three years and being the
mother of eleven children, seven boys and four
girls. She died in Glasgow, Scotland, and lies
buried there by the side of her husband. Her
fattier, Rev. Archibald Stevenson, was a native
of Scotland, and at the time of his death, in
Ireland, was rector of the parish church at Cas-
tle Ellis, County Rexford, Ireland. Christopher
H. Jones grew to man's estate in his native coun-
try and received his early education in the pub-
lic schools of the vicinity of his boyhood's home.
When he had attained to the age of twenty-one
years, he determined to free himself from the
hard business conditions which surrounded him
in his native land, and to seek his fortune in
the free country of America. He therefore left
the old home, and with a number of other
young men of adventurous spirit, set sail for the
New World, proceeding first to Michigan,
where he remained for about one year, and
then removed to Ohio, where was his home
until 1876, when he came to the then territory
of Wyoming. Locating at Laramie, he secured
employment with the Union Pacific Railroad,
afterwards accepting a position with the W. H.
Holliday Co.. a leading mercantile house, as
bookkeeper, remaining in the latter employment
until 1 88 1, when he purchased his present
ranch property and entered upon the business
of cattleraising. He has been very successful,
being now the owner of one of the finest stock
ranches in that section of the state. Beginning
in a small way he has added to his holdings,
both of land and live stock, until he now pos-
sesses a large and model place and his barns and
buildings are the largest and best equipped in
that section of Wyoming. His success has been
due to his industry, perseverance and keen busi-
ness ability, and he is now counted as one of
the solid business men and substantial prop-
erty owners of the county. In 1881 Mr. Jones
was united in marriage with Miss Mary Mc-
Kinley, a relative of the late Pres. William Alo-
Kinley, one of the most estimable women of
the community where they maintain their home.
She is a daughter of Andrew and Margaret
(Wilson) McKinley. The father from Scotland
emigrated to Canada in a very early day, where
he still -resides and is one of the prosperous
and well-known farmers of his section. His
wife died when Mrs. Jones was but a child. To
their union nine children have been born, Bruce
S., John M., George A., Harrison C, Charles,
Mary E.. Archibald, Margaret and Helen, all
of whom are living, excepting Margaret and
Helen, who died in childhood. The home is
one noted for its hospitality and for the gra-
cious and generous good cheer which they take
pleasure in dispensing to their wide circle of
friends. The family are highly esteemed in Al-
bany county. Mr. Jones is a stanch adherent
of the Republican party, and an earnest advo-
cate of the principles of that political organi-
zation. In 1902, his capability for efficiently
holding public trust was recognized by his
party, who nominated him as its candidate for
county commissioner. The people emphatically
ratified that nomination at the polls on Novem-
ber 4th, by a gratifying vote and his election,
Mr. Jones. having the honor of receiving the
highest vote on the county ticket with one ex-
ception, the popular candidate for coroner lead-
ing him. He is deeply interested in educational
matters and has served his district as a mem-
ber of the school board, devoting much time
to that service without expectation of reward
except the consciousness of having discharged
his duty as a public spirited citizen. No man
in his section of the state holds a higher place
in the regard of his fellow citizens and none
have done more to promote the growth and de-
velopment of that portion of Wyoming.
KILPATRICK BROS. & COLLINS.
The great American republic has in many
ways reset the conditions of life and changed
long established beliefs in numerous lines of
thought and action. Until the gigantic enter-
PROGRESSll'/: MEN OF WYOM1 G
507
prises which distinguished the development of
her enormous \orth\vestern territories were put
into successful operation, no mie thought of
looking for mercantile or husiiiess industries of
magnitude outside of the mighty marts of com-
merce. America has taught the world that they
can be conducted on an enormous scale in the
vt r\ heart of an almost unbroken wildernes-
one of the most impressive illustrations of this
fact is furnished hv the career and achievements
of Kilpatrick I'.ros. & Collins, a firm consisting
oi" William H., Robert J. and Samuel D. Kilpat-
rick and Chester W. Collins, which is doing an
enormous business and covering an immense
extent of country, having its headquarters at
Cambria. Wyoming. 'The business enterprise-
which they have put in motion and conducted to
emphatic success are of such a character and
magnitude as to forcibly engage attention and
almost stagger belief, even here in the West
where men have their vision adapted to colossal
proportions in everything. Yet, while their op-
erations are vast in scope and far-reaching in
variety, they are so systematized that it is as
easy for these gentlemen to conduct them suc-
cessfully and without friction as it would be for
many a man to carry on a corner grocery ; for
to them the science of industrial development in
all its bearings has seemed as easy of masterv as
the acquisition of their native tongue. They be-
long to the class whose mental capabilities run
naturally to the acquisition and large use of
money, who handle propositions involving its
manipulation on scales nf magnitude with due
caution, yet with a facility and a fruitt'ulness sur-
prising to all who witness the operations. The
leading industries which engage their attention
and are the offspring of their fecundating finan-
cial ability are the \"e\\ castle Mining and Im-
provement Co., having a capital stock of Si.ooo,-
ilie ( 'ambria Mining Co., with a cap
of $300,000. the Newcastle Water Supply i o.,
with a capital stock of $100.00.). the Wvoming
Trading Co., with a i O and
the W\ oming Farming and Livi ' . with
a capital stock of S;o,ooo. All of these corpora-
tions have assets far in excess of their capitali-
sation in value and, while their fiscal boundaries
may be definitely stated, the employment they
to labor, the brawny arms and busy brains
they keep in action, the homes they furnish with
the comforts of life and the otherwise wid.
currents of active goodness thev continually pour
•"it nay be conjectured, but not cx-
d in figun • or in words. The firm o «-
of William II. Kilpatrick, whose home is
in NI : . \\'yo., R.<lurt J.. \\liosc headquar-
ire at Beatrice. Neb.; and Samuel D.. who
calls (.'ambria his home, but is seldom al!
to be there long at a time, the es ;• • if tin-
business keeping him on the road most of the
. Mr. Collins lives in Brooklyn. X. Y. The
first business enterprise of the Kilpatricks \\as
a ge • o itracting industry, mainly conni
v. ith railroad work, their oldest brother, Idm
:, at its head and its opera-
tion- I over the entire Xorthwcst. In
iXS- they came into Wyoming to prospect for
coal and finding good promise of abundant si
01 this valuable mineral in the section which they
are now developing with such gratifying results,
lit largely of the land appearing to con-
lain it, some [8,OOO acres in extent, nearly all in
one- body, and at once began to bring forth its
product for the market, using the n
style of the ('ambria Alining ('o. Thev found
the coal too hard to be worked bv hand
equipped the mines with machinen f< .r the pur-
pose, making their first shipment on December
4. lSXt>. Since then the mines have steadily
increased their workings and enlarged their out-
put until they now are the largest in Northern
-ning earn ing 7. * < men < in their p.i\ r. .1U and
yielding annually half-a-million tons of superior
die most of \\hich is used by the I'.urliugton
k I [ills , i. The!'
eration i- (-(inducted on lhirt\ live miles of un-
dergrourid track, all steel, requiring ten mil
wire cable, witli an ever-increasing demand in
these respects. I -"or -cine time tb<
replacing mules with compressed air 1oeom.
as draft power in a pan of their workings, They
also have in -iiccessi'ul operation ;) caking plant
with sevcntv -four bee hive o\ens. theil
5o8
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXC.
ing the only variety now mined in the state that
will produce coke. The output of this industry,
amounting to about 1 7.000 tons annually, is used
by the Golden Reward Smelting Co. of Bead-
wood. Early in their experience they were con-
fronted with a scarcity of water for the mines
and the other enterprises incident thereto. Know-
ing that Nature has always in her bounteous ar-
cana immense stores of whatever is needed for
the sustenance and use of her children and that
she yields them without stint when properly im-
pleaded, they went to work with systematic dili-
gence to supply the want, and sunk an artesian
well to a depth of 2,345 feet. This yielded water
with a wealth more abundant than the rock in
the wilderness, when smitten by Moses for the
famishing children of Israel, and the little coun-
ty seat in the range of the Black Hills, near the
border of two great states, was enriched with a
generous portion of the sparkling fluid. The
water from the well is lifted to the surface and
distributed through its conduits by means of
compressed air and supplies the mines, the town
of Newcastle, and the Burlington & Missouri
River Railroad. The pressure is 900 pounds to
the square inch and the length of pipe to the tank
is 1,840 feet. The well has been in operation
since December, 1901, with an unfailing- flow.
W. E. Mouck, the present superintendent of Hie
mines, has been in charge since February, 1893,
succeeding Joseph Hemingway, the former su-
perintendent, and he has been connected with the
mining company from its organization' L. T.
Wolle was made secretary also in February, 1893,
and is now the company's chief representative at
Cambria. He was previously for years assistant
chief engineer for the Union Pacific system. He
is a man of mark, recognized as a resourceful
and accomplished engineer wherever he is
known, being also esteemed for the sterling vir-
tues and force of his private character. In ad-
dition to the mining interests proper the Kilpat-
ricks own all the buildings, stores, and commer-
cial agencies appurtenant thereto, and under the
name of the Wyoming Trading Co. carry on an
extensive mercantile business. They are also
largely interested in stock, conducting an im-
mense business under the name of the Wyoming
Farming & Live Stock Co. Until recently they
owned the Antlers Hotel at Newcastle, which
was established in a brick building which they
erected and equipped when the town was started.
They are still carrying on their contracting busi-
ness on a scale of great magnitude, having the
name of being the largest and most responsible
company in this line on the American continent.
As a silent partner in these enormous industries
Chester W. Collins is a potential aid, but the man-
• agement, both in general and in detail, is in the
hands of the Kilpatricks, whose capabilities are
equal to its requirements, whose success is com-
mensurate with its magnitude and whose fame
therein is coextensive with the country.
HENRY REASSERT.
Among the citizens of the state of Wyo-
ming who are of foreign birth, whose industry,
thrift, and enterprise have done so much to
build up 'the institutions of the commonwealth,
is Henry Klassert, now a prominent resident
of Wheatland. A native of the great German
empire, his birth occurring on June 10, 1849,
he is the son of John J. and Eva (Stumpf) Klas-
sert, both natives of Germany. The parents
emigrated from their native country to Amer-
ica in 1859 and established their home in Wood-
ford county. 111., where they engaged in farming,
the same pursuit they had followed in the land
of their nativity. Here they resided until their
deaths, the father passing away in 1887 and
the mother surviving until 1900. They are bur-
ied in Woodford county, 111., near the scenes of
their long and useful lives, both having lived
to the age of eighty years. Henry Klassert
grew to man's estate and received his early ed-
ucation in Woodford county, where his parents
resided. After completing his education in the
public schools, he remained at home, assisting
his father in the work and management of the
farm, until he had attained twenty-six years of
age. Then desiring to establish an independent
position in business he went to Saunders coun-
ty. Nebraska, and engaged in farming until
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
509
iSSn, when he removed his residence to the
county of Che\ eime, in tile same sialc. Here
he purchased a farm, ami continued in agricul-
tural pursuits until iScj^. Then disposing of
his property in Nebraska, he came to Wyoming
and purchased his present ranch property, sit-
uated aliout five and one-half miles south of
.itland, and engaged in stockraising. fn
this business he has met with marked success
and by hard work, perseverance ami attention
to In- business, he is building np a fortune, and
is alreaih counted as one of the solid stock-
men and substantial proper! v owners of his
section of the state. ( tit August io, i S-< .. be
fore setting out for his new home in \'ebraska.
in Woodford county, 111., Mr. Klassert wedded
Miss Jane Lincoln, a native of that state and
a daughter of John K. and Rachel (Davis) Lin-
coln, the former a native of Michigan and the
latter o| kentuckv. Her parents were among
the earliest of the pioneer settlers of Illinois,
tin- father conducting fanning operations in
\\ Iford county up to the lime of his decease.
which occurred in 1871. lie is buried in the
county where he had passed all his active life.
After the death of the father, the mother re-
moved to Sannders cnnnly, Xeb.. where she is
now living at an advanced age. Mr. and Mrs.
Klassert have four children, John II.. Charles
A.. Samuel and Edward, all of whom are li\
ing. The familv are devout member-, of the
1 .1 1 h< i lie church and take a deep i teresl
in all work of religion and charity in the com
here the} nnint-iin their home, being
. rving citizens of the state
of their adoption.
IP »N. JESSE KNIGHT.
It Iris been well -aid that the lau is a jealous
ress and demands of bet votaries an un-
divided lo\alt\ and singletics, of purpose and
this js exemplified m tb' con-
scientious man who chooses this i -'ting
of all professions for a life-work. I In- bar of
Wyoming has ever maintained a high standing
and among its individual I in I .aranne
it) is Hon. Jesse Knight, associate justice
of the Supreme Court, who enjoys distinctive
precedence as one of the leading jurists of the
State. A native of < hicida county, X. V.. he
dates his birth on July 5, 1850, being the son
of Jesse and Henrietta Minion) Knight, both
its having been born in the Empire state.
Paternally, the Judge is descended from an old
dy New Knglund ancestry, his grandfather,
Jsaac Knight, claiming Rhode Island as his
place of birth and in this commonwealth the
emigrant forefathers of the family settled in an
early day. Isaac Knight migrated to Xew "i
mg in the wildwoods of Oneida county,
where he lived the life of a pioneer tiller of the
soil to the end of his days. In the same year
in which his son, now the Hon. Jesse Knight,
of this review, first saw the light of day, Jesse
Knight started for California b\ the Isthmus of
Panama, but did not live to reach his destin-
ation, contracting the Panama fever, which re-
sulted in his death while crossing the isthmus.
Judge Knight is indebted to the public se'1
of his native county tor his preliminary edu-
cational discipline and subsequentl) he put
the higher branches of learning in the Kallcy
Seminary, at Fulton, X. V. When about
enteen years old he severed home ties and went
to St. Pi -ter. Minnesota, where he liv< d with an
uncle until iS'o. then made his wa\ to ( imaha.
Xeb., and accepted a clerkship in a mercantile
house, later becoming the head bookkeeper lor
the firm, removing to South Pass, W\omii'
1X71, and entering the empl"\ of Svdne\ Tick-
r.or. Me remained in that gentleman's estab-
lishment about one year, when he was
point d clerl of the court for the Third Ju-
dicial Ilistrict. in addition to v liich he ua-
made postmas I le dis-
charged his dual duties until 1.^74. at which time
the district was reorg necessitating- his
removal to Evanston, \\here he continued a<
clerk of the I >istrict ( 'otirt for ten years I
V 'ling bis leisure lo the stud\ oi
being dulv admitted lo the bar in 1X77. and
SOUK time thereafter he opened an olTice a'
anston and enl : IV€ practice of his
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYO.MIXG.
profession in the courts of I'inta county. In
1888 he \vas elected count} aiinrncy and served
in that capacity until 1890, making an honor-
able record as an able and judicious official,
adding to his already well-established reputa-
tion as one of the successful attorneys of the
Evanston bar. In the latter year at the time
of the first state election he was further hon-
ored by an election to the district judgeship,
in which position he exhibited judicial abilities
of a high order and won much more than a
local repute by his faithful and conscientious
administration of the office, his career on the
district bench demonstrating great aptitude and
capacity for high judicial station. Accordingly
after seven years of service in this connection
he was appointed in 1897 to fill the unexpired
term of Judge Conway as associate justice of
the Supreme Court and a year later he was
elected his own successor for a full term of eight
years, and is now efficiently discharging his
official functions with credit to himself and to
the entire satisfaction of the people of the state,
by whom he has been so signally honored.
Judge Knight's rapid rise in his profession has
scarcely been paralleled in the annals of juris-
prudence. From the beginning of his career- to
the present time his course has been a series
of advancements, as his elevation to the high-
est judicial tribunal in the state abundantly tes-
tifies. He possesses a keen, incisive intellect,
broad capabilities and carries forward to suc-
cessful completion every undertaking to which
he addresses himself. As already indicated h
won by patient study and indefatigable industry
a leading place at the bar of the state, and his
position as a profound lawyer and distinguished
jurist is fully assured. In the practice of law
he was able and patient in the preparation of
his cases, and in their trial skillful and success-
ful, while in the preparation of a case and
• its presentation to court or jury he has had few
equals in discovering in advance all of the con-
trolling points and so marshalling the testimony
and handling it in argument as to produce the
conviction that the cause of his client is just
and ought to prevail. He is a good judge of
human nature and remarkably conversant with
the modes of thought on the part of juries. "With
these, and other equally meritorious qualifica-
tions, together with his ability in the way of
public addresses, he is forcible and successful
in jury cases. Judge Knight brought to the
Supreme Bench not only a personal reputation,
but a character for integrity unquestionable and
unquestioned, a wide knowledge of the law and
of the difficulties which attend its administra-
tion and practice : a mind, which while it does
not readily adopt for his own opinion the opin-
ion of others, is quick to comprehend an argu-
ment and ready to follow it to a logical con-
clusion, however far that conclusion may differ
from an opinion previously entertained. "What
has been said regarding his character and at-
tainments as a lawyer, affords the key to his
career on both the Circuit and the Supreme
Benches. To his many friends throughout the
state, who have carefully scrutinized his work
as a judge, no word is necessary ; to the gen-
eral public it need only be said that the same
careful, conscientious application of thought
and study is given to his official duties as judge
as securer! his success at the bar ; the result be-
ing uniformly satisfactory alike to litigants,
the legal profession and the people. In the
capacity of an able, unbiased arbiter of justice,
he has served with the fullest appreciation of
the duties and responsibilities imposed upon
him by the exalted station with which he has
been honored. Outside the line of his profes-
sion the Judge has long been identified with the
public affairs of Wyoming in a prominent way.
He was a member of the constitutional con-
vention of 1890 and took an active interest in
its deliberations. In politics he is an orthodox
Republicin of the Lincoln, McKinley and the
Roosevelt school, and as such has been prom-
inent in the councils of his party local, state
and national. In matters pertaining to the in-
dustrial improvement of the state he is by no
means a passive spectator, but to the limits of his
ability he has aided and abetted all the move-
ments and enterprises having a laudable object in
view. In the private walks of life his name
PROGRESSIVE MEX UI- WYOMING.
5"
stands above reproach and thosi- who knew him
IH-M arc not only proud to have won, bin ap-
preciate his citi/cnship. lie is one of the mosl
prominent Freemasons in the West, having risen
to the Thirl v-third degree in that ancient and
honorable fraternity, a distinction which but
few attain. He is also identified with the
t 'oiiimandcry and the Mystic Shrine, having been
honored with high official position in the dif-
ferent departments of the order. He is also a
member of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men and of the Maccabees. Referring to the
domestic life of Judge Knight it is learned that
he was united in marriage on February 14,
1876, with Miss Mary L. Hezlep, of Ohio, a
union blessed with five children, namely: Har-
riet, a graduate of the State University, and the
Xew York School of Journalism; Jesse, Mar-
garet. Joseph C. and Dorothy E.
ROBERT H. KNITTLE.
>
The Knittle family is of German lineage, the
first American representative settling in Schuyl-
kill county, Pennsylvania, early in the eighteenth
century, where he established a manufactory, the
family continuing to follow industrial mechanics
<l< >wn ti i the grandfather of the subject of this me-
moir. Dan Knittle, who passed his active life in
the same vocation as did his fathers. The great-
grandfather and several of his brothers were ac-
tive patriots of the Revolutionary period and
on the Colonial side. Robert H. Knittle is a son
of Frank and Emily F. (Allison) Knittle, and
was born in the same locality as were all of his
American predecessors, Schuylkill county. Pa.,
ilir father bring a prosperous merchant of Port
Carbon for many years, hut earlier enlisting in
[86] at sixteen years of a^e in the \ii!
Pennsylvania Infantry, and following the LMiid-
of his command in the Armv of the Potomac
through some of its most sahgninarv battles, be-
ing wounded al Spotts\lvania and made a pris-
oner, thereafter passing glo. h in Libby
prison, hein^ entered on the records of bis com-
as "missing in battl • from
l.ibby, he la) Mrk in a farmln'ii-1 for many
weeks, returning as soon as his slowly recovering
health would permit to his home and later being
replaced on the muster rolls of hi- n ^inient and
honorably discharged, although he never fully
recovered from his wounds. His son, Robert
H. Knittle, was the eldest of the seven childr. n
of his parents and. in connection with his at-
tendance at the public schools, he acquired a
• dge ' 'i merchandising in his father's store,
thereafter becoming a commercial traveler tor
years, then in the fall of i SS8 comir
Wyoming and locating at Douglas, in the service
of C. P. Organ, and here he has since resided
and been in constant business. Purchasing Mr.
Organ's stock in 1890 he organixed the Douglas
Hardware and Lumber Co., of which he was the
general manager until 1897, when, b. reorgani/a-
tion, tlie company became the Florence-Howe
Co., Mr. Knittle becoming the general manager
secretary of the new company, which has
a large and well-appointed store building on
o-!il street, where is displayed their extensive
>tock of hardware, while on city lots they own
adjacent to their store, is located their black-
smith, machine and woodworking shops, their
lumberyards occupying six or seven city lots in
proximity to the shops. Their busin
one of great scope and importance, a large annu.nl
trade being conducted and their products going
into a wide spread area of country. Mr. Knittle
is a wide-awake and popular gentleman, count-
ing his friends in number as his acquaintances
and. possessing those trails of personal character
that are most available in action for the public
§ I. he has been the efficient treasurer of the
city since 1899 and has also held position as OIK
of the city fathers. In iSo| he was nominated,
and elected IM .1 complimentary vote, as the
didatc of the Republican party for member of
the State Legislature-, lie is high in favor with
his hri 'l!i : ' idd Fell"\\ s,
ing membership in the I ica! lod|
eri con umi ated the nuptial rites uniting
Mr. Knittle and Miss (lertrnde King, who was
horn in Illinois and is the daughter of the pi
5'-'
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
incut C. H. Kins' of Casper, Wyo. Their chil-
dren are Florence. Al.irl.ie and Frances. The
family holds distinctive precedence in the best
society of the city and has a wide range of loyal
friends, not bounded by city or county lines.
THOMAS H. McGEE.
\<i man in the state of Wyoming has had n
more interesting, varied or exciting experience
in his life on the frontier than Thomas H.
Metiee, for he freighted into Fort Laramie as
early as 1856, long before many of the large
cities of Wyoming were dreamed of and many
years before there was a railroad within the
boundaries of the present state. A native of
Morgan county, Mo., he was born on November
3, 1838, a son of Thomas and Susan (Donald-
son) McGee, the former a native of Kentucky
and the latter of Tennessee. Both his parents
came to Morgan county when children, and they
met and were married in that county and here
the father engaged in farming operations up to
the time of his death, in 1846, and he lies buried
in that county, where he had passed the greater
portion of his active life. The mother survived
him until 1898, when she also died and was bur-
ied in Comanche, Tex. After the death of the
father the family remained in Morgan county for
about three years and then removed to Johnson
county in the same state. Here the son, Thomas,
received his early education and remained at
home until he had arrived at the age of fifteen
years when, desiring to make his own way in
the world and also to assist his mother in the
support of the family, he secured employment
with an overland freight train and came across
the plains to old Fort Kearney, Neb., soon there-
after returning to the city of Leavenworth, Kan.,
whence he set out on another freighting expedi-
tion to Fort Riley. In the fall of 1855, he re-
turned to Johnson county, Mo., remained during
the winter and in the spring of 1856 joined an-
other freighting outfit and came to Fort Laramie.
The next winter also he passed in Missouri and
in the spring of 1857 he engaged in freighting
for the U. S. government, following the army
uinler ci immand of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston,
which was then marching across the plains to
Utah, and furnishing supplies to the troops. On
this expedition Mr. McGee went as far as In-
dependence Rock, Wyo., again returned to Mis-
souri, where he also passed the next winter and,
once more, in the spring of 1858, he set out with
another overland freight train to Fort Laramie.
During this season he made t\vo trips to that
fort, wintering this year on Sybylle Creek, Wyo.,
building for this purpose the first cabin ever
erected in that vicinity. During the season of
1859 he continued freighting operations for the
U. S. government from Fort Laramie to Salt
Lake City, Utah, and passed the winter of that
year at Fort Worth, Texas. In the spring of
1860 he was employed to drive a herd of cattle
i ivrrland from Fort Worth to Chicago, and was
occupied for five months with this employment.
The following winter was passed at his old home
in Johnson county, Mo., and in May, 1861, he
enlisted for a period of six months in a Missouri
regiment for service in the Confederate army.
After serving out his term of enlistment he re-
mained at his Missouri home until June, 1862,
when he engaged in freighting from Fort Leav-
enworth to Xew Mexico, making two trips that
year. The next year he freighted from Fort
Leavenworth to old Fort Garland and in 1864, he
again joined the freighting line from Fort Leav-
enworth to Fort Laramie for some months and
was then employed by Erwin, Jackman & Co. in
riding the range. In 1865 he had charge of an
overland freight train bound for Salt Lake City,
Utah, and returning to Fort Leavenworth. In
1866 he was occupied in freighting from Fort
Leavenworth to Fort Saunders and Fort Casper,
passing the winter at Fort Laramie. In 1867,
he returned to Johnson county, Mo., where he
remained for four years engaged in farming. In
1871 he came to Greeley, Colo., and later he
brought a large herd of cattle to Wyoming,
where he remained for three years as foreman on
the cattle ranch of S. D. Hunter, located at
Antelope Springs. In 1874 he went to Iron
Mountain, where he was the manager of a large
horse ranch for one year. In August, 1875, he
PROGRESS!!'/; MEN OF WYOMING.
If ft that position that he might engage in busi-
for himself, ami took up his present ranch
on South Crow Creek, Laramic o>uut\. Wyo.,
ahi'iit seventeen miles west of Cheyenne. Ib-rc
lie has since made his home and has been contin-
uously engaged in cattle and h»rse raising, giving
his attention chiefly to cattle. He has met with
marked success in his operations and is now the
owner of a fine ranch of over 4,000 acres of land,
with many thousands of acres of leased lands,
which he holds from the state. Air. McGee
handles mostly the Hereford breed of cattle, find-
ing that line the most profitable. He has a large
band at the present time (1902) and is constantly
adding to his large stock holdings. On March
5, 1869, Air. McGee was married in Johnson
county. Mo., to Miss Sreldia Jackson, a native
of Illinois and a daughter of James and Mary
(Heska) Jackson, the former a native of Ken-
tucky and the latter of Pennsylvania. Her fa-
there was long an extensive contractor and build-
er, first operating in Illinois and later in Mis-
souri. In 1873 he removed from Missouri to
W\ outing, and settled on Horse Creek, where
he engaged in ranching and cattle-raising until
1878, the year of his death. The mother died in
icjoo and both were buried in Cheyenne. I -"our
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. McGee,
I.ula M.. Maud I.. Hugh W. and |. Ilobart. Mr.
McGee has all his life been identified with the
Democratic party and, while taking a patriotic
interest in public affairs, he has never been a
strung partisan or sought political preferment.
He is a man of sterling traits of character, whose
long and varied experiences of life have enlarged
and liberalized his views, and it is both interesting
and instructive to hear him relate the story of
his early life on the frontier. For many years
he has seen the making of history in the West
and has assisted materially in that making. Dur-
ing many i>l his early freighting expeditions, the
Indians were hostile and very troublesome ami
he had many escapes, which now .seem almost
miraculous. IIU good judgment and courage
oi'ti-n carried him through places where men less
strong and dauntless \\oulil have perished. Al-
though engaged in many skirmishes with the In-
dians on the plains during those exciting d
he was never seriously injured and was always
rc.adx to go back over the trail by the next over-
land train and try his luck again. His indi
and business ahilitv are building up for bin
his children a fine properly, while his admirable
and manly qualities have earned for him the - '
opinion and high regard of all with whom he has
c< ime in contact.
I \MKS Md.i IUGHLIN.
One of the pioneers of Wyoming and also
one of the representative stockmen of that state.
who has now retired from active business and
turned over the management of his extensive
stock interests to his sons, James Mel.oughlin,
a leading .citizen of the cit\ of Cheyenne, was
born on April 26, iSjd, in County Westmeath.
Ireland, the son of Jaines and Ilridgct (Ger-
aghty) McLoughlin, also natives of Ireland. The
father was engaged in merchandising at the
town of Moat, through a long life and up to
the time of his decease, which occurred in [846.
The mother died in the same year and both
were buried in the land of their nativity. Left
an orphan during infancy by the death of his
parents, James McLoughlin was received into
the famih of an uncle, and there he grew to
man's estate, receiving his early education in
the schools of Moat in his native land, lie \\as
educated for the priesthood, but was compelled
to leave school at the age of nineteen years and
before he had complete. i his education. In
[865 he left the home of his childhood and early
manhood and came to America to seek his for-
tune in the \cw World. \fter arriving in New
York, he soon started Eoi ' > i ilia. Xrh.. and up-
on arriving at that place secured employment
in thi' construction department of the I'nion
1'acitic Railroad, then building through that
section of the country and continued in that
occupation continuously until iSSo. In 1X75 he
was transferred from Sidney. Xrh.. to the town
o! < Ml... Wyo., remaining there during his sub-
sequent railroad work. In i ssi . he purchased
the ranch property which he now owns, sit-
•>GRESSIVE MEN OF IVYOUi
uau-d on Duck Creek, about twentv-five miles
from the city of Cheyenne, Wyo., and which is
extensively known as the Twin Mountain ranch.
This is one of the historic spots of Wyoming,
it having been formerly an important station on
the old overland Laramie stage road, being one
of the first ranches established in the early days
of Wyoming. It has been the scene of many
exciting experiences of frontier life, and is
known to all the frontiersmen of the Western
country. Here he engaged in cattleraising with
great success, adding to his holdings, both of
stock and land, until now he is the owner of a
fine ranch, comprising some 3,600 acres of
land, well fenced and improved, one of the finest
hay ranches .in that section of the state. A
leading and representative stockman of that
portion of Wyoming, he is counted as one of
the solid business men and substantial prop-
erty owners of the state. In 1901 desiring to
withdraw from the cares of active business pur-
suits, he turned over the management of his
ranches and cattle interests to his three sons,
who now control them and handle the prop-
erty along the same successful lines followed
by the father. He then removed his residence
from the ranch to the city of Cheyenne, where
he now maintains his comfortable home and
is enjoying the ease and repose to which he is
justly entitled after his industrious and well-
spent life. On May 7, 1876, at Lincoln, Neb.,
Mr. McLoughlin was united in marriage with
Miss Sarah Daly, a native of that state and a
daughter of James and Ann (Scott) Daly, natives
of Ireland. Her father came to America from
his native country in 1823 and the mother came in
1824. The father always followed the occupation
of blacksmithing during the active years of his
life, dying in the city of Wheatland, Wyoming,
in 1899 at the advanced age of ninety-six years.
The mother still survives and makes her home
in Denver. Mr. and Mrs. McLoughlin have had
five children, Thomas F., Catherine E., now
Mrs. McPhee, Theresa A., now Mrs. Murray;
James G. and Maurice F., all of whom are
living. The active and industrious sons are all
residing at the original home ranch on Duck
Creek, \\ y<>. The family are members of the
Roman Catholic church, and take an earnest
part in all wnrks ni' rejigion and charity in the
community where they reside. Politically. Mr
McLoughlin is identified with the Democratic
party, and takes an interest in public affairs, bill
has never sought or desired public office, pre-
ferring to give his entire time and attention to
the management of his extensive business in-
terests and the care of his family.
MRS. ALICE IDEN.
.Mrs. Alice Tden, a prominent member of the
Old Settlers' Club and a welcome addition to the
best social circles of Sheridan, who is the widow
of the late S. A. Iden, whose death in that city
on November 17, 1901, removed from its citizen-
ship one of the most useful, most esteemed and
most picturesque of its members, is a native of
Wisconsin and a daughter of William G. and
Louisa (Westrope) Snead, the former born and
reared in Tennessee and the latter in Jackson
county. 111. Her mother's father was a nephew
of Daniel Boone and in Illinois in the time of the
Black Hawk War he bore a gallant and highly
appreciated part. Family tradition tells us that
ancestors of her father came over in the May-
flower and in all the early history of New Eng-
land they were conspicuous in peace and war
in the service of their adopted land. They were
hardy, thrifty people and boldly took their place
in the front rank of every movement for the
development and improvement of the country,
clearing the forests, fighting Indians, establishing
governments, commencing schools and building
churches. They were men of enterprise in mer-
cantile affairs and some of them went "down to
the sea in ships," daring the dangers of all the
oceans. Mr. Iden was born in Virginia on May
23, 1827. a son of James and Margaret (Rus-
sell) Iden, descendants of old families that had
lived in the Old Dominion from Colonial times
and had done in that section for the advance-
ment of American progress and development
what Mrs. Iden's forefathers had done in New
England and elsewhere. And when the struggle
S. A. IDEN.
MRS. ALICE IDEN.
\GRESSIVE MEN OF ID'OMIXG.
for Independence came, members of both lines
warmlv csp, msed the C:IUM- of the Colonies and
fought for their release from foreign domination
until it \\TIS accomplished, "When Mr. Iden was
seven years old the family moved to ( )hio and
when he reached the age of eighteen be made his
residence in Illinois and there started in life. He
was married soon after to Miss Elmira Robinson,
and settled down on a farm where lie worked and
pered for many years, going however dur-
'his time to California where he devoted five
years to mining and returned to Illinois. In
his wife died and t\\" years later he was
married to M ; Uice Snead. Soon after their
marriage they moved to Hopkins. .Mo., and en-
i in farming and stock-growing, for a time
aiding a merchandising enterprise with
success. In 1882 they came to \Y\oining and,
ne of the choice land on Big Goose
1 reek near Beckton, continued in this more fa-
vorable field the stockgrowing and farming in-
dustries they had begun in Missouri. In these
they were very successful, increased their land to
[,300 acres ami improved it as time passed until
it became one of the most productive and beauti-
ful places on the creek. In KJOO advancing age
le Mr. Iden desirous of retiring from active
effort and the ranch v\ . a handsome resi-
S built in Sheridan and there thev hoped
i' p 3S long years of quiet retirement in the
evening of life, surrounded with every com for!
and secure in the esteem of their hosts of friends,
lint two years later Mr. Iden died and since that
time his \\-idi . \ has < » cupied the Sheridan li< mie.
Mrs. Iden has had an eventful career. Sh'
firsl H bite woman \\ ho settled < >n I ',i:_: '
1 and was called on to meet all the exactions
and bear all the hardships of a life so entin.lv
and pioneer, 1" : ami sur-
ronnded by [ndia I '.ill b. , resolute
spirit and not only met the ivquip mi nts bravely,
but aided vigorously iii subduing the wildei
and i : fruit ml. Sb. ' , i praci
a pioneer in Missouri, for when they moved to
thai state the part where th : tin-
develop, d and sparseh settled, and there -1
ired i" ir< mtier life am led to eni
it- privations with
MAkK MANLEY.
This versatile geiitleinan is well cl
among the leading spirits and sterling pioneers
of "Wyoming and hi' is a true son of the V
having been born at Salt Lake City, I'tah, on
November 17, 18(15, a son of James and Sarah
(Myers) Mauley, his father being a nali\. •
Zanesville. Ohio, born on March 27, 1827. and
his mother of Xanvoo, 111., where she was born
on March id, iS|> a daughter of George and
Anna (Yost') Myers, who were Pennsylvanians
of Holland ancestry and farmers by vocation.
James Manle - ver by trade and
he came to Utah with General Connor when he
brought bis Califi teers to quell the
Mormon uprising, remaining in 1 tab until 1867.
He then came to I'ort I'.ridger and engaged in
merchandising in the old town of Merrill. An
energetic, educated and public spirited person,
he was an important factor in all matters affect-
ing the public weal and when I "inta county was
organized, with the temporary county seat at
Merrill, he was the first deputv county ass
of the new organi/ation. His marriage occurred
at Salt Lake City, in S three
children came to them, Mark'. Sarah I',., now rc-
~;diiig in California, the \\ife of David K. Stay-
ton, and Blair, who died in infancy. I'.oth of
the parents died at Fort Bridger. the moth.
•iar\ 12, iSj.v and the father on April 8,
lS-_|, and the\ were interred at Salt Lake City.
Mark Mauley attended the public schools of Salt
Lake City, attaining such proficiency as i
able him to engage in teaching, at ll1 ' six-
lieu, r, com MIL: r and be-
coming the mail-carrier betweui the' I'ort
er and I b in"'. '-. Fi I] I I
years taught very successfully in schools at 1 fil-
liard and Burnt I inning then a cl,
:,'ii in the posl I'ort Bridgcr, in which
, 'iiiiimed f, ir two years, w inning many
friends bv hi • . attention to inisim -s and
lumerous
able tO b
ranch • :ig up the land of 1
where- he is i "ing
.;_'o acn - Mill bap;
Si6
I'ROGRESSIVE MEN OP WYOMING.
pied in caring for his lino herd of graded Here-
ford cattle, which is yearly increasing in size
and importance. He is considered one of the
alile and reliable citizens of the county, being
a valued member of the Woodmen of the World
and prominently allied with the Democratic party
and was the candidate of his party in 1894 for
member of the State Legislature, receiving a
very complimentary vote but, owing to the su-
perior numerical strength of the opposing party,
he failed of an election. He has, however, done
excellent service as a deputy assessor. Where
non-partisan issues are in discussion his judg-
ment and opinions are carefully weighed and con-
sidered. At Ogden, Utah, on January n, 1889,
were solemnized the marriage ceremonies unit-
ing Mr. Manley and Mrs. S. M. Hamilton, the
widow of R. H. Hamilton, of Michigan, and a
daughter of Philip and Sarah LaCroix, also na-
tives of Michigan. Three children brighten the
beautiful home over which Mrs. Manley presides
with grace and entertains with hospitality.
EDGAR W. MANN.
The subject of this sketch, Edgar W. Mann,
has had so successful a professional and official
career that it marks him as one of the distin-
guished men of the city in which he resides. In
one of the most exacting of the learned profes-
sions he has won a prominent place among the
ablest of his contemporaries, while as a legisla-
tor his record has become a part of the History
of Wyoming. He is a native of Dane county,
Wis., and one of the leading members of the
Cheyenne bar, being the son of Robert and Har-
riet X. ( Warner) Mann, and was born near Mad-
ison, on November 18. 1851, and after the death
of his parents, which occurred before he had
reached his tenth year, he found a home with
his grandparents by whom he was reared to man-
hood. His primary education acquired in the
public schools of his native county was supple-
mented by a full course at Beloit College, enter-
ing the preparatory department of that institu-
tion at the age of fourteen and from this educa-
tional institution he was graduated in 1873. De-
ciding to make legal business as his life-work,
he entered the law department of the State Uni-
versity at Madison, graduating therefrom in
1X74, and the same year was admitted to the liar,
after which he entered the office of J. C. McKen-
ney of that city, remaining with him for six
months, when leaving Madison, he entered the
office of Hingham & Jenkins at Chippewa Falls,
Wis. After practicing there until March, 1870,
he came to Wyoming and accepted a clerical po-
sition with \V. W. Corlett, one of the leading law
yers of ihe Laramie county bar, subsequently-
opening a law-office of his own and being in prac-
tice for four years, at the expiration of which
time he was appointed register of the U. S. land-
office, entering upon his duties of the position in
April, 1880. Mr. Mann held the above office
four years and four months, retiring therefrom in
August, 1884, and the following fall was further
honored by being elected county attorney. Mean-
time, in 1879, he had served as a member of the
Territorial House of Representatives, in which
body he took an active part in the proceedings,
serving on several important committees and par-
ticipating in the public discussions during the
open sessions. At the expiration of his term of
service as county attorney, he resumed his pro-
fession. On December 15, '1896, he was ap-
pointed city attorney of Cheyenne, which office
he still holds, having been reappointed on Febru-
ary 8, 1899. In politics Mr. Mann is a stanch
supporter of the Republican party, ready and
earnest in the defense of his convictions, and is
one of its recognized leaders in the city and
county. He has contributed much to the suc-
cess of the local and state tickets, taking an act-
ive interest during the progress of campaigns as
an adviser and worker with the rank and file.
In his profession, Mr. Mann may be regarded as
standing in the front rank at a bar long noted
for the high order of its legal talent. As a prac-
titioner he has few equals among his associates,
as the success which has invariably attended his
efforts abundantly attest. He is a man of pro-
nounced individuality and untiring industry, and
his opponents often find when a case comes to
trial that the questions involved are entirely dif-
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I'crciit from what they had previously conceived
them to In- and, as a consequence, discomfiture
usually follows. In the trial of suits he is in the
Mil, fur his careful arrangement, his
watchfulness, his ability to pprceive and lay hold
of the strung points nf hi-- cause and, ahnve all.
his acknowledged honesty of p1 ike him
an excccdingh strong and formidable opp-
6 either court or jur\ . I le is also consid-
ered .1 safe and reliable counsellor and as a con-
sequence lias built up a lucrative business aside
from the duties of the office which he so accept-
ably fills. Mr. Mann is an ardent believer in re-
d religion and lor a number of years has
an active and o 'iisiMent member of the
Congregational church. TTc has always endea\
ire his life by the true standa
Christian manhood as found in the Sacred Scrip-
tures, and all who know him bear witness that
his daily walk and conversation are in harmony
with bis profession as an humble disciple of the
him of Nazareth. He has been a member of the
I of trustees of the local I '< mgregational
church and untiring- in his efforts to build up
the ci ni^re^ation and promote its useful
rnally, he is one of the leading Odd Fel-
of \V\, lining, having- served as grand mas-
ter ' if the grand lodge, also as grand patriarch
of the ( iraud Encampment of the state. In these
oftiei.-d capacilii-s he became \\idilv knoun a
rnities throughout \V\ '< lining and his
name mil ' ind wherever an •
tion of either brotherhood meel Ir. Mann
ppily married at St. Joseph, Mo., on May
iS, iSSi. The maid' ii name of Mr. Mann was
•ia J. G irletl ; she is the dan-!::. . Wil-
liam and \nn i "iirlett and has hi irne her I in -band
i i ch Idren, \\'alter ( '. and Marv I1,., both of
\\ hdm inherit many of the sti
h. ad i for which their parents are noted.
J( ISEPH \. M \\< >RG \X.
A leading nierehant and representative cit-
inty, \V\ • iseph A.
Mam irgan, v. ' . .f busi-
ness is at Manville. Newport,
Ky., where he was born on September jj, iSi,^,
the s : ' ;an, the former a
native of Scotland and the latter of England.
Shortly after the birth of Air. Manorgan the
family removed to Cincinnati, where in :
e lost hi , when the mother re-
••d with her family to Henry county, 111.,
where they made their residence until her
six years old when she also died.
He was then taken in company with his broth-
ers to \llu-ns county. Ohio, where he ree
>n in the public schools. Sub-
.'•ntly in company with his older brother,
George, he went to Taylor county, Towa, where
he r irs, then in Ring-
gold county. Iowa, he wa '. for two
years as a clerk and lati : n buying
grain. In iSSn lie removed to Sydnev. Xeb..
and in th. • i hen territi n'y
of \A"yoming, locating at . i of Manville,
where he ' ••upa-
tious for a time and the-i 1 in railr
Hi . lied in this pursuit U]
fall of tSi)^. \\-hen he gave up this emplo;
for the ]iurposi> of engaging in m> pur-
suits. In June. iSo-j. in coni])any with Mr.
\\~illiam Mel' . with whom he is still
associated in business, be started a
store at Manville, which was continued until
the fall of \t that time be purchased the
-t of his partner in the establishment. In
ili' Manville Mr- 'Vgaiiized.
Mr. Mel'. ' g the pre-iden;
Mr. 'ii the treasurer of i! :>.my,
\\hieh erected a commodious building in Man-
ville. in which the) carry an extensive
• I" general merchandi if the
-I and mo,: fnl mercantile i-nter-
- in that section of \V\oming. \\hich has
built u]) very large!-,- bv the ability, en-
nnd the careful attenl E Mr.
Manorgan. who is
.me of tl i
ming. i >n I '. cember 7. 1893, ^'r- Ai
was united in [ I -. Kern.'
Ml the publ
PROGRESSIVE At EN OF WYOMING.
Wyoming. To their union has been born three
children, only one of whom is living, Harold
G., and their home is one noted for its sur-
roundings of refinement and comfort. Fra-
ternally, Mr. Manorgan is affiliated with the
Modern Woodmen of America. He was one
of the organizers of the First Methodist church
of Manville and has ever taken an active and
leading part in all work calculated to promote
the moral and religious wellbeing of the com-
munity. He assisted in the organization and
is at present the superintendent of the Sun-
day-school in connection with his church, and
his earnest endeavors have been toward the
upbuilding and education of the people. Suc-
cessful in his business affairs and giving a
large portion of his time and energy to the
public welfare, Mr. Manorgan is a fine type
of what an American citizen should be, high-
minded, public-spirited, and enjoying the re-
spect and confidence of his fellow citizens.
FERGUSON S. MITCHELL.
Among the progressive men of the younger
generation of stockmen of Wyoming, and one
who is sure to be a prominent figure in the
future industrial life of the state, is Ferguson
S. Mitchell, whose address is Uva, in Laramie
county. He is a native of Scotland, born in
Aberdeenshire, on May 3, 1873, the son of
George and Barbara J. (Shives) Mitchell, na-
tives of Scotland, where his father was a
farmer, and engaged in raising thoroughbred
and graded cattle, in which pursuit he con-
tinued in his native land until his death, which
occurred in 1892, being buried in Aberdeen-
shire. The mother is still living in the city
of Aberdeen, although she is at present (1002)
paying a visit to her sons in Wyoming. Fer-
guson S. Mitchell grew to man's estate in his
native country, and received his early educa-
tion in the schools of Aberdeenshire, attend-
ing during most of the time the institutions of
the city of Aberdeen. When he had completed
his education, he entered the employ of a large
woolen factory in Yorkshire, England, having
in view I he possibility of following that pur-
suit in after years, and remained there for
about three years. The death of his father in
1892, however, changed his plans for the fu-
ture, and shortly after that unfortunate event,
he determined to go to America and seek his
fortune. Arriving here in 1892, he proceeded
to Casper, Wyo., and engaged in sheep hus-
bandry for about two years, when he came to
Laramie county and entered into partnership
with his elder brother, George Mitchell, form-
ing the Mitchell Cattle Co., and they there con-
tinued in that business up to the spring of
1898, when he sold his interest to his brother
George, and purchased the ranch property
which he now owns and occupies on the North
Laramie River, about five miles west of Uva,
in Laramie county. Here he engaged in rais-
ing cattle, and he has since that time been con-
tinuously engaged in that occupation. In this
enterprise he has met with success and is now
the owner of a fine, improved ranch property,
with a modern residence and all suitable and
necessary barns and buildings for the carry-
ing on of a general ranching and cattleraising
business. He is yearly adding to his holdings,
both of land and cattle, and is counted as one
of the rising young stockmen of Wyoming.
Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Masonic
order as a Thirty-second degree mason of the
Scottish Rile, a member of Consistory, No. i,
and also of Commandery No. i, of the city of
Cheyenne. Politically, he is identified with the
Republican party, and takes an active interest
in public affairs, although not to the extent
of either seeking or desiring political office.
He is one of the rising men of Laramie coun-
ty, being held in the highest esteem by all
classes of his fellow citizens.
L. E. MARTIN.
L. E. Martin, a prosperous and enterprising
ranchman and stockgrower of Sheridan, located
near Bighorn, Wyo., is a native of Pennsylvania,
where he was bom on June 17, 1857, and where
also his parents, Robert and Catherine (Emery)
'l-: MEX OF WYOMING.
519
.Martin, were born and reared. He grew to
manhood on his father's farm and had the usual
expi rieiicc of country buys in his class and sec-
i i<>i i, \\orking at home during the summers and
attending the district schools in the winters.
When he reached the age of t \venty-oiie he be-
gan fanning for himself and followed this occu-
p; tion in his native state until 1878. He then
removed to Kansas and for t\vo years was en-
ed in farming in that state. In 1880 he
made another change of base to Boulder, Colo.,
th( n conducting an active business as a contrac-
tor. After three years of success in this line he
c-iine to Wyoming in 1883 in charge of the Colo-
rado colony, which had land near Bighorn and
had constructed a large irrigating ditch for its
r supply of water. He bought a farm in
iame neighborhood and settled down to cul-
tivate it as well as to act as manager and superin-
undeitt of the interests of this colony. In this
capacity lie was employed until 1890 and since
then he has been doing contract work in build-
ing reservoirs and raising stock, handling both
horses and rattle, and he has an interest in the
I'.ighoni creamery. His farm is a valuable and
productive one, well located and highly improved.
II' i-. a member of the Independent < >rder of
' >'!<! Fellows and of the Modern Woodmen of
America. On February 16, 1888, he was mar-
ried to Miss Minnie Jackson, a native uf [ov
and a daughter of W. I-"., and Amanda I I i.<
Jackson, natives respectively of Indiana and
Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have two chil-
dren. Lona and Kdward, both of tender years.
IRA O. MIDDAUGH.
I ew are there among the \ounger general
of business and professional men of the
of Wyoming who hold a higher place in the pub-
lic esteem, or have brighter prospects for the
future, than lion. Ira ( ). Middan-li. tin- editor
and popular proprietor of the Wheatland V,
of Whealland. lie is -,t i>ati\e of Micle
born i'i the city of Kalama/oo. on Kehrnary
13. i8(>s, a s, m « if I lanm m i ' rraham i
Middaugh. the former a native of ihe I >»iuin-
ion of Canada, and the latter of Rochester,
X. Y. The father was one of the very earliest
pioneers in Michigan, having come to that
state in 1831, when his parents settled in the
county of Oakland. In 1845 he married and
removed to Kalamazoo county, where In
d ill fanning up to the time of his de-
cease in iS<jS. lie lies buried at Richland Cen-
1 i ilai -ounty. The mother passed
away in September, 1882, and was buried by
the side of her husband. Ira O. Middaugh
grew to man's estate and received his early
education in the graded schools of Kalama-
zoo, pursuing a thorough course of study. In
1883, after the death of his mother, he went
to Beloit, Kansas, to make his home with his
older brother, John, who was r siding there,
engaged in the practice of law. Here he <
pleted a course of study in the Beloit hi-h
school, and subsequently, when at tin
sixteen years, he secured employment in a
printing-office at that place, and entered upon
his career as a newspaper-man, in which he
has made a conspicuous success. lie re-
mained in this position for two years, at tin-
time reading law in the office of his
brother. In 1880. he left I'.eloit and went to
Abilene, in the same state, to accept a po-
sition in the office of a daily paper, continuing
in that employment at \lnl> m and Harper.
Kansas, until iSSS. In tin- latter year lie de-
termined to seek' his fortune on the I'.
coast and went to Seattle. Wash., where he be-
came a member of the Typographical I'nioii,
and held various positions on daily pa
The following year he returned to Kansas and
purchased the I'laiiualle Times, which lie con-
ducted sU, , c-ssfully until 18114. when he dis-
d of his interests in Kansas, ;i;iil removed
to Wheatland, \\ yo. I [ere, in i Ictobi
he issued the first number of the \\heatland
World, a progl and popular in
which he has conducted witl
from the dale of its first issue. Its circulation
has gradual!* m year to year until
now it is amo • the O 'nnl i
pers < if the state. This has been due to tin-
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PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYO.\1\
energy, fairness and progressive spirit in which
the paper has dealt with the public in its busi-
ness relations and the manner in which it has
discussed all questions concerning the welfare
of the community in which it is published.
Politically, Mr. Middaugh is a stanch adherent
of the Republican party, having affiliated with
it from the time he became a voter, and the
Whcatland World being one of the principal
Republican organs of Wyoming. In 1896 Mr.
Middaugh was elected a member of the Leg-
lature of Wyoming from Laramie county and
served a term in that capacity. His record dur-
ing that time was such as to do credit to his
party and to his county, and to reflect honor
upon himself, much of the legislation enacted
during that session, standing as a monument
to the able and patriotic manner in which he
performed the duties of his office. In May,
1897, he was appointed postmaster at Wheat-
land, and has continued in that position to
the present time. During his residence in
Plainville, Kansas, he was elected as city clerk
of that place and served in that capacity up
to the time of his removal to Wyoming. On
April 8, 1890, at Plainville, Kansas, Mr. Mid-
daugh was united in marriage with Miss Allie
M. Kerns, a native of Illinois and the daugh-
ter of David and Mattie E. (Wilson) Kerns,
both natives of Ohio. Emigrating from Ohio,
the father of Mrs. Middaugh settled in Stark
county, 111., and there followed the occupation
of farming until the death of his wife, which
occurred on December 27, 1879. She is buried,
at Wyoming, in that state. Shortly after this
unfortunate event he removed to Kansas, es-
tablished his home in Rooks county and en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising. He con
tinned in this pursuit until 1895 when he dis-
posed of his. property in Rooks county and
retired from actual business, making his home
in Topeka, Kan., where he died on May n,
1901, and where he is buried. He was a suc-
cessful man of business affairs, who enjoyed
the esteem of his neighbors and large circle of
friends and did much to build up the commun-
ities in which he made his home. To Mr. and
Airs. Middaugh have been born three daughters
to bless their home life, Florence M., Kath-
leen M. and Marjorie L., all of whom are liv-
ing. Their home in \Yheatland is noted for
its comfortable surroundings and for the gra-
cious and reiined hospitality there dispensed.
Fraternally, Mr. Middaugh is a prominent
member of llie Masonic order, being a chart er
member of \Yhealland .Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
and having been its first worshipful master.
He is also a member of the commandery of
Knights Templar, the chapter and consi
at Cheyenne, haviii1^ taken the Thirty-second
degree of the Scottish Rite. He is also a
charter member of Wheatland Lodge of Odd
Fellows, and is past grand of that lodge. He
is also affiliated with the Modern Woodmen
of America and the Woodmen of the World at
Wh'eatland. and takes an active interest in all
matters calculated to promote and advance the
fraternal life of the city where he maintains his
home. In addition to his other business in-
terests Mr. Middaugh is interested in fire in-
surance, loans and collections, and is one oi
the most active and enterprising business men
in his section of the state. He is progressive,
popular, successful and enjoys the admiring es-
teem and support of a large and growing con-
stituency.
GEORGE W. METCALF.
Descending from very early Colonial stock of
Xew England, both sides of his lineage having
been conspicuously identified with the movement*
leading up to the Declaration of Independence
and to the Revolutionary War and also with
the campaigns and battles of that heroic struggle
for independence, one of his maternal ancestors
being the distinguished Colonel Chadwick in
whose memory, for his gallantry in that contest,
a handsome monument was erected in Worcester,
Mass., and is still standing, an historic landmark
of Hint city. George W. Metcalf, the represent-
ative merchant of Douglas, Wyo., has inherited
many of these New England qualities of intvlli-
gence, thrift, business sagacity and ability, \vhich
PROGRESSIVE ME\ OP WYOMING.
placed its --MIIS at the verj Eronl of ilu1 bu-incss
ations of every locality where circnmst,
: M. Mr. Mctcalf was Imra on
January _>;. iS;5. in the intellectual village of
Xorthfield, \ t.. a son of A. \1. and Martha J.
K'hadwick i Metcalf, both being natives of the
old town of Harton in that State. Ilis maternal
grandfather was a trading merchant of his sec-
tion of Vermont. \\hile his father was a contrac-
aml Imilder of Xorthfield, passing; then
the years of his manhood until his death. He Ere
imeiitlv represented Xorthlield in the State Leg-
islature and was very active -in town and public
matters. George \Y. Mctcalf was the eldest son
of tin- family. His early literary training was
acquired in Xorthfield. thereafter attending the
Xorwieh (Vt.) I 'nivcrsiu and later entering the
I'uiver-iu of \rrm«ut at I 'aldington, from the
failing of his health being forced to terminate his
studies, to relieve his illness coming to 'Wyoming,
where lie was so pleased \\ith tin- country and
its climatic purity that in 1880 he became a per-
. nt citizen of the state, locating first at Fort
l.aramie. then in Johnson county, there signing
the petition for its creation, in 1882 making his
residence at Fort Fetterman, where in 1884 he
•'. d ii n •• n li.iiidising and was cnmmissi
r. After four years of successful busi-
life then h d to I !asper, trading
as Metcalf v\: \\'illianis until |8<><>, when
purchasing Williams' interest he continued busi
,,11\ until -|X. K i, \\ hen \\ 3
the \\ ebi i Mercantile ' o. [n 1885 'b tcalf \-
\\'illian\s hail opened a clothing store
•.llich. \vitli the before-mentioned inti i
became the full property "f Mr in iS<i'>.
Hid tin- store he still conducts. lie has been a
resident of Douglas since the creation 0
town, anil th re buildn
ted by him. I ic- hold-
of the \Vchcl Men
d( i'l i if tbe c-' >nipaii\ . ft O mid hardK be
nit- w< iuld ci mini.
to merchandising during the : rs of bis
\\Aoniitig life, when the great potcntialiti
that most alluring and profitable ,. nirce of re\
enite. the Stock industry, p ' their atlract-
ive fi atures, \nd he did ni 't do so. 1 1
it value on Sand (reek, fifty miles
. having twenty miles of water,
one on the ( 'he\einie Kiver and yet an«i
in V' . i itinty, all dcv >ted ti > -ti ickra
Mr. Charle.^ II. \\'eeb. being his partner in the
p and ranching btisiiK-ss. and they are run-
ning over 20,000 head of sheep. < >n I'ebruary
--. iSSS. Mr. ,vas married to Miss Susan
\\ i bel, a sifter of hi Mte in the Y1
Mercantih Co. ind they have two children : Mil-
dred and Catheriti ' In Douglas Mr.
Metcalf has erected a modern brick store 45x100
feet in si , meiit. and in this is
•I and displaced an extensive stock of dry-
goods, clothing, gro.-c rii ~. boots, shoes, etc., all
well suited lo tbe wants of the people of the -nr-
p iiinling country, having also a large warehouse,
25x100 fi le the railroad and a substantial
brick resii mat ar.-hitectural design and
rn equipment, all sin iwing th<- pri isperil
hi- financial condition and adding to the f.
able appearance of the flourishing city of his
home. In political relations Mr. Metcalf has
faithful adherence to the priuvipli
iiant in his former Xew Knedand i
and is a pronounced Republican, although a'
ding to e\ ,T\ n m thi o rtain right ti > casl
ullot in accordance witli hi- o\\ n coiivic-
tions. 1 ' 'in'c circles he is not only
a Knigb r, but he ha- also attaint
• Tee . if the SCI 'Iti-ll Rile.
being wideh known to the brothel ' the
-late. lie is also a member of the Woodmen of
the World, being al-o a representative of tin-
•nercial operate <rs i 'f the si 'inn-
ate and successful business man and a good citi-
\\ell in the 'ding
of a wide extent i 'f country.
[ITCHELL.
I h the
state of \\'\oiniiiL' ntchell. who-,
is I A a, in l.aramie county. lie-
the Scotti-b race, which h.i- c. •nlnlmtc''
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
many of the successful men of America, and es-
pecially of the state of Wyoming. Still a young
man, he is already a leading figure in the business
and industrial life of the state and is destined to
take a still more prominent part. He was born
April 28, 1859, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a son
of George and Barbara J. (Shives) Mitchell, also
natives of Aberdeenshire. His father followed
the occupation of the breeding of thoroughbred
cattle in his native country and was also a gen-
eral farmer. He was a successful man of busi-
ness and a highly respected citizen of Scotland,
where he resided until his death in 1892. He is
buried in Aberdeenshire, near the scene of the ac-
tivities of his long and useful life. His widow
resides in the city of Aberdeen, being at the pres-
ent time (1902) on a visit to her sons in Lara-
mie county. Wyo. George Mitchell attained man-
hood in his native county of Aberdeenshire and
received his schooling chiefly in the city of Aber-
deen. He remained at school until he had ar-
rived at the age of eighteen years and then re-
mained with his parents for about two years, as-
sisting his father in the work and management
of the home business. In 1879 he concluded to
seek his fortune in the New World, and upon ar-
riving in America made a visit to his uncle, the
late Alexander Mitchell, the great banker and
railroad president, residing in Milwaukee, Wis.
While here he accepted a position with a large
lumber company and was engaged in that em-
ployment about two years. In 1881 he removed
his residence to the then territory of Wyoming,
establishing his headquarters in the city of Chey-
enne. He looked over the country with a view
to securing a satisfactory location and engage in
business on his own account, and in the spring of
1882, he organized a joint stock company, known
as the Milwaukee & Wyoming Investment Co.
and incorporated it under the laws of Wisconsin
and Wyoming. He became a stockholder in this
corporation and was elected manager. Soon af-
ter he purchased the ranch property on the North
Laramie River, which he now owns and occupies,
situated about eight miles west of Uva. Wyo.,
where the company engaged exclusively in rais-
ing cattle and carried on very extensive opera-
tions. He remained as manager of the company
for about eight years and conducted its business
with great success. In 1889 he resigned this po-
sition, although holding an interest in the stock
of the corporation, and removed to Casper, Wyo.
Here he became the owner of an interest in the
\V\ ( miing Lumber Co., which operated exten-
sively in that section of Wyoming, having yards
at Casper, Douglas and Lusk. He erected the,
first building in Casper, occupying it both as an
office and as a place of residence, and was the
manager of the affairs of the lumber company
at that place. In 1890 he was elected the first
mayor of Casper, and continued in business there
until 1892. Then he disposed of his lumber in-
terests and returned to Scotland, whither he \vas
called by the death of his father. He remained
in Scotland for about two years, engaged in set-
tling up his father's estate and during this time
he was married. In 1894 he again returned to
Wyoming accompanied by his wife, and became
once more the manager of the cattle company
which he had organized in 1882. In 1894 he pur-
chased the entire capital stock of the company
and carried on the business as an individual un-
til 1896, when he organized the Mitchell Cattle
Co., associating his brother, Ferguson S. Milch-
ell, with himself in the business. In 1898 he pur-
chased the interest of his brother, and since that
time has practically been the sole owner of the
stock of the corporation. He has met with great
success in his business operations and is con-
sidered as one of the leading stockmen of the
state, being the owner of a fine home ranch, com-
prising some 4,000 acres of land, and controlling
many thousands of acres under lease from the
state. He confines his operations exclusively to
cattle, and is a large owner of both range and
stall-fed stock, having a large feeding ranch
near Shelton, Neb., where he prepares his cattle
for the markets of the East and South. His
ranch on the North Laramie River is one of the
the finest in that section of the state, having a
large modern residence and all the necessary
buildings and improvements for the convenient
handling of a large cattle business. On April
30, 1894, at his boyhood home in Aberdeenshire,
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
523
Scotland, Mr. Mitchell was united in marriage
with Miss Jeannic Moir. a native of th.n c<n;ntry
and the daughter of Robert and Jane ( biddcs)
.Moir, natives of Scotland and highly respected
residents of A.berdeenshire. The father of Mrs.
Mitchell followed the occupation of fanning up
to the time of his decease, which occurred in 1871.
Her mother is still living, making her home-
in Alierdeenshire. To Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell
three children have heen born. Knili. Jeannie and
( ieorge R., all of whom are living, and their
In ime is noted for the generous and gracious
hospitality which is there dispensed to a large cir-
cle i 'f friends. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell are mem-
bers of the Presbyterian church, and are deeply
interested in all measures »f leligion and charity
in the community. Fraternally. Mr. Mitchell is
affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, being a
Thirty-second degree Mason and a member oi"
the commandery of 'Knights Templar, No. i,
and of the consistory, Xo. i, of the city of Chey-
enne. He takes an active and prominent part in
the fraternal and social life of his neighborhood.
Politically, be is a stanch member of the Uepuh
lican party, one of the most trusted leaders of
that political organization. In r886. he repre-
sented Laramie county in the Legislative A.ssem
bly of the territory and served the people during
his term of office with ability and distinction.
While a re-idem at Casper, Wyo.. he was clerk
of the District Court, and wherever tried, either
in private or in public life, he has discharged his
dutv as a citizen and as an official with ability
and fidelity. Progressive, enterprising and suc-
cessful, he is always interested in every measure
e.dciilatcd to promote the welfare of the state, to
de\elop its resources, or improve die condition
of its people. X'o man in Wyoming holds a
higher place in the esteem of all classes.
WILLIAM I. MiiKSCII.
Among the energetic stockmen oi Con
comity, Wyoming, none -.lands aiiv higher
in public esteem or is reaping bcti'-r results
from his industrious and pel '• nl elforls llian
the very public spinied gentleman whose name
beads this review, lie comes of that
German stock whose <|iialities of thrift, in
try and correct citizenship have been factors
of great beni lit in the building up < if the G
West, bis paternal grandfather, the emigrant,
settling in LaSalle county. 111., in the early part
oi ihe nineteenth century and there pa
his life in agricultural pursuits. His son. j:i
cob Morsch, a native of I'.adcn, Germain,
came in childhood with the familv immigration,
laboring in the homestead until bis
with Klizaheth Smith, who was also a native
' f I'.aden. continuing his residence in LaSalle
county until 1868, when he removed to De-
K:dh county, where he and his wife still reside,
having followed profitable farming all of his
days, and having four sons and two dang!
of whom William I. was the second son. F.du-
Lted in the public schools of DcKalb county
and remaining on the homestead farm of 600
acres, in 180,-' W. J. Morsch came westward to
\\ vi.ming and direct to Douglas, engaging im-
mediately in the raising of sheep, SUCCi s-l'ully
following that vocation, with headquarters on
bis extensive ranch in Weston county, eight \-
ti\e miles distant from Douglas, until the |
em time, conducting bis operations with c:
and discrimination, being prospered as the
symmetrical result of his s\-lcmatic elide.
and maintaining a prominent and pleasant re-
lation with a large number of busir.i
and friends and also being held in high es-
teem for his companionable and social qualities,
lie holds connection with the Republican political
party, while fraternalh he is united with the
iMVcmasoiis, ihe \\ 00 llllell of the World and the
Modern Woodmen. < >n I Vccinbcr 15. iSSo. he
was united in marriage with Ksthcr A. I'.citcl.
\\lio was born in IVKalb enmity. Illinois, the
daughter of a prominent farmer. Inlins T. l!ei-
tel, a native of 1 Ynns\ Kama. 'I 1
in I )oiiglas is an artistic two-ston, bnildir
modern archilecl in v and iiupi'ov cinent s. beau-
tifully .situated and s,m -, nmdcd b 'awn
and shade trei ! K and attractive
home for ihe three children. F.dna I-".. Jesse
I. and Esther, while it is a center ol gracious
5 -'4
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
and profuse h. ispit.-ility. In business, social
and societ\ circles this family takes a harmo-
nious place, every plan for social enjoyment
or neighborhood betterment meeting their con-
currence and aid.
FRANK M. XEWELL.
One of the most progressive and well-to-do
ranch and stockraisers of Albany count}.
Wyoming, Frank M. Newell, whose address is
Spring Hill, in that county, was born on Sep-
tember 24. 1860, in Black Hawk county, Iowa,
being the son of Harrison J. and Sarah J. (Ben-
ham) Newell, natives of Ohio. His father
came to Iowa when he . was a small child and
was one of the earliest pioneers of the state,
having been there during the Indian wars and
at the time of the first white settlements west
of the Mississippi River. In 1847 he removed
his residence to Black Hawk county and en-
gaged in farming operations, in which he con-
tinued up to i8Sn, when disposing of his farm
and other property in Iowa he came with his
family to the territory of Wyoming. He pros-
pected and mined for about four years in the
vicinity of Eagle. Mountain with varying suc-
cess- and in 1884 took up land on Horseshoe
Creek, and entered upon the business of rais-
ing cattle. He has continued there, engaged in
the same pursuit down to the present time, and
has met with great success, being now one of the
representative business men and property owners
of that section of the state. Frank M. Newell
grew to manhood in Black Hawk county, Iowa,
and also received his early education in its
public schools. His opportunities for obtain-
ing an education were somewhat limited dur-
ing his early life, owing to his having to as-
sist in the work and management of the home
farm in Iowa, but he improved every oppor-
tunity that was offered and has all his life been
a student and a reader of books, thus making
up in large measure the deficiencies of his
childhood's • early education. After coming to
Wyoming he was occupied in prospecting and
mining at Eagle Mountain and vicinity until
18X4, when he tools up the ranch he now owns
and occupies, situated in Horseshoe Park, one
of the most favored sections of Wyoming.
1 1 ere he engaged in raising cattle and has since
been interested in that business, although not
all of the time giving his personal attention to
it. For two years he was occupied in the saw-
mill business, and a portion of the time his
other engagements required him to be in the
East. During recent years, however, he has
had his residence on the ranch on Horseshoe
Creek, and for the greater portion of his time
has given his personal attention to the man-
agement of his property and stock interests.
He is the owner of one of the finest ranches
in that section of the state and is interested in
both cattle and horses. He has a large and
modern residence, with all modern conveni-
ences, and his ranch is equipped in the best
manner possible for the successful carrying on
of an extensive livestock business. On De-
cember 23, 1881, Mr. Newell was united in
marriage in Black Hawk county, Iowa, with
Miss Eliza J. Stanton, a native of New York,
who died on June 21, 1891, being buried at the
family burying' ground near their home. On
May 21, 1893, he was again married at Doug-
las, Wyo., his second wife being Miss Maggie
Silver, a native of County Waterford. Ireland,
and the daughter of Patrick and 'Catherine
(Mauraney) Silver, both natives of Ireland,
and well-known and highly respected residents
of that country. Her parents left their native
land in i8of> and established their residence at
( edar Falls. Black Hawk county, Iowa, where
they resided up to the time of their decease.
The father passed away in December, 1X114.
and the mother also in March, 1902, and both are
buried at Cedar Falls. Politically, Mr. Newell
is identified with the Democratic party and
takes an active and prominent part in public
affairs. Without seeking or desiring public of-
fice, he believes it to be the duty of every citi-
zen to interest himself in the public business
sufficiently to see that it is conducted honestly
and in an efficient manner. He has often been
solicited by his friends and party associates to
i,/V/ SSIVE MEX ()!• IVYOM]
NT a candidate for public position, lull has
invariably declined to do so, preferring to
give his entire time and allention to tin
and management of hi-- large interests. lie
is a highly respected citizen of the community
where he maintains his home and one of the
kading business men of Albany county.
GEORGE STOLE.
In reviewing the life work of the "oldtimers''
of \Vyoming there are many things to interest,
entertain and instruct. TO become a pioneer of
a new country involves a life of hardship and en-
durance, but it require d the "pick and choice" "I
(he country to attempt to become a pioneer of
the i ireat West. Courage, < ndnrance and skill
had here to be combined with constant watch fnl-
inst a mercile-s and savage foe. whose
yere made in-idnonsly and without warn-
ing, while nature hen- put on her most nnpromis-
' • d. demanding illCCSSanl vigilance and an
unremitting industry to unlock her portal-; "1
1th. Mr. GI 5toll, m >v, of ] lenry's I
I '.unit EI >rk postoffice in Swcctwatcr >
t\ , is a true type of ih' earh western pioneers
and his experience covers a wide ran^e "i
from ill- gold operations of ('alifornia t»
tlie quiet life of ranching in Western Wyon
It is with the hi. igraphit - of -uch men that the
n ue hi-tor\ * if th<- state is i aei 1 the
mati rial pro^pcritx il to him
tin M -i iiral reward i ' ' >rs wrought ai
ibi man; dapg.-i , .
i : • ! i i f 1 !
win!. • ng i" la\ brc rid .-mi
of civili/ation. Mr. St rn in
< MI I >e< • i John
beth il.ohri Sioil. being the second of
their three boys. Mi- iii''lher died wh< • '
ion there-
• -ed ill.'
I i ihr, H h' i ' nai • he In >re, and i< >r about four
lily in
York. \\'hen h. Fourteen
• i|i' ihe resi ' irit of ib>-
l.-'.d indnce<l b: e the vo to I .di fi >rnn.
and he sailed thither with Captain Madigai
: hip Mm I'.arhiL;, arriving
I;raiici.-cn in Ma\, i S; i . after nine
hs. lie at once went to the mines, where
he successfully c< mdncted mining for fully el
ng a line return for his labor-. In
iSdj he \\ent to the \evada mines, followed min-
ing until in iSo} I: ted in the First N'evada
lr\ in General Connor's command, and with
his regiment was in service al Fort Churchill.
Salt Eake City and Fort Douglas during the
time of die military opc-rations brought on by the
actions of the Mormons. In the spring of 1,^.4
the troops came north, crossing the mountains
mar Iliirnt F'ork and taking up their quarters
a* Fort Bridger, \\lu-re thev acted as esi
guards for the Q. S. mail-carriers until iSii("i.
when ihev returned to Fort Douglas and were
mustered out. Mr. Stoll then engaged in the
brewing business at I'.ridgt r. conducting thi- un-
til iSdis. \\hen he went to I'.iirnt p'ork. taking up
the place In- now OCCUp hi :
"i iSj^ he located here as the second nerma-
11< nt settler. I 'hilip Mas-
nit here on his arrival. Mr. Stoll now holds
in fee -inip'r _y n i acres of mo
has bmughi to a hi-li degree of im-
it, and here he for a 1; \ ears
• - 1 ; I on lucrative caltli ••
of 1 i- Me has here
ted : f' irtune fri 'in \\hai In"
sinoi- was an unproductive wilder-
•il\ praei
I le Iris never taken ai i • irt in p
ht jiolitical pn . but ha-
interes) in mati
I has si
she riff in the furl! ••<] order
number of years. Ib • ried in Salt Fake
\. Smith.
•filter of NN'illiam and Mar\ i ( irim-1
Smith, nai land. Of thi chil-
dren that came t .'' housell
li\-i'iy : ( hn, \\ hose family
•ting :
Mice, wife of II. E. McMillin; Robert : I
In tb. ' U r Kirkendall. re-ide- in
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
Idaho; Marv. now Mrs. Thomas Welch, of the
Henry's Fork district; Edith and Lillie, while
Daniel was killed by a deer at the age of six
\ears and an infant died in earlv life. The busi-
ness career of Mr. Stoll has been eminently for-
tunate, and himself and family are good exem-
plars of citizenship, enjoying the esteem and con-
fidence of the public, while an air of bounteous
hospitality surrounds his attractive home, which
is presided over with true womanly courtesy and
dignified by the cherished wife and mother.
William Stoll, the second child of George and
Mary A. (Smith) Stoll, was also born at Fort
Bridger. on April 3, 1869, when it was an incor-
porate part of the great territory of Dakota, and
his education was acquired in the schools of
Uinta and Sweetwater counties, supplemented
Ly diligent home study and general reading. It
may be said that he came up in the cattle busi-
ness, as he was at an early age a valuable coad-
jutor to his father in his operations, soon ac-
quiring a competent knowledge and an experi-
ence that was of value to him in his own later op-
erations of raising and shipping horses and stock.
In 1894 he tocik up a homestead on the creek ad-
joining his father's ranch, and, after properly
arranging matters and providing a suitable resi-
dence, on March 10, 1897, he was united in mar-
riage with Miss Ida Sadlier and established his
home upon his own ranch, which he has steadily
and rapidly improved into a convenient and
pleasant property and residence. Mrs. Stoll is
a daughter of \Yilliam and Emma (Edwards)
Sadlier, her father being a native of Georgia
and her mother of Utah. She herself was born
at Melville, Utah, and they have three children,
Ray W., Ruth and Edgar. Mr. Stoll is quite ex-
tensively operating in the raising of graded
Shorthorn and graded Hereford cattle, for ten
years conducting a business of importance in
shipping horses from Wyoming to Iowa, Mis-
souri, Kansas. Xebraska, Colorado, Tennessee,
Mississippi and Louisiana. His business life
has been active and irreproachable and he is
counted as one of the representative citizens and
stockmen of this part of the state of Wyoming.
George Stoll, Jr., the popular and ever agreeable
er of Burnt Fork postoffice, was born at
I'ort Kridger on April 20, 1867, and his parents
are the venerable pioneers, George and Mary A.
I Smith ) Stoll, whose interesting life history is
briefly outlined on preceding pages. Receiving
the best advantages given in the district schools
of Uinta and Sweetwater counties, it was an in-
evitable result that he should become identified
with stockraising, for this is the chief industry
of this section of country and his father was one
of the largest stockmen. He, however, conducted
merchandising for a short time, abandoning it
to give his entire attention to his herd of finely
graded Hereford cattle. In this industry he has
been successfully employed from that time, giv-
ing some time however to the shipping of horses
to the eastern states. He took up his homestead
in 1901 and has commenced a systematic devel-
opment of its possibilities, using care and a wise
discrimination in all of his methods. He was
made postmaster in 1895 and is now in office.
Miss Lillian McDougall, a daughter of James
and Jane (McColloch) McDougall, became his
wife at Evanston, Wyo., on November 4, 1890,
and their family consists of four children. Earl
S., Frederick M., Alta M. and an infant un-
named. Mrs. Stoll was born in Iowa, her pa-
rents and a line of uncounted generations of an-
cestry having been natives of Scotland. The
family is one of the highly respected ones of this
section and laudably give assistance to every
worthy cause of public or private character.
FRANK W. STRONG.
Among the rising young men of Laramie
and the state of Wyoming, who by their en-
ergy, enterprise and progressive spirit are rap-
idly coining to the front in the business life
of the county and doing so much to promote
the development of the state, is Frank W.
Strong, who is a native of Iowa, his birth oc-
curring at Marshalltown on July \2, 1877. He
is the son of Wesley A. and Mary E. (Smith)
Strong, the former a native of Ohio and the
latter of Illinois. His father was long engaged
in railroading in Iowa and removed his resi-
PROGRESSIVE MEN UI; WYOM]
527
donee in iSS; t,> Nebraska, where he <,
lu's home in the count} <>f ( 'he\ nine,
purchased a farm and engaged in its en!'
linn unlil [895, \\hen lie disposed of his prop-
6rtj in Xeliraska and removed to \Vliealland,
Wyo., where he purchased a farm on \\ l
land Mat-, about live miles sotnh of the eity
of \Vheatland, and there continued successfully
in farming and stoekraising until March. [901,
\vlieu he si ild his properly mi the \Vlieailand
and removed in ihe city of \Yheatland.
where he has since resided. Frank \Y. Strong
• i1 hi- earl} education in the pulilic schools
Irdlt'twii, Towa. and Cheyenne count}-.
Xeli.. growing to manhood in the latter st;
ing to Wyoming at the . •• , eighteen
he remained at home, assisting his father
in the work and managemenl of the farm at
AYheatkmd Flats until iSoS, when he eng
in farming on his own account in the same vi-
cinit) and also in cat'tleraising. The following
year lie disposed of his farming inierests and
took service with the Wyoming Developmenl
Co. of \Yheatland. remaining in its em
until June. i<)or. He then saw a Favorable op
•mity to , in busines, for himself in
\\heatland and, resigning his position, at once
ection of the buildings which he
occupies' and upon their completion eii-
tered upon the livery and feed business, in
which he lias since been el Me ha
with marked success in his undertaking, and
rdihoii'^h oid\ one year has elapsed since he
ed his place of business, he has by hard
k, faithful attention and careful methods
built up bis enterprise until now he is tl
acting the principal part of the In in bis
bin- in the' community where he reside-. Iii-
success is an illustration , .f \\liai pluck, indus-
and business ability can accomplish in
bringing a ynmig man to ibc Front in any pur-
suit. ' Fraternal!'.-. "Mr. Strong is affiliated with
the Modern \Yoodmen of America, be!"
member of ihe lodv;"'- at \Yh<-:it1aml, an
the Fraternal I'nion , ,f \nierica.
Tn all matter > ted with the fraternal life
of the c< iminunit v in which 1; well
as in all measures calculated to l"-n<Tu the city
or promoie the public welfare, he lakes an
active interest, lie is one of the men wh-
sure to ha\e a leading position in th bus
and Jin!. lie lifi '
\. PATRICK SULLIVAN.
I'.orn in ('minlv (.'ork. Ireland, on March
17. i Si 15. no better representative of the abil-
ity. wit. unboundd • and the alert m
rs i 'f the enthusiastic Irish r;
in a wide ran^e of Country than the distin-
guish. Sullivan of Xatrona county.
\\~yo. niiii-;, where his home and center of bu-i-
activities is mail' :n the prospermis
ig city of I'aspi-r. Ilis anci-stors from
time immemorial were Irish farmers, owning
and being pe. ip1
acter and consideration in mmunity.
The i - inerations of the family that are
sufficient to trace the lineage back to the
eentli century are his great-grandfather,
John Sullivan, his grandfather Timothy, his
r John and then himself. His parents were
John and Margarel (McCarthy) Sullivan and
his early life wa passed on the ancient Ivmio-
'ng iii a mosl beautiful location, sixty
west of the cit) - if i ' <r\( on the beautiful
bay of P.nntry, wh> 'ides of ihe great At-
lantic ocean agitated the wat !:mi-
grating in iSSS. in that same year Mr. Sn"
came to Rawlins. \\'\ 1 1., and
elf with the sheep in
l',y bis indefatigable dilig ' by his .
eal in whatever his hands found t» do. he
si ,on becami • h\ in the care
onducted on tin- I'lains and in the valleys
of \Y\ominu. and iii [890 he formed a pai
ship association with lohn Malvnev in s,,,ck
they purchasing a. band
in t'itita conntv ducting operations in
rs. their
(locks increasin- in a hi'dih
ner and their operations rapidlv extending. In
iS.u Mr. Sullivan made his ;
• he ha " 'he
528
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
r of the city, ii being ni' the most recent
architectural design, embracing all modern im-
provementS and • . and being one
<>f the attractive homes of the town, a place
where tin generous hospitalitv of the owner
finds frei|uent exemplification, his numerous
friends considering it one of the "bright spots'"
of enjoyable life, the sunshine of the host be-
in i; ani])ly increased b\ the cmirtcsv and enter-
taining society, of the mistress of the house,
who was. previous to her marriage to Mr. Sul-
livan', on July 7. i^'i.v Miss Xan Mahoney, also
of County Cork, Ireland, and born near the
birthplace of her husband. Their children are
n;;mcd Margaret. Kileen. Catheline, Patricia and
Evangeline. In business Mr. Sullivan has
never scattered his energies, sheep being his
sole care and solicitude, and they have gener-
ously repaid the efforts he has so long persist-
ently and discriminate!}- bestowed upon his en-
deavor, feeding large bands in summer in the
Big Horn Mountains and in winter on Salt
Creek and numbering ofttimes as many as
30,000 sheep under his ownership. He is ac-
counted one of the most brilliant and success-
ful operators in his line in all this section of
the state. Not alone as a leading stockman
and public-spirited citizen, but as a man who
has capably and efficiently served in places of
high official station, Mr. Sullivan must be men-
tioned. He has given two creditable adminis-
trations as mayor of Casper, while in 1894 he
\\ as elected to the lower house of the State
Legislature, being again nominated to succeed
himself, but declining the nomination, in 1898,
however, being again elected to this office,
while in 1901 the voters of his senatorial clis
trict elected him to represent them in the State
Senate for a term of four years.' He has been
conspicuous in his attention to the proper leg-
islation for the interests of the people and the
wishes of his constituents, and has ever been
able to clearly set forth his reasons for his
course, and his arguments for or against any
proposed measure, in a manner to attract at-
tention and win converts. Mis labors have
been marked and effective in the passage of-
laws beneficial to the sheep industrv and his
course has met public approval irrcspecti', >
partv lines. At the present writing (190.2) Mr.
Sullivan is a member of the Governor's
Fraternally, he is a Thirty-second degree Ma-
son, an < >dd Fellow and a Woodman of the
World, ills business life has been one of con
tinned success, his omul practical judgment,
shrewdness and sagacity have been clearl}
demonstrated, his keen, intuitive percep
and reading of all phases of human nature are
extremclv accurate, and these qualities, cou-
pled with an open-handed, generous disposi-
tion, and an honesty of purpose in all his deal-
ings that no love of gain could swerve, have
won for him a great popularity and the unlim-
ited esteem and confidence of the public.
LEWIS J. SWAX.
Few residents of Wyoming can boast of a
longer line of direct ancestry without broken link
than can this representative sheepman and ster-
ling citizen, whose residence and headquarters
are located in the brisk little city of Douglas,
Wvo. Existing documents show these facts :
Charlemagne, the great Christian Emperor of the
West, who was born A. D. 742, married for his
third wife Hildegarde, and the complete gene-
alogical record, tracing down from this marriage
to Col. Charles Swan, son of John Swan, born
in Loudoun county, Virginia, is in Mr. Swan's
possession, the record having been compiled by
the late Col. S. D. Swan, of Creston, Iowa, \\ith
the assistance of Henry Swan of Council Bluffs
and Florence Swan Stever, the daughter of the
late Col. S. D. Swan. For the purpose of our
work, however, we will only trace the family to
John Swan, who was born in Loudoun, Va., in
i 72 1 , the son of Joshua Swan, who married
Elizabeth Lucas, had ten children and died in
1799. Col. Charles Swan was the sixth child,
born in Loudoun county in 1740. in 1772 he mar-
ried with Sarah Van Meter. He was a man of
large estates, a colonel in the Revolutionary War
and is mentioned in connection with many im-
portant and historic events oftentimes in old
PROGRESSIVE MEN (>!•' WY(
documents, ami al>«ut iStKi he purchased i
I in Keiituck ising tin- sin-
..;' llu- present city of Lexington. So much of
ui history. L. J. Swan, now of Dou^la-.
\\'\-o.. was horn in Greene county, Pa., on '
In r MI, iS|(>, tin- son iif Jesse and Phebe (Jen-
nini; I" 'Hi ln-in^ i '• ' stone
state. I' 5se Swan was the son of Charles .-••
a goodl; portion of whose life was passed in
mil Kentucky. Jesse Swan removed
IViuiM Ivania to Illinoi^. ivarim ami
tlin-i rs ami luinu; a citi/eii of imti- until
his di-ath in iS;7. Tlu- rest of the fainilv reinain-
n tllinois, Mr. I.. J. Swan came to \\'vomin«-
-74. locating- in Cheyenne, making that city
tlu- headquarters for his extensive and cumula-
tive s|,,ek business for ahmu twelve years, in
, li m-iii- his base of op, rations to I inuedas,
g been in this vicinity since 1X7*. ami
tinned to run lars^e herds of cattle until iSSfi,
lie changed his cattle for sine]), hi which
lu is no\\- carr\ini;- on operations, with success,
his well-improved ranch property lyin- at the
of P.I ix Creel-;, where lie is running from
0 to I 5.000 head i if sheep. In Ma\ .
occurred the marriage of Mr. Swan and
Kminri I )ykc. a native of F.n-land. They have
Roland. In iSi.j Mr. Swan enli
for service in the I'ninn arniv of tin- I'ivil
nth Illim lis In fantry, with
his n I' lining the \rm\ i if tin- ( 'ir.
land at ( 'ovin-ton. K\ .. ai it to
sville ami later to Memphis, from
December, i 81 r, to \ ieksbur-. where, un-
der i il Sherman, tl • fed in the
fruitless effort, to capture the city, then
mid* r i |i neral N let 'lellaml, he; ed at the
hattle of \rl • POS1 on l.mn u - II. iSd^.
•liiiL; t' i N'' lung's I '. lint
h< re ' H i1 ,]7.\\\£
n f' ir the |o\\,-r ]i art of ' 1 1- -i ~-i]ipi.
\\hieh tin \ joined, la' ; in the fierce hat-
of l;ort (lihson. ( 'hani|iion IlilU and P.lack
Uiver I'.i :i swiiii^ini;- hack in the rear of
\ icksltiir^. reaching the lines , ••• that
doomed city and holding po-iiioii until after the
surrender of the cit\ on |ul\ ). iSi.^, th,
day joining the forces in pursuit of Joi
li ui. participating in the liattle at J
after the evacuation of Johnston reuiruu
dinr-. \vlu-re th'
then aftei Oi a'thern I .
down to ins, thi u h\ tin
Mi-Nii •• 'i ! • |T, Tex., returnir
\e\\- ( 'rl.-aiis m March [864, and ^niil- with
: ms Red Ri\,
n April S. tlu-v
in th
lien returning to \ew ( )rlean>. there
Miiiii!^ thron-h the wii >'' 14 and
•lin.y the rehel prisoners in that city, in the
spring of iSd- aidiu- in the capture of the city
of Mohilc. they were ]>resent at the sun
- and then remained at Mobile
until the close of the \var and lhe\ were mils
oin of service iii July. iSd;. Mr. Swan's cousin.
Col. S. I). Swan, served through the t ivil \\"ar.
\\iiinin.y; by his t;-;illantrv ])romoiii 11 to the
o I melc) of the Knurl h I • ' dry. T\-
Mr. Su an's brothers were in the Civil \Yar,
'I honias in the Fourth Illinois, and John in the
i'lh Illinois. The latter died in the
hospital in St. I.i mis in i Sdj.
WILLIAM II. MENDENHALL.
\ soldier in thi 1 \\ ar and still
n his nwii person the marks of its bnr-
\\"illiam 1 I. Memleiihall lias ;, deep and
abiding interest in the counlrv he fou-ht for
and he has given tin- best efforts of his 1,,'
I its de\ elnpnieiit and ad\ aiiceiiu lit wher-
he has lived
far from war's dread • fruitful
i;: the fertile region of \Y\nmini;-. kn..\\
five miles
I'oftbrast of Newi 'liniself to the
trim i there \\ '
ihrnn-h the applicaiii ui o :•! industry in
the ', of the husbandman. 1 le was born
mi September 26, lS(l. i:i Mlltv.
( )hii i, tin fane i l\ins\ i Men-
:.lll. the
vania and ll - fly ir.
53°
^GRESSIVE MEN ()]<~ WYOMING.
tlii-ir married life the\ settled in Ohio, then the
home and pregnam hope "f the hardy pioneer,
and there were engaged in farming until death
ended their lalxirs, those of the mother in 1848
and of the father in 1891. Their son, William
1 I. \lendenliall, remained on the homestead un-
til he reached his majority, attending the pub-
lie schools and doing his share of the farm
work, and in youth learned the trade of a stone-
mason, at which he worked in his native county
until 1880, then came west to Nebraska and
settled on a farm he bought in Webster county.
where he was successfully engaged in farming
for fifteen years, in 1895 removing to Wyoming,
taking up his present ranch on Canyon Springs
Prairie, which he has vastly improved both in
the matter of its cultivation and its equipment
for the purpose. It is a desirable property in
location, in resources and in the improvements
with which it is furnished and adorned. In iSOi
Mr. Mendcnhall promptly enlisted in Co. H,
Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry, as a soldier for the
Union in the Civil War and remained in the
service a year, until he was discharged on ac-
count of disability caused by a wound received
at the battle of Cheat Mountain, W.Va., after
a military career as gallant as it was short. On
January 3, 1863, in Morgan county, Ohio, he
was married to Miss Mary Fowler, a native of
that state, of Maryland ancestry, her father,
Joseph Fowler, having been born in Maryland,
a scion of a family long and prominently known
in its annals. Her mother was Avis (Rossell)
Fowler, the daughter of a prosperous shoe mer-
chant of Morgan county, Ohio, who conducted
a leading business there until the death of his
wife in 1851, when he removed to Virginia, and
in that state passed the remainder of his days.
dying in 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall have
had nine children, Leicester B., deceased ; Emily
Luella, Joseph J.. deceased ; Charles O., Rachel
A., Clarence H. E. V., James F., Maggie M.,
Nina A. Two of the sons, Charles and Herbert,
have farms adjoining that of their parents,
while James works at home in a leading way.
Mr. Mendenhall belongs to the Orientals in fra-
ternal relations and he is an ardent Republican.
C. H. GRINNELL.
To Ne\v Bedford, Massachusetts, w:e look
in part fur the ancestry of C. H. Grinnell, the
alert and capable city marshal of Sheridan,
Wyi miing, the subject of this sketch. The rest-
less population of that city, whose all-daring
and well nigh all-conquering enterprise lays
Arctic seas and western wilds under tribute as
proper fields for its triumphs, has been the chief
source of the whale-fishing industry in this
country for nearly two centuries. It has also
gone forth to many frontiers as the advance
guard of the coming army of civilization, win-
ning in contest with the difficulties and trials
there encountered victories as signal, as con-
tinuous and as comprehensive as any there may
be to its credit in other domains of energetic
action. Mr. Grinnell was born at New Bedford
on October 22, 1847, the son of Frank and
Marion W. (Johnson) Grinnell. the former also
a native of New Bedford, and the latter of Ra-
leigh, N. C. The father was born in 1820 and
the mother three years later. She died in 1893
at the age of seventy years ; he is still living,
aged eighty, at Yellow Springs, Ohio, whither
he removed from his native city in 1855, when
his son, C. H. Grinnell, was eight years old.
There the son was educated and passed his
youth and early manhood. After leaving school
he was employed in railroad work for three
years and then engaged in farming in Ohio
until 1875. At that time he moved to Illinois,
and, settling near Chicago, for five years con-
ducted a dairying business with success and
profit, although the competition was sharp and
active. In 1880 he came to Wyoming and took
up a preemption claim of land on a portion of
which the city of Sheridan now stands. He at
once began an enterprising stock industry,
which he carried on vigorously and successfully
until 1899, serving also during a large part of
the time as superintendent of the Grinnell Live
Stock Co. In 1899 he -turned his especial at-
tention to building and contracting, laving out
the Grinnell addition to Sheridan, and erect-
ing many of the best and most substantial
PROGRESSIVE MIL\ OF
houses in the town, lie still owns 150 acres of
land, much of which is in the city limits of
SluTiil:m, and he also owns valuable residence
and business property in the town. The city
and the count v and all that affects their welfare
dear to hi.s heart, and to their advancement
he has given active and intelligent support. In
politics he \\as a Democrat until 1896, when he
• oui of the" cataclysm of that year trans-
muted into an ardent Republican, and has held
to the faith of his new party continuously from
that time. On its ticket in i<p2 he was elected
city marshal and the water commissioner of
Sheridan, and is at this writing (.1903) in the
active discharge of his duties, performing them
with satisfaction to the community as well as
with credit to himself. In fraternal relations
Mr. ( irinnell is a member of the order of Free-
masons and of the order of Elks. He was mar-
ried in Chicago in 1873 to Miss Clara Saberton,
a native of that city and daughter of Joseph
.-Mid Eliza iTTodson) Saberton, natives of Eng-
land. They had three children, Marion \V.,
ised; Joe S., a civil engineer in Alaska;
Lawrence R. The marshal is a member of the
( >ld Settlers' Club. Mrs. (irinnell died in
March. [902, aged forty-seven years.
TH( i.MAS P. SWEET.
( >ne of the first three Millers in the neigh-
borhood where he lives, and the only one of
the oldtimcrs left. Thomas I'. Sweel of the
Beaver Creek region, is a connecting link bc-
ii the peaceful pn -em and the not dis-
tant but exciting fruitful pa->t of Eastern
\\_\oming. lie has been so closcb identified
with the growth ami development of that por-
. and in so leading a uay. that
locked up to bv all a^ a patriarch in its
histori, and his o\\n record is largely written,
in enduring and pleasing phase, in its fertility,
productiveness, commercial acihiix and su-
perior civil and educational iVaiun He came
from far awa\ Rhode Island, ulieiv he was
born on 1 >,*,, mbcr i S. 1840. in 1'rovidcncc
countv. There also his parents, Thomas P.
and Ame\ (Wade) Sweet, had their nativity,
and there they \\ere engaged in suce<
fanning, as farming goes in Xew England, un-
til their death. Thomas I'. Sucel remain'
the homestead, attending the public schools
and assisting with the farm work until he
passed the seventeenth anniversary of his birth,
then, in Eebruary, 1804, he enlisted in the
Union army as a member of the Third Rhode
Island Artillery, and served until the close of
the war. being mustered out in August. iSo;.
His army experii almost wholly in tin-
far Southern states, his command being ni
all the time in South Carolina. After hi-
charge he returned to his native county and
there engaged in farming and lumbering until
the autumn of 18 '8, when he made a trip to
California by the way of the Isthmus of Pan-
ama. He passed six in California min-
ing, hunting, trapping and farming and in t8-j
removed to Oregon, where during the next
two years he followed the same pursuits. In
the spring of 1871, In- returned to Rhode Island
and, after a visit of a year among his old
friends and the scenes of his childhood and
youth, again turned his lace westward and
came to South Dakota, locating at Kattle
Creek, where he passed a year prospecting and
placer mining. He then removed to Custcr
county in that state and in the fall of 1878
was elected sheriff of the comity. When he
qualified and entered upon the duties of his
office, he took up his resii the town of
Custer and soon after the end of his t\u> years'
term came over into Wyomii I on
a ranch near the one \\hich he now occupies
on Stockade I :e.:\ er CrCCK. Hi
first i attleraising, but began to cultivate
the soil For mai ''id was unite
Successful at ihe business, not onl\ seeing" his
labors rewarded by abundant yields, but find-
ing a reads and i >i < 'filable market for all his
product-. There were but two ranches < m the
\\hen 1 die grea:
.iintrx being still virgin and untamed,
he is til. me no\\ lefl of those \v]io first
laid it under tribute to civili/ed man'-
532
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ties. His was the breadth of view that saw
its possibilities and his the guiding spirit that
called them into being. Whatever the region is
as an agricultural domain, a herdman's com-
fort and a civic entity, it owes to him and kin-
dred spirits, who built the foundations of its
coming greatness and breathed its ethical and
political form into sentient and responsive life.
In 1882, one year after his location in the
neighborhood, he took up his present ranch
on the Stockade Beaver, seven miles east of
Newcastle, and after devoting his energies for
a number of years to market gardening, he be-
gan raising stock, at first horses and after-
wards cattle, in both of which he has had good
success. In 1884 he erected a sawmill near his
ranch, harnessing a fine water-power to its
uses, and since that time has conducted it in
connection with vhis other industries. Mr
Sweet is a Republican in politics, but not an
active partisan. He is deeply interested in the
welfare of the community but is principally oc-
cupied with his own affairs, giving attention
to local matters in a general rather than a
party way. He is a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic, but is not actively con-
nected with any other fraternal organization.
On March 8, 1892, at Newcastle, Wyo., he
bowed beneath the flowery yoke of Eros and
was united in marriage with Mrs. Viola (John-
son) Hannum, a native of Ohio and daughter
of Levi and Frances (Roach) Johnson. Three
children have blessed their union, Stella M.,
Fred T. and Delia Xaomi. Mrs. Sweet's par-
ents were of old Ohio and Pennsylvania stock,
sturdy and substantial, where they lived and
were imbued with the spirit of enterprise that
has sent the pioneers forward all over our
land and replaced the wilds with the fruits, the
flowers and the enduring blessings of enlight-
ened and progressive civilization.
CHARLES S. THOMAS.
One of the prominent business men of the
state of Wyoming, one whose energy, enter
prise and business ability are rapidly accumu-
lating for him a handsome fortune and giving
him a place in the foremost ranks of the prop-
erty owners of his section of the state, Mr.
Charles S. Thomas, a leading stocknian of
Egbert. Wyo., was bom on February 12, 1859,
a native of Wales, Great Britain, and a son of
Cadwallader and Ellinor (Morris) Thomas, both
being natives of the little mountain country,
whose sons and daughters in so many in-
stances have won distinction, in all portions of
the world and in every walk of life. His father
was engaged in farming and cattledealing in
his native country and for many years of his
active life he was quite largely interested in
contracting and upon an extensive scale. He
was one of the large contractors who had
charge of the great work of constructing the
first tunnel through the mountains of the Alps,
between France and Switzerland, and was en-
gaged in many like enterprises, both in Great
Britain and on the continent of Europe. In
1878 the parents of Charles S. Thomas emi-
grated, coming to America. Upon arriving in
this country they first established themselves
at Cleveland, Ohio, where the father engaged
in merchandising successfully up to the time
of his death in March, 1880. The mother sur-
vived for many years and after the death of her
husband removed to Wyoming, where she
made her home with her son, Charles, until she
passed away at a ripe old age on August 26,
1899, and she is buried in the city of Cheyenne.
Mr. Thomas grew to man's estate in his na-
tive country and received his early academical
training in the schools of that country and
England. After completing his course of
study in the graded schools, he matriculated
at college and enjoyed the benefit of a
thorough course of collegiate training before
coming to America. When he had attained to
the age of nineteen years, he accompanied his
parents to the New World and established his
home with them in the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
Here he first secured employment in a large
meat market and he remained there following
that employment for about one year. In 18/9.
believing that in the country further west he
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF IVYOM1
533
coukl find large opportunities lor advancement
in business, he removed to Denver, Colo. Here
he became a foreman lor Chamberlain & Acher,
wholesale ;md retail deajers in meals and sup-
plies, and one of the largest houses operating
in that section of tin- country, lie remained in
that position until the spring of iSSo, when he
re.signed and came to the city of Cheyenne,
\\ yo. Arriving in that city in April he aco
a position as manager of the large business
house then opened there by James Tynan, a
capitalist and merchant, who dealt in cattle,
hides and general supplies and had a large -o\
eminent contract to furnish beef supplies for the
military post at Fort Laramie. Mr. Thomas
had entire charge of this extensive business for
about t\\<> years, then purchased the business
and carried it on with marked success up to
[896. He gradually extended his business oper-
ations, dealing in cattle, hides and supplies and
carrying a large stock of merchandise in the
line of groceries and provisions, his business be-
in- "lie of the most extensive in that section of
the country. He also ha'd contracts from the
I'nited States for the supply of beef to the mili-
tary post at Fort Russell and other military
posts in \Yyoming. During this time he became
interested in the business of ranging and cattle-
raising, which he conducted with great suc>
his ranches and herds being in charge- of a fore
man, while he was personally supervising his
extensive im-rcliamli.sing' operations. In
his cattle int' rests had increased to such an ex-
ti-nt and had proved so profitable that he dis-
posed of hi- stoi-i- and business in Cheyentir For
thr purpose of giving his personal attention to
his livi 5tocl interests, and then removed his
residence fro • enne to his present ranch
property, about twenty-nine miles east of that
city. Ik-re he has made his home since that
time and has been \er\ successful in all hi-
btisine-- enterprisi 5, owning largi ts in
both cattle an and being ' me < if thi- !
ii st individual cattli-di-ali-rs in the state. lie is
now in partnership in business with his brother.
J.'lm fhomas, and they are own rge tracts
'"id in Laramie county and elsewhere in
Wyoming and. in addition to their live stock
holdings, arc- part owners in several successful
merchandising establishments in Che\enne.
They are also largely interested in real-estate
in that city, being the owners of a number of
business blocks ami city residences, and are
considered as among the substantial business
and property owners of the state. ( >n June
i. iSo-'. at Stockville, Xeb.. .Mr. Thomas was
united in marriage with Miss Meroa Riggs, a.
native of Iowa, the daughter of Charles and
Lillian (Stowitts) Ri.L;-,-. both natives of Xew
York. 1 k-r father is a successful contractor and
builder, who removed from Xew York to [owa.
u here h. g; •• >r a number
of years and then moved to Nebraska, where Ju-
lias since been en-aged in business at S:
ville, where he maintains his home. He is one
of the leading citixens of that section of Xc-
braska. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have four chil-
dren, Robert M., John C., drace L. and Lewis
C'harles. all of whom are living, and the family
home is noted for its many comforts and for
its gracious and generous hospitality. The fam-
ily are menil • ; he Methodist Episi
church and are deeply interested in all works
of charity and religion in the community where
they reside, being noted for their many ai :
kindne-~ and charity to the unfortunate. Po-
litically. Mr. Thomas is a stanch adherent of
the Republican party and takes an active and
tinenl part in the part) and in the conduct
of public affairs, lie i^ one of the most tn
of the leaders of I he part) in Wyoming and has
been largely instrumental in shaping the policy
of that political organi/ation in Laramie county
during r& ears. I or mam years he held
the highly imports '"11 of state -heep in-
spector and di-char.^ed the duties of the position
with ability and to th, if the
stockmen of Wyi iming. 1 1«- has • iften been
ited by hi- neighbors and political friends to ac-
Other positions of trust and honor within
the gift of his party, but lie has tirniK declined
to permil hi- friends to brin- him forward, pre-
ferrin himself to the in. nt of
his large business enterprises. Xo man in his
534
PROGRESSIVE HEX OP WYOMING.
section of Wyoming stands higher in the esti-
mation of the people of the state, or could more
easily achieve high public honors.
WINFIELD S. WALN.
One of the most favored sections of -Wyo-
ming is the Horseshoe Creek country in Laramie
county. It would be difficult to find anywhere
in the entire West a section better fitted by na-
ture for the cattle industry, and its advantages
have naturally attracted a large and prosperous
settlement of thrifty and successful men. Promi-
nent among this number is Winfield S. Wain,
whose address is Glendo, Wyo. A native of Put-
nam county, Indiana, he was born on June 6,
1852, the son of William and Leah (Wilkinson)
Wain, both natives of Ohio. His parents re-
moved from Ohio in very early life to Indiana,
where the father was engaged in contracting and
building. Subsequently they removed to Keo-
kuk, Iowa, where the father continued in the
same pursuit until 1854, when he removed to
Osage county, Kan., still following the same call-
ing. At the time of the breaking out of the Civil
War, he enlisted as a member of the Kansas
militia for the defense of the Union, and was
killed in battle in 1864, near Lawrence, during
Price's raid through Eastern Kansas. After his
death the mother disposed of her property in
Kansas and returned to Putnam county, Ind.
A year later they removed to Iowa, purchased a
farm in Marion county, and there remained up
until the mother's decease, which occurred in
September, 1898. She is buried at 'Knoxville,
Iowa. Winfield S. Wain grew to manhood in
Indiana, Iowa and Kansas and received his early
education in the public schools of the two former
states. His opportunities for attending school
were very limited for he was early compelled to
contribute by his labor to the support of his
mother and the family. He remained at home on
the farm in Iowa until he had attained to the
age of seventeen years, and in 1869 determined
to seek his fortune in the country farther west
and came to Cheyenne, Wyo. Securing em-
ployment on a sheep ranch near that city, he re-
mained in that occupation for a short time and
tin. n ;uvi-pii-d a position with the oldtime
freighter. John Hunton, and conducted freigh-
ting operations between Cheyenne and the com-
mercial pi 'ints farther to the north. He contin-
ued in th^ business for about one year and in
1870 returned to his former home in Iowa,
where he remained for about one year managing
his mother's farm, at the end of that time he re-
turned to Wyoming. Here he engaged in
freighting between Cheyenne and the northern
points until 1883 and for most of this time he
was in business for himself. In 1881 he pur-
chased a place adjoining his present ranch on
Horseshoe Creek, and used it as a stop-over
point in his freighting operations. In 1883 he
disposed of that place and located the ranch
which he now owns and occupies, about thirteen
miles southwest of Glendo. Here he has since
been continuously engaged in cattleraising, in
which he has met with great success. He is
now the owner of one of the best stock ranches
in that section of the state and his business is
steadily increasing. On February 28, 1880, in
Marion county, Iowa, Mr. Wain was united
in marriage with Miss Clara Goodwin, also
a native of Putnam county, Indiana, and a
daughter of James and Catherine (McVey)
Goodwin, also natives of that state. The father
of Mrs. Wain was long engaged in farm-
ing in Putnam county and afterwards he re-
moved to Marion county, Iowa, where he con-
tinued in the same pursuit up to the time of his
decease, which occurred in 1881. The mother
now makes her home in Marion county. To
Mr. and Mrs. Wain have been born eight chil-
dren, Arthur, Edith, Walter, James, Benjamin
H.. Eunice, George F. and Roy, and the home is
one noted for its hospitality and for the enter-
tainments given there to the young people of the
community. The family are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and take an active
interest in all works of charity and religion in
the neighborhood where they reside. Politically,
Mr. Wain is identified with the Republican
party, and is a conscientious believer in the politi-
cal principles of this organization.
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol: WYOMING.
535
AMOS E. ADAMS.
A native of Kane county, Illinois, where he
was born on August id, iS-t-'. ami a member of
the celebrated Massachusetts family of the name
which gave two presidents to the United Si
Amos 1".. Adams of Lander has well sustained
the tradition and forceful qualifications of man-
hood in the great state from which he hails and
tlie renowned kinship to which he belongs. His
li.uvnts, Elisha and Eliza (Allen) Adams were
born and reared in New York where the father
was an industrious and faithful blacksmith and
a devout preacher in the Methodist Episcopal
church. They were the parents of eleven chil-
dien and. after years of usefulness in their native
slate, removed to the West, where thoy died, the
mother in 1878 and the father in 1888. Amos
I , \dams, their eighth child in the order of
birth, was educated in the public schools of Iowa,
where the family was domiciled at the time, later
attending for one term the State University at
I •".•!> ette in that state. He was, however, obligi d
to leave school and make his own way in the
\\i-rld, so learned the miller's trade and worked
at it while yet a boy in Illinois and Xebraska.
In 1880 he came to Wyoming and. locating at
Lander, built a mill in that town which he con-
dncted for five years. Finding the business un-
profitable, he sold out and became a stockman
and rancher, his favorite breed being thorough-
bred Herefords. With these he has been suc-
cessful, and. while giving the best part of his
time and energ\ to their care mi the ranch, in or-
der io secure good -chool facilities for his chil-
dren he has a winter residence in Lander, at the
corner of < lartield and Kirst streets, a line stone
house of ample size, and pleasing proportions
and adornment. On June _'<>. 1874. he was mar-
ried at ( leneva. 111., to Mi-s lane I. Middleldii.
a daughter of Thomas and Jeannette (Fair)
Middleton, and a descendant of two of the old
families that figured prominently in the long wars
of the Scottish bonier. Mr. and Mrs. Adams
have had three children, all of whom are living.
William I'., the- register of the land ' Lan-
der, of whom more extended notice is given on
tier page of this \olume, Lillie M., now wife
of S. I'. Asbell, a prominent cattleman of Uinta
comity, and Edward L., still at home. Mr.
Adams is a progressive, wide-awake man, full of
business energy and capacity, who illustrat
his make-up and record the sterling qualili'
the daring pioneer and the useful citizen.
JOSELMI W. ALLEX.
In the veins of Joseph W. Allen of the Sol-
dier Creek region of Wyoming the blood of the
sturdy Fnglander and that of the courtly Vir-
ginian are commingled, for his father, George
H. Allen, was an Englishman by nativity and
his mother, Lamira J. (Oliver) Allen, was born
and reared in the Old Dominion, the daughter
of a family long resident there and bearing its
due part in behalf of the state and its people in
peace and war. Mr. Allen's life began on Xo-
vcmber 3, 1850, near Salt Lake City, Utah. I lis
father was one of the first settlers in the Mor-
mon dominions and suffered all the hardships
and privations that attended this wonderful peo-
ple in their early days in this part of the world.
HI was married in Salt Lake City and passed
the remainder of his days near that city en-
gaged in farming. He was gathered to his
fathers in iS(>7 and buried at Ogden. amid the
scenes and institutions he loved and had helped
to make glorious through trial and triumph.
His widow survived until 1000. dying then at
I'.nttc. Mont., where her remains repose. Their
son, Joseph, was educated in the Salt Lake City
chools and. after completing as much of their
course of training as his opportunities allowed,
he removed in 1870 with his mother and six of
her other children to southeastern Xevada.
where lie worked in the mines. In iSSo he
came to Wyoming and after spending aho<:
months in Johns,, n county, returned to X'.
and remained two years. In 1 88_- he went to
('lister county, Mont., and there rode the range
lor threi ars. At the end of that time he
came again to -ind, taking up his rcsi-
, e in i ha! portion of Johns-, m county that is
now Sheridan COUnty, he rode the range and
536
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
worked on a ranch until July, when he took up
the ranch he now owns and occupies on Sol-
dier Creek, about eleven miles west of the city
of Sheridan. The next year he settled perma-
nently on his ranch and has made it his home
continuously since that time. He has 300 acres
under cultivation and raises large herds of su-
perior cattle. In the management of his es-
tate he gives exhibition of skillful husbandry
and a studious attention to all modern thought
and experience in his business, winning success
on a - liberal scale and deserving it all. The
ranch is highly improved and is considered one
of the most valuable and attractive places along
the creek. Mr. Allen was united in marriage
with Miss Annie J. Allen at Sheridan, Wyo., on
January 3, 1898. She seconds by her skill and
graceful hospitality in the house all his enter-
prising and progressive efforts elsewhere about
the place, joining in making their home the fa-
vorite resort it has been for their numerous
friends. In politics Mr. Allen is a confirmed
Democrat, but not an office-seeker or narrow
partisan, seeking the welfare of the county ami
country in which 'he lives rather than the suc-
cess of any party faction, and being esteemed for
his good business capacity, high character and
agreeable social qualities.
W. S. AVERY.
A sterling descendant of one of the founders
of the Connecticut colony, whose ancestors have
been distinguished people in almost every line of
professional and industrial activity in the Nut-
meg state from early colonial days, the ancient
and solid residence of James Avery, the English
emigrant and founder of the American family,
which was erected .before 1700, being recentlv
burned on the old Avery homestead in the town
of Groton in that state, William S. Avery, the
capable young manager of the Frontier Supply
Co. well merits attention. Members of the fam-
ily have been conspicuously identified with the
military service, both as officers and as privates,
in every war America has conducted from the
French and Indian Wars and the King Philip's
War of New England d<wn through the Revo-
lution, War of 1812 and the Mexican War to the
great Civil War of 1861-5 and the recent Span-
ish-American contest. Equally important has it
shown itself in civil fields of enterprise, every-
where and on all occasions presenting loyalty,
business capacity, integrity of purpose, manly
courage and sterling independence. William S.
Avery, now of Frontier, Wyoming, was born in
South Windsor, Conn., on September 26, 1864,
the son of Henry W. and Abigail (Ladd) Avery,
his mother being a daughter of Samuel T. and
Amelia (Bearce) Ladd, also descendants from
ancient families of the colony. Mr. Avery was
the fourth in a family of five children, and re-
ceived an excellent education in the graded and
high schools- of Manchester, Conn., paying espec-
ial attention to the technical study of engineer-
ing. In 1881 he came to Wyoming and identified
himself with the engineering department of the
Tnion Pacific Railroad at Cheyenne as a civil en-
gineer, continuing to give most excellent satis-
faction, and here he remained for eight years.
He then became the manager of the store of the
coal company at Van Dyke, one year later going
i'i Montana where he was engaged in merchan-
dising for two years, thence returning to Wyo-
ming in 1897 and locating at Frontier and assum-
ing the duties of his responsible position as man-
ager of the store. When the postoffice of Fron-
lier was established in 1900 he was commissioned
as its postmaster, and to the duties of these posi-
tions he has devoted his entire attention, being a
man of excellent business capacity and one well
worthy the success which has attended his ef-
forts. As a Democrat he takes an active part in
politics and in public matters, while fraternally
he has ascended the Masonic stairway to the
Knights Templar degree, also to the Thirty-sec-
ond degree of the Scottish Rite, being also a
noble of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Avery wedded
in Connecticut on October 31, i8<M, Miss Nettie
House, being a daughter of Whiting and Alcina
(Shurtliff) House, all natives of Connecticut.
In their home the old fashioned virtues of their
New England ancestry bloom and flourish in a
truly western setting.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
537
JOHN P. BYKXK.
The second son of Moses and Catherine
(Cardon) Ilyrne. who is extensively engaged in
stockraising on his productive ranch on the Big
Mudch, two miles south of Piedmont, Uinta
county, Wyoming, was born in Slatersville. Utah,
on March 31, 1857. Inheriting from his able
ancestors keen perceptive faculties, courage,
self-reliance, thrift and sagacity, his practical
spirit led him in early youth, after receiving the
educational advantages of the public schools of
\\ \< nning. to devote himself to acquiring a
km >\\ ledge of stockraising by connecting himself
with that industry as a herdsman of cattle. Dur-
ing the years in which he followed this vocation
he acquired a valuable knowledge of the busi-
iu ss and. in 1884. he located himself upon a des-
ert claim of 120 acres, where he still maintains
his residence. This property he has greatly im-
proved and developed, adding to it by purchase
640 acres of land, while in his agricultural oper-
ations he utilizes a large amount of acreage
which he leases. Mr. Byrne has devoted himself
to the raising of cattle of a high grade as a
specialty, and has made valuable improvements
upon his property to afford suitable accommo-
dation* and facilities for his profitable branch
of stockraising. He has a business acquain-
tance extending over a wide area of country,
and is familiar with the resources as well as the
needs of the section. ||is |HTSC\ erancc and de
termination, coupled with intclligetii-r and capa
bilitv have wrought mil tor him a derive ol suc-
cess of which he may well be proud. < >n St.
Valentine's day, in 1884. a happy concourse of
friends in I'iedmoiit. \Yyo.. witnessed the nuptial
ceremon) of Mr. r,\rne and Miss Kdith A. ('lair,
a native of Fngland, a commeneem nl of a wed-
ded life that has continued to the present with
tin- utmost harmony, Kudu ehildien are living
of tell th.'lt have been born of then union. The
names in order ol birlli are as loll,, us: John
\Y.. died at the age of two years; Maud T.,
l.euis I1., Xellie C.. died a! ihe age of SCVCn
years; Mabel V.: Robert ('.: l-'.dna M.: Walter
M.; Mamie K. : Henry K. In political mallei's
Air. I'.yrne affiliates with the Democratic party,
and with his famih is connected with the Church
of the Latter Day Saints. In using his privi-
leges as a citizen he looks more to men and
principles than to parly, and supports for office
only those whom he believe, to be worthy. By
persevering industry and consecutive attention
to the line of business activity he early marked
out for himself, he has attained competence, a
position of influence, is surrounded by material
evidence of prosperity, being now honored and
respected by a large circle of friends, while his
home is noted for its hospitality.
JOHN BILLCOX.
Among the excellent citizens of South Pass
City, Wyoming, no one occupies a higher place
in public regard, or is more entitled to conimem-
moration as a gallant defender of the Union in
the great Civil War, than the unassuming gen
tleman whose name stands at the head of this
article. Mr. Billcox was born in England on
February 12, 1844, a son of Joseph and Kli/a
Billcox. From the exigencies of existence he
left his parental home in very early life, coming
to Canada when but five years of age. here ac-
quiring his education and being employed in var-
ious laudable occupations until the opening of the
war between the states on this side of the in-
ternational boundary, when his sympathies being
interested on the side of die Union, lie enlisted
in iSoj in Co. \. Ninth Vermont Infantry, im-
mediateh accompanying ii to the army of th> Pi
toinac and participating in the most sanguinary
of battles known to history. bra\el\
ducting himself in the face of the encim and be-
ing capture. 1 ;it Harper's Fern and pan-led on
ill' field. Thereafter he was at the lakin
Richmond and in that celebrated capital of (lie
Confederacy lu was lii,n.,rahl\ discharged from
service on June \_\. iSo;. Uituniin^ to civil life
lie w; ' ted at ( 'hicago until iSoS and in
he came to South I 'ass ( it\ . Wyo., and eii-
in mining. lien- he has since resided, on
iber jo. 187^, adding t<> his prosperity by
his happ\ marriage with Mrs. Fllcn (Daw
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF IVYOAJl
i 'ary, a native of Ireland and llic daughter of
Martin and Mary (Ryan) I >a \V-MHI, her father
dying in her earlv infancy and she coming to the
United States a few years later, in 1863, with her
mother and stepfather, Patrick Flynn, thereafter
marrying John Gary and removing to South
Pass City in 1869, being the mother of two chil-
dren by this marriage, Mary A. who died in in-
fancy, and Nellie A., now the wife of Joseph
Gaston of South Pass City. From the vicissi-
tudes of his army life and the manifold ex-
posures connected therewith, about fifteen years
ago Mr. Billcox lost his sight, an event of more
than ordinary misfortune to a person of his active
temperament, as he was a very public spirited in-
dividual, taking earnest part in and sustaining
methods and plans for increasing the welfare of
the community, and an earnest worker in the
ranks of the Republican party. Mrs. Billcox is
a lady of great intelligence and practical ability,
having received a good education and through
reading of the best literature she is keeping her-
self well informed on the vital questions of the-
day, excelling also in the matronly duties of the
fireside and the care of her children. She is the
owner of the Franklin mine, has long been pros-
perously connected with the cattle industry of the
state and in the pleasant home a bounteous hos-
pitality is ever in evidence. Six children have
come to her present union, Emma, wife of Lloyd
McGettrick of Dtibois, Wyo. ; Jennie T., wife of
Guy Hoisington of South Pass; Mary L., wife of
Elmer Vosburg; Mina E., wife of John McOmie
of South Pass; Josephine M., wife of Silas
Yardnell ; John "William.
JOHN G. BORNER.
One of the highly respected and well-to-do
farmers and stockgrowers of Bighorn county,
whose career furnishes an interesting theme for
the pen of the biographer, is John G. Bonier,
whose beautiful and well-improved ranch of 360
acres is located at the mouth of Grey Bull River
and is almost wholly the product of his individ-
ual enterprise, thrift and systematic industry.
All the scenes and associations of his earlv life
are foreign to our country and the hopes that
animated his childhood and youth probably had
no American coloring, for he was born, reared
and educated in Saxony, Germany, where his par-
ents. Tobias and Annie (Gerhart) Borner, long
lived and flourished, and where the bones of his
ancestors of countless generations rest. When
he reached man's estate he longed for a sight
of the great world that lay beyond his native
hills and vales, and with the courage and deter-
mination of his race resolved to have it. The
great republic across the Atlantic was then the
land of hope and promise to all the European
world," and to this he came in 1859, finding a
home and profitable occupation on a farm in
Wisconsin. In 1861 he promptly obeyed the
first call for volunteers and enlisted in Co. A,
Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry. After a service of
two years in this regiment he was dicharged and
returned to his Wisconsin home. But the war
was at its height and the feeling of patriotism
strong in his breast, so he reenlisted in the Fif-
tieth Wisconsin, and served in that command
until the close of the war. Then, when the
great armies of the contending sections were
again resolved into the ordinary currents of life
and seeking among the white harvests of peace-
ful industry forgetfulness of the red fields of
battle, whereon great questions of human des-
tiny had been settled, Mr. Borner came across
the plains and settled at Salt Lake City. Two
years later, in 1867. he came to Wyoming and,
locating at South Pass, engaged in mining for
two years. From that point he moved to the
present site of Lander and- homesteaded land
which is now a part of the county poorfarm. On
this he passed ten prosperous years engaged in
raising stock and farming, bringing his land to
a high state of development and furnishing- it
with good buildings and other improvements,
and in 1887 he sold it to the state. He then
took up his residence in the Bighorn basin on
the land which he now occupies at the mouth
of Grey Bull River, and to the development of
this property he has since devoted himself. He
owns 360 acres of good bottom land, much of
which is under cultivation and vields abundant
}. G. BORNER.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OI- WYOMING.
5,59
crops, and he handles on it large hands of fine
cattle and horses. While absorbed in his busi-
ness and giving it close, careful and systematic
attention. Mr. Borner welcomes the recreation
and enjoyment which comes from social and
fraternal intercourse. He is an interested mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity and of the (irand
Army of the Republic, and an active supporter
of all good enterprises for the benefit of the
i . immunity. At Lander in 1871 he was married
to Miss Lena Canary, a native of Ohio. They
have seven children. May, Tobias, Frances, The-
resa, Hannah. Bertie and William, all living.
MILO BURKK.
Milo Burke, one of the leading stockmen and
most influential citizens of his section of Wyo-
ming, has been identified with the stock industry
all of his mature life. Lie was born on January
10, 1866, at North Platte. Neb., whither his pa-
rents, John and Margaret Burke, came from
Germany soon after their marriage, and where
they lived and prospered, rejoicing in the en-
larged opportunities they enjoyed in the land of
their adoption, and making the most of them
through thrift and industry. There, in his na-
tive place, their son Milo grew to manhood and
was educated, and there he engaged in the stock
business as soon as he left school and continued
in it until 1883. when he came to \Y\oniing and
tool, charge of the X Cattle Company's ini
in this part of the country until 1887, giving ex-
cellent service to the company and also securing
for himself a high repniation as a stockman of
superior capacity and fertile in resources, a-- well
a> a in'm of fine integrity and straightforward-
ness MI ever} relation of life. In iXSj he started
a stock enterprise for himself, locating on Ten-
si, e|> l\i\,r. where he now lives and where he
has a ranch of [,300 acres, well improved and
bri'iighl to a high state of cultivation. When he
settled in the neighborhood it was as yel almost
unsubdued to the uses of civilixed hie, needing
the application of just the energetic and sys
h malic industry he has given it, under which it
has been made to "blossom as the rose" com-
pared with its former condition. Here, from the
very waste and heart of the wilderness he has
carved out an estate of such proportions, natural
anil aci|uircd beauty and symmetrical impi
menl and cultivation, that it is considered one of
the most beautiful and desirable stock ranches
in the state. Tn justice it must be said also that
his cattle and horses are in keeping with the ver-
dant and picturesque acres on which they have
their home. He has <>oo fine, well-bred cattle and
100 hors< • of superior breeds, all kept in the' best
condition by abundant food and the most careful
and intelligent attention. He has also on his
estate a sawmill of good proportions, which is
kept busy at all times by the demands of this
growing and productive portion of the county.
In these ways, ami others, Mr. Burke Iris con-
tributed, and is contributing, t" the development
and improvement of Bighorn county, especially
his immediate surroundings. His public spirit
and breadth of view in local affairs, and in all
that pertains to the welfare of the community
in which he lives, have long been manifest in
every line of productive energy and have made
a visible and permanent mark on the commercial
and industrial activities. In things that conduce
to the advancement of his neighborhood and the
convenience of its people he has ever been active
and forceful as a promotive factor. He was
among the potent ini in installing the
leleiihonc system in Ten-deep, being a member
of the company which controls and conducts it.
Fraternally, he is associated with the Modern
Woodmen of America, and in politics is ;
viccablc and yealmis Democrat, but is by no
means a seeker of ,,flieial position. He was once
elected to the state legislature, but declined to
serve. On August jj. 1887. he was marri
Vliss Bessie Tannchill of Kansas ( 'ity. where I he
marriage occurred. She was a native of Illinois.
and a daughter of John \. and Fli/aUth (Lynn)
Tannehill. natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Her mother is dead and her father now resides
\\iih Mr. and Mrs. Burke, who have four chil-
dren. Cecil (i.. Bessie M.. Milo, Jr., and 1
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I'KOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ISAAC F. CASTO.
Among the distinctively self-made men of
Fremont county. Wyoming. \vh<> by his per-
sistent energy and his business endeavors has
raised himself from a poor lad to a position of
competence, standing now as one of the pros-
perous stockmen of the section, we must espe-
cially mention Isaac F. Casto, whose productive
and well-improved home ranch is located on the
Little Popo Agie River, twelve miles" south of
Lander, Wyo. He was born at St. Joseph, Mo..
on November 19, 1850, a son of James and
Sarah (Odekirk) Casto, his father being a repre-
sentative frontiersman and a most successful
pioneer hunter and trapper. A harnessmaker
by vocation, his adventurous disposition pre-
vented him from conducting this trade in any
one place, for he was a man of action, never
happy unless in motion. He served gallantly
as a soldier during the Mexican war, receiving
quite a severe wound in one of the hotly con-
tested engagements on Mexican soil. In 1851
he made the long western trip across the plains
to Fort Bridger, his wife and family making the
same dangerous journey later in the same year.
Going the • next season to Utah, he there met
with an accident which crippled him for life,
and, in 1869, removing to California, he survived
only a few years. His widow remarried with
William Wallace Hendry, and their home was
at Fort Bridger, where Mr. Hendry was acci-
dentally killed. Mrs. Hendry died in Uinta coun-
ty. Wyo.. in July. 1898. at the age of sixty-four
years, being a true type of the industrious and
hospitable frontier woman, whose heart and
home were ever open to relieve suffering. Mr.
Casto was the eldest of the nine children of his
parents, and from their migrating habits and
frontier life he was deprived of school advan-
tages, his only attendance at an educational in-
stitution being one month's time at a public
school in Utah. But in the school of practical
experience, and in battling with the world, Mr.
Casto has acquired, an education of better ad-
vantage to his situation than that received from
books. This he began as a herder in Utah at
an early age. and the strenuous life brought
vigor and experience, and in 1868 he had been
so prospered that he purchased a yoke of oxen
and engaged in freighting, making Bear Lake
Valley, South Pass, Evanston, Green River and
Fort Hall his objective points, conducting this
enterprise successfully for five years. There-
after he was engaged in timber contracts at
Piedmont, Wyo., for about five years, when, hav-
ing invested some of his earnings in cattle, he ran
them in the Fort Bridger country until 1879,
conducting his operations with skill and dis-
crimination and with cumulative results, in the
last mentioned year coming to Willow Creek,
where he located, soon selling out, however, and
making his permanent home at his present lo-
cation, where he is the owner of 200 acres of
productive land and is still engaged in the stock
industry, running a band of about 150 head of
graded Shorthorn cattle, and enjoying the repu-
tation of being a shrewd man of affairs and a
good citizen, being interested in all matters of
local and public interest as a member of the
Republican political party and socially in ac-
cord with all things tending to the benefit of
the stock industry and the community. In Utah,
on August 13, 1875, occurred the marriage of
Mr. Casto and Miss Martha Williams, a native
of \Yales and a daughter of Joseph and Susan
I \Vellen) Williams, who were members of an-
cient Welsh families. She was a most estimable
woman, an affectionate mother and wife, and
held in high esteem. Her death occurred at the
home ranch on April 21, 1901. Of the six chil-
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Casto, four are now liv-
ing, Amy, who died at five years of age ; Alice,
.now Mrs. Mrs. William A. Hancock; Mary E.,
Mrs. Arthur Hallett ; William F. ; an unnamed
infant, also deceased; Minnie. These have
brought great joy to the household.
CHARLES BIRD.
From every section and every state of our
Union have come the men and women of nerve
and endurance who have settled this great west-
ern land and made it an important factor in the
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wealth and prioress of the world. The parents
of ( harlcs I'.inl. a ]inmiinrni stockman of I "inta
county, \Yvoming, living near Midway, were
natives of Illinois and \ortli ( 'arolina respect-
ively. The\ were Doctor l-'ranklin and L'erlina
M. i I lull" I I'.inl, and were among the early set-
tlers of Iowa, where their son Charles was born
in I 'o|la\\ attamie county, on October 4. iSoS.
'J'he father rendered valiant service in defense
of the I nion (Hiring the Civil \\'ar and after his
return settled down on his farm in Iowa and
devoted himself to cultivating it and the rearing
and education of his family of thirteen 'children,
of whom eleven are living. Charles I'.inl was
educated in the public schools of Iowa and
there learned his trade of blacksmith. \Yhcn lie-
n-ached his majority, in iSS'ij, lie left his home
and passed a year in Nebraska, working at his
trade. brom then- he came to Wyoming and,
locating at Fontenelle, worked on ranches until
iSijo. when he took up a portion of the place on
which he now lives, which at this time comprises
[,OOO acres of good land, with a large part of it
well ditched. He has improved it with a new
two-Story, twelve-room house of modern de-
sign and conveniences, with suitable outhouse--,
sheds, corrals and also other necessary appurte-
nances. 1 1 err he" raises < attic on a commensu
ran scale and carries on i|uite extensive farming
operations. ' >n October i. iSi^. at Midwa\,
he was inarri d to Miss Lula C. ridden, a
daughter of Judge C. \Y. and Jennie S. (]
Ilolden, now li\-ing at Fontenelle. Four diil
ilreii havi1 blessed their union. ( "lara M.. Hilda
V. and F.lsie J.. who are living, and Lillian, who
died in l;ebruar\. |S((S. aged about t\\" years,
fwo years or more .if Mr. Bird's life were
passed in running the Stage and mail line In
t\\ein Cora and <>pal. lie is an enterprising
JVC man and w '11 e-leemed ami
those who known him.
SAMUEL G. C \\T..
Morn and reared amid the rommercial aetui
ties of Greal I'.rilain. pursuing fortune's winning
in mereanlile life iii dial cotmtrv and mir
own from the time when "manhood darkened on
his downy cheek" until after he had passed the
half-century mark on the dusty highway of hu-
man endea\or, Samuel ( i. Cave of Y oun-
t\, \\'yoming, turned easily and naturally to the
domain of a; riculturc and the peaceful and pleas-
of rural life for the remainder of his
\\hen the hour and the opportunity came
into bis life. His parents, F,li and Margaret
(Morton) Cave were residents of I'.ristol. I
where the father was a leading hand in
COtton manufacturing and there the subject of
this writing first saw the light on March 15.
(844. He grew to manhood in his native land
and received bis education in the excellent
schools of Lancashire, where his ancestors had
lived for generations, and. where the remains of
his parents repose, his mother having died in
1X7:1 and his lather three years later. After
finishing his education Mr. Cave engaged in
mercantile business at Manchester, handling i
line of superior fancy goods in that busy mart,
and later passed three years as a comnii
Hi! reliant in Ireland. This venture was not, how-
ever, t.i bis taste, and he returned to Manchester
and again started his former enterprise, con-
ducting a similar one also at Bradford in York-
shire. In iScj he closed OUl all his mercantile
and coming to the I nited States, set-
tled at Omaha, X'eb., where he carried on busi-
until [897. Hi then removed to \Yvoming
and homesteaded his present ranch on Cs
Springs I'rairie twent) six miles north of Xew-
Castle, where he has since been actively ciu.
n i inning and stoekraising. Two of his
came with him to the new state and his change
of vocation, and lhe\ have farms adjoining his.
On December 6 1865, in Manchester. Kngl md.
Mr. Cave was united in marriage with
Kli/abeth |. \\'illianis. a native of Knglai
\\rKh ano ; l'lie\ have eight children. Via.
Heairiee. Gertrude, Harry, Maggie, \nlnn S..
Samuel \Y. and Richard. Beatrice is married
and li\ MIL n 1 •'. All tin- others are
die I "tilled Slates. In politics Mr. i
Republican, lu\ ing a deep interest in the
welfare of his part\ but without desire for its
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
honors or emoluments. He and his wife are act-
ive members of ihe Episcopal church and are
connected in a helpful way with the benevolent
and charitable enterprises in which the church
has an interest, and with whatever concerns the
good and progress of the community.
JOSIAH C. COOK.
One of the leading merchants of Basin in
Bighorn county, and a citizen prominent and
active in other lines of productive enterprise, is
Josiah C. Cook, a pioneer of 1882 and since
then a devoted worker for the advancement and
improvement of Bighorn county, earnestly in-
terested in everything that pertains to her gen
eral welfare. The state of his nativity is Ohio,
where he was born on March 13. 1858. His
parents, Thomas J. and Jane (Workman) Cook,
were also natives of Ohio, .where they passed
their lives in the tranquillizing and peaceful vo-
cation of the old patriarchs as tillers of the soil.
In his native place their son Josiah attained the
age of eighteen years and received a common
school education. In 1876 he left the parental
fireside and boldly stepped out into the world
to make his own way, coming west to Kansas.
He spent two years in that state and then went
for an extended tour of observation through
Xew Mexico and Arizona. Four years were
passed in this adventurous expedition, at the
end of which he came to Wyoming, reaching the
state in 1882 and taking up land where the town
of Lovell now stands. By assiduous effort he
secured the establishment of a postoffice at that
point and for a number of years thereafter he
served as postmaster. The community was
sparsely setttled at first, but through his efforts,
and those of others, in providing for its uses
many of the conveniences of life, that would oth-
erwise have been long delayed, it built up and im-
proved rapidly, and its present prosperous and
progressive condition is the proof of their wis-
dom and the result of their enterprise. He es-
tablished a general store, one of the first in
the Bighorn basin, which has kept pace with
the times and is now one of the leading mercan-
tile enterprises of its kind in this part of the
county. In 1894 he sold this business and re-
moved to Basin, where he at 'once opened a
similar store, which he has been conducting
since with an expanding volume of trade and a
corresponding increase in its scope and equip-
ment, adding new departments, as occasion re-
quired and enlarging his stock to meet the
growing demands of a progressive community,
keeping it up-to-date in every particular. In
addition to his merchandising business, he has
been a mail contractor, and in this capacity he
has been able to render the outlying country
material service by increasing its mail facili-
ties in many ways. He also built and conducts
the Antlers Hotel, and has a large and well-
equipped feed and livery barn. All his work in
the town, in the way of improvements, has been
well done and stands to the credit of his fore-
sight and public spirit. His store is a fine two-
story stone structure, which not only gives
room for the advantageous display of his large
and varied stock of goods, but adorns in an
architectural way the portion of the town in
which it is situated. He has left without his
active aid and support no enterprise for the
improvement of the town or the convenience
and comfort of its people. When it was pro-
posed to introduce water into the city, he was
among the first to give the project encourage-
ment and substantial assistance and he is now
the heaviest stockholder in the company which
controls the works. On September 18, 1894,
he was married at Billings, Mont., to Miss Char-
lotte A. Anderson, a native of Sweden, but
since 1881 a resident of America, living since
1891 in Wyoming.
H. M. BULLOCK.
Born in Provo, Utah, on May 28, 1862. and
the son of early Mormon emigrants, who, in
their devotion to their conception of right, en-
dured the dangers and perils of the long journey
across the wearying distance of the great plains
and the resulting hardships of the establishment
of civilization in an apparently barren desert,
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
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I lurry M. I'.llll* ick, llo\y a ] itath tock-
man of L'intri County, Wyoming, has seen much
<pf both tlu- pleasant ami the unpleasant sides of
pioneer existence. His parents were Jarred J.
and Khi "la 1.. (Greene) l'iullock, his father 1
a native of Xew York and his mother of Illi-
no The ci inditii MIS of his childhood were
tho e of the place and period, attendance al ill
jiriinilive public schools intermingled \\ilh
and youthful sports. Mis father removed to
I mi, i count}' in 1872 and established a stock
business on the then almost illimitable range.
Ili was prosperous, and when Marry was
twenty years old he embarked in the same un-
dertaking-, in iSSS taking up the land forming
tlu- original center of his finely improved tract
of 480 acres, which is not only eligibly located,
but well improved, with a commodious residence
and barns, sheds, corrals and the necessary ac-
companiment's of an increasing and prosperous
stock business. ]\y his energetic efforts .Mr.
Bullock has greatlx improved his estate, making
it most desirable in attractiveness and comfort,
as well as in productiveness, and has brought
it fully up to the highest standards of a stock-
man's home. He is interested in public in.
as a member of the Democratic political party,
and exercises a beneficial influence in his com-
munity in furthering all schemes and plans of
public and private improvement. He is consid
ered as one of the most useful citizens of the com-
munity and his family are accorded position in
the ranks of the best society. l|v his marriage
with Miss Xancy C. Johnson, a daughter of
Snelling M. and Sally H. (Greer) Johnson, na-
of Georgia, he broughl the southern <|ual-
ity of courtesy to grace his home and also a
willing and cheerful companion and helpmeet.
Mi- widowed mother resides at .\leado\vville,
1'tah. Their children are, Kvan M., Lionel and
Rhoda M.
THOMAS O >NN< >RS.
The 3 of Mr. Connors have for gen-
erations been residents of [reland, \\hen- he
himself was born in the cit) of Cork, the son
of Thomas and Mar\
nathc- of ihe same city. The four children of
these \\orthy parents are now widel
"scattered to the four winds of heaven," neither
of them kuo\\ing anything concerning tin-
others. Thomas <• onnors was early engaged in
mining, but still earlier assisted his father in
his lumbering operations until his death al
[856. Coming to the 1 fnited States in early life
it was not long before Mr. Connors was en-
gaged in arduous but profitable labor in the coal
mines of Pennsylvania, after some years remov-
i i >hio and there continuing the same vo-
11 until 1^7,1. when he came to Laramie,
Wyo., and was connected with the labor of the
rollingmills until he came to Kemmerer in i SS;
and resumed his old trade of mining, being
prospered in his undertakings and having many
friends, particularly in the fraternal order of
the Red Men, of which he is a member. In
politics Mr. Connors supports the Democratic
party as the best for the country.
HON. J \.\IES H. CLAUSK.
The present very efficient and popular mayor
of the citv of Kawliiis. James 11. Clause, was
born in Springfield, 111., in iSoo. where he was
red and educated. Mis father was J. .,q,h
Clause, a native of Germany, uho. on coming to
the Cnited Stati . -tiled on a farm in Tlli
where he passed the remainder of his life. d\ing
at thi' age of sixty-five years. Joseph < '
married in Illinois, MJss K!i/ahrth MeClnre. a
native of [reland. who passed away in i S^'.
the agi of seventy-two, the mother of sjx chil-
dren, among whom \\as the presenl mayor of
Ua \\lins. James II. Clan- had lived in
Springfield until the death of his mother, then
came to Wyoi nting a field in which
ung man might find -cope for the de\
r. at all i
ring his condition- in lit". rrived in
'ins in March. [88 'Mine en-
I in the saloon business, with which he ha?
.'lected, and al- •
identified with the ( Kborn, I . and
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with the real-estate htisiness, tile ice business,
iln ^r.iin trade and mining, in all of which he
still retains his interests, and in all of which he
met with invariable success, thus realizing the
anticipations of his early years. It is perhaps
necessary to say however that this success has
been due to his own superior business qualifica-
tions, foresight, shrewdness, tact in availing' him-
self of opportunities as they presented them-
selves, and also indefatigable industry, with all of
which faculties Mr. Clause is happily endowed.
In 1890 Air. Clause was united in marriage with
Miss Ella Omeria, a native of Ireland and a
daughter of Robert and Julia Omeria, who came
from Ireland to the United States in 1882 or
1883 and settled in Rawlins, where both parents
passed the remainder of their lives and died at
the same age, seventy years, in 1901. On Feb-
ruary 1 1, i urn. Mrs. Ella Clause was called away
by death, being a devout Catholic, an affectionate
wife, a very loving mother and possessing most
domestic habits. She left behind her, to mourn
her irreparable loss, her disconsolate husband and
five children, who are named William, Esther,
Yinson and Veronica (twins) and James R.
Ii. politics Mr. Clause has been a stanch Demo-
crat ever since he has been old enough to exer-
cise his franchise, and his faithful work for his
party has culminated by his being rewarded in
his election to his present exalted office of mayor
of Ravelins to which on April 14, 1903, he was
elected for another term by a highly gratifying
and complimentary vote. But he has served ex-
cellently well in other public positions, such as
city trustee for six years and city treasurer for
two years, and his faithful performance of the
duties pertaining to these offices has, it will be
seen, culminated in his election to his present
honorable and highly useful office.
JAMES EARLY.
In the review of the life of Mr. Early we are
to write a brief synopsis of the activities of
a brave soldier, much of whose life has been
passed in dangerous campaigns against wily
savages, who has been in numberless "perils by
land and sea." lie is now a useful citizen, per-
forming in the "plain times of peace" the same
i.n nest attendance to the call of duty and the
same industry in its performance. He is now the
owner of a pleasant home of 160 acres of land,
and engaged in ranching and stockraising.
James Early was born in County Tyrone, Ire-
land, in March 1829. the son of Hugh and
Sarah (Kearney) Early, descendants of old-time-
honored families of the Emerald Isle. In 1854
Mr. Early emigrated from Ireland to the United
States and soon after landing enlisted in the
U. S. military service, in which connection he
was sent to Oregon and to Fort Vancouver,
passing six years of eventful life on the coast
and meeting with many thrilling experiences.
After his muster-out he reenlisted in Xew York
City in June, 1860, and for a time was engaged
in drilling recruits in that city, not long there-
after being assigned to his old organization, Co.
K. I'ourth U. S. Infantry, whose eventful for-
tunes he followed for three more years, receiv-
ing an honorable discharge at Fort Sedgwick.
Colo., in 1863, soon reenlisting, for his third
term of service, and proceeding to Laramie,
Wyo., and from there to Frankfort, Ky., where
was passed the remainder of his enlistment.
Once more a free man, he almost immediately
reenlisted in the same company and accom-
panied it to Fort Wayne. Mich., and to Omaha
Xeb., but soon, on account of Indian troubles,
it was despatched to the far West. In 1871 he
was stationed at Fort Bridger under General
Flindt. His term of service here expiring, he
again became a soldier by another enlistment
in his old company. This term was a compara-
tively quiet one, as his regiment was kept on
garrison duty at Fort Bridger until again he
received his discharge. Mr. Early saw the va-
rious wars with the Nez Perces. the Kiowas, the
Spokanes and other hostile tribes, and from
1855 ant' 1860 valiantly participated in some
hard fighting and met with many hardships and
thrilling episodes. A brave old soldier, he ever
enjoyed the confidence of his comrades and of-
ficers, being for a long time sergeant of his
company. In 1876 he located 160 acres of gov-
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eminent land a short distance below Fort I'.rid-
ger, and made that his home ami at the pres-
ent wrilinL; (1902) lu- is looking after tin- [I >
acres owned In his daughter immediately at
the old fort. lie has ever been a stalwart
Repuhlican and with his family are faithful mem-
In TS of the Catholic church. In iSoi he mar
ried Miss Ellen II. Xorton, who .shared his joys
and sorrows for thirty-eii;ht years and died on
December 19. njoJ. at her home in Kurt Bridger.
l!y this marriage there has heen four children,
Christopher ]., who lives near his father; John
!•'.. \\lio died on September 11. iS<jO; Mary D.,
a |irofessional nurse of Salt Lake City; Kath-
erine C., a. stenographer of the same city. It
must lie pleasant indeed after so long a life of
discipline to have the hands relaxed and to live
in peaceful quiet in the consolation of having
done life's work well and blest with children
who occupy useful and honored positions in
society. .May the twilight of liiV be long and
filled with sunshine for this old veteran.
GEORGE X. GKIKKIX.
Loni; the assistant superintendent of the
Diamond Coal and Coke Co., at 1 )iamondville,
Wyo.. and now the efficient superintendent of
the plant of the Washoe Copper Co., at Storrs,
Mont., Mr. George X. Griffin is a nathr o
I.owesttift, England, where lie was born OH
July i' i, iSoi. a son of William and Susanna
(Xicholsi Griffin, the former of whom followed
the precarious and dangerous calling of :\ lish-
erman and sailor, to which he superadded the
fish commission business, although hi-, parents
fanning people. William Griffin was a
devout member of the Congregational church
and also an able associati of John I',. Gough,
the famous apostl,- of temperanei , and died in
King Park county, ' 'olo.. havini; first -ettled in
Illinois \\lien coming to the United States in
iXjij. \\"illiam and wife had horn to them eighl
children. George X. being the \oiingrxt, and
of thesr right there are seven still living.
•e \". Griftin received a common school <-d-
ucation in hi.s native land and this \\as supple
niented by an attendance in the schools of
America, to which country he came in iSSo. I Ie
had started at work when ten years old in the
mines in hi-, native land and was well
trained to his calling, which experience has
Stood him well in hand throughout his later
years, lie came to Wyoming in iSSo. was
elected as a member of the First Legislative
. \ssemliK of the state from Chita county, and
about this time became a lire boss, which po
he held lor eighteen months when the mines wire
shut down and Mr. Griffin changed his resilience
to Colorado, was there engaged in a coal mine
for about nine months and then accepted the
position of mine 'foreman for the Sheridan l-'uel
Co., at Iligby, \\\o.. tin- duties of which he
most satisfactorily administered for three \ears.
Mr. Griffin next bought an interest in the Kelix
Coal Co., and for t \\ o years was the superin-
tendent of the plant. lie then went to I )iamond-
ville and acted as foreman of Xo. i mine about
two and one half years, and after a highly ap-
preciated service here of time passed as fore-
man and assistant superintendent, he became
the superintendent of the entire plant of the
Washoe Copper Co., located at Storrs. Mont.,
his present position. In iSijo Mr. (iriftin
elected on the Republican ticket as a member
of the \\'\ i lining State Senate, an office which
he filled from the firsl to the credit of himself
and to the unallo\ed satisfaction of hi<
stittunts. Mr. (iriftin. has not confined his scr-
ices in behalf of his fellow citixen- to his leg-
islative function, alone, but is also president of
the Slate Arbitration Commission, also being
a member of the school board, and a nieinlu
the town council of 1 )iamondvillc. lie finds
his place < if wi >rship inside the do, .rs of thi Vleth-
odist Episcopal church, of which hi-
aUo a devoted member. Kratcrnally. Mr. t iriftin
is a member of ihe V < >. LJ. \\ '.. in the \\ork
of which he takes an active and interested part,
and in his domestic relations i- a model family
man. Mrs. Griffin furnishing him in her
son ' 'lie of the ables'
i and making of the home an rarthh
adise. The marriage of G. \. < iriftin
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ebrated in Rock Island, 111., on May 8, 1882,
with Miss Catherine 1'mml, a daughter of John
and Hannah (\\ilkesi I'roud, natives of Eng-
lan.l, and to this happy union have been born
nine children, of whom eight are still living',
Edith. Arthur, Maud, Ruth, Bessie, Harry P.,
Philip A. and Waller. Mr. Griffin has taken
a course in the correspondence school of Scran-
ton, Pa., and holds a certificate from that school
as a graduate from the mining course, which
is a guarantee of his standing on a high plane
in mineralogy.
EDWARD EATOX.
Edward Eaton, of Tensleep, the stock fore-
man of the Osage Cattle Co., of Bighorn count}',
has come to his knowledge of the stock business
through a wide and varied experience, embrac-
ing every phase of it as exhibited in various
places and under a great variety of circum-
stances. He rode the range in Colorado and
Wyoming in his earlier years, he was active in
the industry under the summer sun of New
Mexico, he has served in several capacities with
a number of the leading cattle companies of the
Northwest, so that he is through long practice
a thorough stockman, and he had by nature
and early inclination a decided aptitude for the
business. Among the men engaged in it in
this part of the world few are better known or
hold a higher rank for practical knowledge of
its different branches. Mr. Eaton was born on
February 6, 1858, in the state of New York, the
son of William and Anne (Blackner) Eaton, the
former a native of Kentucky and the latter oi
Massachusetts. When he was three years old
they removed to Minnesota and in 1868 farther
west to Kansas, locating in Marshall county,
and there he attended school at intervals be-
tween work on the farm and reached the age
of seventeen. Then, in 1875, he took up his
residence in Colorado and for three years rode
the range in the cattle industry in that state
and Wyoming. He also spent a year in New
Mexico connected with the same industry. In
1879 he came to Wyoming and settled here per-
manently. Hying until 1892 in Johnson county
and working for the 71 Cattle Co., and other
cattle outfits. -In jS<jj he came to the Big Horn
basin and for a number of years was with the
Hay State Cattle Co., in a leading capacity, aft-
er which he became a stock foreman for the
Osage Cattle Co., a position which he still fills
with great credit to himself and to the satisfac-
tion of the company. In this capacity he has
general charge of the stock belonging to this
great organization and all the facilities which
his lung and varied experience has given him
are called into play. The duties are exacting
and responsible to a high degree, great readi-
ness and resourcefulness being required in their
proper discharge. There is scarcely an hour in
the day or night when some unexpected emer-
gency ma}' not arise and the man in charge
must ever be on the alert. Mr. Eaton's famil-
iarity with all phases of the business and his
knowledge of the men engaged in it, give him
special fitness for the successful supervision of
a large outfit like the one with which he is
connected, and make his services of unusual
value in this regard. It is much to say of any
man who is employed in a place of great trust
and responsibility that he meets its require-
ments in a complete and masterful manner ; but
this is true of Mr. Eaton, and it is but a just
tribute to merit to place it on record here.
NORRIS W. GRIGGS.
Beginning the battle of life for himself at
the age of twelve and since then making his
own way in the world, Norris W. Griggs, of
Bigpiney, Uinta county, Wyoming, got his ed-
ucation in the hard school of experience and
fully paid the price of that exacting school-
master in toil and struggle for every foot of
progress he has made. He was born on De-
cember 29, 1864, in the state of Xew York,
where his parents, Reuben and Asenath (Aik-
ens) Griggs were born and reared, flourished
and grew old, the father, who was educated for
the ministry but followed farming as an occupa-
tion, dying in 1892. He was a man of great
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public spirit and popularity and had an honor-
able record in many official stations. The
mother still lives in Xe\v York and both were
i 'I old Colonial stock of English ancestry. Mr.
1 rriggs was one of a family of six children, five
of whom are still living, lie attended the pub-
lie schools at intervals until he was twelve years
old, and then gom- io live with a sister, worked
for himself from that time forward. At the
a-<- of sixteen he came west and locating on
the I'Vintciielle, engaged as a hand on a ranch.
In 1880 he came to his present location and
for four years uas employed by McKay & Budd.
After this he worked fur A. W. Smith five years
while he had the "circle" cattle. In the mean-
time he had taken up land and at the end of
his employment with Air. Smith he began a
cattle business on his own account. Devoting
himself assiduously to his work, bringing to
on its improvement all his natural facul-
ties of mind and body, 'he has built up his in-
dustry to proportions of magnitude and value
and increased his landed estate to I,OOO acres.
His land is fertile and bountiful in product,
yielding large annual crops of excellent hay and
much grain. His cattle are graded Herefords
and his horses of superior breed. He is rec-
ognized as one of the leaders in the business
ami has high standing among the people who
know him in busine • r -•" ially. On January
6, 1895. Mr. Criggs was united in marriage with
Marria Merrill, a native of Ohio and a
daughter of Orson and Rebekah (Allen) Mer
rill, the father a native of Maryland and the
mother of < >hio. They emigrated from Ohio to
I 'tali and died in thai Male. Mr. and Mrs.
C,ri- two children. IVrcy M. and Xnrris
R. Their home is a pleasant resorl for their
many friends who find in it an inspiring and
ious hospitality,
DUDLEY X. HALE.
< '( lining 1' i Wyoming on tl if his
inhoo'l. and when he mt nil
and since lh- ely iden-
1 with ll'c i xhilarating lif< .-''id progressive
institutions of the XortlmeM, o uuriliuting on
every field of duty to their advancement and
development, Dudley X. Hale, of Ilighorn coun-
ty, a highly esteemed citizen of Masin, has won
i In place he holds iii the regard and lence
of his ii Hi i\\ - and dein -I his right to hon-
orable mention on the roster of the progres-
sive men of Wyoming, wherever it is displayed,
lie was born in Wisconsin on June J, iSdi. the1
son of Nelson and Jeamiette (Curley) Hale, the
former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter
of Xew York. When he was eleven years of
age the family moved to Kansas and he re-
mained in that Male until 1879, attending the
public schools and assisting his parents mi the
farm. He then started out in life for himself
and, after a year of effort in Kansas, in 1880
came to Wyoming, where for a year he enjoyed
the free ancl exciting existence of a hunter and
trapper in the primeval solitude where the foot
of civilized man had seldom rested. At the
end of that year he went t < i Cnstcr county. Mon-
tana, and for a few years there followed the
same occupation. In that county lie was ap-
pointed deputy sheriff and <erved two years.
Returning in 1888 to Wyoming, he located a
ranch and until 1900 resided on it. actively en
d in the stock business. He was then ap-
pointed sheriff of Bighorn count}- and at the
end of his term he sold his ranch and stock and
took up his residence in the town of I'.asin. in
which he has since been a forceful and poten-
tial i lenient in matters of public enterprise and
improvement and managed his large and val-
uable mining properties, lie is a sti >ek holder in
the I'ighorn Canal Co., and was our of the i irig-
inators and promoters of its enl He
is also .. 1 in a leading \\ay with other
industrial and commercial factors in the life
of the .-i immunity, and to every duty of an ex-
alted citizenship gives due and conscienl
attention. In i SS (., in I ty, Mon-
tana, Mr. Hale was married to W h E.
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ly seltlers in the Xorlhwest. They have
The bead of th<- hoi: :it mem-
1,, r of the Modern Woodmi n "i" America and
also of the Royal XVi-libo- - of \merica.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
JOHN D. HOPKINS.
John D. Hopkins, now one of the prominent
stockgrowers and farmers of Bighorn county,
living near Bigtrails postoffice, is a Western
man in every particular and glories in the prog-
ress, development and potency of the section
to which he belongs. He was born on October
14. 1862, at Santa Rosa, California, the son of
Richard and Mary Hopkins, and when he was
a year old they removed to Arizona. There he
lived to the age of sixteen and received his ed-
ucation. In i S/S he came to Wyoming and, lo-
cating in the vicinity of Cheyenne, he rode the
range in the cattle industry for several years.
He then went to New Mexico and trailed cat-
tle to this state, for three years repeating this
work and getting his cattle at different places in
the South. In 1882 he settled on Bridger
Creek and laid the foundations of Deranch, and
two years later came to the Bighorn basin and
passed two years in the service of the X Cat-
tle Co., one with Milo Burke and one with the
Embar Cattle Co. In 1888 he entered the em-
ploy of the Bay State Cattle Co., and remained
with that organization until 1892. For three
years he served as deputy sheriff of Johnson
county, at the close of his term of office en-
gaging in the stock business for himself on
land he had taken up and which he has since
improved with good buildings and fences, sup-
plied with every appliance for his work and
beautified and adorned as a home for himself
and his family. His ranch comprises 480 acres
and his herd at this writing consists of 600 fine
cattle and seventy-five horses of superior breeds.
In public local affairs he has always been deeply
and intelligently interested, endeavoring to
lead the progressive thought of his community
along the lines of healthy development, freely
giving his aid to all good enterprises tending in
this .direction. Imbued with this species of
public spirit he has not hesitated to take his
place either in the ranks of the people or in
official station, as circumstances seemed to de-
mand, and to work towards the desired end.
He was the first assessor of Bighorn county and
administered thei affairs of the office with a ju-
dicious discrimination, looking both to the wel-
fare of the county and the rights of private cit-
izens. In 1894, at Redbank, Wyo., he married
with Miss Stella Goodrich, a native of Colorado,
and a daughter of Jacob and Martha Sartain,
natives of Indiana and Missouri, and three
daughters have blessed their union, Elsie, Mar-
garet and Bessie. To the beautiful home in
which they live, which is one of the architect-
ural and artistic triumphs of the neighborhood,
they add sunshine and grace and _ aid in making
it one of the most attractive homes of the county.
CHARLES DANIELSON.
One of the most popular as well as prosper-
ous farmers and stockmen of Uinta county,
Wyoming, Mr. Charles Danielson, has his home-
stead on Bear River, about twenty miles south
of Evanston. He was born in Sweden in De-
cember, 1851, and is the tenth child in the pro-
lific family of Daniel Oleson, who was a son
of Ole Watson. Charles Danielson was edu-
cated in the excellent schools of his native land,
which the law compelled him to attend until he
was fourteen years of -age, after which he was
engaged in mining until 1887, when he came to
the United States, settling in Wyoming and
found employment in Evanston, where he re-
sided until 1897, when he came to his present
location and purchased a homestead of 320
acres, where he has since devoted his time and
attention to raising and dealing in cattle. He
was joined in marriage in Sweden in 1872 with
Miss Sophia Israel, daughter of Israel Johnson,
and this union has been graced with eight chil-
dren, Selma B., who died in Sweden at the age
of five years, eleven months ; Anna, now the
wife of Henry Snow, and living near Evanston,
Wyo. ; Carl G. ; Mary E., who died in Sweden at
the age of four years ; Mary Wilhelmina ; Hy-
rum and Joseph, twins; Halmer. The parents
are members of the Mormon church, active in
following all of its beneficent teachings, and in
the good work of the church they take an act-
ive part. To the industry and enterprise of
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such men as Mr. Danidson the prosperity of all
new .stales is due, for the reason that the na-
tives of Europe are trained to useful manual
occupations, which in after life arc cmpl»yrd
practically in the development <if the resources
of the new countries in which they pass their
remaining years, as the recompense for their
lahor far exceeds that which they would receive
for the same exertions in their native land, and
results, as a rule, in retirement in advanced life
on comfortable competences. The success of
Mr. I)anic1si ni is perhaps to be envied, but all
credit should be given to him, as well as to all
others who overcome frontier hardships.
JOHN T. HUFF.
John T. Huff, of Atlantic City, Wyoming,
descends from old Colonial stock, his great-
grandfather Van Houten gallantly participating
in the \Yar of the Revolution on the roster
of the 1'atriots. while his grandfather showed
equal patriotism in the War of 1812. The mil-
itary record of the famih was broken by the
death of Mr. Huff's father early in the Civil
\Yar. but he himself had experiences enough
of a soldier in that great contesl to amply main-
tain prestige for the family. Mr. TTuff was born
in Waterloo. X. Y.. on February 12. 1842, a
son of Richard and Hannah (Van TTouten") TTuff,
both natives of Xew York state, the father be
ing a carpenter and diligently pursuing that
trade until his death in 1862 at the age of fifty-
six years, the mother surviving him until
when occurred her death. The comnio
of Xew Yorl- Furnished the education acquired
by her son, John T., who earlv became inter-
1 in practical life by migrating westward
and identifying himself with railroading as a
tin-man 0:1 the <'. ]'.. \ <_'- Railroad, soon there
after relinquishing (hi, position to enlist, in
VugUSl . iSi,j. ir Co. I '. I1 Lghtj ninth Illinois
Infantry, whosi historic ffirlnnes on t<
fields and hi ly marches he was coin
with until transferred in l8(>} to the First Mis-
sissip;>i Marine I'.rigade. serving with this or-
gani/ation until its mUSter-OUl in February,
The war record of Mr. Huff was a noted
lie was a participant in numerous hotly
contested battles, took part in the historic
siege of Vicksburg, also accompanied General
s on the disastrous Red River expedition,
and was in many lesser engagements and con-
tests with bands of guerrillas. On the return of
peace lie returned to railroading and to firing
and was employed in that capacity on the
Chicago and Xorthwestern in Towa before that
road was completed to Council Bluffs. In the
spring of 18(17 he entered the civilian service of
the I'nited Slates and was emploved in the
construction of the fort at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
One year passed in government service and
then he came to Atlantic Citi . -d in suc-
cessful mining and here he has since made his
home and been associated with various branches
of business activity. From 1873 to 1885 he con-
ducted the brewery, and for a time he was quite
•isively connected with sheepraising, being
now ihe owner of a fine ranch of 640 acres of
land on the I'.ig Sandy River, where he is con-
structing an irrigation ditch at the estir,
cost of $8,000. He is now the genial landlord
of the chief hotel of \tlantic City, besides being
in the saloon business, fie is an active mem-
ber of society, interested in all matters of
eral and local improvement, and is prominently
idi milled with the principles ;md pi
the Republican party. Mr. TTuff is a good cit-
izen, a popular to\\iisinan ;m,l ;i business man
of integrity and sterling honesty. Tn May.
1 872, the marriri: Mr. I luff and
M;s.. Fllen McCarty were celebrated. She was
a native of Xew York. They have four chil-
dren. Maud, wife of Henry William- : \lina;
Viola I"..; Fllen. The I'amilv li»lds distinctive
rank in the social circles of the town, the home
being a center of attractive ho-pilalitv.
Ji MIX DONAB
The folin Donahue, originally
hlished in Indiana early in
its history, and in that stai. ' iher ami
bis in,, iher. William and Tempie ( Mendenhain
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Donahue, were horn and reared. They became
residents of Iowa and there in 1847 their son
John was born. When he was nine years old
they removed to Linn county, Kan., and there"
lie received a limited education in the public
schools. When he reached the age of fifteen he
started in life for himself, going to Dakota and
]>(•:•' 'ining a postrider in the service of the U. S.
government and serving in that capacity for a
number of years. From Dakota he soon went to
Texas and for a time was a range rider in that
state. He made seven trips from Texas north
with cattle and in 1877 he came to Wyoming,
settling in the Sweetwater country where he
again rode the range, continuing the occupation
until 1892. He then for a short time was en-
gaged in farming and raising stock on Powder
River, within the same year coming to the Big
Horn basin and began in that section of the state
the farming and stockgrowing operations which
he is still conducting with success and profit,
handling from sixty to fully one hundred head of
fine-blooded cattle. He also owns and manages
a hotel and a feed-stable in Hyattville, Wyo.,
being popular as a boniface and as -a caterer,
while his stable is a great resort for persons
having need of its accommodations. Mr. Dona-
hue has been active in politics wherever he has
lived long enough to acquire a residence and
his counsel as a party adviser has been much
sought and appreciated. He was one of the early
deputy sheriffs of Johnson county and as a pub-
lic official fully sustained the esteem in which he
was held as a private citizen and business man
and one of the forceful and enterprising fac-.
tors in the community. He was married in
Hyattville on February 11, 1893, to Miss Gallic
Hatten, a native of Ohio.
HENRY HOMER.
This veteran stockman, whose ranch is on
Bear River, eighteen miles south of Evanston,
Uinta county, Wyo., was born in Milwaukee,
Wis., on April 12, 1850, a son of Andrew and
Ingabar (Adams) Homer, both natives of Nor-
way and who came to the United States in 1848.
Andrew Homer was a farmer by calling and on
coining to America he located in Salt Lake coun-
ty, Utah, in 1860, after having passed the inter-
vening time in the East, and later came to Uinta
county, Wyo., dying, however, in Utah in 1890,
his remains being interred in Mill Creek Ward
cemetery. He has been a very prominent leader
in the Church of the Latter Day Saints and was
also very active in the management of the local
affairs of his county, filling several minor offices
with the sole purpose of being of use to his fel-
low citizens, rather than for the sake of the emol-
ument they afforded. Mrs. Ingabar (Adams)
Homer died in Wisconsin in 1854 and was buried
in Milwaukee. She had borne her husband five
children, as follows : Henrietta, the deceased
wife of H. O. Young, of Park City, Utah; Ellen
M. ; Netta; Malinda ; who all died young, and
Henry, whose name heads this biographical
narrative. By his second wife, Jennie, to whom
he was married in 1855, in Wisconsin, Andrew
Homer had four other children, Jerry, now liv-
ing in Kansas, Summit county, Utah ; Andrew,
a well-known resident of Bigpiney, Uinta county,
Wyo. ; Maggie, now residing in Salt Lake City ;
Hiram, whose residence is in Park City, Utah.
Henry Homer was educated in Utah and after
quitting school he was steadily engaged in min-
ing in that state for about seven years. He next
engaged in farming and stockraising, which he
continuued to follow in Utah until 1884, when he
came to Wyoming and entered the homestead in
which he now lives, where he owns a ranch of
about 800 acres, which he devotes to cattlerais-
ing. He was united in the bonds of matrimony
in Utah, on October 8, 1874, with Miss Kate
Johnson, daughter of Andrew and Mary Eliza-
beth (Johnson) Johnson, both natives of Norway.
Her father was a son of Andrew and Elizabeth
Johnson and the mother a daughter of Christo-
pher Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Homer have had
a family of eleven children, viz : Elizabeth H.,
who died at the age of six years and whose re-
mains were interred in Summit county, Utah ;
Irene M., wife of Robert McClaren, of Park City,
Utah, died July 24, 1896, at the age of twenty-
two years, and was buried in Park City ; William
H., who died at the age of two years and was
buried in Marysville, Utah ; Henry W. ; Rodney
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F. ; Emma E. : Frank T . : Curtis L. ; Ralph C. ;
Punch 1).; Robin J., all still living. The father
of Mrs. Homer died on March 27, 1896, in New
Mexico at the age of seventy-four years and her
mother is n<>\v living in that place at the advanced
age of eighty-four years. She bore her husband
five children, as follows: Margaret, now th?
\vidn\v of Rodney Butcher ; Kate, who is Mrs.
Henry Homer; Mary A., wife of Albert Farns-
worth of New Mexico; James, deceased; Emma,
wife of James Jensen, of New Mexico. Mr.
Homer has been very successful as a cattleraiser
and dealer since he took up his abode in \Yyo-
ming, and is now one of the prominent citizens
of I'inta county. He is a very public spirited
citizen, being ever ready with his means to aid
in the promotion of improvements of all kinds and
encourages all projects designed for the increas-
ing the comforts of the general public, by whom
lie is held in the highest esteem.
SAMUEL W. HYATT.
It is much to any man's credit to well sus-
tain, the institutions, the interests, the reputa-
tion and the spirit of the community in which
he is born and reared, and help to carry fin--
ward by his character and industry its life and
activities along the lines of healthy progress
and beneficence, lint it is perhaps a far higher
tribute to his credit to carry those activities int..
a new country, to there establish them in full
Force and vigor as a new center of civilian ioi>
and benefaction, from which may radiate their
good influences for the stimulus of e\
rcial, educatiiiiial and moral force throughout
a large environment. That he has done this is
in brief the life story of Samuel \\ . Hyatt, of
Ilyattville in P.ighorn onmU. a pioneer in that
vicinity and the founder of the tn\vn which hears
bis honored name. lie was born ill X'orth Car
olina. April _>, iS^S, the son of George \\ . and
Mahala I 1 laminon-, i Hyatt, Hi- former a native
of Maryland and the latter of Pennsylvania.
Ilis parents took him to <le.ir.uia in their re-
moval thither when he was but seven years old
and he there resided until he reached the age
of nineteen and \\as educate. I there. In 1X5-
he went to P, row n wood. Tex., and in 1861 cn-
iged in merchandising, continuing this busi-
ness until he enlisted in the Confederate army
in which he gave most gallant service and at-
tained the commission of colonel of the Sixteenth
Texas Volunteers, C. S. A., during his military
life receiving four wounds. In 1884 he came to
Llnffalo. Wyoming, where he conducted a mer-
cantile enterprise until 1886. when he removed to
the location which he now occupies and opened
a store as the nucleus of a settlement and se-
cured land around his buildings. As time
passed the need of a definite. town organization
become more and more urgent and, with char-
acteristic public spirit, he laid out the town site
which was named in his honor. He was its first
postmaster, its leading merchant, its impelling
spirit and its vital breath for a number of years,
and has the satisfaction of seeing his faith and
works therein realized in the beautiful and
thriving political entity to which it has r,isen.
When he was appointed postmaster of this of-
fice he was the only postmaster in the Big Horn
;i. which indicates the undeveloped con-
dition of the country and the courage and en-
terprise of the man who wa.s willing to Foi
all the advantages of a more advanced civiliza-
tion and endure the privations and perform tin-
labors necessarily incident to life on the fron-
tier. He was just the man for the time and the
place. He worked assiduously in mail
routes in this pan of the countrv and. in con-
nection with the late Governor Richards, estab-
lished and pin into operation a sv-tctn of
(.ral public education, having the dark smo1
schoolhouse tires ascending to greet t'
ing wherever the circumstances required. On
his arrival in this localitj li Ip home-
stead and prei mptii m claims and d the
volume of his land to [DO acres by subsequent
acquisitions. ll\att\illc was laid out in iSS-
and he continued to merchandise there until his
store was destroyed by tire in Jun. ^;nce
then lie lias given his attention mainly to the
interests of his ranch and his stock business.
It need scarcely be -aid that his ranch i
of il> lib. irh' » id. imprc
in its extent, its varii :ti«n and
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• ll-'E MEN OF U'YOMING.
products, also in the advanced state of im-
provement to which it has been bn night, with
its attractive buildings arranged with a view to
the convenience of the work on the place and
also for artistic unity and picturesqueness. His
cattle and horses are of good quality and well-
bred, the standard being high. In addition to
the interests concentered on the ranch Mr.
Hyatt conducts a livery and feed business in the
town, and he also owns valuable land in Texas.
In the town he founded he has always a deep
and a serviceable interest, ever forward in aid-
ing whatever may be conducive to its welfare
and progress. He was potential in its creation
and he has been zealous and constant in stim-
ulating its growth and directing the trend of
its moral and mercantile energies. He is also
connected in a leading -way with the Basin Wat-
er-works, giving to the affairs of the company a
due share of his attention and time. In fra-
ternal relations Mr. Hyatt is' identified with the
Ancient Order of United Workmen. His first
marriage occurred in Texas in 1860 when he
was united with Miss Emeline Majors, a native
of Tennessee, who died in Texas. They had six
children, of whom three are living, Mattie, Lee
and Emeline. His second marriage was to
Miss Sarah Johnson, then of Paris, Texas, where
she died. He married a third time in Texas, on
this occasion with Miss Melissa Bradshaw of
Paris. She died at Buffalo, Wyoming, leaving
one child, Ida. The fourth marriage, which was
to Miss Elizabeth Calhoun, took place at Lead-
ville, Colo., on November 27, 1890. They have-
one child, Samuel C. Mrs. Hyatt is a native of
Virginia, but has long been a resident of the
Northwest and, one of the leading ladies in her
portion of the state, she is active in works of
benevolence and highly esteemed in social
circles. In his military service Mr. Hyatt was
wounded at Shiloh, was in the siege of Vicks-
burg, participated in the successful Red River
campaign, was active in the battle of Pea
Ridge and at New Orleans, and was corinecied
with numerous other hotly contested and his-
toric battles of the Civil War, serving under
Generals Scurry, McCullough and Kirby Smith.
H. R. JONES.
A prosperous stockman of Carbon county,
Wyoming, and a pioneer of that section of the
state, H. R. Jones, of Encampment, is a native of
Ashtabula county, Ohio, horn on April 24, 1845,
the son of H. L. R. Jones and Cornelia (Ricliai.l-
son) Jones, natives of Connecticut. His father's
family were prominent in the Colonial history of
America and many of them bore distinguished
part in ihe early days of the republic. His pater-
nal grandfather, Drayton Jones, was a native of
Connecticut, one of its leading citizens. His pa-
ternal great-grandfather, Israel Jones, a colonel
in the Revolutionary army, was with Washington
at Valley Forge, and gallantly served until the in-
dependence of the colonies was conceded by
Great Britain. His mother's family also took a
foremost part in early American history, his
maternal grandfather, Gideon Mills, a lieuten-
ant in the Colonial army, being one of tlv
heroes of that memorable contest. Both the
Jones and Richardson families removed to the
Western Reserve of Ohio, among the earliest
of the pioneers of that lovely section. Col.
Israel Jones was also an officer in the War of
1812 and one of the foremost American patriots
of his time. The Jones family followed dairying
in Ohio, while the Richardsons were chiefly en-
gaged in lumbering and sawmill industries.
The father of H. R. Jones disposed of his Ohio
property in 1854 and removed to Wisconsin.
He remained there one year and then went to
Iowa, and soon passed on to Minnesota. Here
he engaged in farming and dairying for a num-
ber of years, meeting with considerable suc-
cess. In 1865 he disposed of his farm in Min-
nesota, and traveled over the long trail to Col-
orado. Here he remained one year, then es-
tablished his home in Kansas, where he followed
agricultural pursuits for a number of years,
thence removing to Wyoming, where was his
home for about four years, when he moved with
his family to Salt Lake City, Utah. Here he
was residing at the time of his decease, which
occurred in 1899. He left a family of four chil-
dren, the subject of this sketch being the eldest-
PROGRESSIVE .1//-A' (.)/• WYOMING.
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His early life was passed in Minnesota, where
In- r< ci ived his education, lu i October, iSot, he
enlisted in Co. K, Third Minnesota Infantry,
anil was musi'-red into the I". S. service n1
Colonel I. ester, at Fort Snelhng, and was tin n
sent tn Louisville, Ky., and assigned to the
\Vesteni Reserve of the .Federal army. He
served with this de] lartmeiit until the close of
the war and participated in the siege of Vicks-
'., the battle o i River, and other en
-agements. Fie was mustered out at Duvalis
I'.lutf, Ark., on September 2, 1865, and then
made his lioine in Denver. Colo., where he re-
mained until 1867, when he came to the ter-
ritory iif Wyoming, at tirst making his head-
quarters at Fort Sa tinders. Here he carefully
looked over the country to select a favorable
location for his operations in a Battle and live-
si i ick industry and finally located on his present
raneh. silualed about seven miles northwest of
the citj of Encampment. 1 1 e has here been en-
gaged in general ranching and stockraising, and
has met with success, heitiL; now tin- owner of
a line property with a laru;e herd .if cattle, and
he is constantly adding to his holdings of both
land and stock. On November i |. iSS'o. Mr.
i was united in marriage to Miss Florence
I .rewer, a native of Bureau county. 111., and a
daughter of \Yilliam and 1\< i-alie i I '.arihi ill >mew i
former a native of Indiana, and
the latter of Xew York. The paternal grand-
father of Mrs [ones, Kichard Brewer, was also
a nai ive ' . uck) . being . me < if ;t - leading
citizens, i h. am estors of the American branch
of the Bartholomew family came from Holland
and were prominent in th.- affairs of that little
country, which ha> tilled so large a pa^e in tin
•A iii-ld's history. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have thiv
children, Maud. Frank and Floi . i they all
;ire living. Their home is noted for it-
en nis and genuine IK >-pitahty.
W. S. KIMl'.ALF.
While the race is not alwav s to the swift or
the battle to the strong, the inevitable laws of
dcstim accord to tireless ener^v, industry and
ability a successful career. The truth of this as-
on is abundantly verified in the life and busy
activ I r. Kimhall, the popular d
• ming, who, by diligent attention to
the b i d, determined pun
. has risen rapidly to a p;
rent standing as n newspaper mar and a
scntative commercial factor of Coir. i Xa-
IM ma ci mnties. 1 le has been o mspicui ius a
F.is assi icial nol onfy Eor hi
his probity, Fairness honorable methods and un-
bounded energy. Wilson S. Kii1 OH of
Emerson H. and Lizzie M. (Smith) Kimhall.
was born in h Centre, ' • 'arnTl county,
X. H. under the shadow of the majestic Sand-
wich range of the White Mountains, on lul
1866. For ancestral history and family narra-
tion the reader is referred to the biographical
sketch of Emerson H. Kimhall, on other pages
of this volume. The eldest child of his parents,
the early educational discipline of Mr. Kimball
was acquired in the schools of Iowa, this '. ..
supplemented by a thoroughly technical training
in the "Art preservative of all arts" under the
competent tutelage of his distinguished father
of which he availed himself for some vears and
ne year after the home of the family had
been transferred to \\'\oming. Then Mr. Kim-
ball returned to Mel tonon-h county, 111., where
or Ma\ 29, iSSj, he was ed with Miss
5S Merrick. a ladv of high culture and
education, who Eo been
,i highh successful teacher in the puhlie
of Illinois, the slate of her birth. Siu is the
daughter < >f _b >bn and Mary ( ". (Leach)
rick, early citixens of Mel loin >nv;h county. 111.
Immediateh on his return to \Y\oiniug.
Kimball engaged in newspaper
coiiiiimin^ to lie i ',1 jirofitably thus
empliued for three years, \\hen his editorial and
business abilitx became so manitest lhat the
leading; cit i lens < >f the brisk cii
suaded him to establisli a newspaper plant in
their midst and for tbi- purpose a stOcl CO1 i]>an\
i organized Eor a paper, of which Mr. Kim-
ball was made "editorial manager" and the
fit for which he purchased in tli. east. Then
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
and thus was founded the Wyoming Derrick, and
for one year Mr. Kimball's energies were given
to this vigorous young aspirant for public recog-
nition, he then becoming interested in a small
drug business, conducted in a building 14x16 feet
in size, and, to give his time to this, he tendered
his full resignation of his newspaper position.
Things were moving on under his guidance so
satis factorily that the company was loth to let
him go and at the urgent solicitation of the
stockholders he consented to remain for a time,
but two months later the drug business had as-
sumed such proportions that he was forced to de-
vote his whole time to its interests. Two years
later, when the trade had largely increased, Mr.
Kimball purchased the interests of his partner,
C. F. G. Bostelman, and has since conducted it
in his individual name and with almost marvel-
lous prosperity7. The insignificant structure it
first occupied has been replaced by a large, com-
modious and up-to-date building in the center of
the city, affording adequate accommodations for
the very extensive trade 'there conducted in the
wholesaling and the retailing of drugs, paints,
oils, glass, etc., and with a large side line of jew-
elry of the most attractive character, employ-
ing quite a number of clerks and also a com-
petent and highly skilled jeweler and watch-re-
pairer, receiving a most gratifying patronage of
scope and importance of a decidedly rumulative
character. Mr. Kimball is also fortunate in the
great stockraising industry of Wyoming, having
a fine band of sheep on the range and also being
the owner of a desirable and eligibly located
ranch of 480 acres of land on the Platte River,
six miles east of Casper, on which he is now con-
structing an irrigating ditch, which will shortly
convey to the ranch an ample supply of water for
its thorough irrigation. He is also the owner of
some of the best city property in Casper, his resi-
dence, of modern design and architecture, being
one of the finest in the city and an ornament to
the place, while he has quite a number of desir-
able properties which he devotes to tenement
purposes. A sterling Democrat, his political
creed has found an able and convincing advocate
in Mr. Kimball and he has led the cohorts of his,
the minority party in his legislative district,
evincing his personal popularity in the number of
votes polled for him for member of the Legisla-
ture, although failing of an election, and he has
given an admirable administration as mayor of
his home city for one term. In 1903 he was
elected mayor a second time. There was a con-
test on councilman, but he was endorsed on both
tickets, no other candidate being nominated on
any ticket. When in the spring of 1903 the Cas-
per Chamber of Commerce was organized with
a membership of over 100 men of prominence in
the county. Mayor Kimball was unanimously
chosen president of this organization. Frater-
nally, in Masonic circles he is a Knight Templar
and past master of his local lodge, and he is also
a member of the Woodmen of the W'orld. His
home circle is completed by two interesting chil-
dren, Wilson S. and Edness M., and here their
parents disperse a cultured and generous hospi-
tality to their numerous friends.
C. AUGUST LEHMBERG.
There is no more steady or persistent worker
in any field of labor or mine of learning than
your sturdy Prussian. Wherever the German
nationality makes a stand, unfavorable conditions
yield, natural forces come forth and obey, hidden
resources of wealth and power are brought to
light and usefulness, and the flowers and fruit
of advancing civilization are seen on every hand.
It is with this people that C. August Lehmberg
of the Star Valley of Wyoming, claims kindred,
for he was born in Prussia on November 5, 1830,
the son of Johann G. Lehmberg. both parents be-
ing natives of that country and belonging to fam-
ilies long domesticated on its fruitful soil. He
received a limited education in the state schools
of his native land, then worked in the mines
near his home until 1866 when he came to the
United States and. locating in Utah, engaged in
farming on shares for eleven years, persevering
in his laudable efforts in spite of several suc-
cessive destructions of his crops by grasshoppers.
In 1887 he abandoned Utah on this account and
came to Wyoming and settled in Star Valley
PROGRESSIVE MEN OP WYOMING.
when there were few residents within its limits,
his nearest neighbor being five miles distant. He
took up a quarter-section of government land
and, by thrift and industry ami a studious atten-
tion t<> its needs and skill in supplying them, he
has transformed its wild luxuriance into the sys-
U malic productiveness of a well conducted farm,
improving it also with good buildings and with
tastefully arranged shrubbery and grounds. His
land is mostly meadow and is well adapted to the
cattle industry in which he is actively engaged.
He also carries on a dairying business of large
proportions with prudence and judgment, giving
i, close attention and prosecuting it vigorously.
hi the circles of the Church of Latter Day Saints
he is prominent, active and influential. II is
services to the organization have been extensive
and are highly appreciated. He is one of the
elders and has a well-established place in the es-
teem and confidence of the church people. In No-
vember, 1854, in his native land, he was united
iu marriage with Miss Amelia Krinkey. who was
born and reared there, a daughter of Karl and
Amelia Krinkey. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lehmberg
have nine children, of whom three are living:
Harmon, married and residing near his father's
place: Charles, living at home; Sarah, now wife
of Sorcle Kolph of Lower Star Valley. The
others are Franklin Oscar, died in Prussia in in-
fancy: Joseph William, died on the plains in in-
fancy; John William, died in infancy in Utah;
Robert, clied in Utah at the age of fifteen;
August, died when six years old: Mar\ Re',
who also died in infancy.
ROBERT McAULEV.
More than thirty-five years have pas>ed since
Judge Me \nlcv became identified with life in
ihi \\Yst rind during the counting of all of these
links in the chain of time has h,- been known as
one of its alert, public spirited and useful rcsi-
dents. Each successii has but increased
his reputation in all that constitute, the well he
ing of a new country and his ( icperiences in tin-
wild epoch of Indian ferocity has given him a
marked prestige amon- the now fa .1 vanishing
el iss of pioneers, while his unselfish zeal in all
matters pertaining to the public weal have placed
him in the ranks of ih tate' m >• I valued citi-
zen . Xot to know him is to ackiio one's
.!i ' "tenderfoot" in this section of the \
Judge Robert McAuley. who acquired his honor-
ary title by his unusually long tenure of the office
of justice of the peace .it Atlantic City, Wyo.,
was born in I 'last Troy. X. Y., on X'ovembcr 22.
ic^J. a son of George and Alary (. Miller i Mc-
Auley. the father being the son of (ien. \Villiam
McAulev. a distinguished officer of the P.ritish
army and a native of Scotland, who was long in
command of the troops stationed in Ihthlin. Ire-
land, where he displayed great diplomatic powers,
winning great popularity as well as military
prestige, and the mother was a native of Mdin-
burg. Scotland. George .McAulev came to
America immediately after his graduation from
Trinit\ College in Dublin and was for years a
confidential bookkeeper and a successful te
in New York, and in later life made his home in
Illinois. 1 le had seven children, the only sur-
vivors now being the Judge and his brother John.
of i bicago. 111., who before the great fire was
there prominent in the boot -ami-shoe trade.
Robert received a limited education in the conn-
try schools of Illinois, but, being a youth of
early mental maturity, he was engaged in the
manufacture of fanning mills for himself before
he \\as fourteen vears of age, eontimiin:
studies through the winter months and at
in- and graduating at the age of eighteen
the first commercial colK-gi ever establi
Hell's Commercial College of Chicago.
after this sch rience be becanu a buyer
for a Chicago lumber syndicate, in this service
visiting, examining ai'd purchasing much timber
land in \YisconsjM and Minnesota, later becoming
a pilot of rafts on the I'.la. k and Mississippi
Rivers, in iS;<. removing to Kansas and beit
participant in the exciting events of that
irouhloiis period of Kansas' histon . (hen en
ing in the practice of kiw at l-'ort Scott in
ciation with Hon. c. \. Crawford, later gov<
of Kansas, thereafter, on account of failing
health, crossing the plains to I'll ' 's Peak with an
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PROGRESSIVE MEX Ol: WYOMING.
ox-team train, pursuing mining fmm 1858 to
[860, then with lii- brother returning to Chicago
to enlist in the Union army, but on arriving
found that his younger brother, who was
in command of tin- Chicago Board of Trade
regiment, had bi-i-n seriously \vounded at the bat-
tle of Shiloh, having been shot twice, once
through the body, and had returned to Chicago
within three months from the 'departure of his
regiment in a sad state of invalidism, and he
then took care of him, and, later, as three of his
brothers were alreadv in service, he did not en-
li.-t. but gave his time to the care of his parents
until the close of the war. After the war he
came west, engaging in freighting to Denver and
the Rockies, and also establishing himself in
merchandising thirty miles west of Julesburg,
Colo., here having much trouble with the Indians.
Once he discovered a band of fifty Indians try-
ing to stampede his horses and mules, and with
two of his men he drove off the savages, the
Judge killing the forerhost one and the others
retreating. The Indians soon met his partner,
Watson Coburn, and were about to kill him when
the Judge killed the horse of the leader, the ball
passing through both of the legs of the Indian
while he was in the act of shooting Coburn who
escaped. The famous "Jenc" Baker, who was
driving a stage on that route, came up at that
time with the government escort of soldiers and
the situation was relieved, the story of the con-
test being later published in the Rocky Moun-
tain News. His place was the only one on the
entire stage route that, was not captured by the
Indians. This is but one of the many Indian
episodes in which the Judge has taken active
part. He then in 1868 moved to Julesburg, later
g''ing to Cheyenne where he was occupied with
g< ivernment contracts for a year, in 1869 coining
to Atlantic City, where for thirty years he was
iii merchandising, then selling out and now liv-
ing retired. For many years the Judge was in-
terested in the stock industry and in mining ven-
tures. Atlantic City was at one time a place of
great- activity, the population numbering 1,500
for several years. Judge McAuley's store being
the center of greatest interest, he keeping two
scales for weighing gold-dust. He was also the
efficient and popular postmaster for twenty-four
years, tin- justice of the peace for sixteen years
and he still holds a commission as notary public.
He was one of the founders of the Republican
party of Wyoming and a delegate to the first
Republican comention of the territory, it conven-
ing at Point of Rocks in 1869, and he was nomi-
nated as the member of the Legislature at large
and made an interesting campaign, running
ahead of his party's normal strength by over
1,900 votes, but failing of the election by thirty-
six ballots. His membership in the Masonic
order dates back many years, his affiliation being
with the Indge at Nebraska City, Neb. -Possess-
ing quite a literary taste, the Judge writes
fluently and easily and is a frequent contributor
to various magazines and periodicals. In Ne-
braska City, Xeb., on May 3, 1865, occurred the
ceremony uniting the Judge in matrimonial
bonds with Miss Lydia E. Cook, a native of
Indiana and a daughter of Stephen and Patience
( Marshall) Cook, natives of North Carolina.
Their children are Robert S., born in Cheyenne,
Wyo., on November 5, 1868, now married and
maintaining his home in Atlantic City: John, al-
so making his home in the same place ; Lydia
May, died in infancy. One more incident of life
on the frontiers seems appropriate to mention
here. In connection with an older brother and
one Wilkinson the Judge went to locate the oil
springs on Little Popo Agie River. The Indians
were endeavoring to drive off stock and fired
upon the party from a ridge. Thinking they had
killed the Judge they started to capture the team,
but he shot the first one and reached the camp
safely. As the Indians numbered nearly 500
they carried off the stock of the camp, but the
Judge safely escorted the women and children to
Atlantic City, where they were safe.
JOHN J. MARRIN.
One of the stirring, energetic and capable
business men of South Pass City, Wyoming, is
John T- Marrin, who was born in Luzerne
countv, Pa., on October u, 1860, a son of John
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and Marv E. i Lain -i Mrirrin. natives of Ireland.
itlu-r long pursuing i • n nis \\c irl • \i
a I Ynnsvlvania miner and dying in tliat slate in
1.^75. at the earh age oi LX years, the
mother surviving him • linl lining her
at Xa-liville, X. ( '. .Mr. Marrin \\as the
I'ourih in order <>f birr lit children "f his
par. nts and received ihi educational advai.
of the localiu ' if his birth. '• . .ning
acquainted with machin. n .itiaiuing suf-
ficient ci impetenc] ani i in >fii LI ncj to secure a
\ engineer. cmiiinnhig to
be thus employed, and in other technical mechani-
eal operations, until hi- came to T'ark City, ("tab.
in iSSj to take the superintendence of the ( '
mine at Smith I 'ass, later taking a bond and
lea ' of flu mine and working it with profit for
r when he disposed <>f hi- interest. Taking
a trip tn the Kast at this time, on his return he
engaged in his pr, ent business at South P
Cil\. having a wide acquaintance and manv
friuid-. Ili- ha-- Other and prolltable business
undertakings in mining and stockraising opera-
and is ju aidered as i me < ~\ the solid
and reliable citizens of the community, hen
acti\. . fenerou uppi irter i >f all matters > 'i
public improvement of a 1. >eal nature and hav
• d kindly disp- >sin'' in. Kralernal-
ly. he is o inenl member i if the ( 'athoik-
Knights ni" America, while he is in pnlitic
cnril with the Republic ;i- parl ' • mher
NSj, Mr. Marrin was united in hub, inatri
with Mi-.- Xeiti. n ivi oi
I 'tali and a daughter of • John and
M<< Mm.-, natives »f Scntlaml and earh pio
Q] I ill. i Ml. -.ill cmilplcles the t'ailllh nf Mr.
Marrin. a bright lad \\lio carries (he ancestral
nan e. |. ihn Marrin.
mil \I'.I. MARIALAKY.
A seinn i .1 a nnbl, ,r mil In irn in
Debreczin, Hungary, mi lime _>j. iSs.v Midi
'•l.inalaky. the one nf \\lmm we \\rite. is .
nf Michael and |nlia ( Xenctk\ I \larialak\-. lint
he has beenme an \iin-rii , in eili/en and a stirring
man of hii-ines, in this ne\\ hemisphere, \\hen- a
man's success and repntati • titu-
lary honors or per-nnal en n the
dignity of his character and tli
. if In lalit) . In tin- ilu ersified
Mr. Marialaky has shown himself of equal
rs with i i oi his bii- , i])eti-
tors. having \\-rimght OUl a SUCCCSS, ll'
. 'Mi ' atisi icti in in a financial
view, but also greatly redminds to his ]iir>nnal
credit as a business man nf eminent ability.
honored father was a son of Michael and Susan
(Koli. ' lialaky, and the noble family has
. ntitled to hear arms since 1031. having
nguished record in hooks of heraldry. I Us
preliminary edncati. .n was acquired under
petenl int.irs and his advai-' -ration was re-
ceived in Kosser College, at I'.uda-IVsth, the
beautiful twin-city capital of Hungary, which is
charmingly located on the hanks of tin- I).-.-
Me was one of sixteen children, of wli.
are still living. Mr. Marialaky is the
now living and bearing the name of Michael in
nnily. which has been the name of all the
• men i if lii- hi iuse. A fler bis scb '< •;
Mr. Marialaky held the pnsitinn nf sccnmi i
keeper in the government bank at 1 '.iida-l'esth
3 horl time, and then receh '\ i-rn-
mental p-tsiiion in the cr, \vhich he
filled with great acceptability for about three
> ear-. I le then, in iSj,}. came ]
States and located at ("arNiadt, X. ].. en-
in agriculture for 3 time md then, proceed! r
. X. N .. he there worked mi a farm
fe\\ mi inths. I lis ambiii.
in the \\e-i \\-here opportunities were greater,
and la's chances for success \\ere nm so circum-
scribed, hi Missouri and Iowa he fnlloued agri-
culture and then worked in I >, lo\\a. as
in litter. Xeither of T 'patimis fully
realizing In- ambiiimi. he came still further \\e-i
to \\ \oiiiin- and io Cheyenne, lien- he was
fascinated with and cnjo\r,l ]jf, on the plain- as
a cowboi , and from iSo- lu- cmitinueil thi-
paln ni in I 'inta Co In iSS^
be took up I'HI acres of -o\eninn-nt land, where
lie now re.sides and to which hi' has since added
In- estate ni iw comprise-, jSo acres. i i-,
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
tliis property, which he has developed and im-
. (1 in a high degree, he has since been suc-
• • -nilly engaged in raising horses and cattle.
His diligence. aUcnticm and care and the dis-
criminating methods of pnuvdure which he has
employed could bring but one result and that he
has attained, success. In i88<) Air. Marialaky
returned to Hungary, where, on July 4. of that
year, he wedded Miss Emelia Fabry, a daughter
of Frank and Rosa (Varga) Fabry. Her grand-
Eather, Frank Fabry, was a wholesale iron mer-
chant who married Caroline Burknod, of German
ancestry, and his son, Frank, her father, was also
successful in merchandising as a wholesale
grocer. Air. and Airs. Marialaky are the parents
cf two children. Viola E. and Charles, and the
home circle is noted for its thoroughly western
hospitality. Both of his parents died in his na-
tive land, his father on Christmas day, 1865, at
the age of sixty-five. Air. Marialaky is the oldest
settler on Hilliard Flats and is held in the
highest esteem by all who have the pleasure of
his acquaintance or with whom he has business
transactions. He is a loyal American, being
thoroughly imbued with the principles of this
great republic and the spirit pervading Ameri-
can institutions, and he expects to pass the re-
mainder of his life as a citizen nf the United
States. He is a living exemplification of the
truth that "blood will tell." His scorn of all
trickery, dishonesty and deceit is a fundamental
trait of his character, and has been a potential
factor in his life. Xo consideration of self-in-
terest or policy ever prevailed against it or in-
duced him to condone, either in public or private
life, actions or tendencies in the slightest degree
repugnant to his sense of justice. Mr. Marialaky
is in fullest accord with the principles advocated
by this young American republic, and loyally
sustains its cause. He is also an honored mem-
ber of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, in
which he holds the office of one of the Seventy.
TAMES I. MAY.
Prominent in church, social and business cir-
cles and occupying his position of influence and
consequence as the result of his natural ability.
lifelong industry and thrift and the force of
character for which he is well-known, James I.
May of Gros Ventre, or Ditch Creek Flat, post-
master at Grovont, Uinta county, presents in
the story of his useful life an interesting and
suggestive theme for the student of history and
the observer of human nature. It was at
Bountiful in Davis county, Utah, on November
29, 1857, that his life began, his parents, James
and Alartha (Allen) May, being there pros-
perous and successful farmers, the father being
also a leading man in the affairs of the Mormon
church. He was a native of England who, com-
ing to America as a convert to the doctrines nf
that faith, took firm and active hold of its in-
terests and rose by merit to be a high priest and
counsellor to the bishop at Call's Fort, and is
president of the high priests' quorum at Alberta,
Canada, where he makes his home. The mother,
wh<> was born in Iowa, a daughter of Tude and
Alan- A. (Nichlos) Allen, is also living. The
father was a farmer of the state of New York
and died while crossing the plains to Utah in
1852. Air. May was one of fourteen children, of
whom all but one are living. He was allowed
by the exigencies of his early life to attend the
public schools of his native state only about six
months, getting his education mainly from read-
ing, observation and contact with the world. In
1880, when he was twenty-three years old, he
removed to Idaho and went to farming and
raising cattle on land which he took up near
American Falls. He continued this enterprise in
that section until i8g6 and then finding the range
too limited he sold his interests in Idaho and
settled in the Jackson Hole country of Wyoming,
taking up land which he has since expanded to
320 acres, and which by skillful cultivation
yields him large annual crops of grain, hay and
other farm products, and handsomely supports
his extensive herds of cattle. His farming and
stock interests are considerable and exacting, his
church work occupies much of his time and his
best energies, his social duties claim a due share
of his attention, but no personal business or
pleasure can obscure or overbear his interest in
all that concerns the welfare of the community,
in the service of which he is constant, intelligent
PROGRESSIVE ME1\ OF WYOM]
and influential. Ik- has been a justice of the
e in Idaho and a gamcwarden in Wyoming.
Ilr and his \vilY are active and zealous mrmbers
01" the rimrch of Uu- Latter I )a\ Saints. Two
\ears of his life were spent as a missionary in
.\Iissis,i|,pi in liehalf of the church and he has
been a ward teacher and a Sunday-school teacher
fur years. He is now and has long been an elder,
is one of tlu- Seventy, and has been set apart as
a presiding elder. ( )n January Jg, 1871'), Air.
May was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth
A. Henrie. a native of I'tah ami daughter of
Joseph and Susanna ( Lasley ) llenrie, the
lather of English ancestry and the mother de-
scended from old .Maryland and Virginia fam-
ilies. I '"our children have blessed their union,
James 1 Icnrie, Ira A. and Joseph A., who are
li\ing, and Archeantus, who died at Rockland,
I dab' >. \\heii nine months old.
JACOB S. MEYER.
The record of a well-spent life is a glorious
cy to k-ave to a man's children, and among
the honored pioneers and active public men of the
' ite, long connected with its advancement and
its public institutions, creating and maintaining
an unblemished record, the- name of the late
Jacob S. Mever will long be remembered for his
grand \\ork as a citixcn, and the financial success
which re-warded his honorable and diligent ef-
forts, leaving as he did a valuable estate to his
widow and children, and also the far more valu-
able heritage of a noble life. Mr. Meyer was
burn in Tb.lt county, Mo., on March [O, iX,<>,
a son of George and Mary A. I K'unkel i Meyer.
tin father being a native of I'.aden. ( lermany, and
the mother .if Pennsylvania. The parental
grandparents of Mr. Mever. \ndivw and Mar\
i -d from ( Jermanj a In nit
I'^.V located e\ elltll.alb ill II M' ...
\\here their son George was long engaged m
fanning and stockraising. and with his chei
\\ife is still residing, being n-tiivd from bn
and lr:mi|iiill\ passing thi • •• <:iing of iheir lives
in the beautiful home their industrious energies
have create. 1. In bis earlier year-, G ;
was much in public life and was a valiant sol-
dier of the Union in the bitter struggle of the
l.'ivil War. His wife was a daughter of I
I'arbara I Acton i Ktinkcl, native-- of Penn-
sylvania and descendants of < lennan and !
lish ancestors, her father being a farmer and
stockman and a prominent man in the coinmun-
ity. This worthy couple had thirteen children,
live of whom are living. Jacob \. Meyer, after
instruction in the public schools of his home dis-
trict, attended a a rcial college at Lcaven-
worth. Kan., thereafter being identified with
merchandising in the cmplov of bis father, soon
becoming associated with John A. Ross as a.
partner in their store at Forbes, Mo., where they
were successfully engaged in trade. On ao"
of failing health in 1878 Mr. Mc\er visited Wyo-
ming, where the invigorating climate so restored
him that in 1880 he returned to Missouri and
sold all of his interests in that state to become
a permanent resident of this voting, vigorous
eomniomvi alth. Here he at once engaged largely
in the raising of dieep. -uhseqiu-ntly changing
his llocl. - to herds of cattle, and continuing in
this profitable branch of agriculture until his la-
m--::tablc death on July 30. i S< )o. His own ;
. although of --cope and importance, did not
occupy his time and energies, for his aid and
personal influence were largely given to the sup-
port of measures and operations of public in-
terest and utility, being long a most useful mem-
bei of tlie board of State Farm Commissioners
and its honored president. In many other ways,
and in widely varying directions, were his ser-
d for the public good, and at the
lime of lii- death he was very cfticientlv holding
the siipcrinlendciiev of the State- Experiment
i. In the higher relation of social and re-
ligious life Mr. Meyer held a conspicuous place.
ninently connected with the organi-
zatii n and upbuilding of th.
1 church of Lander, where he held member-
ship and was an efficient and liberal f I he
same. li. lie circles lie was held in high
- d, being affiliated with th
with the Woodmen of the World in the
city. On his homestead, on which In
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
in 1880, having bought the improvements already
made on the place, he made valuable improve-
ments, increasing the acreage until it now con-
sists of 480 acres of prolific meadow land, pos-
sessing- plenty of water and timber for all its
needs, containing a most productive orchard of
excellent varieties of select fruit. In this branch
of his husbandry Mr. Meyer took great interest
and was of practical benefit to the community,
by the object lesson afforded by the result of his
horticultural endeavors. On December 22,
]88o, Mr. Meyer and Miss Carrie B. Blum were
united in marriage. She was born on October
26, 1858. at St. Joseph. Mo., a daughter of
Henry and Theresa (Westerman) Blum, na-
tives of Germany, her father, a cabinetmaker by
trade, coming to the United States when a young
man and, after a valiant service in the Mexican
war, making his home in Missouri and becom-
ing an active man of affairs, holding many pub-
lic offices with pronounced credit, serving among
the number as councilman and sheriff. Both her
parents are now residing in the fulness of years
in their Missouri home at St. Joseph, .her pater-
nal grandfather, Henry, and his good wife also
passing their later life in the same state. Mr.
and Mrs. Meyer were parents of three children,
Julia A.. Minnie P. and Nellie P., and on the
pleasant homestead, sanctified to her by so many
associations of her clear departed husband,, Mrs.
Meyer maintains her home, cheered in her lone-
liness by the thought that the entire section of
the county of her residence remembered her hus-
band as a loving husband, an affectionate father
and a worthy citizen of unblemished character.
J( >SKPH M. MILLER.
It is with pleasure that the historian takes pen
to trace the life of a truly self-made man, who,
after long years of toil, exertion, deprivations
and thrilling experiences, at last finds himself
in independent and prosperous circumstances,
maintaining a position of honor and dignity
among his fellows, and having the satisfaction
of knowing that this has been brought about bv
his own industrv, his own thrift and the daily
exhibition of valuable characteristics of the best
citizenship. These sage reflections have passed
through our mind in considering the life and ac-
tivities of Joseph M. Miller, a prosperous ranch-
man on Smith's Fork at Robertson, Wyoming,
who has well earned the noble position in which
be stands among his neighbors, who have known
and prized him for many years. Mr. Miller was
born near Hagerstovm, Md.. on May 5, 1851, and
he has consequently more than rounded out a
half-century of useful activities. His parents
were Michael and Wilhelmina (Powley) Miller,
his paternal grandfather, Jacob Miller, being a
worthy descendant of his German ancestors who
came to Pennsylvania in years far antedating the
American Revolution. Both the Powley and
Miller families continued to inhabit Pennsylvania
soil for generations and here both the father and
mother of Mr. Miller had birth. Being doubly
orphaned at an early age, his home for some
years was with one of his aunts in Pennsylvania,
but. while yet in his teens, his spirit of indepen-
dence induced him to take his fortune in his own
hands and carve out his livelihood and acquire
wealth by his unaided efforts. So he engaged
in rafting on the Susquehanna River and soon
commenced his long western journey by remov-
ing to Missouri, where were given his initial
efforts in the care of stock, a business ultimately
to become one of great importance to him. He
also was there connected with railroading, mov-
ing on to Kansas, he was there industriously en-
gaged in agriculture until 1881, which year
marks the date of his entry to Wyoming. Mak-
ing his home at Fort Bridger, he was in the em-
ploy of the Carters for a time, and had a con-
tract to put up hay on the adjacent meadows,
continuing this until the reservation was thrown
open for settlement, when he made the third
claim on the land, of the reservation, filing on
and thus securing the 160 acres where is now his
home, which is but a short distance from the
site of Fort Supply, which was built by the Mor-
mons in the first exodus to Utah. His ranch is
quite a hive of industry, for in addition to his
farming and stock-raising operations. Mr. Miller
owns and conducts a store, at which is located
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM]
Robertson postoffice, of which Mrs. Aliller is the
capable postmistress, she having been commis-
sioned to that office in 1893, upon the establish-
ment of the office, and being in tenure of that
position until the present time, with the exeep-
tinii of an interval of two years wlu-n she resigned
it. Mr. Miller married Miss Helen Creekmore,
a daughter of Calvin L. and Mahala (Ross)
Creekmore, near Winston. Aid., on November I,
1880. Her father was a son of Horatio and
Lourania (Meadows) Creekmore. both natives of
Virginia, tracing their lineage back to France
but through long years of American residence,
while her mother's parents were John and Eliza-
beth (Chitwood) Ross, also natives of Virginia.
Her father was a lawyer of reputation and ability,
being a popular county attorney for eight years,
still later acquiring added dignity by his admin-
istration of justice as a circuit judge of Whitley
countv, Kv. An honored and esteemed couple,
himself and wife are pleasantly passing the
evening twilight of their lives at Richmond, Ky.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had ten children. Clyde
M., died in infancy; J. Xestor, deceased; Mabel
M.: Maud .!.; Xellie W. ; Clara; Wilhelmina and
foseph M. i twins i ; Agnes; Hazel, all living ex-
cept the first two named. Mr. Miller is one of
ill, school trustees «,f his district, and his in-
fluence is strongly felt in all important matters
of the community. In businc>s operations he
devotes himself principally to his fine herd of
thoroughbred and graded Hereford cattle and
i one of the representative stockmen ot his
district.
I) \\ ID M. MORRIS.
For more tha twenty-seven years this gen-
tleman has resided in Wyimini; and hi-- name
is insrparabK connected with tin. almost illimii-
able cattle- interest as one of the oldest and most
i \perienced ran.ye men of the stale, lie is thor-
oughly western in his spirit and his loyalty lo hi;
employers and his ability to discharge worthilv
important trusts long since gained the unbounded
confidence of the large corporation he formerly
served, beside-, winning for him a permanent
place in the esteem of the public. \mon- his
leading characteristics are his fine sense of or-
der, complete system and the habit of giving care-
ful attention to details, without which success
in any undertaking is never an assured tact. He
is a gentleman of high intrin-ic worth, being
\\ell entitled to mention in this compendium of
biograpln devoted to Wyoming's representative
men of affairs. David M. Morris is a nathe of
Greene county. Pa., where his birth occurred on
October 6, 1860. His father, Jonathan Morris.
is also of Pennsylvania!! birth and a descendant
of old families represented in the L'nited States
ever since ( 'olonial times. Ky occupation Jona-
than Morris is a farmer and is still pursuing
that calling in his native county and state. He
served gallantly during the -real Civil War
licutcnant in a Pennsylvania regiment, entering
the army at the beginning of the struggle and
remaining with his command until its close, par-
ticipating in many of the bloody battles of the
rebellion. Charlotti Rinehart, \\ifeofj.niathan
Morris and mother of the subject of this review,
was born in Pennsylvania, there married her hus-
band in Greene county, where she is now living.
Their son, David M. Morris, 'Vinained with his
parents until fifteen years old when he left home
and entered the struggle of life upon his own re-
sponsibility, coming to Wyoming m 1^75 and
shortlv after his arrival entered the employ of the
Swan Krothers Cattle Co., at that time under
the management of S. Doty, who initiated the
lad into his new line of duty. He remained un-
der Mr. Doty for three years but continued with
the company until i8'iS. the n the firm
changing three times during the intervening
time, the last style being the Swan Land \ <
tie Co. During the lasl seven years passed
this corporation, Mr. Morris was the nnmdr.p
foreman, in which capaciu he had full charge
of all the range- work, spending the greater
of the time on the Chugwater. His repeat ci'
motions from a v> » .sition \. > the
most important station within the gift of the
firm was a glowing compliment to his integrity
and bon- eminent testimony to his ability and
-onnd judgment a^ a manager of that ven
nortanl WOrk. He won the unbounded Confi-
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PROGRESSIVE A1EX OP WYOMING.
deuce of his employers and was frequently con-
sulted by them relative to the business policies to
be pursued. His record while thus engaged is
without the shadow of suspicion, and, when he
resigned his position in 1898, the management
parted with his services with much reluctance.
After severing hi-; connection with this company,
Mr. .Morris in the above year took up a home-
stead about nineteen miles southwest of Wheat-
land, Wyo., and engaged in cattleraising, one
year later purchasing a ranch on Sybylle Creek,
in the same locality, which from that time to
the present he has occupied, devoting the sum-
mer seasons to putting up hay and passing the
winters in running cattle on the range, with his
headquarters on the homestead ranch. The lat-
ter place consists of 160 acres of fine range land,
the ranch on the creek embracing an area of
240 acres, all well irrigated and finely adapted for
the raising of a superior quality of hay. The
two places join and together form a fine estate,
which in time will become one of the most valu-
able landed properties in this part of Laramie
county. Mr. Morris was married in Laramie,
Wyo., on August 21, 1897. to Miss Daisy M.
Curtis of Iowa, a daughter of Wells and Caroline
(Weinple) Curtis, natives respectively of New
York and Pennsylvania. For five years prior
to her marriage Mrs. Morris taught in the pub-
lic schools, principally in the county of Laramie,
and was favorably known as an experienced and
successful instructor. She is the mother of one
child, Jonathan M. Morris, born August 14, 1901.
JAMES KIME.
A typical pioneer, with a frontier experience
of thrilling interest in at least two states, a serv-
iceable and valued public official, with a genius
for administration, ably displayed at critical
times, a business man of capacity and breadth of
view, an enterprising, progressive and estimable
citizen, James Kime has exemplified the sterling
traits of character belonging to long lines of dis-
tinguished ancestry, which have at all times won
recognition in the annals of the great Northwest.
He was born in Chester county, Pa., on March
7. iSy>, the son of John and Catherine (Urncr)
Kime. natives of Pennsylvania, descended from
old Colonial families that emigrated from Hol-
land in very early American times. I'.oth fami-
lies distinguished themselves in the Revolution
and made honorable records in all the subsequent
wars of our country; both have held also high
places in every line of civil and official life. John
Kime was a hotelkeeper and farmer in his na-
tive state, and there were reared his family of
five children, three of whom are now living.
James Kime attended the public schools and as-
sisted on the farm and in the hotel until he was
twenty-one years of age, then sought the large
field and waiting opportunity presented in the fair
virgin West as it existed then, himself and his
brother, Levi Kime, being among the first white
men to turn over the sod of Nebraska, where
Levi continues living. He remained in that
region two summers and also one winter. Tn
1858, under the gold excitement of the period,
he joined an expedition to Pike's Peak, arriving
on Cherry Creek about the middle of November
and camping on the ground now covered by the
city of Denver. There he bought lots and built
cabins, intending to make the place his home for
a while, but in the spring of 1859 the gold ex-
citement swept over the settlement and he joined
the stampede. After an experience of three
years in the mountains he concluded that mining
was not his proper calling, and moving to the
vicinity of Colorado Springs, he engaged in
ranching. Owing to bad health he soon after
abandoned this enterprise and started a mercan-
tile business, in its interest traveling through
southern Colorado and New Mexico. While do-
ing this he stopped for a year at Leadville or Oro
City, and also passed one season on Cache Creek,
a tributary of the Arkansas. This was in 1866,
when the Union Pacific was building. When
news of the laying-out of Cheyenne reached him
he went there with two teams, arriving at the
place while it was yet but a city of canvas, hav-
ing only one house and that built of logs. The
railroad was then 100 miles from the tented
city and "Mr. Kime conducted a freight and pas-
senger line from its terminus to Cheyenne, con-
JAMES KIME
' -2S
PUB!
'. .'i-'3
Jl'l- Ml-X
tinning the business until the threat highway
reached tlu- town, then engaging in a transfer
and express business in tile city. In the mid-.) of
his prosperity, and while he was pushing his pro-
fitable bushier fur all it was worth, he was laid
up with a severe attack of rheumatism, which kept
him a prisoner for three years, much of the time-
in a helpless condition, and exhausted the most
of the earnings of his life so far. the balance be-
ing taken by a trusted but unfaithful employe.
With two small teams and wagons, all that lie
had saved from the wreck of his fortunes, he
came to South Pass City, Wyoming, locating at
Atlantic City, and began hauling material and
cord wood to the Miner's Delight region, follow-
ing these commodities 'after a short time with
general merchandise. In 1871 lie there cslah-
lished a small store, and in 18/2 he was appointed
postmaster at Miner's Delight. This position he
held continuously until 1900. a period of twenty-
scvcn years. He kept on merchandising until
MIIM when he removed to his ranch on the Little
Popo Agie. twelve miles south of Lander and one
west of Dallas. In 187}. and for some time af-
terwards, he owned a controlling interest in the
Miner's Delight mine, mill and other appnrii fi-
ances, and during this time the Indians were
very troublesome, the Arapahoes making at least
monthly raids for the stealing of stock. Fre-
quently they killed settlers and destroyed prop-
erty which they did not carry off. In one raid
ten or twelve men were killed and four of Mr.
Kime's mules were stolen. Mr. Kime has at
all times taken an earnest and an intelligent in-
U rest in all communiu affairs and in iS~_> \\as
elected the county commissioner of Swectwatcr
county on the Democratic ticket. This large
COUrrty at that time embraced an immense extenl
''i '•oimtry. including all of the mining camp
< iiven River, Rock Springs and several hundred
miles along the line of the 1'iiion I'acitic Kail-
n >ad and it extended a . far north a the Yi
stone Park. The duties of his office were pr<
ions in volume and difficult, yet he discharged
them with such inti lligen< - and tideliu and
with ; , nei al satisfacli' HI, that he wa i
'I in 1^74 ami made chairman of the board.
In i88d he was elected to the lower house of tin-
Territorial Legislature and in iS<jj was cl
State Senator from his count}-. In the 1.
forum thus opened to him he well sustained the
reputation for knowledge of affairs and skill in
administration which he had won in a smaller
one. Fraternally, he is identified with the order
of Freemasons, having been made a Mason in
[864 at Colorado Springs. Colo. He was mar-
ried on April n, 1874. to Miss ("aniline Cliapin.
a native of I laden [laden. ( icrmany. where she
was born on July ;$. |8_>S. "["he ceremony was
performed at South I'ass City, where the bride
was then living. Sin- owns a ranch of ] do acres
on Twin ( 'reek and Mr. Kime has one of 320 on
Little 1'opo \gir. I loth of these ranches are de-
voted to the production of superior breeds of cat-
tle and horses and both yield large returns. Mr.
and Mrs. Kime occupy an exalted place in pub-
lic esteem and are ornaments to the social life and
citizenship of the county.
GE< >KC,F. A. MVFRS.
A native son of the West, as a child and a
man witnessing its marvelous and unparalleled
growth and prosperity, by his enterprise and in-
dustry and successful business operations taking
an actue part in its development, George \.
Myers of Fort llridger. Wyoming, was born on
August 7. iXd-. in that portion ,if ("tab. that by
later segregation is now Wyoming. He is th>
of John W. and Sarah Myers, both nativ
Kngland. and was the voungest of their five chil-
dren, whose names we uill here record: Mrs.
Leonard; < ieorgc ; John, deceased; Marx, de-
ceased; Frank II. .of Alamogordo, \. M.; Xellie.
« i Ee of W. L. Leonard oi Evanston > eoi • \
I'he lather \\ a • a pionei i "f I "lab and one of the
makers of its civilization. In Kngland he re-
• •ellenl technical education in the
trade of carpcntn on the estate of an earl and
in this lieu part of the world his services
-r. atl) in demand. I le uas a man of si
character, i » ik a !• iding part in the f the
Democratic partv and was conspicii' ncm-
i the ' hnrch of Latter I >a\ Saints 1 |,-
564
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
possessed a fine stock ranch on the Bear River,
where he gave careful attention to the extensive
raising of superior breeds of cattle and horses,
dying, after an unusually active life, on April
27, 1901, being survived by his wife. In the pub-
lic schools of Milliard, Wyo., George A. Myers
received the foundation of his education, but the
knowledge there acquired has been largely sup-
plemented by self-culture, extensive reading and
in the comprehensive school of experience. In
1894 he engaged in sheepraising, purchasing as
his initial band 500 lambs. Under his careful
oversight they rapidly increased and he now runs
a band of over 3,000 sheep, being prospered in
his undertakings as a result of his discriminating
care and watchful attention. Mr. Myers and
partners are the owners of a fine sheep range
of 8,400 acres situated in Summit county, Utah,
which is well-watered by mountain streams and
very suitable for the conduct of this branch of
agricultural enterprise. He is an esteemed mem-
ber of Shelton Lodge, No. 92, Knights of
Pythias, located at Shelton, Neb., joining this
lodge during a residence at that place from 1889
to 1894. Aside from this period of time his en-
tire life has been passed in the West, and here
he has made many friends and is in the full tide
of a prosperous enterprise- that bids fair to
bring him wealth. Mr. Myers is a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church and a man of
broad and accurate judgment in religious, politi-
cal and civil life. He is allied in politics with the
Republican party, but has no desire for politi-
cal office or emoluments, being one of the best
types of the citizens of the state.
HENRY WILLIAM BANKS.
This representative citizen of Hilliard Flats
is a native of England, where he was born in
Staffordshire near Bilston, on July 5, 1838, a
son of William and Lydia (Cooksey) Banks,
natives of England, where his father was an im-
portant man and a successful mine owner for a
long term of years, and where his death occurred
at an advanced age. His mother also came of an
oldtime English family and, like his father, died
in England. Henry William Banks received the
advantages of a public s.chool education and also
instructions under tutors and at excellent pri-
vate schools during his early youth and, upon
assuming the responsibilities of life for himself,
engaged in the grocery business which he con-
ducted for about five years. He was a thought-
ful and a devout youth and while engaged in
merchandising prepared himself for a classical
life by close application to and study of religious
and theological works and, entering the ministry
of the Primitive Methodist church, he preached
with great acceptability for about five years. De-
voting himself then to civil engineering he be-
came interested in mining and to this important
enterprise he devoted about twenty years of his
active life, and then, in 1882, emigrated to the
United States and settled at Alma, Wyoming,
where his first connection with American in-
dustries was as one of the bosses of the pit in a
mine. In 1885 he came to Hilliard Flats and lo-
cated 160 acres of government land and also pur-
chased a ranch also containing 160 acres, it be-
ing one of the finest on Hilliard Flats, and on
this fine estate he has since made his home and
developed the property into a profitable and at-
tractive ranch, which he conducted with eminent
success for some years but, fortune having
favored his efforts, he is now living practically
retired from active business operations, and his
home is one of the pleasantest places of Uinta
county. On October iS, 1862, Mr. Banks was
married in England to Miss Elizabeth Robinson,
a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Wastel)
Robinson, natives of Yorkshire, England, where
her father was a farmer. Mr. Banks has al-
ways taken an active part in political affairs, and
has been prominently connected with the. Re-
publican party with whose principles and policies
he has been in pronounced accord and to which
lie gives his active support. His intelligent pre-
M nlation of public matters has caused his opinion
and judgment to be highly respected and won
him a host of friends in his party relations. He
has not placed himself as a seeker for political
office, but has accepted the useful position of
school trustee and is also the justice of the peace
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF fFFO.l/l
565
for his precinct. In local circles he is widely
known as a public spirited man and a leader in
all public enterprises to which his time, atten-
li<iii ,-ni(l financial support are freely given.
Leadership and prominence do not come t<> in-
dividuals as occurrences of chance, but, like
even -tiling else, they are subject to the universal
laws of development and selection, and arise from
powers inherent in and concentered in the organ-
i/ation of the man himself. The leader places
his individuality upon a movement, and its suc-
cess is well-nigh assured. Men everywhere
flock to sivnnd tlu- efforts he has originated and
t,. support him by their combined energies and
creative skill. Such has been the history of
many successful causes and of critical epochs in
the lives of nations. The same qualities are re-
quired to originate and develop affairs and plans
of action in small communities and in the smaller
civil and political divisions as to forward national
:ni HI 1*1 success. The difference is merely one
of degree, and Mr. Banks has ably demonstrated-
by his successful results in the past that he
possesses the necessary elements of character
and abilities in win honors in a wider field and
amid larger opportunities.
WILLIAM T. ADAMS.
Prepared fur business and public usefulness
!i • ireful training in the public school-, "I" Alma,
Xeb.. and bv association through life with en-
ti rprising and progressive men. William T.
Adams, register of the U. S. land-office at I/m
der. Wyoming, is realizing the promise of his
/outh and exemplifying the lessons of his com-
munion with men. lie was born n Geneva,
Kane county. 111., on July 2. iS/i, a son of Amos
!•'.. and Jennie I. (Middleton) Adams, the latter
of win >m was bom on the \tlantic during the
of her parents from England to the
' •] States. Their eldest child. William T.
Ailanis, after • i:ng his ediu-atioi
ial life as a clerk and ' m for F.
ofi tti. ST., following his usefulness to him
with valued in the for
Messrs. Baldwin \ Farle. whose employment he
left to accept the position of deputy county
clerk, which he held for nearly two and one-half
He was then in charge of the electric
lighting plant of Lander for nearly a year and
passed the next five years as clerk and book-
keeper in the lumber business. On December 14,
1898. he was appointed by President McKinley
as re-i ter of the U. S. land-office at Lander, a
re; i responsibility and importance,
as its operations cover all transactions within its
scope in Bighorn county and portions of Fre-
mont and Uinta counties. In the discharge of
his official duties he has won golden opinions as
to his capacity and fidelity from all classes of
le, and given satisfactory service to a large
body of patrons, fully justifying the expecta-
tions concerning his efficiency raised from a
long and active participation in public affairs in
the county and state, tlr nion-
d when in 1903 he received a re ;»>nint-
• as register at the hands of President
veil. lie has served acccptabh
tary of the Republican county central committee
and its executive committee in important cam-
• us, and has contributed essentially in that
position to the welfare of his party, in 1902 be-
irg the unanimous choice of his p r the
of county clerk and clerk of the District
Court. He has also secured by industry and
thrift a o est in the stock busi-
of X.urona county. Fraternally, he is
affiliated with the Masonic fraternity in Lander
Li hold -ship also in the
order of the \Voodmen of the World at Lander.
OVER C. MORGAN'.
Oyer C
Yiev. ."id the Black TTorse livery barn,
and also of the leadii market in Basin,
and owner and m.: i one of the most pro-
ductive and desirable ranches on the \o V.
i" the influential, enterprising and
• and
surp ',\ of it-
stati
ii Iowa, living, from his birth
566
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXC,.
on February 7. 1846, to his legal majority on a
farm in that state which belongs to and was
worked by his parents. An son D. and Sarah A.
(Bonine) Morgan, who settled there on moving
from their native Illinois in their early married
life. His first venture in business on his own
account was fanning in his native county, which
he followed for years, then moved to Dakota and
farmed there for two years more, at the end of
that time returning to Iowa, where for four
years he was engaged in a fruit and confec-
tionery business at Perry. In 1884 he went to
California and after a residence of two years in
that state came to Wyoming, locating at Hyatt-
ville. There for two years he was clerk and
salesman in the store of S. W. Hyatt and then
moved to Bonanza, where he conducted a hotel
for two years. Tiring of this business, he located
the fine ranch which he still owns on the Xo
Wood, and which comprises 240 acres of excel-
lent land, admirably adapted to the stock in-
dustry in which he has since been actively en-
gaged, handling both cattle and horses of high
grades. He also carries the mails by contract
between Garland and Basin and Basin and
Hyattville. In 1902 he took up his residence at
Basin, becoming proprietor of the excellent hos-
telry known as the Mountain View Hotel and of
the Black Horse livery and feed-barn, both of
which he has since been conducting with enter-
prise and breadth of view, keeping them up-to-
date in every particular, and extending their
patronage and popularity with a steady and un-
broken enlargement. Since coming to the town
he has also opened a meat market, which is one
of the mercantile features of the place and en-
joys a large and valuable trade among the best
people of the community, it being conducted, as
all his enterprises are, with integrity, close at-
tention to the wants of its patrons and a strict
application of good business principles. In
fraternal relations Mr. Morgan is an esteemed
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows ' and the Modern Woodmen of America.
He was married at Buffalo, Wyo.. on June 16,
1887, to Miss Belle Gabbert, a native of Iowa.
They have two sons, Noel and Ursal C.
IK \XK IH'LL.
The spirit of resolute determination, religion.--
independence and restless, all-conquering energy
that drove the -Pilgrim Fathers from their native
land into the dangers and privations of the \ew
World, enabling them to build in the very wil-
derness an empire imbued with their lofty ideals
of freedom and their unconquerable spirit, sur-
vives in their descendants with the modifications
engendered by circumstances and shows itself
wherever they plant themselves in opposition to
adverse conditions. The Doty ancestors of Frank
Bull of Rome, Wyoming, a member of the firm
of O'Xeall & Bull, merchants and cattlemen with
headquarters at that place, came over in the May-
flower with the first pilgrims, and were zealous
and energetic in all the subsequent history of
Xew England. Both the military and the civil
annals of that section of our country are bright-
ened by their patriotic devotion to the interests
of their adopted land and every walk in which
they have been found has been dignified and
adorned by their presence. Mr. Bull was born
on February 3, 1855, in the state of New York.
\\here his parents, Henry and Rebecca C. ( Doty)
Bull, were also born and where he lived until he
reached man's estate, was educated and prepared
for the duties' of life. At the age of twenty-
one he left his paternal roof and started to make
his own way in the world. He came west to
Chicago and there for four years was employed
as a stenographer in the passenger department
of the Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy Railroad.
In 1885 he came to Wyoming, located at Chey-
enne and was there employed as bookkeeper for
a cattle corhpany for a number of years. From
there he went to South Dakota and remained un-
til 1893, when he came to Casper, Wyo., and be-
came bookkeeper in- the banking establishment
and store of Richards & Cunningham. He
served them faithfully until he was elected coun-
ty treasurer of Natrona county. This occurred
in 1896 and he was reelected in 1898. In 1900 at
the end of his second term he removed to his
present location and in company with Charles
O'Neall (see sketch elsewhere in this volume)
/'A'<n;A'/;.v.s7/'/-. .\ir.x or WYOMING.
started :in active and high class stuck business
ami a merchandising enterprise of commanding
proportions and wide scope. Their stock is var-
ied and extensive, complete eunuch t" ci >ver all
the requirements of the neighborhood, for which
it is especially selected with great care and e\
cellent judgment, being served to tlieir paii-n
with a considerate attention and a courtesy of
manner that skives additional pleasure in purchas-
ing it. On their large and well-improved -ranch
tliev have a herd of nearlv 300 fine cattle, well-
ki.pt and very carefully looked after, and which.
through tin- attention bestowed on them from
first to last, easily hold high place in the cattle
market.^. These enterprising- gentlemen have
awakened a new spirit of progress in the com-
munity by their breadth of view and generous
attention to every public interest and have
stamped themselves indelibly on the public mind
as leading citizens and promoters of the best ele-
ments of citizenship. .Mr. IHtll is a member of
the orders of Freemasons and Odd Fellows, be-
ing active and influential in the councils of both,
lie was married at Council P.hiffs. Iowa, in
iSjS. t" Miss 1 .1 ivina Yanhorn. a native »f Kan-
sas. Mi- he une, like that of his partner. Mr.
( i' \eall. is a center of generous hospitality and
g'i»d taste.-, lie and his wife are esteemed mem-
bers of the best social circle- and connected with
every good work in the community in which
their lot has lieen cast.
SELAF CHENEY.
< )ne of the customs oi our country, which
general approval and is almosl universally
followed, i- to commemorate in local geography
the name- of the daring pi One TS whose invad-
ing footsteps t'irsi stir tin- wild luxuriant < oi
natural growth and start the annals of civili/ed
man in a new country. Selar Chene\ . of South
Park in the Jackson I loli- eountr\ oi \\'\oming.
prominent in ranching and the cattle imlustrv,
inlhteiitial in the affairs of the Mormon church,
of uhich he is thi pn 'siding elder in bis district,
and a leading man in social circles, is thus me-
moria!i/eil in tile name of the postoffice over
uhich he presides as the first postmaster, which
was established in May, 1902. He was bom at
Springville. I tali, on June id, iS^/, a son of
I. lam and Talitha (Garlic) Cheney, the former
a native of Seneca county. X. Y., and the latter
of the then I led ford county. Pa. The father was
a farmer but learned the trade of a carpenter.
Me built a flouring mill and long conducted it in
( lab and he is still living in Arizona. The
mother died in Idaho in April, 1902, aged sev-
enty-nine years. Selar Cheney was educated in
the public schools of San Pete county, I. "tab, and
after leaving school engaged in farming there
until iSSS when he removed his family to Wyo-
ming, and located on their present estate of 240
acres, being among the ftrsl settlers in the region
and having since made in it an enduring mark
of progress and improvement. < >n August 10,
iSjii. Mr. Cheney was united in marriage with
Miss Marv A. \Yilson of I'tah. a daughter of
Svlvester and Mary Wilson, whose career is re-
corded on other pages of this work. The Cheney
famiK consists of six children: Selar S., mar-
ried and living near his father: Ralph W.. David
II., Joseph II., the first white b"\ born in the
on Mole region; Talitha C. and John F.
Another daughter, Mary F... died in iSSS at the
age of four and one-half years. \s indicative
of the earh advent of this family into tin-
M. .11 of country it ma\ be noted that Effie 'Wilson,
a daughter of F.rvin and Mary J. Wilson and a
gianddaughter of Mrs. Mary Wilson, was the
first white child born therein and her cousin. Jo-
seph II. ('heney. was the first white boy. Mr.
i heney has been successfully engaged in ranch-
ing and stockraising on an ascending scale and
has made his home an attractive and valuable
properU. lie has also given an impulse oi
i|uickening power to all enterprises that seemed
likely to improve or advance the communiu. lias
taken active and fruitful interest in the can
education and g 1 g"\ eminent and aided by
both precept and example e\er\ moral inlluence.
In politics he is a firm and consistent Republican,
but is a patriot rather than a partisan, a good cili-
zeti rather than an active official, dischargin
dut\ in each capacit) without fear or favor.
568
PROGRESSIVE 1 / 1 \ OF WY(
ALBERT A. COX ANT.
Through the struggles and triumphs of
and peace, through the contests of the unrolling
columns on bloody battlefields and the milder and
less strenuous, but more beneficent and produc-
tive battles in commercial, industrial and politi-
cal life, Albert A. Conant, of Basin, has come to
his present estate of competence and comfort, of
tranquillity and public esteem, among the peo-
ple in whose 'midst nearly thirty years of his life
have been passed. He was born in the state of
New York on November 14, 1836, the son of
Shubael and Clara (Hill) Conant, natives of
Connecticut. In his native state he grew to the
age of seventeen, working in the factories from
childhood and in 1853 removing with his pa-
rents to Michigan. They located near Grand
Rapids, and he assisted in the work of the
forest farm on which they settled until 1861,
when in April, soon after the bombardment of
Fort Sumter, he enlisted in the Union army as
a member of Co. F, Third Michigan Infantry,
and served in that regiment until he received at
the battle of Fair Oaks a wound in the hand
from a minie ball which crippled him for life.
He was then discharged and returned to Michi-
gan, the next year, 1863. he went to Kansas
where he remained a year, then crossed the plains
to Montana, reaching Alder Gulch, or Virginia
City, after a long, tedious and dangerous trip,
and there for three years he engaged in ranching
and mining. But the spirit of adventure, awak-
ened and nourished by his past experience in
daring and hazardous pursuits, could not rest
in the quiet of such an existence and he again
started forth in search of something different.
He and two companions brought to notice the
geysers in what is now the celebrated Yellow-
stone Park and he found himself ere long there-
after at Eagle Rock, Idaho, now Idaho Falls,
where he engaged in mining for a time and then
went to Arizona where he remained a year and
a half. From there he came to Utah, and from
Utah to Fort Hall, Idaho, where he bought a
herd of cattle which he brought to Bighorn
county, Wyo., where he settled and prosecuted
a vigorous business in raising stock until
then selling liis stock and agair 1 in min-
'"nl1<iu-ing this exciting but precarious in-
dustry for tin -s. In 1885 he hr,-.-ime in-
terested in the Bonanza oil-fields and is now a
large stoc! IK ilder in the company organized to
develop them. He also owns 160 acres of ex-
alK-nt land on No Wood River, which he is
steadily improving and developing, and has
valuable holdings in the Owl Mountain copper
mines. When Mr. Conant came to this part of
the country it was as yet- almost wholly unset-
tled, the Indians being bitterly hostile to the
encroachment of the whites on their domain.
There were many conflicts between the con-
tending forces and, in one of these which took
place near where the city of Lander now stands,
Mr. Conant received a dangerous wound, the
marks of which are still prominent and the ef-
fects are frequently felt. He had many other
thrilling experiences during the period of this
hostility, being in many places and situations of
great danger. For a number of years he has
been connected with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Re-
public, in the meetings of both finding much
pleasure and profitable entertainment.
ERNEST E. FISHER.
A pioneer of 1879 in Wyoming, Ernest E.
Fisher, of near Jordan, in Bighorn county, has
been identified with the history of the state and
one of the forceful factors in its development
for nearly a quarter of a century. His native
state is Illinois, and in that great empire of the
Mississippi valley he was born on September
30, 1862. his parents, John W. and Nancy A.
i Musser") Fisher, being natives of Pennsylvania
who in their early married life settled in Illinois.
Wln-n he was two years old they removed to
Wisconsin and in that state he grew to the age
of sixteen, attending the schools of his district
as he had opportunity and assisting on the
farm. ' He then began the battle of life for him-
self by coining to Cheyenne and riding the
range for the M. O. Cattle Co., and after three
/'A'< i OF WY(
in iSSi . lu
Wisconsin, ami from then, \vi-m to Arizona in
the employ of UK- Xortl; ! i., in
iSSS driving their cattle in Nchra-ka. \vliiTr
he wa Fi >r them until i s<n . 1 |.
then with I '•> cker \ I )eai •; had cl
'ieir yards in South Omaha until 1X114.
when he took charge of Hake Bros. & Heish-
am's rattle in northwestern Nebraska, in 1X1/5
coming t" the Highorn basin, Wyoming.
ing < 'ii the X<> \Yood River, \vh> '
gaged in cattleraising on his own account.
He has 4X0 acres "f ranch land and 100 line
cattle on it. lie is also interested largely in
nil lands, and has connection in a leading way
with other industrial and commercial enter-
prises, being an active citizen, always wide-
awake for am elemenl of progress or imp;
ment in the community. Such opportunities re-
ceive hospitable entertainment at his hands and
have his earnest and intelligent support. And
while he holds unwavering allegiance to the
Democratic party, in all the essentials of good
citizenship in local affairs he foregoes party
considerations for the general welfare of the
community. Yet he renders his parly g<>, id
service as a worker in the ranks, and on oc-
casions as iis standard-hearer. In [902 he \\as
its candidate fur count \ assessor, and
r shrunk fnun his full share of labor
•••nubility in eonnectinn with its interests,
lie i- an active worker in the order of the
Knights i,f |'\ihias and in that "I the M<
'\\ linen of \tnerica. \t <Vmral City, \'eb..
in iSiji. he was married IM Miss Nettie M.
\Vrigg, a native of Nebraska. The\ ha\'
child, their daughter Krna.
ZACB \KY T. X< »BLE.
The sturdy indepmdi ne, and love of lihem
which impi lied the followers "f William 1'enn
to leave the home Of their forefathers and plant
their domestic altars in the unbroken wilderness
"f the XV w World, daring danger, courting toil
and cheerfnlK enduring all privation incident t"
••hange. have furnished ioiih fur the civili/a-
, the
mikn i t" which they cam. mai 'if the
,'1 pn idu< ! • "iir
ilies of our most es-
ber, wl • i a high
i account >wn sterling worth and
ise of the forces for good which he has set
in motion by his influence and example, is Zach-
ary Taylor Noble of thi
count}-, who, hi 'i-n at Burlingt' . on No-
vember 7. |S4X. the day on which "Old Iv
and Ready" was elect' ! 'residency of the
Fnited State-, very properly hears his hoi
. His parents were Richard and Kli/abeth
i ( "arroll i X'oble, the father a native of Pennsyl-
vania and the mother of < ihio. Mr. Noble is
tided from an old Irish family, some mem-
bers of \\hich left the uncongenial soil of their
native Krin and came to America with the great
Quaker leader, William Penn, a; d in
that part of his domain now Washington county.
There the family lived and flourished, pursuing
with commen idtistry and frugality tin-
fruitful vocations of peace, but. although
vcntly patriotic and decpU imbued with the spirit
reedom, never taking part in any of their
coiintrv's wa' of their ' faith.
In the course of time tin \ spread i ait over the new
countrv King to the \\est of them and. in this
way. Richard Xoble. the father of Xachary T.,
He there carri
|ii-Msperons busini-ss as a farmer and stockgi
and also worked at his trade of bricklaxer. In
[851, hi 'he plains t,. California, reach-
ing the terminal of In mnev after much
difficult}, being obliged to walk all nf the la-!
thousand miles, although h, |K|,1 the be-l outfit
that ihe plains |l \fter three
i'll mining and pi .:. ho
\ew N'ork b\ \\ pe I lorn
and -' " "i .1 ft r fi >tnid an a home ir
.Mniiies ci amt\ . h iwa. where hi
prominent in politics, being the first represent
alive to ih. ; 'jslatnre from that county.
lie died then- in iS-ii ight\ three years.
7achar\ T, Xoble was reared and educated in
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
]"\\a and when he left school bewail farming in
thai state. After follouing this occupation there
for tive years, he removed to Xehraska in 1871,
ami. three years later, by reason of the hard times
then general throughout the country, he was
obliged to relinquish all of his interests in the
place where he was residing and locating then
at Xorth Platte, where he at once engaged in rid-
ing the range for various large compan-
ies, among them Bratt, Coe & Carter. He
also rode with Cody and North and afterwards
conducted an outfit out of Cheyenne for the Fron-
tier Co. for five years until that company went
broke. Then on account of his wife's failing
health he removed to Uinta county, Wyo., and,
purchasing the claim of Walter Nichols, located
on the land he now occupies. His ranch con-
sists of 1, 1 20 acres, the entire tract being fenced
and ditched and the property well improved. It
is one of the pleasant and desirable homes of the
section, largely owing its attractiveness to his
industry and skill in caring for and improving it.
He also owns 320 acres in the Fall River basin.
He is largeh' engaged in raising Hereford and
Shorthorn cattle and superior breeds of horses.
In fraternal relations Mr. Noble is connected
with the order of Freemasons, holding member-
ship in a lodge at Danville, Iowa. At Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, on October 8, 1872, he was mar-
ried with Miss Sarah E. Webster, a native of
Lee county. Iowa, and a daughter of Caleb and
Margaret A. (Wiggins) Webster, natives of
Ohio. Her father was a cousin of the great
American commoner, Daniel Webster. They
have no children save an adopted son, Charles
Powers, whose mother died at the time of his
birth, and his father, a railroad engineer, was
killed in the performance of his duty in a wreck-
on the road. This adopted son, Charles Powers,
was born at Joplin, Mo., on April 28. 1880.'
CORNELIUS EDWARDS.
The little country of Wales has sent many
of her sons to the United States and they invari-
ably prove sterling citizens, intelligent, industri-
ous and manifest forces for usefulness in the
communities where they have established their
homes. Cornelius Edwards, the popular and ef-
ficient chief engineer of the Kemmerer coal mines
is one of this class. He was born in South Wales
in August. iSs'i. a son of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Thomas) Edwards, who descended from fam-
ilies resident in Wales from time immemorial.
At an early age becoming practically acquainted
with the theories of engineering, it did not take
Mr. Edwards long to acquire the actual workings
of that trade and, after the family migration to
Utah in 1873, as a portion of the .Mormons
yearly addition to the population of the Prom-
ised Land, which he accompanied, the new home
was made at Evanston, Wyoming, where the
mother is now residing, the father closing his
stay on earth in October, 1895, at the age of
seventy-eight years. Cornelius Edwards, one of
the ten children of his parents now living, was
thoroughly equipped for his life in the West by
his complete knowledge of his trade and took
the position of chief engineer at the U. P. mines
at Almy, Wyo., holding this with great Capabil-
ity until the mines were closed as the result of
the great explosion, following which he was en-
gaged, in the same capacity at Spring Valley,
performing here his duties in the same compe-
tent manner that had characterized his work at
Almy. In 1900 he took charge of the mining
machinery at Frontier, and is the present incum-
bent of the chief engineer's office, being sober,
industrious and capable and one to whom the
higher trusts can be safely given. He is a public-
spirited citizen, popular in the community and in
the fraternal societies of the United Workmen
and the Woodmen of the World. His earnest la-
bors in the business field have brought him satis-
factory financial results, tangible evidence of this
being shown in his fine residence at Evanston
and the productive ranch on Black's Fork in the
Fort Bridget- country, where he is quite exten-
sively engaged in profitable stockraising. In
Evanston, Wyo.. on April 22. 1874. Mr. Ed-
wards and Miss Eliza Blight, a daughter of
Philip Blight, were joined in matrimony and
from that union has resulted eleven children,
Mary J.. the wife of Arthur E. Robinson of
PROGRESSIVE MEb OF WYOMING.
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Frontier; Christmas, married am! living al F.v-
anstou, where lu1 is employed in the rail]
shops; (icrtrudc. wife of ( icorge Fife «\ I
tun; Cornelius: lluttie; Philip; Simon; F.dna ;
( >lto and Krrk- (twins); and one who died in
infancy-. The family occupies a distiuguisheil
position in tlu1 ronimmiity and arc in UK- mem-
he'-ship of tin- ( liurch of tlu- Falter I >a\ Saints
in Fvanston. being lo\;il tn their church. them-
selves and tlu- well-being of society.
A \K( ).\ MYFRS.
( )nc of tin1 leading attorneys of Southern
W\ inning, one \vlin is earning a high rank' as
a mining and an irrigation attorney, is Aaron
Myers, now of the city of Fucampment, I'arhoii
county. A native of I'rhaua, ( >hio. he was horn
on October 2~ . iS/-'. the son of Wildey and
Eliza I Waugh ) Myers, the former a native of
Ohio and the latter a native of the coutm of
Orange in Virginia. Mis paternal grandfather.
whose name was also Aaron Myers, was also a
native of \ irgiuia, \\lio removed to Ohio during
the early period of the settlement of that •
motuveallh. being our of its earliest pioneers.
IK established his home in the county of Cham-
paign and followed farming. Mis maternal
grandfather. Alexander \Vaugh. also a natr.
Virginia, enlisted as a private in the ('. S. army
of tin- \\"ar of iSiJ. and served with distinction,
being promoted for gallantry in action and ln-ing
mustered out at the end of his servici .1- > ip
tain \t the dose of the war lie returned to his
former home in Virginia and there remained un-
til his death in the later fifties. lh- was a large
ii rt\ • iwiu-r. ihe pfoprieti ir of One of the
: plaufitioiis of \irginia. and tlu OWlier
:an\ slaves. The father of Aaron Myers
was a prominent scholar of ( >hii>. and a proi
in various institutions of learning of the state up
to the time of his death, which occurred at the
carK age of thirt\ years, lie possessed ability
and high attainments and his nutimeK death uas
a distinct loss to the cause of education. Me
lefl but one son. \.iron. \fter the death of the
father, the mother disposed of a portion of h'T
|iropert\ in i iliio. and \\ith her so,, removed to
Kansas. Here she purchased a large farm in
which she still owns, and where she has since
the Stiokonio \.dlc\.in \VahamiM-e county. Kan.,
resided. Here her son passed his early bo\hood.
and acquired his elementary education. At the
age of eleven years, his mother placed him in the
preparatory department of \Vashbnrn College,
at Topeka. Kan. Mere he pursued a thorough
course of study and was graduated trom the in-
stitution in 1891 at the head of his class. He
then entered the Johns I lopkhis Cuivcrsity at
Baltimore. Md.. there remained two years, his
principal studies being Roman law. history and
political econoiuv. When he had completed this
course he accepted a position as a professor in
the New Windsor i Md. i College, after one \i-ar
igning this position, to enter the law depart-
ment of the Cnivirsitv of .Mankind, where lie
pursued a full course- of study. He was gradu-
ated in the class of 'i»o. which contained sixty-
five members, among which he ranked a> fifth.
M was admitted to the bar in that year in the
Pialtimorc courts. 'The death of his grandfather
occurring in < >hio. he went to that state for the
purpose of settling nji tile large estate and \\a~
occupied for several years in this, in iSim he
came to 1 )enver. Colo., bringing will) him a
strong letter of recommendation from I Ion.
George R. Peck, the \\ell-kno\\n railroad at-
y, which gave him standing and he entered
the Office of the l.n\ linn of Rodger*. Cuthbert
i\ Kllis. and remained with them about two
\ears. being associated with the firm in a large
amount of important litigation, and bavin:
opporuniitv to familiari/e himself with main im-
mt pi lints , if pi | K- u as vcr\ sn
fill in his methods of procedure, was a close stu-
dent and earned for himself an enviable position
at the l)eii\er bar. In MOI. having acquired
so, nr important interests in the neu copper min-
ing camp of Kne.nnpincnt. \\'\o.. be came there
and concluded to remain there in the pract-
his profession | |e opened an office, and has
mel \'. nil gTl n success \\hile engaged in the
ol ihe law. he has confined his
mv< siigatii Hi . • s be \\ as alile to ,]. .
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rk'tx.k'/lSSIFE MEN OF WY(
mining and irrigation law. believing that these
arc the most important branches of the law in the
i. He has red ntl) i 19021 received the ap-
jH'miment of city attorne} for Encampment, and
is fast earning for liimself a high place in the
profession. Fraternally, he is affiliated
with the ordrr of the Modern Woodmen' of
America and takes an active interest in the fra-
ternal and charitable life of the community in
which he maintains his home. He is held in
high regard by all classes of his fellow citizens,
and is destined to become a prominent factor in
the business and professional life of the state.
JOHN C. DEWEY.
A leader of thought and action in many ways,
always first, or among the first, with any project
for the advancement of his community or the
benefit of its people, quick to see, vigorous to
apply and intelligent to observe results, when
any new effort is made or suggested for the mul-
tiplication of the fruits of labor, John C. Dewey
of Fairview, Uinta county, proprietor of the-
Dewey House, the only hotel in the place and
also prominent as a farmer and merchant, is
justly entitled to honorable mention in any rec-
ord of the progressive men of Wyoming. Utah
is the state of his nativity and he wras born on
April 12, 1859, his parents, John C. and Mary
( Allen ) Dewey, being natives of England and
Iowa respectively, who came to Utah in 1852.
The father was a farmer and a citizen of great
enterprise and public spirit. In 1855 he settled
on land now occupied by the city of Dewey and
saw the town develop and grow to size and con-
sequence around him. He was the bishop of the
Mormon church in that district until his death
in 1897. His wife was the daughter of Jude and
Mary A. Allen, who were born and reared in
Iowa and came to Utah in 1847. Her father was
a prominent man in local affairs, with influence
in every circle of thought and effort. Mr. Dewey
was one of the thirteen children of his mother,
his father having married twice and being the
parent of nineteen. Twelve of these are living
and prospering in various . lines of enterprise.
John was educated in the public school of Brig-
ham City and after there completing his stud-
u-s he engaged in both farming and stockgnnv-
ing until iXSS, when he travelled to Wyo-
ming, and, here locating on government land
licfnre it had been surveyed, immediately be-
gan to experiment in raising grain, princi-
pally wheat and oats. He was the first man. to
make the attempt to grow the cereals in this val-
ley and his experiment was watched with close
attention. In time he came to be recognized as
the model farmer of the neighborhood, for his
example was in many ways stimulating and help-
ful to others. In 1896 he purchased a property
suitable for the purpose and started a mercantile
business which he has since been conducting.
He also bought the hotel property now known as
the Dewey House, and has from his purchase
conducted it as a hotel of excellent character and
complete and comfortable equipment. It is the
only hotel in the town, but is not on that account
neglected by its management, or left short of
anything required for its proper conduct and the
welfare and enjoyment of its guests. Mr. Dewey
still owns his home farm, a highly improved
tract of eighty acres, one-half its original size.
He is interested in cattle, being also a busy and
forceful promoter of many utilities for the bene-
fit of the community. He is president of the Fair-
view Waterworks Co., was one. of the committee
to get the local telephone plant installed, they be-
ing . ibliged to guarantee an annual revenue for it
of S .2.500 to secure it and he was on-the commit-
tee charged with the construction of the Stake
tabernacle at Afton. From youth he has taken
an active part in politics and also in church af-
fairs. He has served as chairman of the county
central committee of his party and also as pre-
cinct chairman and was the postmaster at Fair-
view for six years. In 1900 he was nominated
fc ir the lower house of the State Legislature, but
notwithstanding his popularity was unable to
overcome the large hostile majority which is
normal in his county. In church affairs he has
been prominent and influential, serving from
1889 to 1898 as the first bishop of his ward, and
giving freely of his time and energy to church
. in many other
iving the idea tli.'it fruit con!
•\vn in thi.- valley. In-
vcn-
having had the pleasure nf raising th,
uo d in th
Is are \otmg. Inn very promisii their
pi-i idi ii quality. On Jai
iS-S, at Salt Lake City, Mr. I >« • trried
with Miss Sarah A. i 'hiM. a native of I 'tali,
daughter nf ( >r\ illc R. and Sarah CJ. (]
('hild. tlu' !'( inner born anil reared in \e\v Y< irk
ami the latter in [llinois. The father was a man
of intelligence and breadth nf view, high!
teemed as a citizen and ver\ active and useful
in the council- of the church. He was a coun-
si 11, ir tii the In-l!' 'ii T, ,r :i number oi nil at
time was a missionary aim MIL;' the Indians.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey have had ten children, six
are now living. They are: Annie I 'rinda, now
the \\ife of Chester Sessions of Kairvicw ; Mary
F.lizn, no\v tin i Joseph Manghan of Pres
ton, Idaho; John (".. attending tin- I'.ri:
Young ' 'ollege at I.ogan. I 'tali; an,' ' \\'..
Horace R. and Jennie M yrtlc. living at 1;
Those deceased arc- ( trville I... \\lio died in Sep
tcmher. |S|S. aged thirteen; Ida Matilda,
died in July. - d thirteen ; I , >-, pi i \ .. \\lio
died in September. igOI, a-ed -even; l.ula. horn
on April . |, and died tin- same day.
REGIN \i.D i iir\ i
Holding a leading place among ilie lin-i
men of l-'reni, ml Ct unity, and \\ ill] an ac -
i|tiaimamvs|iip extending amon^ the repi
pei iple i if the state, K'I ginald ' . I Finn,
the ]io|nilar and , i istma 3tei • if Atlantic
('it\. \\'\i.mini;. find- here ihe line- of life rim
niiiL; in smooth and symmetrical grooves, llnld-
iii'^ a lii.^h ]>'• ' i/ens i if tln-
tii n. li\ hi- natural aliilit \ . In -nperii
tint] and his correct manner of living a i
of his life is demanded in llii- record of the pro-
-ive men of \V\omiiiL;. 1 Ir-cendiii^ from
families for IOIIL; -etier.it ion- holiliiiL; liivjli
rank in commercial circles in Kni_dand. hi- fa
Iniyini; and sellin-- eir 3, Mr.
limn on, KIIL;!.
and leniima ].. i \\'ild)
Hum. the father hen Reginald was lint
!, ilx mother -till ;
her hom< in I ,i mdon, two of her three
children . ding in I'Ji^land. The yonng-
lil , on the education of Res^
.-mil money were well ex-
• atural and enquiring stn-
d, nt and. following the early educational dis-
ie he received iii the ablest preliminary
• tidon and (iennany, he was ma-
triculated at the i of ] leid-
rg, where he took- and maintained a
rank, and was duly graduated therefrom. Re-
turning to London he soon emigrated to
America, coming to \V\oming in i SSS, and en-
g in various occupations until I So.}, \\hen
he formed a hnsincs- a ion with J. I.
Steffen in a dr-: .'ishment, and. 1,
ed and maUn- many friend-, not
thereafter he purchased his partner'- im
•ming the >ole proprietor, adding to the
stool. artments of trade until he has now
te line of drug- and medicines, and
a valuahle -lock of clocks, watches, jewelry.
and
a.sing trade of cnmu-
I lis luisine-- meili
met : he appn ival > if the peopli and 01
[6, ' oo, hi -. .:- appi linted
that
onsible ^ \\ith general aj)-
proval in his administration, lie is a very
public spirit, d genii- i-ing interest in
and aidil it lor tin- Kenelit and
moral uplift of the commnnitv. and has elficieiit-
lled the office "f cil\ ma- \n active
Mican part- . hi-
are loyal!\ given to the support oi n- candidales
principles, \\hile fratei :iall\ lie lulon,
the Independent <>nler of odd 1'Yllows. hold-
ing membership at Douglas. In SO
' \ life ill,- famih i if Mr. ' es I'rom-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
incut station, standing among the leaders in
entertainments and social functions, his mar-
riage with .Miss Lcnura llarsch, on March 8,
1899, connecting him with the best pioneer
elements of the slate, her parents, Philip and
Elizabeth Harsch. being oldtimers, and she a
native of Atlantic City. For ancestral data of
Mrs. Hunt, the reader is referred to the his-
tory of Air. Harsch, appearing elsewhere in
this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have a
widely extended acquaintance, which covers a
large area and is not confined to Wyoming,
and among their personal friends are the lead-
ing citizens of the state.
J<>HX ALBERT GUILD.
One of the active, progressive sons of the
West, whose enterprising spirit is a decided
factor in the business, social and political
circles of L'inta county and in its surrounding
territory, John A. Guild, of Lyman, Wyoming.
can well feel assured that he has a large num-
ber of strong and effective friendships among
the people of his section, who esteem him not
onlv for his marked business capacity and
financial shrewdness, but also on account of his
many winning and pleasing qualities of head
and heart. His parents are Charles and Mary
M. (Cardon) Guild, honored pioneers of Pied-
mont, and their interesting careers and ances-
try are preserved on other pages of this volume.
Their son, John A. Guild, was born in Lehi,
Utah, on January 4, 1865, and in early life he
came with his parents to Wyoming. He has
grown with the growth of the state, acquiring
his education not only in the public schools,
but in the broad and comprehensive school of
experience that his diversified business opera-
tions have brought him through. His initial
commercial activities were undertaken at Rock-
Springs. Wyo.. where he conducted a mercan-
tile establishment until iqoo; and during the
years from iSijo to 1804 he was in a business
association in butchering and selling meat with
A. Luman. For the first year of his stay at
Rock Springs he was also the manager of the
meal business of Charles Guild & Sons, at that
place. In I ijoo he disposed of his interests
there and, then removing to Lyman, became the
superintendent and manager of the store of
the Guild Mercantile Co., being one of the di-
rectors of the corporation and also a din-dor
of the Guild Land & Live Stock Co., being
also the president of these two companies for
the year ending February i, 1903. Mr. Guild
is a working member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, giving freelv of
his time, means and energy to advance its
cause, and is the present superintendent of the
religion classes of Woodruff Stake. Always in
terested in public issues and political questions
from a Democratic point of view, he has been
much in evidence in the local counsels of his
part}-, where his influence has often been a de-
cisive feature. He was once the Democratic
candidate for State Senator, but the large ad-
verse majority in the county was too much for
even his popularity to overcome, and he was
defeated, but by only 48 votes. At another time
he was his party's nominee for treasurer of
Sweetwater county and showed his strength
among the people as a minority candidate by
the remarkable feat for a Democrat in that
county by coming within thirty-two votes of
an election. He has done good service as a
school trustee and, on October 11, 1900, he
was commissioned by President McKinley as
the postmaster of Bench, and when the name
of the office was changed to Lyman. he was re-
commissioned on December 14. 1901. In Og-
den, Ut'ih, on December 18, 1888, was solem-
nized the marriage of Mr. Guild and Miss Mina
Anderson, the parents of the bride being Peter
and Martha (Hanson) Anderson, natives of
Norway. Three children, Ethel, Veda and Har-
old Kensel, have come to the family home,
where their mam friends always receive a cor-
dial reception and a bounteous hospitality.
The Guild Mercantile Co. has recently erected
a new and commodious building in which to
display the extensive stock they carry, which
comprises a large line of dry-goods,' groceries,
furniture, boots and shoes, hardware, agricul-
^-o
^g>,^-^_~
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OI: WYOMING.
575
tural implements, in fact all things their threat
raii.i^e of customers desires, and the business
is conducted along legitimate and logical lines
ill proecdurc and holds a representative patron-
age, expanding its growth and prosperity with
that of the country.
WILLIAM J. McGINNIS.
The affable gentleman whose name heads
this review and whose wife is the present post-
master at Miduav, I'inta county, Wyoming, and
who ha> most efficiently filled the position since
December _\}. iS<)S, Mr. William J. McCiintiis
was boni in Adair county, Ky., in iS-jS. a son of
\nder-on and Xancy (Preston) Mediums, also
natives of the Dark and P.lood\ dn>nnd. An-
derson Mc(iinnis was of Irish parentage and
was a planter. From Kentucky he moved to
Xebraska. and .then to Davis county. Mo . when1
his deatb occurred in icjoo at the a^e of eighty-
ears, his remains being interred at Wins-
ton. Mo. Xancy (Preston) Mediums was of
Scotch descent, liore her husband six sons and
four daughters, of which family live are still
living. < M' these ten children, William J. \\'as
the fourth and the eldest boy. The mother of
thi- family was untimely called away in iSo; at
tin- eoniparatively early age of forty-out- years.
Mr. Mc< iinnis was educated in Kentucky and in
nianh 1 emigrated to I "tab and Xevada,
where for about twenty years he was engaged
in silver mining. In iSS;1 lie came to W\onnng
and took- up a ])reeni|)tion claim of 100 acres,
and a desert claim of _' |<> acres where he now
lives and which he has all under irrigation, and,
it is needless to add. under a good State of culti-
vation. 1 b-ri- b'- also ' >wns a large herd of cattle.
Mr. Mc< iinnis was joinetl in matrimon} in Salt
I ake county. I "tall, in 1X70. with .Miss Mar\ If.
Moore, a daughter of Samuel and Mai' i
(Hawke) VIoore. Samuel Moor, was born in
Mass.achnsi it , on lannarv lo. lSo|, died on
i i. tober -•'•. iSS^. and was buried in I 'lab. The
maternal grandfather of Mi's. Mc( iinnis \\-as
William 1' Ltive of I Vnns\ Ivania. The
marriage of \\'illiam I. and Man II. Me< iinnU
has been crowned with eight children, of whom
seven are living. Caroline M. of Xebraska; An-
derson L. : Miramla: Lucilla A.: William J.:
( (live IP; l-'rank R. F. The deceaseil child. Asa
f.. was born on July 17, iSSi,. and died at La-
Par^'e. \\"yo., November 15. iSijo. Pesides en-
during the hardships of frontier life in the far
\\ i si and assistiniL;- materially in the de\ , lo]nnent
of the country. Mr. Met "iinnis served as a
I'nion soldier in the ^real ('ivil \\'ar in To. C,
Thirteenth Kentucky Cavalry, having enlisted on
liiber _'(>, iSh^, and bein^ mustered oui mi
March i. 1805, during which period he partici-
pated in many a hard-fought battle, anione.- them
that of Salt Works. Ky. Since bis residence in
\\"vomin^, Mr. Mel iinnis lias done much toward
the development of the country, with three others
taking out the first irrigation canal in the '
River Valley, and in the promoting of its pros-
perity, and with this prosperity his own lias kepi
pace. lie is public spirited and enterprising.
ever read) to extend a helping hand to the in-
COITling Stranger. He believes in progress, and
few men in I'inta dumty take- a greater interest
in its development.
Ih IN. GEORGE I'l-.RRIS.
The gentleman whose eventful life it is now
our lii^b privilege to review, was dnrinq- his life-
tune one of the best-known citizens of ' arbon
county, \\'\oniinL;. and one of the most honorable
an<l enterprising cattlemen of the I'laite River
valley. lie \\as born on a farm in Michigan,
when- In reeeived the usual education oi tann-
ers' lads and passed his early manhood in the pur-
suit of agriculture. lie was a son of Samuel
Ferris. ;i native oi ^'o^k. who was born
in iSoo and came \\ itb bis \vi pi
is, lo Mielii^an. in which state lie died when
nearly eighty-six \ears old. lie uas truly an
American patriot and at the breakin- out nf the
('ivil \\"ar he llew lo die defense of the tla^; of
his Country, enlistin- in Co. | ). Seventh Michi-
gan ( "a\alr\ . served four nnis-
I. having been |
from the ran Meritorious ei induct in th--
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM\\C,.
I n 'lice of the enemy. This muster-out took
place at Camp Douglas, Utah, from which point
Mr. Ferris returned to Michigan. Mr. Ferris
shared in all the marches, battles and engage-
ments in which his regiment took part and was
never known to shirk his duty or to be absent
from his post, except when laboring under a dis-
ability caused by sickness or wounds. On hi^
return to Michigan he remained there one year,
then came to Carbon county, Wyoming, and em-
ployed himself for a short time in hunting and
prospecting, but soon entered into the all-per-
vading cattle business, in conjunction with Joe
Hurt, securing a ranch on the Platte River, twelve
miles below Fort Steele. In 1889 ^r- Ferris
sold out his cattle interests and turned his at-
tention to sheepraising, which occupied his time
until four years ago, when he sold his interest in
this industry. Among his other experiences in
the mines of Wyoming in which he had taken an
interest, Mr. Ferris and his associates once grub-
staked Ed. Haggarty, who later discovered the
now famous Ferris-Haggarty mine. Soon after
the discovery of this mine, before much work
had been done, one of his associates offered to
sell his interest to Mr. Ferris, which offer was
quickly accepted by him, and he at once, with
that indomitable pluck and energy so character-
istic of him, devoted his whole time and means
to the development of the mine ; with what suc-
cess can be best judged from the fact that in
September, 1902, the Ferris-Haggarty mine was
sold to the North American Copper Mining Co.
for $1,000,000; and to George Ferris belongs the
credit of the stability of the mining industry, as
it exists in Carbon county today. In politics Mr.
Ferris was a stanch Republican and twice repre-
sented his party in the Wyoming Legislature
as well as in the constitutional convention which
admitted the territory of Wyoming into the sis-
terhood of states. Among minor offices he held
that of county commissioner and he was always
a faithful and intelligent official in every capac-
ity which he was called upon to fill. He died full
of honor in August, 1900. "Mrs. Julia Ferris,
the honored widow of George Ferris, who bore
the maiden name of Julia Childs, was born in
New York, a daughter of John Childs, a native
of the same state, who died in 1860, when but
forty-seven years of age, being also a son of
Jonas Childs, himself a native of New York.
The mother of Mrs. Ferris was born in Ohio and
passed away in 1864 at the age of forty-four. As
Mrs. Ferris was verv yi >ung when bereft of her
parents she was kindly taken in charge by J. Ar-
nold, a warm friend of her father, and by him
was tenderly reared to womanhood. To Mr.
and Mrs. George Ferris were born these chil-
dren. May, deceased ; Edna, deceased ; Frank-
Ray ; Yern ; Ralph ; Cecil.
EUGENE R. NOBLE.
What was to the last generation a living,
struggling, controlling reality, to this one a fad-
ing, but still potential, entity and institution, and
what will be to the next a memory and a remin-
iscence, the cowboy of the wrild West, is interest-
ing from every point of view. Poets have car-
oled about him, historians have fixed his place
in the course of empire in this new domain, nov-
elists have made him their engaging theme, and
dramatists have gladly welcomed his coming up-
on their mimic stage "to hold, as 'twere, the
mirror up to nature." It is not within the prov-
ince of these pages to deal with types abstractly,
but to take them in concrete form and to show
thereby how they have aided, all, in building here
great states and polities, a refuge and a home for
men of every clime and kin. Eugene R. Noble of
r.igpiney, Uinta county, Wyoming, is a cowboy
of the olden time, having good service to his
credit in every phase of the range rider's wild
life, exhibiting in himself all the essential traits
and holding fast to all the traditions of the class.
Mr. Noble was born on May 3. 1854. in Henry
county, Iowa, where his parents, Richard and
Elizabeth (Carroll) Noble, had settled and were
engaged in farming. His father was a native
of Pennsylvania and his mother of Ohio, but
only one generation removed from Scotland, the
hi line of her ancestors, her father having emi-
grated from that country to America when
he was in youthful years. Their son, Eu-
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gene, was educated in the good public schools
of Iowa and, leaving school at quite an early
age, he at once began farming and rais-
ing stock near the paternal home, remaining there
until iS~7, when he removed to Xebraska and
then- di vi led his energies wholly to the cattle in-
dustry. He helped to drive the first herd that
went in on the Middle Loup River, 100 miles
north of North Platte City. This herd belonged
to D. R. Rankins, now living in Missouri, and
contained about 9.000 cattle. Tn the spring .Mr.
Xoble returned to \orth I Matte, during the next
three years working there for Nichols, Beach &
Co., riding the range, herding cattle and perform-
ing the other duties of the alert and accomplished
boy. Following his service for this firm, he
\\orked for Uvo years in the employ of Coe &
r in Nebraska, then went to Missouri to bin-
cattle and set np in business for himself. Find-
ing the Mock there in poor condition he went to
Wisconsin and bought a herd which he drove
to Xebra-ka. which, after herding and feeding
them for two \cars, he sold to advantage and
again engaged in range-riding for Mr. Rankins.
IK kept at this in Mr. Rankins' employ for two
years and then engaged to work on Hat Creel
for Richard I "rnin, taking a herd of cattle to the
Missouri River. There he was in the service of
Mr. Fruin's brother, Morton Frtiin, driving 9,500
head of cattle from liuffalo, Wyo., to the X'orth-
w< -I Territory, Canada, remaining there in charge
of the outfit for a year, when he returned to Xe-
braska and later to his former home in [owa,
\vher ' -ed the winter. In the spring he
Came west again, taking charge of. an out lit
in i lolorado and Wyoming for XeKon Mori
Chicago. So. in after, finding that the range in
the neighborhood \\here he \\-as located was
ont by sheep, he came to I "inta county and
managemenl of the (\- outfil and
' in charge of it until 1X97 when !
he land ii
1 hi 'Iding b\ purelia-e un-
til it now embrace t,ooo ten mosl of ii
nl meadow land and irablv adapted to
stockgrowing, in winch he i
I, running principal! . d ] leref. >rd-.
luit he aKo raises hordes of a superior breed. He
has prospered financially by his care and know-
ledge, his close attention and fair dealing, and has
grown strong in the esteem of his fellow men.
His interest in the affairs of the community has
been constant, eanu -i. serviceable, and his influ-
ence for good on ever) enterprise for the welfare
of the people has been potent and active. He is
connected with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and holds his membership in Lodge
No. 55. at C<»/ad, Xeb. On Xew Year's Day,
1900, he was married in Iowa, to Miss Margaret
A. Pence, a native of that state and daughter of
William and Mary (Thomas) Pence, the mother
being a native of Wales and the father of Lycom-
ing, Pa. Mr. Pence belonged to an old Colonial
family, whose members have always been at the
front in the service of their country, whether
calli d by milit;ir\ or civil life. ' >ne of his ances-
tors fought nnder \\ashington at Fort DuqueMir
where P.raddock fell, and he and others followed
that great commander through the Revolution.
The family settled in Iowa in li^S- ;"1(' were
pioneers where they "pitched their tents."
JO I IX SOX ]. FENTOX.
Prepared for his arduous and trying din
by a long experience in hazardous occupations
\\hich quickened his faculties taught him
reliance, developed and established his courage,
and gave him a knowledge of men which is
- tensivi and exact, John-- >n F. Fent - par-
ticularly well qua! ' 'lie position "i sheriff
of r.ighorn county. Wyoming, t" which h<
elected in [i : and which he is tilling with
greal credit to himself and to the
the public. lie i i ^S in the
and for nearly two d< cades has b
! with its histon and the interests of its
people, acquiring their habits of
action, sharin th imbitions, tilled with their
: p.-urii itisrn and firmb attached to their in-
Stitutions, \\hich he has helped to in.
and develop. Mr. k'enton was born on
•-. in IVinisyhania. of parents
alsi • natives of tli.-it state, his fath. < b i< >hn
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
and his mother Rebecca (Harris) Fenton.
When he was yet an infant they moved to
Marshalltown, Iowa, where they resided until
1881. From that time until 1888. their home
was at Gruncly Center ; and at these various
places he received a common-school education,
and was trained for the duties of life in active
experience in various useful employments. In
1888 he came to Wyoming and, entering into
the spirit and attaching himself to the prin-
cipal pursuit of the region in which he had
sought a new home, he became a rangerider
and followed this exhilarating but dangerous
occupation for a period of two years in the vi-
cinity of Pratt and for three more near Fort
Collins, Colo. Five years sufficed to give him
all the experience in this line he desired and, at
the end of that time, he became a railroad con-
tractor in Nebraska, a business in which he
continued until 1894. In that year he came to
the Bighorn basin and bought a ranch on Shell
Creek, comprising 320 acres of good land, on
which he has since been actively engaged in
conducting a flourishing stock industry, run-
ning an average of 150 cattle and other kinds of
stock. Throughout his career he has been a
zealous and progressive developer of the re-
sources of the section in which he has lived
and a willing contributor to the visible proofs
of enterprise. He built the first frame house
in the town of Otto and three of the early
structures erected in Basin. The houses in
Basin still belong to him and he has other prop-
erty in the county. He is one of the heaviest
stockholders in the city water-works, and was
one of the most active and influential pro-
moters of the introduction of the plant. His
general excellence as a citizen, his wide ex-
perience in life and the manly qualities which
distinguish him have given him force and
potency in political affairs, also marking him
as a suitable man for the administration of
official duties of a responsible and important
character; so, in the fall of 1002. he was elected
sheriff of the county, entering upon the dis-
charge of the work of his office with the full
confidence of the public that he would perform
il well and that confidence he has fully justified.
He was married at Fort Collins, Colo., in 1892,
to Miss Zuna Ames, a native of Michigan.
They have three children, Yerna, Zula and Ora.
ROBERT P. ALLAN.
Among the many successful, progressive and
enterprising men of the state of Wyoming who
have accumulated fortunes in the cattle busi-
ness, no one stands higher or is held in greater
rMivin than Robert P. Allan, of Iron Mountain.
Coming into the then territory in 1881, when a
young man, with little or no capital, save his
energy, ability and a determination to succeed
in the new country which he had adopted as his
future home, he has steadily increased his busi-
ness operations from year to year, adding to his
holdings from time to time, as opportunity of-
fered and his means permitted, until now he has
perhaps the finest ranch property in his section
of the state, and is considered as one of the most
substantial business men of Wyoming. He is
a native of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, that
land which has contributed so many of the names
most prominent in American history, as well in
business as in the professions and in public life.
He was born on March 5, 1854, the son of John
and .Margaret ( Perrie) Allan, natives of Scot-
land, where his father follo\ved mining. The
family emigrated to America in 1869, first going
to Pennsylvania, and soon after arriving there
the home was established in Luzerne county.
Here the father became superintendent of one of
the mines of the Pennsylvania Coal Co., and re-
mained in that position for over twenty-five years,
then received a promotion and is still in the em-
ploy of the same company. The mother died in
i8/S. and lies buried in Avoca, Luzerne county.
Robert P. Allan received his early academical
training in the schools of Glasgow^, Scotland, and
of Avoca, Pa. He then accepted a position in
the mines of Luzerne county and remained in
that employment until the spring of 1881, when
the spirit of enterprise led him to seek his for-
tune in the West. He came to Cheyenne, Wyo.r
and soon secured employment on a ranch then
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owned 1>\ .Mr. \mlrcw Gilchrist, about sixteen
mill's west uf Cheyenne. Here he continued until
the fall i if that year, when in company with a
friend, K. I!. Anderson, with whom he had come
from Pennsylvania, he purchased a ranch on
Middle Crow ('reek, about sixteen miles west of
Cheyenne, and together they embarked in cattle
raising. They remained in this business for
about one year when .Mr. Allan sold his interest
to his partner and came to Iron Mountain, where
he took up a ranch on Chug-water, about forty-
five miles northwest of Cheyenne, very soon
thereafter, however, he disposed of an interest
in it to Andrew < iilchrist and others and a stock
company was organized for the purpose of enter-
ing into the cattle business on a large scale, Mr.
Allan becoming manager of the company. lie
continued in this position one year when he sold
his stock and resigned his position. In the year
1 884. he formed a partnership relation with J.
C. Baird and they purchased a ranch on the
Chugwater and engaged there in the cattle busi-
ness. Air. Allan having entire charge of the busi-
ness. He remained here until iSgj, the enter-
pti-e growing in extent. There was a dissolu-
tion of the partnership arrangement and a di-
vision of the joint property in 1892, Mr. Baird
letaining the lands and Mr. Allan taking the
horses and cattle as his portion. He then re-
moved to Hear Creek and there established him-
self on a ranch about three mile- from hi- pres
ent ranch, buying more stock and entering ex
teii-ivcly into stockraising. Since that time b.
has steadily added to his holdings, both of lands
and stock, purchasing ranches adjoining his orig-
inal place, until now he is the owner of over
3,500 acres of tine land well fenced, well irrigated
and improved, besides coiilrolling1 leaded lands,
used by him for range purpose-. ( M" recent
years be has confined his operations ntainl' to
rattle, finding that that line yields a larger re-
turn on tin capital invi ted, and he now is the
possessor of the tine-i ranch property on Hear
('reek, one of the leading StOi 1 d' \V\o
ming. His. beautiful home at thai place i which
he occupies "nl\ as a summer residence, residing
paciou home in Chi 'nring the
winter months) has all modern improvements,
and the family dispense here in summer a
erous and refined hospitality to their man)
friends. < >n June d. i88<>. Mr. Allan was unite.!
in marriage at the city of Cheyenne, to Miss An-
nie \Y. Brown, a native of Scotland, a dan
of lame- and Fli/abcth (Hunter) Brown, native-
of that country. The parents of Mrs. Allan em-
igrated to America in iSf>-. and settled at Avoca,
Pa., where thev were later neighbors of the Al-
lan family, and Mr. and Mrs. Allan have known
each other from early childhood. The father of
the latter, who wa- engaged in mining, passed
awav in August. 1X83, and was buried at Avoca,
where the mother is still living. Mr. and Mrs.
Allan have had but one child, Alexander I',.,
born on October i i. iSSS. and giving promise of
a bright and vigorous manhood, yet he suddenly
sickened and died when but twelve years of age,
on ( Vtobcr 17. i goo, and was buried in the cit\
of Cheyenne. Mr. Allan is affiliated with' the
Masonic order, as a member of the lodge at Chey-
enne, and also with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows at Chcvennc. He is identified with
the Republican party and is a loyal supporter
of its principles and candidates. He tak<
active part in the management of party affairs,
being prominent in conventions and a leader in
all movements calculated to advance the \\elfare
of tlu- partx. but has never desired or sought po-
sition for himself, preferring to give his entire
lime and attention to the management of his
large business interests. l',\ reason of hi- habits
of thrift and industry, inherited from a long line
of Scotch ancestrx. a- \\ell a- by good judgment
and line bu-ine-- ability, he has built up one of
the most extensive and best paying ranch and
-lock properties in Wyoming, and tin re i- no
more -ubstantial bnsine-s man. or more highly
respected citi/en in hi- section of the -I
I \MKS M. X< >BLE.
line of the -nh-lanlial and progressive men
of Fremont cmmiv, \Y\oming. whose imi
is seen on all the elements and evident
advancement and improxemenl in hi-
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of the state, and whose public spirit, enterprise
and breadth of view have helped to raise the
standard of citizenship in the farther West, is
James M. Noble, a prominent rancher and
stockgrower on the New Fork near Cora, Wyo.
He is a native of Burlington, Iowa, where he was
born on January i, 1863, and where his par-
ents, Richard and Elizabeth (Carroll) Noble were
for long- years highly respected and influential
citizens. The father was a native of Pennsylva-
nia and the mother of Ohio. They came to
Burlington early in life, where the father fol-
lowed his chosen pursuit as a stonecutter and
contractor, also building and operating the first
flouring mill in Burlington, then but a small,
yet promising town not far from the frontier,
just beginning to have an extensive river com-
merce. It was a promising field for the elder
Noble's enterprise and public spirit and there
he flourished and rose to prominence, was one
of the leading business men of the inchoate
city, chosen by its people to represent them
in the state legislature from time to time. In
1894, after a career of usefulness and honor,
he passed away at the age of seventy-seven,
and his remains were buried amid the scenes he
loved and had helped to make interesting, be-
side those of his wife who preceded him to the
other world by a'quarter-of-a-century. she hav-
ing died in 1869, aged forty-five. Both were
of old Colonial stock, natives of the state of
New York and of Scotch and English ancestry,
whose sterling traits they well exemplified.
Their son, Tames M. Noble, was educated in
the public schools of his native city and at
Howe's Academy at Mount Pleasant in the ad-
joining county. On leaving school he removed
to Nebraska and there for eight years was en-
gaged in ranching and raising stock. At the
end of that time he sold his interests in Ne-
braska and tried his hand at mining in Colorado,
Utah and Idaho until 1895. when he came to
the Bigpiney region of Wyoming, and for two
years conducted there a stock industry. In
1897 he settled in the locality where he now re-
sides and on a portion of the land which now
forms his very valuable and attractive ranch of
640 acres of good meadow land, which yields
him large annual crops of hay, an increasing
acreage of grain and generously supports his
extensive herds of superior cattle. The in-
terests of his ranch are extensive and exact-
ing, but they are not sufficient to occupy all
his time or engage all the faculties of his active
and comprehensive mind. Accordingly he has
recently built a commodious store building and
is conducting a mercantile establishment of
great promise with energy and vigor. A gen-
tleman of fine public spirit, Mr. Noble takes a
great and helpful interest in all the affairs of
the community in which he lives, being closely
identified with every movement for its progress
and improvement. He was made postmaster
at Cora in 1899 and has conducted the affairs
of the office with signal ability and close atten-
tion. In this, as in everything else, he has ex-
hibited excellent business qualifications, com-
mendable breadth of view, a generous consider-
ation for the comfort and welfare of his fel-
lows and an exalted standard of citizenship. He
has had much to do with the development of
the county and state, much that is of value in
local institutions stands to the credit of his in-
fluence and inspiring example. He was mar-
ried on Bigpiney in December, 1897, to Miss
Pauline Rahen, a native of Switzerland. They
have three children, Ida, Frieda and James R.,
all living at home and adding to the bright-
ness and cheer of a home known far and wide
as a center of genuine and gracious hospitality,
where friends are always cordially received and
reputable strangers are not unwelcome. No citi-
zen stands higher in public regard.
CHARLES B. KERSHNER.
Charles P.. Kershner, the county assessor of
Bighorn county, came to Wyoming in his youth,
completed his education in her schools and en-
tered upon the active duties of life and citizen-
ship as a part of her body politic, thus being
closely identified with her history, her interests,
her development and her progress. He first
saw the light of this world on November 14,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIX^.
1872, in Illinois, whither his father, George \V.
Kershner, had come from Ohio, the state of his
nativity, and where he had met and married
i Cynthalia Layton, the capable mother of
Charles. The parents were well-to-do farmers
in Illinois and a record of the father's life is
^•iveii in another part of this work. When
Charles was nine years old the family removed
from Illinois to Kansas and, after a residence in
that state lasting six years they came to Wv<>-
ming, locating where the father now lives on
5e Creek. Since then Charles has been
:;mously a resident of Wyoming and from
her soil he has drawn his stature and his
strength. When he left school he began work-
ing for himself at various occupations anil by
thrift, energy and frugal living, acquired the
means for a more ambitious undertaking than
working for others at a salary. In 1893 he lo-
cated a homestead on White Creek, not far from
his paternal fireside, and there proceeded to de-
\clop and improve his property and also to ex-
pand a very modest cattle industry which he
there started. After a few years of diligent and
profitable labor on this place, he sold it and
bought a partially improved ranch on Beaver
Creek, which he still owns, and on which he
conducts a flourishing stock business, handli:i-
s principally, and also doing a good busi-
ness in general farmii : : < ranch comprises
icres of excellent land, \\ell a to his
and in its well improved and highly cul-
tivated condition it is largely tin- product of his
•prise and skill, the expression of his taste
and wisdom in the occupation he has chosen.
11 How citizens of the county have found
him capablr and worthy. :nd have <lio\vn their
convii ('H this score hv electing him as
r for the county, choosing him to lill this
office in fjoj, finding since then in his admin-
ii in i if it s ill lence i if the
m of their choice. ' Mi lannary 5, i>'<|S. he
\\a~ 'nnrrii-d to Miss Xell . a iiati'.
Mankind, but living at tile time of her mar-
at Sheridan, Wvo., whejv the nuptial rite-;
were solemnized. They have three
Minnie, Jennie and Myrtle.
OSCAR HUNSINGER.
Born and reared in Ohio and when he reach-
ed, manhood making his way to the Northwest
and halting in several states for different periods
as he came, working at various occupations here
and there, but always in the country, it may be
said that Oscar llunsinger, of the Hyattville re-
gion in I'.ighorn county, has passed all of his
life in rural pursuits and belongs essentially to
that class, which i- the hope and salvation of
every country in every crisis, the rural popula-
tion. His life began on October 23. T£(>O, in the
same neighborhood in which his father. Henry
llunsinger, and his mother, nee Alary Xewell,
were born and reared in Jackson county. Ohio.
He remained at home until he was twenty years
old, being reared in the city of Jackson, attend-
ing the public schools for a few years in the
winter months and assisting <m the farm at other
limes. \s he grew toward manhood he yearned
For 3 view of some of the world that lay beyond
his native hills and vales, and accordingly he
west, where there were immense tracts of
• npicd land and hundreds of mines of
every mineral just opening their months to pro-
claim their hitherto hi'l<1<>r i wealth, also
forests [i ting for the blade of the
axeman: where mcrcatit;!e enterprise, commer-
cial energy and industrial activity were bar1
ing art and human intelligence to the car of prog-
witli small supplies of brawn and brain ti
direct their forces. In due tint' Mon-
tana and. after a shorl -t ly in that state, came to
Wyoming, locating in the r.ighorn basin, where
lu- was engaged in rangeriding and farming for
-fliers f, >r a time, and until he entered into a
i'-rsliip with F. P. CruT for the purp<
carrying on a Mock bu •nrirtinns.
The i 'np, lasted until i<x\V when Mr.
llmisiii! : i -iilil out. went to • ille and
opened a bn •• merchandising which he
is still o 'iidncting with vij In
the development of the town and the prom-
inent he i
a lively interest and in political affairs gr I
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
married at Hyattville, on December 25, 1900, to
Ali» Maud Hammond, a native of Utah, and
Mrs. Hunsinger is the postmistress of the town.
They have one child, a daughter named Mary.
JAMES I. PATTEN.
Born and reared on farms in the Mississippi
Valley, serving a useful apprenticeship as clerk
and salesman in a Chicago store, submitting for
a short period to the stern discipline of the army
and daring the dangers of war in that period,
subsequently crossing the plains with a team and
in various places carrying on mercantile enter-
prises of differing magnitude and character, en-
during at the same time all the privations of
frontier life, James I. Patten of Basin, a pioneer
of 1867 in Wyoming, and now one of its promi-
nent and successful merchants, was trained to
resourcefulness, accuracy and self-reliance by
an experience more varied and more filled with
instructive and helpful features than that which
falls to the lot of most men. Amid the peaceful
scenes of rural life in Ohio he first saw the light
of this world on February 4, 1840. His parents,
Alexander and Elizabeth (Hunter) Patten, were
born and reared in Pennsylvania and in the
strength and hopefulness of their early married
life they came as settlers to Ohio. From their
home in that state, when their son James was
two years old, they removed to Illinois and, in
1855, thirteen years later, took another flight to-
ward the farther West to Iowa. In these two
states the boyhood and youth of Mr. Patten were
passed and in the latter state his first efforts in
his own behalf to secure a foothold among men
were made after he left school. In 1864 he went
to Chicago and worked as clerk and salesman in
a shoestore for a short time, and then enlisted
for service in the Civil War in Co. C, Oiie Hun-
dred and Thirty-fourth Illinois Infantry. At the
end of his six-months' enlistment he was dis-
charged and returned to his former position in
Chicago where he remained until 1866. He
then determined to seek a home and larger op-
portunities in the unsettled domain lying under
the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, driving for
this purpose a four-horse team across the plains
to Colorado in the employ of Captain Taylor.
Upon his arrival in that country he went to
work diligently at mining, prosecuting his labors
with energy and some success for a year. In
i ;• • >7 he came to Cheyenne, and the next year to
Laramie. There he opened a drug-and-confec-
tionery store and carried on the business until
1871 when he was appointed teacher of the
Shoshone Indians at Fort Washakie. He con-
tinued his pedagogic ministrations for three
years, and then for three more was engaged in
raising stock and farming near Lander. In
1877 he took charge of the Shoshone reservation
as Indian agent by the appointment of President
Hayes. At the expiration of his term in 1880
he returned to the farm and resumed control of
its operations. He also opened a general store
at Lander. This he closed out in 1896, and then
located at Meeteetse, where he conducted a simi-
lar enterprise for a year, in 1897 coming to
Basin, where he started the drug-and-stationery
business which he is now so successfully con-
ducting. His establishment is one of the select
ones of the town, largely patronized by an ap-
preciative body of customers, who are always
sure of finding in its stock all kinds of staple
drugs and chemicals, with the latest novelties in
stationery, and everything new and attractive in
fancy articles and toilet perquisites, such as are
usually kept at a first-class drugstore, and of
having the goods offered with courtesy and con-
sideration, which adds materially to the pleasure
of making purchases. Mr. Patten has always
been active in local public affairs where he has
lived, and has borne his share in the burden and
had his portion of satisfaction in the triumph of
developing the new country which has been his
home during the greater portion of his life. He
was the first postmaster at Lander and one of the
earliest justices of the peace in the county. For
years he has been an enthusiastic and work-
ing Freemason and also an active member of
the Grand Army of the Republic. His first mar-
riage, which was to Mrs. Anza C. (Gamble)
Haynes, a native of Kentucky, occurred at Lara-
mie in 1868. She died at Lander in 1883, leav-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF ll'VOMING.
583
ing two children. Lois S.. \vilV of Jl. S. Moulder,
of Colorado; and Fanchon, postmistress at Basin.
The first husband of Mrs. Patten was drowned in
a serious Hood at Cherry Creek. Pa. The sec-
ond marriage of Mr. Patten took place at the
Shoshone agency in 1887. being then united
with Mrs. Anna (Dodge) White, a native of
Wisconsin. They have one child, 'Winifred. In
politics Mr. Patten is an ardent and loyal Re-
publican, and as such was elected a member of
the Territorial Legislature of Wyoming in 1887.
He served in the body with credit, but declined
a reelection.
J( >HX ROSE.
From the proud little kingdom of Portugal,
on the very edge of the Atlantic, which was
i nice almost the mistress of the ocean, and
uas the head of a vast colonial empire, and
which was also among the first of the Euro-
pean powers to give intellectual hospitality to
the project of Columbus to voyage in search
• if a new world, came John Ruse, a pioneer in
iSS^ nf \V\ i nning, and now a prosperous and
successful stock-grower and ranchman, living
el <n miles northeast of Sheridan. He was
iiiirn in TS^O, a son 01 Alexander and Marv
Ruse. aNo natives of Portugal, who descended
from long lines of ancestry in that historic
land. In his native country he was educated
and grew to man's estate', where he settled
do-wn to a life of useful toil and with no pros-
of seeking another home for many years.
I'.ul ever and anon he heard the voice of \rner
ica calling to him with proffers of open-ban^ d
bounty, until finally, in 187.2, when he was
twenty-two years of age and all his faruliu-
were in the strength of early manly vigor and
hope a:id aspiration still ~at high on his brow,
he determined to heed the call, came In the
I'nited States and for threi years worked «n
.1 f.irm in Massachusetts. In |S7_; he left the
Atlantic far behind him and s,,nght a better
tin) in California, where he labored in i lie-
gold mines until 1881. lie then returned to
Portugal for a visit and remained two years, but
in l8S^ he came again to America and turned his
attention to farming and stock-growing. Locat-
ing a homestead in Wyoming, which is a part
of the land he now owns, he at .once began im-
pn>\ing- it, making it habitable for human
and bringing it under systematic cultivation.
His ranch is beautifully located on the Prairie-
Dog and comprises ]>o acres of excellent land
admirably adapted to the business, which !
so successfully conducting on its broad
pause, and satisfying to the taste by its. variety
of scenery and natural beauty. His herd of
cattle is large and continually increasing in
size, notwithstanding his annual shipments,
which are considerable in extent, ami the grade
he handles is high, and kept rigidly up to its
standard. Mr. Rose was married in Massa-
chusetts in 188.^ with Miss Theresa Yicira, like
himself a naii\e of Portugal, and they have four
children. Flora. John, Xellie and Theresa. Al-
though he lived long in his native country, and
has mans of the most pleasing recollections
connected with it, Mr. Rose is warmly atta< hi d
to the land of his adoption, rejoicing in its
opportunities, glorying in its freedom and its
institutions, and proud of its progress and ad-
vancement, lie takes great and active interest
in the affairs of his community and county, and
is always well pleased with an element or an
evidence of imiiro\ emeiit to which he can give
assistance or encouragement.
ARTIH'R R( (BERTS.
( 'ne of the leading citizens of 1'inta county,
\Y\oining. and one of the representative busi-
ness men of that stale. Arthur Roberts, of
Alton, is a native of Fngland. born <>n June
l.}, 1851). a son i,f Samuel and \lar\ il'eat)
Roberts, both natives of Fngland. His paternal
grandparents were Thomas and I larriet i < M-with )
Roberts, the former being for many years a
prominent merchant of Derby. F.ngland. and
the scion of a highly respected family of that
section of the old country. The parents of
Mr. Roberts came to America in 1800, the fa-
ther believing that he would here find a more
inviting field for his occupation of printing and
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
publishing, and established the family home in
Salt Lake City. The devoted mother passed
away in 1869, at the age of forty-four years and
there the father still resides, having retired
from active business. The family consisted of
seven children, of whom five are living. Ar-
thur Roberts received his early education in
England, subsequently attending the public
schools of Salt Lake City, later learning the oc-
cupation of locomotive-engineer, which he con-
tinuously followed in Utah and other adjoining
states for about ten years. At the end of that
time he saw a favorable opportunity to engage
in the mercantile business at Afton, Wyoming,
and resigned his railroad position and em-
barked in business. He has been very success-
ful and now is the owner of one of the largest
and most successful mercantile establishments
in that section of Wyoming, or in the entire
W'est. He carries a large stock of general
merchandise, and his operations are very ex-
tensive in the western portion of the state. He
is also interested quite extensively in cattle-
raising and stockgrowing, being the owner of
a fine, improved farm situated in the valley a
few miles from Afton, where he resides. He
is one of the solid business men and substantial
property owners of Uinta county, and has met
with uniform success in his business enterprises.
On January 5, 1884, Mr. Roberts was united
in marriage to Miss Martha E. Reese, a native
of Utah and the daughter of David and Martha
(Eynon) Reese, both natives of Wales. The
parents of Mrs. Roberts were among the ear-
liest pioneers of Utah, being among the most
highly esteemed of its citizens. Mr. and Mrs.
Roberts have five children, Kate, Mary, Homa
Reese, Gean Valeria and Samuel Edward, all
living. The family home is noted for the gen-
erous and genial hospitality which is there dis-
played. Mr. Roberts is a man of marked pub-
lic spirit, his enterprise and activity have been
largely instrumental in developing the resources
of Western Wyoming and in contributing to
the growth and settlement of the community
where he has maintained his home. While
never seeking political position, he is yet al-
interested in public affairs, at present
sen ing as the city treasurer of Afton. He has
discharged the duties of that responsible po-
sition with conscientious fidelity, zeal and abil-
ity. His standing as a representative business
man and public officer were recognized by
President Roosevelt in February, 1902, by an ap-
pointment to the position of postmaster at Afton.
Mr. Roberts is one of the foremost factors in
the public, as well as the business life of Western.
Wyoming, and his future will be watched with
interest by a large circle of admiring friends and
acquaintances.
FRANK I. RUE.
Able as he was to get but a few small draughts
from the stream of knowledge as it gleamed and
sparkled across his path, so far as booklearning
is concerned, Frank I. Rue, county clerk of Big-
horn county, is nevertheless a well-informed and
well-educated man in the better and less tech-
nical meaning of the term. He has been well
taught in the hard, exacting but thorough school
of experience, and from that has gathered good
store of the every-day wisdom dispensed in no
other. He became a resident of Wyoming more
than twenty years ago and, during the period
of his citizenship here, a period which has been
most prolific in achievement, in invention and dis-
covery, and in the elevation of mankind in gen-
eral, prodigious in the triumph of human intelli-
gence over nature and the beneficent fruits of
the conquest in this region in particular, he has
been a potential factor in the advance of civiliza-
tion and the development and improvement of
the section in which he has lived. Mr. Rue's
parents were William H. and Martha (Lake)
Rue, the former a native of Ohio and the latter
of Michigan. The father left his native state in
early manhood and came to Minnesota, then a
part of the farther West, where he began to
build his fortunes with hope and confidence on
the virgin soil of his new home. There he met
and married with the lady of his choice, and
there his son, Frank, was born on December 15,
1867. When Frank was four years of age the
PROGRESSIVL OF WYOMING.
family removed to Colorado, where for a num-
ber of years they resided, living at various
places. In 1881 they came to Wyoming and
passed a year at the Shoshone Indian agency in
Fremont county. Tn 1882 the 'parents changed
their residence to Park City, Mont., but Frank
remained another year in this state in the employ
of the D. D. Cattle Co. In 1883 he, too, went
• >ntana, and in that state and Wyoming was
a daring and skillful rangerider until 1896, when
he came to Bighorn county, locating at Cody.
There for two years he was in the employ of
Col. William Cody as the general foreman of
his great cattle interests and other ranch busi-
ness. In 1899 he was appointed deputy sheriff
of the county and changed his residence to Ba-
sin. At the end of his term he was appointed
deputy county clerk and, in 1902, was elected
clerk for a term of two years, his qualifications
for the position being generally recognized by
the community, whose confidence has been fully
justified by the manner in which he discharges
his official duties. On April 20, 1898, he was
united in marriage with Miss Charlotte M.
P.urns, a native of Bighorn county and a daughter
of John L. and .May (Martin) Burns, who came
|.) Wyoming in 1896 from Montana. Mr. and
Mrs. Rue have one child, their winsome daugh-
ter. Faie. Mr. Rue belongs to the Modern
\Yoodnieii of America and t<> Lodge No. 35, I.
O. O. F., of which he is the capable treasurer:
He takes a serviceable interest in the affairs of
both fraternities, especially the meetings and
proceedings of his own lodges.
NELSON TI. SCOTT.
One of the- leading merchants of Carbon
iv. N'elson If. Scott, \\hose address is
Medicine P.o\v. \Vyoming, is a native of the
slate of \rw York, where he was born in iSiu,
tin son iif James and Mary ilfarrisi Scott, na-
tives of Scotland. His father carpenter,
but tor many years of his early life he was a
-ailor on the high seas, in thai having
many thrilling experiences in and among the
different countries and people of the world.
Subsequently he settled in the state of Xew
ifork, \\here he engaged in both farming and
carpi coi m ig in those pursuits up
to the lime of his decease, which occurred in
1900, at the age of about seventy-eight years.
Mi was a Republican in politics, a leading cit-
of the community in which he maim;
his home. At various times he held the office
of supervisor, was also town clerk and held
other positions of honor and trust in the gift
of his fellow citizens. The mother of Mr. Scott
passed away while he was still a small boy, be-
ing buried in the state of New York. Attain-
ing manhood in Xew York Mr. Scott received
his early education in the public schools of the
vicinity of his boyhood's home, but at an early
age he was compelled to leave school and con-
tribute by his labor to the support of the fam-
ily. Securing employment in a cheese factory,
he remained in that employment for three
years, when he determined to seek his fortune
in the far West, and came to the territory of
Wyoming. Here lie located at first at Laramie
City, where he remained for a short time, but
not finding business conditions as favorable
as he had anticipated, he left there in company
\\ith T. \\. Hood, a builder and contractor and
together they aided in building and practically
built the entire flourishing town of Saratoga.
Mr. Scott established a home here to which he
took his bride. After a few years, times !>•
dull, he procured work in different localities in
\\ \oming and Colorado, arriving in time at
F<>rt Steele. Here he secured a position with
rifl ! OS. as a carpenter, clerk and for
eral work. Soon after he was offered the po-
Mtion of manager of the merchandising estab-
lishment of his employers at Medicine Mow.
\\hich he accepted, and ha that tim,
sided at this plao-. . in that busii
lie has been successful and is one of ilu- rep-
resentative men of that SCCtii he slate,
lie is the postmaster of Medicine I'ow •
office and held in high esteem b\ all classes of
his fellow citi/eits. In iSc^ Mr. Scott was
united in marriage, at Laramie City, with Miss
T.ida Hood, a lad lucation and culture.
586
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
who had been for ten years a popular teacher in
the schools of Wisconsin and Wyoming, being a
native of Wisconsin and the daughter of J. M.
and Mary (Seiders) Hood, the former a native
of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. Her
father came in early life to the state of Wis-
consin, where he established his permanent
home, dying in 1882. He was engaged in the
occupation of farming, was a man of high char-
acter and one of the most active workers in the
cause of the Christian religion in the community
where he resided. In the Civil War he early
responded to the call of President Lincoln, en-
listing as a member of the Sixth Wisconsin
Battery, and served throughout the war. He
participated in many of the historic engage-
ments of that great contest, and at its close
was mustered out with an honorable discharge,
showing the gallant service he had rendered to
his countrv. He was the son of S. B. and Jane
(Miller) Hood, also natives of Pennsylvania,
who removed to Wisconsin, and made their
home there during the later years of their
lives, the father being for many years one of
the leading educators of that state. The moth-
er of Mrs. Scott, who is still residing in Wis-
consin, at the age of sixty-two years, is the
daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Keifer) Seiders,
highly respected citizens of Ohio, the former
passing away in 1890 at the age of seventy-seven
years, while the latter is yet living at the age of
ninety years, making her home in Wisconsin.
The first years of their married life were passed
in their home at Saratoga, Wyo. Mr. and Mrs.
Scott have had four children, Crystal died in in-
fancy, and the youngest, Dale, dying at the age
of three weeks, on September 5. 1902, and Win-
field Scott. Their home is noted for its gracious
and generous hospitality, the family being
prominent in the social life of the different com-
munities where they have lived. Progressive,
public spirited and energetic, Mr. Scott has
done much to draw the attention of capital to
the great resources of this section of Wyoming
and has taken a foremost part in all matters
calculated to promote the interests of Carbon
county, or to develop the resources of the state.
J. VAN A. CARTER.
It is a saying as true as it is old that Death
loves a shining mark, and the force of it is sel
dom more fully' exemplified than it was in the
case of the late J . Van A. Carter of Uinta county
Wyoming, who was ever a positive force for good
in the state and an inspiration to others in the
wide variety and masterful character of his use-
fulness and his influence. Whether viewed as a
public official or a private citizen, as the friend of
the Indian or the advisor of the white man, as
the agent of each in matters of business or the
arbiter of both in the settlement of disputes, as
the trusted employe or the manager of his own
business, he presents a pleasing aspect of high
integrity, unbiased fairness, excellent judgment,
lofty courage and all-around accomplishments.
He was born, reared and educated in the state
of Missouri, and there also pursued a course of
studies as a preparation for the practice of medi-
cine and surgery, but never chose to engage act-
ively in the profession. He came to Wyoming
in 1866 with one of the overland caravans that
was hauling freight from the Missouri River to
Fort Bridger, and soon after his arrival he se-
cured employment as bookkeeper for the exten-
sive mercantile establishment of the late Judge
Carter, who was then the post-trader' at this
point. Here fortune seems to have sought him
with a double benefaction, giving him desired
occupation and making him acquainted with the
Judge's daughter, Miss Anna Carter, a most es-
timable lady with whom he was, a few years
later, united in marriage. The domestic shrine
which was thus set up was sanctified by the birth
of one child, Nelson Carter, who, inheriting many
of the inestimable qualities of both parents, is
now prominently engaged in business, in which
his success is as pronounced as his efforts are dil-
igent and skillful and his worth is well known.
When Mr. Carter came into the territory there
were but few white men living here and the con-
ditions of life were hard and exacting. Its con-
veniences were few and very costly, its ordinary
adornments were altogether unattainable, its com-
forts and even its necessaries were difficult to
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get. and naught but the resolute ami determined
s]iiril df the people made it tolerable. I'nder
such circumstances a man who had the vision to
see and the power to do what was required for
any emergency, who knew men and methods,
and was masterful in dealing with hoth, \vho had
tlii- accomplishments of cultivated life and the
skill to make them subservient to the needs of
a new community in the \\ilderncss. was in all
respects a very useful personage, and such was
Mr. Carter. His sendees were in continual de-
mand in many ways. He could write records
in the county clerk's office, draw legal pap
make surveys and maps, conduct negotiations of
magnitude and drive bargains in small trade,
keep books and traffic in merchandise, converse
in several languages, civilized and savage, and
do almost everything else that occasion might
require of a ready and resourceful man. In 1868
he was employed by the famous Indian chief
'Washakie as his interpreter in making the treaty
between the U. S. government on the one hand
and the Shoshonr and 1'iannock Indians on the
other, and his services in this work and the high
character and lofty manliness he displayed
throughout the transactions won him the unwav-
ering regard and confidence of the Indians, as
hi had that of the whites in every relation
throughout his whole life in this country. Tn
iSjS.or about that time, he moved into K\.mston
and engaged in the drug business. Here also
lit became a builder and developer of the town.
erecting a n >\\ of brick building-- opposit? the
office of the Herald and adding to the progress
and advancement of the community in many
Other ways. He \\-as chosen for a number ol
terms in succession to serve the people in the
important "ftiec of probate judge and count)
treasurer, and was frequently and nrgvntU solic
ited I" aert-pt ofliri-s of greater prominence and
more extended power. I'.ut be was aversi to
public life and preferred the peaee and personal
comfort of a private- station. 1 Miring the la-t
few \c-ars preeeding bis earlv and lamented death,
be was employed as the bead accountant in the
large mercantile house , <i the I'.lvth \- l-'argo
( 'ompany at Kvaiiston. where be died in his filty-
eighth year after a severe illness of about ten
days. His remains were laid to rest at l-'ort
I'.ridger in the western land he loved with a eon
Stanl devotion, under the shadow- of the I'inta
range whose lofty peaks had often been Spoken
of by him as among the inspirations and delights
of his early manhood, and amid the scenes which
tinged and beautified ibe early years of his do-
mestic joys. All who knew him lamented his
di parture and still remember him as one who was
laithful to ever) charge, diligent in everv duty,
a friend to all mankind and worthy of every en-
comium upon proven and established merit
I \.\IKS C. SHAW.
James C. Shaw, one of the leading and rcp-
resentative stockmen of Converse county, with
his well-e<|nipped and very completely furnished
ranch of t,6oo acres lying on 1'latte River four
miles .southeast of ( >rin Junction, was born in
Williamson comity. Texas, on March 17. iS^j.
the sou of John and Elizabeth I!, i Norton")
Shaw, the former a native of Lin<-oln comity.
Mo., and the latter of Somerset, Ky. In her
young woinanlio. .d th,- mother emigrated from
her native Mate to Missouri where she met with
and married Mr. Shaw and in the fall of iS_,i
they moved to Texas, where her husband en
gaged in the stock business and where thev
passe,! the remainder of theii lives, dying at
advanced ages and being buried beneath tin-
soil on which they bad long lived and labored
The Sha\\s were of Scotch Irish . the
grand fa i her of James ' ., also named James, bi
nig a native ol Ireland. lam -li.au. the
sixth in order ol birth of the twelve children of
his lather's household, was rean d ou ihe pa-
ternal ranch in Texas.
common school education. He remained at the
paternal home until lie reached his majuritv.
then, on bis o\\ n account, attended school two
years at Elgin, IV- \fti-r thai he worked
on a ranch Foi ll vears and in 1X70 came
to Wvoining1 and lound employment as a
rangerider for two years. In iSSi be became
the range manager for the Tesclicm.iclur \ IV
588
USSIFE MEN Ol' WYOM1
Billii Co., continuing in ihat capacity,
until iSgj, when the company went entirely out
of business. His services were very valuable to
this iirin and were highly appreciated by all of
its members, who were truly unstinted in their
mendations of his skill and of his fidelity to
their interests. In . the meantime, in 1887,
he had taken up the nucleus of the fertile
ranch he now owns and occupies and, at the
conclusion- of his engagement with the above-
named firm, he settled on this ranch and it has
since been his home. He has added to its
area until it now comprises 1,600 acres, as has
been stated, and about 200 acres are under ir-
rigation and have been brought to great fertil-
ity and productiveness, yielding good annual
crops of grain and hay. He usually has about
2,000 cattle and 300 horses and is one of the
substantial and well-to-do stockmen of the
county. He landed in Wyoming with two or
three ponies as the sum-total of his earthly
possessions, but he had a strong determination
to win in the battle of life and was armed with
a stout heart and a clear head for the purpose,
having plenty of energy and self-reliance, and
the contest was never a losing one for him
from the beginning. He was married on De-
cember 21, 1885, to Miss Elizabeth Dodson, a
native of Lincoln county. Mo., a daughter of
James and Margaret (Norton) Dodson. Ken-
tuckians by birth and early settlers in that part
of Missouri, where they remained until death
ended their useful labors. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw
have six children, Margaret I., Clay D., Willie
Patti, Paul N., Roscoe and Dewey. Mr. Shaw-
belongs to the Odd Fellows lodge at Douglas,
while in political faith he is a Republican.
J. & P. R. SHERLOCK.
Of mingled Scotch and English ancestry,
the >e worthy and enterprising citizens of South
Pa^s City, Wyoming, inherited the best traits
of these grand races and, by their intelligent
and successful efforts in the varied fields of
productive endeavor, have attained a prominent
position in the industrial activities of Wyoming
and occupy a representative sialion in the
ranks of intelligent producers, being prospered
in the agricultural and commercial activities
with which they have allied themselves. John
and Peter Sherlock are the sons of Richard and
Janet (McOmie) Sherlock, the father being an
Englishman, while the mother claims nativity
in the Highlands of Scotland, coming to the
United States in 1853 and the father in 1861,
both becoming residents of Utah, where they
were married, and where Mr. Sherlock was con-
nected with the manufacture of lumber and
with merchandising until his coming to South
Pass in 1860, here continuing trade until his
death in 1873, being much in public life and the
first constable of the town of South Pass. He
was a son of John and Margaret (Banks) Sher-
lock. To Richard and Janet (McOmie) Sher-
lock were born five children, Margaret, frozen
to death in a blizzard in 1883; Peter R. ; Janet;
John ; William H., now a stockman in the vicinity
of Lander. Peter R. Sherlock, a son of the above
mentioned couple, was born in Utah, and after
receiving a preliminary education at the pub-
lic schools of his native place and further in-
creasing his mental acquirements at Creighton
(Neb.) College, he engaged in mining near
South Pass, Wyoming, following this with en-
ergy and successfully until 1887, when, from
the effects of an accident which occurred while
he was assisting in the construction of the
Granier ditch, he lost its eyesight, since which
lamentable1 occurrence he has devoted his at-
tention to the mercantile business, in associa-
tion with his mother and brothers, being known
as a sterling citizen of great popularity and
strict integrity. He is much interested in
public matters of general and local interest and
is ever ready to aid in perpetuating everything
of value to the community, being a strong
supporter of the principles of the Democratic
party, with which he stands identified. John
Sherlock, another son of the able Sherlock fam-
ily, brother of Peter R., was born at South Pass,
Wyoming, on July 30, 1869. After attending
the public schools until he attained a suitable
age, he gave his services to the supervision and
, •
ig and trade inU-,
if tl Earn If, his brothers and his
heir pi in con:
tile housi li of 640 acres on the.
. where the;.
numi \eellenl horsi
he only feed-barn of South .here
they also ttle and a hand of
p. Mr. Sherlock was married on
her 22, [897, with Miss l.ida M. Carr, a native
of Colorado, and a daughter of James \
Emily (Rhodes) Carr. early pioneers of Col-
orado, where they now reside. They have
three children, Richard J., James L. and
Donald. In 1872. Mrs. Janet Sherlock con-
tracte.l a second marriage, being then united
with James Smith, one «\ the pioneers of South
Pass and a native of Ireland, a genial, wide-
awake and progressive man, who gave splendid
service as a soldier of the Mexican 'War. re-
ceiving several wounds at the Storming and
:ire of the cit\ of Veni Cruz. lie died in
iSi)-, leaving two children, Anna, now witV "f
1.. X. KibhaK manager of the ' resso mine-, and
I. : , K., who is devoting his energies to mer-
chandising. The family has ever been identified
with the development and improvement of the
'iid stand-. hii;h among its pei iple.
JOHN SEDGWICK.
nspiouous among the representative hu>i-
men of Rock Springs is the worthy young
gentlem.'Mi whose name introduces this articl'
wel!-kno\\ n hi • ' no Eormal
duction to the people of Sweetwater county, hut
fur the information of coming generations and
the perpetuation and transmission in tangible
form of his historv and personal characteristics,
the record herewith prc-er.led is p! IC( d before the
public. 1 .He many of the stunK • <-i'i
zens of the great West. Mr. Sedgwick i
;sh birth, for John Sedgw ick, h
a t itive of Yorkshire, and by oeenpation a
r; the mother, who po I the maiden
patron mic of Mice Wilkinson, was also born
in Yorkshire, being the daught thon and
Alice i Sa1, ers I \\'ilkir. >rth\-
married in their
; : i :; I until 1889, when
came to tlv ' ted States and si
quently
1 in cattlcraising but later trans-
s to Colorado, where he carried
nsively for a number
ears. The parents of John Sedgwick, Sr.,
were John and Betty i Maugham) Sedgwick, who
•..' re born and who passed all of their live- in
hire. In 1886 the maternal grandparents
lie lohn Sedgwick of this writing, Anthon
and Alice "\Yiikinson, left their native land for
America, local f on a cattle ranch not far from
Cheyenne. Mr. Sedgwick himself being born on
January 20, 1870. in Yorkshire. England, where
received his educational training. He grew
up a continual source of helpfulness to his par-
ents and especially prove,] a valual ---taut
to his father as long as he continued a member
of the home circle, lie accompanied the fam-
il\ to \merica in 1889 and remained under the
parental roof until he attained bis majority whui
In- Marled in business for himself by opening a
meal market in the cm of l\ocl. Springs. This
enterprise was continued with snccos and finan-
cial profit until i8<)0, when Mr. Sedgwick
his establishment for a liberal price and iu\
ipital in sheep. Tin- litter enterprise has
been successful and bids fair to increase in
tude and imp* irtance with each -
I :i addition to his regular husiin
1 • sing, Mr. Sedgwick is , , i with the
iter I .and Co., and has b
ig its interests in various ways. Public
spirited in all the term implies, he takes a lively
est in all enterprises tending to tbe improvc-
i hi die development . >f its
resources, and may properly be classed with
Svveetwater count'.'- most intelligent and ener
affairs. I |, pi issi SSI - - 'imd busi-
aliilitie-. keen discrimination and the abil-
it\ to foresee with remarkable accuracy tbe out-
come of his various transactions. \Ylirn li
dresses hi- in^. lie never lies
590
I'KOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1\(',.
itatcs short of successful consummation, a char-
acteristic which in a great measure accounts for
tin' advancement he has made since engaging in
business upiin his own responsibility. Mr. Sedg-
\vick married in 181)4 \vith Miss Sarah Lewis of
Pennsylvania, a daughter of David and Ann
i Thomas) Lewis, their union being blessed with
four children, David, Alice, John and Henry.
Mrs. Sedgwick's parents are natives of Wales.
They came to the United States about 1870 and
settled in Scranton. Pa., near which place Mr.
Lewis engaged in coal mining. He followed that
business until about 1898, when he moved to
Idaho, where he is now living the life of a farmer.
His wife died in Pennsylvania and was buried in
the cemetery at Scranton. Fraternally, Mr.
Sedgwick is an active and influential member of
the order of Elks, his name also appearing on
the records of the local lodge of Masons. To
speak in fulsome praise of such a man as Mr.
Sedgwick is entirely superfluous. The record of
his career thus far on life's journey is the best
possible evidence that his success has been
brought about by that natural and inherent qual-
ity of determination which marked his early ef-
forts and has ever demonstrated to those with
whom he came in contact that nothing could
swerve him from a purpose when once formed.
He is a young man of many admirable traits,
notably among them being energy, integrity and
an earnest desire to do as he would be done by.
His relations with his fellowmen have been most
pleasant and agreeable and, wherever he goes,
friendships warm and loyal are sure to be formed.
ARTHUR A. STEED.
This popular and enterprising resident of
Uinta county, Wyoming, one of the most prom-
inent self-made men of the county, was born in
1858 in Farmington, ITtah. a son of Thomas and
Laura L. (Reed) Steed, the former of whom was
a native of England, born in 1826. where he was
reared to gardening, in 1838 coming to the
United States, settling in Illinois, where he fol-
lowed farming for five years and engaged in
other vocations until 1850, when he located at
Salt Lake City, I'tah. lie was next located in
I >avis county. I'tah, where he heeanie a very
prosperous agriculturist and was classed among
the representative citizens, being a missionary
of the .Mormon church, standing high in politics
as a Republican and by vocation a farmer. He
took an active part in public affairs and was ever
foremost among the promoters of local improve-
ments and public enterprises, among the latter
may be mentioned the Davis Stake academy, of
which he is a trustee, to the establishment of
which he freely contributed financially. In 1876
he toured the world in the interest of the Mor-
mon church in the work of proselytism and re-
turned in 1880. Laura L. (Reed) Steed, mother
of Arthur A. Steed, was born in Ohio in 1829
and still survives, a representative on the paternal
side of the Reed family who found a footing in
America on Plymouth Rock. The boyhood of
A. A. Steed was passed in school in Utah until
he was nineteen years of age, when he was em-
ployed in trailing sheep from California to Wyo-
ming, Colorado and Omaha for five years, during
which period he experienced many startling ad-
ventures, a relation of which would fill a large
volume of print. At the end of the five years
thus passed, Mr. Steed entered into the sheep
business for himself, in this he continued until
about 1900, when he sold out and embarked in
the cattle trade. He had become interested in
the Wyoming country in 1887, bought his pres-
ent place of 1,290 acres in Uinta county and also
engaged in a mercantile business at Farmington.
He has likewise extensive interests in merchan-
dising in Ogden, T'tah, is a director in the Boyle
Furniture Co.'s store at Ogden and owns a ranch
of 20,000 acres in the Province of Alberta. Can-
ada, just over the international line. His modern
and imposing town residence is in ( )gden, Utah.
The marriage of A. A. Steed took place in 1877
at Farmington, LItah, when he was united with
Miss Mary Florence Bigler, a native of Florence
county. Neb., and a daughter of Adam and Eliz-
abeth (Compton) Bigler, which union has been
blessed with seven children born in the following
order : Arthur A., Grace Florence, Burton
PROCRESSIVE MllX Ol: WYOMING.
Franklin, Stanley St:inf»nl (dei a l.ittie
Fran. I), ] larry 1 lanna and Xcllic
Virginia. In his political views Mr. Steed
Miean lint, while loyal to his part; . n
public office nor any other reward for his
ty, although lie has frequently hren solicited
to 1 i LI candidate for remunerative official
ions. II'- has been content to devi ite his
attention to the transaction of his personal af-
fairs, of which he has made so grand a sued
and tin- pleasure afforded hy the family circle
constitute all that contribute to make up the sum
of his earthly happiness.
JOSEPH HARPER.
Joseph Harper, a prosperous and successful
farmer and stockgrower living mi one of the
finest farms in his section of Sheridan county,
'":ir from I '.aimer postoffice, was born in In-
diana on June 22. 1841. His parents. John and
Mary V * Kelso) Harper, were natives of Penn-
sylvania and early settlers in ( )hi<> and later in
Indiana. When their son. Joseph, was eleven
.•• 3 old (hey took another (light westward, lo-
cating in Iowa where he grew to manhood and
• ducated in the public schools. When he
was twenty years old he started lilV's busi
for himself as a soldier of the 1 'nion army of
the ( 'ivil War. enlisting in Co. C. Thirty-third
Iowa Infantry, during tl irs "f his
term seeing mucli active and arduous service.
but escaping unhurt save by the hanlships he
obliged to endure. ( >n his return 1
In- he^an fanning and raising stock in Iowa and
lalt r in Kansas (where he married in [869)
' ! , .1 this Ims-iii'-ss until iSS.(. win n In-
to Wyoming and. homesteading on a por-
nid he now OCCU] linued in
on a • •• the industry
lie had d in his former
now owning a \\<-]l locate,] bod) of ;i.o
rii ir land, with a pi -asing vai
of meadow and range, ha\ing on it a •_• 1 res-
idence, well-built barns, sheds and corral-
a lai cattle. I !•• i-arly identified
himself wilh the local afl
here as fi. had done in Iowa, and was el<
county commissioner at ;- critical and important
time in the history of the county. I I
with great acceptability, but declined a re-
ion, preferring to give his time and atten-
tion to his private interests, which were large
and exacting, and to ])romote the welfare of
h.is community from the more desirable
of private citizenship. Mr. and Mrs. Jeannette
\\. Harper bad three children. Clara T... now
the wife of Perry Surrena of Sheridan county;
William Ka\ and Frederick, both i . id' m, also
of this county. Mrs. llarper was a nati\e of
Illinois and died in 1X7.,-. In iSSj Mr. Harper
married a second time, his choice On this
ion being Miss Emma Fulkcrson. a na-
of Kansas. Thc\ aNo have bad three chil-
dren, Clyde, Floyd and Marion, all now living.
J( Ul.\ ST« >RRIE.
One of the leading men of ( onverse county,
Wyoming, is John Storrie, born on < Ictober 12,
(846, he is a native of the city of Kdinbur-.
Scotland, and a son of Adam and Catharine
I Ramsay i Storrie. both natives of the same
city, and the family has been long and honor-
ably known in Scotland. The father was a man-
ufacturer of c<>rks in his native country and held
al different periods the offices ,,f freeman and bur-
of the cit . l-dinhurgh. Ib- \\as the fa-
ther of five children, John, heiny; the eldest
received hi- early education in the city of Kdm-
h, atti nding the < leorge I terrii t's I l-spital.
upon his graduation from that institution matric-
ulating at the famous Edinburgh I niversity.
there pursuing a course of -mdv under the direc-
tion of Professors I '.lack. I'illens. ('alderwood ami
olhcrs of the prominenl educators of ibis cele-
1 school. Upon 1' a\ing the university, he
engaged for a number of \ears in the |irodnce
business in [•"dinbnrgh. In 187(1 be dispo-,
• ie |o the 1 "nited <-
n his arrival in this countrj he p
first to St. I.otiis, Mo., in a short time goi
Texas. I b-n- he determined to acquir.
tical knowledge "f the st
592
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
cured employment on the ranges of that state in
charge of both cattle and sheep. He remained in
this employment for three years, thoroughly fa-
miliarizing himself with all the details of raising
live stock. In 1879, he removed to Cheyenne,
Wyoming, and entered the employ of the Swan
Bros., then among the most extensive stock oper-
ators of the West. He worked on the range for
a time, then resigned his position and became a
salesman in a store, in which employment he
continued for about three years. In .1883 he re-
moved to the vicinity of Hat Creek, Converse
county, and located the ranch property which he
no\v owns and occupies. Here he engaged act-
ively in the mercantile business and also in cat-
tleraising. Since that time he has remained con-
tinuously in the same business and has met with
marked success, being now the owner of about
2,000 acres of patented land and controlling some
5,000 acres of land under lease from the state.
His ranch is well improved, a large portion of it
being under ditch, and he grows great quantities
of hay. most of which is consumed on the place
by his own stock. He is the owner of a fine herd
of Hereford cattle, averaging 1,500 head, among
which are some of the best thoroughbred stock
of the state. He is also the owner of a large
number of high-class Clydesdale horses and
takes great- pride in his notably fine stock, in the
growing of which he has been conspicuously suc-
cessful. In August, 1888, Mr. Storrie was united
in marriage with Miss Mary L. Pease, a daugh-
ter of Hon. Walter D. Pease, of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
one of the leading citizens of the state. To their
union has been born one child, namely, Walter,
and their home is noted for its generous and
gracious hospitality, the family being the fore-
most in all works of progress and charity. Mr.
Storrie is a stanch member of the Republican
party, although in no sense a politician. He
has ably served his fellow citizens as county com-
missioner and for four years he has-been a mem-
ber of the Republican State Central Committee.
He is held in high esteem by all who know him,
and is looked upon throughout the state as one
of the most substantial, successful and deserving
men of Wyoming.
RICHARD L. THAYER.
One of the pioneer citizens of Western Wyo-
ming, and one of its enterprising and progressive
business men, Richard L. Thayer, whose postof-
fice address is Dubois, Fremont county, is a na-
tive of the state of Michigan, born at Sault Ste.
Marie, on February 21, 1853, the son of Simeon
and Nancy ( Pace) Thayer, the former a native
of the state of New York and the latter of Penn-
sylvania. His father was of Irish descent and
his mother a member of an old Quaker family
that was among the earliest settlers of Pennsyl-
vania. His father followed the manufacturing
of fine cutlery and was long engaged in an actiye
and a very prosperous business in Michigan
and Indiana until the Civil War, when he re-
sponded to the first call for troops made by Pres-
ident Lincoln and enlisted in a regiment of Indi-
ana infantry and during the second year of
the war he was killed in battle and he now
rests in an unknown grave in the South. In addi-
tion to his son, Richard, he left a daughter, Mary,
who is now the wife of John Scanlan, a promin-
ent business man of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Mr.
Thayer, by reason of the death of his father, was
obliged to leave school at an early age for the
purpose of contributing to the support of his
mother and the family. In 1867, he engaged in
teaming and freighting in Michigan and subse-
quently came west to the Black Hills, Dakota,
later going to the yet virgin territory of Mon-
tana. Here he engaged in the hunting of buffalo,
then 'a lucrative business in that territory. Later
he embarked in freighting, which occupation he
followed in Montana for a number of years and
he was freighting for the U. S. government at
Fort Keogh at the time of the subjugation of the
^ioux by General Miles. Subsequently to this he
engaged in the livery business at Sheridan. Wyo.,
and also at Bighorn. Sheridan county, where he
had the misfortune to be burned out, so, in 1898,
he came to Otto, on the Grey Bull River, where
he established his home and remained two years.
In 1900, with a number of other business men, he
came to the site of Dubois, where they secured
and now own the townsite and are building up
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM\\(,.
593
a prosperous city, which gives promise of a
steady growth. On May 6, 1884, Mr. Thayer
was united in marriage with Miss Arilla Soper,
a native of Canada. To their union have been
born two children, namely. Ada and Simeon.
Their home at Dubois is noted for its generous
western hospitality. Mr. Thaver is a progres-
sive and public spirited citizen, active and suc-
cessful in business, and is doing much to develop
the resources of his section.
DAVID G.THOMAS.
One of the most widely known and most
progressive inhabitants of Spring Valley, Wyo-
ming. David G. Thomas, is a native of Pitts-
burg, Pa., where he was born in 1X57, the son
of John F. and Margaret (Griffith) Thomas.
John F. Thomas was a native of Wales and
worked as a puddler in the iron-works of that
country. He came to America in 1854 and
worked first in the coal mines at Myersville,
Pa. From there he went to Pittsburg. where
he remained until 1857, when lie went to West
\ irginia, and was employed there in the coal
mines until 1861. Then he moved his family
to Ohio, where he mined until 1865. when he
mo\ ed t< < Fulton county, 111. In iSdu he • .
with his family to VTacon county, Mo., later
making the family residence at Cheer, [owa,
where he remained until his death at the age of
fifty-seven. His character is well expressed in
the sobriquet of "Honest John." given to him
by his neighbors. Tic was a Republican in pol-
itics. His father was David Thomas, an iron-
worker, who was born, lived and died in Wales.
Margaret Griffith Thomas was also born in
Wales. She came with her parents to Pennsyl-
vania, where she was married, and is now liv-
ing in Missouri, as is also I: , ither. Ifer fa-
ther. David Griffith, died there. David G.
l!i .' - •• is n ared to follow the calling of his
father and worked and travelled with' the latter
\t the age of i ic he
was working in the < >hio mines. In i.^-X he
\\ent to Salt Lake City for his health and re-
mained (hen- about nine months, thence lie
went Rod Springs, Wyo., uhcre he wa
ployed as a foreman miner from November,
if-'7S. to August MI, [901. lie he'uiigs t<> the
nan and is always ad-
vancing, lie is a Republican in politics. He
was slate inspector of mines from iSijo to iS.i7.
While employed as foi - also
studying law, and he \\as admitted to the bar
897. In iSi),X he was elected prosecnt in--
attorney of Sweet water county, resigning the
office in March. [900. Me was mavorof Green
Ri\er in [900. Me was a member of the last
Territorial Legislature, [889 .,nd it was he
who introduced the bill giving to incorporated
towns the right to regulate thti -thin
their limits, superseding the former county reg-
ulations. Mr. Thomas took the responsible po-
sition of superintendent of the mines at Spring
Valley, W\o.. for the ' '. P. Co. in 1891, and re-
signed the Bailie on August i, 1902. Mr.
Thomas is a member of ihe Knights of Pythias
and of the Masonic lodge of Rock Springs.
••arried in iSo.i with 'Lizzie Jones,
a native of \\ales. a daughter of David and
Elizabeth Jones. She met Mr. Thomas in Mis-
souri and \va> married there. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas have one child who bears the eu]
nious Welsh name of Margaret Myfanwy.
HON. .!' IHN H. THATCHKR. JR.
" Ilie in-ill, r of states and of statesmen," old
Virginia, has given to cverv part of our country
men of heroic mold and lofty chai ' they
have aided ill de\ eloping the section \\luiv they
settled an I -tariing it forward on the line
of healthful and judicious progr. An
thi ise \\ h' • traci their 1 [ Di 'inin-
ion iii W\-( lining is lion, John 1',. I . Jr..
of Star \ ar IVdiWd. Mis life began at
on, I '(ah. mi . iS;c). where his par-
|ohn B. and Rachel HL (Davis) Hutcher.
living and where his father was then carry-
ing on a large indii-lry in meivh , later be-
in Idaho. | le is now 1
at Thatchei in dial stale aged sixl
being 'bio.
594
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
He \vas earlv in life deeply interested in public
affairs and bivame prominent in his locality. His
paternal ana-Mi M-S came to America in 1650, the
party consisted of husband, wife and the three
grown sons. The ship was wrecked on the coast
of Massachusetts and the sons were all drowned.
The parents were cast on an island, where they
lived two years, then took up their residence
on the mainland and a son was born to them, al-
though they were fifty-two years old. John B.
Thatcher, Jr., was educated in the district schools
of Logan, Utah, but his opportunities were lim-
ited and the schools were very primitive, both
in method and equipment. He had a great thirst
for knowledge and did all that he could to
satisfy this by private study and much thought-
ful reading after leaving school. His first
occupation was that of a fireman on an
engine on an Idaho railroad. He followed this
with shop-work in the employ of the same com-
pany for two years, then began ranching and
dairying and, in 1890, removed to Wyoming and
took up a ranch three miles above the town of
Bedford, on which he has since successfully and
profitably engaged in stockgrowing and dairy-
ing. His ranch is one of the best in this section,
comprises 320 acres and is improved with a good
house of eight rooms and all the needed out-
buildings. His herd is a superior one of graded
Durhams, their product having a high place in
the market. As a means of adding to its value
and also serving the community with a needed
industry, he promoted the establishment of the
creamery at Bedford and has been one of its
main sources of supply and a large part of its
inspiration and guiding force. In public affairs
he has always taken an active and useful interest.
He served as justice of the peace for a number
of years and in 1896 was elected to the lower
house of the Fourth State Legislature. Though
much averse to official station, he has not escaped
the demand for good men in this line, and in
the fall of 1902 was nominated on the Democratic
ticket for the State -Senate, but was not elected,
the state going Republican. Mr. Thatcher may
properly be called the father of the town of Bed-
ford. He put in motion the forces that called it
ir-tu bring, and over its childhood he watched
\\iili assiduous care. He was also instrumental
in getting the state lands in this vicinity ceded
back to the government and opened up for set-
tlement. For years he has been the bishop of
the ward and has given the affairs of the Church
of Latter Day Saints close and careful attention.
! I r was married at Salt Lake City, in November,
1882, to Miss Nellie Muir. a native of Utah and
a daughter of William S. and Ellen ( Berry)
Muir, residents of Bountiful, and now dead. The
Thatchers have eight children, William Wal-
lace, Frank, John B., Rachel, May, Preston, Es-
telle and Elise.
LEYI WOOD.
This worthy gentleman, who is one of the
progressive and representative stockgrowers and
farmers of Sheridan county, Wyoming, with a
well-improved and conveniently equipped ranch
of 280 acres, pleasantly located along Little
Goose Creek, has come to his present state of
competence and prosperity through a varied ex-
perience and after many struggles and difficul-
ties, triumphing over every adversity by reason
of his pluck, enterprise, perseverance and business
capacity. He was born at Coshocton, Ohio, on
August 10, 1828, and remained there until he
was twelve years of age, when he came west to
Missouri where he worked on farms to earn his
living, and managed to attend the public school
for a few weeks in the winter months. In May
1848 he left DeKalb county, Missouri, for Fort
Leavenworth, where he enrolled as teamster to
carry supplies to our soldiers stationed at Santa
Fe. Guarded by U. S. troops, he with the other
teamsters traversed the vast region betweenKan-
sas and New Mexico. Herds of buffalo were
seen almost every day. While on this trip, his
coffee was seasoned with grasshoppers, conse-
quently he has not tasted the beverage since
After an absence of six months he returned to
Missouri. After a residence of twenty years in
Missouri, in which he gradually won his way
in the contests of life, he came in 1880 to Wyo-
ming, and for two years he lived on Horse Creek
LEVI WOOD.
MRS. MARGARET J. WOOD.
TKI ^^v' Y"^K
PUBLIC Li* ?. ART
ASTO?., tXNO* AT*!
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
595
in l.aramie county, engaged in the stock busi-
ness. He then returned to Missouri for a two
vcars' stay. and. in 1882, again passed through
Wyoming, this time going into the Gallatin
Yallcy in Montana, where he purchased stock
with the view of making operations in that
line of industry his permanent occupation. In
the autumn of 1882 he settled on the ranch on
Little Goose Creek, which is now his home, and
on which he has since resided and carried on a
flourishing stock business, raising and handling
good breeds in large numbers, caring for his
products in such a way as to make them worthy
of and secure in the high rank in the markets
which they soon reached after he began his en-
terprise. Mr. Wood was married on July 3, 1850,
to Miss Margaret J. Estes, of Maysville, Mo.,
and they became the parents of ten children, five
of whom are living: William S., married to Miss
Susan (ones, and living at Custer, S. D. ;Thomp-
soii ; Daniel J.. married to Mrs. Luella Prigle,
and living at Rig Horn in this state; Neri D..
married to Miss Sallie Jennings and living at
Hyattvillc, Wyo.; and Frank, unmarried and liv-
ing at Red Rank, Wyo. The children deceased
are Andrew T., Rachel, Eli. Levi W. S. and
George B. After forty-seven years of wedded
life and most faithful performance of every duty
ird her family, her neighbors and to all hu-
manity. Mrs. Wood died in 1897 at the age of
sixtv-eight years. Mr. Wood comes of a '
lived family, for his father. Andrew Wood, i
native of \\-\\- York state, was sixty-five years
old \\hen he died, and the motlur. \\hose maiden
name was \ancy Thompson, and who was born
and reared in Ohio, was ninety-nine at her de-
. Mr. Wood himself has passed by i
live years the limit of human life as fixed by the
sacred writer, as he will be seventy-five on Au-
•_;lM [O, [903. l-llt he is still hale and vigorous
in body, cheerful in disposition, clear and forc-
ible in mental power, and -elf reliant in spirit.
The evening of life is upon him, but it is irra-
ti d and cheered by the recoil tion of well em-
ployed time in the past, by \\ell assured CO1
in the present, and l.\ the knowledge that his
memory will linger lon^ and pleasantly in the
:t1
minds of hi- hosts of friends, and of the p
among who he has lived, after he shall have lain
doun to his long sleep. In politics he has ever
been Democratic in principle, and now is a be-
liever in and an advocate of Socialism, the com-
ing benefaction to humanity. He has i
taken an active part in campaigns or sought office
of any kind. The work of his ranch and other
duties have satisfied his desires for employment,
and filled his aspirations except where the wel-
fare of the community has been involved, and
then he has been ser\ ieeable to every interest.
He still owns the homestead (which has one of
the best water-rights in the state), but resides
with his son D. J. Wood, of P.ig Horn. Wyo.
JOS1AII TXYNVHEL.
Quietly engaged in prosperous ranching on
the Lal'.arge (."reek. se\-en miles north of west
nom Viola postofnce, Uinta county, Wyo.. Mr.
Twitchel. after a life of adventurous existence
and hard manual labor, can now take his ease
and recount the story of his activities in earlier
years as incentives i,, the younger generations.
\nd that they may not be lost to posterity we
will permanently preserve a review of his event-
ful life in this memorial volume. Mr. Twitchel
was born in McDonough county. 111., on May
2O, iS_|j, being a son of Kphraim and 1'hebe M.
I Knight) Twitehel. both of whom are natives of
Illinois. The father was a fanner and a stock-
man, being also a descendant of an early Fng-
lish emigrant \\lto came to the Massachl
colony in very early days of the ( 'olonial
od, descendants of whom ha\e battled pa-
trioticalh for the Union in ever) war in which
this country has been engaged, from the early
French and Indian wars and the Revolution
to the Spanish \merican \Yar. Mr. Twitchel.
One of the ten children of the family, was only
six years of age when lie accompanied his par-
ents, who were amon- the earliest to take part
in the most remarkable religions eniigT!
and immigration of modern times. t,> I 'tab. they
nplishini; the long and hazardous journey
across the plains uith OX teams, and his young-
596
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
er sister, Sarah C., now the wife of William
Manhart, of Beaver City, Utah, was the first
white child born in Ogden, where the company
of immigrants built the first house of the place
and established their homes. Ephraim Twitchel
was a man of strong character, very energetic
and a thorough American. In 1849 ne took his
family to California, and, incidentally, we will
mention that he aided in the erection of the
first American house built in Sacramento, re-
ceiving ten dollars a day for his labor. Going
from that place to the now historic Sutter's
Mill, he received at first $25.00 a day, and later
$50.00 a day, while later he was further offered
$100.00 a day to haul sawlogs to Sutter's saw-
mill with two yokes of oxen and an old Spanish
cart, but refused the offer, as he was anxious to
become established in a house of his own. Dur-
ing their residence here, Mr. Twitchel and one
of his brothers used to steal away on Sunday
and wash out gold at the mill, procuring at
least three dollars in gold for each hour's labor,
then they would hurry back so as not to be
missed, for their father was very strict in the
observance of the Sabbath by his family. In
crossing Humboldt River they had to use the
wagon-boxes for boats, paddling them across
and swimming the stock, in their further
journey, coming to the Sierra Nevadas, over
which they drove on the hard snow as on a
pavement. The winter of 1849-50 was passed
on the Sacramento River at Vernon, where Mr.
Twitchel took up a placer claim, from which
he took out $150 and abandoned it. In 1852,
while carrying $800 in $50 gold "slugs" in a
belt buckled around him, he was attacked by
the noted Mexican bandit, Joaquin, who had
just broken out of Stockton jail. Mr. Twitchel
saw him in time however to draw his pistol in
advance of the robber, who then gave spurs
to his horse and rode off without his expected
booty. When the United States assumed pos-
session of the land Mr. Twitchel's family was
the first one to raise the American flag. The
Spanish had been troublesome, causing the lit-
tle colony of settlers under Mr. Twitchel's di-
rection to do much drilling with arms, and, al-
though the Spanish declared that they should
not raise the flag, they had a celebration and
the flag-raising without having any need to
protect themselves by arms. Mr. Twitchel
later engaged in ranching and stockraising, but
soon returned to Utah and there he continued
to be identified with church work. His wife
died there in 1857 and here his life's labors also
came to an end at an advanced age. Josiah
Twitchel had about three months' schooling in
California and when about twenty years of age he
commenced his personal business life by en-
gaging as an ox-driver on the long trail that
reached from Salt Lake City to the Missouri
River, traveling this to and fro until 1863, when
he devoted himself to stockraising, in which he
has since continued. In crossing the plains
they saw on every trip millions of buffalo, there
being scarcely an hour of the day when they
were not in sight, and once the buffalo came
near running over the train. In this vocation
he saw many hardships. The Indians were on
the warpath. Once the train passed through
a village of 500 lodges full of warriors, who
yelled and tried to stampede the oxen, but each
driver held fast to the lead oxen's horns and
yoke, and by this means preventing the animals
from stampeding. He has had other and thrill-
ing adventures in his wild, western life and
once their stock was stampeded by the Snake
Indians, they losing nearly all of it, recovering
only a small portion. In 1880 he came to
Wyoming and located on Green River and in
1887 he worked at sheepshearing in the Fon-
tenelle country, making $7.75 a day net. In 1890.
in connection with his ranching he bought a
sawmill on La Barge Creek, which he profitably
conducted. His landed estate now comprises
320 acres of excellent land and he is running
valuable herds of both cattle and horses. On
August 20, 1865, at Beaver City, Utah. Mr.
Twitchel assumed the bonds of matrimony with
Miss Elmina Mangrum. Her mother, now Mrs.
Stephens, is living at Green River City, at
the patriarchal age of more than eighty years.
Mr. and Mrs. Twitchel were parents of eleven
children, five of whom are living ; P. P. ; O. M. ;
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
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Mary E., wife of Joseph la-attic of Bigpiney;
Alven L. ; Nettie E. Alven L. is one of the
greatest broncho riders of the country. He
rode for a prize in a riding contest on July 4,
1902, which, however, ended as a draw. Airs.
Twitchel was a most excellent woman, possess-
ing those qualities of both head and heart that
caused her to be acknowledged as a most de-
! wife and mother. She was held in great
ct by all who knew her, and, on her death,
on April 28, 1897, she was universally mourned.
She was buried at Green River City, Wyo. Mr.
Twitchel has ever shown great public spirit,
devoting himself heartilv to the support of
those objects that have for their ultimate re-
sults the improvement of the community, and
is staunchly arrayed in support of the principles
and policies of the ''Doing Right" party, doing
to all so far as it is given to him to know, the
practical doctrines of the "Golden Rule," while
he is a consistent member of the Mormon
church, with which he has been identified for
many years. He is held in high esteem, not
only as a man and citizen, but as one of the
best types of a class now rapidly passing away,
the old frontiersman of the plains. Mr. Twitch-
el tells of one startling incident on the plains
well \\orth recording. 'While driving in an ox-
train in 1863. lightning struck the did U. S
telegraph wire, from which it jumped to a
wagdu luadfd with stoves, setting the wa
on fire and killing five oxen.
JOSEPH WALL.
The fair land of Sweden has L'ivcn to the
developmenl and settlement df the Great West
• of its nid-t valuable citizens, whd h\ their
probity, their indiistrv and their great intclli
have been a credit and an hoimr td the land
from which they came, and are also aiming the
representative citi/cns of the land of their adop-
tidii. X'dlably is this the case with Joseph
Wall, whose well improv,
is Idcad-d two and diie-half miles north df the
brisk and prdspenms tdwn df Lyinan. Wyo..
where h, in stockraising dti a
of scope and importance. He was born in Os-
tertollen, Sweden, on August 15, 1848. His
parents, Joseph and Johanna Wall, came to
Utah in 1873, as part of a Mormon colony, and
there they passed their remaining years, the
mother dying in January, 1885, and the father
in January, 1899, and both lie buried in Cot-
tonwood ward cemetery. Joseph Wall was the
second of their six children. Receiving his ed-
ucation in the excellent Swedish schools, he
came to Nebraska in 1*71, and lived there un-
til 1882. when he came to Utah and here ap-
plied himself to carpenter work until 1802. Then
he removed to his present location in Wyoming
and homesteaded eighty acres of land, his right
to more having been forfeited by his previously
taking eighty in Nebraska. In Wyoming he has
been prospered in his specialty of stockraising.
his operations so expanding that he has been
forced to lease large tracts and he now farms
about 600 acres of land and is devr
fine estate, on which, at the present writing
(1902), he is constructing an elegant residence
of twelve rooms, modern in style and architec-
ture, and is also adding other necessary im-
provements to his property. In Nebraska, on
January 14, 1873. occurred the marriage of Mr.
Wall and Miss Christina Larson, a daughter of
Lars Larson, of Sweden, and to them were
born four children, Albion, who died in Ne-
braska in infancy; Joseph-; Anna M.. now wife
of llcnry Yoss. residing near Lyman, and
llattie Y., now the wife of Oscar F.rickson. of
Mountain View. Mrs. Christina Wall died in
Utah on April JM. i SS i , at I he age of thirty-
three years and was buried in P.ig Cottonwool
cemetery. On July 21, iSSi, at Salt Lake '
Mr. Wall wedded Miss Jensine Hendrick-
daughter of Henry 1'eterson and his wife, Anna
lens, ,n. natives of I Vmnark. I [er Fathei
parted this life in his native country and in 1*71
his widdw and family cam h. There are
fdiir children df this marriage. Joseph W., Ed-
win M.. Leonard and Charlotte < ). B
are faithful and consistent members of the
Church of Latter l>:i\ Saints at 1 .vman and
Mr. Wall has had the distinction of being
598
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
of the priests of the Seventy. During the
practice of polygamy he had two other wives,
by one of whom, Tomina Peterson, he had
seven children, Elizabeth M., Lawrence C.,
Sina M., Hannah T., Clara A., Henry W. and
Francis L. By the other, Ellen Anderson, he
had six children, Cora S., who died in infancy,
Raymond A., Nana V., George A., Marietta N.
and Eunice M.
JOHN VIBLE.
The first settler at what is now the town of
Newfork, Wyoming, for years its justice of the
peace and conservator of order, now its effi-
cient postmaster and leading merchant, John
Vible can most justly be called one of the es-
sential institutions of the town as well as its
father and founder. He is a native of Den-
mark, where he was born on January 23, 1857,
and where his parents, Oliver and Christina
(Terkelsen) Vible, passed their entire lives, as
their forefathers had done generations before
them. The father was a prosperous farmer and
died at his home in 1874, at the age of seventy-
three. The mother died there at the age of six-
ty-three in 1885. John Vible was the youngest of
his parent's family of four children, all of whom
are living, and was reared and educated in his
native land. As he grew to manhood he worked
on the farm, and later saw three years active ser-
vice in the German army. In 1884 he came to the
United States and at once made his way towards
the farther West, stopping in Iowa three months
to work on a farm, and then proceeded to Mon-
tana, where he engaged in railroading during
the winter. In the spring of 1885 he went to
Washington territory and passed two months
railroading, at the end of which time he en-
gaged in similar work in Wyoming and Idaho,
being employed by the Oregon Short Line until
the autumn of 1887, serving one year as section
foreman. Growing tired of railroading and
longing for a more independent life, with
larger opportunities, in the spring of 1888 he
located on the ranch he now occupies, which he
has expanded to 640 acres. In addition to the
business connected with it and with his exten-
sive cattle industry, he conducts a general store
and since 1899 has also been the postmaster at
Newfork, which was made a postoffice in 1891.
For ten years he has been a justice of the
peace, and as such he had a wholesome and
stimulating effect on the peace and prosperity
of the community. His store is the center of
the commercial activity of a large scope of
country, his farm and cattle interests are among
the most extensive and progressive in his part
of the county, his place in the regard of his fel-
low men is second to none and his usefulness
to the town and surrounding country have been
from first to last of commanding value. On
August 12, 1890, Mr. Vible married with Miss
Kate Broderson, a native of Denmark and
daughter of Nelson H. and Anne Broderson.
Four children have blessed their union and
added to the sunshine and life of their pleasant
home. The children are: Oliver X., Louis J.,
Anna C.. J. M. and John F.
FRANK O. WILLIAMS.
One of the leading mining and stock men of
Southern Wyoming, one who has borne a prom-
inent part in the business and public life of the
state, Hon. Frank O. Williams, of the city of
Encampment, Carbon county, Wyo., was born in
Litchfield county, Conn., on April 27, 1848, the
son of Orville and Minerva (Gillette) Williams,
the former a native of Massachusetts, and the
latter of Connecticut. His paternal grandfather,
Jesse Williams, was also a native of Massachu-
setts and a prominent man of that common-
wealth. His maternal grandfather, named Al-
mond Gillette, married with Miss Laura Adams,
of the famous Massachusetts Adams family. His
great-grandfather, Benoni Gillette, was a son
of Joseph Gillette, a distinguished officer of
the Revolution, who served during the entire
conflict. His great-great-grandfather Adams
was also in the Colonial army and bore a part
in the troublous times of that period. Frank
O. Williams grew to manhood in his native
state, and received his early education in the
PROGRESS 11' II MEX OF WYOMING.
599
public schools MI the vicinity of his bo\h 1'
home. In 1805 the spirit of adventure led him
to seek hi.s fortune in the far West. Leaving
his old home in Connecticut, he came to Kan-
sas, where lie remained until the spring of
(866, then proceeded to Denver. Soon after he
left that city and came to the Laramie Plains,
then on the extreme frontier of Wyoming. Hen
he located at one of the regular road-houses on
the old overland Laramie and California trail,
secured employment and was .soon after placed
in charge of the business of the place. At this
time the country was wholly unsettled and the
Indians were very troublesome. It was neces-
sary to go fifteen miles for wood and timber,
and while carrying on the place he had many
thrilling experiences and narrow escapes, l-'or
several years he led an adventurous life, and
saw much western country. In 1870 he mer
his present partner in business, Mr. H. R.
Jones, in Denver. They formed a partnership,
which has continued to the present lime, and
came together to Wyoming. Here they first
engaged in milling and prospecting, taking up
the ranch which they now own and occupy as a
side issue and a place for headquarters, while
pursuing, their mining operations. They lo-
cated and developed the Charter-Oak mine, aft-
erwards sold for a large figure to an Knglish
syndicate. They also opened up the I'.ridner
mines that were situated in the old I'.ridiHT pass,
which they disposed of to eastern parties and
they are still the owners of a large number of
fine mining properties in that vicinity. While
conducting their mining operations they also
improved their ranch, and engage. 1 extensively
in the stock business. They are now the owners
of a fine ranch, comprising about 1, 500 a
all praeticallv under irrigation, and llu \ u;n>w
t; real quantities of alfalfa and of small grains.
most of which is consumed ,,n the place by tli' ir
oun stock. They handle cattle and horses,
dealing in thoroughbred Hereford* and \or-
inan Percherons, and are the owners of some
of the most valuable animals in ili.n section of
\\"\oiniii^. 'I he\ an among tin- mosl progres-
sive and enterprising of the stockmen of the
state, and have done much to improve the breed
of range cattle and draft horses. They are
among the solid business men and substantial
propert) owners of Carbon county. Mr. Wil-
liams is one of the leading men of his adopted
stale. At the time of the Columbian World's
Exposition at Chicago, in 1892, he received the
appointment of Commissioner from the state of
Wyoming, and served in that capacity with
credit both to himself and to the state. He
he also served as a member of the Territorial
Legislature-, and upon the admission of the
state he was elected as a member of the first
State Senate. Since that time he has several
times been elected to the State Legislature, and
has served in that body with great distinction.
Many measures of useful and beneficial legisla-
tion now upon the statute books of \\ '•, oining
owe their origin to his industry anil patriotic
devotion to public duty. .\o man in the state
stands higher in the estimation of the people,
and the leading part which he has taken in
developing the resources and laying the foun-
dations of the state has been such as to give
him a permanent-place in its history and in the
gratitude of its people. Loyal to all the in-
terests of the Mate, and successful, straightfor
ward, both in private and in public life, he is
held in high esteem by his fellow citixens and.
it he desired io seek other public honors, might
achieve any office within their gift. Progres-
sive, enterprising, and inspired by public spirit,
it is to such men as he that the West owes its
rapid development from savager\ to civili/ation.
In Wyoming he has seen it ' through
all the various Mages from the wilderness and
the barren plain, inhabited only by the Indian
and the buffalo, to its presenl condition of civ-
ilized happiness and prosperity.
I',. F. WICIxMIKK.
1'.. I'". Wickmire, one of the prosperous and
well-esteemed stockmen and farmers of the
ll\att\ill> nei-hborh 1 of Piighorn county,
Wyoming, • ime to ibis state in iS8j. ami has
made- it In- residence c,>mimionsl\ since that
Goo
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF I I NTG.
time, being' closely identified \villi its history
ami a contributor to its prosperity and devel-
opment for more than twenty years. He is a
native of the state of New York, born on De-
cember 19, 1863, the son of Nathan and Oline
(Root) Wickmire, the former a native of Connec-
ticut and the latter of Rhode Island. In 1875,
\\hcn he was twelve years old, the family came
overland to Nebraska and located in .Red Wil-
low county where the father took up a home-
stead and spent a number of years in farming.
Before she had been many years in her new
home the mother died, and in 1882, the son
came to Wyoming and in the county in which
he now lives rode the range for three years in
the employ of John Luman. He then took up
a homestead on the Medicine Lodge and, until
1897, carried on there a flourishing and ex-
panding stock business. In that year he took
a drove of horses to Alaska, going through
Canada to the Arctic Ocean and from thence to
Priest River where he left the horses. He then
continued his journey of hardship and privation
to McKenzie River, from there to Porcupine
River and on to Dawson. The trip was full
of peril and almost every mile in the Arctic
portion of it was clouded by the shadow of
death. He got through however without serious
mishap, and returned to his home in 1898, since
which time he has been busily occupied with
his farming and stockgrowing operations, con-
ducting them on a scale of increasing magnitude
and with more and more gratifying results
from year to year. He has a tract of 160 acres
of land which is naturally fertile and yields
generously to the persuasive voice of the hus-
bandman, and much of it is under cultivation.
His cattle are of good quality and well bred and
his horses are of a high grade. Mr. Wickmire
was married at Hyattville in April, 1896, to
Miss May Rawson, a native of California. He
is a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America and takes an active interest in the
affairs of his lodg'e. Although he has seen less
than half-a-century of life Mr. Wickmire has
had experiences numerous and various enough
to make a volume in the telling of them, and
the narrative would be full of tragedy and the
interest that is inseparable from perilous or
high adventure. As a boy he took the long
and wearying trip across the plains that was
always all ended with daily peril and uncer-
tainty, and monotonous as it must necessarily
have been much of the time, did, nevertheless,
present variety of scene and incident sufficient
to keep the interest on the alert. He assisted
in the burial of the bodies of Rogers and
Leeper. who were murdered on No Water, in
1883. As a man he has dwelt in a new country,
helped to reduce it to civilization and fruitful-
ness and also made the journey to Alaska al-
ready alluded to. And now with the recollec-
tion of all the sights he has witnessed, all the
privations he has endured, all the dangers he
has passed, he is living the life of a peaceful
tiller of the soil, with its pleasing round of daily
duties that make up the prose and poetry of
rural existence.
MRS. MARY WILSON.
There is scarcely any spectacle among the
various phases of human life that more excites
and solidifies admiration, wins respect and
commands considerate attention, than that of a
heroic, resolute woman, who, taking hold of
adverse fate with a firm and ungauntleted hand,
dominates its hard and unpromising conditions
10 her service and advantage. The pen of the
biographer lingers with interest over such an
individual, and, although it is an oft-told tale
in this western land, it is none the less full of
inspiration and high example. This inspiring
theme is found in the life-story of Mrs. Mary
Wilson, of South Park in the Jackson Hole
country of Wyoming, the widow of the late
Sylvester Wilson, who was during life a prom-
inent ranchman, a brave Indian fighter, a hardy
pioneer and a progressive, public spirited man,
and whose death in August, 1895, at the age of
fifty-five was due to disabilities incurred by ex-
posure in the troublous times of his early resi-
dence in the wilds of the West. Mrs. Wilson
and her sister-in-law, the wife of her husband's
ESSIVE ME.\ OF WYOM1
60 1
brother, Nicholas Wilson, he first white
r in the valley they HOW inl
\\ell did ihev earn the IK.HII
pioneers. Mrs. Wils> horn in Yorkshire,
En-latul. on ber 2, 1^14. Her parents
were George and Rebecca (Shaw) Wood, both
of Vorkshire ancestry. Her father was a
weaver by trade and, being an expert musician,
was for a long time a band-leader. He came
to the United States in 1844 and was drowned
while returning home, just nine weeks before
his daughter was born. Her mother came with
her young family of four children, of whom Mrs.
Wilson was the youngest, to Utah in 1855.
Bravely she took her place in the battle of life
and, after rearing her family and giving them
the high incentive to exertion embodied in
her own career, and seeing them well estab-
lished among men, she passed away at the ven-
erable age of eighty-four years, on September
I, 1900. She was a daughter of Joseph and
Marv Shaw, descendants of a family long res-
ident in Yorkshire and honorably connected
with the civil history of that section. Mrs.
Wilson reeeived a limited education in her na-
tive land and in Utah, her mother being obliged
to pay fees for her tuition in both countries
On May 26, iSoi, she married in Cache \ al-
ley, I 'tah. where her mother was one of the
first settlers, with Sylvester Wilson, a native
of Illinois and a son of Elijah and Martha
iKcllev) \\ilson. who settled in I 'tali in 1X5.2.
The Wilsons who are the subjects of this writ-
ing, lived in ('ache Vail'. \ for six years, then
eight years at Round Valley, now Oxford,
Idaho, and after that for eight mi Swan
. Idaho. Kiftecn years were then passed
farther south in Emery o>untv, Utah, at the end
of which period ihe\ moved north and were
to settle in ihe Sna1 River Valley in
Idaho, hut were unable lo get hav for their
rattle, and lhe\ had heel: assured by \'i>'
Wilson ihat there was \>\- -sity
to be had for the making in the part of Wyo-
ming to which they moved, which was then,
as has been noted, an unsettled region, -into
which tin \ were almost the tirst intruders
Here they filed on 160 acri - mem
ulii<-li Mrs. Wilson now A hich
to he a judicious choice, as it is well
adap their leading industry of stock-
raising, being largely meadow and
cheerfully to the persuasive hi; Hud hus-
ry. Mr. Wilson's death in iS(j5 lett his
ridian of life, with her faculties
well trained in pioneer needs, her energies re-
sponsive and enduring, her business capacity in
full vigor and her self-reliance sufficient for
every emergency. She has since carried on
the business .successfully along broad lines of
progressive activity, holding her own in the
mercantile contests incident thereto and im-
dng her worth and spirit on the commun-
ity far and near. Her husband had lived a
strenuous life amid the scenes of savage cruelty
and treachery, had met the Indians on their
chosen ground and baffled them with their own
tactics, had aided in redeeming the wilderness
to fertility and systematic productiveness, and
as a bishop of the Mormon church and prom-
inent in its councils, had spread the light and
comfort of his religious faith among the people
whom his presence helped and cheered. And
she has been at his side, with ever present aid,
in all of his arduous labors and soul-harrowing
' :periences, so that her knowledge of human
nature and of affairs was both comprehensive
and practical. They were the parents of twelve
children of whom eight are living and cxempli-
Fying i" their lives the lessons taught in his.
They are: Mary A., married to Selar Cheney.
of South Park; Rebecca A., married to James
Robertson, of Cheney; Martha, married to
Harmon Curtis, of I 'tah : John II.. living half-
a-mile south, and Charles living two miles
north of their mother's farm: < ieorgc A. and
Elias. living at home: Mclvina E.. who is vet
at school, ddiose deceased arc: Sylvester,
died in infancy: Ervin. who left a widow and
five children and was buried bv the side- of his
father: Sarah E., who died when thirteen years
old; Joseph, who die.l a I the age of ten. Mrs.
Wilson is a well-preserved lady, whose v
of boilv. clearness Of mind and sprightliness of
rKOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
spirit give no stigge-iion of tlic years she has
lived or of the hardships she has suffered. She
is a very interesting survival of the devoted,
heroic, all-daring and all-enduring pioneer
women, a type that is fast passing away from
human sight and personal knowledge.
EDWARD YOUNG.
If the ancient adage IK- true that "He who
causes two blades of grass to grow where only
one grew before is a public benefactor," what
must be said of such a man as Edward Young,
of .the Little Popo Agie country of Fremont
county,. Wyoming, who, by his intelligent la-
bors, his far-seeing judgment and unusual dis-
crimination, has demonstrated to the peoole of
his state that successful fruit growing is one of
of the future prominent industries, and that
Wyoming stands second to no other common-
wealth in the yield of its fruit, in the range of
its variety or in the flavor and character of the
magnificent productions of its orchards. Mr.
Young is the pioneer and leader of the horticul-
ture of Wyoming and his success has been hon-
estly acquired. He is entitled to the gratitude
of the entire commonwealth for his successful
endeavors in this direction. Edward Young was
born in Germany, on August 12, 1844, and in
1863 came to the United States, first locating
in Xew York, thence, in 1868, coming westward
to Nebraska, a year later, in company with Dr.
Harrison, now of Evanston, he engaged in
mining operations at South Pass, where he con-
tinued to abide until 1871, when he made his
permanent home on a portion of his present
beautiful estate, situated fifteen miles south of
the thriving city of Landers. Here he com-
menced his labors, first being a gardener and
stockraiser, soon however, taking up the spe-
ciality in which he has been so prospered and
made such a reputation by setting. out and ex-
perimenting with fruit-trees, through his sa-
gacity, care and perseverance, being now the
proud possessor of the finest orchard of the
state, taking the first premium for his exhibit
at the state fair in 1890, and having in success-
ful cultivation and bearing 2,000 trees, includ-
ing apple, pear, plum, apricot and cherry trees,
and mnm-rous small fruits, grapes, ele. Mr.
Young has 400 acres of excellent land in his
home ranch, finely improved with a comfort-
able dwelling, suitable buildings and accessories
for his extensive agricultural operations, hav-
ing also 400 acres in one body closely adjacent
to the homestead, while in addition to these
tracts he controls 1,200 acres of leased land.
Upon this property he raises horses and cattle
of a superior character, in the latter stock de-
voting his attention to the graded Durham and
Hereford breeds, being also a successful agri-
culturist and enjoying the reputation of being
one of the representative farmers of the state.
Incidentally in this connection we will mention
that he has a large water-wheel of twenty-two
feet in diameter which lifts the water used on
his home ranch from the Little Popo Agie River.
Mr. Young has worthily acquired his pres-
ent prosperity by his own ability and occupies
a high position in the esteem of the people, by
his originality, his public spirit and his intelli-
gent development of the resources lying dor-
mant in the country winning and retaining
many friends and adding to the wealth and
prosperity of his community. In political re-
lations he is in active sympathy with the Dem-
ocratic party, supporting its candidates and
principles, but never seeking political or public
stations for himself.
CHARLES J. ALLEN.
Dwelling at Moran on the shore of Jackson
lake in Uinta county, Wyoming, on the south-
ern border of the Yellowstone National Park,
in the midst of a region so beautiful that one
can almost feel contact with the celestial soul
that lights the smile on Nature's lips, and hav-
ing by inheritance from a long line of thrifty
ancestors and through practice on his own ac-
count excellent business capacity, Charles J. Al-
len, prominent in his section as ranchman, stock-
man; merchant and hotel proprietor, and securely
established in the regard and good opinion of his
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
603
fellow nu'ii. has in himself and his surroundings
the elements of prosperity, comfort, cultivation
and hnpi)iiu ->. 1 le was horn at Ilountiful, I'tah.
mi .May ^i. 1853, a son of Jude and Mary A.
(Nichols: \l!en. natives of ( >hio who crossed
the plain- to the .Mormon state in iS;.1, and tliere
the father took high rank as a public spirited
man. \\ith a knowledge of affairs and a deep and
serviceable imprest in ehurch matters. Tie was
a ranchman also, and prosperous in his busine--.
Tlis wife, a daughter of Josiah and Mary A.
Nichols, of Ohio, died in 1862 at the age of thir-
ty-five, while he lived to he eighty-two, passing
away in 180,1. They had twelve children, of
whom eight are living. Charles J. Allen was
educated ill the public schools of his native state
and then engaged in ranching on its fertile plains
until 1881, when he removed to the neighbor-
hood of American Falls. Idaho, and there contin-
ued his ranching industry until 1806. In that
year hi' sold his interests and. locating at Jack-
son, Wyo., bought a farm of ido acres and set-
tled on it for the purpose ,,f carrying on ex-
tensive farming operations, at the same time
acting as a guide for tourists through the pictur-
esque and impressive natural scenery surround-
ing him. lie also then bought a ranch of [60
on which he now conducts a profitable
stock business, having sold the one at Jackson.
IK- is besides engaged in merchandising on an
extensive scale and keeps a fine hotel on the
u<>\ eminent road to the National Park, where
full lines of tourists' supplies are to hi- had and
where the comfort of both man and beast are
, irefully provided for. < >n January 22, i S-;v
he was married in I'tah to Miss Maria 1 .ish. a
native of that state and daughter of Enos and
Maria (Alexander) Lish. The) have had eight
children, all of the living ones being residents
of Crovont. Wyo., except the youngest three:
( irpha M., now wife of George Kell.-\ : Charles
I., drowned at Rockland. Idaho, when he was
eleven years old: Mary A., now wife of James
Budge; Sarah \villa. wile of Mbert Nelson;
Kunice ('.. wife of Harry M. Smith; and Jude
\ aide/, \ndiv\\ M. and Neil l> . who are liv-
ing at home, Neil I>. being at school. In
the \llens had a pOStoffice established at their
home and Mrs. Allen was appointed postmistress
in Inly of that year. The famih stand- high
in social circles, have commanding inihieiice in
the business world, are leaders in all public en-
terprises, and exemplify in their daily life the
most admired elements of American citi/euship.
i I ( KU< ) A\ HNT.
Long ago, almost at the dawn of American
ry, the ancestors of Cicero Avent settled in
the sunny Southland of our country, and there,
throughout the subsequent annals of Georgia and
Mississippi the family names appear with hon-
orable mention in every relation of lit",- and ev-
ery line of productive activity. His father. !•'.
VI. \\cni \\as a native of the former state and
his mother, whose maiden name was Harriet
Humphrey, of the latter. Early in their mar-
ried life they moved to Texas, and (lure, on
March 14. [860, their son Cicero was born. In
his native state he reached the age of eighteen
and received a limited common-school educa-
tion. In 1878 he left the parental household and
as, miicd life's burdens for himself, working in
the cattle industry with an earnestness and zeal
which indicated that he was looking upon it
as his permanent occupation. Two years later
lie came north with cattle to Laramie county.
Wyoming, and in that section of the state he
rode the range in the cmplo\ of the 77 and Other
cattle companies for four years, then came to
the P.ighorn basin as foreman in the same busi-
ness for G. W. I'.axter. He remained in his ein-
plo) until he sold out in 1887 and in 1888 was
i< in man for < Mio |-'ranc. or
In [880 and tXijo he was dcpnU sheriff of I're-
mont county and at the end of bis term again cn-
ired the service of Mr. Baxter, remaining with
him two years. In tSo^ he went to Chicago and
secured a position as foreman for the I'.av State
Cattle Co., whose headquarters in \V\niuing
were at Teiislt-cp. During the next three
he gave this eompam faithful and appi
Si i \ ice, and in 180' > Settled On land he ha
cate.l in 1880. which is a portion of the extensive
'GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
h of 1,400 acres li< now owns in ; -ipies.
of ] . •:! erprise was
:n nl the business was conducted under un-
ii.-ual difficulties, lie dwelt in a tent and con-
ed with Nature's obdurate and untamed
conditions almost single-handed, lacking nearly
all the mechanical appliances needed for his work,
and as-ailed at times by hostile forces of savage
men. wild beasts and warring elements. But
his faith was firm, his courage was strong, his
perseverance was unconquerable. And so, before
long, on the soil where he planted his foot as a
humble though hopeful invader, he stood erect
as a controlling lord and master. His business
prospered and grew in magnitude, the hard con-
ditions of his situation yielded to his energy and
skill, values rose as mastery extended, and he is
now one of the leading stockmen of the com-
monwealth and his home is one of its choice and
most highly improved estates. He has also writ-
ten his name in enduring phrase on the institu-
tions of his county, which owe much of their high
character and vigor to the wise and stimulat-
ing attention given to their interests by him
and other men of the same far-seeing and pro-
gressive spirit. The Grey Bull River valley has
no more serviceable or more highly esteemed cit-
izen, nor is there any one whose place in the
public regard has been more honestly won or is
more modestly enjoyed. Mr. Avent was united
in marriage with Miss Fannie Alden of Shaw-
nee, Kan., where the marriage occurred on Dec-
cember 13, 1803, and where she was born, but
for a number of years prior to their union she
had been a resident of the Northwest. They
have three daughters and two sons, Agnes,
Maud, Hattie, Alden and Monroe, whose pres-
ence enlivens their beautiful home which is a cen-
ter of attraction to their hosts of admiring
friends.
CLARK Z., ALLEN.
One of the first settlers on Canyon Springs
Prairie, taking up land for a home in that most
fruitful section when it was an almost untrod-
den wild, Clark Z. Allen, of Boyd, has seen it re-
deemed from its virgin condition and blossom-
ing as the rose for th nee and happiness
• if man, and has the satisfaction of feeling that
his own labors and his enlightened and progress-
ive spirit have been protential elements in the
gratifying change. His life began on January
22, 1852, in Clinton county, Iowa, the son of
Allen and Charlotte (Sams) Boyd, natives of
Ohio, from whence they removed to Iowa among
the early pioneers of Clinton county. There the
father farmed industriously for years, having as
part of his farm much of the present town-site of
Clinton on which he hunted deer long after his
arrival. From Iowa he removed to Rooks coun-
ty, Kan., in the summer of 1872 and there passed
seventeen years in farming ; but the restless spirit
of the pioneer still possessed him and in 1891 he
left the civilization, which had grown up around
him, and once more turned his face toward the
wilderness, corning to Wyoming and taking up
land on Canyon Springs Prairie, three and one-
half miles west of his son's farm. He cultivated
this land until 1899 and then went to Colorado
and located in Gunnison county, where he now
has a fruit farm. Clark Z. Allen was educated
in the public schools of Clinton county, Iowa, re-
maining there until he was sixteen years old. In
that year he went, to Kansas and took employ-
ment on the Santa Fe Railroad, working for
that enterprise until fall and then going to
Rooks county where his father lived, and farm-
ing there and in Iowa until 1876. He then came
west to Idaho and after working three months
for the Union Pacific Railroad, he removed to
Montana and passed the time until 1883 in hunt-
ing and trapping in all parts of that state. In
1 884 he came to Wyoming and took up land near
Sundance in Crook county. He farmed there
until 1888, then settled on his present ranch on
Canyon Springs Prairie, twenty-four miles north
by east of Newcastle, being one of the first of
humankind to invade this fertile section, but be-
ing joined by three other settlers within the year.
Since locating here he has been industriously
engaged in cultivating the soil, improving his
ranch, and the other land which he owns near
by, and building up the section in all material,
moral, educational and social attributes. His
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOMIXG.
if the most desirable in tln;
has a name throughout v
1 marku- for tl. ent quality of the
! \\ ith special care h\
,i public spirited man,
ilitics, l<"ikii:g chicily for the
- 1 «i the c imi mnit) thn nigh gi \emnicntal
'.an hy the triumph of any set
litical tl> I I is inlhi' :
liis active efforts have been productive of
much :ul\. 'hi pi "pie in all proper lines,
ami he is well esteemed.
I- RED C. BATH.
Among the progressive voting business men
of Albany county \vho are fast taking the plan -
in the commercial and industrial life of the «
< the older generation, is the Mihject of this
sketch, Fred C. I'.ath. a prominent stockman and
cattk-o\vncr, \\-hose fertile ranch is situated ahoui
vest of the city of I.aramie. Wyo
\ native of the state of [owa, he was
born :i' iSi.S. and is the -on of ilenn and Cath-
erine i Fisher) I'.ath, well-known and highK re
of Wyoming. < "oming to the
territory with his parents when but three months
.ild. Fred C. I'.aih In- passed all hi- life in Wyo
lie has -ecu the condition- ehangc
the rudi frontier to ihe modern eiviliza-
tioi; and development of toda\ , and has had
: ling experiences on the plains. He
1 1 . . ived hi- earl) education in the public -rl Is
I aramie and snh-equcntly attended the State
. ersity of Wyoming, pur-ning a course of
Mini) at tint institution. I hiring hi- college life
he gave a good deal of attention to athletic ex-
erci-es. and was proniinenl a- an athlete among
his fellow student-. lie lon|. many priy
field days ami was especial .1 hop-,
in-in. capturing the tir-t pri/e f"r -kill in horsr-
m:iii-hip. \\'hen he had completed his
of stud) at the university, he at
in ranching and cattleraising, and i- ii"\v the
er nf a tine ranch, consisting of ah"iil three
lln 'iisand and t'ori LI tld, \\ell fenced and
improved, with a considerable herd of cattli
which is being increased from ear. lie
•»cial pride in breeding fine gr,
, and is the owner of some of the mo-t valu-
inimals in b i" the state. Mr.
i- still unmarried. Fraternally, he is affil-
th . nevolent Protective Order of
l-'.lks. and is an cnthu-i,' nber of that |
order, and tak' .1 di - \> inti n -t in the fraternal
life of the community where he maintains his
Politically, he is a stanch member of the
Democratic part)-, and takes a leading part in the
councils of that political organization, both in his
count)- and in the state. He invariably gives
loyal and earnest support to the principles and
candidates of his party, and, believing it to be
the duty of every good citixen to give a portion
of his time to the public welfare, he has yielded
lie solicitations of his political friends and
associates on more than one occasion, and accept-
ed nomin; tion al their hands, although without
an)- hope of succeeding at the election, his part)
lieing in the minority. Tie is highly respected
in hi- portion of the ' all classes of his
fi '1"\\ .citizens, and enjoys the loyal support of a
large circle of friends, irrespective of political
affiliations. He is a niau of force and ability,
popular, progressive and enterprising, and is one
of the ni"st pn'iiiincnt of the rising \onng men
of Wyoming, being unanimously elected school
director of District \«. _| at the last election.
GE( >RGE KKXXKTT.
()ne of the practical -lock men of Lar.n
loiiiHy who has acquired a thorough kiiov.
of the cattle business bv \ LI lerience on
the range, and v. h< «e busines i;i his
own account are sure to be attended with snc-
George I'.ennett. a native of the Stal
Texas, was born in Williamson comm or De-
cember Jl, iS;i>. and is the -on of James and
--are! i Hamilton i I'.ennett. the former a na-
tive of Kenln. the latter .if Indiana. TIi<
i':ith, i removed from his n.itu e state to I'exas
in earl) life, there established his limnc in the
count) df Williamson, where he engaged in the
Occupations of ranching and -t"ckrai-ing. and re-
< ,oh
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
maim d engaged in lho>c pursuits until
when lie removed his residence to the state of
\\ \ i lining, where the parents have since made
their home with their son ( ieorge. Passing the
\ears of his childhood and early manhood in his
n.-itive county of Williamson, Texas, he then at-
tended the public schools and acquired his early
educational training. After completing his edu-
cation, he remained at home with his parents,
assisting his father in the work and manage-
ment of his ranch and stock interests until he
had attained to the age of twenty-five years. He
then left home and engaged in business for him-
self. He secured employment in his native state
for a short time and then, believing that he could
improve his condition, and place himself in po-
sition to acquire a fortune, he determined to
come north and engage in the cattle business.
Arriving in Wyoming in 1883 he secured em-
ployment with the T. & B. Cattle Co. in the
vicinity of Uva, Laramie county, for the purpose
of acquiring a practical knowledge of the busi-
ness before he entered upon it on his own ac-
count. He remained with this company until
about 1891, when he accepted an engagement
with the Milwaukee & .Wyoming Investment Co..
at their North Laramie ranch, well known as the
H. R. ranch, and continued there up to 1896. He
then left the employ of that company for the
purpose of engaging in business for himself, and
in the spring of the following year took up his
present ranch, situated on the Platte River, about
three miles east of Glenclo, in the county of Lara-
mie, Wyoming. He has remained here since
that time, engaged continuously in the cattle bus-
iness, and is rapidly building up his business.
I!y hard work and perseverance and a practical
knowledge of all the details of his occupation,
and the keeping down of expenses, he is making
a success of his undertaking and putting it on a
paying basis. He has about 100 acres under irri-
gation, and is steadily adding to his holdings
and improvements. Politically, he is a stanch
member of the Democratic party, and a loyal ad-
vocate of the principles of that political organi-
zation, being held in high esteem in the section
of the countv where he maintains his home.
THOMAS BIRD.
( )ne of the eminently successful and sub-
stantial ranchmen and leading stockowners of Al-
bany county, Wyoming, U. S. A., is Thomas Bird,
whose postoffice address is Centennial, Wyoming.
\ native of the great Dominion of Canada, he
was born in 1846, and is the son of William
and Ann (Dodd) Bird, both natives of England.
His father emigrated from his native country to
Canada when a young man, where he engaged in
the pursuit of farming. Subsequently he re-
moved his residence to Xew York, and there
continued in the same occupation, up to the time
of his demise, which occurred in 1881. at the
age of eighty-seven years and the mother passed
away in 1862, aged fifty-four years. She was
a woman of remarkable strength of character,
and was the mother of thirteen children. The
subject of this sketch grew to man's estate in
the state of New York, and there received his
early education in the public schools. Leaving
school at the early age of sixteen years, he de-
termined to make his own way in the world and,
leaving the home of his childhood in New York-
state, he came to the then territory of Colorado.
Here he engaged in mining, which he followed
for a period of about four years and in 1869 ne
came to Wyoming with a view to engaging in
the business of raising cattle. Locating first in
the neighborhood of Laramie. he secured employ-
ment on the large cattle ranches in that section
for the purpose of acquiring a practical knowl-
edge of the business. In the meantime, he was
looking about for a suitable place to select as a
headquarters for his enterprise, and. in 1883, de-
cided upon the ranch which he now owns and
occupies, situated about three and one-half miles
south of Centennial. Here he purchased at first
(•40 acres of land, his means being limited, and
with a small band of cattle made a modest begin-
ning in his chosen pursuit. By hard work, per-
severance and reasonably good judgment, he has
gradually built up his business, adding to his
holdings both of land and stock each year until
now he is the owner of a good ranch property,
comprising over 4,700 acres of land. This prop-
PROGRESSIVE Ml-\ (')!• WYOMl
607
irtv is carefully improved, \\cll kneed and irri-
;. \\ith considerable tracts under cultiva-
tion, and with large barns, buildings, appliances
and appointments for the convenient carrying on
nf a general ranching and stockraising business.
His place is well known as one oi the tniest in
that >ection of tb«- state. He takes especial pride
in the breeding of the best grades of Hereford
cattle, and be is the owner of some of the finest
animals in '\Yyoming. lie has never married
No citizen of Albany county is held in higher es-
teem, or is more deserving of the pood opinion
of his fellow citizens.
CHARLES C. BLAKE.
\lthougli but a recent acquisition to the bar
of P.ighorn county. Charles' C. Illake, of P>asin,
is sufficiently far from shore to be under full sail
in his profession, and has given abundant evi-
dence of his capacity to steer his barque to its
desired haven. His story is like that of thousands
among; us everywhere, similar in the general
trend, differing in the specific details, which for-
cibly illustrate the wonderful possibilities of
American life and the no less wonderful versatil
of the American mind. Entering upon the
of action at his maturity in one profitable
icity, the requirements of which carried him
through main scenes and events of thrilling in-
terest, be is found after a few years pursuing a
very different vocation, equally profitable per
haps, or more so. and prolific, too. of scenes and
incident-- of thrilling interest, but which confines
him and \\\ -, energies to a limited territory and
an atmosphere of intellectual rather than of phys-
ical activity. Mr. P>lake was born on June u.
[876, in the state of [owa, and is the soi of
\\ . and \'anc\ i Kejser I I Hake, llir former
a native- of Illinois and the latter of lo\va. Tn
it-'S| they moved to Sundance in this stale where
the father engaged in the stocl indu tl . and
where the parents are now living, 'flu-re the
son Charles grew to manhood and • ' narily
educated in the public school of the vicinity.
Ib- was able to supplement the rather limited
educational facilities thus afforded b a three
years' course- of special training at the £
X'ormal School of South Dakota located at
Speartish. After leaving this institution he
was occupied in teaching until iXoS. when he
enlisted in the volunteer army o| the I nited
States for service in the Spanish-American \Yar.
becoming a member of Colom-1 Torrey's Rough
Riders and remaining in this command from
June until < ictober. Mis valor and capacity
in this service won for him the special attention
and interest of his colonel, and, after quitting
the command, the Colonel furnished him the
means to prepare himself for the legal profes-
lle entered the law school at Lincoln.
Xeb., in 1889, and two years later was graduated
therefrom. He then returned for a short time
to Colonel Torrey's Embar cattle ranch, and was
soon afterward admitted to practice in the courts
of \Vyoming. He located at r>asin and began
his professional duties as a member of the firm
of lUake & Lonabaugh, with an office at Basin
in his charge and one at Sheridan in char."
)dr. Lonabaugh. Their practice is growing rap-
idly in volume and value and. in the forensic
or legal contests in \\bich he is called upon to
engage, Mr. Plake conducts himself with a man-
liness and vigor, and displays a degree of legal
knowledge and practical ability, that arc win-
ning golden opinions from all classes of ohserv-
rs, lie lias time also for some mercantile busi-
LICSS, in addition to the professional claims upon
him, and is the secretar\ and treasurer of the
Kasin Land Co. The military instinct which led
him to the front in times of danger finds food
For activity and practice in the art of war tin
I is membership in the \\Yoming \ational Ciiinrd.
in which be is the captain of P.atterv I', Ib
belongs to tin Modern \Voodmen of America.
i >u \o\ember in, looj. lie was married at
Smithwick. S. !>.. to Miss Julia Pearl BettS, a
native of llardin county, [owa, the daughter of
i harles and l\o-a i M.-irple I P.etts. nati\
( >hio and Illinois resp< ctivelj . Mr. Pla!
[ember of the bar of \ehraska. and has
had intei ' the courts of that
slate in which hi has acquitted himself with
great credit.
6o8
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
LOU BLAKESLEY.
Lou Blakesley, principal of the public school
at Otto in Bighorn county, and holding an ele-
vated place in the regard of the public as a suc-
cessful farmer and stock-grower and a progres-
sive and public spirited citizen, came to Wyo-
ming in 1890 and has since that time been closelv
connected with and potential in her develop-
ment and the multiplication and improvement of
her civilizing forces. He was born in Illinois on
April 8, 1868, the son of Edmund and Olive
(Lake) Blakesley, early settlers in that state,
the former a native of New York and the latter
of Ohio. He grew to manhood in Kansas,
whither the family moved while he was yet a
child, and there he was educated and learned
something of farming on a large scale. In 1890
he came to Wyoming and engaged in teaching
at Lander, remaining in charge of the school in
that town until 1893 when he came to the Big-
horn basin and founded the Otto Courier, which
he edited and managed until 1900. He then sold
the newspaper and turned his attention to farm-
ing and raising stock, having taken up a home-
stead in the neighborhood. His farm comprises
160 acres of good land and he has a herd of
high-grade cattle. His stock business is pros-
perous and increasing in proportions, and his
land is appreciating in value every year by the
improvements he is making and the advanced
state of cultivation to which he is bringing it.
He is still principal of the school at Otto and in
this capacity is giving the community valuable
and appreciated service, raising the standard of
its education as time passes and facilities in-
crease, and putting in motion in the community
widening streams of benefaction to all classes of
its people. In the local public affairs of the county
he has, from the beginning of his residence here,
taken a deep and active interest, and has shown
very commendable wisdom in counsel and en-
ergy in connection with all movements for the
improvement or advancement of his neighbor-
hood. He was one of the organizing commis-
sioners of Bighorn county in 1896, and in 1897
was appointed the postmaster at Otto, serving in
this position until 1902. In June of that year
IK- was appointed the supervisor of the Yellow-
stone Timber Reservation, but resigned the office
in the following October. Since the organiza-
tion of the county he has been chairman of the
county central committee of the Republican prrtv
in Bighorn county, having been of great service
to the partv in organizing its forces and conduct-
ing its campaigns. In fraternal relations he be-
longs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
being prominent in the order and closely and in-
telligently attentive to its interests. He was also
the first noble grand in Bighorn county and
through his capable administration the organi-
zation was quickened into a more vigorous life
and activity and its prosperity largely increased.
He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen
of America. At Lander he was united in mar-
ringe in 1892 with Miss Louella Knott, a native
of the town in which the marriage occurred.
They have three children living. Edna, Francis
and Hazel, all residing at home. In February,
1903, Mr. Blakesley was tendered the position
of superintendent of the State Water Division,
No. 3, by the late Governor DeForest Richards,
which office he finally accepted. This is a posi-
tion of great importance, having to do with all
irrigation matters in his division, and as such
superintendent, he has full control of all water
used either for irrigation or other purposes.
SYDNEY FIELD BARRY.
An old English family of good repute and
standing is that of Barry, being long established
at the Priory, Orpington, in Kent, and for gener-
ations connected with maritime interests in the
south of England. The parental grandfather of
Sydney F. Barry was long a ship-owner of con-
siderable extent, whose eldest son. Sir Francis
Barry, Baronet, has for a series of years repre-
sented Windsor and Eton in the British Parlia-
ment. Sydney F. Barry was born at Bromley
in Kent, England, on June 23, 1864, and is the
second son of the late Charles Barry, whose eld-
est son is now a resident of New Zealand, where
he is the manager of the Waihi Gold-mining Co.,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
609
whose immense plant and operations, already
the most extensive and lucrative of any gold-
mining proposition in the world south of the
equator, hid fair to outstrip all others, even in
the North. Sydney F. Barry was educated at
Tunhridge Wells and at Hatcham College, there-
after passing a few years in a London mercantile
house engaged in the over-sea trade with Russia
and South America. The narrow limitations
and close confinement contingent on this voca-
tion not appealing to Mr. Harry's tastes, he
came to America in [886, entering into a partner-
ship with the Phillips Bros., under the firm name
of Phillips Bros. & Barry, in the stockraising
business mi the Laramie plains, where, as the re-
sult of hard winters and the bad condition of the
.stock business prevailing during the late eighties
IK- wenl "broke," as did so many other Western
men about that time. Never despondent, Mr.
Barry slowly struggled back to a solid financial
footing and. in 1900, purchased a ranch on La
Prele Creek in Converse county, Wyo.. where,
with a herd of about 200 head, he is now enga • ••
in raising Hereford cattle. Mr. Barry is a
well-educated gentleman of cultured tastes and
practical, progressive methods and is justly con-
sidered as one of the useful citizens of the coun-
ty. He married on June 23, 1894, with Miss Efne
Williamson, a native of Saint Andrews. Scot-
land, but who was educated in London and is
the daughter of the late James Williamson, bar-
rister at law. and they have two daughters. Mar-
garet and Constance.
[AMI'S BLIGHT.
Another of the npbnilders of I'inta county.
W\oining, of English birth is James Blight, an
enterprising fanner residing three-quartei
a mile west of Almy. who was born in TI<
shire, F.ngland, on November i-'. i*|.s. a son
of I'bilip and Jane i P.ritton ) Bligb: lives
of thi ime shire and the parents of --ix children.
Philip Blight. if |ohn and Vnn Farley")
Blight, was a farmer by calling. He was born
in 1 Vvonshire in iSn; and came to the I"
States in iS~j. with bis second wife. \
maiden name was Ann Harding. For one year
they lived in Salt Lake City. I'tah. thence they
came to Almy. but now reside in North lv
ton, being members of the Church of Latter Day
Saints. James I '.light while a resident of Almy
folio- trade and earned sufficient money
to purchase the ranch he now owns, which he
purchased about igoo, and where he is now de-
lightiullv situated, employing his time in the
profitable pursuits of farming and cattkraising.
His ranch comprises if.o acres, and no tract of
Lnd. of equal proportions, in the neighborhood
is kept in better condition or presents a more
peel to the eye of the passerby. In
belief Mr. Blight is a Freethinker, with which
school he is popular in the extreme. He has also
served his fellow citizens on the school board of
District No. 2. Almy. with very marked ability.
James I'.light was married in England on I Vcem-
ber 13. iSi>7. to Miss Eliza ' '\erhury. daughter
of John and Sarah (FarL 0 rbtll itives
of ( doucestcrshire, the former of whom was a
son of John and Ann i 1 >one > Overbury, natives
of the same country. The marriage of J
and Eliza ('Overbury) Blight was crowned with
nine children. Sarah, who died in Salt Lake City,
Utah, on August 26, 1*71. at tin- age of one and
one-half years; James, burn on March 17. [874,
died in Randolph, ("tab. on March _>j. 1874;
William, Jr.. born on August 5. 1X71). died in
Almy. Wy. ... on February i<>. 1895; Oliver, born
on Kcbruarv i_>. 1871), died in Almy on April
14, 1879: Rose \nu, bom on November _>7.
iSSo. is the wife of Peter X. Hood, of So
I'tah; May. born February to. iSS^. married
1'iioch Turner, of Evaiiston. a farmer: Eliza,
February 4. iSS; : ' ! nber
5. 18X7; Philip, born on May 25.
Almy on November •;. [! fhe family are
all members of tin- i hurch of thi
Saints, iii which Mr. Blight is first coun; !!• r of
In - ward and also a teacher, hem:; an indilst
:.nd prosperous fanner, and i- indeed the winner,
throttiji hi- pei i : rano and In LI
' .f all his pn i I", .rume. I le lias -aincd
mmialih' n of all his neighbors, and
bis walk through life, which has a! n up-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
right, fully entitles him to the high place he
holds. He is made of the best stuff from which
is built the substantial frame of a young and
growing state, and his presence in Wyoming
has been one of usefulness to its citizens, as well
as of profit to himself.
HON. HANS HANSEN.
The Dane of whom this brief sketch is made
is by no means of the melancholy stamp, but is
a wide-awake, active and leading business man
now of Rawlins, Carbon county, Wyoming. He
was born in Denmark in 1855, and his parents
were Hans Clausen and Mary (Skaubo) Han-
sen, also natives of Denmark. The father was
a son of Claus Frandsen and was a general la-
borer until the last few years of his life, when
he engaged in hotel-keeping, continuing this
vocation until his death in 1900, long outliving
his wife, who died in 1860, when she was only
thirty years of age. Hans Hansen was edu-
cated in Denmark and there learned the trade
of watchmaker, which for a number of years he
conducted in his native land and for seven years
in Germany, it being the European custom for
young workmen to make a tour through differ-
ent parts of the continent in order to perfect
themselves in their trades by coming into con-
tact with others of the same craft and profiting
by their experience and methods. In 1883 Mr.
Hansen reached Rawlins, Wyo., and engaged
in watchmaking and a general jewelry business,
which he continued until 1896, when he entered
into the grocery trade, to which in 1898 he
added drygoods. In 1891 The Hansen Mercantile
Co. was organized and possession taken of the
Hansen block, a handsome brick structure, the
first to be erected in Rawlins, and here he has
since transacted a thriving business, being
especially fitted by nature for the vocation of
merchandising. He is an excellent salesman,
being suave, affable and desirous of pleasing,
and is strictly honorable in all his transactions,
never misrepresenting his wares nor overcharg-
ing his patrons. Mr. Hansen has been twice
married. First in 1878 to Miss Anna Ernestine
Locht, who was born in 1858 and died in Oc-
tober, 1882. This marriage was crowned with
three children, Walter, who died on May 25,
1879; Walter G., born October 25, 1880, died
October 15, 1893; Hedwig, born July 15, 1882,
died December 27, 1882. His second marriage
was with Miss Else Marie Jensen in 1883, also
a native of Denmark, and this union has been
blessed with three children, Alfred, -Julius,
Anna. In politics Mr. Hansen is a stanch Re-
publican and has ever been an ardent worker
for his party's principles and triumphs. He has
held several local offices of trust and honor,
having served as city treasurer of Rawlins for
one year, treasurer of the school board for
seven years, chairman of the county committee
for two years, and in 1890 was elected a mem-
ber of the state legislature, while in the fall of
1902 he was elected to serve a term of four
years in the State Senate. Socially Mr. Hansen
and family move in the best circles of Rawlins,
and as a business man and citizen his name
stands without a blemish.
CHARLES E. BLYDEN BURGH.
Giarles Edward Blvdenburgh, the leading at-
torney at law at Rawlins, was born on March
19, 1854, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the son of Ben-
jamin Brewster Blydenburgh, merchant, and his
wife, Mary (Brower) Blydenburgh, a daughter
of John H. Brower, Esq. The founder of the
Blydenburgh family in the United States was
named Augustine Blydenburgh, who, with his
wife Silvestia, settled in what is now New York
City in 1676 and there died in 1686, being the
father of five children, Joseph, William, Benja-
min, Samuel and Mary, wife of Harmon King.
Of these children. Joseph in 1693 bought of
Thomas Lloyd, of Philadelphia, the property in
Xe\v York on which now stands Trinity church.
In 1697 he equipped ten or twelve mariners for
an expedition under Captain Kidd of the ship
Adventurer, with a general roving commission
as privateers. From Joseph and his first wife
descended a daughter, Silvestia, -and a son Rich-
ard, who, born in 1694, died, in 1772, married
PU3LIC
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PROGRESSIVE Ml WYOMING.
'. u
.Mary P.rewstcr. horn in 1708 anil died in 17117.
They liad six children, \\'illiain. I ',cn janiin. Mary
(01 \lolhci.Alma (or \.my), Samuel and \«\w.
I'eiijaniin I'.K dcuhur^h. son of Richard, was
born in I7.v> and died in 1775. K»r his first wife
In' married Ruth Norton, and t» this union two
children were horn. Mollic ( i >r Mary) and Aliny
(or Amy), hy his second wife. Ruth Smitli. five
children were ln'i-ii. Ruth. I'.etsy. Rii-liard. P.cnja-
niin and Isaac. Isaac (nr Isaiah) I'.K denlun L di.
M>n i if lienjaniin. was horn in 1775 and died in
1X58. He first married Susannah Smith, daugh-
ter of Ebenezer Smith, who bore him Ebenezer
S.. Richard. Klizabeth. Is:i:ic and Ruth. Richard
P.lvdenburgh. son of Isaiah (or Isaac), born in
171)8 and died in 1X7^. first married Ruth Smith,
daughter of Indite loshna Smith, to which union
were horn llenjamin r.rewster. Robert S.,
Charles Kdward and Alma Amelia. His second
marriage was with Charlotte Mills, who was born
in l8o_> and died in 1850, and of this marriage
was horn one child. Hannah Mills. P,v the third
marriage of Richard to Hannah Green there was
no issue. Kcnjamin I'>re\vster Blydenburgh, son
of the above mentioned Richard, was horn in
iXji and died in iX<)_>. lie married Mary I).
I '.rower, a daughter of John II. 1 '.rower, who
was horn in tXj4 and died in 18(17, the mother
of the following children. John l',rower. Amelia.
Ann I '.rower, diaries Kdward. Harry Dnryee,
Benjamin I'.rew-ter and Morgan I'.rower.
Charles [•'.. Blydenburgh, son of I'.cnjamin I1,
Mary I), il'.rowen I !1 vdenhiirgh. was horn in
P.rooklyn. \. Y.. on .March i<). 1854. and was
educated at private and hoarding schools, the
academic department of Princeton College, class
of 1X7), l 'olnmhia Qniversitj S.-hool of Mines.
where, in 1X78. he received the degree of C. M..
having attaine.l at Princeton in 1X77 that of
A. M. lie early manifested greal interest and
skill in the use of arms. \vas a member of the
Celebrated International Rille Team of 1X71. and
1X77. making the he-t score in 'I
national match al < i.edmoor in 1X77. Hi- has
been an emilleUtK active life, the contilli
this review onl\ affording spaci- for the barest
outline of his main activities ai>d official stations.
:tx
He came to \\'yoniing in the summer of 1X78
ke charge, \\ith J. t i. .Murpln. of the Ter-
i.il Ass.tx < H'tice at Rawliiis and al-o to
|iractice mining engineering. Thereafter he was
Iged in cattli raising, the ]iublishin;; bus
and in prospecting for minerals until Ma\. iSS,,,
\\hen, being admitted to the practice of law in
the courts , ,f \Yyoming he opened a law-ot'lice
ai Rauliiis. in the hnsim-ss thereto accruing de-
voting his attention to th. uriting. In
iXXi and i88j he was the vcr\ c-1'ticient county
superintendent of schools "t ( 'arboii county, in
iXXX was sent to the Legislature as a Democrat
t< represent the people, in 1X^7 he was the coun-
ty and prosecuting attorney of Carbon county,
was a member of and the presiding officer of the
city council of R'i\\lins ni iXi|_>. iX<j^ and lX<;4,
has been the cit\ attorney of Ra\\ Hits for sev-
eral terms anil is at the present writing in the
incumbenC) of the office. He ran as the I )cmo-
cratic candidate for justice of the Supreme Court
of Wyoming in iXMX, was the chairman of the
• cratic State Central ( 'ommittee in i8ij(iand
1X1/7, was a member of the State P.oard of I .aw
l''.\aminers in iXc(ij and IIJ<K), holding now that
]iosition. In ii|(Ki he was- a dele-ate from \\'\o-
ming to the Xational llemocratic Convention
held at Kansas ( 'it\ . and was the \Vyoming mem-
ber of the committee on resolutions. He is also
financially inter, sted in and the secretary and
treasurer < if the lack ( 'reek 1 .and and I 'attic ( 'o..
<\tensi\el\ operating in a ranching and a cattle
and sheep industry. A Knight of Puln.is since
iXXn. Mr. I'.K denhnr^h has heen a past chan-
' in the oriler sin, :ir and has held
all of the offices ,,f the subordinate lod-e lie
was a charter member of Rawliiis I ...dge. \o
P.eiii-voli-iil Protective < 'rdi r of l;lks. at its
or^ani/ation in Vn^nst. i oo<>. beint; at this writ-
ini; its exalted mler. His religions associations
havi- been with tin- Presb\ terian church, with
\\hich he formerly affiliated. At Rawlins, \\'\o.,
on June _• I . iX.j|. Mr. I ',1\ deiibnr^h \\edded
Isabel i ilan-hter of Thomas <
lion, and brilliancx and education.
. omplishments have made the man
union a hi.^hK felicitous one, ilisju'iisin^ as she
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
does in the attractive home a hospitality as gen-
erous as it is cultured and refined. The chil-
dren gracing the household are named Elmer
Alary, who was born on May 27. 1895; Annabel
Bnnver, born on September 23, 1896; an un-
named daughter, born on December 13, 1897,
died at four weeks of age; Charles Edward, Jr..
born August 30, 1899. The facts recorded in
this brief review clearly show that Mr. Blyden-
burgh possesses a well-defined and symmetrical
character, the persistent force of his strong indi-
viduality causing him to accomplish every task
his varied and complex official duties present to
him. his scholastic acquirements and mental abil-
ities placing him in the front rank of civil, so-
cial, business and domestic existence, while his
upright manner of life entitles him to commen-
dation. His life in all departments has been dig-
nified by a strict conformity to the highest stand-
ard of ethics and his broad and genial nature
has won for him a host of friends.
MARION F. BROWN.
Marion F. Brown, of Thermopolis, Wyo-
ming, prominent in the stock business, and as a
pioneer of 1886, who has contributed his full
share to the development and improvement of the
country, is a native of Illinois, where he was
born on March 17, 1869, a son of John E. and
Mary Brown, the former a native in Illinois and
the latter in Ohio. While he was yet quite young
his parents removed from his native state to
Kansas, and there he grew to the age of fifteen
years and received his limited common-school
education. At that age he started out in life
for himself, coming first to Colorado, and in
1886 to Wyoming, driving cattle to the Bighorn
basin. In that region he rode the range for
others for a period of five years and then started
a stock industry for himself which he conducted
successfully until 1897. At that time he sold
his land in the basin and located on the Bighorn
River, only three miles below Thermopolis, on a
ranch, which has been his home continuously
since that time. This is a fine estate, which he
has improved with good buildings, sheds, cor-
rals, etc., and on which he handles about 600
cattle. He also conducts a butchering business
at Thermopolis and owns considerable revenue-
producing property in the town. He is a mem-
ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and is the noble grand of his lodge at Thermop-
olis. He also belongs to the Modern Woodmen
of America and takes a leading interest in the
affairs of the order. He was married at Ther-
mopolis in 1895 to Miss Mollie Smith, a native
of Missouri, who died on December 25, 1901.
Mr. Brown is well-to-do in worldly wealth, and
he has an estate of far more value in his posses-
sion of the general confidence and esteem of his
fellow men, among whom he has lived and la-
bored so long and so well.
WILLIAM H. BRUNDAGE.
William H. Brundage. a leading citizen and
successful ranchman and stockgrower of near
Irma in Bighorn county, Wyoming, came to
this state in 1881, and since that time has been
closely and forcefully identified with its growth
and development, especially in his own county.
He built there the first wire fences and con-
structed the first ditch on Irma Flat, and in all
the lines of good progressive citizenship he has
been in the first rank from the beginning of his
residence in this section. He was born in Ohio
on November 22, 1857, being the son of George
and M. E. (Hall) Brundage, the former a native
of Ohio and the latter of New Jersey. In 1868
the family left the very fertile and well-developed
kind of their long-time residence and removed
to Missouri, locating in Bates county. There
they were engaged in farming with varying suc-
cess until 1879 when they made another move,
going to Colorado and two years later they came
to Wyoming, and, taking up land in Sheridan
countv. began stockraising. William Brundage
"homesteaded" near his father's land, and on
this property as headquarters he conducted a
farming and stock industry until 1890. In that
vear he removed to Poverty Flat and located
on the land he now occupies and which is the
home of his successful and growing stock busi-
PROGRESSIVE MT.X Ol: tt'YOMIXd.
md of his farming operations. He F
interested in mining properties of value,
skives attention to many other kinds of Ini-i
prise. In matters affecting tlie welfare
•vss of tlie commnnii been
zealous and active. For a number of years he
served as justice of the peace and been an
important factor in the conservation of onler
and the supremacy of law among this pe
lie is held in high esteem for the breadth of
view with which he deals with questions that
come before him in his official capacity. He
married at Bighorn, Sheridan county, in
(his state, in • Miss Fdith J. Martin, a
daughter of Bi njamin F. Martin. She was born
and reared in Iowa and came with her pan
from that state to Wyoming in iSS2. Mr. and
Mrs. I'.rundage have eight children, Mollie, Ben-
jamin, William II., Jr.. George, Frank, Dorothy,
Winifred, Durnard A. Ilrnnd.r
ARTHUR F. BURTON.
All circles of intellectual and moral activity
in and around Afton, I'inta county, commercial.
1. cdiicati' inal and rcb are indebted to
Arthur F. liurioii. of the firm of I'.nrton & E
leading merchants. \«r inspiration and high ex-
amp! ' ry good lii productive energy
for the benefit of the communitv he has ever hern
prominent and potential, while in con
well deserves the he holds
in tin estimation of the public. 1 le is a nati
-. where he was born on Jim
IS,-.?, and wl nts. William W. and
h \. i Fieldin] ' < 'ii. are now living. It
it appropriat> ' lid that h'
the mercantile life, for he has been familiar with
it from his childhood, his father haxinv,
from his , ,\\ n early youth engaged therein. Tin-
is the head
with which Arthur is connect • the
president of the •
having in lue in oil
terprises. I!
the ( 'oiisoli.lated Implemenl • "owth
of tl of r.nrton. Herricl; K- While.
of \\". W. I'.urton & Co. His par-
were Janu-s and Isabella ( Wharton i I'.ur-
of Kradfonl. Fngland. who came to
I "tab in [856. Ills wife is a native of 1'tah, her
h and Hannah (( .• ield-
lirst ii . ci '!ains
i the La ints when
'ahospitality of uther sections made it nc-
iry for t! They also were
nath ! inland, who , d to America
in their married life. Mr. P.urton's father,
William W. I'.urton. has been prominent and act-
ive in public local affairs in his city and county,
and • of the leading citizens.
Arthur F. P.urton w of thirty children.
ind fifteen daui;b rn to his
lather who was married three times. Twenty-
of the re living and variously en-
1 in pursuit ; of tl and value. Ar-
thur was educated in the '
ke Vcademy, from which
I in i& i-'. After 1.
he went i bis father in the
and there acquired the methodical and extensive
; cant ile bu-.ii which he
idely known. I-"rom the position of clerk
-man he PIS,- to ihat of partner in the
''lishmeiit \\lu-re he \\ a - '. and att
ibis portion solely through merit, for his father
wa< a strict disciplinarian and demanded ev*
bis s,,iis value for his approval. Tl han-
dled by the firm at \fton i- isive and
the (onditioiis of life tlure rei|iiire and,
of the trade, but
the taste of the community along the lines
niimcndablc progress. i ce in
their operations general mrrchai'di-
\\hile the volume and
they
illv the '
effort being omitted to I MMnncnt
Bur-
• his int. ibis fin;
nnler his
'
hich he is tlie manager. I •
the < "Inn
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING
Saints, from his early manhood having been
closely identified with its government. He is one
of the presidents of the Seventv of the quorum
of the Star Valley Stake, the first assistant su-
perintendent of the Sabbath-school, and the first
assistant superintendent of the stake superinten-
dency of the Mutual Improvement Association.
In every phase and branch of church work he
takes a leading part, using wisdom with his zeal
and much skill with his diligence. On October 10,
1894 at Salt Lake City, he married with Miss
Kittie C. Dixon, a native of Utah and daughter
of Harvey and Kittie E. (Pritchett) Dixon, the
father being a native of Utah and the mother of
Virginia. Their family consists of four children,
Mabel, Arthur D., Calpurnia and Helen.
E. V. COCKINS.
Prominent in business, active in religious and
educational work, highly esteemed in social cir-
cles and connected with projects for the devel-
opment and improvement of his community, E.
V. Cockins, of Burlington in Bighorn county,
Wyoming, is one of the valued and serviceable
factors in the multiform life and activity of his
portion of the state. He is a pioneer of 1891
in Wyoming, and since he took up his residence
in the state he has entered into her spirit of prog-
ress with energy and enthusiasm, espousing her
cause in every respect with patriotic devotion and
giving his best efforts to her advancement. He
was born in Ohio on July 24, 1874, the son of
Thomas C. and Clara (Monroe) Cockins. who
were also natives of Ohio. His father died when
he was twelve years old and he was left to shift
for himself, and worked for his uncle on a farm
and attended school in winter until 1891, when he
left his native state and began to tempt fortune
in various ways for himself, coming to Wyo-
ming and remaining for a year, when he returned
to his Ohio home, but after a residence there of
two years came back, resolved to make Wyo-
ming his permanent home and the seat of his
career. He had tasted the independence, the
self-reliance, the freedom and the breadth of
view which the frontier life engenders, and, like
many another, found the older civilizations flat
and unsatisfying, their pleasures insipid, tluir
pursuits wearisome, their conventionalities, du-
ties and mutual dependence tedious, their oppor-
tunities limited in number and narrow in scope.
He located in the Bighorn basin and for nearly
ten years devoted his best energies to educa-
tional labors in that section of the state. In 1902
he laid aside the hornbook and the ferule and
embarked in mercantile life by opening a gen-
eral store at Burlington, which he is still con-
ducting, and which enjoys a large and growing
trade among all classes of the people resident
within an extensive range of country. His stock
is carefully selected with a clear and discrimin-
ating knowledge of the wants of the community,
and is kept down-to-date in every particular,
while his methods of doing business, and his
very courteous and considerate manner toward all
customers, are such as to satisfy the most ex-
acting requirements. In matters affecting the
welfare and progress of the town and county
he is active and serviceable, and, although yet
a young man is regarded as one of the leading
and representative citizens of Wyoming.
JAMES A. CARR.
In the review of this venerated pioneer of
the West we have to touch upon various import-
ant phases of character. Mr. Carr is not only
one of the honored representatives of the stock-
raising and mining industries of Western Wyo-
ming, but his life has been one of more than or-
dinary value to the country through his loyal
services as a soldier in the great Civil War, in
which his whole family showed patriotism of a
high degree. After an active and adventurous
life of beneficial industry and productive useful-
ness, he is now passing the evening twilight of
his earthly career on his productive estate, which
is located two and one-half miles south of Lan-
der, on the Big Popo Agie River, secure in the
esteem and good wishes of the entire community.
James A. Carr was born in Belmont county,
Ohio, on December 3, 1833, in the heavily tim-
bered wilderness of that new state, his parents
MEN or WYOMING
615
being Archibald ami Fli/abcth ( McF.lroy) Carr,
the lather, an energetic fanner, adding to his
--si. ins by lucrative contracts in the construc-
ts >n <)f the turnpikes and canals with which Ohio
In iiK -\c. iinhed at an early date. As his fa-
ther was left an orphan in childhood and left
his immediate relatives, all knowledge "i the
family lineage is lost. From Ohin the family re-
moved to Van P.urcn county, Iowa, in 1841;.
there to undergo another pioneer expcriencr.
Here thi- industrious parents developed a fine
home and parsed their later lives, the father dy-
ing in 18(13, at the age of sixty-five years, and
tin mother surviving him until 1897, when she
also du-d, having attained the patriarchal age
of ninety years, and both are resting in the cem-
etery at Farming-ton. Iowa. Of their fourteen
children. James was the second, and only three
are now living. Three of the sons were soldiers
in the Cnion army of the Civil War, James be-
ing a member of Co. D, Third Colorado Cavalry.
William, now living at Loveland, Wyo.. served
in the- Second Colorado Cavalry and was
v, ounded in service, and John, who died from
\\ounds and sickness shortly after returning to
his Iowa home from his military service with
( o. ]!. Third Iowa Infantry. Mr. Carr crossed
the plains in the wild unsettled da\s of 1853,
coming up the Sweetwater valley of Wyoming
on his way to California, when he engaged in
mining with more than average success and re-
mained until 1857. then and thence removing to
( blorado during the Pike's Teak gold excitei
pacing through Denver, then a small, straggling
i • >i i large as the present Lander. F.n-
gaging there in mining, farming and in trade,
\\heii war came hi- patriotism led him to join
the militarv arm of the government, as hereto
fore mentioned, The Indian* were extremely
ho-lile at this period and occasioned very much
trouble and :inno\.-mce to the Millers, keeping
the soldiers in great activity. \fter the war,
Mr. Carr engaged in contracts for constructing
the ro;idb.-d of the I'liion Pacific Railroad, build-
ing that portion extending from Cheunne to
I .1 niMiiont. Colo., later bein^ occupied in the
same rapacity on the Colorado Central Railroad.
1 1, iSS5 he moved to Wyoming with his family
and devoted his energies entirely to stockraising.
fanning and mining, locating his home on his
lit ranch, where he is possessed of \<«> acres
of excellent meadow land, now under fine im-
provement, and where he is running handsome
bands of cattle and horses, in the former line
raising very tine graded Durham- of an exccl-
lenl strain. lie holds interest in the Susie and
Hidden Hand mines at Lewiston, and is one of
the reliable citizens of the county, maintaining
great interest in all matters intended to advance
the prosperity of the community, and being
greatly interested in public matters as a valued
member of the Democratic party, although never
seeking political honors or office for himself.
( )n December [3, 1857. in Iowa occurred the
wedding of Mr. Carr and ily J. Rhodes,
a native of that state, and a daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth ( P.urdick ) Rhodes, both natives of
Kentucky. Seven of their eight children are now
living. Frank I'... who resides in this county:
Matte II.. a resident of Montana : John M.. now
a large stockgrower. He has rode the i
upward of twenty-three years and is one of the
best-known cowhovs in the \\'e-t ; F.li/.abeth K..
wife of Charles Kates of South Pass; William J..
living at South Pass; Lydia S.. wife of John
Sherlock, of South Pass; 1 .on F... at home with
parents near Lander: Lillian, who died in in-
fancy in Colorado and was buried at I'.oulder.
WILLARD S. C \UIT\TFR.
1'crhaps the finest ranch in the -late of \\
ming is that of Willard S. Carpenter, which is
-ituated on the Horse ('reek, about twenty ei-ht
miles north of the citj of < Iheyenne. Mr. •
r has ,, beautiful honu . a large frame resi-
dence with all modern conveniences, surrounded
by attractive grounds shaded b\ lar-e trees, and
with a small lake in the foreground. On even-
side are evidences of thrift and prosperity as
well as of refined taste ami culture. Mr. Car
pcntcr is a native of the good old state of Dela-
ware, haxin- been born near Milton. Su
count v . i .n I i 18511. being the son of
MEN OF WYOM1XC
r.eiijamin Carpenter and Mar) (Painl
r, both natives of Delaware. 1'niijamin
Carpenter was long a prosperous farmer of Sus-
sex county, Delaware, where he followed the
occupation of farming up to the time of his
death in 1898. The mother also passed away
in Sussex county in the same year. Willard S.
Carpenter remained at the family home in Sus-
sex onmty attending school and working on his
fathers farm, until he attained to the age of
twenty-one years, then, in 1877, filled with a
spirit of adventure and desiring to see the world,
he shipped on board a merchant vessel as a sailor.
He remained in this occupation for three years,
visiting nearly all of the Atlantic seaports and
acquiring a large experience of the world. In
1882 he came to the territory of Wyoming, and
secured employment at once at the ranch where
he now resides, which was then owned by the
Care\- Co. He remained with this company for
three- years, riding the range and acquiring a
thorough knowledge of the stock business. In
1885 he resigned this position and accepted one
in the employ of A. D. Adamson, at that time
one of the leading stockmen of Wyoming. He
remained with him for seven years, latterly hav-
ing practical charge of the business. In 1892
Air. Carpenter purchased a ranch situated on
Horse Creek, seven miles from his present resi-
dence, and engaged in cattleraising on his own
account. He was very successful and extended
his business until 1900, when he sold his ranch
and cattle to Mr. D. B. Whitteger. In October.
1901, Mr. Carpenter, in partnership with his
brother-in-law, Duncan Clark, purchased his
present ranch property from Mr. A. D. Adam-
son, and they have since increased their business
very largely. They now own 3,000 acres of fine
land, with fine adjacent range, lying along Horse
Creek, and are counted among the leading stock-
men of the state. Mr. Carpenter gives his atten-
tion exclusively to the raising of thoroughbred
Hereford cattle, and has been very successful,
now having a large herd, and owning some of
the very finest animals in the United States. On
October 28, 1892, Mr. Carpenter was united in
marriage at the home of his wife's parentb on
Horse Creek, Wyo., to Miss CaHirrin ('lark-,
a native of Canada and the daughter o
and Jane Clark. The parents of Mrs. Carpenter
are of Scotch descent and prominent pioneers and
prosperous residents of Wyoming. Two children
have been born to them, Mary J., aged seven
years, and Earl W., aged five years. Mr. Car-
]K nler is one of the most substantial, prosperous
and progressive citizens of the state of Wyo-
ming. Coming hither as a young man, with-
out means or influence, he has brought himself
by his own unaided efforts to a position of influ-
ence in the state of his residence, and has al-
ready amassed a handsome fortune. He is an
example of what industry, unremitting attention
to business, and integrity and strength of charac-
ter will do in raising a man from obscurity to
prominence and power in the business world and
in giving him an assured position.
ANSON V. CALL.
The mayor of the thriving little city of Af-
ton, Wyoming, distinguished in his ancestry and
his record, capable in business, zealous in church
affairs, influential and forceful in public local
matters, and an esteemed member of his social
circle, Anson V. Call, of Afton, Uinta county,
is easily one of the leading citizens of his section
of the state and worthy of the high standing he
has attained among its people. He is a son of
Anson V. and Charlotte (Holbrook) Call, and
was born at Bountiful, Utah, May 23. 1855. The
family history of his parents is told at length in
the sketch of his brother, Joseph H. Call, on an-
other page of this volume. Anson V. Call was
the second child and the first-born son of the
family, which consisted of ten children. He was
reared by his grandmother, and, after prepara-
tory attendance at the public schools of his vicin-
ity, was educated in the Deseret University, now
the University of Utah, and had the honor of
being the first student graduated from that insti-
tution. After leaving college he taught at Boun-
tiful for about seven years, then accepted a po-
sition as manager of the cooperative store at the
same place and filled it for three years. He was:
PROGR* <>!•' IVYOM1
then 11 :i two-years' mission for
liiirch. and. on his return in ' '
, Afton, Wyo., and engaged il
tcriug an.l building, he ami hi
furnishing the material ami putting
the best In .uses in the valley, among- them b
his u\vn residence, which is considered
i .IK- in this section of country. 1 [e now conducts
a house of entertainment for which the
is \\ell adapted. It contains twelve rooms
besides closets. bathrooms and halls, and is also
equipped with every modem convenience. The
dry is known as The Call, and is a popular
i entertainment. He also has a
husiness as a carpenter ami builder, and dea'
teiisively in hardware and building- materials.
Mr. Call has always been deeply interested in
the cause of education and while in L'tah served
for some years as county superintendent of pub-
lic instruction in Davis county. In the church
i L' anization he is one of the counsellors of the
presidency at Afton. He was married at
Salt Lake City on May 17. [876, to Miss Alice
leannrttr 1 arnham of Utah, a daughter of Au-
gustus A. and ('amlitie i 1'illi Farnham. natives
of New Y<>rk. and ten children ha\. their
union: An-nn \ .. married and living at Afton,
at present writing | H)O-'! on a mi-si, ni to Phil-
adelphia. 1'a.. for the church; Adolphus \ ..
ried and living at Afton; Alice M.. married to
Thomas F. I'.urton <.l' Afton: (laud., \\lio died
in infancy; l-'.lla, married to Carl Cook of \ft..u:
and (an. line < 'harl. .tte. Farnham 1... Chester \-.
an infant died unnamed, and hunt a 1 ."iiise. liv-
II VRRY !•. CHEESEM VN.
I I., i ry I-'.. < Hieeseman of l',igh..ni conn-
ing near Sunshine, has been a resident ..I \\\«
niing since iSSj. and. while occupying the -amr
li all ..I" the time, has lived during that per-
iod in three e. .unties, and Owed ' .hedi. •
territorial and to one state governn npid-
lv I|M boundaries and conditions .di.-mge in this
western w. .rid, where the march of events tran-
scends in activity anything in human In
\Yhe. tuck his this
Fort Washal
: and wlv
ner, he
equ or • ater distane.
attend lli. tl hoard. 1 fe is a native
of tli Xew York, where he was born on
Christina -
Flarr man, hei. -h by
i.ativitv. They came to the I nited States soon
i.fter their marriage, settling on a farm in Xew
York. Here their son, Harry, was reared and
and had the customary experien<
of that portion of the country in
those days. He attended school iii winter and
on the farm I the terms, mean-
while li inking forward to an opening for himself
...' greater promise than his home surroundings
tlised, and for this hr did not linger long
after reaching' man's estate. In iS7<j. when he
was twenty-t\\.>. he left home ami made his
\\ay to Leadville. Colo., where h< . ed in
mining \>>r two or thn '. ith mod
In iS8_> he and nine companions u"t to-
gxther a pack outfit and prospected through Col-
orado and Montana for a location where they
could settle and build up homes and prosperous
tries in the stock business. Fate led them
to \Vood River in this state and th cious
e determined them to remain.
The region was indeed the primeval solitude of
the far \\est. so much spoken of in song and
\o sound of civili/ed mai
those the\ made themsel\e~. broke
Nature's wild life, lull the\ immediah ly began
•,ake a mark in this wildirness that ..
indicate the hour of man's dominion had 0
Fur want of better means th. . d at the
saddle-horn tl therewith to build their rude
•came h\ assiduous indl
whatever pan) ~r loneliness tlu-ir vol-
nntarv expatriation caii-ed. and. thus a|ipl\ ing
ili, :;ni\ i rsal pan 10 . fi n
ami even happ in tb'-ir work And
Mother F.arth. ever kind, ever responsive to the
pri'l'i '- appi als of the husbandman, returned with
6i8
I'l^H'.RESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
interest all they committed t<> her care. Forth
from the virgin soil ruse smiling gardens to re-
ward their faith, and in a little while their cattle
and horses mack- other duties for them and gave
companionship on all the neighboring hills. A
new settlement was born into the world and other
home-seekers were not long in coming to a share
in its benefits and its struggles. In honor of its
founder it was baptized Cheeseman and began its
existence as a center of new homes and new
productive industries with confidence and hope.
The land where they settled was nnsnrveyed
and. when the survey was made a few years
later, a portion of it was found to be a school
section. They, however, retained it, proceeded
with their improvements and development, and
today Mr. Cheeseman has one of the most beau-
tiful and most highly improved ranches in his
section of the state. It comprises 920 acres of
well selected land, much of which has been skill-
fully tilled, and contains a fine residence and
other necessary buildings in keeping. Here he
handles a large herd of superior cattle and many
excellent horses of high grade. Mr. Cheese-
man has prospered in his venture and he is
now one of the substantial men of the county.
He has done much, too. to build up his section
and give it even- advantage of modern progress.
He is a director and the vice-president of the
First National Bank of Meeteetse and owns con-
siderable property in the town. He has been con-
nected in a leading and potential way with ev-
ery public enterprise for the benefit of the com-
munity, and has never hesitated to take bis place
in the ranks of the promoters, or in any official
station wherein he could be of service. He was
elected county commissioner of Fremont county
in 1892 and won great credit for the diligent and
faithful manner in which he administered his
office. The county was of enormous size and the
claims upon the time and energies of its com-
missioners were of corresponding magnitude, but
he met them all without thought of his personal
sacrifices, being deeply interested in the devel-
opment of the county and in the welfare of its
people, and he also served some years as the post-
master of Cheeseman. For many years he has
been an active working Freemason, is an < >dd
Fellow,, an Elk, a Woodman of the \Yorld and
a Modern \Yoodman of America. He was mar-
ried on November 30, 1891, at Salem, Indiana,
to Miss Belle F. Lusk, a native of that state.
They have three children. Harry A., Elmer W.
and Anna J. In addition to his ranch and other
interests already mentioned, Mr. Cheeseman is
connected with mining properties of value at Kir-
win, and was one of the organizers of the Big-
horn Stock Association of which he is now sec-
retary and treasurer.
MIKE COONEY.
This veteran Indian fighter and miner, now a
usident of Green River, Sweetwater county,
Wyoming, was born in the state of Louisiana in
1820, a son of Mike and Margaret (McCannon)
Cooney, the former of whom was born in Ire-
land, and was quite young when he came to the
I'nited States and located in Alabama, in which
state he for a time followed the saloon business.
From Alabama he removed to Louisiana, where
he passed, the remainder of his life, dying at
Baton Rouge, La. Mrs. Margaret (McCannon)
Cooney was also born in Ireland, but her mar-
riage took place in Mobile, Ala., and her death
also occurred at Baton Rouge, La. Mike Coon-
ey, the one whose name opens this biographical
record, began his active business life in St. Louis,
Mo., whence he went to the state of New York,
where he followed farming- for three or four
years, he next went to New Orleans, La., and
thence on to California, where for some time he
was engaged in mining, but while there he en-
listed under General Lane as a volunteer against
the savage and hostile Indians on Rogue River,
and for one year and ten months he fought the
•red skins with coolness, determination and un-
flinching courage. For thirty-three years Mr.
Cooney followed the laborious and precarious
work of mining, principally in California, but he
also spent two years in Australia with fair suc-
cess. He came back to America and mined in
the Comstock lode in Nevada for eight or ten
years with very gratifying results. He next
PROC.RI \.s// /. MEN OF WYOMING.
619
went In the lUack 11 ills, where he remained two
vears, and then came to Wyoming anil here for
six years followed the trade of mason at Rock
Springs, and then came to (liven River, where
lie still resides. In politics Mr. Coone) is a Re-
publican and while a resident of California, in
tX.nX, served as a deputy sheriff. In iSf><> he was
eleeted to the Nevada Legislature and served
two years, and he was a justice of the peai
\\ashoe for anotlier period of t \\ o years. .Mr.
i oonej has never married hut. outside of matri-
mony, he lias experienced a varied and venture
some life, as will he Seen hy the fore^oin^ record.
Although now over fourscore years of ai^e. he is
still i|tiite hale and hearty, and mam years of
enjoyable- life appear to he held in store for him.
He has lived temperately and honestly, for his
promise, once made, has never been violated.
lie enjoys the warm friendship of a host oJ
friends, who admire him for hi-- strict inlci_;nt\
and respect him for "the dangers he has passed
through." lie is still a useful member of society;
heinij- broad-minded, charitable and generous,
his extensive experience shutting out such nar-
row views as exist in the careless minds "| less
traveled citizens. His hearing through life is
\\ell worthy imitation by the rising- generation,
and when the end shall come, as it must in the
due course of nature, no man in the state will lie
mi ire shuvivly mourned.
\VIU.T AM .1. C( ILLINS.
1 Vsccndcd from old Irish ancestrv on his
father's side and from a Pennsylvania famiK Q\
consequence resilient in that pood old common-
wealth from Colonial times. William I. Collin-
of Fenton, embodies iii himself the versatility of
the Irish and the thrift and pefsiMencv of appli
cation of the indusirious Pennsylvanian. lli>
life be^an on October I }. 1X5}, and when he
was three years old his parents. \Vtlli, mi and
i (O'Connell) ( 'ollins. the former a native
of Ireland and the latter of tin Keystone slate.
moved to Chicago. \mid the stirring activities
' f thai iMeat commercial mart he greu to mat-
hood ami in its schools he received his education.
After leaving school he cn.naged in freighting
and contract work of various kinds in and
around the citj for awhile, then farmed in Illin-
i ,i period of five years. In iSoo he came
t" W\ omiiii;' with the Cody eolom and located
on Stinking \\'ater River. where he remained a
year or two and then moved to ( Ircv I'.nll River
near where he now resides, hi MIOO he bought
his present home of iu> acres, which is beanti-
I'nlh located along the river in the neighborhood
of Fenton. is well improved and highly cultivat-
ed, and rewards his labors with immen-e
of grain and hay and .1 -enerous support for his
valuable herds of well-bred stock. Mr. Collins
has been' twice married. I'.y the first union he-
has four children. Andrew: William, who is a
indent in Chicago; Susan and Thomas. His
second marriage was to Mi-s Minim lla\es and
occurred in Chicago in 1X1/1. They hav>
child, their daughter. Marian. .Mrs. Collins is
a native of Alabama, and is a refined and culti-
vated southern lady, exempli f\ ing in her de-
meanor the best features nf the section of our
country in which she was horn and reared.
CHRISTENSEN
The capable postmaster of llanna. ( 'arbon
county, Wyoming, is a progressive and ca|)able
VOUHL; business man. A nalnc of the Father-
land. Ivor Christciisi n was born in iSdcj. and is
the s MI of Andrew and Mary i Ericksen) Chris-
hiisMi. both natives of Germany. Ills father
v,. is born in 1X40 and hasaivvavs followed t1"
iiipaiimi "l tarniiny' in his native countrv . where
he is still living, lie was a soldier in the i lei-
man army during the war with I )i nmark in iSn).
the war with Austria in iXod. ami the 1'ranco-
I'russian \\ ar in 1X70 and 1X71. lie was the
son of llans ('hristeti \SO a native of the
Fatherland, as was also the mother, who was
horn in 1X4^. and is still residing in (lermanv.
Their son. Ivor. ^re\v to man's estate in his n
Country, and received his earlv education in the
public schools in the vicinit) of his boyhood's
ho, ne. When lie had completed his education.
he resolved to seek his fortune in the New
MEN OJ- WYOMING.
. .irewell to
Ms father and mother he p :uul Came 1"
. ricn. Upon his arrival in this country, he
proceeded to tin- then territory of Wyoming,
joined his brother. Hans, who was residing
al Carbon in Carbon county. Soon after arriv-
ing tin re, his brother was taken with serious
illness and he soon died. Ivor was unable to
speak the English language, but he made the
best of the ' situation, and occupied himself in
ranching and mining, both in Wyoming and
Colorado, for about two years. At the end of
that time he returned to Carbon county and se-
cured employment as a fireman in one of the
mines and soon became familiar with all the ma-
chinery connected with mining operations. He
also occupied all the time that was at his com-
mand in study, and acquired a general knowledge
of the English language. In 1901 he met with a
serious accident in the mine where he was em-
ployed, and was therefrom confined to the hos-
pital for seven months. Upon his recovery from
his injuries, he came to Hanna and was appoint-
ed the postmaster at that place. He was familiar
with the duties of this position, from the fact that
previous to his injury he had been the postmaster
at Carbon for about two years. He had also
served as a member of the city council of Car-
bon during his residence in that place. In the
year 1900 Mr. Christensen was united in mar-
riage to Miss Bertha Stephenson, a native of
England, who came to America with her parents
in 1880, when but two years of age, they made
their home in Illinois until 1888. Disposing of
their property at that place they moved to the
then territory of Wyoming and settled in the
town of Carbon, Carbon county, where Mr. Ste-
phenson and family are well-known and highly
respected citizens. To this union has been born
one child to bless their home life, William E.
Their home is noted for its generous and genial
hospitality. Mr. Christensen is affiliated with the
order of Knights of Pythias, and takes an active
interest in the fraternal life of the community
where he resides. He is also a stanch member
of the Republican party, and is one of the most
active and prominent among the leaders of that
political . ition in Carlum county. Tie has
been often solicited to become a candidate for
positions of trust and honor in the gift of his
party, but thus far has consistently declined to
do so, preferring to devote his entire time and
attention to the care and management of his
private business interests. He is held in high
esteem by all who know him, and is looked upon
as one of the rising young men of that section
of the state.
SAMUEL COTNER, JR.
While Samuel Cotner has been a resident of
Wyoming for a period of little more than eight
years, he brought to the state and his business
among her people a ready adaptability to condi-
tions, a thorough knowledge of men and a broad
and accurate acquaintance with the stock indus-
try, acquired in an extensive experience in other
states and amid kindred pursuits. He was born
on December 20, 1865, in Indiana, but when he
was only nine months old, his parents, Samuel
and Sarah V. (Briscoe) Cotner, the former a
native of Indiana and .the latter of Pennsylvania,
removed to Nebraska and located in Sarpy coun-
ty, where for some years the father was engaged
in farming and in teaching. Later he conducted
a mercantile establishment in that county for a
time, then moved to Omaha, in the adjoining
county of Douglas, and has since been residing
in that city engaged in the livestock commission
business, being now a member of the firm of
Paddock, Cotner & Lattin of South Omaha.
Samuel Cotner, Jr., was reared and educated
in Nebraska, and when he was ready for the
business of life he became active in the grain and
livestock industries with which he was connected
until 1895. He then came to Wyoming, and lo-
cating where he now lives, began a stock business
which has steadily prospered, grown to large pro-
portions and risen to a high standard, both in the
quality of its output and the manner in which it
is conducted. He has a beautiful ranch of 320
acres, which is well improved and large portions
of which are under skillful cultivation, and has
also one-half interest in 160 acres of coal land,
OF l\'Y
\vliii i
• : ncli lie li :ium-
an eutcr-
•ig citizen. whose aid '
anil in good measure t« projects for the imp
unity or county, his faith in the
• the state is pi
• -1 by very liberal in i - in its
industries and in his ice in tli
its worthy institutions of ever) beni
ficial kind. The impn and \vis-
1 l>!:iiiil\ |
ive useful -in him, and is seen in the
of progress ;nnl development which animates the
pei g whom he lives. In the cii
Omaha, in i d to Miss L.
Thcissc'i tiyi of 'that city and a daughtet of
'ine Thei.-M.ii. hciih of ' ierman
nativity. Their familx consists of three childrui,
Tville. Daniel T. and Victor, all of >vh<>m
living ;Lt li' 'me.
CH \.Ri , '• ' :KER.
Krom tlie land made gloriou isive and
• K triumphs in < >nr ii r indi
pcnd m the land of Monmonth
Trent' >n. and Princeton, from \t-w J ••
1 • in all tin- am !- of i idu trial pr >-
dnction and
.1 ! pro
and far- h
it! that state in iS;^. the >or . i Tl
B. ai Barnacutt) Dei • "-nu-r
I
proinin-
the
Shore Kailmad and as a -m-ial and civil
1
in his nati
in thi- i.
a I) ii |;or tllfer iii the
monoton} of tin, lif. aii-l then
Fn 'in it li mi nl as civil
neer and Mirvevnr f»r the railio'd CMinpatiy
•liin, in which cap-icii\ he was engageil fur
In iSS^ lie rame to \Yvmiing in
in the
icinl ' istrict clerk ii
inlged his
•n;i'.
In tl he had in-
ite and has since incii
it until li - of fine land
leased. On this
aises cattle and horses in largt mimlier-
. \Yhile pn-,hing his business
with enterprise and vigor. Mr. Decker has also
• • thi \\ el fare of the o >ni-
ity in every way and has gi\vn free!
his time and i
enter])fise for its improvement and devel-
nt. lie has an exalted place in and a firm
hold mi the esteem i if his fellow men where he
own, and is regarded as one of the leading
cilixi veil as 01 oi the most extensive
wers of hi- section o Ue. He
ii ' known as the Knights
' iliias and take- an active part in the
of the fraternity, luit in political cir-
VS] d -ireil or consented to ace. pt of-
••pt those already mentioned.
4
i II \.RLES \. n \- tS.
tied h\ the death of his father when he
luit fou ft i er, years old. and then with his
ng the si • >cia-
'n'ldh I • a new lii >me far
• in the muh \\ esl wh( rein the do-
• altars mi-lit 1- their
mi-ht i nice mi ire > \p.nid and llcMiri-h.
i harle- \. 1 1.,\ i« has pn iven b] ' cient
r on the iti'\\- soil that thi
mil thai he had the inherent <|nai
uccess whatever the conditions might ]
t his aflliclion and th neiit
bravely, he endured with
tide the hardships of hi- hitherto untried
lition and out of the circumstances ,,f hU
1 122
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
new environment has made a sul^rmiial success
in litV. which fixes his place v, ell up on the roll
of the progressive men of Wyoming. Mr. Davis
was horn in Indiana on June -'5, 1X57, the son
of (diver P. and Mariah G. Davis, natives of
Ohio who settled in Indiana early in their mar-
ried life. There they prospered as farmers and
were highly respected until 1871, when, with
untimely hand death ended the father's labors
and left his family bereft. The next year the
mother gathered her family and effects together
and came to Montana, locating in the Gallatin
Valley, where they were engaged in stockgrow-
ing and farming until 1882. In that year Charles
came to Wyoming and located a homestead in
P.ighorn county, a portion of the tract of 360
acres, lying on Wood River fourteen miles south-
west of Meeteetse. on which he now lives. This
has been his home continuously since that time,
and on it he has expended to good purpose his
energy in labor and his skill in husbandry, bring-
ing what he has cultivated to a high state of cul-
tivation and completely furnishing it for its
principal purpose as a base of operations for a
flourishing cattle business which he is conducting
with vigor and pronounced success. In addition
to his herd of fine cattle he also runs a large
number of good horses, by judicious culling from
year to year keeping the grade up to his desired
standard. From the sterner duties and more ex-
acting cares of business Mr. Davis finds recrea-
tion in the Odd Fellows lodge to which he has
belonged for many years, and in other associa-
te ms of a social character. He takes great in-
terest in the proceedings of the lodge, and has
a genial social disposition, which welcomes to his
hearth, not only his hosts of friends, but any ac-
ceptable strangers whom fortune brings his way.
and many such have gone on their journey
well warmed and cheered from his hospitable fire-
side. He was married, at Billings. Mont., in
May. 1893, to Mrs. Lillian Ellenbolt. a native
of Canada. In the life of the frontiersman, such
as Mr. Davis has lived., there is always necessar-
ily a large and constant element of danger, and
he has had his share of this. Many times a vio-
lent death has come near him at the hands. of
.u ige foes, and often, too, the wild beasts of
the forest and plain have threatened disaster.
Hut his resolute spirit has sustained him in every
(rial and his readv resourcefulness has brought
him through without serious mishap. He is a
t \pical pioneer who has dared all. endured all
and won all his circumstances have offered.
ISAIAH J. DICKINSON.
Amid the tranquilizing, elevating and peace-
ful scenes and pursuits of rural life, in one place
or another, almost the whole of Isaiah J. Dickin-
son's existence so far has been passed. He was
born in Pennsylvania on September 23, 1851,
the son of Jonathan and Mary (Hams) Dick-
ii:son, also natives in that state, and on the farm
they owned and operated there he lived until
he was seventeen years of age, assisting in its
labors as soon as he was able and attending the
public schools of the vicinity as he had oppor-
tunity. When he reached the age of nineteen
he started in life for himself, seeking his chance
for advancement in the far West, and spending
ten years in the wild, exhilarating and profitable
( iccupation of hunting buffalo and trapping other
game, in his experience running its whole gamut
of trial and triumph, and gathering from its
open air life, and calls to sudden and strenuous
action, the strength of body, independence of
spirit and resourceful readiness which it engen-
ders in its true and loyal votaries. In 1884 he
came to Crook county. Wyoming, and for seven
years was actively engaged in conducting a
flourishing business in dairying, raising stock
and general farming at Sundance, in Crook
county. In 1895 he came to the Bighorn basin
and took up a desert claim one and one-half
miles west of Burlington, and spent a number
of years in reclaiming this desert from the waste
and making it fruitful with the products of sys-
tematic husbandry. He then moved to Grey Bull
River, along whose banks he has 280 acres of
fine bottom land, and on that estate, as well as
on his original tract of eighty acres, has since
been carrying on the leading industry of the
region, raising cattle and horses of high grades
PROGRESSIVE MEN (>!•' WYOMING.
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and good breeds, and improving , '
his land with assiduous and skillful energy.
land has responded generousl) to hi-- persuasive
industry, and its condition in tVrtilitv and
ductiveness gives proof of his diligence and in-
telligence in tilling, \vliile its well-built and con-
;itl\ arranged improvements hoar impres-
sive testimom to his good judgment and taste.
llis intere t in the general welfare- of the com-
munit\ has he-en felt in many ways of active ef
fort in helialf of the development and progress
of it- civili/ing and cultivating forces, and the
firm establishment and healthy growth of its
civil and political institutions. IK- was married
in the state of Kansas in iSjS to Miss Cornelia
Heller, a native of Iowa, and eight children have
blessed their union: Klva. Roy. Eugene. Don.
( arrie, Maggie, Isaiah and Maud.
WILUAM F. DRAPER.
Cut off in the very acme of his usetulness.
when life was at its meridian height, by an un-
timely death, which was universally lamentrd
wherever he was known, and. leaving to hi- pen
pie an<l the state of \\'\, mi ing. as his best legacy,
the priceless record of a clean and well-spent life.
which is a comfort to those of mature-
an inspiration to the young, and being in a civil
way connected with the political activities, educa-
tional forces and moral agencies of ' Took county.
n among the municipal entities ot
the state. estahlNie-d on a firm and broad foun-
dation, their metes and hounds definitely fixed,
their trend determined along the lines of (rue
and healthful development and all their future
full of promise. William F. I Jraper. of Sunil.
was blessed both in his life and in his death.
For, as he was fortunate' in being useful and es
teemed in the one. so uas he fortunate in i
ing the other until time had set on his fame the
seal that is seldom given except to the departed.
He was a native of [ndianapolis, Ind.. where he
was horn on December 4. iS^S. t! of Ira
and (Vlia (Means) Draper, natives of Kcnti
who -ellled in Indiana 51 " n •'• IT mai i
and followed farming until 1X50. when they re-
moved to Iowa, and. alter lonrteeii years of agri-
cultural enterprise there \\ith
lhe\ came farther west, locating in KichanKoii
count}. Xeli.. and there parsed the remainder
of their live- 1 in the cultivation of the
soil. The mother died in iSSj and the father in
[893. Their son. William F. Draper, was edu-
1 in the schools oi [owa and accompanied
Mrcnts to Nebraska in 1X04. He took up a
homestead in Richardson county in that state
and there engaged in fanning and raising stock
until 1X711. then sold out and removed to Central
City, S. 1).. and carried jm a freighting enter-
nntil |nl\. iSSo. when he again sold out
and came to Wvoming. Again he homesteaded.
locating near where the town of Sundance is now
proceeding along her prosperous course tov.ard
commercial influence and political import,
there being at the time no dream of a county-
scat on that site. He made this location his per-
manent home, remaining on his ranch and cam -
ing i HI a prosperous and expanding stock indus-
try until his death on < ictober i. |SS<>. He was
laid to rest, in the town he had helped to found,
with every manifestation of popular respect and
n. and amid universal expressions of sorrow
over the loss the community had sustained by
bis death, lie bad not oiih been a leading and
representative man in his line of business, but
a citi/en of potential influence in the councils of
die community, and as notary public, register
of the land-office when the County was formed,
and as one of its first hoard of county commis-
sioners, he gave vital anil most valuable service
in shaping the new count v government and giv-
ing proportion and stability to its political insti-
tutions. He was an ardent Republican in politics
.-•lid gave bis part\ his best efforts jn all its im-
portant campaigns, \\bether occupying an official
station or being sinipK a \\orker in the ranks.
Me had -pecial capabilities for official life, and
ailed 1. 1 till 51 ' trust and re-
sponsihiliu . lie was for years a notary p-
and when tin- new count} \\.is formed
from l.aramie. he was appointed In Co\ernor
I I ile to taki until the
count}- \\.is t'ulU . i and at work frc< '
''-4
- i MEN OF WYOMi:\i,.
a separate political existence. IK was also the
-nr, and, as lias been noted, one of
the first count \ commissioners. On September
14. 18(17, Air. DrajHT \\ as married at Falls City,
Xeb.. to Miss Lenora Hatcher, a native of In-
i and a daughter of Charles and Luanda
( Shaffer) Hatcher, emigrants to the Hoosier
stats from Tennessee, who removed to Iowa and
i armed near Des Moines until the father's death
in December. 1884. The mother still lies in
Iowa, having her home at Prairie City. After
the death of her husband Mrs. Draper took up
her residence at Sundance, where she has an
elegant home. She also owns the ranch which
her husband took up when he settled near Sun-
dance, which .is now under lease, and one twenty
miles south of Sundance. Both are in excellent
condition and well improved with the necessary
buildings, fences, etc. Mrs. Draper takes an act-
ive interest in the social and charitable affairs of
the town, and gives enthusiastic attention to the
local chapter of the order of the Eastern Star, of
which she is a valued member.
JOHN B. ECKER.
John B. Ecker, stockgrower and farmer, rep-
resentative citizen and leading man in many
ways, located near Jordan in Bighorn county,
has been a resident oi Wyoming continuously
since 18/8. and came to the state, or the coun-
try embraced within its present limits, first in
181.7. being then a soldier in the Regular U. S.
army and stationed at Fort Cheyenne. He is a
native of Baltimore, Maryland, where he was
born on March 4, 1844, and where his parents,
John and Margaret (Kirts) Ecker, settled on
their arrival from Germany. His childhood and
youth were passed in Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania and his education was received in the
schools of these states. In 1861, when armed
resistance threatened the integrity of the Union,
he responded to the first call for volunteers in
its defense and enlisted in Co. E, Second Mary-
land Infantry, and served in that company to
the close of the war, participating in many of the
hardest fought and most trying battles of the
conflict, ii'itably South Mountain, . \ntietam, Sec-
ond I lull Run and Fredericksburg ; all in fact
in which the command to which he was attached
was engaged. Al (he close of the war he en-
listed in the regular army as a member of the
Thirtieth Infantry, and was in Richmond, Va.,
and Washington, 1). (. '.. until the command was
rnlered to Fort Cheyenne, Wyo., in 1867. From
tin-re after a short time the regiment was sent
to Fort Kearney. Xeb., and in 1868 it came to
Fort Steele. where, his term having expired, he
was discharged. He then worked for the gov-
ernment and afterward rode the range and
freighted until 1878, when he came to what is
now Buffalo in Johnson county. He remained
in that part of the state until 1900, actively con-
nected with the stock industry in various capac-
ities and with a wide range of experience. In
1900 he settled in the Bighorn basin and started
a stock business which he is still conducting with
cumulative profits and gratifying success. He
has a large herd of cattle and pushes his busi-
ness with vigor and industry, taking advantage
of every favorable circumstance and with skill
avoiding the pitfalls and mishaps that attend the
course of such an enterprise in all human ex-
perience. Mr. Ecker seeks relief from the stern-
er duties of life in two of the fraternal societies
so numerous in this country, being a member of
the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Wood-
men (.•]• America, taking great interest and find-
ing much pleasure in the meetings of his lodges.
His life has been an eventful one from the open-
ing of his young manhood until now. The awful
shadow of the Civil War rested darkly on its
earlier years, and in the midst of unrolling col-
umns he was face to face with death on many
a bloody field. After that he again encountered
danger in horrible forms and almost constant
presence in subduing a savage foe on the plains
of the Northwest, having many hair-breadth es-
capes and many trying experiences. After war
in all its forms folded its wrinkled front for
him. the business of his daily life brought new
responsibilities and trials, as well as new efforts
and triumphs, and he can now enjoy the compe-
tence he has won by his own efforts, and the
PROGRESSIVE MEN (>!• WYOMING.
MI of his fell. i\\ iiu'ii which lie has
his merit, with all tii r pleasure by the
recollirtii'ii of the hanl and rugged roai
which he has traveled to them, the journey hav-
ing ended in prosperity.
.1' 'SKI Ml P. 10
Joseph P. Emge is a native of Indiana, where
he \ o,, Januarx j. iSi^. the son of
,nd Katherine Emge, the former a na
live of (iermany and tin- latter of ( iermany. 1 le
lived at home until he was nineteen, attending
i] when lie could, and as soon as he was able
1. aniing the trade of a blacksmith. When he
finished his apprenticeship, in i88j, he sought
ne\\ tlrld i if enterprise in the West
comii • lorado, \\orked at his traiie for a
period of three years. Tn 1885 he came to the
r.igh'.rn basin in \Y\oming. and located on Xo-
w 1 River, where he worked at his trade with
industry and profit. Mechanics were scare
all who came had plenty to do. Mr. Emgc be-
ing h.'indy cotild do other mechanical work than
blacl. smithing, and soon found himself in great
i helper in many lines of activity.
II' '.\ eil ihe prevailing custom i if the
country In- locating goveri ment land and ei
ing in raising cattle. \s time passed he pros-
-1 in his business and bought land on Spring
Creek where he now owns 480 llent
• which he has put in the wav of im-
5, the fruits , if IIK previous labi TS and
it own sin-pin., products, making it ofi
desirable, well developed and well cultivated
Kindles of the section of the county in which it
. ated. I Icre he has a herd of (' " • W • 11 bred
.-.ml In ilth; cattle, ilways kept in prii,
' for the ma: lime
with ever n< iwn to the busim ' r; ing
from tin- -lart the high pi ' the
ike his land fertile and productive and n
to the utm
i of his herd, and nothing that p;
attention and intei'
comfort and improvement of the herd is \\ith-
I'.ut his ranch and his cattle indnst:
not ahsorli all of Mr. Hinge's ii,
tive and . Mien >t in the wel-
miniinitx . and gi'
afTi cling that welfare dm atUnti'.n and his p,,r-
ti> 'ii ' 'f the burden whicli tl til On all
citixeiis. lie is a stockholder in the tele :•'
rating at his home tow..
]>r' iminentl) • cted with •
which furnish forth eil -mews and means
.1 growth or the convenience-, and
; fe for the people in general. His
US and helpful citixenship has been
lial for good in tin- county, and is much ap-
pre< ' all classes of tin- pe> .pie.
EM \.NUEL I \i ST.
Like the mild and pleasing sunset after a very
ny day. the evening of life .1
i tu-1 Haiist. of I'.ighorn county, as he i
calmh toward the end of his earthly labors after
dventure, trial, danger and t"i'
the jileasi ' , eiiiug are height
its Mifteiied radiai ed more soothing
by ti n of rhe stormy past and the
consciousness of present and endurin
Although he \\'vomi:
than ten yi 3 even at the lati
of his arrival a pioneer in the state, whc-
found an untamed frontier reach- to afford pleii-
: \V' irk for hi 'ping
spin! I ' try. whil.
haps, on the • Vlity.
is nevertheli ^s noble and stands high on the
ic roll . 'f industi •• thi
of labor ichievements ha\.
lankind and increased the E hu-
man liapp:-
of that J. nisi, who in .
wilh ' .-hi 'ctTer. aiiolll the m
of the tin Mtnry. inveuled tl>. '.rin:-
ing i' '-me-.-
of 1 1 . •
Vclopmeiits. i MI, |u ,| lit, r.itu:
tin- 1 •
' if ib. I I is lirst \
626
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
genitnr mi his father's side was his grandfather,
Philip Fa nst, a native of Berlin, who came to
the I'nited States in his young manhnod and sti-
lled in Pennsylvania, where Emanuel was born
on November 18. 1828, the son <if John and Han-
nah (Sipe) Faust of that state. In the place
of his nativity Fmanuel Faust grew to manhood,
was educated and learned his trade as a black-
smith. In 1841). when he had just passed hi.^
twenty-first birthday, he devoted eager atten-
tion to what was then a wild portion of the
yet unbroken prairie of the far West, and came
to Freeport, 111., as to a place of hope and
promise. He remained there industrious at
his trade until 1854, then joined in the steady
tide of emigration to California. But on his ar-
rival in that territory he did not follow the al-
most universal vocation of its people, but con-
tinued at his trade for two years and then re-
turned to Illinois. On September 10. 1861, he
enlisted in the Union army as a member of Co.
B, Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and served until
October 9, 1864, participating in many of the
most desperate and important battles of the aw-
ful contest between the sections of our unhappy
land. After the battle of Shiloh lie was pro-
moted to the position of second lieutenant for
meritorious service and later reached in the same
way that of first lieutenant, which he held when
he was mustered out. After leaving the army
he again resumed his trade in Illinois, remaining
there until 1865. when he removed to Iowa. In
1884 he. came a little farther west, settling in
Seward county in the adjoining state of Nebras-
ka, and in 1892 located in the Bighorn basin
of Wyoming, where he has since continuously re-
sided. He took up a homestead and a desert
claim near the town of Otto and started an enter-
prise in the stock business which he is still con-
ducting, which has prospered and grown great.
His ranch of 320 acres is well improved, much
of it is carefully cultivated, and he has a large
herd of well-bred cattle which are kept up to
a high standard in quality and condition. Mr.
Faust is an interested member of the Grand
Army of the Republic and the Masonic order.
He was married at Freeport, 111., on June 12,
1850, to .Miss Sarah Runkle, who is like himself
a native of Pennsylvania. They have had seven
children, Lucy. John 11.. William C. (see sketch
i in another page), Alberta J., living, and Cyrus
and Ftta, deceased. In polities the father has
been a loyal and devoted Republican from the
very foundation of his party, and in church af-
filiation is a Methodist Episcopalian. He takes
an earnest and active interest in both political and
church affairs, and has made his religious faith
practical by helping to organize congregations
and build churches in the portion of the state
in which he lives, one notable product of his
zeal and energy being the first church .of this
faith erected in the Bighorn basin. In business
connections, in political lines, in social circles
and in church associations he is highly esteemed,
and has the respect and confidence of the com-
munity in every way as a useful, progressive,
far-seeing and upright citizen.
ALYAH W. AYRES.
Among the prominent stockraisers of Con-
verse county, Wyoming, must be numbered Mr.
Ayres, for he is conducting a business of great
scope and importance in the raising of horses
and cattle. His operations are sure to be of in-
calculable value to the country for he is exercis-
ing great care and discrimination in the quality
of his stock, thus aiding the entire community to
benefit themselves by the improvement of their
herds through his invaluable labors. He was
born in Luzerne county. Pa., on December 28,
1841, the son of James L. and Patience M.
(Yincent) Ayres, both parents having their na-
tivity in the state of New York. His- paternal
grandfather dying when the father was but four
years of age, a definite genealogy of the Ayres
family has not come down to the present gen-
tration, but on the mother's side it is known that
the Yincents are of old Colonial stock, many of
the name standing high in professional, indus-
trial and commercial circles, one of the most
prominent of recent years being the noted Rev.
John H. Yincent, bishop of the Methodist Epis-
copal church and chancellor of the great Chau-
fHS
PUBLIC I
*GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
627
tauqna Assembly and University. Mrs. Patience
i Vincent ) Ayres is in a well preserved ph\>ical
condition with bright and vigorous mental facul-
ties and is maintaining her home in Nebraska,
having commenced her married life on a farm
and removing with her husband to Luzerne coun-
t\. L'a.. there following agriculture for many
years, then moving to Illinois and eventually to
Gage county. Neb., where lie died. In i8(x> Alvah
Ayres came west to Colorado, there following
teaming until 1882, the last four years doing busi-
ness for himself and making his first trip to 'Wyo-
ming in 18(15, Fort Laramie being his destination
and in 1807 coming to Fort Fetterman and being
exceedingly troubled by Indians upon the trip. In
1882 he located on his present home ranch on the
LaPrele river, twelve miles west of Douglas, in
(lie midst of rare scenic attractions, the Natural
I '.ridge being on his estate; the LaPrele running-
through the property irrigates over 200 acres of
the fertile soil on which Mr. Ayres is raising fine
• rops of grain, alfalfa, etc. In this home ranch
an over 600 acres of available land, while he
has under lea-e and in his control over 2,000
acres, where he is running a herd of horses of a
thoroughbred strain, while his drove of cattle
numbers fully 500 bead. .Mr. Ayres is a quiet
and unobtrusive citizen, ever earnest in public
matters as a member of the Republican party,
and. while by no means an office-seeker, his capa-
Eor the proper discharge of public trulls
was so manifest that he has been < leeled to the
offices of school commissioner and representative
in the State Legislature, discharging these trusts
to tl" sal tuents. < >n \pril
6, 1890, Mr. V. res and .Mrs. Sallie i i. Button, a
native of \irginia. \\ere married, her maiden
name being ("lay and her first husband being
William D. Button, a native of Vermont, Mr.
who was born of her first man \vres
1 seventeenth
n four br. .ili> i . b ilin. ( 'h
Henry a ' i.md.
all tl of this countr;. being their
Her a I to Virginia,
her grandfather. l\e\. ( b,<- a brother of
the grandfather of the eminent Heiir
Kentucky, being one of the first KpisCupal ch
men of America, having I1 he Atlantic to
I OIK Ion to be ordained, lie was a d in-
timate friend of Thomas Jefferson and Mrs.
Ayres possesses an autograph letter of that dis-
r'ngnishcd patriot written to her grandfather.
R< H'.F.RT FF.NTON.
Robert I 'Viiion, a prominent farmer and rais-
ei of well-bred stock jn p.ighorn county near the
town of Fenton, of which his mother was the first
postmistress and which was named in his honor,
is a native of England where he was born on
July 28, 1861. the son of John and Amelia (Fen-
ton i Fenton, also natives of that country and sci-
ons of families which had lived there from time
immemorial. In 1870 his father died in his na-
tive land, and in 1875 the mother came with her
family to the United States. Soon after her ar-
rival in this coniitr\ Mrs. Fenton married with
Jacob Cunnington. 1-Vnr years later they reached
\Vvoming and located at Lander where they re-
mained for some years, after which they lived for
some time in turn in Washington. Utah, ( >r
and Idaho. In 1887 Mr. runnington was killed
b\ the fall of a horse which he was riding, and
one year afterwards, in 1888. Mrs. Cunnington
and .children located where they now li\
Hull l\iver. Mere they have an estate of
icres and carrv on a flourishing stock busi-
ness, handling some 150 cattle and a large num-
ber of horses of high grade. The familv con-
of Mrs. ('nnningtiHi and her three children,
Robert, John W. and Annie A. From their na-
tive land they brought the energy and persistency
in application, the thrift and frugality in living.
'heir Inn
1
••.vith these qu ilifi :>cgan
the work, of subduing the untamed wilder;
to which 'inc. here buildii:
!dlv coin;- • '
iii their new II»HK ward in •
tetermin.
628
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
and diligence, the wild luxuriance of nature be-
came comely and obediently productive, and the
social, educational, moral and political forces of
the community soon began to feel the impulse
imparted by their force of character and resource-
ful energy. Their farm is a model of agricul-
tural management, a silent but effective teacher
of the benefits of forecast, calculation, thorough
knowledge and faithful application ; their devo-
tion to the land of their adoption is manifest in
their great and abiding interest in everything
that pertains to the welfare of their neighbor-
hood, county and state ; and in their relations to
their fellows and their business methods they
are exemplars of integrity, of amenity and of a
cordial and generous humanity to those around
them. They have a high place in public esti-
mation and a healthful and stimulating influence
-on every phase of productive activity.
OTTO FRANC.
When we speak of the inscrutable ways of
Providence often we only accuse our own short-
ness and imperfectness of vision. Our very dis-
asters are not unfrequently the gateways to bet-
ter fortune and a more enlarged or elevated life.
Otto Franc, of near Meeteetse in Bighorn coun-
ty, the owner and manager of the celebrated
Pitchfork cattle ranch, was sent to Wyoming
on the advice of physicians to recuperate and
recover if possible his failing health. Banished,
so to speak, from all the blandishments of culti-
vated life, separated from his brothers and
friends in the Eastern metropolis, taken away
from a business in which his energies and tastes
were alike enlisted and consigned to a life of
loneliness and privation in the western wilds, it
must have seemed to him that fate was hard in-
deed, and had little left in store for him that was
agreeable. And yet, out of these very unpromis-
ing conditions, he was able to carve a new des-
tiny, and by taking advantage of the opportuni-
ties which they presented, rise to a far greater
height of financial and commercial supremacy
than he had formerly enjoyed, at the same time
receive a return of his strength and his elasticity
of body and spirit. He came to Wyoming in
18/8 and, during the quarter of a century which
has followed, he has been closelv and forcefully
identified with the history of the state and its
leading industry, the cattle business, standing
now among the very leaders of this business, con-
trolling in large measure its destinies in his part
of \Vyoming. Mr. Franc is a native of Germany
and was born on August 2, 1846. He was reared
and educated in his native land, and in 1866, when
he was twenty years old, came to the United
States, locating in New York City, where, in
company with his brothers, Charles A. and C.
B. Franc, he engaged in the fruit business, im-
• porting the commodity from South America. In
1872, in the interest of the firm and its business,
he went to South America, but his health failed
there and he returned to New York, remaining
six years. In 1878, finding his health again
failing, his physicians again advised him to pass
some time on the plains of the far West, and
he came to Wyoming, stopping where Thermop-
olis now stands. He had engaged the services
of "Texas Jack" as a guide, and while riding
about the country learned much of the possibil-
ities for profit in the cattle industry in this coun-
try. He returned to Xew York to enlist the aid
of his brothers in the business, and after much
persuasion they consented to embark in it with
him, but only on the condition that he would re-
main on the ranch five years and give the enter-
prise his personal attention. In 1879 he came
west again, bought cattle in Montana and drove
them to Meeteetse Creek, where he wintered
them. In the spring he moved them to where he
now lives and quartered them on unsurveyed land
which he took up, this being the first settlement
on the Grey Bull River. As soon as the land
was surveyed he entered his claims and all the
while pushed his enterprise with vigor and excel-
lent judgment. It throve and prospered, and in
1896 he bought out his brothers and became sole
owner of 1,600 acres of the best ranch land in
the state, which he has made into what is fre-
quently spoken of as the most highly improved
ranch in Wyoming, and is known to all who
are closely connected with the stock industry as
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOML\ '(',.
629
the "famous Pitchfork ranch." The land is all
graded, irrigated and relieved by a comp
tein of underground drainage, and it pro
eni>rm»ns crops of alfalfa and tiniothv. He ha-
generally about 2,000 cattle, three- fourth- of
them being well-bred Shorthorn- and I lerefords.
A gentleman of ihe business rapacity and enter-
prise possessed in every \vay by .Mr. Franc, in a
country where populations arc small and lea
few. could scarcely avoid being drawn into the
vortex of polities at least in a local way. And
so, for the good of the community, he has been
obliged to serve as justice of the peace from
time to time, being one of the. first justices within
a large radius and his jurisdiction covered an
immense sweep of country. He was comp
to travel i 50 miles to take the oath of office the
tir-t time he was elected, so few were public of-
ficials in this D nntry in those days, and so far
was it between them. In fact, when he "
his claim" here the count) seal was .^o miles
from his home. While enlarging and developing
his business, and making every energy and
i- of his resources subservient to its most
• •iniced success, Mr. Franc has not neglected
his personal comfort or withheld the expression
of his good taste in the impn>\ emi -in- on hi-
rancli. He has erected thereon a substantial and
architecturally beautiful stone residence with
numerous commodious and well arranged barns
and other outbuildings. Kverything about thi
tate proclaims that it is the product of thrift, en
terpri e, eal business capacity and rei
•.vith adii ,ults in a practical
way to il e olution of the always difficult pn>b-
••f makii , rn civilixation bloom and
fructify on the wild western frontier. It
without the saying that Mr. Franc of the
i.nowii and most highly esteemed men in
the eel i' in of tli :, which he liv
EDWARD J. FARD 'W.
Having passed three years of his life from the
• iy on
I aramie plains when the counm y \vild.
and ha\ ing since acbi.
a- a stockman and farmer, holding service as a
justice of the , mayor of his home town,
and in other official capacities, Fdward J. Farlow.
of Lander, has risen by natural progress, and
through an extensive and varied experience in
the exigencies of life on the western frontier, to
the high pla. holds in the esteem and
rd of his fellow men. He is a nati\
Dallas county, la., where he was born on January
2, 1861, being the son of Isaac J. and Martha E.
• iin i Farlnw. yet esteemed citizens of
Towa. tb< r a native of Indiana and the
latter of Kentucky. Fdward J. was the third of
their eight childn : m are living,
one b lames X.. a resid uuler, be-
ing specifically mentioned on another page of
Mr. Farlow recer >od corn-
school education in his native county, fin-
ishing his course at the Adel high school. la
iX-S, when he was seventeen, h. d into act-
ive life a i) near T. aramie. \\'vo.. and for
three years cheerfully endured all the hardships
and privations and tUankfullv received the phys-
ical and intellectual benefits of that strenuo;:
cupation. in the meantime frugally saving his
earnings and investing them in
so that at the end of his service then -be v. a- able
o into thi his owi account,
lie has developedhis enterprisi ; -mall be-
ginniii'j. to a full ' ud vigorous vital')
gratifying dimension- •••iforlahle profits.
WTIS eighty acres of very line meadow land
just inside the citv limits of Lander, and h
d land. On this he i
slid p tie of superi ir : ' with
care Ihcir
comfort and . mercantile i
is well d equipped witli <
device and accommoi1 -Mccessful
'f his In' mil with the desirable
comforts and tasteful adornm . modem
From tb; ge be is able
'inniunity in which h
his lot ar to its interest aiicl ad\
men1
. judgment and rii
served tb
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
member of their school board, as a justice of
the peace and as a United States commissioner,
in each position having important functions to
perform and doing his duty in a way that has
won high commendation from all classes of citi-
zens. On September 23, 1883, he married with
Miss Elizabeth Lamoreaux, a native of Wyo-
ming and daughter of Jules and Elizabeth Lamo-
reaux of Lander, who were among the earliest
pioneers of the state and this particular valley.
Two children have blessed their union, Jules E.
and Albert J.
GEORGE A. FOX.
For more than sixteen years a resident of
Wyoming, and during all of that time closely
identified with the progress and development of
the state, contributing of both brain and brawn
to make her waste places glad, her mercantile
interests prosperous, her civic life useful and
true, and now conducting on a large and sub-
stantial basis a business of great service and im-
portance to the community in which he lives,
George A. Fox, of Gillette, may well be spoken
of as one of the forceful and productive factors
among the civilizing influences of this section.
He was born on June 26, 1851, in Floyd county,
Iowa, where his parents, John and Jerusha A.
(Colson) Fox, were early emigrants from Illin-
ois. There they settled when the county was on
the frontier, and there they lived until it had
yielded to the persuasive voice of progress and
become an old and well-settled community. Then
again they turned to the undeveloped West and
removing to Richardson county, Neb., in 1865,
they homesteaded on the unbroken prairie and
redeemed their portion of it to fertility and pro-
ductiveness. In 1885, renewing their love for
the wilder phases of our great public domain,
they took up their residence in Crook county,
Wyoming, and there the mother died in 1887.
The father then returned to his old home in
Nebraska and passed the remainder of his days
amid the scenes he had so long enjoyed, dying
in 1899, after spending the sunset of a useful
life in peaceful retirement from toil and care.
George A. Fox was educated in the schools of
the place in which he lived from time to time
as he grew to manhood, and worked on the farm
with his father until he was eighteen. lie then
engaged in farming on his own account in Ne-
braska until 1882, when he opened a livery busi-
ness in Humboldt, that state, and conducted it
for two years. In 1884 he removed to Sherman
county, Kan., and there took up a homestead,
but after two years of occupancy of this, came to
Crook county, Wyo., where his parents were at
the time, and "homesteaded" six miles from Sun-
dance. On the land thus taken up he started
a cattle industry, and also engaged in freighting
between Rapid City, -S. D.. and the Black Hills
country. For five years he followed this exciting
and profitable life, and thereafter devoted his en-
ergies entirely to the development and improve-
ment of his cattle interests until 1896, when he
sold both ranch and stock and came to Gillette
to engage in the livery business. His progress
in this enterprise was safe, but slow at first, ow-
ing to a vigorous competition, but in 1899 he
bought the barn he now uses for^his business
and, enlarging it and his stock, he has since done
an extensive work in his line, being one of the
best-known men in all this part of the country.
In addition to a business which necessarily brings
him into contact with all classes and conditions
of men, Mr. Fox gained knowledge and become
known through his activity in politics as a Dem-
ocrat and in local public affairs as a progressive
and enterprising citizen for many years. He has
been serviceably interested in all projects for
the advancement of the community, and has
more than contributed his share in inspiration
and in more substantial ways for their successful
operation. On July i, 1877, at Forest City, Mo.,
occurred the first marriage of Mr. Fox, being
then united with Miss Fannie Gird, who, after
an unusually happy wedded life of nineteen
years, was called from earth, leaving four chil-
dren, Nora, Lottie, Eddie and Teddy. At Sheri-
dan, Wyo., on May 23, 1900, Mr. Fox married
with Mrs. Annie McClure, a widow, born and
reared in Iowa, by whom he has had one son,
Tav R. Fox. In fraternal relations he is united
PROGRESSIl'E MEX OF WYOMING.
631
with the lodge of Odd Fellows at Gillette, and,
besides his livery business, he owns a ranch near
the town, where he runs a considerable band of
horses. He is as highly esteemed as he is widely
known, and well merits his success in a commer-
cial way and his bold on the regard of his fellows.
GEORGE A. FORBES.
This popular leader of the Republican party
in Kemmerer county stands today one of the
foremost men among the builders of Wyoming.
Lineally descended from good ^Scottish stock,
through George A. Forbes, who emigrated from
Glasgow, Scotland, in Colonial times, he inherits
all the strength of character, canny virtues and
heroic bravery which led his great-grandfather
to cast his fortunes with the New York militia
of the Continental forces and to rise to distinc-
tion in its ranks. He is a native of the state of
< Miio, having been born at Litchfield, Medina
county, on October 22. 1849, a son of Alexander
and Cornelia ( Randall) Forbes, of Syracuse,
X. V.. Among his American forefather- were
uinent lawyers and successful farmers, his
own father following the latter occupation, boih
in New York and in Ohio, and dying at the age
of eighty-five years on September 22, 1897. being
buried al Litchfield five years after his wife had
been laid to re-t in the same place. Well edu-
d in the public schools of Ohio Mr. Forbes
Hi hi- bn m 'ix-er in iSf^ as a govern
1 1 lent employe, becoming a mailing clerk at Nash-
ville. Tenn., for two year-, when he returned
to < ihio and became an engineer in a sawmill,
continuing ihi- occupation for eighteen months
and until he was engaged as a fireman by the
Lake Shon 8 lichigan Southern Railroad, be-
ing lln P - i I''"' •'•<•" 'ted |. i the |" isitii ill of
motive engineer, which he held until Xove;
1X7;. when he came to K\ an.-tou, \\"\o., and was
engiii' < r for the Union Pacific, remaining with
that road in the freight and passenger service
until iS.,). only to leave it for the less exacting
and more peaceful pursuits of farming and stnck-
raising, lie ha- been con-table for the Kem-
merer precincl for three years and a- a party
li ider for his county, it goes without saying that
he must have good judgment, courage and a
wise precaution to inspire confidence and merited
esteem, which is now his in great measure. Fra-
ternally, he is in full accord with the Masonic
Lodge, Xo. 4, of Kvanston, Fvanston Chapter
Xo. 2 and Evanston Commandery, Xo. 4, besides
being an' active member of the VI b s and al-
-ii of the I'.rotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
In October, 1876, he married his first wife, Miss
Susan Sparks of Bushnell, a daughter of Thomas
and Sarah (Sparks) T'.ushnell, natives of Illinois,
assistant principal for seven years of Professor
Howe's college at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. She
died on September 13. 1881, and was buried on
the same day as was ['resident Gartield, leaving
one child, Susan Alice, now a graduate of the
State University at Lincoln. Xeb.. and a teacher
in that institution. Tn the second marriage the
lady of the choice of Mr. Forbes was Miss Alice
Lenehan, of Toledo, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas
and Mary I Lenehan) Lenehan of Ohio. They
have one daughter, Laura M.. who graduated
from the Kvanston high school with the class of
The practical business qualities of Mr.
ics have enabled him to acquire an enviable
share of tlii- world's goods anil, he owns 800
acres of valuable land near Fvanston. the fam-
ily residence in the city, and city property in
11. Utah, and Kemmerer. His ( r has
been one of success and one of which he may
\\ell be proud, marked as it has been by energy,
probity, loyalty to home and native land and a
pleasing geniality which has gathered around
him mam warm friends who class him among
their hoiii ired citizens.
WILLIAM I',. G( H'LD.
One of the prosperous, enterprising and ;
'.growers and general fanru •
the r.ighorn basin, who ha- made his own way
in the world from an carlv age. and ha- v.
substantial competence for life and a secure and
exalted place in the confidence and e-teein of
the public, i- William I',. Gould, who lives near
<>tto on the Giv\ I'.ull River, on a hue ranch
EN OF WYOMING.
of 520 acres which he has redeemed from the
wilderness and made , as the rose."
Mr. (iould was born in Indiana on January I,
1853, the son of Steven and Ahneda (House)
(iould. the former a native of Ohio and the lat-
ter of Indiana. He was reared and educated
in his native state, and he approached man's es-
tate engaged in farming there on his "own ac-
count. He followed this vocation in Indiana un-
til 1883 when he went to southwestern Missouri
and continued it there for five years longer. In
1888 he came to Wyoming and located a home-
stead, which is a part of the ranch on which he
now lives and on which he conducts a large and
profitable stock business, having some 300 head
of fine cattle and sixty horses of superior breed
and high grade. The ranch has been well im-
proved with good buildings and other appliances
and much of it is an advanced state of cultiva-
tion. The changes made in it through the in-
dustry and skill of its owner are gains over bar-
barism and the wild and wasted luxuriance of
nature by the forces of civilization and systematic
labor. When Mr. Gould took up his residence
on this land the whole region around him was as
yet practically untouched by the molding hand of
enlightened man, but from him, and others like
him. earl}- invaders of its primeval solitude, it
received an impulse which soon began to bring
it to comeliness and array it in garments suited
to the dignity and the requirements of its new
lord and master. As the land was developed
and made fruitful, the other concomitants and
fostering forces of civilization and progress were
called forth and made effective. Schools and
churches were established, roads and bridges
were built, marts of trade were opened and the
conveniences of modern life were gradually
made available. In this work Mr. Gould took an
active and very productive part. He and his
brother James, of whom a sketch appears else-
where in this volume, joined hands in the ex-
hilarating task of planting the wilderness with
the beneficent activities of cultivated life, by their
example stimulating others so that the work went
forward rapidly, considering all the conditions.
The interest in the welfare of the community,
thus exhibited in its early life on the part of
Mr. Gould, has never abated and he is now as
ready as he ever was to aid in the development
of any enterprise which may tend to advance or
improve his neighborhood. He was married in
Shelby county, Indiana, in December, 1877, to
Miss Mary E. Mann, a native of that state.
They have six children, Orrin, Franklin, Elmer,
( )pal. Alva and Amy.
JOSEPH R. GRAHAM.
Prominent among the younger generation of
ranchmen is the well-known and highly esteemed
gentleman whose name furnishes the caption of
this review. Thrown upon his own resources
at an age when the majority of lads are the espec-
ial objects of their parents' anxious care and so-
licitude, and making his own way in the face of
experiences calculated to try the mental and
moral fiber and develop what is of genuine worth
in the individual, he gradually surmounted an
unfavorable environment, forging to the front
by the sheer force of will, has now not only a fair
measure of pecuniary success, but the right to
worthily wear the title of self-made man. Joseph
R. Graham, who lives near Fort Laramie, was
born on May 4, 1868. in the city of Leaven worth.
Kan. His father, Joseph Graham, was a native
of Kentucky, and his mother, who bore the
maiden name of Mellie J. Foster, was also born
and reared in the beautiful Blue Grass state.
Soon after the close of the great Civil War these
parents emigrated to Missouri, thence a little la-
ter to Kansas, there settling on a farm in
Leavenworth count}', where the father carried
i 'ti agriculture and stockraising until his removal
in 1890 to the territory of Oklahoma. Mr. Gra-
ham is still a resident of Oklahoma, where, as in
his former places of residence, he is engaged in
cultivating the soil and raising live stock, meet-
ing with encouraging results in his busi-
ness affairs. The childhood days and early youth
of his son, Joseph R. Graham, were spent under
the parental roof and as opportunities afforded
he attended the public schools. acquHng a fair
knowledge of the branches constituting the cur-
PROGRESSIVE ML.\ OF ll'YUUl
riculuin. IK- grew up a o intinucd help in his
parents, but i . K what restless na-
ture, and being actuated by a desire to see some-
thing of the world, lie severed the bonds which
united him to liis lion early aye of thir-
teen and made his way to Idaho. Soon alter
reaching his destination he went to work run-
ning cattle, and \\a.- thus engaged in the south-
ern part of the above territory until l8cS2 when
he win! lo Nevada. Here he soon became a
full-fledged, and thoroughly experienced cowboy,
and continued as such in Nevada until 1884. in
the 5pring of \\hich \ear he came to Wyoming,
and engaged with a ranchman near Cheyenne,
in working there on the range until the latter
part of the year following. In 1885 he came to
the section of the country which he has since
made the base of his operations in the cattle busi-
ness, from that date until 1895 uoi'kiug the
range over various parts of Montana. South
Dakota and Nebraska. In 1895 he began ranch-
ing in this part of the state, and. after following
that work until 1900, he took up his present ranch
on the Platte River, two miles northwest of Fort
l.aramie and engaged in cattle-raising upon his
own responsibility. He 'had experienced an in-
teresting and an adventurous career, frequently
marked b\ experiences of a thrilling character,
and his wild, free life on the range has had a
wholesome effecl in building up a healthy, vig-
orous ph\sic|ne and in developing a ,pirit of sclf-
reliaiuv peculiarly helpful to a man of his call-
ing, lie began life for himself in a lii
linancial way. but by his shrewd management,
discriminating judgment and wise foresight he
gradually much increased the magnitude of his
business and is n, ,\v (,n the straight highway to
highh deserved success, i >n \pril 3, 1903, In-
was married at Fort Laramie, Wyo., to Miss
Emn i Kenast, a native of i lermanj and also
'.mghter of Frederick and \Vilhelmina
(Borman), who came to \\'\-omi the
Fatherland in 1*01. Mr. and .Mrs. ( Iraham also
have one child, a bright hov named I .< Ro\ . who
was born on November j<>. is.^. Mr. Graham
has a pleasant residence , m hi- attractive ranch
and is well situated to enjoj the comforts .-,,,,1
.Inch he has accuinu;
•nally he
tleinan. popular with all who kn<jw him. and
lacultv of making and re-
taining warm frundships. Young in years, but
old in experience:-, full of energy and enthn-
eminenti' to predict lor him a long
and useful, as well as a financially successful ca-
in \ears to come. Mr. ( iraham and wii'.
members of the Lutheran church and endeavor
to make their lives correspond with their faith.
J. F. IIAC.KFRY.
•hie of the progressive and enterprising
stock-growers and farmers of I'.ighorn county.
who has won the respect and confidence of all
his fellow nun who know him by his correct
business methods and upright life, and who has
ilished himself securely in the stock business
by his industry, thrift and capacity, is J. F.
I lathery, now living near Sunshine, Wyo.. on a
ranch which he took up as a desert claim and
which he has brought to fertility and productive-
ly ss of a high order. He is a native son of Iowa.
born in that state on July _>, 1844. the son of
Frederick and Anna Hagbery. both natives of
Sweden. For some years after leaving school he
worked on farms and conducted Farming enter-
prises of his own in his native state, and in iSjS
he removed to Kansas. Milling in Rooks county.
II. there engaged in farming and raising si
continuing his operations along these lines in
dial count} until [884. 1 le then moved to '
rado and continued in that state the same sort of
business he had conducted in Kansas, remaining
there until iS<j,}. when he came i miug-
and tool-, up oM a desert claim .1 pinion of th,.
laud which is now included in his ranch, and
again engaged in stockraising and fanning. His
ranch comprises 320 i land, which he
has made goo,! and fruitful, and on it he
ports liberally and keeps in good condition
high-grade cattle. He is ., public spirited and
progress^ .able hit-
in all the advancement of the commninlv.
634
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
ABR Ml \M GOTWALS.
As a volunteer in the I'ninn army during the
Civil War and a soldier in the regular army for
three years after the close <>f that sanguinary
conflict, and in the latter service participating
in many Indian battles and skirmishes, Abraham
Gotwals of Bighorn county, residing on a fine
and well-developed ranch near Hyattville, gave
his country good service throughout seven years
of his young and vigorous manhood, and since
that period has been actively engaged in building
up and improving the portion of her wide do-
main in which he has cast his lot. He came to
Wyoming in 1865, when the wealth, which for
ages had been hidden from the sight of man,
was just beginning to attract the attention of
the adventurous advance guard of civilization
in this western world, and, during the nearlv
forty years of his residence in the state, he has
been a potential force in her progress and in
the development of her commercial, industrial,
educational, social and political institutions. He
was born in Montgomery county, Pa., in 1841,
the son of Joseph D. and Mary ( Kratz ) Got-
wals, also natives in that state. In his native
county he reached the age of twenty years, re-
ceived a common-school education and assisted
his parents on the farm. In 1861. on May 4,
just fifteen days after the riot in Baltimore, he
enlisted in Co. E, Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania
Infantry, for a term of three-years' service in
the Union army, or during the war, if it should
not last so long. He saw the full three-years'
service, being in many important battles during
its progress and, nothing undaunted by the dan-
gers he had passed and the privations and hard-
ships he had suffered, at the end of his term he
immediately reenlisted as a member of Co. B in
the One Hundred and Ninety-ninth Pennsyl-
vania, with which he served to the close of the
war. Being now inured to military life, finding
in it much that was attractive, especially as there
was promise of continued peace, he again en-
listed, this time as a member of the regular army
in the Second U. S. Cavalry for another term
of three vears. In the Civil War he was wounded
at the battle of Cross Keys, in Virginia, but was
not long disabled for service. After his enlist-
ment in the regular army he was sent west with
his regiment, in 1865 arriving in Wyoming.
While here the troops were almost continually
harassed or called into activity by the hostility
of the Indians, and Mr. Gotwals had many nar-
row escapes from death and capture. In 1868
he was discharged at Fort Russell, and then set-
tling at South Pass, in what is now Fremont
county. Wy<)., he engaged in mining until 1876,
when he went back to Pennsylvania and passed
a' year in Philadelphia. In 1877 he again came
west, stopping at Deadwood in South Dakota,
where he remained fifteen months busily occu-
pied in mining. In 1880 he took up his residence
in Wyoming- for a second time, locating at Lan-
der. From there he came to Bighorn county
in 1883 and, taking up as a preemption claim a
part of the ranch .on which he now lives, set to
work to improve his hind and build up an in-
dustry in the stock business. He owns 320 acres
of good land in one body and has about 2,000
acres under lease. His herd consists usually of
some 300 head of well-bred cattle, while he also
runs a large band of superior horses. He is a
typical pioneer and has given to the state of
his adoption his best efforts for her advancement
while pushing his own interests ; and she has re-
warded his service with a wealth of opportunity
to win fortune in material possessions and to se-
cure the lasting esteem of his fellow men, which
IK- has done.
JOHN C. HANSCUM.
Born at Oswego, N. Y.. on August 28-, 1868,
Mr. Hanscum is the son of John C. and Mary A.
i('nllins') Hanscum, both natives of that state.
His father was of English descent, and the
paternal grandfather was born in a town in the
Xorth of Ireland, his mother being a native of
England. John C. Hanscum was long engaged
in the business of printing and publishing, and
was an active and progressive business man.
He passed away in Chicago, 111., in 1876, at the
early age of forty-four. The mother is still liv-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
635
ing and makes her home at Newark, X. J. Mr.
llanscnm \vas the second of a family of live
children. He received his early education in
the public schools of Chicago, whither his family
had removed from his native state nf \"e\v York.
lie left home at the age of fourteen years, and
fur t\vo years lie \\ as engaged in the stai
Missouri in farm work, for a time being em-
ployed in a merchandising establishment. Sub-i
quently, he traveled somewhat extensively in no
less than twenty-eight states and territories. In
1893 he came to the state of Wyoming, and ac-
cepted a position as clerk with J. K. Moore, and
continued in that employment up to the year
[899, when he purchased the hotel business at
F<>rt \Yashakie. In July. i8<t_>. he embarked in the
siagc-and-mail business between the Fort and
Dnbois, \\~\o. In addition to his other business
enterprises, he is the owner of a feed and livery
stable at Fort \Yashakie, and is also considerably
interested in the business of raising cattle. lie
is a public spirited, progressive and prosperous
business man. and has done much to develop the
resources of this section of the state, i >n Sep
teinher i_'. i8g<), -Mr. llaiiscum was united in
marriage at Lander, \Yyo., to Miss Jennie De-
Wolf, a native of Wyoming and a teacher in
the Indian schools. She is the daughter of
Henry and I.ixxie (Ramsey) DeWolf, the form
•i i native of the state of New York and the
latter of the 1 Jominion of Canada. They were
among the early pioneers of this section of
\\ \oiuing, and are among its lies] citizens. To
the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hanscuni ha- been
born one child, Irene M., and their home is sur-
rounded by many evidences of comfort and re-
finement. They are held in high esteem by a
large circle of friend- and acquaintance-.
D \\ ID \V. II \\XIK.
All of the mature life' of David \Y. Manner
has been passed within the limit- of Wyoming,
and nearly all o| it in Bighorn county, Me a-
sisted in the formation of ilr county, and lias
been an element of power and productiveness in
its development and in the e-t.ihli-hmcut and im-
inent of all its civilixing forces. It was in
the state of Xebraska. and on July 29. t8i>(). that
his life began, and his parents, John and Martha
( Hangi r) Manner, were natives of Indiana and
Missouri, respectively, and wli
Xebraska -oon alter their man 'avid was
nared and n ccived a limited education in his na-
tive state, and as 5OOn as he was able, there be-
gan to ride the range, continuing this occup .
until 1887. when he came to \\'\ omiiig. Locat-
•'•- Li Bll llo, in the northern part of the terri-
t' r} that was then making rapid strides toward
the dignitv and the consequence of statehood,
he there found profitable employment as a team-
ster for awhile, and then proceeded to the
neighborhood of Laramie and there re-
turned to his earlier vocation of range rid
which he followed in that parl of the state until
i88ii. when he came to Bighorn county and
continued it here in connection with a freighting
business until 181)4. Thus having spent his
years of preparation for conducting the business
of life mi his own account in the -lock
industry, he might almo-t )„• considered a true
product of it as well a- a very worthy r«
sentative of the business. In 18.14 he located
i homestead on the ( Irey Bull River. ;
has ided on it, making extensive and
valuable improvement-, a- time passed and build-
ing up one of the best-managed and most re-
munerative stockgrowiug enterprises of it- mag-
nitude in this portion of the Xorthvvc-t. He
;_>() acre- of good land well adapted to the
business, and runs a baud of -om, -beep
and has also large numbers of well-bred cattle.
Ili- brand i- well known in the cattle and sheep
market- ami the products of his ranch h.:
high rank. Mr. Manner i- a member of the
Modem \Yoodmen of America, and take- an in-
terest in the proceedings and pro-- • '. the
order, but he belongs to no other fraternal or-
ganization. Ih was married in Bighorn county,
Wyo., in Julv. i8i||. to Mis- \lar\ Willian
native of Minnesota and daughter of John C.
md I i'< l William-, who have b"en resident- of
\\ \ oming since 1884. Mr. and Mr-. Manner
are high!', e-leemed in social circles and stand
MEN OF WYOMING.
high in 1 1 vill and ^eiicral regard <>i" the
community in which (hey have lived and labmvd
both for (he gen-
eral good and advam emenl of every enterprise.
SYDNEY K HARVARD.
Tlie great state of Xe\v York has been able
to snpplv from her redundant population, filled
with ambition for conquest among men, a multi-
tude of volunteers for the army of industrial
progress which has done so. much to settle and
civili/"' ihe northwestern territories and states of
the Union. And wherever they have halted
in their triumphant march they have left the
impress of thejr presence, and have planted the
seeds of the enterprise and public spirit which
distinguishes their own state. In this multitude,
Sydney F. Harvard, of Tensleep, has an. honored
place, for, although but a recent addition to
the population and developing force of Wyoming,
he has already justified the esteem in which
he is held by her people, who have now knowl-
edge of him, and has shown himself a true citi-
wn by the interest he has manifested in the state
of his adoption. He was born in New York in
1860, where his parents, William and Mary ].
(Duck) Harvard, natives of Yorkshire, Eng-
land, settled on their arrival in the United States.
When he was six years old they removed to
Wisconsin, and there the father was called to
rest, the mother being now living in Bighorn
county, having a ranch on the X<> W 1 River.
Mr. Harvard remained in Wisconsin until he
reached the age of nineteen, securing scholas-
tic training in her public schools and drawing in-
spiration for freedom and independence from her
excellent civil institutions. In 1879 ne came
to the West and for a number of years rode
on the range and acquired all of the benefits
of physical vigor and sharp mental acuteness
that the life of a cattleman gives. He then set-
tled on a ranch in Brown county. Neb., and there
engaged in stockgrowing until 1895. In that
year he came to Wyoming, locating in the Big-
horn basin, there continuing the industry he had
begun in Nebraska. Six years later he bought
the ranch on which be now lives on Xo Wood
River, which is a beautiful tract of 320 acres, and
been bn night to a high state of cultivation
aKo well improved by him. He has there a
comfortable and attractive residence, with out-
buildings <>f every needed kind to correspond,
and is well fixed to keep in excellent condition
tbe 100 or more cattle and the band of horses
which he handles on the place. He was married
in Brown county, Neb., in 1887, to Miss Jennie
Pettijohn, a native of Minnesota. They have
seven children, Clyde, Lewis, Frederick, Frank,
Harry, Nellie and Alice. Mr. Harvard's farm
is an evidence of his skill and husbandry and
his progressiveness in improvement, for it is a
model of convenience and completeness, its nat-
ural beauties having been enhanced by judi-
cious use of good taste in arrangement of build-
ings, shrubbery and other appurtenances. His
interest in the welfare of his new home has been
shown by his careful attention to local affairs,
with a lofty view to the general good, rather
than to the advantage of any personal or fac-
tional interest. And in social life his course has
been marked by a spirit of real accommodation to
all who come in contact with him, as well as
by a genial and entertaining manner.
HENRY HELMS.
\Yhile the lessons of adversity are not al-
ways salutary, and sometimes awaken the dark-
er passions born of a sense of injustice, as a
rule they stimulate to extra activity, calling out
from their hiding-places in the deeper being, un-
known powers and unsuspected resources. When
a, man of real grit and fiber is thrown for reliance
on his unaided capacities, he develops strength
with their exercise, and he grows into something
beyond his former self. Henry Helms was left
an orphan by the death of his parents in his in-
fancy, and, thus left to the care of strangers
through childhood and youth, he was necessarily
dependent on his own exertions for advancement
in the world, and bravely he accepted the situa-
tion and has honorably made his way. He was
born in Germany in 1853. the scion of old Ger-
••ii.-iit ill the F.'ithcrlam;.
\vlu-n he was niii''
tlu I 'nitcd S 1 located in Iowa, flu-re
hr grew in man's estate ;niil w • .ted to a
limit. i in the public scl In iSj7
••light better opportunities ami largi
in tlir \\cst, milking his way to ' In
that state in1 worked at his trade as a baker
which lit' learned in his f. inner home. In 187!-*
the < ). R. iX: X. ( io.'s sur-
ig part\ t'i Idaho, and. in itSSj, in company
\\ith II i:i Lovell, he drove cattle to Wyoming.
They wintered at Rawlins. and, in the following
spring, Mr. Helms entered the employ of the
I i. anch Cattle Co., and remained in the service
of thai organi/ation until iSJ-vi. He then ac-
ed a place a- cook with the 11 Ranch Com
. ami was with that outfit until tSo». In
that \ ear he took up the land he now occupies
in it started the industry in sl> ickraising
and farming, which he has continued ever since.
ai:d which has grown from a small beginning to
a business of size and importance. I! .
acres of land, which, by bis skill and industry, be
has lifollght to a good state- of cultivation, and
it serviceable in support of his herd- of
well-bred cattle, which number 150 head on an
I !e alsn rims a L; 1 sized band ' >f
lii rses, ard is careful to kiep the breed np to a
high standard. His farming is only inciJ
1. 1 his sti ..-I. business, but it is condu,
skill and enterprise-, and rewards his care and
labor with tine annual crops ,,f cereals, hay and
othi r i irm pn idncts. | le has impn ived hi
with i-il buildings, and sniipliid with the
:inl appli '
magenieiit. \ ci unfi irtabli residet d< >rns
it. which is always open to ihe needy, a
les \\-ith genuine and vivacious ho-pitalil\ for the
friends of the faiuiK . In 1X115 In irried
to Miss I'.da Smith, a native of Kansas and 'i
(laughter of Thomas Smith, former!) of that
. Inn for years a resident of Miss, .uri. Th'-v
ha\e one child, their son Virgil. Through toil
and struggle, through hardship and difficulty,
hope and endurance. Mr. Helms has arisen to
his present estate of worldly competence, and his
3 which* surround him
is all th.
through which h. • them. The land of
n His in . ippi nunity to
him. and he i is by
patriotic d to lu-r interests and the service
and stimulus ample in worthy, upright
ship.
.M. - IIIXKSK IN.
.M. Augustus I links: man of the Km-
• ( o. nf Fremont count;.'. V.
n is claimed, rode more miles on horseback
lhaii an) Other man in the \\orld. < Vrtain it is
that he has been for many \ the
iddle. and at tijnes has seemed like
the ("entanr. almost a part of his horse, so well
and so gracefully dm-s he ride, and so contin-
ually is he in posjtj.ni. He is a pioneer of
[867 in this state, and wa< born in lllim-i
September 2~, 1X47. the son of Danforth
1'rsnla ( French ) llitikslon. natives of ( >hio who
emigrated to Illinois in their early married
["heir son, M. Augustus, reached thi
twei : in his native state, and
a limited common scli.u,! education there, and in
1807. longing for the free wild life of the
iniiinnion with > ; her
primeval luxuriance, he came to \V\omin-.
i In vemu. and began a .
which h niied in i
coin's. ;.. tin present day, is nnparallek d in the
iry of th,' i,.. indtistrx and worth1.
as the record-bi i all time
in tin- line ((f acti\ il\ . I -or more I ban thiM\ -five
r ^'5 days in the uar. \\ilh the ,
i leap irs thrown in. he and his u;allopiiig
n a picn-
inevitabh ]i; the turf mi which
traveled and the sk \ under which lllcv were
In thai period he has , i\\ ned a number
of favorite horsi - \\ Inch lie has broken to h:
has had them as constant companions. ;m,| ]las
them i;ro\\ oM and die. His preferred
is b;i\ , but : him
the right color. Among the noble animals which
638
I'KOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
have borne him proudly onward, he well remem-
bers Yellow Jack, ridden from 1870 to iS8o, a
fine cut-out horse, tender-mouthed, always rid-
den with a rope or string around his neck. He
would come at rider's call ; t >ld Honesty, ridden
eight years, ver) nervous; he ran away with
rider at daylight one morning, slipping on the
in and breaking his leg and knocking his rider
senseless for twenty-four hours. When the rider
recovered consciousness Old Honesty was grazing
close by, walking on his broken bones ; Buck, a
fine cow horse, in roping cattle he would put his
rider's knee against the cow's left ribs, also
would come at the rider's call and was ridden
eight years by Mr. Hinkston. During the nine-
ties he rode Showdown. Roan Dick, Brown Jug
and dozens of others, all noble animals, well
qualified for their place in life, and, as Mr. Hink-
ston sometimes thought, only lacking the sense
of speech to equal the capabilities of man. Mr.
Hinkston has been foreman for a number of large
cattle companies, and has seen active and exciting
service in the employ of them all. The dan-
gers of Indian warfare and Indian treachery
have been many times present ; actual hostilities
in the mass and actual pursuit, the capture and
punishment of individual marauders have not
been uncommon ; and, when the untutored wild
man of the plains was not troublesome, the law-
less renegade from civilization and fugitive from
justice was abroad, insulting the lone majesty
of night with his unwelcome presence and by
stealthy crimes. At times the rage of the ele-
ments combined with the wickedness of man to
nrike the life of the cattleman a burden, and at
others disease, drouth and other disasters de-
stroyed the fruits of his labor. All forms of
adventure, every kind of hazard, every phase of
work incident to his calling, have been in the lot
of this renowned cattleman, and through them all
he has preserved unsullied his good name for
uprightness of life and character, his fairness in
dealing with everybody, humanity to fallen foes
and resolute spirit in confronting every phase of
fortune. For ten years he was a foreman with
the X Cattle Co.; in 1886 he came to Buffalo,
Wyo., and spent two years as assistant foreman
•for the I'ratt-Jervis Cattle Co., then came to
the 1'iighorn basin and passed two years in the
einplo\ of II. I '. Ivathmell. at the end of which
time he became foreman for the lumbar Cattle
( o. and has since then remained witii them as
their range foreman. In fraternal relations he
has found enjoyment and intellectual and social
profit as a prominent member of the Independent
Order of < >dd l;ell<>\vs, and domestic happiness
has smiled upon him through his marriage at
Cheyenne on January 2, 1877, to Miss Julia
Lanan, a native of Kansas. They have two chil-
dren, their daughters, Mabel I. and Mona E.,
both of whom are graduates of the Wyoming
State University, being accomplished and tal-
ented young ladies adorning society, possessing
grace and wit as well as sterling sense.
WILLIAM F. HUNT.
The tragic and yet useful and productive life
which forms the substance of this memoir was
begun in orphanage and under the terrible
shadow of our Civil War, William F. Hunt hav-
ing been born on .May 30, 1863, in the state of
Wisconsin but a few days after his father, a
gallant soldier in the Union army, was killed
at the siege of Vicksburg. His parents were
Charles and Augusta (Lang) Hunt, natives of
Germany, who came to the United States soon
after their marriage. They at once, and readily,
imbibed the spirit of our institutions, becoming
devoted adherents to the fortunes of their adopt-
ed country and when armed resistance menaced
its continued harmonious existence, the father
went forward promptly as a volunteer in its de-
fense and served until on one black day in the
latter part of May, 1863. a Confederate bullet
completed the sacrifice of his life to patriotism
in one of the awful contests of American valor
in the South. The helpless orphan, then sacred
as the nation's charge, was reared in a home for
soldiers' orphans at Davenport, Iowa, until he
reached the age of fourteen, and he there ac-
quired the rudiments of an education. At that
early age lie started out in life for himself, com-
ing to Colorado, in that state learning the car-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF ll'VOMIXG.
639
pentcr tnul i- and working at it and als, > d in-
ducting a farm for a number of years. During
four busy years IK- was a bridge < r fur
the I "nil Hi I'acitic Railroad in Nebraska and, in
i Si, i . hi- came to \\ 'yi >ming and located \vhere he
now lives in Kighorii county. iK-ar tin- town of
]..i\rll. lie lias a well-improved ranch of [60
acres and a profitable business in cattle and
horses, and owns valuable property in the town.
He is well-esteeinrd a-- a progressive and broad-
minded citizen and lias served bis people as a
justice of the peace fur a number nf years, being
at the same time a notary public. Tie is a mem-
ber of the Independent < >rdcr of Odd Fellows.
belonging to and taking ^n-at interest in the
proceedings of the lodge of tile order at Den-
ver. In i 888. at Glenrock, Wyo., he was united
ir. marriage with Miss Pearl (iodfrey. a native
nf Nebraska and a daughter of H. M. and Annie
(Godfre) i i iodfrey. a sketch of whom appears
elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have
two children, their daughter-;, Fannie and Kva.
1 luring hi- residence at Lovell Mr. Hunt has
much of the time been actively engaged in busi-
ness as a contractor and builder, and has creeled
many of the best buildings in the town and vi-
cinity. Whether wnrking at his trade, conduct-
ing his stuck business or discharging the duties
of his official positions. Mr. Hunt has been faith-
ful and upright in evcrv respect, and has en-
' in a marked degree, for many years as he
enjoys now, the confidence and esteem of bis
fellows .and the respect of all classes of even
community in which he has lived.
J< >HN IUKDALE.
The sub} ct of this ketch has figured promin-
in the history of Wyoming during tin- last
quarter of the century and is well e
until the si, rprising men of
affairs. ||r js* a native nf Kngland and the son
of J. h ' beth [redale. Th
b'irn in the city of Carlisle and the mother
"inberland. I'.y • ! -cph
i i-nier and nniulated
I le was a 111:11 d intelli-
gence, an active politician and For
: -picimus ligm
'i the community where he lived. He
never left the land nf his birth, dving in Countv
Cumberland in 1870 at the age of sixty-six.
His \\ife .survived him until 180.8. at which time
she entered into her eternal rest, having readied
the ripe old age of eighty-two years. I
Iredale. father nf ilie above Joseph, was a dis-
Mshed s,,ldier in tlie I'.ritish army and lust
his life in the East Indian mutiny. John Iredale
was born in County Cumberland in 1839, and,
at the lender age of nine years h. 'ruing
ey by working in the coal mines. He re-
ed a fair education in the schools of his na-
tive place and. after following mining for si >me
years, he entered upon an apprenticeship t
ring. I'.y diligent application under the di-
,11 i if comp TS, he s,
tered the technique and principles, in due time
•ijcient in every detail of the
When his ability becam- i/ed.
he was employed in various kinds of engineering
in his native country, and while still a young
man acnuirid much more than local repute where
work involving skill was required. Mr. Iredale
followed his profession in Knulaud until
at which time he came to the Cuited S'
si tiled in Ohio whi re he o mtinm • ngin-
iiring the eiislii:\g thirteen years. At the
cxpir lhat lime lie wet i. thence
nine months later to I 1K- re-
mained for eighteen months, devoting the time
• < 'i"e-sional lain T Vbout twent -i
Mr. Iredale C 1 has
niadi ie iu tin
time and sen r for which skilled
t there h ' I md, \s
an i (cpi rt in mining he \ lable
charge hi- duties, ibi •
his services than be muM meet. I le .
'
lie il
of pi-. ' retire to ]
sirenuolls life, lie
f' >nnd idleness hat ivily upon !•• h
(.40
PROGRESSIVE MEN OI; WYOMING.
accordingly he asked for and secured the appoint-
ment of janitor of the cit\ building, the duties
of which he has >ince discharged. In \X<>~ Mr.
Iredale was appointed hy the governor the super-
intendent of Irrigation District Xo. 4. and he
continues to 1m. k after the duties incident tin ret'
in connection to his regular employment. For
eight years he has been a member of the Gover-
pcrsonal staff, in which capacity he keeps
in close touch with the leading state officials,
i he i> helil in high esteem. Mr.
tie has Imig been prominent in public affairs,
both local and state, and is a factor of no incon-
siderable consequence in matters pertaining to
Rock Springs and S\vect\vater countv. His long
residence in this section of the state, as well r_s
his professional labors throughout the country,
have brought him in contact with all classes oi
and his wide and varied acquaintance
has ripened into many warm and loyal friend-
ships. Like the majority of enterprising men
he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and
has risen to prominent station in the brotherhood;
he also belongs to the Independent Order of
Red Men and to the Odd Fellows, having been
red by both societies with important official
positions. Tn 185(1 Mr. Iredale was united in
marriage to Miss Matilda Cooper, a daughter
oi \rchihald ('coper, an engineer and machinist,
who came from Scotland to the United States
in 1872, settled in Ohio and lived there until his
death, which occurred at the age of eighty. The
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Iredale has been
blessed with ten children, Joseph, Archibald,
Tames. John, William, Garfield, Elizabeth. Annie.
Helen and Mary. Archibald, the second son,
died from injuries received in an accident about
eighteen years ago, while in the discharge of his
duties as a railroad conductor.
WILLIAM IRVIXE.
The gentleman to a brief review of whose life
and characteristics this sketch is devoted, is a
native of the beautiful and romantic Emerald
Isle, the land of story and song, of fair daughters
and warm-hearted, strong-armed sons, whose
or have been sung in every country
and clime. \Yilliani Irvine was born in County
Down, Ireland, mi July 10. [860, and is the son
of Edward and Man i I lann.i ) Irvine. These
parents belonged to the farming class and never
left the shores of their native land, where their
Mm. William, was reared as a tiller of the
and earlv learned those lessons of industry and
thrift, which have ever had such a marked intlu-
ence in determining the course of his subsequent
lile. In such schools as his neighborhood afford -
ed he received the rudiments of a practical edu-
cation, and when old enough to be of service
in working with his father, whom he In Ipcd
to cultivate the little home farm until reaching
tlie age of twenty. As it is well known the condi-
tion of the Irish peasantry was anything but en-
couraging, and for a young man. who was born
and bred under such conditions, to rise superior
to his environments, seems vveU nigh impossible.
Realizing this state of affairs existed in his na-
tive kind and being cognizant of the fact that
abundant opportunities awaited young men of
energy and determination in America, a country
\\hen class distinction proves no bar to advance-
ment, young Irvine at the age of twenty, left
his native island and came to the L'nited States,
landing in the harbor of Xew York, in Septem-
ber. 1882. Within a short time, after his arrival
he secured employment in the Bloomingdale
Hospital for the Insane in Xew York City, and
continued to hold a position in that institution
until Xovember. 1885. The day on which he gave
up his place witnessed his departure for the Pa-
cific coast, which he reached in due time, and
'immediately thereafter he secured employment,
and also purchased property in a small town near
Los Angeles, Calif. After spending about a
month there he sold out and went to Omaha,
\"eb.. thence migrating a little later to the city
of Lincoln, where he secured a position in the
State Hospital for the Insane. Mr. Irvine ably
discharged his duties in the asylum until July 5,
1890, when he resigned, procured an outfit and
proceeded overland to Wyoming, arriving on Blue
Grass Creek in Albany county on the first day
of August. He soon located on his present ranch.
PROGRESSIVE MI:.\ OF WYOMING.
641
twenty-five miles southwest of \Yhcatland, hut
tlu- land being nnsurvcved. it was not until the
fall nf Him that lie was enabled i his
claim. Immediately following his settle'
Mr. Irvine invested his means in cattle, and from
that lime tn the present he has he, d in
the live stock business, meeting with encouraging
result-- in all his business affair.--. ih al
horses, which has proven a prutiiahle industr1 .
and hi- future is bright with promise in all lines
of the business < ndeavi ITS in which 1
lie i- a gentleman nl" cinirtemis demeanor, and
thus far in life his career has been one of activity
and usefulness. IK- hear-, an unsullied reputa-
tion in business circles, and his integrity and ster-
ling honesty havi- gained the uni|ii:ilirie<l approv-
al of all \\-ith whom he conns in contact. En-
tirely free from ostentation, he is kindly and
ial in hi- social relations, and has the friendship
of his fellow citizens who esteem him for his
quinine personal worth. Fraternally he is ;:
;on, belonging to the lodge at Whcatland.
CHARLES I\ ES.
Coming to Crook county. \Yyntiii' i af-
ter reaching his majority, and living- within her
nice. ( 'harlrs |\ , -ant Yal-
live miles north of Sundance, has pa
nearly the whole of hi- mature life as a pmduct-
ti >r in the civiliz
develi ipmeni i >l" this j>, ,rti. m of th, 1 lis
native home was in Kankakee ci unity. Illino:s.
where he was horn mi August 11. [86l. His
parents. Myron and Marv i Yorks i j
in farming in that county ; mher
of years and then removed |. > 1 |o\\ ard c, unity. la..
\\hi-i gain farnn-d. p.-'s, ing fourteen years
at tint occupation in that counts. Tn iSSj
their in: in lo\va and took another
flight Is the setting snn. locating at Spcar-
t:-h. S. D., where the) remained four years, culti-
[ also there, at the end of that time
moving to ( rook counts. \\'\<>.. \\hi-re the father
up a ranch adjoining tlu -
In hi - son, i harli 5, and I in ranching
and cattli-raising until his death in Jin
Since then the mother has made her home with
her children in ('r«nk counts and at Spearfish.
S. I ). She was ]„ ,rn at J,
of \\-w Jersey, and in childhood came west to
Indiana with her parents, later Illin-
ois, \\lurc her hushand was burn and r
and where they were married. I harl,--
grcw to manhood and received hi-
I Inward county, Iowa, and ace d his par-
ents to Spearfish. S. D.. in iSS_>. Then
worked mi ra farm with hi
ther until thes g. ss hen he home-
steaded the ranch mi which he m >\\ lives, which
is one of the desirable places in a region of j
fertility and beauty, the well-known
Valley, on which nature has -miled with 1
kindi,, : , is the miles north of Sun-
dance and . -nits of his labor and
hay.
and lurnislu -
industry and bountiful provision for his herds
and flocks, which ar>
\olu: value. hi addition to the land he
owns he has several ranches rented. :
of which he also has under cultivation. < >n \"n-
vembi i 11. [Si id. Mr. [ves was united in mar-
riage with .Miss Kdna \H, n. a native of Minne-
sota, but then living at Spearfish where the mar-
riage was solemnized. Her father, \bner \llen.
resident of Pelican K <• nn., where he
is engaged in newspaper work. Two clr''
blessed the home of Charles [vCS, \\'iilifred
nd l:.rva ( '. Mr. hes is a Republican in
mil is alua\s active in the 51 if his
•lished wife are highly
b\ a largl CJn le of friends, who find
their pleasant hon f n lined and •
ions hospitality of true \\"es|ern cli.
J. L. Ki
J. T.. Kell.
I'.nrli' ' -liniment as a far
of high L'. ml inlht'
in the organi/ation and tb tl aptist
chun »d an admirable •
ati\e • if life on the \< estem
642
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
in 1858, in tlu- state of Missouri, the son of
Reuben and Catherine ( 1 laskett i Kelley, natives
<if Indiana. In his native state he lived until
he was twenty years old and received a common-
school education, in iS-S. on setting out in life
for himself, he went to Kansas and worked on
a farm for a year, then returned to Missouri, and,
after a residence near his former home for two
years, removed to Custer county. Neb., where
he was engaged in farming until 1894. In that
year he made his advent in Wyoming, and, lo-
cating on the farm which has since been his
home, he started a cumulative farming and stock-
growing enterprise which he is still conducting.
His beautiful farm of 160 acres is situated two
miles northeast of Burlington, and there he has
a fine herd of cattle and a drove of excellent high-
grade horses. He is esteemed as one of the
far-seeing and progressive men in the stock in-
dustry, and a useful citizen who supports with
ardor even- good undertaking for the benefit
of the community in which he lives. In frater-
nal relations he is connected with the Modern
Woodmen of America. His first marriage oc-
curred in Missouri in 1881. when he was united
with Miss Lucinda Gradwell. The fruit of
their union was two children, Emma and
George, both living. In 1893 he married a sec-
ond time in Missouri, his choice on this occasion
being Miss Laura Sarver, a native of Pennsyl-
vania and born in Pittsburg. Thev have four
children, Cassius C. Gail H., Elmo J. and Fran-
ces R., who grace and enliven the home.
WILLIAM M. SUMMERS.
No one is more worthy of determinate repre-
sentation in this record of progressive men of
Wyoming as an example of sturdy character
than is this sterling citizen of Lone Tree, Uinta
county, Wyoming. His connection with life
on the plains dates back to a period of forty
years ago and his childhood days were con-
nected with the pioneer existence of his father's
family in various new countries of the Missis-
sippi Valley. Mr. Summers was born in Wash-
ington county, Mo., on December 10, 1843,
his parents, Samuel R. and Ginsey J. (Isgrig)
Summers, were natives of Pennsylvania, of
Hutch lineage 011 the maternal side, while the
lather descended from Irish and French ances-
tors. His paternal forebears were among the
i^arly pioneers of Kentucky, accompanied Dan-
iel Boone in his emigration thither, and Mr.
Summers well remembers the intense interest
he took as a child in listening to the thrilling
adventures they early experienced in the Dark
and Bloody Ground and of their being forced to
uietly travel at night and keep concealed dur-
ing the day to avoid the tomahawks of the mer-
ciless savages. His father was a son of Sam-
uel Summers and he visited St. Louis when it
was but a small aggregation of unpretentious
houses. He was a man of character, serving
as sheriff of Washington county for many
years, in that connection selling two white men
at public auction, because they would not sup-
port their families, one of them bringing $250
for a year's service and the other $150 for the
same length of time. 'He was later marshal of
Brownsville, Neb., to which state he removed
with his family in 1854, locating in Nemaha
county, where their useful lives ultimately
ceased their activities. W. M. Summers was
one of a family of fourteen children, and gath-
ered the elements of an education from the
primitive schools of Missouri and Nebraska
until he was eighteen, when he became a per-
sonal factor in the business life of the west by
engaging in 1856 in freighting operations from
Brownsville, Neb., to Denver, Colo. In 1863
he went to Montana and followed mining in its
new camps for three years, acquiring enough
wealth to finely establish himself in the freight-
ing business with an excellent outfit. This hard
and exhausting but profitable industry he pur-
sued until 1868, being prospered in his under-
takings, but passing through some thrilling ex-
periences. In 1868 he was employed by the
Union Pacific Railroad, and thereafter, until
1872, he was in the employ of the U. S. govern-
ment, conducting freighting outfits and in peril-
ous scouting, in which connection his life was
often in great peril. On one occasion, in 1870,.
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PROGRESSIVE MEX Ol: IITOMIXG.
643
in thr S er country, he had a tight \vitli
ii hostile Sioux \vlio had stolen twelve
mules. Tins was the day on v, Inch Lieutenant
Uuigh was kill d. In the engagement
spite the great odds against him. Mr. Summers
was sueecssi'nl, killing three of the Indians and
driving the others away. He has frequently
• 1 days without eating, from lack of food,
and hi ha artieipated in several notable
ties with Indian adversaries, once, in iS6S. hav-
a running fight that lasted the whole day.
lie had as many as 104 mules engaged at one
in his '; ' outfits and one night he
very near losing all by marauding In-
dians. In iSjJ Mr. Summers came to Fort
I'.ridger and from this place as headquarters
did much work for the U. S. govern; • :
was the trusted guide of the I". S. geological
surveying partv in its researches in the Yellow-
it me Park region in iS/-' and 1873. He was the
pioneer settler of Lone Tree, taking up his resi-
dence and claim here in 18/3. There v,
single cottomvood tree standing close to the
lit site of his house and Mr. Sumrn
the place the name of Lone Tree, ai
enl Cleveland's first administration he
establishment of a post office, he
ested this name and it wa d'by the
irtmeut. Mrs. Summers was corn-
tin- first postmast* r and \v;i
incumbent of the office for nearly five years.
Mr. Summers has been much in public life. lie
• member of the terrii ••islattirc from
unty in the Kighth and Ninth Terri-
rt in
-i with the "maverick" bill
very eni • in securin
tion in the int - of school tion.
!u many ways 1' ' Tided
i the b also
ance toward securing th.- loca-
tion .
He i • in p. ilil i.
of the peace and a school tru
Tree district ber of years, and he
joined tl' His hi
ihe mo. lei p: A'voming
iwns two ranches on Henry's Fork,
nig i.jSo acres, all -, to-
ter with vain: ilty in Evanston, con-
irame
•.mi. 30x90 feet in
size. In addition to his home ranches he con-
trols an area of leased land, which he uses as
his extensive stock operations, that
ions, he own-'
ing large herds of finely I lereford cat-
tle and excellent horses. Mr. Summers was
married at Evanston, Wyo., in December, 1873,
with Miss Annie Hoops, a daughter of John
and .Mar Idwin) Hoops, natives of Illi-
v.n birth occurring in
Provo, Utah. Thi three children. Lola
May, wii' r of Park City. 1
with Kit ' -;t, and living
at L' '.nt of the Evans-
tss of 1903.
'II LVTLE.
It has lieen very truthfully said of an emin-
ent man > <\ the i . 'iat he did ti
worthy to be written .•ilnmt. that he wrote things
worth) t' - be i :e, contributed
to the benefit of the people and to the happ
of mankind. Auv n:an on whom this Iran
truthfully pv d, in
even a m<
gratitude of lii- E llov , i :>d, nowhere in the ex-
"'.wealth
ming. can thei m individual to whom
than
to the gentleman whose name heads this brief
review, for tl' :vity. mental,
moral or indi'
in which his tic nature
ha-; • inch
has failed to receive tl lus of his
aid and influence. '. iu-
dl. have
li the
•
f his fruitful ac
644
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
largely benefited by bis wise counsel and sympa-
tbv, in both municipal and county affairs. The
suggestive ideas that have emanated from his
fertile brain, expressed both in conversation and
in print, have been not only sought and appre-
:d, but have ever proved a pregnant source
of help. \Yhile bis forceful activity in these di-
rections would of themselves entitle him to dis-
tinctive representation in this volume, it has
his deep sympathy with all forms of suffer-
ing, and his sincere and abiding interest in his
fellow men. his desire for the general and indi-
vidual uplift of the community which has espec-
ially endeared him to all. He has ever rejoiced
in the good fortune and happiness of others, and
no man has ever been' more ready to aid in tan-
. gible evidences of sympathy in times of distress
or, in accordance with his means, more liberal in
his benefactions. Joseph Lytle was born in Mis-
souri on July 22, 1870, being the second son of
Henry and Virginia D. Lytle. The family re-
moved to Kansas in 1874 and to the Black Hills
ten years later, arriving at Sundance, Wye., on
June 3, 1884. Young Lytle attended the coun-
try and city schools, and at the age of sixteen
years successfully passed the examination for a
teacher's certificate. Being of poor parentage,
he worked for wages during the summer months
and in this way. not only contributed to the sus-
tenance of the large family of which he was
a member, but also managed to earn sufficient
funds to keep himself in school. Like most early-
settlers on the frontier, young Lytle was sub-
jected to privations which severely tested his
mettle, and which showed him to be a boy of
indomitable courage. In early life his paramount
desire was education, and many a day he walked
without overshoes to and from school, a distance
of two and one-half miles, through snow two
feet deep, when the mercury hovered between
thirty and forty degrees below zero. In April,
1891, he began work in the mechanical depart-
ment of the office of the Sundance Gazette, and,
two years later, was united in marriage to Bertha
Aree, the younger daughter of Attorney and
Mrs. Melvin Nichols. In January, 1895, he es-
tablished at Sundance the Crook County Moni-
tor, a weekly newspaper, which he has personally
edited and managed since its initial number was
issued. In the early history of the Monitor, .Mrs.
Lytle was connected with its publication, being
herself a practical printer, and she was instru-
mental in tiding the paper over the adversities
incident to its early existence. The Monitor has
been the official newspaper of Crook county from
the time of its establishment, being one of the
most profitable business enterprises in Sundance.
Mr. and Mrs. Lytle are the parents of one* son
and three daughters, Marvin, Blanche, Ruth and
Mae, who add to the attractions of the pleas-
ant home by their winsome grace.
ANDREW P. BUGAS. '
The one whom ' we now have pleasure in
placing before the readers of this work by a
short review of his instructive and useful career;
and whose name stands at the commencement of
this writing, is Andrew Paul Bugas, a native of
Austria, in Europe, in which country many gener-
ations of his forefathers have been born, have
labored usefully in various fields of intellectual,
military and industrial activity and passed away
to a long, dreamless sleep under the grasses of
the country or in the ancient cemeteries of the
cities and towns, which, walled or unwalled, thick-
ly dot the surface of that rich and fertile state.
His birth occurred in 1867, his parents being
John and Anna (Rose) Bugas. The father, born
in 1833, followed agriculture in some of its de-
partments all of his very Active life, until 1878 in
Austria, later in Schuylkill county, Pa., until
the failing health of his esteemed wife .caused his
return to Austria, where occurred his death on
February 22, 1902. He was a resident of the
United States for twenty years of useful activity,
proving himself an intelligent student of the pol-
icies of the young republic of America, a good
citizen, a generous lover of his kind and a man
devoted to his home and its inmates. John Bu-
gas was a son of Lieut. Paul Bngas, a gallant
officer of the Austrian army, and his wife, Mary
PROGRESSIl'E MEX OF \VYOML\G.
s. Lieutenant I'.ugas died In tile early tit-
tie-, having ;u\-i >inpli-lied -i\l\ years of life,
standing high in the military circle- of the em-
pire by 'reason of his learning, his military pi
ess and hi- unquestioned bravery. The m
of \iidiv\\ I'. Hildas was a daughter of I'-lm
and Anna (I;ici|iiiit| Rose. An-trians by hirth
and a lifetime residence. At the age of sixt]
years .-he is noyy maintaining her home in the
land i>f lier son's hirth. \\here .-he was hi
born, educated and married, and where her lat-
er life i- pa.--ing in labors tending tn the eleva-
tion <if the In ime life and the amelioration of the
lition -of thii.-e in lower circles of life than
\ndre\v I'anl Kngas. the son of these
worthy parents, crossed the Atlantic in the fam-
ily emigration from Austria when he was seven-
teen years old. from that time until 1885 being
occupiecl in diligent industry in the -tale of Penn-
sylvania, acquiring there a facility in the F.nglisb
language and familiarizing himself with the man-
ner and methods of conducting business opera-
tions in this rapid land of the \\'est. where ' 'Id
\\orld conditions nor method- obtain to any ex-
tent, thence coming to Rock Spring-. \Y\oming.
and engaging lirst in railroad work and. late*r.
for abmit t \\cl\c years being one of the threat
army of miners here assembli d. Thirsting for an
education of more than a common order, at va-
rious times during his mining life, he atti
the night .-civ tblishe'd for -nch aspiring
individuals a- himself, later going to Fort S
Kan., and availing himself of ihe educational ben-
efit- of the State \ormal School there located.
I |e had Carefully hn-handcd hi- earnings, del-
ing them in a bank a- availahl.
the expenses of hi- further ed The
Iiaiiic of iSi,} syyvpt tin- haul. fdstence,
In- n • i arncd by so much labor was lo
him and his further school attendance was thu-
pivventcd. Stopping not to mourn over the un-
attainable. Mr. P.ngas returned to minhi.
yyhich he labored until iSijS. when, having
cumulated a -mall, but valuali al, in as-
1 ion witli two partners, he engaged in i
in the -everal 1 iranel ie- of grocery, bakerv and
M business, \fter t\\ • ii tin- associa-
in trade, he formed a partner-hip with M.
Kiddle in a saloon \\hieh the) have conducted
with a large patronage from that time in
on. From his first lit"'- in America
Mr. 1'iuga- has been i" political harmony with
the Republican party in boih general and
politic-, and by hi- wise counsels and si
"!\al endeavor-, he has L iiirce of
strength to his party in tlh county, \vhich he
ably represents in the State Legislature, to
\\hich lie was elected in the la-t election previous
to this writing. Xever having assumed matri-
monial relations. Mr. llngas tind-
sation for thi- loss in the social circles of the
•A ing fraternal organizations, in which he
hold- member-hips: The Knight- of I'ytliias,
Ancieui < >rder of I uited \Vorkmcn, the Ragles,
and the National Slavonic Society of the I
St;ii
WILLIAM R. DAVIS.
Almost an insignificant -]>eck on the map of
the world, that little portion ,,f ( ireat Kritain,
from time immemorial holding its racial integrity
and. name as the land of \Valc-. h i-ed
a weighty and most potent influence upon the
:it empire ' 'f y\ Inch it i- a mi i-t val-
uable D in-tiltii nt part. It- i been
and alert in the maintenano - if their lib-
i-rties. the diminutive kingdom never lo-ing it-
autonomy until tlh -njK-rior number of its
opponents had well nigh exterminated it- I
-mi.-. From early days the \\el-h people
leader- in the realm- of iron and tin maint-
[i e, cmpli i\ ing, in n- mines • 'f ihe.-e n
and ' if O ial, the litu -1 pn - ii/eil-hip
and manli 1. \ marked characteristic "l ihi-
cotmtn and one soun \yonderful inlln-
upon Other people, an inllucnce entirely out
ot propi >rtii Hi to it - diminul
of giving ils boy- the adyautage in life of a full,
technical knoyyled. >d trade, by
which, and through which, they ma\ not only
maintain ai :iiiancial independ
bill l.i 'innuinity
in \\hich tin ' • 1 1 : '. i--iabli-h their 1' I heir
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
path in life may not be marked by marble mile-
stones or wind along the dizzy heights of fame's
perilous eminent . the mighty ones of earth may
not stand in awe of them, or even note their ex-
istence, but, in a quiet, productive, but truly un-
ostentatious manner, they go forth into the world
and become most valuable citizens, adding to the
wealth, the happiness and the security of the
land the}' live in. The truth of this statement is
exemplified every day and has been exemplified
in every year in Wyoming since the pioneer fron-
tiersman first wakened its echoes to the songs of
civilization. In this review we propose to give
a brief synopsis of the salient events in the an-
cestry and life of one of the most highly respected
of the quiet workers of Rock Springs, who for
many years has been a producer and not a con-
sumer of the labor of others, who has for thirty
years walked the streets of his resident cities of
this state, leading such a life and doing such
deeds that the tongue of slander or scandal has
never dared to roll his name as a sweet morsel
in its evil course and causing all good citizens
to consider him as a man void of offense toward
God and man. We allude to William R. Davis,
who was born in 1844 in the southern part of
Wales, as a son of the marriage of Joseph and
Elizabeth Davis. The ancestral lines of both
parents for centuries had been riveted to the
mountains of Wales, where the families had
ever been conspicuous in love of liberty and in
the useful activities with which they were con-
nected. Joseph long lived on his native soil, la-
boring steadily at his trade of carpentry until
the year of his death, 1885, when death took him
before he had attained sixty years of life. He
long survived his wife, who died not long after
the birth of her son, William. Until he was six-
teen years of age, William R. Davis remained in
his native land, then was called across the At-
lantic by the siren voice of the mighty western
continent, yet scarcely awake to the greatness
and splendor of its existence. Amply equipped
for the competitive struggle and life of a new
existence in a land of strangers by a thorough
knowledge of blacksmithing and ironworking,
after his landing in New York in 1867, Mr. Da-
vis followed blacksmithing in Trumbull county,
Ohio, for five years, in Brazil, Ind., for fifteen
months, in 1873 coming to Rock Springs and
becoming identified and connected with its mam-
moth coal industry for a few months, and then,
for a brief period of time, again, at Cheyenne,
working at his trade, thence returning to Rock
Springs, and, from that time to the present, be-
ing employed as a blacksmith by the Union Pa-
cific Railroad. A quiet gentleman, the rough
elements of society have no attractions for him,
but in the teachings and the exemplifications of
the work of the local lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, he finds instruction and
enjoyment. In 1872 occurred the marriage cere-
monies of Mr. Davis and Miss Sarah Thpmas,
also a native of the south of Wales, being a
daughter of Thomas and Anna (Lewis) Thomas,
also natives of Wales. After a happy wedded
life of thirteen years, Mrs. Davis, who was a
lady of deep religious life and experiences, who
also greatly enjoyed to be employed in the work
of making her home attractive and in adding to
the comforts of its inmates, was called to a high-
er life in 1885, at the age of forty years, being
the mother of the following named children :
Thomas, Joseph, Elizabeth, Anna, Edward and
Morgan, now living ; William, Rachel and an
infant child being with the mother on the other
side of the dark death river.
HON. FRANK WHEELER MONDELL.
Our great mother Nature flings her bounties
with lavish and seemingly capricious hand before
her children, and then apparently abandons her
benefactions, leaving them to any fate that may
befall them. But in the eye of a true discern-
ment she bears them ever in her faithful memory,
and, when the proper moment comes, brings forth
the powers to develop them and put them in
circulation, and provides the required leaders
for those productive forces. In what is now
the new, but growing and progressive, state of
Wyoming she laid away ages ago a mighty
wealth of mineral resources and favored it with
a surrounding empire of agricultural and com-
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PROGRESSH'E MEX OF U'VOMIXG.
647
mercial possibilities. Ami when the hour was
ripe, she .-''lit an industrial army lu-re in OO
and subdue the untamed domain and develop,
people and possess it. Among the great captains
of this army, of later if not of the earliest date,
is Hon. Frank Wheeler Mondell, a native of St.
Louis, Missouri, where he \vas born on Novem-
ber 5. i Si «.). who has been since 1887 a useful
citizen and a leader of thought and industrial
acti\ily in Wyoming, as well as of development,
Mr. Mondcll's father became <>iic of the verv
early settlers at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and
removed from there to St. Louis with his family
in iS;S. During the Civil War he \vas a cap-
tain in the First Missouri Volunteers and saw
much active and arduous service in the South-
west. He was a man of great natural ability,
and noted for his courage and unusual physical
strength. The mother before her marriage was
Miss \ancv Could, of ('old Springs. Wisconsin.
She was a woman of earnest Christian faith and
great amiability and sweetness of character. In
iS'Lj she died, and Mr. Mondell was double
orphaned by the death of his father, a year and
a half later. When the family was thus broken
ni>. tbe nther children, two girls and three bo;
remained in St. Louis, while Frank was taken
by his -\i pniother to her relatives near Momma.
I. With them he lived until her death, about
t\\<> years later, and then \\etit to make his home
with the family nf a Congregational minister
named I'pton. on his In miestead in Dickinson
county, Iowa, remaining there until iSjS. and
while Mr. I'pton was engaged in preaching in
(be nci-lib. irli< mil the youth \\ as developing the
• bead and carrying on the fanning
I L attended school in St. Loth-- a
before having that city, and while living
\\ith his stepmother's relatives neai VIonona
bad the advantage of two or three terms' • hool
ing. There were no schools in the vicinil
the I'pton homestead in Dickinson county, un-
til several yi ars after he went th. re, but by
judicious reading ami >tud\. under the superin-
tendence of Mr. 1 'pton. he aci ' fund of
useful information, ami 1>\- hi- labors <>n the
tarm and the hunting and trapping incident to
the life of the frontier, he developed firmness of
liber and flexibility of function, r.
and self-reliance, and armed with these and an
nitable spirit, being moreover, • "aged
with farm life by the continued ravages of grass-
hoppers and a series of droughts, he dared
into the lists by going to Chicago in iS^S on
a cattle train to make his own way in the world.
beginning the battle of life for himself with less
than two dollars as the stun of his worldly wealth.
He remained in the great city nearly two years,
employed in variou cities in mercantlli
tablishments. but. dissatisfied with the outlook,
me west to Denver in 1880. There he ac-
cepted the first opportunity for employment that
offered, engaging as teamster for a firm doing
construction work and rapidly rising within a
few active months to the position of manager.
This linn early going out of business, he ob-
tained employment with one engaged in railroad
building in the mountains of Colorado, beginning
as commissary clerk and "stable boss" in one of
their camps and continuing in their employment
as foreman, manager, etc., until the autumn of
|SS7. when he came to northeastern Wyoming,
with a view of prospecting for and developing
coal properties. Thus on September 12, iSSj.
Mr. Moiidell's useful life in this state began.
I [e built his cabin about four miles northwest of
where Newcastle stands, ami began the develop-
ment work which resulted in the opening of the
Cambria mines, the establishment of the town
of Newcastle, the extension of the Burlington &
Missouri Railroad to that point and through
northeast Wyoming, and the quickening and ex-
pansion of every (.•lenient of industrial, commer-
cial, political and social progress in that
lion of die country. The winter of iSS^-S was
spent in prospecting and late in iSSS the i
bria coal field was delinii.l' located; then fol-
lowed, under Mr. Moiidell's inspiration
management, the developing of the mines, the
location of the town and the opening of tl
resources of the region. At the first citv election
in Newcastle in iSSo he was elect
the io\vn and served four successive terms. In
[890 he was elected ; to represent
>GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Crook county, which then included what is now
Weston county, in the First Slate Legislature, and
in the Second Legislative Wembly was elected
president of the senate, being at the time the
youngest member of the body save one. In 1894
he declined the nomination of his party for
governor of the state, but accepted that for
representative in the Federal Congress and was
triumphantly elected. Two years later the silver
wave lost him his seat, he being the only Repub-
lican member of the Fifty-fourth Congress from
the Inter-Mountain states who ran as a straight
Republican in the election of 1896 and supported
McKinley for President. In the fall of 1897 he
was appointed assistant commissioner of the gen-
eral land office at Washington and served with
credit until March 3, 1899, resigning on that
date to resume his place as a member of the U. S.
House of Representatives from his state, having
been elected in the preceding fall by a large ma-
jority. He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh
and Fifty-eighth Congresses, recei.ving in the
last contest the distinctive majority of 6,916.
Mr. Mondell's record in Congress has ever been
highly creditable to himself and very serviceable
to the people of his state and the whole North-
west. He received early recognition as a very
well-posted man, particularly with reference to
the public lands and other western matters, and
as an earnest and efficient member and a logical
and forceful speaker. His legislative zeal and
acumen have been crystallized in a number of
laws of great value to the West, his most notable
work in this respect, perhans, having been his
championship and management of the national
irrigation law which was approved by President
Roosevelt on June 17, 1902, and is the most im-
portant legislation for the West that has been
enacted since the homestead law. At every stage
of this great legislative creation, from its incep-
tion to its final approval by the President, Mr.
Mondell's close personal attention was unremit-
ting and most potential for good. He reported
the bill to the house from the committee on irri-
gation, had charge of it during the debate and
its passage through the house, defended its pro-
visions in a logical, forceful and convincing
speech, in opening ilu- debate, and with great
energy and astuteness thereafter from time to
'time, watching over it with a sleepless vigilance
until its approval was formally reported from
the Executive Mansion. On May 13, 1899, Mr.
Mondell was united in marriage with Miss Ida
Harris, a daughter of Dr. William Harris, of
Laramie, and has one child, his daughter, Doro-
thy, born March 27, 1900. Doctor Harris is one
of the most substantial and influential citizens of
the state. His professional labors have been
arduous and serviceable beyond the common ex-
perience, his citizenship has been strong and
stimulating, and his activity in behalf of every
good enterprise for the advancement of the com-
munity has been helpful and wise to a marked
degree. Mr. and Mrs. Mondel are social factors
of prominence and influence both in Wyoming
and in Washington. Their home at each place
is a center of refined and gracious hospitality.
ALEXANDER T. CHALICE.
A silver thread of harmony and law runs
through the entire mass of nature, inert and sen-
tient. The attraction of the sun holds all of the
planets and their revolving satellites in unerring
courses, while equally powerful and effective is
the law of mentality and the power of mind over
matter. Not less pronounced nor less savoring
of energy is the effect of matter upon mind. As
an illustration, note the effect of mountain scen-
ery upon humanity. This affects, not only indi-
viduals, but communities and peoples. Dwellers
in mountainous countries appear to draw from
the lonely grandeur and firmness of these eleva-
tions their characteristics, manifesting to the
other nations of the earth a love of liberty
stronger than that of life, a firmness akin to that
of the granite pinnacles towering above them, an
earnestness and faithfulness unequaled by that
of the sentinel peaks that have watched the
courses of the sun and stars from the dawn of
creation. The mountains have preserved and
perpetuated the republic of Switzerland. The
mountains are responsible for the rugged virtue
of the Scots. In the frugality, industry, honesty
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
649
and patriotism, which have ever been the lead-
ing traits of this eminently sagacious, wise and
also eminently practical and succi ssful people; is
reflected the influence of I'.en Xevis, the Gram-
pian Hills and the thousand other lone and ma-
jestic peaks that rear their forms heavenward.
piercing the dense mist-clouds that hover on their
sides. The Scotch mountains have sent thou-
sand- of their typical sons to impress their at-
tributes upon the new home of freedom on the
western side of the Atlantic, and they have1 done,
and are doing, their work well in all parts of this
great republic. The cities of the East own their
strength and influence, the Ohio. Mississippi and
Missouri valleys have felt their potent, vivifying
agency, while the plains and mountains of the
Farther West, as well as the Pacific coast, re-
spond to the sympathetic touch of a people so
akin to their own rugged, energetic and powerful
conditions. Everywhere the Scotchman is in
e\ideiice. Everywhere he is doing something,
occupying public stations most capably, build-
'.liiroads and new centers of industrial activ-
ity, delving in the bosom of .Mother Earth for her
hidden treasures. ( )ne of tin se sons of Scotland,
who has lung been connected with the latter de-
partment of Winning's industries, is Alexander
T. ( 'halice, of Rock Springs. Sweetwater county,
who for long \ears has given of his industry, his
intelligence and his ability to mining and other
enterprises, and stands to-day a representative
and useful citizen of the state of his adaption
and the city of his residence, lie was born in
^'•otland in 1856, a son of John and Charloti. V
(Thompson) Chalice, whose ancestors from the
early dawn of time trod the rough land of his
nativity, active factors in its feuds, its wars and
iis peaceful pursuits. In the western part of
Scotland the ancestral houie was situated. 1 b re
the father was burn, a si in of an older John, who
me a believer in the new faith of the Latter
I >a\ Saints, that changed his inherited I'res-
rian belief into new channels ,.f religion-.
tin 'tight and wafted him across the broad \t-
lantie IM Illinois, whence, after several years of
agricultural life, he crossed the wide wi
IS on llie lung emigrant trail, locating for
his last days in I 'tab. where he was a diligent
farmer until his death. His wife. Ann. •
mind could not be drawn into the new ch:
of religion, remained in Scotland until her death.
The father of Alexander brought his family to
America under the same mystic influence that
caused the emigration of his father, from iS'iS
to 1875 conducting agriculture in Utah, then, at
Rock Springs. Wyo., devoting ten years of most
diligent application to labor, thereafter return-
ing to the land of his birth, where he died in iSS-,
aged sixty-nine years. \ quiet, home-1'
man, aside from his religious books, he was an
"appreciative reader of scientific and indr
works. Ever a man of piety, lie was one of the
best of citizens. His wife, Charlotte, born in
Scotland, was earlv instructed and well-grounded
by her mother. Margaret, in the tenets of the
Presbyterian faith, to which she adhered faith-
fully through life, becoming llie faithful mother
of twelve children and dving at Rock Springs
in iSS;. at the age of seventy-one years. Her
son, Alexander, came in childhood to Utah with
his parents, and. on their little farm in that new
land, early became familiar with work and the
responsibilities of life, at an early age becoming
connected with mining operations at Eureka.
Utah, in the spring of iSj^ migrating thence to
Rock Springs and there following mining until
1883. For the next six years he was a no]
on proprietor, in 1889 turning his attention
to the livery business, in \\hich he is still occu-
pied. Always a man of the people, he has ever
been a consistent I Vmoerat iii political faith, and,
in i88(>, he \\ d as a member of the terri-
torial Legislature. In [& rred his mar-
riage with Mi's \nna \Yoolcv. whose father.
James, was a native of England, and her mother.
Sarah, of Canada, where' Mrs. ( halice herself
was born. Her parents came from their Cana-
dian hi Hi1 '.. where they locate.;
their permanent residence. A daughter. Irene,
and a son. George II.. round out and complete
ihe Chalice homestead circle. Mr. ('halice being
also ., 'lo\\illg fl
America, V
I >rdi r of nen and K< >\al N
650
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
DARWIN D. WALLAi E
. \mong tin1 successful stockmen of Laramie
county, \Y\oming, is the subject of this review,
Darwin D. Wallace. Trained to mercantile pur-
suits, he was compelled by failing health to en-
gage in the more healthful occupations of ranch-
ing and st< >ckraising, and he has met with a most
gratifying success in his new field of endeavor.
He is a native of the Empire state, born in St.
Lawrence county, on October 28, 1859, being the
son of William D. and Charlotte E. (Lewis)
Wallace, both natives of New York. His patern-
al grandfather was a native of Scotland, who
came to America in early life, settling first in
New Hampshire, but afterwards removing to the
state of New York, where he engaged in fann-
ing in St. Lawrence county, in which county
his son, William D., also followed the same occu-
pation until his death, which occurred there on
June 28, 1901. The mother's death occurred in
March, 1881, and she awaits the resurrection in
the pleasant village cemetery, resting by the side
of her husband. The subject of this sketch grew
to man's estate in St. Lawrence county, and
there received his early education in the public
schools. Subsequently, he attended the academy
at Watertown, X. Y., and, upon completing his
course of study at that institution, entered a mili-
tary academy at Buffalo, that state, where he re-
mained in close study for two years. In 1877,
upon the completion of his education, desiring to
engage in mercantile pursuits, and believing that
the opportunities in the states farther west were
greater than in his native state, he left his patern-
al home and came to Iowa. Here he established
himself in the city of Mechanicsville, where he
opened a merchandising establishment, which he
conducted successfully for about five years. In
1882 he disposed of his business and property in
Mechanicsville, and removed his residence to the
city of Chicago, where he became a traveling
salesman of the large wholesale drug house of
H. E. Bucklen & Co. He remained with this
concern about one year and then came to the city
of Cheyenne, Wyo. Here he became connected
with the wholesale grocery house of G. A. Draper,
and remained in his employ until 1884, when he
accepted a responsible position at Camp Carlin
in the employ of the I'. S. government, in which
he continued until 1887. lie then resigned this
position, and entered the employ of E. S. John-
ston & Co., grocers, as a salesman, remaining
with that firm five years. He then withdrew from
that business for the purpose of engaging in
business for himself, and in 1892 he came to the
site of tlir cit) of Wheatland. He was one of
the earliest of the pioneers of that section, there
being then but three houses in Wheatland. He
at once entered upon the hotel business in that
new place, putting up a suitable .building, which
he named the Globe Hotel. He conducted a suc-
cessful and popular hotel business for three years,
and his progressive spirit and public enterprise
did much to build up Wheatland and the sur-
rounding country. In 1895, his failing health
warned him that he must engage in out-of-door
pursuits, to restore his strength and health, winch
had been seriously endangered by his close at-
tention to business. He therefore sold his hotel
property and purchased the ranch which he now
occupies, situated about four miles south of the
city of Wheatland. Here he has a fine place,
well fenced and improved, with a modern brick
cottage residence, and is successfully engaged in
the raising of horses and cattle. He also does
considerable business in the buying and selling
of cattle and horses, and is looked upon, as one
of the substantial business men of the county,
i hi March 25, 1884, Mr. Wallace was united in
marriage, at Mechanicsville, Iowa, with Miss Car-
rie L. Park, a native of Iowa and a daughter of
George and Margarita (Brunton) Park, natives
of Indiana. The parents of [Mrs. Wallace emi-
grated from their native state to Iowa in the early
fifties, and settled in the city of Mechanicsville,
where the father was engaged in the dual busi-
ness of contracting and building until his death,
which occurred in 1870. He was buried at Me-
chanicsville, where his widow is now living. To
their union one child was born. Hazel, who died
on May 20, 1901, at the age of eleven years, and
was buried in Wheatland. Fraternally, Mr. Wal-
lace is affiliated with the order of the Woodmen
of the World at Wheatland, Wyo. Politically,
he is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF IVYOMi
651
ami while he has never sought or di sired political
. rment, he takes an active interest in
inaltrrs ealeulated to promote the public welfare.
lie is a man of education and ivlimiiirnt, whose
sterling qualities of character ha\e won for him
a high place in the esteem of his fello\\ citizens,
and whose business ahility. thrift and public spirit
have given him a foremost ]>lace in the rani
successful business men.
AIRS. JENNIE WALLACE.
The subject of this sketch is the \\ido\\ .if
Otis Wallace, who was long a prominent ranch
and stockman, residing about twenty-five miles
southeast of Laramie, Wyoming, where Mrs.
Wallace now resides, engaged in conducting a
successful and prosperous stock business. < His
Wallace was a native of Xova Scotia, where he
was born in 1853. being the son of Thomas and
Elizabeth (Bennett) Wallace, both natives of
Xova Scotia, where he grew to manhood and
tved bis early education. When he had ar-
rived at the age of nineteen years, he made the
long journey across the continent from the home
of liis \iiuth in Nova Scotia to Box Elder, Colo..
\\here he remained for a short time, and then
came to Da.lt Creel . \\ •. •>.. where he purchased
a ranch, on which he engaged in the husines* , if
raisin- cattle. In 18X5 he was united in mar-
with Miss Jennie Williams, purchase. <1 the
ranch now occupied by the widow, and there con-
d in the successful management of his ex-
panding cattle business. In iS,Sf, he was taken
sn.ldenl) ill of a disease from which he died so, in
after. leaving tin- tine ranch propert) to the wid
ow, .Mrs. Jennie \\ allao - Shi also is a native
ot Xova Scotia, whei . ' born in |S;;.
the daughter of Patrick and Mary Ann Will.
The father was also a native of Nova Si
born in iSi_>. ([,• resided in his native country.
iged in farming up to thi timi of bis de-
"• \\hich 01 ' ni [gpl, and lies buried in
Xova Scotia. He was the son of Mm and Fan
trie ( Mays) Williams, the former a native of [re
land, and the latter born in the United Si
The mother of Mrs. Wallace was a native of
Xo\a Scotia, horn in lSl<i. She was married in
j from tarth in iSo,-;. and was
I in her liatix • 0 . She \\ as the dar.^h-
•hn and Man, (Fenton) Wallace, the
fornur a native of Scotland and the ::itl
hi . . - a remark
• ' thirtei n children, nf \\ he im
ten are now living, Mrs. Wallace beiiiL; In r '
child. Mr. \'\ rtras an acri -rumincnt
member of the Republican part), and took a lead-
ing part in public affairs. Had he .survived, his
0 inspiciH iUS abilitv would have given bin
iiunt place buih in thi business and ] olitical life
of the community \\here he maintained i
His untimely death deprived the Mate i,f a val-
ued citizen, and the business world of one who
would have made his mark as a >ful man-
of large business enterprises. The tine prop-
erty which he left has been largely added !
his <,\ id.iw since his dec. ase, and sh
•pciciit and able business y.ennan.
She enjoys the respect and .
circle of friends and acquaintances, b< i
the substantial property owners of her section.
J< >1IX WALTERS.
Among the developing, producing, civilizing
nts of the great American people noi
entitled t. credit or has
ial service than the thrift) and all
( ierman. I |e is one of th' ise great i any
held ol labor, whose energy m ver llags. W!IOM-
patience never falters. wllOSi
and whose industry n With a '
kind as we'll as skillful. ],, ,•;,, ;
surface of the «
>melil . rtility. If a mine- is to b,
veloped, ' ami delves, with unwavering
tidelil). unlil its treasures are laid ope-n to the
light of da\ and made read) for the use and b
man. 1 f a b ilt, lie aids in
laxii! •mdatioiis. broad and deep, em tlv
comi ting its si
all mg the lines of civil and n
this sturdy race. John Wal-
ters, of the ('anvon ('reek I'rairie. of \\
"5-'
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
county, Wyoming, 1m.- well exemplified in his
career in this favored region, the sterling traits
HI" Ins ancestry and the must desirable character-
istics of good citizenship. He is a native of the
Fatherland, where he wa.- born on August 21,
iS^j. and where liis parents, John and Mary
( \Yurster) "Walters, passed their childhood, youth
and earh maturity, and where their ancestors
had lived from time immemorial. In 1854 the
parents emigrated to America, and, locating in
what is now Grant county, Wisconsin, in their
clay a wild western frontier, they entered into the
spirit of conquest of the wilderness that was char-
acteristic of the place and time, and gave their
loyal efforts to the development of the country.
The father followed saw-milling, farming and
millbuilding. industries much needed in a new
region as yet almost untouched by the ax of the
woodsman, continuing these occupations until his
death, in 1892, and, in the section hallowed to
her by his labors, his widow still resides. Air.
\Yalters remained with his parents on the home-
stead until he reached his majority, attending the
public schools of the neighborhood and assisting
his father at the mills and on the farm. In 1873
he started his own life work, going to Nebraska,
and, after remaining in Beatrice two years, he
removed to Kansas and took employment with
the surveying outfit of the Burlington & Mis-
souri Railroad. Three and one-half years he
spent in this service, then followed freighting
fn.im Buffalo Gap to Newcastle and Cody until
1885. In that year he took up land on Divide,
near Newcastle, and remained on it one year,
then, during the next five years time, he was in
the employ of the Kilpatrick Brothers, teaming
and freighting, in 1901 purchasing his present
ranch on Canyon Creek Prairie, lying twentv-
one miles from Newcastle, where he has since
been engaged in farming and raising stock, be-
ing recognized as one of the representative citi-
zens and leading farmers. At Newcastle, Wyo..
on October 8, 1898, he was united in marriage
with Miss Emma Bonte. a native of Illinois, of
French ancestry. They have one child, a son,
who bears his father's name, John. Mr. Walters
is a Republican in politics and gives all matters
of public local interest his careful and con-, [i n
tii ins attention, rendering valued service in every
enterprise for the improvement of the community
and the development of its needs and resouro s.
EDWARD E. VAN DYKE.
Edward E. Van Dyke, now of Cod}-, Bighorn
county, one of the most renowned hunters and
guides in this part of the world, is a native of
New York state, where he was born in 1863.
He attended school until he was about sixteen
years of age, then started on an extensive tour
of the United States, visiting every section and
every state by easy stages, lingering here awhile
and working there a little as inclination or ne-
cessity moved him, having a good time in his
own way and in his own manner, gathering the
fund of that extensive general information con-
cerning men and places, which makes him so
shrewd and successful in his chosen vocation,
and so entertaining a raconteur. In 1877 he
came to Wyoming, and, making Cook Citv his
J o ' o
headquarters, he engaged actively in hunting
and trapping, serving also as a guide for tour-
ists and hunting parties as occasion gave op-
portunity. In 1883, desiring to have a more set-
tled occupation and a permanent home, he came
to the Bighorn country, and, taking up land on
which he now lives, he there began an industry
in cattleraising, which he has since then conduct-
ed and greatly increased in volume and value.
His ranch is a good one, well located and well
adapted to his purposes, and his herd is com-
posed principally of well-bred cattle. He owns
640 acres of land, which furnishes sufficient vari-
ety in character and products, to make him a suc-
cessful farmer, and provide both winter food
and convenient headquarters for his operations,
which have an extensive range for his stock.
He still follows hunting and trapping, and, as
had been noted, is renowned in these lines
throughout a wide extent of country. In fact,
his fame as a hunter and guide is coextensive
with the continent, he having piloted hunting
parties through this region from all parts r,f
PROGRESSIVE MEX OP
653
tile country. Like the faille he hunts, he' is
fleet of foot ami stroii- of limb, quid
' i perception, and. when iii search of a quarrj
he never fails t<> make a .tnmd ••find." II
to In1 a \viicidsnian by instinct, and his natural en-
nui in this respect has been well trained
and developed b\ Ion- and tr\in- practice. He
was married at I leer Lodge, Mom., to Miss \Y1-
lie Triple, a native of .Michigan. They ha\
child, their daughter, Hdna.
WILLIAM Q IFFEY.
A native of Ireland, where his birth occurred
in iS-|.u, XVilliam (.'ofiV'. is descend'
from French ancestry, his mother'
nt Kn^lish lineage. \Yillia: i • ffi y, his paternal
irrai'dfathcr. was born in France and there mar-
ried . : ett, or PL mquette, aU, , a na-
tive of that country. Shortly after their
this couple removed to tin Kmera!d isle.
where they reared their family and passed tli
mainder of thu'r lives, both dyin,^ a numb.
a-o in - nil. Am.m-
children was a son by the name nt" John, who
was born in tbe above count) and there died m
[85 '. 1 lis v • . \\~eslmealh. hop.
the maiden name of l\ose ! >otten. She vvas the
daughter of Michael and llri.l-et f Reed ) I >. '
ot Kn-land. both -..m- to Ireland \\h.
and living the rest nf their days m th ntry.
Mrs. ('oiVe\ spent all oi b«r life in (.'ount\ V
nieatb. d\m-- there about nine years ago at the
of sixty-three, \Villiam Coffey, of tins re-
view, is the s,,n of John and Rose ' •
tinned above. II. remained at Imme until he
had attained the a^e of sixteen, when lie left
the parental mm" and went In England, vvh
during the ensuing five or six years, In worl
mining. In 1 SSj he came to the I 'nite.l
Slates, and. smm after landing, made his \\a_v
coal regions of Pennsylvania, ulien- he was
ged m minm- for a period of fiv
Il.arin- favorable reports from the mining dis-
oi \V\oiiim-, and hein- desirous of taking
advantage of the opportunities which obiained
there, he severed his . n with his i
sylvania employers in iSSj and came I
r o unity, tin- in the nn
bi'shiess near Rock Sprm after In-
rival, lie ci.ntinned mining with en-
mil 1*117. when, by reasnn of injuries
which niaten. he was •
d to retin ctive life and sei • r em-
.:ent than manual labor. .\lean\\hile, in
iS<)_'. he was elected on ihe | )emocratii
a justice of tli, pi Unck Springs, and. on
r'. tiring fn im the mines, he • his entire
tion to th( dutii s < <i th \ hich he has
continued to hold by successive reelection to the
1'i'eseilt time, lie has proved an able and exem-
plary judicial officer, much important litii^:
bavin- been hnm^lit to his court and properly
adjudicated therein. I I :re character-
i/ed b\ a strict adherence to th. - govern-
ing the cases tried lie fore him and few of them
have suffered reversal at the hands of higher
courts. lie is well versed in the fundamental
principles ,,f jurisprudence, has a profound re-
for iu -lice, and endi avors always to be guid-
ed by cc|tiit\. as \\ell as by the law, in rendering
judgments. As a man. Mr. Coffey is -enial and
courteous in his social relations but very positive
in his convictions of ri^ht. lie is th»rou-hl
voted to the' interests ,,f lhs eil\ and connt\. as-
sists to the extent of his ability all measures hav-
r their object the mati ral and intel-
1 improvenienl of the community and si.
hi.uh in the confidence and esteem of his fellow
citixeiis. |-'raternall\. lie holds membership with
both the Kni-hls of I '\thias and i Iri Igles,
bein- an active \\orker in each or-ani/ation. and
at dilleivnt times he has held in them important
d position*. Mr. ' • larried man.
the lather of four children. , nncs are
( 'hrislopher. kosauna. John and, \\'illiam. Mrs.
( o|'fe\. foniierlx Miss ( allurine I .an- don. is a
native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of I'a:
and r.rid-ei i I'.ilbo) l.an^ilnn. both parents bav-
in- th. ir birth in Ireland. The vi ti >u>
marna-e , ,f Mr. and M
in iSS;.
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>GRESSU'E MEN OL: WYOMING.
PATRICK J. QUE VLY.
Tin' ' r of the tow 11 i it" Kenmicrer. \\ y< '
11 as 01 its mosl |>nni]iiK-nt citi-
zens an<l men of affairs, is a native of Ireland,
himself and In irs, f' >r < >vcr 200 years back,
ity Clare 'of that Emerald
Patrick J. (Jr.caly was born on March 17.
iS;-. tli. -t of the eight children of John
and Margaret ( Fennell ) Quealy. John Quealv
\vas born in 1808. He learned the trade of carpen-
try, but, shortly after his marriage, he turned to
farming in his native land, purchasing the land
adjoining the old homestead, then occupied by
his eldest,, and only, brother Michael. The old
homestead was not only the most valuable, but al-
he most beautiful property in the village of
Kiltrelig. This was the ancient home of the
Ouealys and of all of Patrick J. Quealy's ances-
tors on that side of the house. Its occupants have
been the agents and representatives of the Peck-
iriuton estate as far back as the family can be
traced, this estate being the largest and most val-
uable one in the west of Clare. The family was,
therefore, the most prominent and influential
family residing in that section. Being over gen-
erous during the famine of 1848, the pestilence,
and the hard times that followed, his estate be-
came so reduced that he emigrated to America in
1863 and settled in Xewtown, Conn., where he
turned to the lines of his early trade for an occu-
pation and was employed in car building in va-
rious places in the Eastern States. In 1876, he
came to "Wyoming to join his three sons, Michael.
Lawrence and Thomas, all of whom had emi
ed to Wyoming in 1868, and who had become
leading and influential citizens. He spent the re-
mainder of his days in retirement at Carbon,
where he died on June 3, 1883, his interment oc-
curring at Laramie. He was an honest, loyal
man, and following the faith of his ancestors, he
was a devoted member of the Catholic church.
His parents were Michael and Margaret (Gor-
man) Quealy. Margaret (Fennell) Quealy. the
w:ife of John and the mother of Patrick J. Quealy,
was born in 1812. She was married in her
native county of Clare, and she died in Carbon.
Wyo., in iXiji, having survived her hn-i
aboul ci-iii years. She also is buried at Lara-
mie, be: ide her husband and hei son, Tli
who was accidentally killed at Como, Colo., on
Jinn- i i. iXdo. She was a member of the Cath-
lnnvli. to which,, and to her family she was
most devoted. She was the daughter of Thomas
and Xora (Keane) Fennell. of FYxlera, Ireland,
where the old 1 1< :' i lest cad of the Fennells and her
father is still maintained as the home of her eld-
est brother, John. This homestead has succeed-
ed to the eldest son of the family for over 300
years. She was herself the mother of eight chil-
dren, all of whom lived to do her homage, and to
li me themselves respected, and. some of them
distinguished, citizens.
Michael Quealy, the eldest son. is a most pro-
gressive man and a distinguished citizen of Car-
bon county. He- led the way for the younger
boys, who followed his example and his business
inclinations by taking up coal mining in Mis-
souri, thence came to Wyoming in 1868 and took
charge of the Wardell mines at Almy, near Ev-
anston, .then supplying the Union Pacific Rail-
road. He remained with the Union Pacific Coal
Co., which absorbed the Wardell properties, until
he took up ranching and stockraising in Carbon
county, where he now makes his home, having ac-
cumulated an ample fortune.
Lawrence Quealy, the second son,, followed
in the footsteps of Michael in the coal mines of
Missouri and Wyoming, took to ranching and
stockraising, distinguished himself as a member
of the Legislature of 1884. having therein cham-
pioned several important measures which are now
tipon the statutes as laws.
Thomas Quealy. the third son. followed Mich-
ael's footsteps in coal mining. He was a natural
engineer and was considered one of the ablest
men in his line in the state. Before he was twen-
ty years old he was given charge of mines in
Missouri, and continued to rapidly advance in his
profession until his accidental death at Como,
Colo., which occurred while he was in charge as
superintendent of the Union Pacific Coal Co.'s
interests in that state. His death took place on
Tune ii, 1886. by falling accidentally from the
•
-
.1/E.Y OP WYOMING.
• \ a !"'•• car. \\hich he \vas dropping
tlu- grade from his office to the mine dump.
as was ilk- mosl talented md j in raising
ng man in the family, as well as the most be-
aml exemplary.
( »f the four daughters of ' ily two were
married i in good families. Mar-
garet to Thomas Lynch. Catherine to Daniel
L\nch. The I. \iichcs were first cousins, and
iv:n died in Danbury. Conn., in 1903.
Margaret MJucaK I Lynch died in iS^^, lea
four children. t\vo boys and two girls. Cather-
Lyncli survives her husband, has
five children, one of \\ h' • entl) i r
clained a priest of the Jesuit order. All of the
other 1 ynch sons and daughters are good citi-
"•cticnt and Xew York ' itv; diow-
their progress them- be worthy of
their good old ancestral stock. The remaining
•lary (Ouealy ) Sullivan, and
't (Quealy) I'vle. were married in the
. Mary in Missouri and Mrs. Pyle in tin's
n l'\le. now a wido\\ . resides very com-
My situated on her homestead near Silver
Neb., together \\ith her onl\- daughter.
Margaret. Mrs. Sullivan is the mother <>f four
children, time boys and one girl, all natives of
. and living comfortably with their par-
ents on their homestead in Carbon conntv. where
•atnily is quite a prosperous one. Their only
daughter. Margaret, was educated at St. Mary's
Academy. Salt Lake City, and became the prin-
cipal of the schools at Rawlins. but. \i>
the wishes of her parents, she now enjoys life at
I'atrick I. Quealj red ived his first schooling
in thi : scln lols i •• attend-
ed the public scho Js al : : and I'.evier.
Mo., and still later Johnson College, of '^uincy,
111., and. linally. in \X~.\. li
1 Jlegi if tl nedi-
r his graduation h. cat • to Kvai
but tO Stop ' 'ill , l"i ••• . >nths. I •<
1 arbon, he rem;'1
until Septemlier. iS-;, \\li.n ! 0 Kent.>n.
ton, where he spent t ears m
mining. Tin1 • \\eiii to Knii-h Columbia
and pas-eil OIK- year, most of the time in the coal
''in-ton and Xanaimo on X'ancou-
Klaiiil. from there going to Seattle. \Yash-
i, where he engaged in real-esti
an<! : tipping. Here his attention
again i\^ . coal mining, and he -erved two
-. from 18/8 to 1880, as the general for
of thi Coal & Transportation Co.'s mines
at X' ' . a I'ti r which he returned to V
he position of superintendent
of mines of tl Union I'aciiic Uailroad ( !i
I ;tah. l\ock Springs and Ca-
• to May. 1884, he
n I 'acilic Coal Co. at
intervals, in (.xamination of the coal measur
ma. Idaho, Utah and thi ; lal otas. In 1884
signed this position to in coal mining
on his own account, making his headquarters at
Man. Mont. After successful operations at
r a peri' id i 0 years, he sold his
his partner, lion. C. 'YY. Hoffman, of
nan. having it and whi'
,ting in Mom ily inter-
and in ranching with his
;i. r. Thomas, dying
in [8f Iministration >!\vd
on I'atrick, who. meanwhile, had been appointed
coal mines, in which office he
servi d one yi tiling up the
his brotl •
.md upon
the p ning the
Inter- i the
'Her. then th.
ger of th !\ailroad. that he
fair tri ' the
unfiirtnnaielv for
lied, and it was only by the
ise ' >f thi
•itinue with any i" . but
he kept tl. until thi
the \iar 1X04. \\1<> ' able
roiisideration. 1
ihis deal Mr im-
'ital in
ds, and. tlnding tli ca|'i-
i. \\as 11.
656
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
sary to develop the I'inta > e, he went east
ami. meeting Air. .\l. S. Keinmerer in Xc\v York,
he induced him t<> join him in forming the
•rtnership. this being the most important
step of his life from a financial standpoint.
Returning- to Wyoming with ample financial
becking, he continued to acquire territory,
and, upon the segregation of the Oregon
Short Line fnun the Union Pacific, in the spring
of iS'jj. he proceeded to Boston, and arranged
with I 'res. Samuel Carr,, of the Oregon Short
Line, to build the necessary tracks, and, upon his
ii to Wyoming, the development of the Kem-
merer properties began. Ground was broken in
grading for tracks in the latter part of June and
on October 5. of the same year, the first coal was
shipped to the extent of 4,000 tons for that month.
The output was increased at the rate of 4,000 tons
per month from Xo. i mine, until an output of
57,000 tons for one month was reached, with a
total for the year ending April 30, 1901, of 513,-
329 tons, which is the largest output ever pro-
duced in any one year from any one mine in either
Wyoming or Utah. In the organization of the
Uinta county enterprise it became necessary to
organize The Kemmerer Coal Co., The L'inta
Improvement Co., The Frontier Supply Co. and
the town of Kemmerer, together with the copart-
nership of Ouealy & Kemmerer, while the com-
bined assets of these corporations aggregate over
Si, 000,000. Mr. Ouealy, as is shown in this
sketch, is essentially a man of affairs, possessed
of boundless activity: but his grasp seems equal
to his ambition, broad as this is. In 1900 he saw
the necessity of a bank in Kemmerer to accommo-
date the rapid growth in population, and the ex-
panding commerce, which was then attracting
the trade of the territory covering 200 miles north
to the National Park. With Mr. Kemmerer he
constructed a beautiful two-story stone structure
to accommodate this institution, and invited the
business men of the town and surrounding coun-
try to join them in subscribing to the capital stock
of the First National Bank of Kemmerer. Upon
its reorganization he was made its president,
which position he still occupies, while the bank
is one of the most prosperous financial institu-
tions of the state. Mr. Ouealy is also president
and manager of the Frontier Supply Co., the vice-
president and manager of the Kemmerer Coal
Co., the vice-president and manager of the Uinta
Improvement Co., the vice-president and secre-
tary of the Short Line Land & Improvement Co.
But these positions do not measure all of Mr.
Ouealy 's interests. He owns one of the ];>.<
ranches in Carbon county, having over 34,000
acres, all well stocked with cattle and horses. He
is interested in the Uinta county oil fields, being
president of two of the important companies.
He is the president of the Oregon-King Mining
Co., one of the best mining properties in the state
' i i >regiin. Politically, Mr. Qealy is a Democrat.
His name was on the electoral ticket in both the
Cleveland and I'.ryan campaigns and ht was pres-
ident of the electoral college at Cheyenne. He has
many times been offered nominations for high
political office, but has steadfastly refused to ac-
cept, his business affairs requiring his entire time
and attention. Mr. Ouealy was married in 1900,
with Miss Susie Ouealy. a daughter of P. ]. and
Delia (O'Connor) Ouealy, of Omaha, Xeb..
where Susie was born, on January 17, 1870, of
parents who were natives of Ireland, and her
father was for ten years a soldier in the Eng-
lish army, serving with such efficiency as to be
many times rewarded and decorated with med-
als for his bravery, and being also wounded in
the service. He was the son of John Ouealy. of
County Clare, Ireland, and came to the United
States after his army service. He located first
in I'.oston, thence traveled west until he finally
settled in Omaha. Xeb.. where he engaged in
manufacturing, from which he has now retired
with an ample supply of this world's means to
provide fur himself and family. He is a promi-
nent church man, a Republican in politics, and he
is actively interested in school affairs. Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick J. Ouealy have been blessed with
four children, all sons, only two of whom survive.
Jay Ambrose and Mahlon Kemmerer, Thomas
Adilis died at the age of five years in Novem-
ber, 1898, and John Handy, in May, 1895, aged
only thirty days. They passed away from earth
in their earlv innocence.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
657
JOHN D. WATSON.
One of the keen, enterprising, widc-a\\
progressive men of I'inta county, Wyoming. John
1). \Vatson, now located on the old government
meadow at I'.lack l;ork. three miles south "i
I'.ridger, \\ell merits review in this volume. He
born at Culpeper. Va.. on April (>. 185(1, a
son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Brennan) Wat-
son, hoth natives of Virginia and descending
from families that have made their home in
the land through the earlier and later Col
epoi-hs, have been distinctive factors in various
departments of the state's public movements for
mam id pariieipanls in all tli''
wars of the state from the Revolution onward.
His paternal grandfather. Walter \Vatson. uho
married with a Miss Margaret Ficlau, was not
onl\ thi proprietor of a large flouring mill
run by water power, but had an extensive ac-
i|iiaintanccship by means of his ownership •
lar stage line, running from Fredericksburg
to Washington. The Watsons were originally
from l-'.ngland. but the mother of our sul>i< Cl
of Irish extraction, her i cominj
1» 'fore the Revolution. She was
''•}•- • i I taniel and Mary J. (Abbott)
r.ivmian. and bi-canie the of thre -011..
I).. Daniel S.. and William \'. She has
ived her husband, ami now maintains
In-r home with the subject of tliis review. John
1). Watson received his educational disHpl'
the Virginia schools until he was nineteen, when
he entered the employ of a governniein
tor. with whom he n-tnained from i S-i i to i 88' i.
then' g to St. Li 'iiis and beci 'ining
identified with railroading until November. 188^,
when, passing the succeeding winter at his
Virginia home, in the spring he went to Colo-
rado, win-re for a year he wa ed in the
nursery business. Coming to Forl I'.ridger in
May. 1885. his first cmplo\menl here was the
sliprrintendenee of the tine her hbn d
I lerefonl eaitle owned !>> I tocti r Bn u ster, which
continued \\ith mutual satisfaction for sixteen
months, when, finding an oppi
in the government transportation service :
-t, ml to the veteran contractor. Lot Winston,
he accepted the chance. After giving ai
able labor. in this direction, in 1887. he suce
Mr. \Vinston as contractor in the transport.
of government supplies from and to various
points, but more especially to Furls I'.ridger and
I hichesiie. Thai the government deemed the
contract an important one is evidenced by the
fact that Mr. Watson furnished a bond of $10,-
000 for the faithful performance of his duty.
Under his administration, however, there was
no clelav nor trouble. His record was the clean-
est one on the bo. he various posts, and,
:.ir\ to the former pi if the
posts was ever delayed one day in ihe receipt
01 the expected supplies. In iSSS Mr. Writ son,
in association with I)avid Kay, the well-known
man of < igden, I htah, a mtracted to
furnish fuel, feed and forage to Forts I'.ridg -r
and Duchesiie in Utah, Fort Russell, in V
ming, and Forts Sydney, Niohrrira and K
son, in Nebraska. It may be mentioned as
. lint in one it'in al me. that of wood, th :y
furnished [O,OOO cords at pn from
• - to $9x30 per cord. In iS<x> Mr. W
individually contracted to construct four miles
of the I 'tali Northern Railroad and applied all
of hi - and capital to the task. I'n
seen difficulties \\ere encountered, however, and
the contract proved disastron- 'ing away
all of his financial accumulations. Disappointed,
but not disheartened. Mr. Watson retiinii
Fort I'.ridger, and, when the reservation was
opened for settlement, he tiled claim to the land
he had pn md ther.
gaged in raising a high grade of '
and sheep. His mother . :\ired a
of Mm acres of land on th ition which is
added t" the acreage he i Here his ad-
mitted skill and judgment is
service, and in this profitable industry li.
dl) to tin fn 'lit. being one of th •
trnh representative stockmen of the count). He
owns a n am, which car-
ried ( iff the first pn ilium .: ill,
658
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF }VYOMIXG.
ion exhibitions of Toronto, Canada. It sheared
tn within a small fraction of twenty-five pounds
of wool in the spring of 1902. His herds are of
the finest strain, the horses being graded Clydes-
dales and his cattle, graded Durhams. and in
these lines of finely-bred animals, he is truly
a public benefactor, entitled to the high credit
he is receiving. On February 9, 1888, Mr. Wat-
son wedded with Miss Mary Sheehan, a daugh-
ter of Daniel and Margaret (Connell) Sheehan,
emigrants from Ireland, her mother being a
daughter of Daniel Connell and a granddaughter
of Daniel Hafey, the popular Celtic poet, the
families being intermingled with those of his-
toric luster and patriotism. Of their children
we note: Francis J., died an infant; Daniel X.;
John A. ; William B. ; Marguerite Mae ; Michael
C. ; Peter A. ; Elizabeth L.
NICHOLAS H. WHALEN.
Among the valuable contributions that Eng-
land has made to the business industries of Wyo-
ming, we most especially mention the gentleman
whose name heads this review. Nicholas H.
Whalen, who is the popular and efficient mana-
ger of the U. P. Coal Co.'s store at Spring Val-
ley. He is a native of England, where he was
born in County Cumberland, on February 16,
1876, a son of James and Mary (Sinott) Wha-
len, who were natives of Ireland and descendants
from a long line of reputable ancestry in that
country. James Whalen was born in 1841, near
Dublin. Ireland, a son of Luke Whalen. After
an industrious life, fraught with many changes
and incidents, he died at Carbon, Wyo., in 1898.
He early acquired skill as a miner and wrought
in the mines of England until coming to Amer-
ica, where he performed the labors of a timber-
man at Carbon, Wyo., until his death. His wid-
ow is still residing in Carbon, at the age cf
sixty-four years. The children of James and
Mary (Sinott) Whalen are James, who is weigh-
man at the mines of Carbon, Wyo. : Elizabeth,
who is now Mrs. John Byrnes, of Butte, Mont. ;
Edward, also of Carbon ; Katie, wife of Antonia
Castagne, of Butte, Mont. ; James, who died in
Denver, Colo., at the age of twenty-six years ;
Thomas, who maintain^ hi> famiK residence in
Butte: Nicholas H., the subject of this sketch;
Luke, who died at Carbon at the age of eleven
years. Nicholas H. Whalen received in England
the rudiments of an excellent public education
which was completed by a diligent attendance at
the public schools of Carbon, Wyo. At an early
age. however, he commenced by his labors to add
his quota to the sustenance and maintenance of the
family, engaging in the U. P. Co.'s mines at
Carbon, where, among his other duties, he also
drove mules for about a year. He then became
connected with the mercantile department of the
company's interest, his initiatory work being as
the driver of the store team. He was soon, how-
ever, promoted to a clerkship, in which he was
retained for about two years, by his intelligent
and capable performance of his duties render-
ing himself so valuable that he was advanced to
the responsible position of head clerk in the com-
pany's store at Rock Springs. His devotion to
the company's interests, and his intelligent com-
prehension of the principles underlying mercan-
tile transactions, and. also, the personal traits of
character which made him so popular with the
patrons of the store, caused his elevation to the
managership of the Spring Valley store after
satisfactorily filling his position at Rock Springs
for nearly two years. As a manager, Mr. Wha-
len has continued to faithfully contribute to the
interests of the company, and has shown himself
to be preeminently a clear-headed business man of
sound integrity and a successful merchant. Un-
der his administration the affairs of the store
are conducted to the entire satisfaction of the '
company and are rapidly increasing in the amount
of the business transacted. Mr. Whalen has pos-
itive views and convictions on all subjects, and
in public matters his attitude is never doubtful,
for whatever enlists his energy, is ardently pur-
sued to successful completion. He is identified
with the Republican party and with the Catholic
church. All in all, he is a representative of
the progressive and self-made men who are mak-
ing distinct improvements and impressions upon
the industrial and commercial life of Wyoming.
PRO* WE MEX OF WYOMING.
659
FRANK II. MUZZY.
Frank II. Muxxy. now of Meriden, Wyoming.
is a native uf Illiimis, having been born in that
state in Will county on December m, 1852,
being also the son of I'.enjamiii F. and Persis
I Tcmplcton ) Muxxy, who \\ere both natives of
tlu- state of Xe\v York. His father followed
tin- occupation of farming in tin- state of Illin-
ois, and in 1858 removed to Minnesota, and lo-
cated near Mankato. Here he engaged in farm-
ing until 1864, when he removed his home to
Xicollet county, \vherc he continued in the same
occupation until 181)3. Then he disposed of his
f;.rms and other interests, and has since been
retired from active business, passing the greater
portion , if his time in travel and in visiting bis
ihildrcn and relatives in different states. The
tather and mother of Mr. .Muzzy since 1893,
when not occupied in travel, have made their
residence with their son at Meridcn, Wyoming.
Frank II. Muzzy received his early education
in ihe schools of the state of Minnesota, and
at tlu' age of twenty-one years he attended the
State Normal School at Mankato, remaining
there as a student for two years. \fter com-
pleting his education there, he returned to h;s
lather's farm, where he resided and assisted
in the management of the affairs of the family
for one year. During the year of 1877 he was
engaged in teaching in P.lnc l-'.artb count \ . Minn.,
and in the summer of 187*. believing that he
c-mild d" better in the country farther \\est. he
\isited the city of rhc\cnnc. Wyo. \oi meet-
ing \\ith satisfactor) employment at that place,
In continued Ins wa\ into Colorado, where \\-:
remained for two m<>nths. and then returned
to \\"\( lining, locating on I "ppcr Horsi '
Here he secured emplo\mcnt on a sheep ranch,
and remained in that employmi ilmr
years, ihorniigliK familiarizing himself with all
the business ->f -h<-i pr; and wo< .!-
growing. In the fall of i8Si. nol having been
able to i ngage in biisini -v in \\ •.. • .ming to In-
saiisfaction. he resolved to return i<> Minn
that state his 1" <• >n returning
t.. Mankato in that year h< i i nning.
1 1
at which he continued until the fall of iS8_>.
The attractions of the ranges au<l ]ilains of Wyo-
ming were still strong upon him, however, and
ould not resist the longing to again try his
fortunes in that favored section. Therefore, in
November, i88_>. In again returned to W\oming,
bringing with him his young wife, to whom he
had been married less than a year. I "pon their
arrival they purchased the same ranch on Horse
• ek when- Mr. Mu/./y had former!) been em-
ployed, and here engaged in slieepraising and
\\nolgro\\iiig. In the spring of 1883 he took up
his present ranch on Hear Creek, lying twenty-
five mile> southeast of Chuguater and fifty miles
northeast of Cheyenne. The winter of 1883 and
1884 was a very severe one in Wyoming, and
his loss, as was that of mam others. \\as very
heavy, his entire flock being practically destr
leaving him in the position of having to com-
mence at the very bottom of the financial hill.
He was not discouraged, however, and at •
set to work with an energy, perseverance and
industry which has ever marked his entire career.
to repair his damaged fortunes. He then en-
gaged in the cattle and horse business, and by
good judgment, economy ami can-in! attention
to the management of his affairs, he has suc-
ceeded in building up a hands. >me property and
ness, and has amassed a handsome compe-
tency. He now owns a large and fine herd of
cattle, has 4_|o acres of patented land, with ca-
ns areas of leased and range lands adja-
cent, and \\ell appointed barns, sheds and build-
ings. Nearly all of the home ranch is under irri-
gation, and Mr. Mux/x's home and .surrounding.-.
bear many evidences of prosperity, thrift and re-
finement, i >n April 4, i88j. Mr. Muxxy was
united in marriage at Mankato. Minn., to Miss
I'anline S. Gates, a nativv of Minnesota, and
the daughter of Arad and '
both natives of \ermont. The parents of
Muxxy \\crc former!- 'iinty
of Nicollet, where tb in farm-
ing with con-iileralili success. 1 .ater the,
moved to Blui !
1 in the ; .itber
til in iSSo. and lies huric d
66o
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOML\(..
in Nicollet county. Her mother is still living and
resides in Mankato. Mr. and Mrs. Muzzy have
four children, Chester J., Carrie E., Frank G.
and Pearl L. Fraternally, Mr. Muzzy is affil-
Lated with the Woodmen of the World, being a
member of the lodge at Cheyenne. Both he and
his wife are members of the Baptist church, very
active in church work, taking a deep interest
in the social and charitable life of the community
where they reside. Mr. Muzzy is a stanch Re-
publican, ever taking an active interest in the
affairs of his party, although he has never held
a public office or sought political preferment. He
enjoys the society of the large circle of devoted
friends, to whom he has endeared himself by his
many admirable traits of character and his ex-
cellent record as a man. He is held in the high-
est esteem by all who know him for his sterling
integrity and worth.
HENRY JORDAN.
In a new country, where population is very
sparse and the conditions of life at best are hard
and full of privation, where as yet only the
scouting party or advance guard of the army
of civilization has encamped and is busily en-
gaged in blazing and opening the way for the
progress of the main body, every man who has
a special craft, particularly one that ministers es-
sentially to the comfort and well-being of his
kind, is a most welcome addition to the camp,
and, to the full measure of his capacity and the
usefulness of his special function, he is en-
throned among his fellows as a potential bene-
factor. Something like this has been the fate
of Henry Jordan, who was the first practical
flour-miller in Wyoming, who superintended the
erection and equipment of the flouring mill at
Sheridan, one of the earliest ones of the state,
and, who, after its construction, faithfully oper-
ated it for a number of years. Mr. Jordan was
born in Pennsylvania in May. 1843, the son
of Alexander and Margaret ( Macom) Jordan.
His father was also a native of Pennsylvania
and of German ancestry, while his mother was
born at sea of Irish parentage. The Jordans
were early settlers in this country, the great-
grandfather of Henry having fought in the Rev-
olutionary War, and the family having previous-
ly been active in patriotism throughout the Co-
lonial period of our history. The grandfather
of Henry Jordan was a gallant soldier in the
War of 1812, and in all the trials and triumphs
of peace the line has had its contributory share
wherever it has been found. In his native state
Mr. Jordan was reared and educated, and there
also he learned and worked at his trade as a
miller. In 1865 he came west to Iowa and in
that state passed three years working at his
trade. In 1868 he came to Wyoming but soon
returned to Iowa, passing three years at Guthrie
Center, occupied with his duties, as a miller. At
the end of that time he returned to his native
state and for eight years was engaged in mill-
ing there. But the longing for the West re-
mained with him, and its pleading voice, al-
though frequently obscured by others, would not
be entirely silenced, and so he came again to
Wyoming and settled at Sheridan. There he
superintended the building and furnishing of
a flour mill and later bought an interest in it.
which he conducted with profit to himself and
great satisfaction to the people of that neighbor-
hood until 1895, when he sold his interest and
removed to his present location. Here he erected
a complete flour mill of the latest model, equipped
it with machinery of the latest kind for making
flour according to the most approved methods,
and has since been operating this. It is the only
patent process mill in the Bighorn basin. He
has also taken an interest in land where he has
lived, locating a preemption upon Wolf Creek
when he came to Sheridan county, then John-
son county, and this he sold later. But he now
owns 180 acres of land near his mill, and on it
has built an attractive and comfortable resi-
dence. He also owns property in Sheridan, but
his mill is the principal industry which occupies
his time and attention. It has a capacity of
eighty barrels and is of great benefit to the com-
munity, much of its output being consumed at
home, where its quality and excellence are well
known and highly appreciated. Mr. Jordan is
PROGRESSirn MP.X OF U'YOMIXG.
661
a very enterprising citizen, a liberal contribu-
tor to i- very tnoveitu-nt for the advaiu •
eli-vation of his community. While not 0
tatious in his public spirit, he is never back-
want in his active support of an) project that
commends itself to his judgment as promising
to tlir general interests of the neighborhood
or countx. In regard to such matters his coun-
sel is much son-lit and cordial1 tied. For
many years he has been a member of the Masonic
order, zealous and useful in his lodge. ITe was
married in Pennsylvania in 1.^74. to Miss Eliza-
beth Simonlon, a native of that slate, who has
ever been a faithful \\iie and an agreeable and
valuable helpmeet. This worthy couple Si
high in the esteem of the public. ,.
>SE .1. McCARELL.
1 'orn in the \'orlh\ve-t since the close of the
Civil War and reared and educated in this sec-
tion of the country, and having passed almost
all of the productive period of his life in Ibe
cattle business, Jesse J. McCarell, of near Otto
in Bighorn county, is a product and a represent-
ative of the era of peaceful conquest and subju-
gation which has crime upon our country,
of the region in which it has won its noble-i
mos! extensive triumphs, as well as of the line
of fruitful activity which is one of the leading
industrie, of that region. He is a pioneer of
iSSj in Wyoming, but was born in \<
January 14. iX<>,K. His parents, Jesse and Fan-
nie (Clift) McCarell, were natives of New
York and Maryland, respectively, ani
rs in Xcvada. Their son, Jesse, rccci*.
limited education in his native state, and when
be was only twelve years old he came to Wyoming
and started in life as a rangerider in the vast
cattle business of the territory. He followed this
invigorating, but • and dai
patio,, f,,r seven -ears in various i ;id in
1^7 came to the Mi-horn basin and continued
it 'i that prolific and favored p. if (lie
beit - • ngaged in it there until IS.):;. In
that 'ear be took up land near Mnrlington and
lie business f, ,r himself. Tie has
280 acres of land on which he has made extensive
and valuable improvements, and conducts a thriv-
ing industrv in raising stock and general farm-
ing, running about 100 head of fine cattle and
a large number of high-grade horses. He also
carries on a mercantile enterprise at Otto with
ind proiii. and has mining properties of
value and productiveness in various localities.
On February 24, 190x3. Mr. McCarell was united
in marriage with Mrs. Hannah Crandal. a native
of Massachusetts, but at the time of the marriage
a n r.urlington, where the ceremony
was performed. They have one child, their son,
. Jr. While conducting his numerous busi-
icccss and vigor. Mr.
• l been inattentive to the claims of
the community on his time and energies. He has
manifested a deep and Me interest in the
welfare and prog \ bis neighborhood and
ty, and has given without stint his active
support to all movements \\hicli he -isid-
thy and likely to aid in promoting the
ril weal. lie has aKo conducted himself m
all the relatioi ' • secure and retain
the c> and high regard of his fellow men
wherever be is known, and the respect of the
at public throughout the state.
WILLIAM F. LAWYER.
The subject of this review is one of the many
-pent
on the range and \\bo. f the most whole-
-d independent of vocations, have
provided well for the' nd for those de-
pendent upon them. William F. I.auver is a
nativi : isvlvania. born in '
wick on July 22, 1*7.;. l!is father. Adam 1
yer. also a native of the l\e\<to;: is a
machinist and worked at his trade in Pennsyl-
vania uiit;i :: hen be mi •- Illin-
ois. \\liei -. irs be held an im-
p
later changed hi- '<>irn.
wber : his \\-jfe are living at the
time. The n : vcr
ke\\ i<e was born and
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING
reared in 1 Vnnsyh ania, ;ind is a descendant ol
dlil families of that eomm< >m\ ealth. The child-
hood and \outh of William !•". 1 ,awyer were spent
with his parents, hut at tin- age of fifteen he left
home to make his own way in the world. In
1888 he came to W\oming, making a par! of the
journex on foot, meeting' with many interesting
experience* before reaching his destination at
Cheyenne. Not long after his arrival, he found
employment on the range and from that time
until within a comparatively recent date he rode
for various parties running cattle in different
parts of Wyoming and other territory. In No-
vember, 181 )8, he took up his present ranch, eight
miles east of Fort Laramie and adjoining the
one owned by his father-in-law, John Weber,
and engaged in cattleraising upon his own re-
sponsibility. He has made commendable prog-
ress since taking possession of his place, having
a large number of cattle and horses in prime con-
dition, with every prospect of continued prosper-
ity as the years go by. His long experience on
the range has made him familiar with every de-
tail of the stock business and in all matters per-
taining to cattle and horses, he is considered
not only an excellent judge but an unfailing au-
thority. By close attention to his business and
good management, he has succeeded in placing
himself in comfortable circumstances, having a
' surplus laid by for the proverbial "rainy day,"
which soon or late comes unto the lives of the
majority of men. Mr. Lawyer is essentially a
western man, all his tastes and inclinations lead-
ing him to the kind of life to which his time
and energies have so long been devoted. Spend-
ing his more mature years under conditions pe-
culiar to this part of the country, he takes broad
views of life and things and lays his plans in har-
mony therewith. He possesses tact and judg-
ment in business affairs, and in all transactions
with which he has been connected his course
has been open and straightforward, his personal
honor and integrity being above suspicion. By
correct methods he has succeeded in his under-
takings and easily ranks with the most enterpris-
ing and successful stockmen of the district in
which he operates. On December 8, 1898, was
solemnized the ceremony which joined .Mr. Law-
yer and Miss Alargarette Weber, daughter of
John and Marv Weber, in the bonds of holy wed-
lock. They have tuo children, Mary and John.
Di >XALD C. McCAXXEL.
The subject of this sketch is one of the lead-
ing stockmen of the district in which he lives
and for a period of twenty-three years he has
been very closely identified with the industrial
and business interests of Laramie county. The
name McDonald indicates Scotch origin and,
tracing his history, it is learned that he is de-
scended from old families that for man}- gener-
ations lived in the romantic land of the "heather
and the heath.'' Archibald McCannel, the father
of Donald, was born in Scotland but came to
America in 1848, settling in Ontario, Canada, of
which province he was an early pioneer. By oc-
cupation he was a tiller of the soil and by his
industry and frugality he accumulated a valu-
able estate, becoming one of the thrifty fanners
of the section of the country in which he lived.
His wife, also a native of Canada, bore the
maiden name of Barbara McDougall. Donald
C. McCannel was born in Ontario, Canada, on
June 24, 1857, and received such educational
discipline as the schools of his native county
could impart. He was reared in close touch
with nature on the farm, became familiar with
the varied duties incident to agriculture and
grew strong and vigorous of body, with an in-
dependence of mind and determination of will
which eminently fitted him for the course of life
he afterwards pursued. Until his twenty-first
year he remained at home assisting in the work
of the farm, but, on attaining his majority he
started into the world for himself, coming to
Wyoming in 1879 and settling in the county of
Laramie. During the six years following his ar-
rival in this part of the country. Mr. McCannel
was in the employ of T. A. Kent, a prominent
stockman, who owned ranches near UVa. and
he became experienced in every detail of cattle-
raising, proving most capable and faithful in the
discharge of his varied duties. Severing his
I'h'oGRESSIl'l-: Ml-X OF WYOMING.
lection with the aboM- gentlemen, he cii-
!_;a^cd in contracting for ditching work mi the
ranches of the I'mmi Cattle Co. :in<l after some
time passed in that capacity, lie took up land oi
his own in l.aramic county, seven miles west oi
\\'lu-atlanil, hilt did in>t settle mi this until
mic year ;itUT obtaining possession. This was in
iSSd. and frmn thai tim< to thi presi nl day he
lived where lie originally located, gradually
extending the scope and magnitude of his busi-
and eiilar^in.L;- thi of his lands until
•nd his family n«\v i>\vn over 1.500 acres,
much of which is irritable and in a -nccessl'ul
slate of tillage. That portion devoted to gri\z-
iii.tr purposes is admirably situated, for Mr. Mc-
Canncl had abundant opportunities to maki
judicious selection, there heing; but four rm
11, all thi- part of the count) when he 1< •
hi- claim in 1885. Mr. McCannel devotes his
time and attention to the raising of cattle, horsi i
and hogs, and ha- met \\ith nmM ^ratify in:.:.
cess, building ii|> a large and lucrative business
an<l earning' the reputation of standing a-
of the most enterprising stockmen in this part
of the -late. Hi- judgment is sound and dis-
criminating, and, p — essing ihe abiliu to Eore-
vith n-iuarkalili- accuracy the out
tiaiisactiotis in which lu engages, lie seldom
fails in carrying them to successful conclu
\s a citizen lie enjoys the esteem ot the com-
munity, while ill every relation ot life, li
ever so comported himself that his integrity has
never been as-.ailed. nor the COrrectm oi his
moti ' Hi lioiied. I'.elieving in progress and
improven -i PI . he has used his best efforts to
ilh . ends, aiding all enterprises calculated to
build up the country and to dcvc',, Mind
and industrial resources. < >n March .;. ,
Mr. McCannel was married in the cit; of <
emu- to Mrs. Margaret I Wilson i Cazaubon, the
liter of William WiNon. of ' 'nlario. Can
ada. Mr-. McCannel was there bom and r.
and there married her first husband. Her father
- firmer but her mother departed this life
it: Ontario a number of l Irs. Mc-
( 'annel li.i • me daughter by her lir-t man
Mrs. l''mma Rice, who \\ , ' frmn the
< hexeinie lii.^'h school and later from
of photography, and is now the leading phot,
plur of Chryenne, \\'yo.. located at NO. 1717
ddy si • \vner of property and
thetv conducts a MTV successful hn
MeCamuTs :«ran<lsi>n, T,
bright child of four years ,>l age wh in
raising and who is a threat witli
herself and husband. Politically. Mr. Mc-
( 'annel i~ pronounced in his allegiance to the
Republican party, but is not a partisan in the
sense the term is usually understood, mud
an aspirant for the I or emolument
oftiec. II, i- an enthusiastic member of the In-
dependenl < >r,ln- of odd Fell ' 'mining to
the \\"heatland lodge, and i- •• with the
Benevolenl i 'i ' Irder < if Elks ;
enne. Additional to these two or^anixations his
name also adorns the records of the Wheatland
rica, in which
he i- ' g spirit and active worker. Of Mr.
VIcCannel personally, much could be said in the
way of truthful compliment and praise, for he
is quite popular throughout the country,
liked by all wiih whom he comes in contact, and
tit i on his riy'lit to b ' with the
wide-awake and energetic representative in,
the count-. , i i aramie.
CM \KT.KS LUFKIN.
The substantial unity of purpose and feeling
which ]H-rvades our united country since the
wounds of the Civil War have been healed and its
sears hidden by mam \\hile harvests of p
fill industry, is well ilhis' ' inon
impulse wherein lln- |)emile of the \orlh
gathered from all
foreign country. mo\ e forward in the work
of (levelo|iiiij^ the new domain which they in-
habit, and the constart • V with which
\ in this section the li iriot-
istn. local pride, ,,li,'dii nee to law and de\
to the commmi \\elfare they learn.-d in their
earlier homi Charli Lufl
-' h, , has li\ r,l in several
- of the ("nion. havir
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>GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
ant associations in each. But he is as devoted
to the progress and general weal of Wyoming
as if IKT soil were his native heath, and he had
i;i-\er resided beyond her borders. He was born
in 1853, grew to manhood and was educated in
Maine, but soon after reaching years of matur-
ity he moved to Pennsylvania and resided in that
state, Minnesota, Dakota and Montana succes-
sively until 1883, when he came to Wyoming,
and he has since made his home among her peo-
ple. He located in the Bighorn basin and was
engaged in freighting until 1899, when he took
up land on Meeteetse Creek and started a busi-
ness of a more pretentious character and greater
promise in the stock industry. He raises cattle
and horses of good breeds and excellent quality,
having generally about 100 cattle and a large
number of horses. His farm is well-improved
and much of it is skilfully cultivated, the residue
furnishing a good range for his stock. Mr. Luf-
kin is a valued member of the Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows at Meeteetse. He is regular
and interested in his attendance at the meetings
of his lodge, and manifests an intelligent and
commendable zeal in behalf of the progress and
welfare of the fraternity in general and of his
own lodge in particular. In 1886, he was mar-
ried on Owl Creek to Miss Nancy Appison, a
native of Missouri, but a resident of Wyoming
since 1884. They have one child, their son, Em-
ory, born on May 3, 1888.
OSCAR W. McNAY.
The state of nativity for Oscar McNay, a
prominent stockgrower of Bighorn county, locat-
ed near Hyattville, is California, where he was
born on April 6, 1857, but he did not long re-
main there. When he was two years old his
parents, H. W. and E. M. McNay, natives re-
spectively of Ohio and New York, went by the
isthmus route to New York, and from there after
a short time came to Kansas. They spent two
years at Wyandotte, two at Fort Leavenworth,
and from there they removed to Council Grove
in Morris county. In that town their son, Oscar,
was reared and educated, and when he was
twenty years of age he went to Texas, from
whence, after due preparation, in 1878, he trailed
cattle north to the Big Bend of the Missouri
River. From there he returned to his Kansas
home, and in 1879 went to St. Joseph, Mo., and
took -a course of special training in a business col-
lege. After leaving the college he worked for
two years for the Western Union Telegraph Co.
and then went by way of San Francisco to The
Dalles, Oregon. At that point he accepted em-
ployment from Henry Lovell and in his service
drove cattle to the Bighorn basin in Wyoming,
where he tarried and rode the range for a number
of years, and in 1887 engaged in the stock busi-
ness for himself, limiting his operations to cattle.
In 1896 he located land on No Wood River, the
ranch on which he now lives, comprising 160
acres, on which he has 100 good cattle, well cared
for and kept in excellent condition. He also has
a drove of superior horses, and they, as well as
the cattle, give evidence of the intelligent atten-
tion bestowed upon their raising. Some years
ago his father died. His mother is still living
on the family homestead in Kansas.
JAMES S. McNIVEN.
Bishop James S. McNiven of near Burling-
tiin in Bighorn county, a prominent stockgrower
and, fanner of this fertile region, and also an
active and successful worker in the Church of
the Latter Day Saints, is a native of the High-
lands of Scotland, where he was born on June 22,
1848, and exhibits toward the land of his adop-
tion, and especially the portion of it in which he
lives, the same loyalty and devotion that his
forefathers did to the clan and its interests, of
which they were conspicuous and serviceable
members in the stirring times of the border wars
between his native country and the lowlands.
His parents were John and Jeannette (McNiv-
en) McNiven, scions of old Scottish families.
When he was three years old his father died, and
ten years later his mother emigrated with her
children to the United States, heroically braving
the perils of the sea, at the time increased and
intensified by the Civil War in this country, and
PROGRESSiyi • >!'' WYOMING.
665
afterward-, resolutely nink -rtaking ami enduring
the trip across the plains
they settled in Morgan o unity,
whe1 :i. James, was reared and cdn>
As - i a< lu> was ahl :uct an independent
enterprise he \\vnt ti > fanning and carried on
the business i''V some years. IK \\ as then sent
to Arizona on a church mission and remained
two years. At the end of this period he came
hack to I'tah and located in the southern part
of the territory, where he carried on a thriving
industry in farming and raising stock until 1894,
\\hen he moved to Wyoming and took vip his
residence on the land which he now owns and
cultivates, two miles southeast of Burling! "ii.
Here he has a beautiful farm of 240 acres, and
raises cattle and horses in large numbers and
good crops of cereals and hay. He is a man of
great public spirit, deeply interested in the wel-
fare of his section of the state, holding a con-
siderable portion of the assets of the Townsite
Co. of Burlington, and using it to good advan-
in the development and improvement of the
to\\n. Since iSSfi he has been a Republican in
politics, anil has given to the affairs of the party
attentive anil serviceable devotion, serving as
chairman of his precinct organization. In church
\\ork he has been loyal and /< alous from his
young inanh 1. and by (lie merit of his services
ins and in other respects has risen to
inthu-nce and consequence in church circle-., hav-
ing been the first bishop sel apart in the I'.iglmni
. and being still in the full exercise of his
official duties. He was married in 1872, at Salt
City, to Miss. I.ydia l.ittleliild, a native of
England, but during the greater part of her
mature life a resident of Utah. They have five
children living. James l\.. annette,
and Sylvia D.
DUNCAN M. LENNAN.
From tin' mountains of Scotland to the
mountains "i" Winning is an immen-e leap in
longitude i much 1< • ndiiii ins and
surroundings, as mam of the stiinK men of
Scotland have learned. ani'in- liietn Mnnean
iaii. an enterprising and prosperous stock-
man of t'lcar Springs, nine miles north of Coke-
ville in I'inta county. In this country he has
'1th of opportunii
of action undreamed of in his native land, and,
\\ith the characteristics of his race,' he has taken
E them and used them well for his
own benefit and for the. welfare of the commun-
ities in which he . d. Me was born at
Conon Bridge, Ro^hire, Scotland, on December
863, his parents, Donald and Catherine (In-
nis) .McLennan, being also native there and de-
scended from families long resident in the shire.
His father was a railroad inspector, and thi
his thought to machinery as a study, in conse-
quence of which, after completing his education
in the government schools of his vicinity, he
learned the trade of a machinist. Tn i88j. when
lie was nineteen years old. he left the paternal
roof and came to the United States, making his
way by ea-\ stages to Idaho and locating at
\l< mtpelier. where he worked for a year at his
trade in the railroad shops, after which be opened
a store, and for the next eleven years, he gave all
his time and energies to its management and dc-
pment. It was a successful venture, bring-
>ng him both prominence and means. In
'Id out his business and came to \Vvoming,
locating on the farm which he now owns and
occupies, not far from Border. This c
480 acre- of well-improved land, devoted to the
rattle industry, which he carries on with vigor
on a large scale. In addition to this enterprise,
which is one of increasing magnitude, lie 0
' State al Montpelier, and has other valu-
able interests in this state and Mali : hi-
early manh 1 he has exhibited "cst and
eable interest in the community in which
his lot happened to b t, and. while residing
in blah' '• d as postmast
the peace from time to time. lie was married
in that state in Fchrnar1 . iSSS. to ,i
ite I. Morgan, a native of Wales and a danghlei
of William and I'atlurine Morgan, \\hoare now
living at Cokeville. < >nc child ha- brightened
their household, their daughter. l< ssjr Kate. Mr.
Mcl . nnan is one of the substantial and influen-
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I'k'OGRESSIFE MEN ()!•' WYOMING.
tial ciii/eii> i)f tli. ' un . lidd in high esteem
by all who know him, and worthy "f the regard
lu- so generally inspires, while Mrs. McLennan
numbers her friends hy the ho-t. being warmly
welcomed in the social circles <if her home town
and elsewhere h\ her acquaintances and all who
appreciate good eonipany.
JOHX R. McLAUGHLIN.
The subject of this sketch is one of the suc-
cessful, enterprising and public spirited men of
Fremont county. His stock farm, situated about
one and one-half miles northwest of Lander, is
one of the finest places in that valley, and there he
is successfully engaged in the business of rais-
ing improved grades of Hereford cattle. He is
the Owner of a large herd of high-class ' stock,
among which are some of the most valuable ani-
mals in the state, and he is looked upon as one of
the leading business men of Western Wyoming.
He is a native of Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., having
been born there on January 27. 1849, anc' 's tne
son of John and Catherine (Wright) McLaugh-
lin, both natives of Ireland. His parents came
from their native country to America in 1847
and his father followed the occupation of farm-
ing, and was the son of Robert McLaughlin, a
member of a well-known family of Ireland. John
R. McLaughlin grew to manhood in his native
state and received his early education in the pub-
lic schools. LTpon the completion of his school
life, he secured employment as a sailor on the
Great Lakes, and remained in that occupation for
about seven years. At the end of that time, he
engaged in farming in the state of New York,
and continued in that vocation there up to the
year 1878, when he removed his residence to
the state of Minnesota. Here he purchased a
farm and made his home for nearly two years,
when he disposed of his property and removed
to the then territory of Wyoming. LTpon his
arrival in this new country, he settled at once
in the valley where he now resides and engaged
in stockraising. In 1883 he purchased his pres-
ent ranch property, and has continued in the
stockraising business here since that time. His
place, comprising about 300 acres of land, i* one
of the most valuablr pieces "f property in that
section. < >n January 2~ .1870, in the state oi
Xew York, Mr. McLaughlin was united in mar-
riage with Miss Kdith A. Noble, a native of the
Kmpire state, and a daughter of William and
Jane A. (Payne) Noble, both being natives of
that state. Air. and Mrs. McLaughlin have an
adopted child to bless their home life, \\~orden
I'. McLaughlin. Their home is noted for its
fine western hospitality, and the family are held
in high esteem by a large circle of friends.
GEORGE MAROL'ETTE.
For more than a generation of human life this
successful and energetic stockman and farmer
has lived in Wyoming. He came here in 1868,
when the country was in truth and fact the
"wild West,'' with no evidences of civilization,
save here and there the lone cabin of the daring
squatter, the dugout of the hardy trapper, the
sd ickades of the military post or the humble meet-
inghouse of the Christian mission. And to the
settlement, development and improvement of the
section he has given his life and energies since
that time. Mr. Marquette is a native of Ohio,
where he was born in 1841. His parents were
Peter and Catherine Marquette, natives of Ger-
many, who came to the L nited States soon after
their marriage and settled in Ohio, and there en-
gaged in farming. Their son lived at home until
he was seventeen, attending the schools of the
in ighborhood and assisting on the farm. At the
age mentioned he sought a new home in the
West, a land of abundant promise but exacting
conditions, and. locating in Minnesota, farmed
fi ir a time in that state and also for a time in
Wisconsin. During his stay in this part of the
country he worked at intervals on the rivers and
in the pine woods. He has been bred to indus-
try and, knowing hard work from his childhood,
he was not afraid of it in any form, but with the
true education which Nature gives her offspring
who commune with her in proper spirit, stood
ready with a hearty will to do whatever came
his wav and was remunerative, however ardu-
/'A'(n;A'/:.v.s/i /: \ii-..\ OP n YO \n tc
nils, .-iinl apart from a sense »i duty repulsive, it
might be. In iXiio he removed to Missouri, and.
nol anticipating the troublous times that were
almost at hand. settKd do\\u to a (|iiiet farmer's
life in that state. The next year when armed rc-
sistance threatened the existence of (lie Inion.
he enlisted in its defence as a ineiuher oJ
( . I illli Missouri Militia, and (luring the two
of active service under arms which he
saw had many exciting and dangerous expel
ences, confronting the organi/ed forces nf the
Confederacy in the lield. following the path of
ruiu and devastation nf the guerrilla Ouantrell.
guarding the supply trains of his command and
pr< iiecting' life and property on every hand. At
the close of his term he returned to Minnesota.
and after a year of Jabor there again enlisted.
this time a-, a member nf Co. II. Kleventh Miuuc-
SOta Infantry, and served in that cniiimaiid until
the end nf the war. He then engaged in rafting
on the Mississippi for some months, after which
he went to Council llluffs. Iowa, and aided in the
i ruction of the I'.urlington & Missouri River
Railroad. In 1868 he landed at Cheyenne. \\ yo .
finding; it a -tra^lin.tj village with high hope-,
hut only a few unpretentious houses as yet.
|-"mm there he went to 1 .aramie and worked at
making and selling railroad ties for a period
of six year-.. In 1X74 he bewail a three-years'
indtism in hunting, trapping and prospecting
with headquarters, in North Park. Colo., and in
1X77 returned {» \Y\omiiig. stopping at Sher-
man until thi' spring of iX-S, when he came by
\\a\ of Fort FcUcrman to Lander, going from
tin-re to X'orth Park again and later to Rawlins.
There he joined (he Palli Mining Co Fi ir the
.summer and in ihe fall reinrned to Lander, lie
SOOn after located on the r.ighorn and built the
til-si Imnse in the I'.iglmni basin near the month
of \'o \\ | i Ireek. Fn im heri he hunted.
trapped and pro-prei.-d for three years, and in
iXXi located on the South Fork of the Shoshoiie
River. \fter a season passed there he reino\ , d
ir his present ranch, took up a homestead
and bewail farmiiiL; in i-arnest In iSi^i a jiosi-
olVn-e -A. is established at Man|iiet!e and named
in his honor. ll was the first pnstnfnYe on the
South Fork, and he was appointed postma
an otiiee which he ha- held continuously since
that time. Mr. Man|Uctte has a tine rail. ;
the river and carries on a profitable am
sive stock business. | lis h, irni
cati 1, and. b\ the systematic improvements he
has made and is still making, is fast bi
one "| ihe best and most attractive in tln-
• f the comity. \\'hile he ha-
hnnter and trapper in his time, ami still li
die spirit and cunning of the craft, and has lost
none ..f his intuitive kno\\ leil^e of the woods
eds and methl ids, In has : e idiK adapted
himself to the changed coiiditimis and settled
down permanently to farming and raising stock.
In njoi his brother. Philip, of Ohio, made him
i visit, and yave him the first si-ht of a r
her of his family since the war. He had not
sei.n am of them for forty-three years. His
bachelor home, while lacking the elegance and
style of the city drawing-room, has an abundance
of liomeh comfort, cordial ho>pitalit\ and genu-
ine L^nnd fellowship for all who find shelter un-
der its pleasant and attractive roof.
A.\DRF.\Y J. MARTI X.
Andrew J. Martin, of near Manjuette. in
Uighnru cniint\. w i- born in Io\\a on i >et.>ber
2.V 1X7-'. and cam,- to Wyoming in iXXj. so that
more than two thirds of Ins life has been passed
in this state. He has made it his home, the scene
of his efforts and ihe location , if his Impcs. he
grown with its growth and prospered with
its prosperity, contributing to the g 1 results
of the enterpi isi and public spirit of its p,
and aided in bnn-niL;- ii from primitive condi-
tions to s,,methin- of mature development, from
an infant state t. . a -real and -0111-
monwcalth. His parents wen I'.eniamin I-', and
Fli/abeth Martin, natives of Missouri and Indi-
ana, respect i\ el\ . \Vheii lie \\.as four \cafs .'id
ilis mother died and when he \\.as ten his father
ed \\illi bis i imil\ to \\'\oinin^;. and.
M> a homestead near I'.i^honi in Sheridan
engaged in farming and st.vkgrov
irs he th«-re resided, rearing
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A OF WYOMING.
educating his children and battling with the hard
life on a new frontier. In 1X90 he
to Uigh'Tii count} and settled on the
North Fork of tin- Shoshone River, and in 1893
l,n >ught his family In the new location. The
family consists of five rliildren: Mary K., now
the wife of James T. Glascow ; Eda, now the
' 1 1 W. H. Brundage, of this county ; An-
drew T. : Domthv. imw the wife of Thomas S.
Trimmer, whose career is recorded elsewhere
in these pages; and Christopher E., a resident
of this county. Mr. Martin grew to manhood
and was educated in Wyoming, as has been
noted, and in 1893 located on a homestead which
is a part of his present ranch. He has added
to its extent until he owns 400 acres of excellent
land on the river, and his father has 320 and
his brother, Christopher, 160 acres adjoining his.
Here, from the time of his location on the land,
he has been busily engaged in improving .his
ranch and building up a profitable stock industrv,
raising cattle principally, but handling in addi-
tion a number of horses. His herd of cattle
numbers some 400, of good breeds and kept in
excellent condition, his land yielding abundance
of feed and pasture. He is connected with the
Modern Woodmen of America, holding member-
ship in the lodge of the order at Cody. In 1895,
at Bighorn in Sheridan county, he was married
to Miss Zona Thomas, a native of Iowa. Thev
have two children, their daughters, Elizabeth
and Loraine. Mr. Martin is prosperous and
progressive, a useful citizen, a good business
man, an ornament to the county. Everything
about his ranch proclaims his enterprise and
skill as a farmer and his taste as a man. It is
a beautiful place and is well-improved.
CHARLES A. MARSTON.
From poverty to affluence, from destitution
in which he had not whereon to lay his head to
shelter beneath his own vine and fig tree, with
all the comforts of life and not a few of its lux-
uries about him, this is in brief the history of
Charles A. Marston, of near Marquette, in Big-
horn county, a prominent ranchman and stock-
grower and a leading citizen of the county; and
while his is an oft-told tale in this western world,
its interest never flags, its elements of tragedy
and triumph are ever present, its potent and in-
spiring example is always worthy of note and
emulation. Mr. Marston was born in Maine
on April 11, 1855. a scion of two substantial and
thrifty families of that state. His parents were
Gilbert B. and Martha M. (Shosey) Marston,
who also were born and reared in Maine, and
whose genealogy in that part of our country runs
back in unbroken lines to Colonial times. He
attended the country schools of his day and
neighborhood, learning life's duties and getting
his training for them rather in flie daily experi-
ence of a woodsman's humble home than in
academies of learning, scooping, as it were, but
a handful here and there from the grateful, in-
vigorating waters of book knowledge as they
danced and sparkled across his toilsome way,
and when he was nineteen years of age, with the
self-reliance and independence of his race and
section, he left his paternal home and took up the
contest with fate and the world for himself. He
proceeded to California, reaching there in 1875
and remaining until 1880 engaged in dairying.
He then removed to Oregon and entered the
employ of John W. Chapman in the stock busi-
ness. In his service he came to Montana, and
two years later went into the Yellowstone Na-
tional Park and there conducted a butchering
business for two years. In 1884 he came to
Bighorn county, Wyo., without a single dollar of
money and with nothing else to rely on but his
own resolute spirit, physical health and general
capacity for usefulness. He again entered the
employ of Mr. Chapman and continued to work
for him and a Frenchman, Count Du Dore, the
< iwner of a large cattle ranch on the Shoshone
River. In 1887 he took up homestead and desert
claims on the North Fork of the Shoshone
River and began for himself a farming and
stockgrowing industry, in which his progress
has been steady, sure and noticeable. He has
320 acres of good land on which he has been
raising cattle and horses, replacing the common
stock as rapidly as he could with graded Here-
MEN or WYOMING.
fnrds in cattle ami with superior breeds in
hor-i--. In the meantime he has greatly im-
iiv good fences and luiil
hi much of it inti ' a high state • i' cul
tii.ii. producing the cereals, alfalfa ami ha) in
pr. 'lifihlc quantities, and making it a sn
hi niie for a progressive. \vidr-a\\ake and
gitic American citizen. Where water was need-
ed it \vris brought into his -en ice from the
Sll.ishnlle River. In and Q L. Green, nf this
county, being the first to in • om ihis source
i if -npply. .Mr. Marstnn is a Freenuison. holding
membership in Shoshone Lodge-, U. D., of (
\\'vi). He was married on May 27. 1901, to
Mr-. Ilattie F. Mar-tun, who is. like him
a native nf .Maine.
TRA G. MASON.
In G. Mason, nf the firm of Mason \ S • L,
pmininent and successful stockgrowers on I'.uf-
faln ('reek, imt far from thr town of Thermop
i>li-. although in I'.iglmrn county, is a pioneer oi
iS'i<> in Wyoming and a native of Oregon, where
he was Imrii on September 11. 1X74. Hi- par
eiits are I .evi and Xarci— a i Ro\ve I Mason, the
er Imrii in Illinois and emniiig fmn; that
ron v\ hen he « is a bi . cr< >s-ing the
plains with ox teams in i$4<j. In < »n -"ii he was
ducated. and there lie was nnrried
to Miss Rnwe, a native nf the state. 1 I
in farming and lumbering in < MV'jnn until 1*78.
then removed t<> I'ullman in the stair nf \\a-h-
I, where he again engaged in fanning, fol-
ition until iSijo. In thai \ car
he -nld his interest- in Washing!' MI and came
!• Wyoming. 1 l< located at < >tt" and np.-n.-d a
haiiilising establishment in a-snd-
• with li: a partner. In n i \2 they
-nineil in give u|) merchandising, -nld their
;-- and in' this liiii-. l> " il< lip land ' 'ii
1. and returned to thi idus-
ir\ as a business. Th'-v ha\ i noi
and an average nf lyi hi ad of line eatlle.
land is impn h od bnilding-. l'.
i i, , and the poi tions mid' • are cnhi-
\ated will) -kill and diligence, rewarding the
>.' the hn in with abundant
in pmdnet- in tl i' the
slate. Ira G. Mason, the jnninr partner in the
firm. i in the public
iiigtmi, and. leaving tin -tale when he
in then . rtun-
r a mercantil' rtnership with his
father having hern nfu red to him. Previous t"
: ;ng upon this, h' he t ]iecial
0'iirseof training for it at the ( iem City IHi-
( 'nllege at Quincy, from which he was graduated
in 1897. He is a member nf the Modern V.
men of America, while his father belongs tn tin-
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Mason
has denii nitrated that he has fine bu-ine-- ca-
pacity, with active enterprise, commendable public
spirit and breadth of view. He is earnestly in-
terested in the de Mt and progress of his
enmity and stale, and acti\e in behalf "f any proj-
ect for furthering their interest-, as he is in
any movement for the benefit and advancement
of the great indn-trv with \\liich he is coniT
in a business way. The firm of L. II. Mason &
ne i if the mercantile and industrial insti-
tntiinis nf the county, wlm-e rank in the cnm-
mercial \\nrlil i- de-er\ed!\ high, whose name
familiar a- hnu-ehnld words throughout tllis
]iart of the C'inntry. Its business is conducted nil
.an elevat' d plane of integrity and progressive-
ami with a -pint of emirte-;, and consid-
eratinn toward its nnniernn- palmns.
GEORi [ILLER.
I laving oon,c to \\ \nniing when he was but
thirteen years old and having pa--ed in this -tale
the win ile of hi- subsequent lifi. George Miller
nf the r.iglmni basin miulit not inappmpr
In ' a limdn. • if not
"m the mam 'i- born." Mis lit,- began in I "tnh
in March. 1X117. and his parents were Arnieiiius
and ( '.irnelia liller. the fnrnier na-
> ' n-k. \\'hen
their son, George, wa evei
ind in iSSn C mie I' ' \\'\ • 'ining.
•uiity where tl :
11 raisini tocl H lined in
I ,-l I
•I-SSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
iv uinil 1883 rniil then removed to Sheridan
o unity, when llu father loi ited a homestead
and the parei i tio^ reside. George Miller \vas
educated in thr public schools of \Vyomingand
when he left school he engaged in freighting
and also joined the great arm}' i>f the state's in-
dustrials who an connei ted with the cattle busi-
ness. llr rode the range Eoi .1 few years, by
thrift and energy acquired an excellent ranch in
Sheridan county and stocked it with a fine grade
of cattle. In 1895 he sought a new field for his
energy and enterprise in the Bighorn basin and
in this field he has since been carrying- on a
stuck business of magnitude with vigor and suc-
cess. He is one of the esteemed citizens of the
section and is connected in a leading way with
every enterprise for the advance and more rapid
development of the county, especially this por-
tion of it in which he lives. He belongs to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Mod-
ern Woodmen of America and takes an active in-
terest in both orders. Looked upon as one. of
the most progressive young men of the county,
and justifying this opinion in every way. he has
a promising future before him.
GEORGE S. MEAD.
It is a maxim more true even than it is old
that in civil society either law or force must pre-
vail. And as it has been agreed by universal
consent that law shall reign, it is needful that
the officers who enforce it. and especially those
who have to do with the administration of its
punitive features, shall be men of integrity, capac-
ity and discriminating judgment, able to make
the lawless fear them and the rest of mankind
respect and have confidence in them as the guard-
ians of the peace and the conservators of order.
Deputy Sheriff George S. Mead of Basin, Big-
horn county, is an official of this character, ami
stands high as such in the confidence and es-
teem of the public whose interests he has in
charge. He has long been identified with the
history of the state, being a pioneer of 1877 in
Wyoming. He was born at Racine, Wisconsin,
October 9, 1861, a son of G. G. and Katie ( Kar-
rigan I .Mead, the former a native of Connecticut
and the latter of Ireland. From Wisconsin they
removed to ( 'hieago, and there the father was in
business three years until the great fire destroyed
all his possessions. They then returned to Wis-
consin, and from there soon after to Taylor coun-
ty, Iowa, where he lived until 1877. In that
year lie came to Wyoming and settled at Raw-
lins. He passed three years in rangeriding and
freighting with that city as his headquarters,
and in 1879. when the Ute Indian outbreak oc-
curred, he went to work for the U. S. government
as a teamster, and rendered good service in that
capacity until 1883. He then returned to Kaw-
lins and was engaged in various occupations un-
til 1887. when he went to ranching, at which he
continued until 1894 when he sold out. The
next year he came to Bighorn county, and. locat-
ing land on the Bighorn River, went to stock-
growing and farming. His ranch comprises 400
acres of good land, which is well-improved, and
he has a fine herd of cattle and a large number
of horses. He conducts the ranch under his
personal supervision and management, but has
his residence in Basin where he owns a home.
He is interested in public improvements of all
kinds and is a stockholder in the water company
of the city. His official experience has been ex-
tended and varied, he was four years constable
and deputy sheriff, serving at the same time as
tax collector and in 1903 he was appointed dep-
uty sheriff and jailer of the county, his fitness
for the position being universally recognized. In
fraternal relations he affiliates with the Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows, and is recognized
as a serviceable member of the fraternity. In
1877, at Ferris, Wyo., he was married to Miss
Carrie M. Hill, a native of Wisconsin. They
have five children. Lulu M., Minnie A., George
H., Nellie and Ethel E.
RICHARD A. MORSE.
Having but recently passed the half-century
mark in the number of his years. Richard A.
Morse of Lander, prominent in business and pub-
lic life, has achieved more in the way of a sue-
PROGRESSIVE ML\ UF WYOMING.
671
cissfnl career than many a man on whom
ili.' burden of hoar\ age. lie was horn on Feb-
ruary 15. 1851. in Maine, the soirof Ma-.. ~\\ \\".
and IViscilla C. < Rankhi i Morse, also natives of
Maine anil descended from old ( 'olonial
(if Fnglish ancestry. The lather was a black
smith and fanner, and after pursuing these
tii nis fur many years in his native slate he re-
d \vitl) his family t<> Minnesota, where his
wife died in 1880 and he in [Nil. Their son,
Richard, was the third of nine children and was
educated in the public schools of .Minnesota. Af-
Ur leaving school he engaged in farming for five
. at tile end of which time lie entered ii]
an apprenticeship to the blacksmith's trade un-
der his father, with whom he worked for
years. lie then came to Wyoming and passed
four years as a blacksmith in the employ of the
l~. S. government. t\\o of them at Fort Sleele.
The next rive years he was employed by the gov-
ernment at Fort YVashakie. after which he be
gan operations in the cattle . business on Xe\\
Fork, which he continued for three vears. but
;
was obliged to suspend after the hard winter of
iSi|n-()i, which froze nearly all his cattle to
death. He then accepted employment with the
-overturn-lit again for a short time at Fort \\
akie, being employed in carrying the mails from
and to Meeteetse t"r three Mars, after which he
conducted the hotel at the fort for two yt
.\\heii lie s, ,1,1 out and worked at his trade of
blacksmith at the agenc\ for two more \cars.'
898 he wa • ! sheriff of Fremonl o>un-
"1 removed to Lander, where, at il
his term, he opened and established the Cit\
I'.lacksmitli X- Wag giving hi
teiition fully to that enterprise, in which he has
built up a gratii ! profitable trade and
1 of the btlsi-
'•oininuniu . I le ha, also taki :i an active
ill part in public affai < the
iploying his intlu-
eliee ;n the < . liter-
Ill the ti i\\ n and e. unit y. In
Mr. M. : r of tin-
am! commanderv, and exhibit and
productive interest in the welfare of each i
Id is at present ( |i;nj) the eminent commander
of the local com: i of Knights Tei
\\hicli he has represented in the < irand '
inaiidery, and is a valued memli. r of * 0
Temple of the M\stic Shrine at Rawlins. In
1 >. lobcr, 187 _'. he was married to Miss Amanda
Fanning of Minnesota, a dan-liter of S-nmiel
nng. an esteemed resident of that State and
a native of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Morse have
an adopted child. Rolla \l< irse.
WILSi >N E. M< >RR1S.
r.oni and reared in \\'esl Virginia, Wilson
T-'.. Morris of Ilighorn comity, \\"yoming, resid-
ing near Tlvattvillc. saw much of the hardship
engendered by the ( 'i\ il \\ ar, and enjoys with
increased satisfaction in consequence the com
fortable peace and its productive conditions in
which he is now embosomed, lie first saw tlie
light on February <\ 1858, and on the \Vcst Vir-
ginia farm owned and operated by his pai
Henry and Jane (\Vilsoni Morris, he grew to
manhood and \\ as educated. ' >n leaving school
he engaged in farming and lumbering in the
slate of his nati\it\. which was just then awak-
ening to a knowledge of her great wealth in
try and minerals, which it lias since been
pouring through the channels of trade in str
of benefaction t« the commercial world. In
these occupations he there continued until
when he came to \V\oming.
I'aint Rock (Veek and later on the I'.ighorn
1 in the leading industry of this pri
section, ranching and raising stock. ' few
of successful business he -ol.l oul and went
to Col >radi i, wlu-re i!' rs busily
-pied in various pursuits, then returned to
\V\oniing and bought ihe tine f.irin he i
pies, o imprisi 1 land, wcll-
nnis a herd • if ;< - i i-.ittle and
g 1 horse, and mule-. This industn
• 1 !
interested in other p> due and
ions kinds. In company witli two others he owns
672
MEN OF WYOMIXC.
2,000 acres of land on the mountain. In the af-
fairs of the community in which he lives and the
county to which he owes allegiance Mr. Morris
takes an abiding and serviceable interest, giving
to the Republican party good service in its cam-
paigns, and holding himself in readiness to aid
in the development of every good enterprise for
the benefit of his section. He was first married
in West Virginia. <>n December 25. 1879, to
Mi>s Sarah M. Bain, a native of that state, who
dud in Colorado on December 6, 1894, leaving
these children, Ash ford Lee, Creed R., William
F., Maud and Zara. On September 28, in Lara-
mie. Wyo., he contracted a second marriage, his
choice on this occasion being Miss Elizabeth
William, a native of Iowa. Mr. Morris stands
well in the esteem of his fellow men, and has an
excellent reputation for probity and uprightness,
good business capacity, intelligence and public
spirit, and attractive social qualities. He is one
of the representative citizens of the neighbor-
hood, and has won his position as such by merit
and real usefulness.
W. S. MYERS.
W. S. Myers, of Burlington in Bighorn coun-
tv. is a native of Kentucky, born on March 10,
1848. His parents were John and Polly (Find-
ley) Myers, also Kentuckians by nativity, and
prosperous and highly respected farmers of that
state, in which their son was reared and edu-
cated. In 1869, soon after passing his twenty-
first birthday, he emigrated to Missouri and be-
gan farming and raising stock on his own ac-
count. His business prospered and he continued
it in Missouri for fifteen years. In 1884 he re-
moved to Custer county, Neb., and for ten years
thereafter there carried on the same line of
enterprise, again scoring a success, and with com-
mendable frugality and care saving the proceeds
of his labor for more ambitious ventures else-
where. In 1894 he came to Wyoming and, find-
ing in the location where he has since made his
home a suitable place for conducting his chosen
occupation on a more enlarged scale than before,
he settled on a homestead claim, which he has
made valuable and attractive with well-arranged
and well-built improvements, and reduced to sys-
tematic and prolific productiveness by careful and
judicious cultivation. His ranch comprises 160
acres of the best land in the basin, being located
one mile west of the promising little town of
Burlington. On this he has a large herd of fine
cattle and a band of excellent horses, and here
he conducts one of the most progressive and
skillfully managed stock and farming industries
in this portion of the county. He is interested
in the Farmers' Canal Co. in a serviceable and
leading way and is always active in behalf of
any good enterprise for the benefit of the neigh-
borhood in which he has cast his lot. With good
judgment and careful investigation he gives his
support to the spirit of progress and aids in
directing the trend of its operations. In poli-
tics he is an ardent and working Democrat, and
has a potent voice in the counsels of his party,
although not himself a claimant of its honors
or official positions. In 1872, while living in
Missouri, he was married to Miss Nannie Mc-
Clain, a native and resident of that state. They
have five children, Thomas E., Eva, Arthur S.,
Fred F. and Vernie. Wherever Mr. Myers has
lived he has made a creditable record and won
the esteem of his fellow men as a man of integrity
and character, a business factor of enterprise and
capacity, a citizen of public spirit and breadth
of view and a social element of wide knowledge,
genial manners, attractive personality and enter-
taining conversational powers.
JOHN R. PAINTER.
One of the most progressive and influential
capitalists in the state is John R. Painter, of
Cody in Bighorn county. He is a mine owner,
a stockgrower and a general developer of the
natural resources of any region in which he
happens to be living. He is the president and
principal owner of the Sunlight Copper Mining
Co., which has an immense amount of valuable
mining property, and he also owns other mining
properties of high value, being one of the largest
holders of mining interests in the state. He or-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMi
673
ganized the Sunlight Co. ami did the first work
in its mines, stocking it :it his own expense and
building roads and other works of construction
for the development of its properties. Mr. Painter
is a native Hi Maryland, where he was horn mi
October 12, 1861, a son of John W. and Elmira
I Robinson') J'ainter, the former horn and reared
in Pennsylvania and the latter in Maryland,
where both of his parents died. When he was
seventeen years old he went to Philadelphia with
the object of beginning life for himself. For
a while his occupations were obscure and his
pay small, but he worked hard, practiced econo-
my and frugality, kept his e ii and his hand
rcad\ for better opportunities. Tn iSSi li start-
ed an enterprise in the importation and sale of
Swiss musical instruments, and conducted it
with success and satisfaction to himself and his
trade until 1896. In 1895 he came west on a
hunting trip, and while seeking sport stumbled
up. Hi fortune. He discovered mining out1'
of promise, and. selling his business in the East,
came ti i Wyoming and purchased claims from
the original locators and located others. He at
once set to work developing them and has given
this work his personal supervise >n fn nn the be-
ginning. The mines have large bodies of cop-
per, silver and gold bearing ore, and the \icld is
of a high perci-ntagc. In addition to his .
Mr. : "wns a well-improved and highly
cultivated ranch, on which he raises stock and
conducts a progrcssu, farming industry <jn a
liberal scale. I !<• has demonstrated that the cer-
eals can be successfully and profitably gn>\\ n in
this ei oi thi state, at an elevation of 7.052
and has found the sulutimi .if agricultural
of the people and the
' . \s one of the must progressive men
in the Northwest, his activity and his example
have beei il for good in the advancement
and improvement ..f the country, his enterprise
has pushed f, ,rward works of great utilitv and
vain. d the way to others, and his
I disposition and breadth of view have given
to social and educational influences a
life and an exaltation ,,f standard. ( ),, March ;,
iSS;. in Philadelphia, Pa., he s.,]emni/ed his
marriage with Miss Mary E. Ta\ lor, a nati
that city. They have three children. Mary E.,
Marguerite M. and William T. The family resi-
dence is on the ranch, which has a wide >
rity for being a center of refined ami
pitality, generous in volume and character.
T. F. NELSON.
For nearly twenty years a resident of \\
ming, and during all that time contributin;
sentially to the growth and d. nt of the
section in which he has lived. T. F. XelS"1
near I lyattville. is far from the land of his an-
rs, but he is exemplifying in the count'
his nativity the lessons of thrift, industry, and
productive usefulness for which the\ wen
tingnished in their native Sweden. He was <
in Nebraska in April. iS;<i. the son "i Lasc
Man (Olson) Nelson, who came thither
the land of their birth soon after their marr
While he wa ' hild th. \ ' remi «\ ed from
Xebraska to I 'tab and then- he was reared and
educated. When he the age
he started in life for himself, IP
Idaho and engaging in the stock business. For
ten fruitful years he followed this business in
[daho and, in iSSn. with the earnings of his la-
bor and acquired business acumen, h
Wyoming, and, locating where he inn
continued in the r>ighom basin the same enter-
prise he had carried mi so successfully in Idaho.
Mr has :i fine rai f fertile land.
2OO head of cattle and a nn :
In irses and \-\\^ ranch ami stock > >per;
carefully and emisideratcK conducted with .
attention and a due regard t" the comfort and
hi s| a >nditi' Mis fi ir hi, stuck, and I . the
-I returns fm- his outlay of time and i
The impro • he has
buildings and fences, niuchinen and other ap-
pliances for the' farm work he i about him, all
he indusii
lishnii nt, i - v. ell as t' and
characier of tl pn iclain
the man.i ind the intellig
bandrv. and the i A ith
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^GRESSIVE Ml-X OF WYOMING.
tlii' energ\ and skill cmpl< i\ ed in their prodnc
tion Mr. N'clsou was united in marriage with
Miss Rachel Lee, a native of 1'iali. hut at the
time of their union living in Idaho, where the
marriage took place. Thc\ have three children,
Alviu. Willis and Merle. The competency Mr.
\eKon has wrung from the hard conditions of
pioneer life, the suhstantial contributions he has
made to tile progress and development of the
county of his residence, and the general esteem
in which he is held by the people among- whom
he has lived, all unite to attest him as being one
of the reliable, useful and worthy citizens of the
state, and a noteworthy element in that body of
our citizenship derived from the land of Gusta-
vus Adolphus, which in so many parts of our
country has done so much for its improvement.
CHARLES H. EDWARDS.
Among the more prominent of the earliest
pioneers of Wyoming is Mr. Charles H. Edwards
of Iron Mountain, a native of the old common-
wealth of Massachusetts, his very eventful career
commencing at the city of Marblehead on June
20, 1838, the son of Charles and Mary E. ( Orne )
Kd wards, natives of the same state. He comes
of an ancestry distinguished in the history of
America for its services to its state and country
and especially so for its devotion and' loyalty
to the cause of liberty and independence during
the Colonial period. According to family tra-
dition the maternal ancestry is traced through
all its American generations to the old world
through emigrants landing here in the May-
flower, and the spirit which inspired them has
ever characterized their descendants. His ma-
ternal grandfather, Azor Orne. was a colonel in
the American army of the War of the Revolution,
making a distinguished record for gallantry and
earning for himself a permanent place in the
history of his country. He also took a leading-
part in the exciting and dangerous times im-
mediately preceding the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, and was instrumental in a large measure
in shaping the policy of the colonists in Massa-
chusetts at that time, having been chairman of
the general committee appointed by the people
I" consider the infamous Stamp Act of ( ireal
llritain. The house in which he resided still
stands on < )rne street. Marblehead, and is pointed
out to sightseers as one of 'the interesting spots
in that old town, so rich in historic places. Col-
onel Orne's brother, Joshua, also took a prom-
inent part in Massachusetts during early Co-
lonial times. His paternal ancestors were little
less conspicuous in the services they rendered to
their country during those trying times. The
father of Mr. Edwards was one of the leading
educators of New England, having charge of
institutions of learning at Marblehead and else-
where for many years, and many of the leading'
men of Massachusetts and other states have been
at times under his instruction. In 1847, on ac~
count of failing health, he came to St. Louis, in
the hope that the change would be beneficial to
him. He remained there until 1851, following
his profession, in the latter years removed to
I'.ellcville, 111., where he accepted an important
position in the public schools. His health rapidly
failed, however, and he died in 1852, and lies
buried in Belleville. The mother of Mr. Ed-
wards died at Marblehead in 1847, and she was
buried there. Losing his parents at this tender
age. his uncle. Col. Adoniram Orne, was early
appointed as his guardian. Always of a self-reli-
ant nature, Charles disliked to be dependent upon
his relatives and resolved to make his own way
in the world. Having this desire and being full
of the spirit of adventure, he took service at the
age of seventeen years on a whaling vessel bound
on a three years' cruise on the Atlantic and In-
dian oceans, for he was determined to see the
world, as well as to establish himself in an in-
dependent position. At the end of three years
he returned to Marblehead, having had many
and varied experiences in some of the remotest
sections of the globe. Three months after his
return, in November, 1858, he sailed on a whal-
ing vessel bound for the Indian Ocean. The ship
.-'rrived there in clue time, but not meeting with
success, and having a captain whose treatment
of the sailors was such as to make life intoler-
able to men of spirit. Mr. Edwards and another
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PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
"75
sailer deserted the vessel and swam in the night-
time nver two miles to the Isle of France. This
was a most dangvrmi- feat, l»r the 'water- ah1 nit
the -hip were tilled with -harks, hut the two ad-
\enUiroiis youngster- readied land in safetj
Here he remained for thirteen inmiili- employed
ii> various occupations, and shipped mi a vessel
for Liverpool, Eng., by the way of r.mnbax . Mad-
agascar and Xanzihar. In iXf>t he came again
to the United States and in October enlisted as
a -enman in the U. S. navy and was assigned to
the gunboat Xew London, and during the en-
tire time of his service until his discharge on
account of illness in 1863. he \\as under the
ciimmaiid of Admiral F"arragut. Returning to
Marblehead to recuperate his health, which had
IK en badly undermined during his service in the
navy, he remained there for some time and then
went to St. Louis, to visit a sister. In iXXd he
opened a boot and shoe store in Si. foseph, con-
tinuing in that business there until July. 1X117.
when, selling his mercantile interests, he went
In Jnlesburg, Colo., then one of the most active
towns of the West. Not finding the oppor-
tunities here equal to his expectations, in Sep-
tember. 1X07, he located in the city of Cheyenne.
This was during the earlie-t history "f that town,
.•Mid Mr. F.dwards was one of the first merchants
|i i engage ill bn-iiie-- there. I le < ipeilcd a general
1 i and shoe store in t Iheyenne in a small frame
building made of very rough lumber, which \\a-
freighted 150 mile- b) bull teams and cost Si 50
pi r thousand. lie -till ha- picture- of the old
-lure, mie "f the first erected in Cheyenne, which
he value- vcr\ highlx . Mm- In cniitinued in
merchandising until 1X711. ulieii in the great lire
nf thai year, which desimxed -.1 largr a pnrlioii
• 4" tile city, he lost hi- entire stuck nf g 1-.
Having in iw (•> i-nmnienee again at the linttmn
nf the financial ladder. Mr. F.dw:irds took a po-
-itinn mi the Union I'acilic Kailrnad. where he
remained for three year-., but in 1X7;. he t' >nk
up a ranch -even mile- wc-t nf Chexenne. and
in dairy -farming, which he followed
with great pmspcritx Eoi ars, then di-p"-rd
of tin- pi'nprri . purchased hi- present ranch on
ifo 'in forl im < he\ emu-.
i •
and engaged in cattleraising. Mr ha- -ince de-
voted himself to this business, and has met with
success, at tlii- writing i [902) hai
ranch nf • >ver 2,000 acre- patented and \\<.ll
[enced and improved, besides several thou.-aiid
acre- which he contmls under lease from the
state. He is counted as among the solid and sub-
stantial stockmen of \\ \nming. On \nvcniher
17. 1807. Mr. F.dxvards was united in mar;
xxith Mi.-s Anna Thurston. at St. Joseph. Mo.,
xvho died on Octnher _'5. lX7X. She xvas a na-
tive of Missouri and a danghti r nf Doctor and
Mrs. Lucy A. Thurston. the former a nati-
North Carolina and the latter of Missouri. The
parent- of Mrs. Kdxvards were of old Southern
stnck and among the earlie-t nf the pinncers of
Missouri. To this union four children \\ere
born, \nna. Bessie, Charles II. Jr.. and William
C, all are now living. The daughter- are both
married, and Mrs. Anna I F.dwards 1 David-mi
eiijovs the distinction nf lieing the first living
white girl born in the cit\ of Cheyenne, the date
ig Januarx 30, iXoX. The son, Charle- II.
Edwards. Jr.. resides at the home ranch and
assists his father in the management of th_-ir
extensive stock interests. ( )n November 7,
1X7.). .Mr. Edwards was married at Marbleheau.
Mass., with Miss Mary Rodger-, a native of
that place and a daughter nf William and Eliza-
beth (Martini Rodgers, bmh native- of Massa-
chusetts, and repre-entative- nf nld Cnlmiial fam-
ilies. Mr. Edwards i- affiliated xxith the I'.e-
Jent Protective < 'nler of h'.lk- and also is a
member of the Craud Anm of the Republic.
also "i ihr I iiimi Veterans' Union. It is \\-ell
known that no one can become a member of the
latter nrgani/atimi who was not under lire in the
great Civil War. I'olitically. he is a stanch Re-
publican and during all hi- life he ha- taken an
active and prominent interest in public allairs.
l-'nr a number lieing the popular postmas-
ter at I mn Mountain. Mi- career, frmn earliest
boyhood tO tl nt, ha- been crowded with
nnu-u.al • d lie ha- seen life in many
pha-es. and in all quarti rs nf the world.
travels and adventures by laud and
sea havi given h il fund frmn \\-ln.
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I KOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
draw interesting reminiscences, and it is a de-
lightful pleasure to listen to them. He is a man
of sterling character, loyal to his friends, indus-
trious, persevering and unfaltering in his de-
votion to principle. His fine traits of character,
inherited from his Puritan ancestry, and culti-
v:iied during his long life of struggle and en-
deavor, have \von for him the respect and ven-
eration of all who know him and made- him de-
servedly popular among a very wide circle of
warm personal friends.
R. L. PREATOR.
R. L. Preator, of Burlington. Wyo., head of
the mercantile house of Preator & Griffin, which
is one of the best-known and most imposingcom-
mercial institutions in this part of Bighorn coun-
ty, this state, is a pioneer of 1890 in Wyoming
and in all respects a product of the Northwest.
He was born on August 27, 1857, in Utah, whith-
er his parents, Richard and Mary (Harper)
Preator, came from their native England a year
preceding his birth. His father became promin-
ent and influential in the Mormon church, and
is now one of the council of the Seventy in its
government. He lives at Independence, in the
state of Missouri. His wife died in Utah on
February 28, 1878. and was buried in that state.
R. L. Preator was reared in his native state and
received a limited education in its public schools.
On leaving school he learned the blacksmith's
trade and for a number of years worked at it
in connection with work in the mines and the
quartz mills. He then went to Nevada and was
employed on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
until 1883, when he removed to Cassia county,
Idaho, and remained there seven years engaged
in farming. In 1890 he came to Wyoming and
settled in Star Valley, and, on September 5, 1893,
located in the Bighorn basin on the land which is
now his highly improved ranch and adjoins the
townsite of Burlington. On this place he has
since been occupied with a growing farming
and stock industry and aiding in building up
and developing the town and surrounding coun-
try. He was the first postmaster at Burlington,
holding the office five years. In 1899 he opened
a mercantile establishment in the town and con-
ducted it for a short time, then sold it and en-
gaged in railroad construction under contract,
building the road into the Bighorn basin. In 1902
he formed a partnership with Henry Griffin and
they purchased the merchandising business in
which they are now jointly engaged. They carry
a large stock of general merchandise and supply
the wants of a large and appreciative trade
throughout an extensive range of country. Air.
Preator also owns 320 acres of excellent land and
a considerable part of the townsite of Burlington.
He is active in local public affairs and in the
councils and work of the Church of the Latter
Day Saints. In this organization he belongs to
the order of the high priesthood and has rendered
in many ways signal service to the interests of
the church. On February i, 1884, he was mar-
ried in Cassia county, Idaho, to Miss Margaret
Mclntosh, a native of Utah. They have nine
children living, Rodney, Ray, Alice, Sarah, Eu-
gene, Theresa, Joseph, Wallace and Maude. Mr.
Preator is one of the leading citiens of Burlington
and is highly respected by all classes of the peo-
ple of his own and adjoining counties.
W. W. PEAY.
The multiform activity of the human mind
and its great functional adaptability, provide a
genius for every sphere, an architect for every
needed structure, an artisan for every piece of
work that human life and human history re-
quires. In the wide diversity of duties involved
in the building of a state, or conducting any sort
of complicated enterprise, every man and every
form of human capacity can find scope, for to
some are given one work and to others another.
In the social and civil economy of Wyoming and
other portions of the Northwest, it fell to the
lot of W. W. Peay to employ both the talents
nature gave him and the attainments he had se-
cured by study and practice, not in unveiling
hidden stores of mineral wealth, in operating gi-
gantic commercial establishments nor by inaug-
urating and developing great industrial enter-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF ll'YO.MIXG.
677
prises, althougli he lias 1«
cerned in all of these, but his special function
seems to have been to la\ out tin- land and
definitely fix its metes and bound-- fur the pro-
tection of public and private interest-, and aid
;'i idministering the laws which govern both,
lie is the county surveyor of Kighorn county
and he has been occupied with civil engineering
-nrvcyiug of one kind or am >ther in various
- from his early manhood. The place of his
nativity is Little Rock. Arkansas, and he was
born there on June 29, 1853. His father, Gordon
N. Peay. was a native of Kentucky, and his
mother, whose m; ame was < 'live Mont-
gomery. H and reared in Arkansas. In
the> moved to Wilson county. Kan., and
there reared and educated their son, hi-; acadeinie
training bring received mainly in the pnhlic
"1s, and his professional in coining
almost wholly through hi-; own private study
and din.ugh active practice, [n iSSo he came
to Wyoming- and. locating at f.aramie. was eni-
d at civil engineering on i sur-
under Downey & Grant. In iSS^ he opened
an office at Rawlins for the practice of his pro-
civil engineer and surv.
after was elected county sur f the
ty in which he had settled. He tilled this
office until 1887. and at th' his term came
n the river three miles
! -in. and in iSSi) he mi ived t. <
whei 'ained two years. Tn iS<>i he h
ded 3 portion of the land which IL
his resilience and since then be ha- b
limited extent in the cattle 1 Tn
iSoS he was appoint. if the
District <~,>urt. a position which he still 1
;
ity. and r 1 b- has
.•d fi inl-
and for -hnol
bo;,, • I,,'],, busily ,
fixing the 1"
well • thi limita
the same lim. liing the forms and putting
inti ' ' it activity th.
he 1 ial interests. ITe
is a stockholder in tb nza oil fields, and
is connected innucntially with other mercantile
enterprises of magnitude and value. He is a
Freemason in fraternal relations, being enthus-
c in his devotion to the order, lie was
married in Kansas in 18711 ' l.issa Thayer,
a native of Minnesota and a teacher in the public
schools of that state. The even children,
Shirley, wife of \V. A. (ieorge; Elda, Anna, Ro-
land W.. Mabel, Paul and John. Mrs. Peay has
been postmistress at Jordan since December.
1900, and has discharged her official duties with
credit to herself and satisfaction to the patrons.
JOHN REID.
'A leading citi/cn of Albany county, and one
who is also pi -iblic affairs of the
state of Wyoming, is tin- Hon. John R. id. •
addri . itti in, Wyi iming. of Scot-
land, he was 1" irn in th
and is til.' son ' if ( leorge and I
, both natives of that country. 1
was born in iSi<j, and was :d in the busi-
ig in Scotland, following that
occupation in the cit\ '.own to
when he disposed of his propertv in his n;
country and removed his residence to
where he located in the city of I there
leinained ii]) to tile ti . in May,
i^Sj. The mother passed away in Scotland in
the age of fifty-eight years. She was
the mother of t"i\ •! mghters and
nigth of John
Reid man's estate in his native country,
received hi> rarlv education in the public
>w. \Yhen he 1
his school li: 1 in business \\-jth his
father and remained at home until he had ar-
: at the a^e of tv. thi'ii
r the Xew World. I Fpon his arri-
wher :n Milwa-
'
at that place. He h '-med in thi-
that
. he removed hi
6/8
I'KOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Laramie, Wyo. Here he again entered into the
service of a rolling-mills company, and remained
in that business until 1884, when he resigned his
position for the purpose of engaging in ranching
and stockraising. Purchasing a ranch on the
Little Laramie River, in Albany county, where
he now resides, he entered into the stockgrowing
industry, in which he has from that time been
continuously engaged. He has met with great
success, having steadily added to his holdings,
both of lands and cattle, until now he is the owner
of a fine ranch of over 1,700 acres of land, well
fenced and improved, and with all the necessary
buildings and conveniences for the carrying on of
an extensive stockraising business. In 1869 Mr.
Reid was united in marriage with Miss Margaret
Bailey, a native of Scotland and the daughter
of 'William and Agnes (Chapman) Bailey, both
natives of that country, and highly respected citi-
zens of the city of Glasgow. No children have
been born to them, but they have reared and
given a good home to not less than six adopted
children, and their home is noted for the gener-
ous and very gracious hospitality which they take
pleasure in dispensing to a large circle of friends
and acquaintances. Mr. Reid is affiliated with
the Masonic order, and takes a deep interest in
the fraternal life of the community where he
resides, being especially active in all work of
charity and helpfulness to those less fortunate
than himself. Politically, he is a stanch member
of the Republican party, and for many years has
been active and prominent in the councils and
leadership of that political organization in both
county and state. Oftentimes he has been urged
by his fellow citizens to become a candidate for
public office, but has usually declined to do so,
preferring to devote his entire time and attention
to the care and management of his extensive pri-
vate business affairs, but. recognizing the fact
that, under our system of popular government,
it is the duty of every citizen to interest himself
to some extent in public affairs, at least to the
extent of perceiving that its legitimate business
is carried on with' honesty and with efficiency,
he consented to become during a period of
four vears an active member of the board
of county commissioners of Albany county,
and also as a member of the State Legislative
Assembly for a period of four years. To the pub-
lic service he brought the ability, integrity and
painstaking care that have ever characterized his
business career, and gave to the public business
the attention and fidelity that have made hini
so conspicuously successful in his own business
transactions. Many measures of legislation, use-
ful to all the people of Wyoming and especially
so to the live stock interests of the state, owe their
origin to the ability, industry and patriotism of
Mr. Reid and to the conscientious manner in
which he discharged the duties of his public trust.
He is one of the foremost citizens of his state,
both in business and in public life, always prom-
inent in the advocacy of every measure calculated
to benefit the people of his county or to promote
the best interests of the state. No man in his
section of Wyoming has done more to develop
the resources of the state or to serve the wel-
fare of the people, for he is progressive, popular,
and always actuated by patriotic motives.
ROBERT E. RATH.
Robert E. Rath, of Shell, on Shell Creek in
Bighorn county, is a pioneer of 1881 in Wyo-
ming, who has been of great service in helping
to develop and build up several portions of the
state. He is a native of Jersey City, New Jer-
sey, belonging to families long resident in Ger-
many, and active for generations in making it
the great and busy manufacturing and commer-
cial empire it has become. His life began on
April 27, 1862, and when he was two years old
his parents, Charles and Alary Rath, who had
come to the LTnited States from the Fatherland
soon after their marriage, moved to Monroe
o unity, Wis. At the age of ten Robert left home
to make his own way in the world, going to
Minnesota and, after remaining four years in
that state working at various occupations, he se-
cured steady employment in a flouring mill where
he remained five years, rising by merit in the
scale of his employment and mastering by dili-
gent attention every detail of the business there-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
in conducted. In iSSi In- came to P.ismarck.
Dak., and soon after brought a band of horses
from there to Montana, clis|K >sing of them at
Miles City, and taking up his residence tempor-
arily at lluntley in that state. From there in
Inne of the same year he eame to the P.ighorn
basin iif \\'\ i lining with a partner, locating on
Stinking \\'ater River, and there hnilt the first
cabin in the spacious area that is now P.ighoru
county. In 1882 he began an eight-years ser-
vice in the employ ,>i Henry C. Lovell, for a
considerable portion of the time being his ranch
foreman. Learning thoroughly in this engage-
ment all about the stock business, as he had
learned in his former one all about the milling
business, in 1892 he located on his present ranch
on Shell ("reek with a view of conducting there
a general farming and stock industry. This he
;>ioniptly inaugurated and since then he has been
S'igorously carrying on these enterprises with in-
creasing herds and rapidly expanding agricul-
tural operations. His ranch comprises if>o acres
of tine land, which he has improved with judic-
ious and systematic labor and expenditures in
buildings and equipment, which supporl with
bountiful provision for their welfare his cattle
and horses. He is oni of the widi awak< and
progressive men of his section, and the condition
of his land, the character of the impro\<
he- has made and the excellent condition of his
Stock all unite in testimonv of the fact. Frater-
nallv. Mr. Rath is connected with the Modern
\\oodnu-n of America, and is vicc-chauccl!<
Ib was united in marriage \\iih Miss
F.li/a I'cnse. a native of Illinois, on April in.
iSe(. the inarria-'- occurring at Shell, \\here ihe
lad\ was then living. Thcv have had four chil-
dren, the first born, I.ottie M.. died in childhood.
The living are Robrii I ., |r.. Vina M. and Ralph.
Mr. Rath has 1,,.,-n a public spiritrd cili/eii and
has ^iven constant and careful attention to th.-
yy el fare of the coimimnit\ in • \\heii
irsl ti »>k up his residence in this parl oi the
country it was infested with tluY\< - and rob
who bad become bold b\ thrir continued
success and apparent innniniii\ tY< >m punishment.
As a member of the first jury summoned in the
county, and by vigorous pursuit and defiance of
the lawless element in other ways, he was of
j^rcat assistance in ridding the Bounty of their
nee and making it an unsafe harbor for
evil-doers. The spirit of vigorous enforcement
of the law thus awakened has been conspicuously
active ever since, resulting in making Ilighorn
one of the best governed counties in the state.
GEOUC.K S. RCSSFLL.
A scion of old Pennsylvania families, active
and serviceable in the history of the state from
early Colonial times, the son of parents who left
their family associations and the scenes and tra-
ditions of their native state and became early
settlers in < >hio, \\hi-re he was born on August
15. 1X511. and. passing bis childhood then
on the prairies of Illinois, and his youth
early manhood among the mountains of <
rado. Cieor^c S. Russell, of |sha\\ 1 in P.ighoni
COtinty, has had a varied experience ami '
man} phases of human life. When he was five
years old his parents. ] ',eu jamin l). and Mary
I I. \tlcl Russell, who had moved from Washing-
ton coimtv. Pa., to ( >hio. again moved with their
young famiK t» White-side county. III., and re-
mained there t \\ o years. \t the cud of that time
they took another flight toward the setting sun.
mg in < iilpin county. Colo., where their son
Ccor^c was reared and partially educated. \s
hi approached years of maturity he was entered
at the Worcester (Mass.) Militarx Academy,
and in that institution received the finishing
if his education, and. soon after leaving
its classic halls be began to learn the trade of a
carpenter. When he had finished his apprentice-
ship lu- worked at his trade in Colorado until
iSS;. 1 le then came to Wxoming and local-
l.andei. no\\ the COUntyseal of Fremont county.
Here he found profitable employment at his spec-
ial craft, for in a new and L; rowing country the
mechanical branches of usefulness are always m
LM-eat demand, Ib remained in Fremont county
until iS'T n a thrn ing fannm- indiis
try iii coimrciion y\itb bis carpenter work. In
that year he removed to Cody, and in KHXI to his
68o
MISSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
present residence on the South Fork of Stink-
ing Water River, near the town of Ishawood.
Here on a valuable homestead, which he then
took up, he has since resided and carried on
with vigor and success an expanding stock busi-
ness, keeping it up to an elevated standard and
pushing its development with the energy and
breadth of view characteristic of himself and
his ancestry. In the same year he was elected
county commissioner for a term of four years and
is discharging his official duties at this writing
(1903) with great credit to himself and advan-
tage to the people and the county in general. He
was married at Empire, Colo., in 1879, to Miss
D. H. Kirkland, a native of the state. They have
five children, Erald, Mary C, Lydia O., Bertha
O. and Abby L. Mr. Russell is an active and
esteemed member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World,
taking an earnest and appreciative interest in
the proceedings of both orders. His active and
useful life has made him secure in the confidence
and good will of his fellow citizens of the county,
while his business capacity, breadth of view, pub-
lic spirit and progressiveness have given him a
high place in public estimation as a forceful,
wise, enterprising and safe public official and
representative man in his community.
HENRY RITTERLING.
This well-known gentleman is one of the
sturdy American citizens to whose intelligence,
sterling honesty and sturdy industry the great
West is indebted for much of the prosperity
which it today enjoys. He is a native of Han-
over, Germany, and dates his birth upon March
4, 1845. His parents, also natives of Hanover,
were George and Mary (Blanck) Ritterling, the
father for many years being a manufacturer of
flour in the land of his nativity. Both parents
passed their lives in Hanover and, side by side,
they sleep the dreamless sleep of death in the
same old cemetery in which rests all that is
mortal of many generations of their ancestors.
Until his fourteenth year Henry remained with
his parents and attended the public schools. At
that early age '•• thrown upon his own re-
sources and during the se ars following
worked as a farm hand. On attaining his major-
it \ lie joined the Hanoverian army and served as
a soldier until the consolidation of the different
( id-man countries into the German empire, when,
not caring to remain longer under the govern-
ment thus established, he left the Fatherland and
came to the United States, where, for some time
after his arrival, he worked in a grist-mill at
Rochester, N. Y., and later was employed in a
lamp factory in the same city until occurred his
enlistment on September 12, 1870, when he
joined Co. L, Fifth U. S. Cavalry. He was first
ordered to Fort McPherson, Neb., where the
command remained one year, being then trans-
ferred to Camp Grant, Ariz., at which place it
was stationed until 1875, then going into camp
at Graham Mountains, where Mr. Ritterling
passed one summer and the following winter saw
considerable active service fighting the Indians
who had become very troublesome. The regi-
ment was kept quite busy operating against the
\\ilv foe until the next spring, when it was or-
dered to Fort Lyons, Colo., remaining there until
transferred to Fort Robinson in 1876. It was
on the latter march that Mr. Ritterling passed
through the part of Wyoming which he subse-
quently selected for his home. From Fort Rob-
inson he accompanied his command to Fort Mc-
Pherson, and, in 1877, was sent to Fort Wash-
akie, Wyo., apd thereafter marched to join the
forces under Generals Sherman and Crook
through the Big Horn country, passing on the
way over the country of Custer's disastrous fight
on the Rosebud and also witnessing many other
points of interest. After fighting the Indians to
a finish and spending the winter of 1877-78 at
Fort Russell, Mr. Ritterling's regiment was sent
against the savages in the northern part of Wyo-
ming, in the fall of 1878 returning to Fort Wash-
akie, where it remained until 1880. The next
move was to Fort Robinson, when the period of
enlistment of Mr. Ritterling expired and he re-
ceived his discharge at that place on September
12, 1880. Mr. Ritterling's military experience
in this country covered one of the most exciting
PROGRESSIVE MEX 01: ll-'YUMIXG.
68 1
periods in the hisi"r\ of ilu- \\cst and, Erom the
time df entering tlu arim until honorably dis-
char. '1 his loyalty and bravery by
faithful, conscientious and dangerous sc:
He was with his command in many thrilling and
danger, ni, situations, Inn never shirked a iluty,
however rmerous, and was ready to march against
the foe whenever it was necessary so to do. Tn
his own country he also saw much active service
and has in his possession the discharge which
-.peaks of faithful performance of duty and hon-
orable conduct during his period of enlistment.
On severing his connection with the army .Mr.
Ritterling spent the following winter on a visit
to the familiar scenes of his native land, but re-
turned to the United States in 1881 and accepted
a position as an ambulance driver with General
Crook's command at the military post of Owaho,
WM>. In the fall of the above year he was em-
ployed by the government to drive a number of
mules to Fort Collins, Colo., and, after remain-
ing at that place until the spring of 1882, he
came to Laramie county, Wyo., and purchased
his present ranch, located three miles west of
Fi>rt Laramie. where he has since been engaged
in cattleraising. 11U ranch is situated On the Lar-
amie River and among its improvements are a
building and a corral, which were erected about
years ago when the place was a Cation on
the ,,1,1 California trail. Mr. Ritterling ha-, made
main additional improvements on his land and
now own • 11 lying on the Lar:
Rivci My well adapt' <;
in-. It i- also a historic location and is far the
best-known ranch in this part of tli. Mr.
Ritterling is very widely and favorably kni
among the successful live stocl mi n oi the coun-
ty in which he lives, lie was married in the
sumi', iXS.} to Mi-- Mai •
>ii the ceremi my b n the •
irl bnt happy wed-
ded experience, Mrs. Ritterlins: \\ a
id. dying on Julv g, ol oHowing
her marriage. She possessed excellent traits of
character and was a de\ the
Lutheran church. Mr. Ritterling is a!
itli thai bod] of w<
WALTER Ri lADIFER.
With a well-improved, thoroughly irrigated
and skillfully cultivated ranch of 120 acres of
•ng four 'mil. of Sundance
in Crook county, now under lease to a good ten-
ant, and another one of 200 acres on Canyon
Springs Prairie, on the Sundance and Newcastle
. half way 1> which he
occupies a- hi- residence. \Valtcr Roadifer would
the r< ach - 'f adverse fortune
and 51 comfort and plentv for the remain-
der of his davs. lie is also well-established in
the regard of his fellow men, whom he has served
by both precept and example in all that exempli-
fies the best elements of American citi/eiiship.
He was born on December 31, 1860, in La Salle
county. Illinois, being a son of \Yilliam O. and
Helen (Laughlin) Roadifer. nati\< - of Ohio and
Illinois respectively. Until tSjj the father was
a merchant in Iromi.ii, county. 111., and at that
time he i er county. Iiul.. where
he passed a number of years in farming and is
in grain on a lar^ Walter
h'l'er attended the public schools of Tn>,
county. 111., until he was twelve years old, when
he removed with his parents to Indiana and there
finished his education. After leaving school he
fanned in Indiana until he was twenty- f
[n iNS, hi came to Wyoming and
n tow n of Sundance, il created.
in Crook county, \\hich onh a vear before had
and
risen to tile dignity of a separate political entitv.
he preempted a claim about a mile f town
and there pushed a US industry in far;
f, ir three • ears, hi ] ' of his
and returned to India:
farmed for live years, b rric,l during that
d, on September , i. I
Heo ix, a native of tin- dau^ht.
Melso anil Maltie (Curr] i Hecox, her father
being one of the pro-perous farmers of jasper
coiintx and a ivpn if the II,
-late. In l S> i } Mr. Ro.idifer returned to V
ming and settled on a ranch he to, ,1, up four miles
north of Sundance, and there he continued his
tGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
farming operation* and stock industry, also con-
ducting a dairy biiMnes* \\liidi was extensive and
profitable. In May, i>j<>i, he removed from his
old homestead to a new home mi Canyon Springs
Prairie, on which he no\v resides, and carries on
a thriving business as a progressive farmer. This
place consists of 200 acres and is well improved
and carefully and skillfully cultivated.- His tastes
running, however, to livestock, he is about to re-
turn to the stock business and give his attention
to that in a large measure. His family consists
of two children. Arthur V. and Harold M. He
is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, as is his wife, and he is an ardent Repub-
lican in politics. He is a gentleman of influence
and standing in his community and has rendered
material and substantial aid in the development
of the county of his adoption. No person in the
wide extent of Wyoming has rendered more
faithful service in all lines of life's duties.
ASAHEL B. ROBERTSON.
Conspicuous among the enterprising live stock
men of Laramie county is Asahel B. Robertson,
a New Yorker by birth, but from his early youth
a resident of Wyoming, with which common-
wealth the interests of his life has been closely
identified. In his veins flows the blood of long
lines of sturdy Scotch ancestors, and he combines
in his individuality many of the sterling traits
of that strong and virile nationality. His parents,
John L. and Agnes E. (Mungle) Robertson,
were natives of Scotland, but came to the United
States in 1852, settling in Delaware county, N.
Y., where the father engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. In 1884 they moved to Pine Bluff, Wyo.,
where Mr. Robertson became interested in the
live stock business, but, after remaining there
about thirteen years, he returned to his former
home in New York, where he spent the remain-
der of his days, dying on May 2, 1902, and his
widow is still living there in Delaware county.
Asahel B. Robertson was born in the county of
Delaware, N. Y., on March i, 1866, and passed
the first eight years of his life at the place of his
birth. In 1884 he v/as brought to Wyoming
by his parents and during the thirteen years fol-
lowing he lived at and near Pine Bluffs, devoting
his time to ranch work with his father. When
his parents returned to New York in 1897 he
remained in Wyoming, having the preceding year
taken up his present ranch, which is situated
nine miles east of Fort Laramie in Laramie coun-
ty. On taking possession of his place Mr. Rob-
ertson at once turned his attention to cattleraising,
which he followed for a time and abandoned.
His ranch is well adapted to all kinds of agricul-
tural purposes and quite a number of substan-
tial improvements have been made thereon by
the enterprising proprietor within the last few
years. It also lies in one of the best grazing sec-
tions in this part of the state, and affords rich
pasturage for many more cattle than the area
now accommodates. Mr. Robertson is a young
man of energy and determination, imbued with
progressive ideas, who, by his own efforts has
won a large measure of success, being now well
situated in life and with a promising future be-
fore him. He annually raises and sells each year
a large amount of hay, which business he has
found quite profitable. Of Mr. Robertson, per-
sonally, much might be said in terms of praise.
His character is irreproachable, his integrity has
always been above the shadow of anything savor-
ing of dishonor, and his influence, exerted on
the right side of every moral question, has been
potent for good in the community. While living
at Pine Bluffs he served two terms as a constable,
aside from which he has held no public office,
nor has he any political aspirations, preferring'
the more quiet and eminently more satisfactory
life of a private citizen. The Presbyterian
church represents his religious creed, himself and
wife being devoted members of that body of
worshipers. Mr. Robertson was happily' married
on May 29, 1900, to Miss Mary A. Sandercock,
of Fort Laramie, Wyo., a daughter of Thomas
B. and Harriet A. Sandercock, both natives of
Pennsylvania, the nuptials uniting them being
celebrated at Greeley, Colo. They have a
bright little son, Earl. Mrs. Robertson has been
her husband's active colaborer in all of his under-
takings and presides over the household with an
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOML\'(,.
683
ease and grace which swi.Tti.-iis tin- welcomi of all
uho claim the generous hospitality of their h-
She is liighK esteemed hv her neighbors and her
nnmerons friends anil is interested in rcligioii-
and charitable work' throughout the cc unity. She
is a memhcT 'if the ( Irder <if the Lastern Mar.
belonging I" Alpha ( 'haptcr, No. 2.
BENJAMIN R( >BINS< IN.
\ prominent ranch and stockman <>f Lander,
l-'ivmoiit county. Wyoming, is the snhject of this
sketch. A native- of the state of Tennessee, Mr.
Robinson was horn near the city of Knoxville.
.",i \ugust ii. 1840. and is the son of Richard
and Mary (McMillan) Robinson, both natives
of Tennessee, when.1 his father fullowed the occu-
pation of contracting and teaming and passed
awav in i8s,o. leaving" a family of fmir children,
of whom Benjamin of this review was the eldest.
I'eing thus orphaned and left without means of
support, he was obliged to leave school at the
earh age i't ten \ears and was actively enga
in farming during the years immediateh ante-
cedent ti.i the (.'ivil War. lie then enlisted in
( o. I-'. Third Tennessee Infantry, ("'. S. A., and
participated in many engagements during the
war; among others the desperate battles of I '.nil
Run and the siege of \icksburg. I luring the
greater portion of the time he was in the service
lu acted as a scout, and was seven different ti
made a l-Ydcral prisoner, but each time made
hi- escape. \t the clnse of the war he removed
his residence to Texas, where he continued to
make Ins hinne until |SX}. when he n-mo\ed t"
\\'yoming, and took up tin- place- where he now
resides, Here lie engaged in raiu-hing ami s|ock-
raising. in which he has met with success, being
imw the owner oi on< of the finest and be'sl
improved ranches in that section of the
lie grows large ipiantities of alfalfa and handles
the best grades of cattle. J',\ hi- close
ition lo business and lirele-- indn-t r\ . he has
built up a successful business, and i- counted
among the prosperous eiti/eiis and substantial
pr. 'pertv owners of Fremont county. In < Vtohcr
), in the st.it, of Georgia, Mr. Robinson was
united in marriage with Miss .Margaret Hubbes.
a native of the state of Tennessee, and the
daughter of Thomas and Jane 1 lobbe-, prominent
citizens of thai state, To their union have been
born seven children, l.anra, now the wii
t harles .Mortimer, residing in the state of ( )re-
gon ; C. I'.arto. also residing in < in-gon ; ( tllie. the
wile iif \Yilliam Slain, of l-'remont county. Wvo. ;
1 >-. ir; Cora; James; Ora. Mrs. Robinson, who
was a wi Milan of fine character, and a devoted
wife and niotluT. passed away from earth in iSo-.
In ing buried at Lander. Wyo. Mr. Rob-
is one oi the represi i native men of Fremont coun-
ty, and is held in high esteem hv all classes.
BARNETT < i. k< >G1 US.
r.arneti G. Rugers. of near I'.asin. st
er, farmer and mail contractor, a pioneer of
in "Wyoming, is a native of Boone county, .Ken-
tucky, where 1 'i-n on August _s. iS;S. the
son i if i iwen and I beth (( arter i R< igers
native- of Kentucky, lie was reared and educated
in his native state, and. after leaving school, be-
gan life for himself in the op, , .1 farm.
the vocation I" which he had been trained bv
apprenticeship and long application mi his fa-
ther's place. In iSS^. when he was but li
veal's of age, he \vi-iit to Texas and for a year en-
ed in the stock- business in tint state. In [884
he came to Wyoming, and. locating at Lander,
was occupied for three years in the lumber biisi.
and then spent one \ ear in t 'aliiornia. In
iSSo he returned to \\ \oming and took U|
n sidence in I'.ighi n-n county, homesteading a por-
tion of the land on which he now lixes. and giving
In- energies at once to its improvement and de-
pment, lie has increased his ranch to ;j<>
acres, and has made it a beautiful home, enhanc-
ing its mam natural advanng' s of scenen and
I cat u iv by a judicious location of buildings and
arrangement of trees and line -hrnbber\. ll lies
along the I'.ighorn River, which nut onl\ enriches
its meadows with annual freshness and verdure,
but affords -, other uses and •.
\arii t\ to its outline and landscape. I I ere he
runs a herd of [OO fine cattle and a large number
684
UVE MEN OF WYOMl G.
of hi h grade. He
also has a one-half interest in a coal mine near
the ranch \vhich i,- full of promise and is already
yielding- good returns for the labor expended on
it. In addition to his other interests and occupa-
tions Mr. Rogers has for years carried the mails
T contract IK > hermopolis and Basin.
Fraternally, Mr. Rogers is connected with the
Masonic order, and has been for twenty years.
He finds much pleasure in the social features
of the order, and thoroughly enjoys the teachings
of its mystic symbolisms. He was married in
I'.ighorn county in 1898 to Miss Nina Mason, a
native of Illinois. They have one child, their
son, Alva. In the upbuilding and development
of a new country, where every man is obliged to
bear his portion of. the burdens and is entitled
to his share of credit for the results, in the full
measure of his capacity and his activity, Mr.
Rogers would anywhere have won a high stand-
ing as a man of public spirit and enterprise. Here
he has made a record that is creditable to himself
through work along the lines of healthy prog-
for the community and which has been of
1 benefit to the neighborhood in which he
lives. And in this department of public service,
aiding and sustaining whatever tends to the gen-
eral weal, he is ever foremost and zealous, wise
in counsel and diligent in action. He is highly
esteemed throughout a large circle of friends and
acquaintances, and stands well and popular in
the general public confidence.
JOHN SEA MAX.
Xo man's destiny, scarcely his vocation, can
be predicted with certainty in this great re-
public. He who starts out at twenty-one a law-
yer, doctor or farmer, is very likely to be found
at fort}- years following a very different voca-
tion. The land is full of opportunity to energy,
thrift and self-reliance, and he who .has a clear
head, a stout heart and a willing hand can make
his way successfully, albeit with many a strug-
gle and privation, which will only sweeten the
triumph when won. Something of this has been
the fate of John Seaman, a prosperous and ex-
tensive rancher and stockgrower of Bighorn
count}', Wyoming, who was born on October 23,
itSyj. j,i 1 VmiM Ivania, where his parents, Klias
limilia (Ludwig) Seaman, were also native.
The circumstances of the family did not afford
John much opportunity for attending school, and,
when he was fourteen years of age, desire and
duty combined to impel him to seek his fortune
where there was a wider range of opportunity,
so he left home for Illinois, which was then a
portion of the West. Through effort and strug-
gle he reached that haven of his hopes and ac-
cepted employment on a farm. For six years he
made a comfortable living in that state at that
occupation, then, in 1879, when he was twenty,
looked farther toward the sunset and came to
Greeley, Colo. Ten years later he sought a new
field of operations in Wyoming, locating at Bo-
nanza in Bighorn county, where he spent five
years in the mercantile business in partnership
with Ferd Bernstein. He then located on 320
acres of land on No Wood River, and began rais-
ing stock and farming. This dual enterprise he
continued on that land until 1899. He then sold
out and purchased the place he now occupies,
which comprises 400 acres of good land well im-
proved and a large part of which is under an ad-
vanced state of cultivation. His herd consists
of 200 cattle, which are well-bred and well cared
for. Mr. Seaman's business is exacting, but it
does not wholly absorb his attention and time, for
he seeks recreation in the meetings of the lodge
of Odd Fellows to which he has belonged for a
number of years, and in various other organiza-
tions social in character. The affairs of his
neighborhood and county also have their due
share of his interest and all good enterprises
have his active aid for their advancement. In
1899, at Bonanza, he was married to Miss Eliza
Spratt. Irish by nativity, but for many years a
much esteemed resident of this country.
DANIEL T. SCULLY.
An experience full of interest, and contain-
ing many years of heroic service for his country,
has been that of Daniel T. Scully, a prosperous
PROGRESSIVE Mi
ud respected cit:
if. A native oi tin- < 01 citj
rn thei\
Scully, the former a n;
and tlie latter of ? liss
by occup nd f' >llowcd tl,
to tin time "f his death, which occurred
• n.. \\lu-re 1 1 .:. in
, i Si n). The mot! . I away in the
city in Xoveinbi- . >th lie buried
in Memphis. The father, during his lone and va-
ried career, had been a great traveler. fur emi-
grating from his native country of Ireland when
a verv young man. he first settled in Mississippi
and engaged in tailoring, then in 18411. he j.
feat stampede t< > the newh di
: 'Hiia and remained in that state f< T
. i|Uently returning t' i the
! • iiiisiana, he d his
ng. In his 1
; • ' • cifr "i" Memphis. \\ hen ' lined
during the closing years ''i" his life. Daniel T.
in the i-it\ of Xatchez.
Miss., and there receive.1! his early edu
thi pulilii At tin ears
he went from Xatchi 'here his
living. Tin- great < 'ivil \\'ar. which
\vas then raging, filled him with a spirit »
riotic eiithus:.. in ( >iM»h, r. iSi,^. !•
•Idier in the Might \ -ninth hi'
:an that service t milry
in which he •• ned t> > pa^s so man) •>! the
ears «i hi-. 1 i f e . 11;
listment hi
r atimc.hc was tr:
th lndia:;a Infantry, \\iil
until the/-lo -, •, ar. I )nri'r_ : thU
'.vitli the Am laud.
1 ]••• in a nni
:il at I'leavmt T lill, 1
ded He, h>
linned ii! \t
til- • in the
i s< .i>. was appi linted
tin i b ! '. S. i
ill Infant
i
At tl
\inth Infant-
ant in that
In Jitlv . [8;
out at the expiration "f hi^ term of en'.i>tnv lit
:n. in the city of Cheyenne. V
\\lii! he regular army he served
at different forts in the territi • Imitana,
and had mane thrilling
adventures "ii th. and in
with the Indians. After his final di.-chnrge in
.inch i in l.one Tr>
• nine in
there entered up'>n ih>- business "f cattlerai
]\\-~ i-ft"ort> \\ere attended witli inrr
and, in [883, he dispi • his ranch
Wished h his present ranch
his
5S has '•iiuiiniied. and lie is n- '/tier
i'f a ra:ieh. \\ > !I fenceil and ini]ir
\\ith large tracts .if ha\ laud and an .
range, \\ith a e< 'infortable p \ ith
all n
-sful rancln-i
• I :•. line p hich he is
Mmit.. \\ith .Miss I'.li/
'
i P,ir -itry.
5i ill
• the
time of tl h. In tli
|. ' \ ime t" this i-iiiintr
'
thi Oic churcli.
and are deepK hr
i'l. ami in
, ,s, ,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
where they have resided. Politically, Mr. Scully
is identified with the Republican party, and fre-
quently lakes an active part in public affairs, be-
lieving this to be the duty of a good citizen. It
is most interesting to hear him relate his varied
t xperiences in the army and on the frontier dur-
ing the most exciting period in the settlement of
the western country, and his rugged traits of
character have won for him the admiration and
respect of all with whom he has been associated.
HON. CHARLES E. SHAW.
Hon. Charles E. Shaw, of Otter Creek, near
Bigtrails postoffice in Bighorn county, Wyoming,
is one of the wealthy and progressive stockgrow-
ers and farmers of the state, and he has acquired
his possessions and won his high place in public
regard by his own efforts. He is a native of
Iowa, where he was born on May 23, 1859, the
son of Andrew J. and Emma (Baird) Shaw, who
were born and reared in Muskingum county,
Ohio, and removed to Iowa early in their married
life. In his native state their son, Charles, grew
to manhood and was educated, and, in i8/ij, when
he was twenty years old, he came west to Denver,
Colo., and. after passing a short time there, he
removed to l;ort Lupton. In that section • he
rode the range in the cattle industry until 1886.
when he came to Wyoming and located on the
ranch which is now his home on Otter Creek.
He established there a stock industry, which has
grown to large proportions and is conducted on
the most scientific principles applied in the most
practical way. Nothing in the business that is
of value is wanting to the complete equipment
and proper management of this ranch, and the
results are commensurate with the outlay of
time, energy and skill. The ranch comprises 960
acres of land, with a favorable variety of range
and meadow, and the herd numbers 1,000 well-
bred cattle of superior grade and prime condition.
In addition there is a large band of fine horses,
to whose breeding and rearing the utmost care
is given. Mr. Shaw's attention is not wholly
absorbed in his business, for he is a gentleman
of progressive ideas and great public spirit, es-
pecially interested in the cause of education, al-
though every good enterprise for the welfare of
his community receives his cordial aid and en-
couragement. He gives to the spirit of improve-
ment, with which he is closely in touch, all of
his best efforts to secure its proper trend and
development, and allows no partisan, factional
or personal interest to interfere with his taking
what seems to him the 'side of any project most
conducive to the general weal. Yet he is ardent
and zealous in his party allegiance, and was
elected a member of the State Legislature in 1900.
In that body in reference to public affairs he dis-
played the same conscientious care and wisdom
he exhibits in his private business, and devoted
to the interests of the people the same energy,
clearness of vision and loft}- integrity he gives
to his own. His services were of great value
to his immediate constituents, having also force
and influence for good throughout the state. He
was married at Buffalo, Wyo., on August 31,
iSiiS, to Miss Ora Chatfield, a native of Nebraska
and daughter, of C. S. and Mary E. (Morrow)
("hatfield, the former a native of Ohio and the
latter of Ilinois. They reside in Colorado. Mr.
Shaw's parents have both died. His father
passed away on October 23, 1884, and his mother
on May 20, 1901. His own family consists of
one child, his son, Charles E. Shaw, Jr., who was
born on October 13, 1899. In all walks of life
and by all classes of the people Mr. Shaw is
highly esteemed as a leading citizen, a benevolent
man and a promoter of the best interests of the
county and state in which he has cast his lot.
WILLIAM LEE SIMPSON.
William Lee Simpson, prominent as e lawyer
and public man of Lander, in Bighorn county,
\\\"ming, was born at Fort Lyons, Colo., on
January 26, 1868, the son of John P. and Mar-
garet (Sullivan) Simpson, the former of an old
South Carolina family, prominent in the affairs
of that state from Colonial times, and the latter
of a similar Virginia ancestry. They were
among the early settlers in Colorado, the father
being a government contractor and a prominent
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
687
Indian tighter and scout in the early days anil
one of the early business men of Denver, Colo,
lie was active in the development of the section
in which he lived, aiding materially in opening
and constructing the road from St. Louis in
Denver in the earlier sixties. ( )i late years he has
been engaged in the stock business, he and his
wife living at Jackson. I'inta count v. \Yvo. Of
their seven children six are living. William L.
Simpson began his education at Xorth Denver.
\\lnre he attended school until he was ten years
old. he being the eleventh pupil to present himself
and so make up the number required to form a
real school at that place. In 1878 his father
removed for a time to the P>lack Hills and he
remained with his grandfather at Loveland, Colo.,
attending school there until he was fifteen. At
that time where Lovcland now stands flourishing
wheat fields gladdened the heart of the farmer
\\itli their annual harvests. In 1883 Mr. Simpson
came to Lander and began working on a stock
ranch, continuing this occupation until Decem-
ber. 1889, and while pursuing it he acquired some
Mock of his own. He then began the study of
law under direction of Mr. Douglas A. Preston,
and finished his three-years' course under that
of Mr. Charles Allen, being admitted to the bar
'in July 12, 1892, since which time he has been
in active practice. On the day of his admission
to the bar, his active connection with public af-
fairs began, he being elected on that day to the
lirst state convention of \Y\oniing. and in the
following autumn he was elected to the office
of prosecuting attorney for Fremont and Ilig-
horn counties. In 1895. after the conclusion
of his official term, he removed to the Jackson
Holi country, where lie had an interest in land
and stock, and at once made himself fell as an
influential factor in the development of this bean
tiful ection oi the state. During his residence
there the Indians became tronh'. md, pre
Ferring to pra a his profession, he returned to
Lander, after disposing of the mosl of his inter-
ests near Jackson Hole, lie had, however, kept
up his professional work h\ practicing at Ei
ton and in Idaho. Mr. Simpson deserves his
prominence and success in life. I I. lias the moral
and intellectual qualities on which succe-
properK based, and the application and clean u ss
of vision to make the most of his opportuie
lie is one of the most prominent and influential
men in his part of the state, and. Kein- now in
the prime of life, with all his faculties in vigorous
heahli and exercise, he may confidently lool
ward to the distinguished career his friends and
acquaintances predict for him. Professionally,
he stands high and finds his services in g
demand. He is the representative of the Sho
shone Indians in their litigation against the gov-
ernment, and has a representative clientage
among all classes of people. His property inter-
ests are considerable, and his prosperity is well
assured. He has town property at Thennopoli^
and Jackson, having been the founder of the
latter place, and has valuable holdings in oil and
mining lands in various places. Fraternally, he
is connected with the' Freemasons and the \\ood-
inen of the World, holding membership in the
local lodges of these orders. < >n < Vtoher |S,
i8c)4, he was married to Miss Maggie L. Bur-
in tt at Lander. Wyo., a daughter of Fincelius
I i. and Elizabeth I'urnett, her father being the
head farmer at the Shoshone agency. Three chil-
dren have blessed their union. F.mma Virginia.
I'.nrnett McDowell and Milward Lee.
CHARLES SMITH.
Prominent among the well-to do ( iermaii-
American citi/ens of Laramie county. Wyo:
is Charles Smith, n<>\\ one of the leading stock-
men < if 1 )a\ is ranch, in that state, lie is a native
of Germany, having been born in Strashurg. in
the province of Lorraine, on M.i\ iS. 1855. the
so,, of Charles and F.I i /abet h i I'.art I Smith, both
natives of Lorraine. His fatlu r folloucd the
occupation of farming in his native country up
to the time of his decease. The subject of this
review received his earl) ei in the Sell
of the pro i Lorraine. When he had at-
tained to the seventeen years, re]
in! him i if the \\. imlerful o nun : - the
sea in the Xew World, and of the opportunities
u hi. h \\ • • Tfcred to young men
688
l'l«n;i<ESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
habits and industry, and he determined to seek
his fortune in America. Arriving here in 1873
he first settled in Pennsylvania, where he secured
employment in various portions of that state,
working both as a stonemason and as a farmer.
He remained here until 1876, when he joined the
stampede to the Black Hills of Dakota, where
gri it discoveries of gold had recently been made.
Here he located several claims, and engaged in
mining with varying success until 1878, when he
ised of his interests in the Black Hills and
removed to the territory of Wyoming. Here he
secured employment on cattle ranches, determ-
ined to acquire a practical knowledge of the cat-
tle business. He remained in this employment
for two years, and in 1882 he located his pres-
ent ranch property on Horse Creek, in Laramie
county, about thirty miles north of the city of
Cheyenne. He made a small beginning in the
stock business, adding to it as his means would
permit, and also worked on other ranches, and
also on the railroad, for the purpose of earning
the money to invest in his business. He continued
in this way, gradually building himself up and
securing a footing in the cattle business until
1887, since which time he has resided continu-
ously on his ranch, and has given his entire at-
tention to the management of his own business
affairs. His principal industry is cattleraising,
but he is also the owner of a large number of
horses, and has now a well improved ranch of
440 acres of fine land, with adjacent range privi-
leges. He is one of the self-made men of that sec-
tion, who by hard work, perseverance and frugal-
ity, have raised themselves to a position of pros-
perity and standing in the community. On Oc-
tober 14, 1889, at the city of Elgin, 111.. Mr. Smith
was joined in the bonds of holy wedlock with
Miss Sophia Schlinsker, a native of Milwaukee,
Wis.. and the daughter of Henry and Veronica
Schlinsker, natives of Germany. The parents of
Smith were married in the city of Milwau-
kee. Her father followed the occupation of farm-
ing in that vicinity, and also was engaged in
the business of making brooms in the city. Sub-
sequently he disposed of his interests at Milwau-
and removed his residence to Elgin, 111.,
where he continued to transact an extensive busi-
ness in the manufacture of brooms, up to the
time of his decease, which occurred in 1895.
The mother passed away in March, 1900, and
both are buried in Elgin. Three children have
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, C. Frank, Leo
S. and Maria F., all of whom are living. The
family are devout members of the Roman Cath-
olic church, and deeply interested in all matters
affecting the works of religion or charity in the
community where they reside. Politically, Mr.
Smith is a stanch adherent of the Democratic
party, and takes an active interest in public af-
fairs, never seeking office for himself, but ever
being earnest and loyal in his support of his
friends and in the service of his party. He is
one of the most respected citizens of his section
of the county, standing in high esteem.
JAMES T. H. SMITH.
A true pioneer of the West, inasmuch as he
was the first white boy born within the limits of
Antelope county, Nebraska, and now an ener-
getic and prosperous business man of Atlantic
City. Wyo., Mr. fames T. H. Smith was born on
November 22, 1871, in the locality above stated,
a son of James H. and Kizzie (Dobson) Smith,
natives of Iowa. The father was an active farm-
er and stockman for many years and at present
is devoting his attention to a profitable merchan-
dising undertaking at Clearwater, Neb. He was
the son of Henry Smith, who was a native of
England, while his mother was of Scotch birth.
Henry Smith came to America in the early part
of the nineteenth century and was a veteran and
a pensioner of the War of 1812. James H.
Smith inherited his father's military predilections
and gave a long and faithful service to the Un-
ion cause in the Civil War, suffering as a prisoner
' the horrors both of Libby and of Andersonville
prisons. Tames H'. and Kizzie Smith were par-
ents of ten children, nine being now living. Their
names in order of birth are, Carrie, married and
living in Nebraska : Hattie, wife of Leonard Wil-
loughhy, of Gregory county, S. Dak. ; James T.
H.; William L.. residing in South Dakota: Lillie,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYO.M,
wife of Samuel Smith, of Colorado; Pearl, also
married and living in Cleanvater, Neb. ; Grace ;
Ernest ; Arthur ; Edith, died in infancy. After
receiving tlu- educational advantages of the then
primitive schools of Nebraska, Mr. Smith applied
himself to practical agricultural labors on Ne-
braska farms until 1890, in which year he came
to Wyoming and for two } ears thereafter he
was occupied in riding on the range and in other
occupations, engaging in 1892 in the saloon busi-
ness at Atlantic City, and continuing in this
enterprise until the present writing, making many
friends and being known as a man of bright busi-
ness faculties, keen intelligence and excellent
judgment, a representative citizen and also a man
taking a great interest in public affairs of a
local character. He is generous in his impulses
often coiitrihntin;.; freely to matters of improve-
ment. I fe has an interest in the Empire mine,
;m i'\i. nsion of the Duncan, and holds other valu-
abli property interests.
l.ARREY L. SMITH.
Larrey I,. Smith, of near 1'enton in I'.iidiorn
county, Wyoming, is om of the representative
and progressive men of this state, who, unlike
mosl others of his . is born within her lim-
it-, and has passed almost all of hi- life on her
soil, thus being her product, as well a
tin- best tvpes of IKT enterprising citizenship.' Hi--
life began OH Septembers. lSf._?, and hi
Timoth] M. and Amanda i \rnold) Smith,
native-- of New York, who, on the thr. i
their new life, soon after their marriagt
the Northwesl and cast in their ; ,vak-
i 1 joined the forces that
hnsil ed in giving them proper trend and
\t the time of die birth of their
>' in. 1 an'ev . their homi
in the ten • • ' was
< in. When their
a liiilf over a year old they removed t«> ('• •]• >rado
ami IM,,!, n|, thrir resideni • ' .llins.
Tin-re the father resign Burgeon
of the U. S. government in order to devote his
d -Kill tO tfl of the
tier- i.f the new territory, and there thev lived
until I £76, when they returned to thi- -tale and
located at Rawlins. After a limited and i
ular attendance at the primitive schools that were
available to him, l.arre\ wenl to work to earn his
is a range rider, and continued to
thi- vocation until 1889 in that porti<
ih. >tate. He then came to the Piighorn basin,
took up the ranch on which he now lives, and
while he was reducing it to cultivation and pre-
paring it for the cattle industry in which he had
mined to i . he rode the range for a
living and to obtain the means of starting his
busim I . i .' i ears he i • and
danger in this ha/ard' iu - 'lion in tl
region to which he had come, at the end
of that period settling on his ranch, where he
became a producer of the leading commodh
the section in- :d em;il< i; "ting
and preserving it for other-, lie has 160 .
of L; 1 land which shows the < \ ideiice of his
skill and industry in its improvements and the
advanced -tale of cultivation to which nine;
it has been brought. On tl 1 now raisi num-
•jivinv' -Hi ei:il at-
tention to procuring choice breeds and maintain-
ing a high standard of exo i quality. Mr.
i wall ' d ii Fe' - !>ush-
lis business forward to vigorous vitality and
d aiding in securing for the
community in which he live;
SS and • ,d and in
strength the eircnm>t-mccN will allov
-ame tini. • 1>y judi.
activ ill of its . al and n
Forces. II'- i- an enti'rprising, wi«I. • far-
id useful citi ' and
•'led.
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Ol- WYOMING.
of that state. The father was horn in 1818, and
followed shoemakhig up to the time of his death,
which occurred in 1865. He was a prominent
member nf the Methodist Episcopal church, and
is buried at Hilltown, Bucks county, Pa. He was
a good man. industrious, charitable to the poor,
useful to his fellow men and highly respected.
The mother passed away from earth in Bucks
county, Pa., in 1854, at the age of thirty-one
years, and lies buried by the side of her husband.
She was the mother of five children, Samuel
being the youngest one. Samuel Smith mar-
ried for his second wife, in 1854, Miss Frances
> ost, and to them were born two children. She
survived her husband eleven years, and was bur-
ied by his side in Hilltown, Pa. Mr. Smith grew
to man's estate in his native county, and received
such early education as his limited opportunities
permitted in the public schools of that county. At
the early age of twelve years he was compelled
by circumstances to leave school and to make
his own way in the world, owing to the unfortun-
ate death of his mother while yet in early life,
and he secured employment at various occupa-
tions in the vicinity of his former home for a
number of years. When he had attained to the
age of nineteen years, the spirit of adventure
led him to seek his fortune on the western fron-
tier. Disposing of his property in his native
state, he went to the city of St. Joseph, Mo., then
one of the leading outfitting places of the West
for overland travel. Here he provided himself
with a mule team and necessary outfit, and in
company with others started on the long trip
across the plains to the city of Denver, Colo. The
trip occupied thirty-six days, and was filled with
many incidents of danger and hardship, as the
Indians were very bad. Finally arriving safe-
ly at Denver, he engaged in mining in that vicin-
ity and at Russell Gulch, meeting with varying
success until 1872, when he disposed of his in-
terests in Colorado and removed his residence to
\Yy< lining, where he established his home at Lara-
mie, and has been a resident of that place ever
since. At different times since his residence in
\\ y< lining he has followed various occupations,
having been engaged in mining, hunting, fishing.
scouting, and also employed as guide for distin-
guished hunting parties from the eastern states
and Europe. He has had an interesting and var-
ied experience on the frontier and has been the
associate and friend of many of the reputable
border characters, whose record "and achieve-
ments are familiar to the readers of the pioneer
history of the country. He has never sought no-
toriety, but the history of his life and experi-
ences on the plains would make a highly inter-
esting volume, and he should be prevailed upon
to set them down for the benefit of coming gener-
ations. In 1890, at Canton, N. J., Mr. Smith
was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Pres-
ton, a native of England and the daughter of
Benjamin and Elizabeth Preston, respected resi-
dents of that country. She passed away in 1894,
aged thirty-four years. All of their four chil-
dren, James, Edward, Charles and Ernest, are
deceased. Mr. Smith is one of the peculiar pion-
eer characters of his adopted state, and he en-
joys the highest respect of all who know him.
CHARLES KARXER BUCKXl'M.
One of the early pioneers of the great west,
where he has long been connected with business-
life under conditions that try men's souls and
one of the brave and daring soldiers of die
1'iiion army and later a scout of the Indian
wars", Mr. Bucknum is now peacefully engaged
in the unromantic but eminently useful occupa-
tion of a livery man at Casper, Wyoming,
standing prominently among its business men.
He was born in Miami county, Ind., on October
72, 1847, son °f Kelb and Evaline (Lumesdan)
Bucknum, natives of Xew York, who early re-
moved to Peru, Ind., where the father conduct-
ed a drug business until 1852, then going to
California, where he died in 1854, Charles being
his only child. In 1856 the mother transferred
the family home to Minnesota, where her son
was a diligent pupil of the public schools when
the "sounds of war's alarms" were too attract-
ive to resist and on July 25, 1863, he enlisted
to .serve his country in Co. F, Hatch's Cavalry
Battalion, being mustered in at Fort Snelling
PROGR1 SS1VE MEh <>!>' WYOMING.
ard kepi on garrison duty until tin- winter of
[864, when they were sent down to Sa\ 'nuah.
(ia.. in time to participate in it> capture, re-
maining there until April. iS<i(>. when the
turned to l-ort Snelling for muster-out on the
jntli. Mr. I'.neknuni was thereafter a resident
of Minnesota until TSd8. when he went to Forl
Stevenson, X. 1")., to be the wagon boss of
Wilder. Merriman & Co. on their trips wi
ward across the plains. On their h'rst trip the
I '. S. mail carriers met them east of Lori Tot-
.Mid \\arned them of danger from the In-
<liaus. staling that two carriers had been killed
at I'.ig Hollow on the line of their route. < >n
arriving at that place at nine in the evening
the\ found the bodies of the carriers lying on
the Around filled with arrows and scalped, and
here they camped. Soldiers arrived on the next
day who buried the bodies and the wagon train
experienced no trouble. At Fort Thiford their
party remained some months running a hay
train and having "several contests with the In-
dians, who on one occasion attacked the train,
shooting three men and on the same day killing
four others at the hay camp. Amid these dan-
gers the party finally went on to Lort Claggcit.
and some time thereafter Mr. I'.ncknum en-
gaged in trapping and hunting, making head-
quarters at the month of the Mnsselshell
,ii ( leiidenning's tradingpost. Game and tur
were plentiful and Mr. P.ucknnm was busily and
pi-otiiahK employed for several years, the only
drawback being tl,r presence of the Indians,
with whom he often had to contest, sometimes
driving them off and sometimes being Forced
to run and having several narrow escapes From
death. In 1X71 lie made his first trip to Forl
Benton, there making headquarters until
when during the \<v. Perce War he was the
guide to Colonel tlges, \\iih whom he- \\.as at
Nand when the Indian- >ssing
and burned j;o tons of government freiglu.
Killing the guard thi .v ('reek,
killed one of the Karl er bn (I '
tu ms ol I'.arker I'. • ; tour OX
ging to a n u i!
i , iper, now living in Mont ana. \\ hile at t hi-
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\\ork Colonel llges stirpriseil them. but was
fealed. losing one man and two wounded
turning to Cow Island the nexl day the tro
returned and buried the dead. I'.arker'-
fnsing to allow an) one to touch his body until
the brother came. That night Colonel llges
\\as informed that Colonel VI li crossing
the Missouri below tlie .Mnsselshell and Mr.
mini \\as sent to tell him the location of
the Xez Perces and to be his guide. Starting-
at to in the morning Mr. Ilncknum overtook
Colonel Miles north of the Little Rookie
three o'clock in the afternoon of ihe next day.
being his guide until the Nez Perces were
found, when the great four day battle i
menced. < >u the third night Colonel Mile-
a dispatch by Mr. lUickunm to General Terry.
who was no miles away. Making the ride safe-
ly in t\\ent\ hours, he immediately, retraced his
Steps with a message for Miles and. me.
him on the Missouri \\ith Indian prisoner-, he
was again senl to Perry, who was hastening to
the Canadian line to form a treaty alliance with
Sitting ['.nil, and then accompanied Terry to
Forl \\alsh. where the interview with the In-
dian chief did not result in a treaty. The next
winter Itnckmun scouted for General Gibbons
and the next summer for General Broi
whose operations were around the Hear Taw
and Little Rockies with l\vent\ -eight compa-
nies of I'. S. soldiers. They also located l?ort
Assinniboine and when General Rliger \\ .
dered to that post the next year Mr. lluckmini
was instructed to report to General Kuger.
Continuing in the government service at this
fort for -.,me months later Mr. lUicknum was
seriousl) injured 1>\ the fall of a safe that was
being loaded on a wagon, breaking his ankle
and from this injnr\ he -till suffer-, lie retire. 1
from tli, rntnent in \pril.
t88o, and thereat tei < >i lucted freighting o].er-
ations until [883 with good success, later being
engaged in IT- ifitable COllStrU tS on
the l'".lk!i then being built
b
in which he i- Sti
llso runn
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J'KOGRESSiyE MEN OF WYOMING.
hand of slKvp of excellent character. Mr. Buck-
num is actively interested in G. A. R. matters,
has attained to the Thirty-second degree in
and takes more than the average
share of public honors and duties, being in pol-
itical faith a Republican. He has been the effi-
cient chairman of the board of county commis-
sioners for two years and is at the present writ-
- Tying his third term as mayor of Casper.
He 1 i twice married, first with Delia
Williams in July, 1886, who died in 1889, leav-
a daughter. Winnie. In 1890 was consum-
mated his marriage with Miss Ida Rowe of
Montana. Their residence is one of the com-
fortable homes of Casper and the resort of
many people, for their friends are as numerous
as their acquaintances, holding as they do the
reputation of aiding every public enterprise and
private plan for the advancement of the com-
munity and the state of their home.
B. SPINNER.
A native of Germany but a gallant defender
of the American Union in the late Civil War, B.
Spinner was born in 1834, a son of Amand and
Cresia (Schmer) Spinner, the former of whom
was native in the southern part of Germany in
1808 and was a farmer near the town of Renchen,
where he died in 1867. The father of Amand
was named Sulphus and died in 1842 when sev-
enty years of age. Mrs. Cresia (Schmer) Spin-
ner was also born in 1808 in the same part of
Germany in which her husband was born and
survived him until 1881, both died in the faith
of the Catholic church. They left five children,
of whom the gentleman whose name stands at
the opening of this paragraph is the eldest. B.
Spinner came to America in 1854 and for a short
time lived in New York, whence he went to
Pennsylvania, where he resided three months and
then went to St. Louis, Mo., and was living there
at the time the cloud of war threw its ominous
shadow over the country of his adoption. Hav-
ing by this time become imbued with an affection
for America as strong as that he had felt for his
native land, he at once enlisted in Co. K, Twen-
tieth Missouri Infantry, but at the end of three
months was so severely wounded as to be honor-
ably discharged. After his discharge from the
service and his partial recovery Mr. Spinner fol-
lowed the fortunes of the army as a butcher and
a buyer of cattle for army use until the close of
the war in 1865, when he opened a meat market
or butcher shop in St. Louis, which he conducted
until 1867, when he started across the plains for
Denver, Colo., meeting with a great deal of
trouble from hostile Indians. In the month of
May, 1868, Mr. Spinner abandoned the butcher-
ing trade and in the fall of 1869 visited Chey-
enne, Wyo., thence went to Fort Steele, and
thereafter followed the course of the railroad to
Beartown, a village now defunct, but where, on
the morning after his arrival, he witnessed a
specimen of border justice in the summary hang-
ing of three freebooters. Mr. Spinner there
opened a general store and butchershop, and af-
ter a short time settled in Green River, Sweet-
water county, Wyo., where he carried on the
butchering business until he acquired a compe-
tency, and where he is now living in retirement
as a bachelor. Mr. Spinner has been more for-
tunate with his store in Green River than he
was with a branch store at Piedmont, Uinta coun-
ty, Wyo., where he did a large general trade
on the credit system with a body of laboring
men employed on the railroad. When the
section was fully completed the contractor re-
fused to pay off the men. Mr. Spinner then,
in company with a number of other merchants,
who also had little prospect of getting paid for
their goods, heard of the coming of the general
superintendent of the road and when the train
bearing that official made its appearance the
creditors sidetracked the superintendent's coach
and presented their claims. But the official re-
monstrated and pointed out the fact that the
United States mail was being obstructed and de-
tained (a high crime) and the mail car was im-
mediately replaced on the main line ; but the su-
perintendent's coach was detained and payment
insisted upon. The official was very kindly treat-
ed, however, and entertainment offered him in
the way of a fishing excursion while waiting for
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the cash to come to hand, and the difficult;,
finally adjusted by some of the merchants gelling
their money, while others were not >, > fortunate.
Mr. Spinner being largely instrumental in h.
ing about this compromise. Mr. Spinner is a
gentleman of unwonted enterprise and energy
and is tli,- original driller of the soda wells in his
section of the country, having sold one and he is
1 in the development of another that
promises to be a grand success. He is genial
and cordial with all, and is a prime favorite with
the public, especially in business circles.
THOMAS SPRATT.
Ever sine ' • i a twenty years old Thor
Spratt, of the Bighorn basin of Wyoming, living
n> 't far from Hyattville. has been a resident of
'\orthwcst, and for nearly a quarter
O niiiry of Wyoming. He has given a e
hie portion of his life to the development and up-
building of this section, and is justly entitled to
Table mention in an}- record of the lives and
achii \ emi nl - < if the progressive men of the state,
and also to the place he holds as one of the rep-
ri itativi -'"1 fading citizens of the count}-.
securel\ established in the confidence aild esteem
of its people and having the affectionate regard
of his numerous friends. He is a native of Ire-
land, born on December 25, 1859. His ancestors
from time immemorial lived on the Emen'd [sl<
loyal support in peace and war to its in-
5, and also nourished as tillers of the soil.
Tn 1872, at the age of thirteen, with high 1
and ardent spirits, he left his paternal roof and
' 'nited States, seeking its b
and CM rvwherc present opportuni; ad-
• nient in the struggle for
men. Tie remained in New York until iS.-n.
ie to Fort Collins. C, >],,.. and -pent a
breaking horses to service in that neighbor-
hood. In |SSn be came with the I : All-
drews Cattle Co. to Wyoming and local
ranch on the P.elle Fourche, Phen tl
to his place was Sp
distant, yet the inronvenien.-e was not
il hard-hip, so inun '.-h prival
the dwellers on the frontier. Five years he
passed on this ranch and one in the employ of the
North American Cattle Co. In 1885, as a mem-
ber of the firm organized to deal extensively in
cattle, he came with a herd to the Bighorn basin.
linn remained in business three years and
during that time he continued to bring cattle to
basin. Among the number were _'_>o Short-
horn- IK thoroughbred Herefords which
were among the first animals of these breeds in-
troduced into the county. In 1888 he bought out
the interests of his partners, and. desiring a per-
manent location and to cstabli ! in the
cattle business on a large scale, he located on
No Wood River, but soon after sold out and
lit his present ranch of 640 acres, in addition
hich he has 1.800 acres under lease. This
of land affords an e range for his
cattle and enables him to handle with success a
Me number. Tie has ay about
500 head, and sometimes many more. He
owns the Mountain View Hotel at • and
other valuabl. .where. He was mar-
ried at Hvaltville on February 22, iSSS, to Miss
Martha Allen, a native of Colorado, and it is a
matter of neighborhood new-, that this was the
fir-t marriage in P.ighom basin. They have one
child, their son, Robert \V. Mr. Spratt belongs
to the Masonic order and takes an active and
ible interest in the affairs of his lod:
SAMUEL STR1CKLER.
I'.orn and ivan-d in the rural districts of Pcnn-
tnia, learning life'- duties amid the thrifty
and industrious populatio .tate.
and being thoroughly imbued with the spirit of
imy and enterpri- dered through liv-
ing in a large family with modi '-is, Sam-
Strickler, • if Tensli ep ir P.ighon.
'ling, brought to the ardr
of a career in the state of !i tion a wel'
foundation for sti ! productive man'
and useful citizenship, on -\bich a superstructure
ubstantial
partially erected by valuable experience in other
id a different cla iple. 1 le
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
was burn on AuguM 10, 1851. tin- sun of John and
Mar) Strickler, also natives of the Keystone state
and belonging to families residenl tin re trum Co-
lunial times. In the public schools of his native
place he received a limited education, and on its
soil he grew to man's estate. \Yhen he was twen-
ty-one years of age he determined to seek his
fortune in the West, and to that end removed to
Illinuis, and there worked fur Michael Sullivan,
then the most extensive farmer in the world, who
conducted on the prairies and bottom lands along
the Mississippi an enterprise in the domain of
agriculture which almost staggered human be-
lief by its magnitude and the vigor and success
with which it was carried on. Many similar en-
terprises have since surpassed it in volume and
scope ; for in later times the great wilderness of
the farther West has dressed herself in comely
garments for the service of her lord and master,
Man, and raised the unit of measure in land and
farm work many times over. But in his day Mr.
Sullivan's farming operations were stupendous
and renowned. In 1874 Mr. Strickler removed
to Colorado, and, with Pueblo as a base of oper-
ations, engaged in the dairying business and also
carried on a freighting enterprise of considerable
magnitude. These engagements occupied him
for three years. In 1877 'le made his home in
Utah and there conducted a farm of size and im-
portance near Ogden. In 1879 he sold out his
interests in that state and removed to Cassia
county, Idaho, and on May 20, 1883, came to
Johnson county, Wyo., and locating at Fort Mc-
Kinney, entered the employ of the Powder River
Cattle Co. At the end of his service 'with this
company he took up his residence on Beaver
Creek and began a farming- and stockgrowing
industry on his own account, which he conducted
until 1899. He then sold out to the Lee Land
& Live Stock Co. and removed to the Bighorn
basin. He purchased the old X ranch and re-
newed his stock and farming operations which he
is still carrying on in this well-known property.
His ranch comprises 480 acres and is well im-
proved. He has 350 fine cattle and 100 horses
of good breeds and superior grades. Both cattle
and horses are excellent in quality and have a
high rank in the market. They are well cared
for and their condition abundantly proves the
wisdom of the close application of skill and sys-
tem to the breeding and rearing of stock. < MI
December 29, 1892, Mr. Strickler was married
to Mrs. .Margaret McKenzie. of Johnson county,
a native of Canada and daughter of William and
Mary Sutherland. Their family consists of an
adopted (laughter named Josephine Fay Strick-
ler, who has been under their care since she was
an infant <>f three years of age.
W. J. STOVER.
Pleasantly located on an excellent ranch on
Tongue River, Wyo., where he is now pursuing
the peaceful vocation of a farmer and stockgnnv-
er, although he was trained to the bar. and in
the midst of a region wherein the depths of the
earth call on men to come forward and bring their
hidden wealth of coal and other minerals to the
surface and the use of mankind, Wr. J. Stover
is an example of the universal tendency in this
western country to lead something of a pastoral
life, whatever may be the surrounding conditions,
and he shows in his course and his comfortable
state the independence and advantage of such a
life. Mr. Stover was born in Tennessee on June
25, 1837, the son of Solomon H. and Elizabeth
(Nave) Stover, also natives of Tennessee, with
ancestors who were pioneers of that state and
who aided in subduing it to civilization and start-
ing it toward its present great prosperity and
development. His childhood, youth and early
manhood were passed in his native state, and
from the schools she sustains so liberally he
secured the greater part of his scholastic edu-
cation. After finishing this, in 1856 he became
a teacher in the public schools and was at the
same time a student of the law. teaching and
studying in the winter and working on the farm
in the summer until 1 86 1. When his state passed
the ordinance of secession and went out of the
Union, he cast his lot with hers and enlisted in
the Confederate army as a member of the Fifth
Tennessee Cavalry. He was soon in active ser-
vice in the field and participated in many hard
PROGR > .1/£.V Ul< WYOM1
695
fought and sanguinary battles, that of Shiloh or
I'iiishurg Landing in his own stair being among
tin most notable. In September. iSiij. he was
captured anil carried a> ;i prisoner OJ . ar to
Indianapolis, Iiul., where, being at heart a Union
man and having no slaves or other Southern
property at stake, he took the oath of allegiance
to tin- l'"r<k-ral government and was set at libertv
without a cent and with nothing to wear hut his
Confederate uniform, lie went to Danville in
an adjoining county and soon after began again
to teach school, continuing this occupation until
[863, when Morgan's raid aroused the loyal spirit
of the state loan intense enthusiasm and determ-
ined resistance in which he joined and helped to
drive tile raiders out of the State, lie remained
in the service for local defence and to aid in
quelling disloyalty until the end of the war. In
]S(>4 hi- wife and children made their way
through the ( 'on federate lines and joined him in
Indiana, and he remained there teaching school,
studying law and practicing he fore justices of
the peace until iSnS. He then moved to what is
now Cowlej county. Kan., and there squatted
on inisurveyed land, which he at once began to
improve. 11 ere he also was a teacher and prac-
ticed law in justices' courts, remaining until iSjo.
\\hi-n In1 si ild nut and moved overland to the
< iallatin \allcy in Montana, where he bought an
unimproved homestead and lived on it live
At the end "f that time he moved into I'.n/eman
and opened a law-office, having been admitted to
practice h\ the Supreme ( 'oitrl of the slate. In
lIsS^ he took- his family' mi a trip of . ibservation
through ( 'aliforiiia.i >tvgon and Washington, and
finally concluded lo .settle in \V\oming, \\lnch he
did in i SSi i. Here hr In night out a settler on
I'rairie 1 >og ('reek, near Hanncr, in \\hat is now
Sheridan county, and once more started to im-
prove his pr.ipertv. In |SS~ be was admitted to
the bar of Jnhnsi.n eoimt\. and. in iSSS, \\hen
the nr\\ ciiunt\- of Sheridan uas . ,rg, mixed, he
\\as , i iri iseCUting atli irni ) md opened an
oftiee in the village ..f Sheridan, lie was reelect-
ed at the end of his term and -er\id a second.
4
I',\ till- lime hi- was able to pn H his pre-
emptiofl claim lii the- land he had settled on, and
then moved his faniih lo Sheridan where they
live, lie there continued in the active prac-
tice of bis profession until tX<;h when failing
sight obliged him to relinquish efforts in that
direction. Then turning his attention yel more
fully to agricultural pursuits, he bought another
unimproved tract of land from its occupa
induced bis daughter I" also homestead. This •-,
on Tongue River, eight miles north of Sheridan,
and here he has lived much of the time since,
spending the, rest at his home in Sheridan with
his wife, who is living there, lie has been much
occupied with local improvements and has given
his best energies for some years to their develop-
ment. He built the largest irrigating dam in the
count\ across Tongue Uiver and constructed a
ditch from it through to Rock) ('reek, which has
the largest dike in the county, doing the work
principally with his own hands, lie has now
ncally retired from acthe labor of all kinds
and is spending the evening of an adventurous
.md Useful life in quiet ease and leisure. Til 1856,
before lie K i"t Tennessee, Mr. Stover was mat
to Miss Nannie ( arriger, a nati\e 6f th
They have had six children, five of \\hoin are
living: Etta I1.., the wife of George Harper, if
Sheridan county: Minnie, living at home: Lena
V. principal of the Sheridan high school and
the county superintend! nt of schools; May P...
also a teacher, who is at this writing taking a
post-graduate course at the Indiana State Nor-
mal School; and Laura, a stenographer. Their
' uily son. Samuel, is deceased.
HARRY K. SWENEY.
L\er\ man- of mental activity and breadth
of view, with capacit\ to carry more than
thought at a time, has a led horse in addition to
the one be rides. Ilisordinarx I'll- .ipics
his energies in the necessary work of making a
living and gaining a competence, and something
iinirely different >d and opportunity for
his entertainment and improvement in bis leisure,
and sweetens the toil of his more arduous labors.
llarrv l\. Swene) finds hi , ion in artistic
work by brush and palette, and b. 1 his
OyO
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF
attractive home with many delightful creations
of his art. He is, however, as diligent and sys-
tematic in his farming and stockgrowing opera-
tions as he is finished and skillful in his painting
and drawing. In the state of Iowa, on December
15, 1870, his useful life began. His parents were
Grigg and Lydia Sw£ney, and while he was yet
an infant his father died. In 1879 his mother
moved with her young family to Wyoming, hav-
ing in that year been married to Mr. R. H. Aus-
tin (see sketch on another page). They located
at old Fort Halleck and lived there until 1885,
then moved to Rawlins. In 1887 they came to
the Bighorn basin and settled on Shell Creek
where the next year, when he was eighteen,
Harry took up a homestead on which he now
lives. He has greatly improved his farm and
runs from it, in partnership with his brother,
Robert, 150 fine cattle and a number of well-
bred horses. On October 25, 1899, he was mar-
ried to Miss Annie L. Thurmond, a native of
Virginia, but for some years a resident of Sheri-
dan, Wyo., where the marriage occurred. He is
one of the progressive and highly esteemed citi-
zens of his section of the county and deeply inter-
ested in whatever conduces to its welfare.
JAMES H. W. STRONG.
While patriotism is by no means a family af-
fair or limited even in a small measure to family
lines, it cannot be denied that there is much of
inspiration for it in the example of valiant an-
cestors ; and it is equally true that some strains
of blood are far more inclined to love of coun-
try than others. The Strongs of New England
and -New York have all through their history
shown a devout and serviceable loyalty to their
country, ever being foremost in every struggle
for its advancement in peace and war. They were
early arrivals in the country, the first American
of the name having come from England with the
stern and God-fearing Puritans to Massachusetts
in 1620. They bore their part bravely and effect-
ively in the Indian wars and in the early civil
proceedings of their portion of the New World.
They were conspicuous for gallantry and endur-
ance throughout the long Revolutionary struggle,
went forward promptly and decisively at the first
call to duty in 1812 and in the awful contest of
the Civil War distinguished themselves on many
a bloody field. State legislatures and the National
Congress have echoed their eloquence, the bench
and the bar have been adorned by their learning
and integrity, all the learned professions and all
the useful arts have owned their presence and
their masterful influence. James H. W. Strong,
a prominent rancher and stockgrower of the
New Fork country in Fremont county, and the
U. S. commissioner for his district, is a member
of this family and in his life he has well exem-
plified its sterling virtues. He was born in New
York City on January 6, 1869. His parents,
James H. and Georgiana L. (Berryman) Strong,
were also natives of the Empire state and city,
and there the father carried on a flourishing and
prosperous real-estate business. In the Civil War
he was a lieutenant colonel in the Second New
York Cavalry, and, after his return with a rec-
ord of great credit, he resumed his business,
which he continued to conduct until his death
in his native city in September, 1900, at the age
of seventy-nine years. His widow is still living
there. His father, James Strong, was a soldier
in the War of 1812, and his grandfather was a
Revolutionary veteran, Mr. James H. W. Strong
was the second of four children, of whom three
are living. He attended the public schools of
Xew York until he was eighteen years old, then
engaged in mercantile pursuits in that city until
1896, in that year selling his interests in the
East and coming to Wyoming for the purpose of
carrying on a cattlegrowing industry. He found
a suitable location, began on rather a small scale,
but has increased his land to 400 acres and his
cattle to a large herd. His business has pros-
pered, he has grown in influence and force with
his people, he has exhibited high traits of citi-
zenship, which have brought him to the front in
every laudable undertaking for the good of the
community, and he is firmly established in the
respect and confidence of those who know him.
In 1899 ne was appointed U. S. commissioner for
this district, and is discharging the duties of
IVE MEN OF WYOM1
697
his responsible office with diligence and fid lit .
and with an intelligence that has won him golden
opinions from all classes, lie is a member of
the patriotic organization known as the Sons of
tlie I >n, a valuable distinct:
FRANK S. STRONG.
Strongly endowed by nature with clearness
-ion, quickness of apprehension and alertness
• in action, so that the opportunities presented for-
advancement have neither escaped his knowledge
or been neglected in use, Frank S. Strong has
made steady progress in the race for supremacy
among men and the acquisition of this world's
good from the time, when, at the age of twenty,
he lifted the gage of battle in life's contest for
himself, until now when, at but little over twice
that age, he is comfortably provided with a com-
pi (nice, being well-established in his chosen line
of business and secure in the respect and esteem
of his fellow men. Mr. Strong's interesting and
adventurous life began in the state of Illinois
on February 8, 1861. His parents, John and
Elizabeth (Robinson) Strong, were natives of
New York and early settlers in Illinois. When
he was ten years old they moved to Iowa, and
he completed his minority, lacking one
year, and received a common-school education.
In iSSi he started out in life for himself, coining
to Nebraska and locating in Red Willow county,
where for a number of years he was active! v en-
gaged in farming. From there lie went to Fort
Scott. Kan., and was engaged in railroad work
'•ars. and then in Kansas
merchandising establishment . In
1889 he left the comforts and allurements of
life and went to the wild, country '.lack-
Hills, casting in his lot with it d fortune
seekers ; bl Following tl i uni-
i' MI nf mining. !i '1 in rail-
n.ad \v<>rk and found it ' uniil iS<,_>.
when lie came to Wyoming for the purpose of
joining tb • irmy of , ,d hardy
A ho were engaged in tli industry.
u i ibl
tion for his enterprise, working at various useful
.md in 1895 ll"-'k 11P ';n;'' "n tne bor-
r of which the town of Lovell has since
up. He owns 720 acres adjoining the townsite,
and in the town itself he owns and conducts a
barn and saloon. He also owns 320
acres of land in Montana and has on it 150 fine
cattle and fifty well-bred horses in addition to
the stock he owns in this state. 1 1< ited in
marriage with Miss Ellen J. Noble, a native of
onsin, but reared in Iowa, at the time of
the marriage, a resident of Denver, Colo., where
the ceremony was 1 d on October 19, iSS;.
The} have 1 v o children, their winsome daughters,
I.nlie F. and Bessie F. Mr. Strong is not only
a prosperous and enterprising man who pushes
his own business with vigor and success, but he
is a broad-minded, far-seeing and public spirited
citizen, whose interest in the welfare of his county
and state, and in the town in which he lives, is
manifested by continual activity in behalf of all
means of advancement and improvement for them
and the benefit of his |troplr. ||, '- \\-ell esteemed
as a leading and useful citizen, whose services are
of high value and whose example is an inspira-
tion to others in the line of even- good work.
WILLIAM THAYER.
rchant, farmer, stockgrower, postmaster
and the leading citizen in his neighborhood, and,
by h.-i\ ing resided in half a dozei - in dif-
.1 parts of the country. William Thayer, of
on, Wyoming, is a man of large and varied
experience, who has learne 1 wisdom fr
ciation \\ith men in many places and under a
great variety of circumstances. 1 !
in thi if [owa i" |M p). i1
and Mary ( Cromer) Thayer, and while he was
•it of t'-nder years the\ i innesi >ta
where they lived for eight years. In i-
fonnd a new home in ! ,md in t!
their son. William, grew to manhood :md .
pleted bis education. Thei. .i in
life for himself, and. after pursuing his rli
•vocation of farnn'r > or tiftee-i years.
he went to Florida in i SS | and from that time un-
til 1891 he was engaged ill contracting and build-
698
I'KOC.RESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ing in the South. In the year la>t named he re-
turned to the Northwest and settled in Wyo-
ming, on land which is a part of his present farm
of 200 acres, situated in Ilighoni county, near
Fenton, and became .1 -t"ekgnnver and farmer.
In 1900 he opened a sHnv at Keiilon, which he
is still conducting with cumulative profits, being
the only mercantile enterprise of its kind in the
town. In 1897 ne was appointed postmaster at
his home town and is still filling the office and
performing its duties with fidelity in a manner
that is creditable to the service and to himself,
the office subserving in a commendable way the
convenience of the community. He is an active
member of the Masonic fraternity, holding mem-
bership in the lodge at Meeteetse. In 1874 he
was married in Kansas to Miss Alice McDon-
tiugh, a native of Minnesota. They have seven
children. George, Nina. William, Frank, McDon-
ough, Harry, Theodore Roosevelt.
JESSE THRAUS.
This sturdy son of the land of Hamlet and
'the Norse kings, who is one of the progressive
and enterprising citizens of Sweetwater county,
Wyoming, with his residence at Rock Springs,
has watched his flocks and herds in many lati-
tudes and seen service as a herdsman under a
great variety of circumstances. The rage of
man has not been invoked against him, and no
lines of strife with his fellows have been mixed
with the more even tenor of his way. But the
rage of the elements has at times been poured
out upon him and death through their violence
has often come nigh. He was born in Denmark
on August 24, 1855, a son of Thraus and Marie
C. Jensen, the youngest of their seven children,
all of whom are living. He was reared and edu-
cated in his native land, and when he was only
eighteen left its ihpressive scenes and associa-
tions and came to the United States, seeking bet-
ter opportunities of getting on in the world. On
his arrival he at once made his way to Iowa,
where he found work on a farm and a chance to
attend the winter terms of school for three years.
In 1880 he came to Rock Springs, Wyo., and
for two years again worked on ranches, giving
faithful and intelligent attention to his duties,
and through his fidelity and skill rising to the
position of foreman of W. D. Miller's cattle out-
fit, a post of responsibility which he held and
capably filled for twelve years. He passed the
next seven years as foreman of the sheep industry
of Doctor Murray, and thereafter traveled for
a year or two. When he was again ready to
settle down to steady occupation he found a
place ready for him and took charge of the sheep
business of Tim Kinney as foreman. This ex-
tensive business he has managed in this capac-
ity during the last five years with great advan-
tage to his employer and to the satisfaction of all
who are interested in its operations. His ex-
perience in the hard winter of 1883, when many
herders lost their lives by the severity . of the
weather, and also in many other times of ex-
treme cold and heavy storms, were thrilling, and
his escapes from death were often narrow and
sometimes almost miraculous. Yet he is wedded
to his business and gives it his conscientious and
constant attention. The interests committed to
his care are always under the strictest watch and
have the best supervision that experience, study,
close observation and a natural taste for the voca-
tion can give them. Mr. Thraus is warmly at-
tached to his adopted country and takes an earn-
est interest in its welfare. Every commendable
enterprise for its advancement, especially that
part of it in which he lives, has his cordial and
serviceable support. He is highly esteemed by
those who know him, and well deserves the place
he has in their regard. While his way does not
lead along the majestic highways of history, he
walks straight forward in the path laid down for
him, discharging with fidelity and cheerfulness
the daily duties of life, and thereby contributes
essentially and directly to the benefit and happi-
ness of mankind and the sheep in his care.
GEORGE SUTHERLAND.
From old Scotch ancestry, which lived long
and serviceably in the land of song and story,
and whose descendants, George Sutherland of
I'Kix.RESSlVE MEX OI< WYOMi
this review, and his immediate parents, havi '
among the enterprising and productive citizens of
tliis eoiintry, came George Sullierland, of Tcn-
slecp, one of the progressive and wide-awake
stockmen of thi.s omnly, who was horn in t an
ada in January, iSh<>. where his parents, \\ Uliam
and .Mary I McMasters ) Sutlierland, were long
settled and engaged in fanning, \atives of Scol
land, they came to the Dominion soon after their
marriage, and there prospered until 1873, when
they removed to Chicago, 111., and not long after
to Xortli I'latte, Xeh. In that new land Air.
Sutherland finished the education he had liegnn
in former homes. \V1ien he was seventeen years
of age he came to Buffalo, Wyoming, and rode
the range in that section until iSoj when he locat-
ed , ,n the Tcnsleep, where he now lives. The
land he occupies he purchased in a partially im-
proved condition, and at once began raising cattle
and making vigorous efforts toward bringing his
farm into a more advanced state of cultivation
and development. It comprises i(to acres and is
well adapted by natural situation and character,
and also by the skillful and systematic attention
\\hieh has been bestowed upon it. to the bu-
winch he conducts, and which he has incn
in magnitude ami raised in standard from year
to year, lie has joo well-bred cattle and a num-
ber of horses. His whole establishment is man-
aged with vigor and intelligence and amply re-
wards the care it receives, and he is well known
throughout the surrounding country as one of
the most advanced and enterprising stockmen oi
his portion of the county and as one of its mo-t
cted citixens. Mr. Sutherland was married
on January I, 1X05. to Miss bannic Warner, a
native of Xebraska and daughter of Mark II.
Warner, a highly esteemed citixen of this
sketch elsewhere in this volume.) They
havi tuo children, Gordon, born in April. 1X1)7.
and Clinton, born in October, iSoo. It is from
the sturdv and reliable ipialities \\hich make up
the character of sueli men as Mr. Sutherland that
the best elements of American citi/cnship are
produced. Their Course doe-. Hot lie along llle
pinnacles of greal ifFairs, bul the) perform with
tidelitv and indtMrv the dailv duties of life \\hich
are found at their elbows, and thereby build well
their own fortunes and contribute essentially to
the welfare of those around them. In his
mimily Mr. Sutherland has been attenti
every means of advancement and to all things
which aid in the comfort, convenience and im-
provement of the p, , iple.
TH( )MAS S. TRIMMER. •
Thomas S. Trimmer, of near Man|iiette, I'.ig-
horn county, one of the industrious, enterprising
and prosperous ranchmen and stnckgmwers of
the state, was born in Xew Jersey on September
29, [865. His parents were Andrew and Susan
K. ( Shields i Trimmer, aKo natives of Xe\\ Jer-
\\lio removed to Illinois in iSdX and a. year
later IIT Anita, Cass county, Iowa. There their
son. Thomas, grew to manhood on the farm,
attending the district schools of the neighbor-
hood as he had opportunity. In 1X85 he
his home and came west to hillings. Mont., in
the employ of the Hull Mt. Cattle Co., and, after
a period of service with that organization, 1"
a three-years' term with II. E. ^.shelb) at the
same place. From Billings he came to the Kig-
liorn basin of Wyoming in iXXX and \\ent to
work for John W. Chapman, with whom b
niained until' 1X04. He then bonyht land as a
home for himself and has increased i|s extent
until he now owns 680 acres at the forks of the
Shoshonc River, 'where he handles cattle
and increasing scale. Ilis herds of ,
are for the most part well-bred Herefords, and
he runs a limited number of horses. In add
to the land lie owns he has leased a COnsidi
bod\ and thus secures a wide ran tern-
ally, Mr. Trimmer is connected with the Modern
Wo'idim-n of \merica. lie was married at Kil-
lings, in IIJIHI, to Miss |io,-oili\ Martin, a native
of I'.cdford. Iowa, from childhood a resident of
Sheridan county. Wyo.. being the' daughter of
H. I". Martin, now a resident of Ki^honi county.
W\o. Mr. Trimmer is one of the enterprising
stoekmen of this eoimty. and also one of its
leading citi/ens. Ilis tine .-state is the
suit of his o\\ n efforts and has been aCCUmul
WE MEh OP 14
in this very county, for when he came here he
had nothing, hut he saw opportunities for success,
and, with an > i|i.ial to his clearness of vis-
iie seized them and used them to his advan-
tage. His progress has not, however, been wholly
mal. In the welfare of the community and
in the proper development of the county he has
taken a due interest and has contributed to the
vigor, enlargement and healthy activity of every
moral, educational and social element and im-
pulse for the advancement and improvement of
the people. He is a substantial citizen with sub-
stance for the general weal, an intelligent man
\\iili wisdom for the common good, an influential
force with influence in behalf of the best and
i enduring progress of his section.
ENOCH TURNER.
Belonging to the class that constitutes the
productive and developing element of the com-
munity, Enoch Turner, of Almy, Wyoming, and
cellent wife have done very well their parts
toward the advancement of their section, and
have displayed in a conspicuous manner the best
traits of American citizenship, although receiv-
ing their birth and educational training in the
rural districts of England. Mr. Turner was
born in Staffordshire, England, on September 9,
1844, being a son of John and Ann (Owen)
Turner, his father also being a native of the
same shire, where his life was passed in mining
operations, dying at the age of sixty-six years,
to be interred in the Derbyshire churchyard. The
mother, born in the same locality as was her hus-
band, after her death at sixty-seven years, was
also conveyed to the Derbyshire cemetery. Their
children were Hezekiah, Enoch and Lucy, the
subject of this sketch being now the sole survivor.
His educational and technical instructions were
given in his native land, and Mr. Turner contin-
ued to be there employed with a due measure of
success until 1878, when he consummated a long
cherished purpose and emigrated to America in
November of that year. Coming directly to
Almy, Wyo., he found that his valuable experi-
ence as a miner in the Old World at once se-
cureil him ei
wages and he continued his connection with the
operation of the mines until 1895, being pros-
d in his employment, and rapidly gaining
friends among both the miners and the citizens.
Feeling the need of a change of existence, and
having the necessary means to profitably engage
in the branch of industrial activity of stockrais-
ing, so largely conducted in this state, in 1895
Mr. Turner secured by homestead his present
place of 160 acres, and here he is conducting cat-
tleraising successfully in a modest way, running
a- choice herd. He has ever taken great interest
in public and political matters from the stand-
point of an intelligent reasoner, and has been
three times elected to fill the responsible office
of justice of the peace on the Populist ticket. He
is in many ways a factor in the development and
well being of the community, and has a large
and ever expanding circle of friends. In Eng-
land, in 1872, Mr. Turner formed connubial re-
lations with Miss Fannie Boom, who was born in
1848, a daughter of George and Alice (Gibbons)
Boom, of England. They were early members
of the Mormon church, under its auspices coming
to Utah in 1874, thence removing to Almy, Wyo.,
where the father engaged in mining until his
death in 1891, at the age of sixty-six years, after
which event the widow returned to Utah, where
her death occurred in 1901 at the age of seven-
ty-two years. Industrious, unpretentious and
n-eful people, they faithfully fulfilled their earth-
ly destinies and were honored and beloved by
many friends. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Turn-
er consists of these children : Alice ; Annie ;
Enoch ; Millie, deceased ; Amy ; Thomas ; Emma ;
James; David; Minnie; Georgie ; William, de-
1 ised, all having graced the home.
VTXCENT VANONI.
From the mountains of Switzerland to the
mountains of Wyoming is a long step in longi-
tude and in political and social conditions, even
when taken all at once and without intermediate
halting. But when it implies a wide range of
latitudes and an acquaintance with local customs
PROGRESS!
and peoples in many places, it is impi
.e in its enormous sweep. This -icp
ken lias been the i"ate •
Wyoming, one • rous and
1 fanners of I'.ighorn
county. Since lie wa ars of age he
ha ' 'i >!icithig dame
by his o\vn unas-isted endeavors, and he
her with assiduous and diligent at-
i H born in Switzerland on
22. i ii iiilui and Kate Yanoni. also
natives of that country. In 1870 he came to
tin I inted States, landing at New York, where
he remained six months. From there he went
to Connecticut, and, after some months of active
worl in that state, went to \e\v Orleans where
he passed one summer. From that interesting-
southern metropolis he came up the Mississippi
to St. Louis in iS~S. and from there a short time
later proceeded to Colorado. Tn that state he
in cl a Miielte'- for three years and
then took up a ranch and engaged in raising
until 1896. At that time he sold out in < 'olorado
and came to \Yyoniing. Finding a suitable place
he continuance of his stock industry on the
leep River, hr there located on the ranch he
- and < ccupies, arid < mce more h> •
on to si '-I Crowing and
vating tin soil, which had '
the •• of hi- father, in hi, n itivi ' <
With the enterpri h • tic of his race, he
I work diliLM'-'tlv tO 11 iVi ;:
it not only fruitful hut attractive, his
• irl ibli lint tastefull; LI In
both asp .'ill' ha
3 on the r
which is, both in condition, arrai
to his thrift
His In rd also si
and skill and hold- place in the
caul. •• iihom prais
I le has joo head of rattle and the numb
ste'idih 11 •
of tb |( d 1 b refords. I le also runs
a Innd of fine horses, and he i, annually giving
more and more attention to lhi> branch of his
business. I b omits no i !'f. irt on hi-
. and in any
atic attei tii 'letter tr
I stock. noni has
built ••tunes, and so well-founde
. and so systematically has the structure
'hat he is seemingly -t all
in the
.teem and confidence of his fellow men.
i citizen of public spirit and bread;
ng;irding the affairs of the community in
ing eminently upright and fair
in bis dealings with all mankind. He was united
•rriage \\ith Mi-s Jennie Chandler in 1888.
She is a native of New Orleans, but was living
at tbi of her marriage in Colorado, and
there the nuptials were solemnized. I'mtli Mr.
and Mrs. \ am 'iii are \
,-ocial circles in their r< -, i munity. active in e
g I work- for its advancement or improvement.
R< H'iF.RT A. WALN.
1 'ne iii the most substantial, influential and
•dilative citi 'i irn county. Wyo-
ming, i.- Robert A. \\"aln of Rome, a pioneer of
iSjS. lie is a native of Iowa, where he was
burn in November, iS;<i. Hi- •
Henry and b'lixabeth "\\"aln. 1>;
thi \< irmer bi of < ihio and
iti r of Indiana. Tb.
i mature
their si it , Ri ibert. gre\\ ti . manhi ii d and
. ducat ion. remaining at home nil!
Ige, then, in iS-S,
rt l-'etterman in Wyoming d in
liting. b'rom the fort he
iidence h :mni
hen : land an
idustrv in farminu- and r
"A a tract «i -tor land
and ^.'5 graded cattle, lie also nm- a bai1
i-|iinu; up tb.
fnl attentii >n to their p- h and mainten-
•o ih.it the be-t re- nit, can be
Neither in cattle nor 1
admixtm . and his
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ul< WYOMING.
teiuleno is alwa\ s upward in quality and strain.
Mr. Wain has been a very useful citizen to the
count) and he has contributed freely of his time
and energ} to UN advancement, lie was for four
years a enmity coininis.Moner in Johnson county
and served as a county road supervisor. In these
positions, which are at best trying and difficult
of satisfactory administration, especially so in a
new country, where much of the natural wildness
of the section still remains, conditions are not
established and facilities are not abundant, he
discharged his duties in a way which won him
general commendation and was of great and last-
ing benefit to the interests of his people. He was
married in Iowa in 1887 to Miss Ena Tull, a na-
tive of Illinois, and their union was blessed with
seven children, six of whom are living, Clarence
A., Clytie E., Charles F., Ray A., Ula and Reese
M. Another daughter, Grace V., is deceased.
The rapid and yet safe and substantial growth
of the Northwest of this country has been a
source of wonder and amazement alike to the
thoughtful and the thoughtless, and many times
is asked the cause of it. That cause is not a
strange one nor one far to seek. It is to be
found in the sturdy manliness, the progressive
spirit, the breadth of view and the marvelous
resourcefulness of the men, who settled this part
of the country and put in motion in its institu-
tions and activities the qualities of vigor and pro-
gressiveness the}' have themselves possessed, and
among the number few are entitled to more credit
than Mr. Wain, the subject of this biographical
review, who has met every demand of the most
exacting citizenship in a mastxrir.l manner.
MARK H. WARNER.
In the march of American civilization and in
its development wonders seem never to cease, and
surprises in the progress of events as compared
with those of other countries are so numerous,
so great and so. continual that they seldom attract
more than a passing notice. Where yesterday the
prairie bloomed in its virgin beauty, or the forest
towered in the stateliness it had exhibited for
countless generations of men, today exist fine
farms nf generous fruitfulness, or miglm cities,
humming with every productive activity. Within
the memory of men now living what was once
the far western frontier has become a part of the
populous East, and what was then known as the
untrodden waste or the unbroken wilderness of
the remote and almost inaccessible West, the
"Great American Desert,'' now produces in abun-
dance every fruit of the most cultivated and
elevated civilization, and abundance of nutritious
grasses and prolific yields of grains and vege-
tables. Mark H. Warner, a progressive and suc-
cessful stockgrower and farmer of the Bighorn
basin, Wyoming, has seen something of this won-
derful advance of the all-conquering army of our
people. His life began on May 6, 1851, in Michi-
gan, then not far past her assumption of the offi-
cial robes and dignities of statehood, having yet
much of her soil as virgin as when it first be-
came a part of this continent. He settled in
Wyoming when the section of country in which
he now lives was in much the same condition as
that of Michigan, and he has seen and helped it
grow into its present state of progress and devel-
opment. His parents were Ezra B. and Frances
(Clark) Warner, natives of New York and early
settlers in Michigan, in which state he grew to
man's estate and was educated. When he reached
his majority in 1872 he sought opportunity and a
home in Nebraska, locating a homestead near
Red Cloud in Webster county. On this he lived,
worked and prospered for twenty years, engaged
in the peaceful occupation of a farmer. In 1892
he sold his interests and came to Wyoming. For
a year he lived in Sheridan county, then, remov-
ing to Bighorn, he located on the place which he
now occupies and started his flourishing and
well-est,ablished stock business. His ranch con-
tains 240 acres of superior land and he has good
herds of cattle and horses. In matters affecting
the welfare and advancement of the community
he has ever been deeply and intelligently inter-
ested. He was one of the original promoters of
the telephone company in Tensleep, being now
one of its directors. In politics he is an active
Republican and gives to the affairs of his party
careful and effective attention, serving both as
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a private in flu- ranks and in official station. Tic
was for years a in-iicr of the peace, while in
1902 he was elected a county commissioner for
.a term ot" iVmr years. IK was married al Red
id, Neb., in iS-ii tn Miss Sarah A. Munscll.
a native nf Wisconsin. They have five children.
lie 1''.. wife of George Sutherland of near
Tensleep, of whom men- extended mi
made elsewhere in this work; Delia. Burcl
Laird and Adene. .Mrs. Warner's father. Lafay-
ette Mnnsell. was a soldier in th.- Mexican War
and \aliantl\ sustained the reputation i if the
family in many of its battles. Me was also a
ineinher nf the Eighth Wisconsin Infantry in the
Civil War. with which organization IK- served
thr. .ughi nit the war.
IRA U. WATERS.
I "or nearly ten years Ira U. Waters, om oi
tin- leading merchants nf Bighorn enmity, Wyo-
mining. having a fine mercantile establishment at
l.n\ell. where he is also posimastcr. ha bi
resident ..i Wvomiigg and actively identified with
its progress and development. lie has liecome
firmly fixed in the regard and esteem nf the peo-
unty as a good business man and an
•. ni. rprising and public spirited citizen, a capa-
l.li am! accommodating public official, and an en-
t'liaining and Denial addition to the social life
of the community. Mr. Waters was horn mi
usl _'). iSfi'i. in the state ni ( >hio, where his
parents, Randolph and Martha I Trac\ I \Vatcrs.
were aUn ln.rn and reared. I le grew tn man-
hnnd and was educated in his native -tat.
in 1X87, when he was twenty-one, he moved <
In Nebraska, locating sixteen mile- i
( >maba, where he engaged in fanning and rais-
ing stock, two lines of industry which he had
ed on his father r a period of
seven years be followed these occupations in that
'i.|. came to \\r\omin^, wliere
lie 1. 1' >k up hi- n-sidi ' !'• mr
mile-. In-low Lowell in it \ . and there
id in rai ' i mill!; un-
til H)<K). Tn that year b. leral store
al l.ovdl and . .. in after wa
master, lie i> still carrying o,, the mercantile
business and tilling th ng both with
i credit to himself and satisfaction to his
ms and 1 < the office. His -ti.ck of
merchandise is extensive and complete, and is
•Highly down-to-date in every particular, he-
hnsen with an excellent judgment, b
thorough kiiowl - and the
3 of the community, . ' with a view
to keeping the latter up to a high standard as
well as fully .satisfying the former. In addition
to his iiKTchandi-i- prise, Mr. Wat r- still
owns his tine ranch of 320 acres, and has on it
a large herd of well -h he
•onally conduct the business there.
Tn fraternal circles he holds membership in the
order of Modern \Y '"ng-
ing to the lodg* of the order al Basin, Wyo. < MI
,Ma\ 7, iSi|i>. in Nebraska, he was married to
Miss Lill.. [owa. The) have
four children, (Irian. Leslie. Merlan and Leatha.
I eaving home without anything in th.
worldlv wealth, and since then having bad none
irtune's favors, except health and strength
to make a -oml use of the opportunities which his
clearness of vision revealed to him. wh.v
Waters has accumulated in property is the legiti-
fruit of his nun energ\ and thrift. Devot-
ing himself with zeal and fidelity to the promotion
of the best interests of his neighborhood and
county, the place he has attained in 1 will
and ' of his fellow men has been won by
honest service to his people cheerfully rendered.
\\hich is by no means unappreciated, and by an
elevation of purpose and integrity of cliai
that are altngvthe' com
WILLIAM 1'. WKI'.S I
Th. \Yyomin-.hold-
:ln- oftie, which he still tills continuously
from the establishment of ihe olli- also
hant. machinist,
and vunide in this \\"illiam P. \\'eb<t. r.
\\ith the historj Of this |.,.rt of til.- state and well
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MEN OF WYO \li
richly enjoys. He is a native of Indiana, where
he was born in 1850, the son of Richard F. and
Rebecca (Shelley) Webster," the former being- a
native of Indiana and the latter of Knoxville,
Tenn. When he was six years old the family
moved to Iowa county, Iowa, where he grew to
manhood and received a limited education in the
public schools. As a young man he went to
Texas and P trolling leisurely through
them for three years and then went to Nebraska,
locating in Samplers county, where he took up
a homestead and engaged in fanning for a short
time. Tiring of agricultural life he moved to
Lincoln in that state and there learned the trade
of a machinist and worked at the business for
the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad for
a definite number of years. In 1880 he was fore-
man of the shops of this company at Lincoln,
and in iSSi was transferred to Rock Springs,
Wvo., where he was for four years foreman of
the machinery department. In 1885 he took up
his residence at Lander and there helped to put
in milling machinery and the electric light plant,
also managing the electric light lines there. In
1893 he removed to Ishawood on the South Fork
of the Shoshone River and passed his time in
hunting, trapping and acting as guide for tour-
ists in the Yellowstone Park. He also took up
land in that vicinity. In 1896 he settled at Cody
and entered the employ of the Shoshone Irriga-
tion Co., assisting them in their store until late
in 1897, when he bought the establishment. Af-
ter conducting the business for a year he sold
it in 1898 to the Cody Trading Co., but remained
in their employ a year after the sale. In 1896
he was appointed postmaster at Cody, being the
first person to hold the office, and so far the only
one, he having served continuously from its es-
tablishment. Mr. Webster has extensive mining
interests in California, valuable holdings of oil
lands in Bighorn county, and also town property
of value in various places. He was married in
Cass county. Neb., in 1873, to Miss Rachel J.
Bird, like himself a native of Indiana. They
have two children, Delia, married to A. R. Kirk-
land and residing in Fremont county on the Sho-
shone Indian reservation, and Lewis E. Mr.
Ut'ister has lived a life of adventure and has
had many thrilling experiences, both as a hunter
and also with the Indians. In his capacity of
guide he has conducted some of the most noted
men of this age through the wilds and the park,
and has won high commendation from every
source of intelligent observation. His knowledge
of woodcraft is extensive and accurate, his per-
ception is quick, his vision clear, his energy tire-
less and his acquaintance with the country un-
surpassed. No party committed to his care has
ever failed to find all the enjoyment the region
through which it passed afforded or all of the ex-
citement that it cared for. Whatever was wild,
strange or novel in nature, or hazardous or in-
teresting in experience he would show them if it
was desired ; and for every emergency of life in
the wilderness he was always able to provide with
such readiness and completeness as to shield his
parties from serious embarrassment.
JOHN WEINTZ.
For more than twenty years John Weintz of
near Bonanza has been a resident of Wyoming,
an active, energetic contributor to the progress
and development of the state, having come here
in 1884 when the population was very sparse, the
country very new, and the conditions of life in
many respects very hard. He was born in Cleve-
land, Ohio, in March, 1863. His parents were
John and Elizabeth Weintz, who, born and reared
in Germany, emigrated to the United States soon
after their marriage. At the age of twenty-one
3, John, who had been raised and educated
in his native city, came to Wyoming and located
for a short time at Cheyenne. From there in
the same year he removed to Johnson county, be-
fore the end of the year settling where he now
lives, and where he is prosperously engaged in
raising stock. His farm comprises 240 acres of
good land -and is well improved. He has 200
head of cattle and conducts his operations, both
in the stock industry and in the farming inci-
dentally connected therewith, with vigor and in-
telligence, omitting no effort on his part to es-
cure the best results from both, and showing in
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what he has achieved and accomplished what
may always be expected from the application
of real < i> nnan thrift and continued and sys-
tematic industry. He was married at Hyatt-
ville. Wyo., in 1896 to Miss Anita Alercer, a
native of Oregon. They have four children,
Annie, John AI., Dorothy and Louis. Air. Weintz
is a member of the order of Modern Woodmen of
America, and shows his loyalty to the order by
active interest and useful service. Tn all public
matters he is deeply interested and is energetic
in aid of every good movement for the benefit
of the people around him and the progress and
improvement of his county and State. It is from
such fibers of character and citizenship as Air.
Weintz displays that the rapid development of
the North\\est and its generous endowment with
everv moral and educational feature of an ad-
vanced civilization have been woven. Xature
threw down here in immeasurable abundance the
mail rial for mighty states in the political world,
and ga\v unlimited stores of wealth, app
and hidd n, for their support and expansion;
and the hardy, cndnriii"- and industrious popula-
tions, which have overspread them from <
quarter of the world, have accepted her bounty
on the terms prescribed and are working out her
purpose. Among the elements of the develop-
ing forces none has done more than that which
came from the Fatherland with all its I
taught lessons of diligence, application and pa-
faith in ultimate results.
FRANK AI. WILLIAMS.
One of the striking characteristii neri-
can life, especially in the newer couutrv of the
West, is the bountiful and fruitful field of o]
tunitv it furnishes for vouthfn! enterpri
and capacity. Tn the Old World, and in the
if our ov i mi fnl
witll its aspir .pes and inidi \el
ers, but ;i d in the main from the domain
of responsible activity and control in leading
lines of business. P.nt in the tl
man is esti] ' : will-
ss to l.ilior\vhii-h he . \lnlm 5, and ever) duo'-
is open to his efforts. The country itself is young
and has done wonders, and the cjuestion of a
eliminated from all calculations and measures of
value. It is in such a land, therefore, that the
qualifications for the successful management of
great commercial i industrial forces,
such as are possessed by men of the type of
Frank AI. Williams of Co their proper
field and market. Air. Williams is veritably a
Centennial child of ;' lilic. having been
born on ]uly 4. >unty,
His parent on and Minnie ( Tink-
com) Williams, were respectively born and
reared in Iowa and Xew York, and when their
Frank, was seven years old they removed
from their Iowa home to Montana, where the
father was in ch : '.lie engine t!
the first sawmill , ': Oeek. In.
1887 the ng on the
South For' of lib Shoshone River in liighorn
county, where the father took up a homestead
and a desert u ed in' fanning and
slockraising. I le has valti-
anch of 4.000 acres, which he conducts with
\ igi >r and MI. i • iher is tli
of the V. S. land ! r. Their fam-
ily consists of two sons. Frank AI. and Clarence
A. Almost from the time he was ten yeai
Frank has lived in this county. 1 1 ere hi
d in the public schools, going outside only
For his commercial training, which he secured at
the ( >maha Busines - Colli which he was
graduated in 1898. Afdi ling his com-
mercial course he at > n his litV-
by taking a ]ilace as boo' ' First
National Banl der. Af rs of
experience in this position, in which he ma
all the detail . he came to Cody
and established the banking n in that
place and of which he is the act: lie
bought the lot and built the banking house, fur-
nished the bi-ildin
enterprise on a firm and secure basis, opening it
for business in v
ing and expanded
't and its
has been ni' ire ih.i
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/ .v.s/r/i MEN OF WYOMING.
munity. The capital stock is $10.001) paid tip,
with plcntv tntiiv available when the business re-
quires it. The institution is conducted with
great >kill ami breadth of view, and is one of the
most reliable and useful enterprises of the town,
having passed in its short life already from the
domain of a convenience to that of being a rec-
ognized n Mr. Williams also owns a
ranch of 320 acres, homestead and desert claims,
on which he has proven up, and he conducts the
business which belongs to it with the same spirit
and energy that he displays in his bank. His
early life was passed in herding and caring for
stock, riding the range and doing everything else
that belongs to such employment. He is one of
the most graceful, fearless and accomplished rid-
ers of Wyoming, having an excellent record for
.breaking in young and unruly horses-, which he
made on the ranch of Colonel Torrey and other
places. He takes-an active interest in the affairs
of the Modern Woodmen of America, to which
he belongs, holding membership in Cedar Camp
at Cody and serving at this writing ( 1902) as the
venerable consul of the camp. He is young, pop-
ular and successful, showing- superior ability in
several lines of commercial enterprise and hold-
ing a high place in the best social circles. The
future would seem to have in store for him great
business success, the most exalted social standing
and prominence and renown in public life, all
proper rewards for his excellent character, mer-
cantile enterprise and business capacity.
COL. GEORGE M. SLINEY.
A native of Ireland, where he was born on
August 29, 1852, and where his ancestors lived
for many generations, being now a prominent
ranchman, banker, merchant and politician ;n
Wvi uning. with a long record of usefulness to his
credit as a soldier, as an administrant of law and
conservator of order, and as a public official of
steadfast fidelity to duty, George M. Sliney is
far from the scenes of his childhood, and illus-
trates forcibly in his career how wonderful are
the possibilities of American manhood and how
extensive are the opportunities for advancement
in this western country, and also how serviceable
to every proper interest in a new communit) ar
force of character, breadth of perception, common
si use and determined resolution. His parents
were .Michael and Johanna (Mulcahy) Sliney,
and they lived, flourished, died and were buried
in the land of their fathers, unhappy Ireland.
In :8nS. when he was but sixteen years of age,
he braved the dangers of the storm}- Atlantic t< >
reach the country of his hopes, and, landing at
Boston with but little armor for the battle of life
except his own indomitable spirit and unflagging
energy, he went to work in a factory where he
was employed for a period of two years. At
the end of that service, in 1870, he enlisted in the
old Fifth Cavalry of the regular U. S. army, and
with his command saw service in Nebraska, Kan-
sas and Arizona at various times until after the
Custer massacre. His regiment was then sent
with General Merritt's troops to reinforce Gen-
eral Crook, and on September 9 and 10, 1876,
the Indians suffered a severe defeat at the hands
of this force, the first repulse they had after their
terrible triumph over the unfortunate Custer.
The command was then stationed at Fort Lara-
mie and Fort "Russell in turn, and. during this
time, Mr. Sliney aided in driving the last hostile
savages out of Laramie county, under the lead of
Lieutenant Cherry. In 1883 he resigned from
the army, and, soon taking up land on Owl Creek
in Fremont county, he began raising stock and
farming. So firm, however, was the fiber of his
manhood, so clear were his perceptions of right,
and so devoted was he to the supremacy of
law and order, that his fellow citizens turned to
him with one voice as the proper person to fill the
office of justice of the peace, and they kept him
in this then most important place as long as he
would serve them in this capacity. The forms of
law were crude and not clearly established in the
territory ; many cases arose from time to time
h ir which there were no specific statutory provis-
ions. T,ut. with the courage and the legal acu-
men of a Caesar, he applied his wisdom of com-
mon sense to the situation, and. both made the
law for such cases and also administered it. And,
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OF il'YUMl
while he had pre\ioiisl\ had it" direct legal train-
ing, SO |>< isinvclv fair and unbiased were li1
• 'is, ami si • manifestly in the promotio
thi- hesi interests cif die communit) was his ot'thv
administered, that all classes bowed obediently
tn hi-- court and scarccK ever was an appeal ta-
ken from his judgments. At this time lr
neighbor was ten miles distant, and the e< mntry
was infested by hostile Indian--, as \\<11 a
lawless renegade-, from civilization. The difficul-
ties hefore him were nuinerotis and oftentimes al-
most insiinnoniitalili : dangers of every charaeiei .
incident to such a country and state of sociel).
were ever at hand; hardships and privations wer •
the common lot of all who lived on the frontier;
but. with undaunted courage, he met ever) re
i]nirement and triumphed over every obstacle,
both for himself and for his section of the ter
ritory. liy industry and thrift he acquired a
landed estate of several thousand acres, on which
he conducted an extensive and profitable business
in the raising of fine Hereford cattle and superior
grades of horses, his ranch being renowned
throughout his part of the country for the excel-
lence of its products, as well as for the generous
and considerate hospitality there di-.pi -used. He
si .Id this ranch in n/)^ that he might gi\e his
attention wholly to other business operations, and
i- now apparently permanently established in his
beautiful home at Thermopolis, which he lirsl
occupied a few years ago for the purpose "I se
curing proper educational advantages for his
children. In this town he is actively enga
in associ-ition with his sou-iu-law. S. S. Rankin,
in the lumber Inisint-ss. the firm-name being
Rankin & Sliney, and lie is also ihe vice president
of the KirM \ational Bank of Thermopolis, which
ipsiitution he helped to organise and in which
he is one of the heaviest stockholders, lie saw
Mr ne 'i of this institution, and. with the energy
and public spirit that have always brought him
to tin- frmit in behalf of anj enterprise for ihe
:il i if the comniuiiity. he put I1 into
motion that brought its establishment, and. trmn
the \er\ start, he has been one of the potential
elements in its pi, .md government, i Mi
1 1
: . he was ci immissii >n< d as
ter of Thermopolis and he is still filling the
to the satisfaction of its patrons and in .1 nmner
highlv creditable to himself. Hut. wide and var-
ious as are the business interests hi has n<
charge. the) are not sufficient to engage all of
his time Or to fully satisfy the activities of his
vigorous and fertile mind. He is. there f
For i it her engagements, and to this end he has
hi en conducting investigations at Cody, with a
view to opening a business enterprise in that
growing and promising town. In his militarv
r ( i ili me! Sliney was intimately associated
with t 'olonel ('ody, and he has an abiding faith
in the business judgment of that renowned person
as he has alwaxs had in his courage and skill as
a soldier and as a director and manager of large
affairs. For his own braver) and soldierly qual-
ities Colonel Sliney was promoted to be quarter-
master in the service and held the position to the
end of his military term. He is now a member
of the governor's staff, inspector general, ratik-
ing .1- a colonel of the \V\oming National t inard.
This commission came as a surprise to tin-colonel
from Governor ('hatterton. It is the dm
the inspector general to inspect annual!) each
military organi/ation of the stale, being also one
of the military board, who assist the Governor
by their advice and counsel in militarv matters.
The gallant ( "olonel has been eminently sue
fill in whatevt r he has undertaken, and is univer-
sally held in the highest respect and esteem. In
Fraternal relations. Mr. Sliney is an ardent and
active member of the order of ( >dd Fello\\ s. and.
in both ihe subordinate lodge t'' which h
longs, and in the grand lodge of the order, he has
held high official positions. He also helm':
the Modern \Y linen of \merica. takn
great and ser\ iceable interest in its all
\t Dodge City, Kan., on June 6, iSj-n. he \\.as
married to Miss Marie Brady, a native of Fug-
land. The) have five children. Nellie, \\ifc of
S. S. Rankin : Mae. : It pOSl nasler at
Thcrniopolis ; I C. F.llis ; i ,, •
\V.. the first white child born on ( >wl Cl
Margaret. \\h> nee now adds light and life
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MEN Ul; WYOMING.
to hi*- home. Colonel Sliney i-^ one of the most
' pioneers of northern Wyoming, his
life having been signally serviceable to this part
of the state in every one of its lines of activity.
DANIEL WELLER.
Daniel Weller was born and reared on a
farm in Michigan, and, amid' its various duties
and the freedom of air and opportunity for self-
dependence which the life afforded, he acquired
the health of body and the resoluteness, self-reli-
ance and readiness for emergency that have been
a large part of his capital in the battle of life.
He was primarily educated in the public schools
of his native county, finishing his course, how-
ever, and getting the most practical part of his
education in the school of experience and active
effort. When he was eighteen years old he as-
sumed the care and responsibility of his own
career, and since then he has made his own way
in the world, without the aid of adventitious cir-
cumstances or of fortune's favors. For six years
he was occupied with various pursuits in his na-
tive state. Michigan, whither his parents, Daniel
and Rowena Weller, came from New York where
they were born and reared, becoming a part of the
army of occupation and conquest that has con-
quered that state from the wilderness and made
it great and prosperous. In 1877 he sought the
frontier, as his parents had done in their day,
then coming to Wyoming and locating at Lan-
der. He took up land in that vicinity and at once
began to improve it and enlarge a stock indus-
try which he started on it in small dimensions.
Here he remained until 1882, making substantial
progress, but longing for a more active life with
quicker returns for his labor. In 1882 he came
to Meeteetse Creek and erected a sawmill, the
first ever put up and operated in the Bighorn
basin. After a few years of close attention to
the lumbering business he sold his outfit in this
line and, homesteading on Wood River, again
engaged in stockraising and farming, carrying
on the industry until 1899. He then moved to
Meeteetse and opened and conducted the first
restaurant in the place, keeping his ranch, how-
ever, which he still owns, and continuing his
operations in stock. In 1902, at Meeteetse, he
built and furnished the Weller House, a fine two-
story, steam-heated brick hotel, and from its very
opening he has been its proprietor and manager.
In this capacity he has demonstrated his wisdom
of choice of occupation, being one of the popu-
lar and highly esteemed landlords of this portion
of the state, a favorite with the traveling public
and also with those modern knights-errant, the
commercial travelers. In connection with his ho-
tel he has a large and well-appointed livery and
feed barn, which is also of decided popularity in
the community and the best of its kind within a
wide extent of country. He belongs to the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows and is active
and zealous in loyalty to his lodge. He was
married at Lander in 1882 to Miss Mary L.
Trenholm, a native of Illinois. They have three
children, Mabel, Homer and George.
WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS. '
One of the well-to-do stockmen of Albany
county, Wyoming, whose residence is near Tie-
Siding, about twenty-eight miles southeast of
the city of Laramie, is William Richard Williams.
He is a native of the Province of Nova Scotia,
Canada, where he was born in 1840, the son of
Patrick and Mary (Wallace) Williams, natives
of the same country. The father was born in
1807, and followed the occupation of farming in
his native land, up to the time of his decease,
at the age of eighty-nine years. He was the
son of John Williams, also a native of Nova
Scotia, who, through all of his life, was engaged
in farming. The mother of Mr. Williams, the
subject of this sketch, was born in 1814, being
the daughter of John and Mary (Fenton) Wal-
lace, both natives of the same country. She was
a remarkable woman, who died in 1892, being
mother of thirteen children, ten of whom are still
living (1902). William Richard Williams, the
second child of his parents, grew to man's estate
in his native Nova Scotia, and received his early
.education in its schools. When he arrived at the
age of twenty-one years, he left the home of his
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
709
parents, and began life for himself. He first se-
cured employment as a farm hand in the vicin-
ity of his old home and continued to be thus
occupied until 1867, when he set out for the dis-
tant city of Denver, then in the territov
Colorado. He remained ih< re and in that vicin-
ity for a short time and then came to Wy< >-
ming. being engaged in lumbering for about fivo
years, am1 then located a ranch of \(i:t acre
11 i a small \\-ay the busi-
ness of raising cattle. In this venture he has
met with marked success, and has increased his
landed holdings from year to year, until he is
iii'\\- the owner of a fine ranch of over 12,000
acres 'if land that is well-fenced and impp
with large and suitable buildings, rind he is count-
one of the most prosperous and successful
stockmen and property owners in his section of
ming. He has a large herd of fine gr
and thoroughbred cattle, making a specialty of
the Polled. Angus and < '.alway breeds, bi
more hardy and profitable than the ordinary
es of stock. By industry, perseverance and
g 1 business judgment, he has built up a
large and lucrative business, and is rapidly amass-
ing a fortune. In 1872. Mr. Williams was united
in marriage with Miss Margaret Keyes. also a
native of Xova Scotia, and being a daughter of
William and Sarah Jane (Logan) Kcves. both
natives of the same country. To this union I
born seven children. TTattie, Rachel. Arthur.
Hester. Harry, Stella and Karl, all of whor
living. 'I'b. home is noted for its gracious and
generous hospitality, and it is a popular gath-
ering place for their large circle o Is in
the vicinity where they reside.
MRS. MARGARET B. \YlLSnx.
Mrs. Margaret P.. Wilson, wido\\ of the
.\inhv\\ I'.. \\~ils, m, th. n of [i 'born
Wyi lining. u b' ISC d'-ath ' li J.
i the very meridian of life, before any of
li ies bad lost tbeir vigor, \\bile hi
• ' impressed itself • MI . r form of activ-
ity in the (-.immunity, which he loved and
hi Ipi I 5O materially to build up and imp;
was universally lamented, aided by her sons, Dan-
iel and Charles Wilson, conducts one of the fin-
1 anches and most extensive and progressive
stock industries in Bighorn county, and also one
of the leading mercantile enterprises in the t
She was born in Ohio, the daughter of Daniel
• Jackson) Ho ver of that state, na-
! ' ! ing reared and educated in the com-
munity in which they first saw the light of this
world. When she was but one year old her par-
ents moved to Indiana. In that state she grew
to womanhood and was educated, removing as a
young woman to Missouri. Mr. Wilson was the
son of William and Rebecca (Pierce) Wilson,
and while he was yet quite young his parents
took up their residence in Illinois and later re-
moved to Missouri. In that state he met
Margaret I',. : ; heir mutual t: 'light
them together and they were married in
up their residence in Kan-
; i nd they remained in that state until i
when they came to Colored
thereafter, were active! . d in raising stock
and farming. In 1880 they sought a new home
on the virgin soil of Wyoming, locating near Sar-
. Tn i8Si they c ;cetse
and again engaged in raising stock and farming.
They also opened a general store, which, by close
lion to busini observance of
the needs of the community and a commendable
enterprise in supplying them, united also with a
strict probity in business and a courteous and
derate manner toward their customers, they
have made one of the commercial instil
the section and laid intry
under tribute to il . » >n March
as ha- bei I, Mr. V
that time Mrs. W-" carried on tli
interests, in which : rued.
with the san-' '.ill, bus: • icity and
public spirit that distinguished their manage-
ment prior to his di ath. ; '•• -tock
1 with i
thon iugh - trade which it :
. and the bu >-, inducted with every
•••I to thi
\ddilii inal to this nu-rc-mti' \ hich
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
occupies the must of her time and attention,
Mrs. \YilM >n has a ranch of 2,000 acres of ex-
cellent land, well-improved and highly cultivated,
and on this ranch she maintains extensive herds
of cattle and bands of horses, keeping them in
good condition and always sustaining the high
standard of her brand. She has seen much of life
in its various attitudes as exhibited on the fron-
tier, and early became inured to its privations and
dangers, as well as warmly interested in the de-
velopment of the section to which she belongs.
In the struggle for advancement, she has borne
her full share of the labors and burdens incident
to the conditions, and has kept in the front rank
of every line of progressive activity. She was
the first postmistress in this part of the state,
and administered her office with systematic atten-
tion to her duties and to the general satisfaction
of its patrons. One of the special features of
her stock industry is a herd of elk, one of the
finest to be found in the Northwest, which is
looked after with great care.
JOSEPH M. WOLFF.
The interesting subject of this review is one
of the highly enterprising and progressive con-
tributions of Wisconsin to the inchoate civiliza-
tion and very rapid development of the farther
West, and, like most other rural, inhabitants of
Wyoming, he is actively engaged in the leading
industry of the state, the livestock business, con-
ducting it with expanding magnitude and in-
creasing profits. He is located on a fine ranch
of 160 acres of excellent land in the Meeteetse
Valley, on which he settled when it was virgin
soil to the plow and knew naught of systematic
cultivation or obedience to the skill of the hus-
bandman. He was born on December 15, 1862,
and at the early age of sixteen took up the bur-
den of life for himself, armed only with a stout
heart, a vigorous frame, a clear head and a reso-
lute will, and with almost no training beyond
a very limited education in books, secured by ir-
regular attendance at the public schools for a
few weeks in the winter months of his boyhood.
His first engagement in the contest with men
and circumstances \\a> as a freighter in Dakota,
and farther along the line of construction of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, which was then in
building, and which he attended as far as Hill-
ings in Montana. In 1882 he came to Wyoming,
settling within the limits of what is now I'.ighorn
county, win-re he devoted himself to rangerid-
ing until 180.8, when he located on a ranch lie had
taken up in 1888. which he had developed and
improved with the view of establishing on it a
stock business as soon as he was able. All his
energies were bent in this direction, and all of
his earnings were carefully used in furtherance
of his design, so that when he took up his resi-
dence on the land he was well prepared to carry-
forward with enterprise and vigor the contem-
plated industry which he then began and is still
conducting. His herd has grown from a small
beginning to 250 head of superior cattle and he
has also usually about 100 fine horses. Mr. Wolff
belongs to but two of the fraternal orders so nu-
merous and popular among men, the Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern
\Voodmen of America. In 1897 he was married
at Meeteetse to Miss Elsie Ward, a native of
Minnesota. They have one child, their son, Lind-
ley. The healthy and steady development of his
neighborhood and of his count}- has a strong hold
on the interest and the hopes of Mr. Wolff, and
to the promotion of such development he gives
active aid in every way that has his approval,
omitting no effort and withholding no help that
he can contribute toward securing the best and
most desirable results. And, in proportion to
his zeal in this behalf, he enjoys the confidence
and esteem of his fellow citizens as a man of pub-
lic spirit and progressiveness, a feeling which is
intensified and established by the integrity of
his character, the uprightness of his life and the
attractive geniality of his manners.
DAVID P. WOODRUFF. .
Xear the middle of the nineteenth century,
when unreasoning bigotry united with apostolic
zeal and fervor to drive the Mormon church from
the banks of the Mississippi, on, which it had be-
PROGRESSIVE Ml ;l YOMi
-mi tn rivet it* "City of I'.cauty and Lvcrl.,
Habitation," amoni; the number of faithful ad-
herents who attended llri^hani Voting, th
nowiu-d Ik-ail of the church, in the peril, m-
mcuiorable transition aero-- tin- plains to a new
land of hope and promise, and who served most
capahlv as OIK- of the Twelve Apostles of the
or^-.-ini/ation. was \\'ilford Woodruff, a native
of ( 'oiiiu-eticut and an invert to the faith.
lie was accompanied hv his wife. I'hoehe ("arler
\\' IrntT. the inotlu-r of Daniel I'. \\ Irtiff of
this review. She was horn and reared in ( >hio.
and on their arrival at Salt Lake they loc.v
block of ^overnment land in the city and entered
with zeal and industry on the work of building up
thi new domain which had been selected a-; head-
quarters of the hicrarcln, ami in this work they
idue of their lives, the fathi-r dyin.i;
in iS<iS. and bi-iiiL; at the time of his death the
president of the church, a position he had held
continuously from the death of John Ta\ lor. hi-
predecessor, in iSS-. His labors in behalf of the
church were prodigious and far-reaching in
tint and value, and form the theme and sul
matter of profound volumes. The\ included
150,000 miles ,if travel in missionary tours, and
an enormous volume of work in Salt Lake ( "ity
and vicinity. His widou. the mother of Mr.
Woodruff, now resides at PrOVO, I tall. In Salt
Lake ( it\ their son. David, was born on April
4. 1^54. and within its limits lu- was reared and
educated. ( )n reaching his le.^al majority he
in I'.i-ar River and |>,<-sed six years engi
ii; cultivating the soil and in raising stock, i
there he removed to the ('ache Valley and
afttr to \shle\ Valley, where he clerked in a
store until iSij}. In that \ear he came to V
mill.;- and located on Wood River. T'or three
he here |:n ISCCUted 'liable
-Towing ami fai'min- Operations until he
\\.as elected treasurer of P.ijjioni county in |S< (o.
lie then devoted bis attention with enerL;\ and
scrutiny to the duties ,,f hi- office, an-
charged them in a mainn • r.ictory (,, the
people that at the end of his term in iSoS be was
•d by ])tiblic t to accept .1 rei-lection.
uhich was folloueil by still another in
When he reliiKjui- ial life he return-
.inch, which has since IK en his home and
which has fullv occupied his attention, and start-
.,ain in the busines> of rai- and the
culti. the soil. He has ^_>() acres of land.
and. while he runs a small herd of h:
. hi- princip
•i-hbred 1 lambletonian. Kentucky saddle-
bred and Hackne\ horses, of which he h;i-
tially about JIHI. These are much desired in the
markets, and hold hi^h jil'ice in the .
men. In church nftiliation .Mr. \\"oe)druff
i- io\al to the faith which his father help'
Midi, and in the work of the
church h' and diligent from his
early manhood. 1 L has tilled a number
of trust in its government, and is now a mcin-
f the hi^h council of the I'.i^hi rn -take. ( Mi
l-'ebrnary ii), 1X77. he was married to Miss Ara-
bella Hat itive "f l.ehi, I "tab. daughter
of Jeremiah and l.oiii-a (Alexander) Hatch. \\iio
rs in thi state. chil-
dren have blessed tlu-ir union. Amy. I'h-
David P., Wilford L.. U'illard < -mall.
sa, Mary, l-'.rnia A.. Torrey 1'.. and lletilah A.
In the church, in business, in official life, in si
- and in his domestic relations. Mr. \\
ruff has ever borne himself with due regard to
his own integrity and pr. ideration for
others, and is correspondingly esteemed.
II \KKY S. YI IUNT.
\'o compendium, such as the province of this
detiiM s in it- esseiiiial limitations, \\ill -
to -ive a coni|)leie record of the remarkabl.
and daring deeds uhich I lar-
Yoiint has led. If written in detail it would form
a volume rivaling in interest and thrilling situa-
tions the !i\es of Daniel I'.oone. David ( Vockett.
Kit ('arson and other daring frontier-men. \-
deeds through the medium of the prii -
have IOIIL; been the \\onder and delight of the
lover- of the ad\-enturous and It \- .1
brave soldier on main blood\ battle ti.
daring s,-oiil. leading; expeditions through all
|iarls of tlie \\ild West. irless lnmt( r.
712
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
whose deeds border on the marvelous, as a trap-
per, a successful miner, and as a quiet, unobtrus-
ive citizen, pursuing the even tenor of his way
"far from the maddening crowd," the career of
Harry S. Yount everywhere presents points of
interest and experiences, which are unknown
quantities to the lives of the great majority of
men. Nothing but a very brief synopsis of his
story can be here attempted, but some future
writer should put his whole life in a form for
permanent preservation. Harry S. Yount, son
of David and Kate (Shell) Yount, was born in
Susquehanna county, Pa., on March 18, 1847.
His father was also a native of the Keystone
state, and the mother born in New York. David
Yount was a ship carpenter, who worked at his
trade in Philadelphia and Harrisburg until about
1852, when he moved to Missouri, where he
engaged in mining and spent the remainder of his
life, dying some years ago in Henry county. Har-
ry S. Yount received his educational training
in the schools of Springfield, Mo. When old
enough to perform manual labor he hired to
farmers in his neighborhood and was thus en-
gaged until the commencement of the Civil War.
when he took up arms for the Union. In Oc-
tober, 1861, he enlisted at Rolla, Mo., in the noted
Lyon Legion, under Colonel Phelps, and this was
a part of the force under the gallant General
Lyon who fell at the battle of Wilson's Creek.
After serving about six months Mr. Yount joined
the Eighth Missouri Cavalry, with which he ex-
perienced the fortunes of war until the close of
the war, being the quartermaster sergeant of his
company during the greaterpart of the time earn-
ing the reputation of a careful and conscientious
officer. After his discharge Mr. Yount went to
Wyoming and then to Dakota, and, in 1866, be-
gan freighting, which business he followed for
years in many parts of the western territor-
ies. In 1873 he joined Dr. Hayden's Geological
Survey, and in this occupation served some years,
traveling over nearly every part of the great
West, meeting with many interesting experiences
and encountering dangers calculated to try the
fortitude of the most daring. During this occu-
pation, in 1878, in company with Prof. A. D.
Willson, one of the most expert mountain climb-
ers of the geological party, Mr. Yount went to
the Gra'nd Teton mountain to attempt the diffi-
cult task of ascending "it. Going to the Teton
Pass from Jackson Hole, they there noticed cut
plainly in the bark of a spruce pine tree the in-
scription "1832. P. S. C." Their way took them
down to the Teton basin and up Teton Creek
until they had arrived above the timber line,
where they made their camp as near the foot
of the mighty Teton Peak as they could. Start-
ing early on the next morning they .continued
their way toward the Grand Teton, after two
miles of travel coming to a deep canyon which
they had to travel down to cross. This was
filled with an ancient glacier and icebergs. Mr.
Yount slipped on the treacherous ice of the sur-
face, falling down and sliding close to a deep
chasm in the glacier, where a large stream of
water came down from the cliff above. The hold
that his buckskin pants kept on the ice was the
only thing that prevented him from being car-
ried down into the unfathomable depths of the
great crevice. They crossed the canyon finally
and kept on their ascent up the steep mountain
side, which was composed of slide rock, which
kept falling from under their feet. The hard
work and danger of being hurled down the pre-
cipitous mountain side into one of the fathomless
crevices added to the excitement of the climb.
About 1,000 feet below the top they reached a
small niche or cave in the steep wall of rock, in
which they found a small enclosure of rocks piled
in a circle, perhaps the work of Indians. They
reached the top at last and Mr. Yount describes
it as the grandest view he ever saw. On the
descent he broke off a piece of mineral from a
large ledge they encountered, which he-later sent
to Washington, D. C., for an analysis. The U.
S. government assayers pronounced it as one <>f
the 'richest specimens of silver ore that they had
ever seen, running up into thousands of dollars
value to the ton. Mr. Yount says that the ledge
from which this was taken lies 12,000 feet above
sea level, far above the timber line. Professor
Holmes, of the Hayden Geological Surveying
party, said that this ledge was the richest min-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OP WYOMING.
7>3
eral belt that he had ever seen in all of his ex-
tended examinations of the Rocky Mountain re-
gion. In the Harden Geological Reports of 1877
and 1878 Harry S. Yount's name appears in a
very complimentary connection, while on the map
of the Yellowstone Park accompanying the re-
port, the name of Yount's Peak is given to a
mountain standing at the head of the Yellowstone
River. After his labors with the Survev were
ended he was appointed by President Hayes the
gamekeeper of the Yellowstone Park, performing
the duties from 1880 to 1882 inclusive. In 1882
he turned his attention to hunting and trapping,
and visited every part of \Yyoming and adjacent
territories, having no fixed abode, sleeping wher-
ever night overtook him and enjoying the wild,
free life, amid the most lonesome and romantic
scenery of the continent. While thus engaged
he experienced his most thrilling adventures, fre-
quently fighting for his life with fierce wild
be ts, and. at other times, encountering the not
less wild and dangerous red man. These experi-
ences fostered a spirit unknown to fear as many
of his actions abundantly demonstrate. He has
been known to enter without the slightest trepi-
dation a cavern in which a number <>f bear had
ibeir den. and. then, single hand'-d. kill the
beasts one by one, and drag them into the light.
This is but one of numerous instances of daring.
rves to show his fortitti'i. ihe most
trying rind dangerous circumstance-. In thi
cupation .Mr. Ymint had abundant opportunities
to observe the country and determine ii-
dcposits. In 1882 and in 1887 he located several
valuable mining claims, which he still owns and
i" isi ' ' returns \vhen pi
oped, and he also disco ' on a fine
•narlile quarry in the immediate vicinity nf his
mining property. In due time both mines and
quarry will doubtless prove tit' :" an
nt fortune, moveine: i now in
[Of their development. In I S. |S
near his -
. on \\hich he has since made his bom. 1[,
has surrounded himself with many of the com-
torts of life, and. though living for the most part
alone, he is happy and contented, bein cheered
and encouraged by what the future development
of his property has in store for him. His long
and adventurous career in all parts of the West.
has given his name wide publicity and today there
is no man in Wyoming or adjacent states so well
01 more favorably known. He has been thrown
into contact with all classes and conditions of
people, and, by attending strictly to his own af-
fairs and doing by his fellow men as he would
be done by, he has won their high regard and un-
bounded esteem. He is a member of John J-
Reynolds Post, No. 33, Grand Army of the Re-
public, and takes an active interest in its work.
He discharges his duty as a citizen and, in every
relation of life, his actions have been directed
by those correct principles which win and retain
warm personal friendships.
'SOREN YENSF.X.
\t the present a prominent re.sident of Gran-
ite, Wyoming, and a native of the kingdom of
Denmark, having been born in that country on
February 2~ . 1X57. Son-n Yensen is the son 01
Yen Erickson and Kir-ten Yensen. both natives
of Denmark. His father followed the occupation
of blacksmithing in his native country until his
diath, which occurred in 1883. His mother is
still living and resides in Denmark-. The sub-
of this sketch iM-i \v to man's estate, and re-
1 his early education in the schools of his
native country, and. after he had finished his
1 daj hi alsi learned tin trade of black-
smithing and remained at home ai work with his
father until he lr d the age of twenty
Tie then ' in bu-i: - him-
''ollowing his trade in various C
mark until 1881. In that year he •
for \merica. when, in the city of Xew V
be immediatelv -.-cured emplovment at his trade,
thereafter visitinv place- in the Empire
-trite, and finally local 1 cchanicsville. in
that state. II Mowed blacksmithing until
tile fall < if 1883. when he • nnc.
\Y\o. Then- he worl ed it his trade for a short
time, and in the next wind r took- up a ranch near
a pla. ' hv hi- brother, near ' I 1,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
remained there until the sprint;- of 18X4, \vhen he
formed a copartnership with his brother and they
engaged ill cattleraising at the ranch property
where the subject nn\\ makes his residence. The
brothers conducted this business jointly for a
number of years with great success, Soren, in
1890, purchasing his brother's interest. Since
that time he has carried on the business in his
own name, meeting with substantial success, and
he is now one of the large individual owners of
cattle in his section of country, having a fine
ranch of some 2,800 acres of land, well fenced
and improved. On June 13, 1889, Air. Yensen
was united in marriage, at the city of Cheyenne,
\Yyo., with Miss Christiana Yensen, also a na-
tive of Denmark, and a daughter of Yens Lar-
son and -Karen Yensen, both natives of Den-
mark. The father of Mrs. Yensen was a farmer
in Denmark, and followed that occupation up to
the time of his death in 1884. They have seven
children, Arthur Nels, John E., Clara, Martha,
Matilda, Yiggo and Esther, all of whom are liv-
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Yensen are members of the
Lutheran church, arid take a sincere interest in
all church and charitable work in the community
where they maintain their comfortable home.
Politically, Mr. Yensen is identified with the
Democratic party, a stanch supporter of that
organization, taking a prominent part in public
affairs. The habits of thrift and industry which
he learned in childhood in his native country
have attended him through his life, and have
materially contributed to the success which he has
made in all of his business undertakings, fie
is a hard-working, earnest and successful man,
and is building up a fine property. He enjoys the
respect and esteem of his neighbors, and of all
who come in contact with him.
MARION J. ALLAMAND.
i
Marion Jacques Allamand was born in sunny
France in 1868, and was reared and educated
in his native land. Earl}- in his manhood he
turned his back upon his own country, hoary as it
is with glorious traditions of peace and war,
crowned with triumphs of art and science, bask-
ing in the sunlight of present prosperity, viva-
cious with an exuberance of spirit and vitality
which must insure future welfare and continued
greatness, yes, he left them all to seek in the wil-
derness of the New World a land wherein his
]K rsonal hopes might expand and llourish, and on
which his domestic shrine might rise and be
blessed. In 1892 he came to the United States,
and after spending two years in California, came
to Wyoming in 1894, located in the Bighorn
basin and took up a homestead on which he stag-
ed a stock industry, handling sheep. This has
(.Npimded with steady progress until he now Ins
500 acres of land well selected for the business
he conducts thereon, and handles on an average
2,500 sheep, with numbers of cattle and horses.
Sheep form his staple line, however, and to this
branch of the stock business he has mainly given
his attention, with the result that he is considered
one of the most successful and progressive sheep
men in the state, and is regarded as an authority
on every phase of the sheep industry. Nothing
that skill and enterprise has fashioned is wanting
to the comfort and proper care of his flocks, and
the best interests of his family are well subserved
in an artistic and commodious residence which
he has erected on his ranch. He was married at
Buffalo, this state, in 1898 to Miss Hester Childs,
a native of Louisville, Ky., and they have two
children. Marguerite and Hester.
TH( >M AS F. BURTON.
Like his younger brother, Arthur F. Burton,
an account of whose life appears on another page
of this work, Thomas F. Burton, of the firm of
Win. W. Burton & Sons, leading merchants of
Afton, Uinta county, has been very generally
useful to the community in which he lives. There
is scarcely any form of productive enterprise or
public interest that has not been quickened by
the touch of his tireless hand and broadened by
'the force of his active mind. He was a pioneer
in this region and has here lived and worked for
its development through all the changes that
have come over it. His life began at Ogden,
Utah, on May 12, 1871, and his parents are Wil-
PRt >GRESSI] I- \il-\
WYOMING.
liam \\". ancl Sarah A. i 1- ielding ) I'.urton of that
city. I !;<>r an account of their ancestrv and fam-
ily histor\ see the sketch of Arthur F. llnr
lie was educated at the puhlic schools of his na-
tive city. Immediately after leaving school he
entered the employ of his father in the large im-
plement and general -Ion- at I igdcii, wind
then and is now one of the leading mercantile
e-trdilishments of the place, and served a short
apprenticeship there. In i88n, when he was but
lifieen years of age. he came to \fion and went
to \\ork in the general store his father had op< Hi .1
here, and has been connected with it ever since,
and with the other extensive mercantile intere-ls
of the family here and at ( igdcii. These embrace.
in addition to the stores already mentioned, one
of the largest creamery and cheese factory plants
in the \\Vst. which is located at Alton, and also
an immense stock and farming industry, in which
cattle, horses and sheep are handled in large
numbers. The creamery has a capacity of ^,.
OOO pounds of milk per day and is thoroughly
equipped for its work with even- modern device
for the business that is of value. Scarcely any-
thing that the sleepless eye of -science has dis-
covered or the cunning hand of skill has fash-
ioned in the way of machinery or convenience for
creamery work is wanting to the complete equip-
ment of this model establishment. The ranches
belonging to the firm and devoted to the stock
interests of the business, embrace 1.200 acri
the best land in the valley, stocked with a large
number of graded Shorthorn cattle and superior
breed.-, of horses and sheep. Mr. I'.urton ha-- en
tire charge of the ranch and the Mock of this
giant mercantile concern excepting the sheep, and
has conducted his department on the same high
plane of excellence and uprightness that charac-
teri/es the other departments, his great aim be
ing to give his trade the best article attainable
tor the money, and to treat every patron with the
utmost fairness and consideration. Mr. I'.urton
is a gentleman ' if great pn >v n .md pub
lie spirit, taking a constant and •.•.eiiuine interest
in everything thai tends to improve the connnuu
ity and advance the welfare of it, people. For
a number of \ears he has acted in the church
pric of his ward, and is now connected with
ihi high council. Nature endowed him with mu-
sic:!' i an exalted character, and he has
the church the benefit of his capacity
in this line. OH June _'_>. iSijS. he was married
at Salt Lake ("itv to Miss Alice M. ( tigh-
ter of \iison \ . and Alice J. i Farnham i •
of Afton. but natives of I'.ountiful. I'lali. where
Mrs. I'.urtou was horn. F.xtended mention of
Mr. Call is made elsewhere in this volume. .Mr.
and Mrs. 1 '.'-non have winsome and interesting
(laughters, Sarah Alice and Lila Maud.
DANIEL C. BUDD.
Nurtured amid the memorable and historic
scenes- of the old l\e\ stone state and receiving
his education in the common schools, where
ally to one's country was as faithfully taught
as were the all important "three K's". it was
the natural sequence of early training for I lanii 1
( . I '.udd t< ' be ami nig thoM- who •
in Co. I, Seventh Kansas Cavalrv as defenders
of the 1'nioii in the great Civil \\'ar and he con-
tinued to share his omntrCs perils while "grim-
g-ed war smoothed her wrinkled front" and
until his country was victorious, receiving his
discharge on Ma\ _•-. iSo;. Me was born in
1 awrence county. 1'a.. on February J_|. iS.^S. a
son to the marriage of fohn C. and Caroline
( Painter i I'.ndd. both native I Vniisx Ivanians and
descendants of old Colonial families. Mi- \\as
the seventh in a familv of eleven children. oiilv
four of whom are living. Joseph of ( >regou. Wil-
liam P. of Missouri. Mar\ J. Join! - ihio.
nee M. Dicks ot Pennsylvania, and Skid-
more, the youngest. \fter peace wa- rest
Mr. I'.udd for five \car-. \\-as engaged as an ofli-
cer in the penitenti:ir\ a I I .i-a\ enuorth. Kan..
after which he pnrsred agriculture '.-mil iSS:>.
\\heii he cam. 'ine\. I inta count\. \\'\o..
and took up ,VI(1 acres of kind about four miles
from where the familv now resides. 1 /iter In-
sold that and bought a tract .
•,\ here the\ ni -\\ h\ e, engaged
raising and also in running .1 store and the post
office. From his war record one is not sinprjse-1
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOML\(',.
b find him active in public affairs and doing ef-
ficient work as a notary public for a number of
\ (. ars, besides being an entbusiastic member of
Grand Army of tin- Republic at \ichison, Kan.
Fraternally, he was affiliated with the Masons at
Doniphan, Kan., and with the Maccabees at Ev-
anston, Wyo. His political affinities were in
the Republican party, which he supported with
the same zeal that animated his conduct as a
soldier. He married at Atchison. Kan., on Jan-
uary 8, 1871, Miss Josephine Borer, a daughter
of Peter and Mary A. (Misenhelder) Boyer,
native Pennsylvanians, her father being descend-
ed from Jacob Boyer of Germany, and a long
antecedent line of forebears in the Fatherland.
They had six children, all of whom are living
and holding responsible 'positions in the world.
After years of patient toil for his family, of faith-
ful, loyal service for the good of his country and
for the betterment of humanity, amid associa-
tions where he had been so long an honored fac-
tor, Daniel C. Rudd was called to his eternal
rest on February 19. 1902. having nearly com-
pleted his sixty-fourth year. A man whose
watchword was his country's honor, whose ambi-
tions were ever to be a faithful, loving house-
holder, a loyal, progressive citizen and an hon-
orable, upright man, whose word was as good as
his bond, could not but be a power in the circle
where he lived and be esteemed as one of the
foreriiost pioneer citizens of Wyoming.
EDWARD DAMS. •
Edward Davis, the popular proprietor of the
Afton Bazaar and one of the prosperous mer-
chants of the town, was born in London, Eng-
land, on November u, 1842. where his parents,
George and Mary A. (Timpson) Davis, natives
of County Essex, England, were then living.
His father was a carrier in the great metropolis
and died there from an accident when he was
I ml forty-eight years old. His son, Edward, was
the youngest of his five children, all of whom
are living, and was educated in the city of Lon-
don, soon after leaving school being apprenticed
to a physician to learn pharmacy, after this ser-
vice being employed in a sugar refinery two years.
At the end of that time he secured a berth on a
training ship and for four or five years followed
the sea. In 1862 he landed in Australia and re-
mained there eleven years, being engaged in
freighting and merchandising. Near the close
of 1873 he sold out in that country and came to
Salt Lake City. There he engaged in business
with his brother, G. W., and afterward with
Kimble & Lawrence for two years. From there
he removed to Paris, Idaho, and passed five years
in business. He was then sent on a mission to
England for the Church of the Latter Day Saints,
to whose interests he was warmly and zealously
attached. He remained in his native land for
two years, working with gratifying success. He
presided over the London conference of the
church and brought with him on his return to
this country a company of emigrants, converts
to the faith. For three years he was engaged in
farming and clerking in the Teton basin of Idaho.
In 1895 he settled at Afton and was employed
by the Burton & Sons Co. until 1900, when he
began business for himself in a general store,
which is called the Afton Bazaar, and is one of
the attractions of the town. It is a neat and taste-
fully arranged establishment, with a prime stock
of goods and has as an attachment the only butch-
er shop in the place. He also owns a number
of cattle and has a pleasant home in the little
city to which he is devoting the powers of his ma-
ture life. In church affairs he has been active
and forceful from his early manhood. He was
a high counsellor in Bear Lake county, Idaho,
and holds the same rank here, and is also the
chorister for the stake Sunday-school. Nature
endowed him amply with musical talent, and,
wherever he has lived, he has contributed largely
through this means to the enjoyment and benefit
of his fellows. In April, 1872, in Australia, he
married with Miss Ellen Ryan, a native of Ire-
land and daughter of John Ryan. They had
three children, John and Annie R. living at Af-
ton, and Mary E., now wife of Frank Rounds,
of Pocatello, Idaho. Mrs. Davis died at Paris.
Idaho, in 1886. aged about forty-three years, and
OF WYOM1
717
Mr. Davis later married at Salt Lake with
Annie Tnellar. a native of Switzerland. They
ha\e had six children, Jesse T., Shein, Sarah,
\\'ili"iird and Rachel, who died in infancy, and
Ephraim W. In 1881 at Salt Lake City, h>
united with Mrs. France- A. (Godsel) Morgan.
widow of ( )\vcn Morgan and daughter of John
Godsel of Birmingham. Mrs. Morgan had three
children by her previous marriage whom Mr.
Davis adopted. They are Klizabeth, now the
\\ife of Frederick Sheparcl of Paris, Idaho; A.1-
thea, no>\ tin- wife of Robert Sweeton of Utah:
and Maggie, now the wife of Alexander Baker of
I "tali. By this marriage Mr. Davis had two chil-
dren. Phoebe E. and Joseph G.. who are living
at Salt Lake City, Utah.
11. M. CLENDEXXlXii.
The worthy gentleman, whose record these
few lines will preserve for unnumbered genera-
tions of future existence, is a native of the town
of \ .111 \'\ ert, ( >hio. \vhere he was born on May
Si ,4. He is the son of John and v
i Morton) riendetining. both natives of the state
of Ohio. His father uas ' gaged in agri-
cultural pursuits, and was also largely inln.
in the elevator business in his nal'- He
a man of prominence in the community
whe- -ided and lived to the hale old
••Jilv-two vears. The mother passed away
fn in life at llh •• •
nal grandfather of the subject of thi
Charles i
land, who emigrated !
his c'irl\ . vigorous i< 1 I. M
tlii- e'dest of their famil
. of win.
I li- . i was dil
in the public sob' \ an \\Vrt. i
upon the completion of hi ••nred
•itice iii the machinist
line fi ir the purpose of leai He
d iii tbis , iccupatii 'ii of f nir
years, and acquired a thorot
thai pursuit. Tn 1884. desirii his for-
tune in i i . be left bis home in tli,
nio and came to the then territory of V
ming, where he engaged in ranching and stock-
raising. In 1897 he came to the vicinity of the
where lie now resides, and located 320 acres
of tine bottom land, embarked in the business of
raisii 1 cattle and now is the owner of a
line herd of Herefords. He has met with a grat-
ilying success in his business, and is constantly
adding to his holdings of both land and cattle.
Tie is one of the progressive business men and
property owners of Fremont county, and is in-
ied in all ni' calculated to advance
the interests of that section of the state. He is
the president of the local st< n-kgrowers' associa-
and was recently appointed as the postmas-
ter at Union, \Yyo., where he resides. On Jan-
uary 5, 1890, Mr. Clendenning was united in
marriage at Evans. Colo., to Miss Barbara Fin-
gir. also a native of the state of Ohio, and the
daughter of Margaret i Rentz)
er, both natives of Germany. Fraternally.
Mr. Clendenning is affiliated with the order of
Red Men. and is a leader in tin- social and fra-
ternal life of the community where he re-
Mi is oni of the L iusiness men of Western
•'.niiig, pi and public spirited, and is
held in 1 of friends
WILLIAM C. F \TST.
!•']•' ifty
and eiiterpri- .illation, \\ho-, p
of them, within ihe momor\ of ;
living, found her an mMro,],len •• wild
and primeval soli
ined do-
and estab a new ' , vicill-
tur:d :al wea'!
many men of
endurance t' < help in tb i and
civili/ing of tlu- wildcnu - \\Yst.
1111011:4 this niimbi r i-. \Yi'' . now
'imtv. \\'\»ming. who was
born on \pril 31 . \\hitlu-r his
par. • ; vanin
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'GRESSJl'Ji MEN OP WYOMING.
and Sarah ( KunkK- 1 Fau-t. (see sketch on an-
other page) prosperous farmers in Iowa until
1884, when they removed to Nebraska and set-
tled near the city of Lincoln. There they reared
their family and gave them such educational ad-
vantages as were available under the circum-
stances. Their son, William, had reached the
age of sixteen before this removal took place,
and his school education was practically complet-
ed in his native state. Thereafter the lessons of
life for him were to be learned in the rugged, and
exacting but highly effective school of experi-
ence, and to its teachings he was subjected soon
after taking' up his residence in the new state.
He remained with the family, however, for a
few years longer, in 1891 accompanied them to
Montana and in 1892 to Wyoming, arriving in
the vicinity of the present town of Otto on No-
vember 8. 1892. He there located a homestead,
where until 1902 he lived and carried on a flour-
ishing stock and farming business. In that year
he sold this property and bought a home at Cody,
where he now lives. He is still engaged in the
stock industry, however, having large herds of
cattle and numbers of fine graded horses. He
is a member of the Modern Woodmen of Amer-
ica and his zeal and activity in the service of the
order is highly appreciated. On July 23, 1893,
at Otto, he was married to Miss Ivie Perkins,
a native of Nevada and a daughter of Harvey L.
and Elizabeth (Park) Perkins, the former a
native of Illinois and the latter of Missouri. They
have two children, their daughters. Yella and
Stella. An account of Mr. Perkins' interesting
life appears on other pages of this volume.
HENRY AND JOHN HADDENHAM.
These enterprising citizens of Uinta county,
Wvoming, come of ancient English lineage, their
great-grandfather, William Haddenham, being
a lifelong resident of Nottinghamshire, England,
his ran. William, however, emigrating and, lo-
cating at Provo. Utah, there still maintains his
home at the age of ninety years. His son, Wil-
liam, was the father of Henry and John, and his
early life was passed in Nottinghamshire where
he was educated and learned the trade of stock-
ing weaving, in which he was employed a number
of years, then, pursuing the requisite technical'
studies, lie came to this country in 1878, when
for about two years he continued in Almy, \\ yo.,
as a fireman, thence removing to Ogden. Utah,
being there connected with various forms of in-
dustrial activity and still maintains his home,
standing high in the regards of the people. Mrs.
I laddenham was born in England in 1851, being
a daughter of Henry and Sarah ( Saunderson)
Burton, her father being a puddler in large iron-
works of England, and eventually emigrating
and locating at Almy, Wyo., in 1875, where he
identified himself with the coal-mining indus-
try for his subsequent life and being there killed
by an explosion in the mine on March 25, 1895.
His wife survives him and resides at Diamond-
ville. Henry Haddenham was born in Notting-
hamshire, England, on March 13, 1868, the son
of William Haddenham, and, in the year of
1881, at the age of thirteen years, he formed a
part of the family migration to Almy, and in this
vicinity he has since resided and been an ener-
getic member of society, devoting his endeavors
to the domains of mining and ranching, perform-
ing also public duties to which he has been called
with the same industrious intelligence ' that his
discriminating care bestows upon his private op-
erations, being identified with the Democratic
party as one of its most consistent supporters,
and, while personally a most unostentatious citi-
zen, is well-known as a man of clear foresight
and tenacious, resolute purpose, possessing sa-
gacity, ingenuity and firmness in overcoming ob-
stacles in the way of his enterprises. In 1895
Mr. Haddenham married with Miss Catherine C.
Simpson, a native of England, and a daughter
of George and Frances (Johnson) Simpson.
Three children complete the home circle, Wil-
liam. Margaret and Mabel. John Haddenham,
the brother of Henry, was also born in the old
family home in Nottinghamshire. England, and,
like Henry, lie was a member of the emigrating
party which, in November, 1881, dedicated a
new home in Almy. Here Mr. Haddenham has
grown from early youth to mature manhood.
MEN OP WYOMING.
engaging fur a period of time in mining opera-
tions .'iiul meeting with a satisfactory success and
making many friends. John lladdcnhain observes
political and public matter* from a I )<
standpoint, and is always found in active suupa-
thy with all things tending to the welfare and
the improvement of the community. Tn iXXX
John tladdeiiham enlereil into mat rimonial rela-
tions with Miss Mary Miller, the daughter of
Joseph and Mary Miller. Of their seven chil-
dren", William died in May, [891, aged one year
and Samuel on June I, 1X1,15. aged nine months.
The others are Elsie, David, Lillian, Dewey and
Florence, now making the home happy.
JAMES JENSEN.
I'.ishop James Jensen of ( irover, Uinta coun-
ty, is a native of Denmark, where he was born
on < >ctober 3, 1833, a son of James and Mary
(Larsen) Jensen, also natives of that country
and of families long resident there. His father
was a farmer and a son of Jense and Kistil Xel-
son. The family consisted of seven children,
of whom James was the first in order of birth
and four of them are living. James attended
the state schools in the vicinity of his home, and.
after securing their fine educational advantagi -
he \\ent to larming in his native country.
i in April 20, 1X62, he was married with Miss
Bodiel Larsen. a daughter of Larse Petersen,
and at once set sail with his bride for the New
Wnrld, where they arrived in due time and with-
out incident worthy of note made their wav to
I'tah. Here Mr. Jensen went to work as a labor
er. and continued his operations in that capacity
for a number of years. Me then cultivated a
tract of land in Ttah until I XX< , when he came
t'- CJinta county, \Vyomiug. and l ;hc
same pursuit. lie was a pioneer in the iicigh-
borh 1 where be lives, and, although the place
lonely, the conditions hard ami danger ever
present, be p. d in his determination to
make a home in this land and kept improving
and reducing to productive cultivation the .pur-
ler section of government land lie bad taken up.
\\bicb he still o\\ ns and v. Inch -'it to
a high stale of fertility, and on which he con-
ducts a prosperous and profitable business ill rais-
ing cattle. Mr. Jensen takes a prominent part in
HI-, earnestly and actively inter
in the government and progress of his church,
that of the Latter Day Saints. l;or thirteen years
he ha- served this people as its faithful and ca-
pable bishop, and has been of substantial In
tii their church interests. As has been heretofore
noted, he married just before leaving his native
D ii i'i>-', . Miss 1 'i 'did I arsen, \\ It' ' died in 1 tali
on November 22, 1869, leaving two children.
James, who is married and living at Grover, and
Larse I'., who is married and living in I'tah. On
Jub d, 1870. at Salt Lake, Mr. Jensen married
with Miss Henrietta Christenscn. a native of
Denmark, and a daughter of Jacob and Mary
Christensen. Si\ years thereafter, on April 3.
she died, leaving all her four children. Joseph.
who, in (892, perished in a snow storm in
Wyoming; Hiram; Martin, who is married and
living in I'tah, and Henrietta, now the wife of
R. T. Astle of (irover. Mr. Jensen in September,
1X71,1. solemnized his third marriage in I'tah,
marrying then with Miss Alhina Jensen, also
a Dane b\ nativity, a daughter of Jense C. and
Anna M. Jensen. The third marriage has
brought to the household eight children. Alfred,
who is married and a resident of Grover, Wyo. ;
l.oren/o. Nephi, Anna K.. Nellie I'.odiel, 1 leber
C., Wilford L. and 1. eland 1 ..
GEORGE \Y. KFRSIINER.
I'.oru and reared amid the scenes of rural anil
•'ral life in the eastern part of the Mississippi
\ alli;\ . and receiving his education in the coun-
try schools of his neighborhood, George W.
Kershner of the Shell ( 'nek district of \Y\oming.
approached his maturity little dreaming of ihe
siirring and a\\ fill scenes of carnage in which
lie M as i" tal ' the verj verge of his man-
hood. His 11' , on Jnl\ 20. iXji. in the
state of (ilii.i. where his parents. David and
Mar\ (Fletcher i Kershner. the former a tli
of larxland and the latter of Ohio, were then
living prosper. iii-K engaged in farming. When
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOML\G.
he was nine years old they moved to Indiana and
four years later to Illinois, and there he reached
his twentieth year without unusual experiences.
On August 20, 1 86 1, he enlisted in the Union
army as a member of Co. B, Thirty-eighth Illin-
ois Infantry, and in this command he served
three years, the most of the time being actively
engaged in the field or on the march, seeing many
of the extreme hardships of the contest, and par-
ticipating in the terrible and bloody battles of Cor-
inth, Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga,
and those of the Atlanta campaigns, besides many
others. At the end of his three years term he
veteranized and was mustered out of the service
on March 20, 1866. He then returned to his
Illinois home and remained there until 1882,
when he removed to Kansas and for the next five
years was actively engaged in farming in that
state. In 1887 he came to Wyoming, and, tak-
ing up the homestead on Horse Creek on which
he still resides, devoted his life and energies to
raising stock and farming, carrying on there a
very prosperous business, which has grown large-
ly, both in proportions and profits, as the years
have passed and was brought to him the entire
i : iiitidence and high ivspirt of his fellow men
by the upright and very liberal manner in
which it has been conducted. His ranch com-
prises 200 acres of the best land on the creek,
and his herd numbers seldom less than 100 cat-
tle and is always up to a high standard of ex-
cellence. With vivid recollections of his military
experiences, and a genuine devotion to his com-
rades in arms, Mr. Kershner is a loyal and zeal-
ous member of the Grand Army of the Republic,
but holds affiliation with no other order or frater-
nity. He was married in Illinois, on January 13,
1867, to Miss Cynthalia Layton, a native of that
state, who died in Wyoming on January 13,
1894, leaving these children, Andiv\\- A. and
Charles B. (see sketch on other pages'). Mary ]..
Fletcher L., Clark M. and George W., Jr. In
the peaceful vocations which he has followed on
the fruitful soil of Wyoming he has met the re-
sponsibilities of life in every relation with the
same manly, ready courage and the same loval
devotion to dutv which distinguished him on the
field of battle and sustained him in the long and
wearying marches of the war. And he has main-
tained in the home of his adoption and mature
life the regard and esteem of his associates as he
did that of his companions in the struggle for
the integrity of the Union. Whether tried by
the fierce tests of sanguinary strife or by the less
intense but more continued and searching com-
parisons of every-day life, he has come forth
untarnished -uid with merit of a high degree, and
presents himself without dishonor.
R. H. LEWIS.
This pioneer settler of the country immediate-
Iv surrounding Fossil postoffice, one of the lead-
In - MO'.-kmeii of the region, was born in Janes-
ville, Wisconsin, on April i, 1842, the son of
William and Margaret (Clark) Lewis, the fa-
ther being a son of William Lewis, a native of
Spain, who later became a resident of Ireland,
where he died at a hale old age. The father of
Mr. Lewis lived all of his life as an active and
industrious resident of Ireland, at his burial at
Tepority receiving the funeral honors of a large
extent of country. His wife, a daughter of Wil-
liam and Margaret (Kelly) Clark, both natives
of Ireland, came to Canada after her husband's
death, where her death occurred at the age of
seventy-four years in 1888. Not long did our
subject tarry at home in his youth, for at the
age of fourteen years he adopted a maritime
life on the Great Lakes, continuing this for eight
years, when he came west to Colorado, there en-
gaging in freighting from Fort Laramie, contin-
uing this for two years, his next employment be-
ing the conducting of a saloon and a brewery
at Evanston, Wyo., in which he was prosperously
engaged for seventeen years, the date of his ar-
rival at Evanston being 1864. Forecasting the
tremendous possibilities of wealth awaiting the
individuals who should take the initiative in cov-
ering the succulent plains and valleys with herds
of cattle, in 1885 Mr. Lewis located at Fossil,
at his present location, being the first settler to
there establish a home. Here his earnest and
unremitting endeavors have been duly prospered,
•/.s.v/r/. .u/:.v OF
721-
his landed estate of 640 acres showing a high de-
of development and improvement, and man-
ing the discriminating care and skill that
have been bestowed upon it. lie is held in high
in by an unusually wide range of acquaint-
ance, who value him, not only for his sagacity
and practical wisdom, but also for the many qual-
ities of manliness and worth which he has ever
-lio\\n, being public spirited in a high degree,
and manifesting his interest in all matters affect-
ing the general weal as an active member of the
Democratic party, with which he has long been
affiliated. In 1870 occurred the wedding cere-
monies of Mr. Lewis and Miss Susannah Jones,
who is a native of Wales and the daughter of
Lewis and Susannah (Davis) Junes, who emi-
grated from their native land in [865, and there-
alter conducting agricultural operations in the
Cache Valley of Utah until 1871. when they re-
d to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where was their
home until they closed their ey< - in death. The
children of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are: Kate,
. Susannah, Sarah, William, John,
Richard, deceased, and Xellie. History lives in
the men who make it, and the people are thus the
first study, not only as they appear in public,
but more so as they are found in private life and
in their home relations, and judged by this un-
erring criterion, Mr. Lewis stands out as one
character?- of a trnl\ pioneer era.
JOHN J. McCORMICK.
This substantial cattleman, having his produc-
tive and extensive ranch on the Laramie River,
in Laramie county. Wyoming, was horn in I <
ville. Kentucky, on April 26". 1850. Hi- father
ive of 1 < "-i-\ i'l. . rade,
but who. believing in the J1
the South, served in the Confederate army
throughout the Civil War. John J. Me'Wmiek
in his native city and resided there
until he was twenty year.-. he came
. arriving in Cheyenne. Warning, in iS^j.
d by the U. S
in freighting supplies to Forl Laramie, Sidne;
and to other northern posts, and later he com
menced working on the range. In 1890 he set-
tled on tin I i ' . er i me and < me-half miles
wc.-t rif his present ranch. • in the cattle
trade and lived there until 1891, when he re-
d to his present place on the river, eleven
mile- east of the fort. Mr. McCormick was
united in marriage mi May JJ, iSSj, on the Lar-
amie River, at the 1 '. C. ranch, to Miss Minnie
L. Sutherland, a native of Denver, Colo., and a
daughter of James H. and Emma P. ( Boler)
Sutherland, the former of whom was born in
New York and the latter in Kentucky. The
"fmick family is of Scottish origin and
the immediate anc. in J., were settlers
W York state in Colonial - 'ith-
erlands were also < s H.
Sutherland, tl Mrs. McConnicl .
mained in Xcw York until he wa teen
year> , \heii be ' d at
Denver, ('dlo.. here . in mining until
1 in Co. ]
Cavalrv. in which he became disaM
n in the sutler's
attached t> th< camp and in tin- ment
,1 i .ut the remainder of this term
ment. Befoie the \\ar Mr. Sutherland had -tart-
ed west from Kan with a large qir
of merchandise belonging to other- and \alned
at S;,ooo. While camping on the Platte River
near Julcsburg, Colorado, he was raided by In-
dians and robbed of everything and was forced
to return to the city from which he had de-
\fter the war Mr. Sutherland married
in Kansas City. Mo., ami \\ith two train- trav- .
eled across Ihe plains to Colorado, then built the
lirst hotel in Denver, th 51 ''baric-;. Thi- he
conducted about two and onelrilf yea d in
1X117 remi >ved to a ranch < 'ii ' !hen
miles from IVnver. and engaged in the i
busim b ' -. when li irced
to ri tire mi ac t r° >nhle \\ iib the Incli.ms.
and hr \\a- nexl engaged in mining near G
City, which be followed until 1X70. lie then
d for tb
I warned In the -oldiers of the In-
dian troubles i i iny. and he :. ntlv
took up a ranch on the Laramie River, twelve
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PROGRESSIVE MEN' OF WYOMING.
miles from the fort. engaged in the cattle busi-
and there resided until his death on Febru-
ary 17, 1891, being then the oldest settler in
the section and he was buried on the old home-
stead. His wife had died on May 17, 1879. John
J. McCormick possesses all the inherent shrewd-
ness of the indomitable race from which he de-
scends, arid this is made manifest in every tran-
saction of his life. He also possesses the deep-
seated religions sentiment with which the Scots
are imbued, and his walk through life has been
marked by the strictest integrity. He has made
hosts of friends since he has resided in Laramie
county, who admire him for his straightforward
and manly conduct, as well as for his genial dis-
position and open-handed generosity.
CHARLES AM ISLANDER.
One of the prominent and representative
agriculturists and stockmen of Uinta county,
Wyoming, is Charles Moslander, whose fine
ranch is located on the Big Muddy, eight miles
south of Altamont. He was born in St. Louis,
Mo., on June 29, 1857, a son of Joseph and
Belle (Humes) Moslander. His father was a
native of Wisconsin, while his mother was born
in England. L'ntil he was fourteen years of age
Air. Moslander diligently attended the common
schools of St. Louis, and acquired a scholastic
foundation for the practical knowledge which
has come to him through long years of associa-
tion with men and affairs. Commencing the re-
sponsibilities of life for himself at the age of
fourteen, for seven years he was a teamster in
St. Louis, but, on attaining his majority in 1878,
he took the long and wearying journey across
the plains to LTtah, where he located in Cache
county and for one year was engaged in work-
ing for wages, he then came to Wyoming and
was employed for six months in Aspen, and
then in Beaver Canyon in Idaho, he engaged
in teaming for himself. Eight months later he
returned to LTtah for the winter, going to
Blackfoot, Idaho, in the spring and following
freighting for six months from Blackfoot to
the Wood River country. He then went back
to Cache Valley and to Heaver Canyon. Idaho,
where he wa^ engaged in freighting for six
oilier months and then following freighting
from Cache \ alley to Camas. Idaho, and also
from the mine Viola to Camas, to Cache Valley
and to Rawlins, WYO., occupying in all two
years' time in this vocation. From Rawlins he
went to Aspen, Wyo., and was engaged in the
sawmill business and in ranching. In 1887 Mr.
Moslander located 600 acres of government
land in partnership with A. K. Stoddard, with
whom he formed a business connection in
stockraising, which they have conducted with
great success to the present. These gentlemen
now own about 6,500 acres of productive land
and give their attention to the raising of graded
Hereford and Durham cattle, of which they
raise a large number. They are also interested
to some extent in raising sheep and horses on
the same property. Mr. Moslander is also con-
nected with Mr. Stoddard in the sale of hard-
ware and implements and in a lumber and coal
business in Nampa, Idaho. Their business
operations have been conducted with skill and
discrimination and have brought them satisfac-
tory and profitable returns. Air. Moslander
has always taken an active part in local affairs
as a prominent and valued member of the
Democratic party, in whose cause, campaigns
and elections he has done valuable service.
Fraternally he is a member of the Brotherhood
Protective Order of Elks, holding membership
with Salt Lake City Lodge, No. 89, at Salt Lake
City, and is also identified with the Maccabees
• at Evanston, Wyo. Mr. Moslander was mar-
ried in Logan, Utah, on January 19, 1882, with
Miss Maggie Manghan, a daughter of William
H. and Elizabeth (Hill) Mangham, who was
born in \Yellsville. Cache county, Utah, her
mother being a native of Canada and her father
of England. Eight children constitute the fam-
ily of Mr. and Mrs. Moslander, Nora M., a
graduate of Brigham Young College at Logan,
Utah, and now teaching school in Spring Val-
ley, Wyo. ; Bessie, Margaruite, Isabelle, Va-
leria, Charles, Harold and Zadia. Airs. Aloslan-
der has long been prominently connected with
CHARLES MOSLANDER.
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;,nd a useful member of the church of Latter
Saints, ami her daily walk and char.'
are in fnllcs; accord with the honorable leach-
ihe church.
GEORGE LOGAN.
Life has been by no means all sunshine and
pleasure with the subject of this review. For-
tune has buffeted him with vigor, and opportuni-
ties for profit have been swept away just as they
were almost within his grasp. The unkindness
of man has hampered him and the wrath of the
elements has wrought him violent and perman-
ent injury. Yet he has met all misfortunes with
a courageous and conquering spirit. He was
born in Nova Scotia on January n, 1831, the
M>n of Hugh and Jeannette Logan, natives of
Scotland. When he was seven years old they
removed to Fall River, Mass., and soon after
tn .\r\vpurl, R. I., where he was' educated and
passed his majority. In 1858, when he was twen-
i vcn, he emigrated to Kansas and took up
his residence at Manhattan. There a cyclone
demolished his house and made him a cripple for
life. In 1865, yielding to the persuasive voice
of the siren that proclaimed the discovery of gold
in what seemed fabulous quantities in Alder
Gulch, Mont., he sought that promising field for
wealth, locating at what is now Virginia City.
He did not follow mining for any great length of
time, however, but courted fortune's winning
smile in other direction-;, worked at and erect-
ed and hter operated Mr. Harrison'' sawmill,
to snppL , exacting ami growin:1
01 their products. \Vhcn the demand had in a
measure subsided or was supplied he engaged
iii freiHiting fruit from Salt Lake City to the
new mining camps lie had helped to build. While
doing this he made a trip with hi
Vngeles, Calif., cro ing the desert, daring the
fers and enduring the hardships nf the long
and tedious jonrnev. On his return he hauled
t|iiartx mills to Virginia City for the miners, later
lived for a short time at Salt Lake City, and, in
i Si iS, came to W\ oming. bei ' •'•• pii meer
in the state. 1 1< located at « hal ;- now \tlan-
tic City in Fremont county, and for twenty-six
was engaged in a sheep industry of good
rtioiis. In 1 8X8 lie mad : and
on his return therefrom took up a homestead in
I'.ighorn count v on which he now lives. He
owns 158 acres on the North Fork of the Sho-
shoiie River and carries on an active stock busi-
ness. A few years ago he sold his sheep and now
raises only cattle, of which he has about 200
luad. They are mostly well-bred stock and are
kept in good condition. His ranch is an attract-
ive and productive one and well adapted to his
business. Mr. Logan was married while living
in Kansas and his wife died in that state. He
is one of the substantial and enterprising citizens
of the county and has the respect of all who know
him, commercially or -o.-ially, having met the
responsiblities of life in a manly manner wher-
ever he has li\ed anil under all conditions.
REUBEN A. MILLER.
Born in Warren county, Pennsylvania, in
i A. Miller, now a representative
stockman of L'inta county. Wyoming, is a son
of Joseph and Marv i West fall * Miller, both na-
tives of Tc'.msylvania, the mother being a daugh-
ter of James and Hannah Westfall. Joseph
Miller has been a farmer and stockman all of
his life, coming to Wyoming in iSSo. 1
now located iii Idaho, a hale old gentleman of
seventy-five years, while the mother now main-
tains her home at Ham's Fork. Wyoming. Reu-
' . 11 V Miller was ninei . • • "s old when 1
panied his people from the Last, where he
had received the education given at the schools
of his native count' . and. after various mutations
and changes of occupation, the principal
however, being tl <nd riding on
the range, in iS'i} he homesteaded im acr>
Hani's Fork, sixteen miles from Kemmerer and
•;ed in cattleraising. for which be was hv
this time particnlarlv well i|iialitied. His herds
incn asing hi ;ded eiglm acres m. »re t. •
his estate, which he has pn \\ el! -.nidci
, lint he lias n-centK mad. his horn.
\'o. I J. townsliip _• ^ in Lint a county, near
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iGRESSIFE MEN OF WYOMING.
the Bigpiney postoffice, continuing there to be
employed in raising choice breeds of cattle. In
politics Air. Miller supports the Democratic par-
ty and is of much importance in local matters of
public interest, being a good citizen and a useful
member of the cattleraising fraternity. Mr.
Miller married in 1896, Miss 'Lizzie Sutton, a
daughter of William Sutton, a prominent citizen,
who is more particularly mentioned in the sketch
of Edward Sutton elsewhere in this volume, and
to which we refer the reader for further details.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have three children, Bertha
May. Agnes Irene and Edward.
OSBORNE LOW.
Bishop Osborne Low, whose services to his
church in exalted stations have been long con-
tinued and are much appreciated in this county,
is a native of Bear Lake county, Idaho, where he
was born on April i, 1865, a son of Sylvester
and Anna A. (Paton) Low, natives of Scotland,
who came to Utah in 1856, while living in that
state the father was a miller and merchant. He
was prominent in the affairs of the church, serv-
ing as clerk of the stake and in the order of the
high priesthood. The mother was a daughter
of Thomas and Jacobina ( Osborne) Paton, and
with her husband she is now living at their home
in the province of Alberta, Canada. The bishop
is one of a family of fourteen children, of whom
eleven are living and all married. He was edu-
cated in the district schools of Cache county,
Utah, and when he left school engaged in farm-
ing in that state until 1890, when he sold out
there and came to his present location in Wyo-
ming, near Afton in Star Valley. Here he has
conducted a prosperous and expanding business
in ranching and stock-growing, handling graded
and registered Holsteins principally, and furnish-
ing milk to the Burton creamery. He owns a
fine farm of 120 acres near the town, which he
has improved with a good brick residence, hav-
ing nine rooms, one of the best in the neighbor-
hood and being the second brick house erected
in this valley. He is a man of great enterprise,
and takes an active interest in everything pertain-
ing to the improvement of the community. He
was one of the promoters of the woolen mill re-
cently erected at Afton and gives his hearty and
serviceable aid to every good enterprise. As a
member of the board of education he has given
inspiration to the school forces and breadth and
vigor to the school system. His tenure of the
office of bishop already covers eight years of act-
ive work, five at Freedom and three at Afton,
and for some time he has been in the high priest-
hood. He is a man of restless energy and indus-
try, fond of work and fond of association with
the progressive people around him, especially the
young. For a time he acted as leader of a band,
and made application for articles of incorpora-
tion to secure its more perfect and efficient organ-
ization. On December i, 1887, in Utah, the
bishop was married to Miss Sylvia Merrill, born
and reared in that state, a daughter of George
G. and Alice (Smith) Merrill, natives of Xe\v
York who came to Utah in 1852. She died in
her native state on January 8, 1889, leaving one
child, Alice A., who died in July of the same
year, aged seven months and nineteen days. On
November 8, 1894, the bishop contracted an-
other marriage in Utah, his choice on this occa-
Mim, being Miss Mary A. Kennington. who was
born in Idaho, the daughter of William H. and
Annie R. (Seward) Kennington, natives of Eng-
land, but now living at Afton, of whom specific
mention is made on other pages of this work. Mr.
and Mrs. Low have four children, Osborne, Jr.,
Jennie, Bessie and Wanda.
FRANK J. MURTA.
This energetic and prosperous business man
of Uinta county has been long identified with
varying phases of the industrial elements which
combine to form the prosperity of the state of
"Wyoming, and, from his business ability, his
close connection with progressive movements and
his strong personal popularity, he well merits
consideration in this work. Mr. Murta was
born in 1847, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of
Patrick J. and Alice (Ward) Murta, the fa-
ther being a native of Belfast, Ireland, where the
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mother was also born in 1824, the thu^ln
Patrick and Catherine \\anl, who were natives
i>f I '.el fast. Patrick J. .Murta was a contr;
in Ireland, and, after his emigration, he foil
this occupation in Xe\v Orleans and Cincinnati,
until the time of the Civil War. when he enlisted
in tlu I'. S. Heavy Artillery and gave In .norable
service until the return of peace, thereafter re-
suming contracting operations in Cincinnati until
1807. when, coming to Omaha, he filled railroad
contracts until 1869, when he took up land on
Bear River, Wyo., and engaged in successful
ranching, and he is now living a retired life in
Montana. Tlr was well-educated, being a close
and diligent reader of scientific books and other
liirratnre and was and is a very popular individ-
ual. Frank J. Murta had good education.il
advantage^ in < >hi<> and at the age of eighteen
commenced HtV on a Wyoming ranch, taking up
a preemption claim and engaging in raising a
high grade of cattle and horses. This he con-
tinued with satisfaction and good financial re-
sults until 1894, when he changed the nature of
his business activity from cattlcraising to mer-
chandising, locating in Kemmerer. Wyo.. where
he is prosecuting a business that will nltim.1
according to present indications, become of •
scope and importance, as lie is a popular dealer
and citi/en. being held in the highest esteem, lie
is an active and influential member of the Repub-
lican party and fraternally OIK- of the Faglcs. His
first wife. Sarah Bartlett, a native of [owa and
daughter of George and Jane Bartlett. \\liom he
married in 1X78. died at the age of twenty-seven
years, leaving but three children. Alice. Nettie,
and Frank; and in 1000 Mr. Murta wedded
Miss Hannah Morgan, a native of \Vales Mr.
Murta stands well in all classes of thi com-
mnnity and is a public spirited gentleman.
J< MIX M. p,< >YDEN.
It is an ofttoM tale that the restli of
Xew Filmland has pn-hed llie compiest ,,f m;,n
over nature in all portions .if our c.mntrv, and
h.is carried side by side witli the physical develop
incut of its ne\\ fo,,ih,,lds the intellectual growth
and progress which has made America famous
in every capital of the old world, and also made
her people potential in every line of mental, me-
chanical, and civic enterprise. Wherever her
sons and daughters have planted their feel, na-
ture lias begun to "stand ruled." and the e
tial dignih and independence of man has
loudly proclaimed. From this fruitful, and seem-
ingly inexhaustible, hotbed of creative and sub-
duing energy came forth the ancestry of John
B. Boy.len. of Crook county, who, on this west-
ern soil, amid the scenes and responsibilities of
Frontier life, lias well exemplified all the sturdy
characteristics, the manly traits, the unyielding
d> termination and the broadening progressive-
which have ever distinguished his family
through all the generations of its American his-
tory. And. while his parents came from New
F.nyland, his father being a native of Boston.
Mas-., and his mother of Maine, he was himself
a product of the frontier, having been born at
what is now Minneapolis, on November MI. 185;.
the s, ^i of Fdwin R. and Mar' den.
who came from Maim- to Minnesota while it
\\as yet a new territory, settling near Minneapolis
when it was scarcely more than a military :
vation. When Minnesota was opened for settle-
ment the father was one of the first to take up
land in the neighborhood, locating on ground
that was later incorporated as Minneapolis. He
a miner In instincl and b\ practice, sailed
around the Horn in 1841) and traveled much in
rado, California. I "tali and Montana, seeking
fortune's favors in all and assisting iu establish-
ing the supremacy of law and order in each. In
Montana In was a member of the Vigilantes, and
time to time he took part in the tragical en-
forcement of that or^ani/ation's vigorous but
",-iry discipline. As a lo
the hazardous life in which he was engaged he
\ieldcd up his spirit at the behest of a highway-
man's bullet in Texas in iS(.8. His widow vet
mak' ne in Minnesota. Mr. P.nvde;
educate. I in the sen md. after
MIL: school he went into ln'siness in a
but finding the work too confining, at the end
of a year lie apprenticed himself to the machin-
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PROGRESSiri- MEN OF WYOM1 G.
ist's trade in that city and spent four years learn-
ing the craft. But still the roving disposition he
had inherited led him, in 187-7, to the Black Hills,
where he spent the winter prospecting in the
vicinity of Deadwood. In the spring he removed
to Bear Gulch in Wyoming, and the next fall
settled on land on Sand Creek, five miles south
of the present site of Beulah. He was one of
tin- first settlers in this section of the state, all
the land for many miles around being wild and
unsurveyed, yet its conditions of life satisfied his
adventurous disposition, and there he passed his
winters in pleasant occupation, prospecting in
Bear Gulch in the summers. In the fall of 1880
he took up his residence permanently on the
ranch, and when, in 1881, the survey through this
section was completed, he filed on his claim. In
1884, when the time came to prove up on his
ranch, he rode to Cheyenne to perform this duty
on a pony which he still owns, and which, al-
though perhaps one of the oldest in Wyoming, '
yet shows the spirit and "grit" of his youth, jus-
tifying the warm regard in which he is held
throughout the surrounding country. With a
genuine Yankee's clearness of vision, Mr. Boyden
saw the possibilities of the water-power at the
head of Sand Creek at the time he located on his
land, and has not overlooked it since. He began
improving his ranch from his first possession and
has steadily pushed forward the improvements
until his property is now one of the desirable
ones in the county. When Crook county was
organized, in 1884, he was elected the surveyor
of the new political bantling, was reelected in
1888 and again in 1890. In this position he gave
definiteness and stability to its outlines in various
ways, surveying all over its territory and that
of the adjoining counties to some extent. In
1889, when the state fish hatchery distributed its
fish for propagation in the streams in the Black
Hills, Mr. Boyden secured a portion of the distri-
bution and stocked the stream on his ranch, dam-
ming it for the purpose of aiding the developing
of the plant, and from this origin has grown his
present hatchery, which is of such ample propor-
tions and superior quality in its product that it
has been made a sub-station of the U. S. govern-
ment hatcher}- at Spearfish, S. D. Nature has
done much for the section in which he lives, lav-
ishing on it a wealth of scenery, wild, pictur-
esque and grand, that has made it a great resort
for tourists, adding to the beauties of the scenery
a bounty of sporting features in hunting, fish-
ing and other facilities, sufficient to gratify a most
exacting nature. Mr. Boyden has largely im-
proved his place, but by so doing he has only
whetted his appetite for improvements and is ar-
ranging for making them on a still larger scale.
He is also engaged in the cattle industry to a
limited extent. On December 22, 1890, at Sun-
dance, Wyo., Mr. Boyden was united in mar-
riage with Miss Anna B. Olson, a native of Illin-
ois. They have four children. Bliss, Margaret,
Cora and Mary. The head of the house is an
ardent Democrat in politics, and has always ta-
ken a very active and useful interest in the affairs
of his party, both local and general.
JAMES L. BESS.
This successful ranchman of Uinta county
and the present public spirited postmaster of La
Barge dates his arrival in Wyoming in 1886,
when he took up 160 acres in Uinta county and
later added to it until he has now 440 acres of
deeded land on which he raises horses and cattle.
He is a descendant of old Colonial stock in New
York state, through his father, who was James
L. Bess, a son of Alfred and Laura (Richard-
son) Bess, who immigrated to Utah in 1850. On
his mother's side he claims the distinction of
relationship with Gen. Sterling Price of the Con-
federate army, who was an uncle of his mother,
Joana P. Fulmer, the daughter of John S. and
Mary (Price) Fulmer of Tennessee, who also
migrated to Utah in 1850. In the family of
James L. Bess there were six children, but he
was the only son of his parents and came to
them in Salt Lake City on June 16, 1856, remain-
ing there until his school days were over and he
had later passed some time in mining and ranch-
ing. In 1882 he married with Miss Martha E.
Zyderland, a daughter of Martin and Cornelia
(Ages) Zyderland, native Hollanders, and they
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also have seven children, Josie May. Laurence Z.,
Murel A.. Coranelia, Delbert, James \".. Lula I.
Notwithstanding the numerous '.ires devolving
upon him for the support and training of so large
a family, Mr. Bess has been a popular postmaster
for several years and also an active and intelli-
gent worker on the school board, and, in every
public cause which tended to the true growth of
his section of Wyoming, he lias been a vigilant
but wisely conservative factor. Fraternally he
associates with the Maccabees and socially he
and his good wife are respected and loved for
the virtues and open-hearted hospitality that are
their natural heritage from their ancestors, the
good, old Dutch families of New York and Hol-
land and from the unfailing and far-famed cour-
Us\ of the Southern planter. They are justly
ranked among the prominent pioneers of a state
noted for its rapid increase in growth and impor-
tance and in the sturdy and intelligent character
of its diversified population, among whom this
family stands in a high position, and also for hav-
ing some of the wildest, grandest scenery on the
American continent.
CHARLES A. DEREEMF.R.
\n oldtime rider of Wvoming who is a pa
master in the art of handling cattle, who has
learned by long years of practical and pleasant
experience all that there is to know concerning
the stock' busim •" mi the great plains of the
West. ( 'harles A. Dercemer i> now one of the
prominent stockmen of Laramic county. W\"
ming. lie was born in Lorain county, <>hi«.
on February 25. 1860. the son of foseph and
Emma M. Dereemer. the father having his birth
.it i .nndeti, Lorain county, Ohio, ami tin ther
receiving her nativity in Otsego county. N. Y.
In TOM.}, when but three years of age. he accom-
panied his parents on their long, dangerous and
\\earisome way to California, and. Ming
in that state for three years, the mother and son
returned to Ohio in iS(>>, the father remaining
in t'alifornia. where he later died at I'due Can-
yon, 1n Placer comity. From (866 Charles lived
with his maternal grandpaivnls. William a
Eunice ( < iibson I Armstrong, who \\eiv honored
residents of Wakeman. I )hio. imtil he w;
years old. where he accompanied his n
Wyoming, where she located a ranch on dorse
Creek and soon thereafter married with Daniel
Slanton l.athan. Of the very estimable an
pable mother an extended personal history will
be found on page 74 of this volume. Mr. De-
reemer commenced his long life of activity in
cattleraising on his mother's Horse Creek ranch,
\\ here he grew to man's estate, receiving his early
education in the schools of that section, and later
attending the graded schools at the city of Chey-
enne for two years. After the completion of his
education he continued on the Horse Creek ranch,
managing the business for his mother and carry-
ing it on with great success. He also acquired
an interest in the business and continued oper-
ations there until 1888. when he married and re-
moved to his present ranch on Horse Creek, when-
he has since resided. This properly he aon
in iSSii. and has improved from that time. I h-
has carried on here a successful hii-mes- in cattle
and horseraising. and is now considered as one
of the .substantial business men and property
owners of bis section of the state of Winning. It
may be said that Mr. Dereemer has graduated
from the saddle into the business which is now
occupying his mature years. Iriving ridden Wyo-
ming ranu1 - as a cowbo} for more than fifteen
years, and now being one of the oldest practical
stockmen in that section of tin- \\estern country
and counted as one of the best ported cattlemen
in Wyoming. It is ver\ interesting to hear him
relate bis early experiences on the range dur-
ing frontier days. I hiring a considerable portion
of (bis time the Indians were very hostile and
troublesome, and their annoyances and depreda-
tions were often of such a nature as to severely
try the courage, judgment and endurance of the
-tocl.men during the early hist..n, of \V\oming.
The discretion and coolness of Mr. 1 Vrcemer.
combined with bis invincible courage and deter-
mination, were often the means of carrying him
through place- where both his life and pro'
ami that of "(hers were in danger. On Septem-
ber j-. tSSS. Mr. IVreemer \\.is united in the
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holy bonds of wedlock in Chicago, 111., to Miss
Ida |. Mosher, a native of Ohio, and the daugh-
ter of Lewis and Hannah E. (Whitney) Mosher,
natives of the same state. The father followed
the occupation of farming in Ohio, and continued
in that business in the county of Lorain until his
death, which occurred on April 7, 1888. Her
mother had passed away on March 15, 1886,
aged fifty-one years and five months. Both lie
buried in Lorain county, Ohio, as does their only
son, William J. Mosher, who died on October
17. 1880. being aged twenty- four years and nine
months. Lewis Mosher was an honored citizen
of Lorain county, standing especially high in
Masonic circles for many years. He was born
in Perry, Lake county, Ohio, on September 27,
1826. and his wife was born on October 16,
1835, in Camden, Lorain county. In a quiet, un-
pretentious manner they accomplished much
good in their lives and the world was the better
for their having lived. Mr. and Mrs. Dereemer
have six children, Emma E., Lewis M., William
S., Charles H., Gertrude I. and Joseph E., and
their home is noted for its many comforts and
congenial surroundings. Mr. Dereemer is a
stanch adherent of the Republican party, and is
one of the most trusted of the advisers of that
political organization in Laramie county. He
has never sought or desired any public office, but
has consistently pursued his successful course
as a practical ranchman and stockgrower. first
of the territory and afterwards of the state of
which he is an honored citizen.
JAMES M. HOGE.
A successful and progressive stockman of
Albany county, Wyoming, James M. Hoge, now
a resident of Laramie, is a native of Pennsyl-
vania, having been born in that state in 1853. be-
ing the son of Solomon and Sarah ( Overturff)
Hoge, natives of the same state. The father was
born in 1815, and followed the occupation of
farming, in which he continued up to the time
of his decease, which occurred in 1873. He was
an active factor in the political life of the section
where he resided, identified with the Democratic
party, and he for many years held the position
of justice of the peace in his native county. He
was the son of Thomas Hoge, also a native of
the same state. The mother of the subject of
this review is of German descent, being the
daughter of John and Sarah (Allison) Overturff,
both natives of the Keystone state. She was a
woman of remarkable strength of character and
the mother of eleven children, all of whom are
living. James M. Hoge grew to maturity and
received his early academical training in the
schools of his native state, and subsequently at-
tended for a short time the college at Waynes-
burg, in that state. Leaving college at the age
of twenty years, he engaged in the business of
civil engineering in Pennsylvania, and later took
up the study of the law, and was in due time ad-
mitted to the bar of that state. Engaging in the
practice of his profession he was soon thereafter
tendered an appointment as clerk of the Probate
Court by Governor Pattison, which he accepted
and served in that responsible position for about
one year. In 1890 he removed his residence to
Wyoming and established himself nea'r the city
of Laramie in the business of ranching and cat-
tleraising. He has met with success in this line
and he finds the occupation more congenial to his
tastes, if not more profitable, than the practice
of the law. He is now the owner of a fine ranch
property of about 6.000 acres of land, improved
with good fences, modern buildings and all the
conveniences and appliances for the carrying on
of a successful ranching and stockraising busi-
ness. He gives especial attention to the breeding
of fine thoroughbred and graded Herefords and
Shorthorns, and is the owner of some of the most
valuable animals in the state. By his energy,
enterprise, thrift and progressive methods of
conducting his business he is rapidly accumulat-
ing a handsome fortune and is one of the leading
stockmen of his section of Wyoming. In 1878,
while yet a resident of his native state, he was
united in marriage to Miss Martha M. McNeely,
also a native of that state and the daughter of
John and Catherine (Stockdale) McNeely, both
natives of Pennsylvania. They have two chil-
dren, Owen S. and Catherine E., both of whom
PROGRESSIVE MEX OE \VYOMI\C-.
729
an still living. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Hoge
is noted for its refined surroundings, and for
the hospitality which the\- take pleasure in ex-
tending to their large circle of friends and ac-
quaintances. Mr. Hoge is identified with the
Republican party, taking an active interest in
public affairs, although he has never sought or
desired any political position, preferring to give
his time and attention wholly to the management
and promotion of his private business. He is,
however, a leader in the husbandry interests of
the community where he maintains his home and
enjoys the high esteem of all. His ability and
popularity are such that, should he desire to
seek public honors, his fitness for any position
of trust or honor would be conceded by all classes
of his fellow citizens.
WILLIAM H. HUNT.
William H. Hunt is in all respects essentially
both a product and a representative of the fron-
tier and the cattle industry, having passed his
life so far practically as a pioneer and on the
range. !!> was born in Texas on December i~>.
1858, and became a resident of Wyoming in
1880. His parents were William II. and Cath-
erine (Tardcll i Hunt, natives of Ithaca, New
. who migrated to Texas soon after its ad-
mission in tin- American 1'nimi as a stale. The
father there engaged in the stock indn
ne one of the best-km >wn and mosl i ten
sive of MS prominent land and cattle < >\\ ners. 1 IN
son, William, attained manhood and was educat-
ed in his nati\ md. in iSSo. was
twentv-tv, '>ld. he came with a drove ->i
eattle to Wyomin ig at tir-t in Johnson
ty, and, two years later, removing I" Sheri-
dan o<>unt '. . where lie accep
if the < irinnell Live Stock Co. lie remained
with this company until iSS4, when lie (.>.
:ct from a number of > >''• tien to
their stock a\v;i\ from the Indian reservation.
\fter engaging in this hazardou- ami trying oc-
cupation for two years, in i SSi > he removed |,>
what is now I'.ighorn c"imt\. Wyoming, and set-
tled on Shell ("reek, where he located a ranch
and began a promising industry in the raising
inck and in general farming. For six years
lie continued operations on this site and then
• •(I to the ranch which he now owns and occu-
ivhieh he has since then earn
the same branches of husbandry with cnmi
able and fruitful diligence and system, lie has
a fine ranch of 160 acres, well-improved and
\i-orously cultivated, and runs on it an average
of nearly 200 cattle of superior breed and quality,
keeping his output up to a high standard, with
all of his stock in prime condition. In public af-
fairs Mr. Hunt has always taken an active in-
terest, and has been of great service to northern
\\'\< iming by his enterprise and public spirit. He
helped to organize Johnson, Sheridan and Big-
horn counties, and in 1896 was elected clerk of
I'.ighorn county on the Democratic ticket, being
the first clerk of the county by election. He was
the nominee of his party for the same position
in 1898 and again in 1902. In IQOO he was on
the Democratic presidential electoral ticket and
the same year helped to found and became the
editor and manager of the Wyoming Dispatch.
i 1 1 rough the columns of this paper he advocated.
thi cause of his party with vigor and force, and
helped materially in making it popular with the
electors of the county. In iS8^. at Dayton in
Sheridan county, this state, he was married to
Miss Kmtna L. Whitcomb. a native of Indiana.
They have six children. Hudson. ( 'atherine. Em-
nutt. S\lvanus, Edwin and I'.elle.
LEY I I. KILMER.
The great state' of ( lliio. which ha- contrib-
uted so liberally to tb \eni-
•.itrol of the nation, ha- not luvn inactive
or niggardly in contribute :her lines of
Useful activity. Ihr sons have exemplified the
best elements of American manhood in <•
f' mini, and helped in the dcv. • very
frontier state ami territory. Ani"i
on her -oil, who have been potential f:
in building up W\"iniiiu;. and a!-o in brir
her i'i to the- Knowledge and 51
ind, 1 • '•• i I .ehmer. i if P.iu;;i
730
rKOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ty, Imlds a deservedly high rank. He was born
in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on October 30, 1852,
and, four years later, his father, Henry D. Leh-
mer, a native of Pennsylvania, descended from
old Holland Dutch ancestors, died in Ohio at the
age of forty-six years. When her son, Levi, was
twelve years old, the widowed mother removed
her \onng family to Indiana, and there she reared
and educated them as best she could on the slen-
der means available for the purpose. But, early
in his life, even when he was but fourteen, Levi
Lehmer was obliged to shift for himself and
-then and there began the career of industry and
frugality that has brought him his present pros-
perity and standing, by working on farms in the
neighborhood of his Hoosier home and at such
odd jobs as he could get in other lines. When
he was nineteen years old he made a long stride
into the then far West, stopping in Nebraska,
where he engaged in farming three years, in 1874
coming to Wyoming, where for a year he worked
for the Union Pacific at Medicine I low. From
there he went to Green River and continued with
the same company for seven more years. He
began his railroad service as a section hand and
by regular promotions became an engineer be-
fore he quit it. In the year of 1879-80 he was
engaged in the cattle business on the Spur ranch,
which he owned at that time, but, in 1883, he set-
tled on the pleasant and fertile one he now owns
and occupies, which consists of 306 acres of
productive land, all under irrigation, much of
it being cultivated for the benefit of his cattle
and horses, of which he has a large number of
a good quality. In addition to his stock indus-
try he runs a sawmill about fifteen miles north-
\\ est of Bigpiney on Middle Piney Creek, and,
with all its capacity, which is considerable for
its kind, he is unable to supply the demand for
its product. Being a public spirited and enter-
prising man, he has in contemplation the enlarge-
ment of its equipment which the trade demands.
Mr. Lehmer has been deeply and actively inter-
ested in the advancement and improvement of the
community, and to this end has given time and
attention to local public affairs in many ways.
He has served as a justice of the peace and he
has been at the front of every commendable
movement along the lines of safe and healthful
progress. On March 3, 1895, he was united in
marriage with Mrs. Alice J. Bugher, widow of
Dr. J. O. Bugher, of this county, and a daughter
of Edward and Jane (Hargraves) Davis, na-
tives of England. Mrs. Lehmer had five chil-
dren by her first marriage, Archie C., Ralph C.,
John C., Christina F. and Ruby E. Bugher. One
child has blessed her second marriage, a daugh-
ter, Bessie M. Lehmer. The father of Mrs. Leh-
mer is still living, at.the age of eighty years, at
Whitewater, Kan., with his son, Edward Davis,
who is the editor of the Whitewater Independent.
Mr. Lehmer's mother, some years after the death
of his father, contracted a second marriage, being
then united with Jacob Sliffe of Pennsylvania.
GRIFFITH H. MAGHEE.
Although one of the younger business men of
the city of Rawlins and the state of Wyoming,
Griffith H. Maghee of the Ferris-Maghee Drug
Co., of Rawlins, is easily in the front rank of
the business forces of the state, and his enter-
prise and breadth of view will keep him there,
however rapidly those forces may advance or
widen the sweep of their operations. He is the
son of a Wyoming pioneer of 1873, a native of
Evansville, Indiana, born on January 25, 1872,
and brought by his parents to reside in this new
land when he was about a year old. His parents,
Dr. Thomas G. and Mary E. (Williams') Maghee.
were natives respectively of Indiana and Ken-
tucky. The father grew to manhood in his native
state and was educated in its public and other
schools. At the beginning of the War between
the Sections he enlisted in the Union army, and
his service lasted to the close of the contest. He
then completed his medical studies and joined
the U. S. regular army and was appointed a sur-
geon in the service. In this capacity he was first
stationed at Omaha, and in 1873 was transferred
to Wyoming and stationed at Fort Stanbaugh.
Later he was at Fort Brown and then at Fort
Washakie. In 1878 he resigned, and locating
at Green River, he opened a drug store, and, a
PROGRESSIVE Ml:.\ OF ll'YOMIXG.
year later, he removed his base of operations to
Rawlins and engaged in the practice of medicine,
in which he is still actively ocupied. In 1884
his wife died, leaving as her surviving children
three sons, Morgan M.. Griffith H., Torr<
Morgan M. is tin- efficient manager of the
Rawlins electric light plant, and was the captain
of Troop K in Colonel Torrey's Rough Kidcr-
in the Spanish-American war; Torrey 11. is a
cadet at West Point ; Griffith H. is the immediate
subject of these paragraphs. In 1885 the Doctor
was married to his second wife, Miss Ev<l\n
Baldwin, daughter of the late Major Noves M.
Baldwin, of Lander. Griffith H. Maghee has so
far passed his whole life from infancy in this
state, except such time as he passed at school,
and he is therefore thoroughly identified with the
interests of the commonwealth and with the vital-
it}- and progress of her commercial, industrial
and moral forces. He was primarily educated
in her public schools, and. in their more ad-
vanced courses of instruction, prepared hi:
for the University training, which later he re-
ceived at the State University of Nebraska, lo-
cated at Lincoln. After leaving that institution
he attended the Philadelphia College of Phar-
macy and thereafter the Northwestern Tniver-
sity at Chicago, from the pharmaceutical de-
partment of which lie was graduated with honors
in 1X97. He returned In Wyoming and at Raw-
lins Carted a drug business, which in [902, was
merged in the present enterprise, conducted un-
der the firm-name of the Ferris-Maghee Drug
Co., which is conducting a strictly first-cla-
tablishment, down-to-date in every way, hein^
well worthy of the great confidenci >:ilar-
ity which it enjoys in the coinmunit'. tlimugb
which its benefits are spread. The men at the
brad of the enterprise are pharmacists, in truth
and in fact, and their chief desire, cnnimercially.
is to make their place of business essentially a
pharmacy, and not subordinate that feature t<-
anv side line, not even any of those which are
by custom allied with it. Their store is oni of
the finest in '•(inipmeiit and arrangement, and
their stock is one of the mplete in the
\nrtbwest. where the large number of p'ltmns
may always be sure of finding the best of every
article of standard and staple drugs, patent med-
icines, toilet requisites, perfumes, rubber sun-
dries anil the <>iher commodities belonging tn the
business. The genial and popular proprietors
^ivc their personal attention to the prescription
depurti':--m. where they use onh th. i and
and chemicals, ani • se the
most discriminating intelligence- and skill in all
the operations of their accurate prescription com-
pounding. Their devotion to their business, their
careful attention to its every detail and their un-
varying integrity and courtesy of manner, have
won for them a well-deserved mercantile and pro-
fessinnal success. In 1902 Mr. Maghee was ap-
pointed by the late Governor Richards a mem-
ber of the state board of pharmacy, of which he
has been made secretary, and in this position it
has been his constant effort to have the laws
governing the practice of pharmacy strictly en-
forced, and he has won high commendation for
his care and conscientiousness in the matter. He
is a prominent member of the order of ' Mil Fcl-
lows in all (if its branches and alsn belongs tn
tin \\'i (oilmen of the World. On February <">.
1903. he and R. L. Xewman, of Rock Springs,
organized the Wyoming Pharmaceutical \ —
tinn. and he was chosen secretary of the new or-
ganization. At Lander, in this state, on lune M,
1900. Mr. Maghee wedded Miss Florence C.
I'.aldwin. a native of Fremont count v. Wyo., and
a daughter of the late Major Noyes M. I'.ald-
win of lender, a sketch of whom appears else
where in this work. Tlis wife is a sister of his
stepmother. I'.nlb of these ladi< s possess high
mplishments combined with the most p]
ing manner.- and presence.
RICH \RI> MAY.
The subject of tin's sketch is a familiar \\
ming persiiuage. commonly known a- Indian
Dick', whose residence is at Wind River, about
forty-two mil of Fori Washakie. W\o
mill-. I le i- I to l>e one of the few sur-
viving members of the very lamentable Mountain
Meadow massacre. When he was alion! (he
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OF WYOMING.
of nine years, he left Salt Lake City, where was
then his home, and went to reside with the Ban-
nock tribe of Indians, with whom he made his
home for the next six months. At the end of
that time he was "rescued" or rather taken from
the Indians by U. S. soldiers under General Can-
by, the same gallant officer who was afterwards
treacherously murdered by the Modoc Indians.
Young May was carried by General Canby to
Fort Bridger, where he remained for about one
year. He then ran away from that post, found
his way unto the Shoshone Indians, and was af-
terward sold by the Indian who had laid claim to
him to another Indian for a blanket. He had a
number of exciting experiences while making his
home with this tribe, and participated in two
of their wars with other tribes. Subsequently
he left the Shoshones and for two years lived in
Montana with the Crow Indians. Still later he
joined his fortunes with the Cheyennes, and went
with them into Colorado, where he joined with
them in their wars with the white settlers there.
Returning again to the Crow nation, he lived
with that tribe during its fierce wars with the
Sioux. Upon leaving the Crows the spirit of
adventure led him to find his way to the Black-
feet tribe of northern Montana, for a time he
resided with them and also joined in their wars
with other tribes. He also lived with the Flat-
heads and with the Montereys, thus becoming
thoroughly familiar with Indian character and
languages. He speaks the Flathead, Blackfoot,
Crow and Shoshone tongues and is well-known
to all of the Indians of the western country.
During a period of three years he was the guide
and interpreter at the military post at Fort
Washakie. In 1876 he was with the army of
General George Crook which was campaigning
against the Sioux, serving in the capacity of
government scout, and made a great reputation
for himself by his great efficiency. He participat-
ed in the fight at Slim Butte and was in all of
the stirring and trying episodes of the campaign
of that year. He continued to reside with the
Shoshone tribe until he purchased the ranch
which he now occupies, engaged in the business
of ranching and cattleraising and is now the own-
er of a fine place of about 320 acres, with a con-
siderable herd of cattle, and he is steadily adding
to his holdings of both land and cattle. During
his early life among the Shoshones he was
united in marriage to Lucinda, a member of
that tribe. She was a superior woman and was
a valued helpmeet to him for more than twenty-
two years before her death. In November, 1900,
he was again married, his present wife having
been Miss Annie Calhoun, the daughter of James
Calhoun, one of the early pioneers and a respect-
ed citizen of the Wind River country. They
have one child, Frank, and their home is one of
the most hospitable ones of their section of the
state. During his life on the plains Mr. May
acted for a number of years as guide into the
Yellowstone National Park. Among other not-
able parties of whom he had charge, a prominent
one was that of President Chester A. Arthur,
General Phil Sheridan and Secretary of. War
Robert Lincoln along in the eighties, many other
dignitaries also receiving his care.
S. CONANT PARKS.
On each side of his house descended from a
long line of distinguished ancestors, S. Conant
Parks, the genial and companionable vice-presi-
dent of the First National Bank of Lander, Wyo-
ming, exemplifies in his daily life the character-
istics of good citizenship which have given so
many of his family prominence and public re-
-;;rd. He was born at Auburn, 111., on May 15,
1 851,1, the son of Thomas S. and Xancy C. ( Po-
lr\ i Parks, the father a native of Indiana, born
on May 22, 1822, and the mother of Muhlenberg
county, Ky., born on March 24, 1828. On the
father's side his forebears run back in an un-
broken continuance to Sir Robert Parks, of Pres-
ton, England, whose son, Samuel, emigrated to
America and' settled at Wethersfield, Conn., in
1640; and to Roger Conant, of England, who
landed at Plymouth in 1623 and became the gov-
ernor of the Dorchester Company and -thereby
the first governor of Massachusetts. In both
lines the genealogy sparkles with the patronymics
of men well-esteemed in their several stations
PROGRESSIVE MEN Oh' WYOMING.
733
and localities as elevated and influential citizens,
who both dignified and adorned every walk of
life in which they were founrl, and inspired with
healthy and increased vitality every line of use-
ful activity among men. The father of Mr.
Turks was the president of the leading bank' at
Auburn, 111., and a prominent man in the public
affairs of that section of the country. He died
at the ripe age ot sixty-nine years, on January
28, iSgi. at Auburn, where most of his life of
mercantile and public usefulness had been passed,
and where his widow still resides. His parents
were Beaumont and Nancy (Conant) Parks, the
former a native of Bethlehem, Conn., and the lat-
ter of Windsor, Yt. Beaumont Parks was a pro-
fessor in the University of Indiana and a son of
Elijah and Hannah (Beaumont) Parks, natives
of ( 'nnnecticut. Elijah was a son of Nathaniel
Parks. Jr.. and a grandson of Nathaniel, whose
fatlur was Edwards Parks, then of Killing-worth,
Conn. Edward was a lineal descendant of Sir
Robert Parks, native to Preston. Eng. Hannah
r.ratimont was a daughter of William and Sarah
(Everett) I'.eanmont. of \Yindham, Conn., the
former of whom became a celebrated physician
of St. Louis, .\|o. Nancy Conant's father was
Stephen Conant. a veteran of the Revolutionary
\Yar, born in June, i -'>_'. a son ,if K/ra and Mili-
cuit i Newell ) Conant. lie enlisted .'is a \<>uth
in apt. Enoch Chaplin's company oJ 'I issachu-
setts volunteers early in the \\ar for indep'
eiiee. and lived to see the triumph of the prin-
ciples for which be fought and their crystalliza-
tion in the complete establishment of the new
republic among the nations of the earth
.nit died on 1 )eceinber 7. 1X04. I le •
son i 'f I'.en jainin and Martha (Davids
ant. and a leading man in both the ' '! and
the Federal periods of New England hi
i was Ji .1m I i inailt, born on D • 1 5.
losj. at I'.everF. Mass., and the Inisliand of
I'.ethiah Mansfield. 1 le a Is. . ti >T( nninenl
part in the pnblir a ('fairs of bis da\ and srotinn.
aiding materially, as a gallant soldii i].(ain
Samuel Appleton's company in Km- Philip's
\\ :r. in si-enriiiL; ib. pi md prosp,-rit\ of
Nc\\ England and in main otb. ontnbnt
ing to the growth and development of the colo-
nies after that bloody contest was over. He was
a son of Lot Conant, who was born at Xantasket,
Mass., in 16.24, and married with Elizabeth Wal-
ton. For twelve years Lot Conant served as a se-
lectman, proving himself as wise in counsel as
he was vigorous in action. His father, Roger
Conant, was baptized at East Budleigh, Eng-
land, in 1592, and emigrated to America in 1623,
landing at Plymouth. He was later chosen gi iv-
ernor of the Dorchester company, and thus be-
came the first governor of the Massachusetts I'.ay
colony. He was a son of Richard, and Rich-
ard was a son ,.f John Conant. .Mr. Park's moth-
er was a daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Gos-
sett ) Poley. both belonging to Southern families,
the Polcys being long solidly established in Ken-
tuck}' as were the Cos-setts in Louisiana. Joseph
Poley was born on February t. 1802. He grew
to maiih 1 and was educated in his native state.
and afterwards became one of the early settlers
of Sangamon county. 111., where he accumulated
a lai'^r estate and became prominent in its busi-
ness and public life. His father. Charles Poley,
was born in the province of \Kace, then a part
of France, and was carefully educated in Paris
for die Christian ministry, (."hanging his plans.
however, after reaching man's estate, he came to
this country and settled in Kentucky, then a
vast expanse i.f largcU unbroken wilderness, but
n- such rapid strides in pro and <le\ el
opulent that it was alreadx claniorini; for admis-
sion I" ilk- digniu of statehood, and this it
thereafter assumed. In the movement which
thi i .•-nil. and in the . -I ablishmeni
ear!\ administration of the state government.
Pole\ was acii\e. prominent and serviceable. S.
< ..rant Parks ,,f Lander, the immediate subject
of this review, was ih, second of the live children
born to his parents, three of uliom are now liv-
• 'I his t \\ 1 1 sj Mers being Miriam, the \\ il'e
of Silas S. Lewis, of St. Louis. Mo., and the
other. Mary Parks, being a resident of lib
lie received his preliminary sebolastic training
in the elemental^ and hi^h schools of hi- native
cit\. latei : from the Cnivcrsitv
of Michigan in the class of 'S; \\-ith the d
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
of A. B., and still later receiving that of Ph. D.
from the University at Halle, Germany. In 1888,
after finishing his course of instruction at the
noted German sclm-il. lie came In Wyoming, and,
locating at Lander, became the vice-president of
a private bank in that city, which, in 1892, was
reorganized as the First National Bank of Lan-
der. Of this institution he is still a director and
the vice-president, having in addition to the du-
ties connected therewith a number of business
connections of importance. He is one of the
leading men in the control of the First National
Bank of Thermopolis, and is also one of the di-
rectorate conducting the banking house of Amor-
etti. Parks & Co.. of Cody. To every enterprise
in which he takes an interest he gives devoted
attention, making it feel the quickening impulse
of his master hand. In fraternal relations he
has ascended the Masonic ladder through the
lodge, chapter and commandery, and is an act-
ive worker in the various bodies. He was mar-
ried on April 24, 1889, to Miss Clara Hills, of
Giicago, a daughter of John N. and Caroline
(Tuttle) Hills of that city, natives of Vermont.
Mrs. Parks is a Daughter of the Revolution and
a Colonial Dame ; being also an active worker
in the Episcopal church. They have one child,
Harold Hills Parks, whose sunny presence helps
to brighten their pleasant home on Third street
in Lander. In the business and social circles of
the community no man stands higher than Air.
Parks, and none has or is entitled to a higher
place in the public regard as a citizen.
JOHN B. WARREN.
Descending from distinguished American an-
cestors who were identified prominently with the
Massachusetts colony long before the Declaration
of Independence was drafted, the original Eng-
lish emigrant being one of the founders of the
commonwealth, and also being connected collater-
ally with that distinguished physician of Bos-
ton, who. as Gen. Joseph Warren, was killed at
the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was in com-
mand of the Patriot troops, John B. Warren, now
of Granger, Wyoming, has well maintained the
loyalty and devotion of every generation of his
American kindred by valiantly defending the in-
tegrity of the national flag on many a bloody
battlefield of the Civil War, and, by his uniformly
manly endeavor in the vocations of his peaceful
life, where he has won material prosperity bv
the force of his native talents and industry, secur-
ing at the same time universal public esteem and
confidence. It is eminently fitting that he should
have a fixed place in this volume, devoted as it
is to the progressive men of the state, and it is
with pleasure that we here give a review of his
active and eminently useful career. John B.
Warren was born in Lapeer county, Mich., on
February 7, 1837. a son of John and Elizabeth
( Evans ) Warren, natives of New York, the
mother also descending from prominent English
stock. The father was a farmer and stockraiser,
a quiet, home-loving man who wrought well in
the station of life where Providence had placed
him. until came the sunlmons of war. when, one
of the earliest of the citizens of his state to re-
spond to the call of his country, he enlisted in
the First Michigan Engineer Corps, early in
iSfii. and followed the dangerous adventures of
that organization through the first battle of Bull
Run, and numerous other hotly contested en-
gagements, until he was mustered out by death
at Nashville, Tenn., in 1862 at the age of forty-
nine years. His widow is still residing at her
Michigan home at the venerable age of eighty-
five years. Having attained mature life and
receiving the benefits of the excellent com-
mon-schools of Michigan, the innate patriotism
of the race impelled our subject to throw his en-
ergies, and life if God so willed, into his coun-
try's defense, and in 1863 he enlisted in Co. I of
the same organization in which his father had
served, the historic First Michigan Engineer
Corps, with which he participated, in its bloody
march through the South, in the battles of Shilnh.
Crab Orchard. Rock Creek, Lookout Mountain
and many another lesser engagement, until ( >cli i-
ber 15, 1864, when he was honorably discharged
from service at Atlanta, Ga. Upon returning to
civil life Mr. Warren engaged in lumbering oper-
ations in Michigan with his brother-in-law, Les-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
ter Wotun. for about a ye.ir, then started for the
illimitable opportunities of the great West. In
1865 he outfitted at Leavenworth, Kan., and
crowed the plains with a I". S. government train,
continuing with it until it arrived at Fort Doug-
las, Utah, and he was thereafter connected with
various industries for about three years,
he returned to Denver, soon, however, remov-
ing in Cheyenne, Wyo., where In- became identi-
fied with railroad work, continuing to be em-
plo\ed in this capacity until May -10, 1869, when,
by an accident, he lost his right leg. P.eing thus
incapacitated for a continuance of his 1
there, he came to Green River and was here em-
ployed by the railroad company until 1873. when.
] ii r< eiving a good opportunity, he engaged in car-
pentry, in which he continued successful opera-
tions until he retired from active business but a
short time since. He came to Granger in
INS}, building there and for some years success-
fully conducting the hotel, which he now leases.
ITe has erected and now owns several of the im-
portant buildings of the town and is considered
one of the leading citizens of the community.
Always willing to do his share in every public
duty or private beneficence. Mr. Warren has
faithfully and capably filled such of the public
office-- as he \\-ould accept. I !<• has been an able
depuU -lii/riff, and he ua- the -eeond ju
of the pi I.-. -ted at Gn-en River. \\
the first incumbent of the latter office
at Granger, holding it by successive reelections
until he would hold it no longer. Mr. Warren
in 1873 wedded Miss Ruby Rumble, a daughter
of I lenry R'.'inble. at Green River. Wvo. ' Mi June
IO. 1875. -he was called from earth, leaving two
children. John, who resides in Terrace. Utah,
and Andrew, now of Granger. He secured his
second wife on June 23, 1884, in his marriage
with Mrs. Sarah (Hughe- i Edwards, who was
the mother of four children by her marriage to
James EdwanK namely. Tann-s. Jr., now of
Granger: Sarah, now Mrs. David Hugh . of
Montpelier, [daho; Barbara, wife of J. R. I'.ren-
nan. of Mnntpelier. and Gertrude, who \ et lives
with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Warren have
had two children. Alice and Fredi rick, the latter
.ing an untimely death in the railroad yards
at Granger on December _>. iSS5. Mr. Warren
and his e-timable wife exhibit in their cl
home the liberal hospitality of the West, many
friends and strangers -as well being the recipients
of a truly home-like welcome and cheer.
FRANK L. SENFF.
"Xot honored k>s than he who heirs is he
who founds a line." This sentiment from our
American Quaker poet applies aptly to Frank L.
Senff, one of the pioneers and builders of John-
son county, \\'M nning, whose untimely death on
July 22, 1892, at the age of fifty-three, in the
full maturity of his physical and mental powers,
when his influence for ;•, 1 in his community
was at its height, caused universal regret. He
was a native of German}-, born on November 19,
1839, and there he grew to manhood, receive,!
hi- education and learned his trade a- a emler.
When he was twenty-four years old. feeling
cramped by the crowded condition of labor and
the obstacles to aspiration in the Fatherland,
hearkening to the voice of the New World offer-
ing each workman what his special craft di
mauds, each brain a ready market for its wares,
nbarked his hopes in the venture and came
to the United States, landing at Philadelphia
and there living and working at his trade for a
pi rind of five years. At the end of that time
he removed to Chicago and in that city started
.in enterprise in cutlery on his own account,
which he conducted on an expanding scale for
fourteen years, then sold to seek a home in the
farther West. This business is still in vigorous
pi ogress and all the industries with which he was
connected in the ' n are
flourishing and healthy. When he came ton
ern Wyoming, in i88j. he stopped at Pine Klnff-.
near ( lievemu . long enough I" L'< t together and
tit up wagons for tin- trai m of hi-
and his belonging . and, ar-
riving in April of tb.it year, mi the banks of T.it-
tli I1 eek, he took up a ranch near the
in. luntains. Km. soon .1 Eter, nol likin- :
tion, be purchased the rights which had accrued
736
I'ROGRESSll'l- MEN OF WYOMIXG.
in the ranch he now occupies and used his right
of preemption in connection therewith and thus
secured a desirahle home, which he continued to
occupy until his death. The ranch is on Big
I'iney Creek, fourteen miles north of Buffalo,
well located, highly improved, made very pro-
ductive by skillful cultivation, and has an envi-
able name throughout all the countryside for its
genuine and generous hospitality. The next year
after his arrival his family joined him, and they
inaugurated an industry in cattleraising which
is still in prosperous and progressive activity and
has grown to great dimensions. The ranch con-
sists of 720 acres of deeded land and has attached
a large acreage of leased land. It is now under
the direct supervision of Mr. SenfF s widow, who
has carried on its work successfully and skillfully
since his death, continuing, in her way and as
far as she can, the public spirit and interest in
every good enterprise for the advancement of
the county which distinguished her honored hus-
band and made him one of the most esteemed,
as he was one of the earliest and most useful,
citizens of his portion of the state. On Novem-
ber 20. 1864, in the city of Philadelphia. Pa.,
Mr. Senff married with Miss Pauline Roesiger,
his companion and helpmeet to the close of his
life. She was a native of Germany and came
to America, when she was quite a young woman,
with friends of her family, making her home with
her aunt until her marriage. Nine children blessed
their union, all of whom are living and prospering
in various lines of active usefulness. They are :
Frank R.. now engaged in mining at Da\vson,
Alaska : Arthur, who has a ranch adjoining his
mother's; Mildred, now married with J. G. Cors-
lett and living at Sheridan, Wyo ; Fred, engaged
in the pursuit of ranching, .also in Wyoming;
Lena, now a popular teacher in the schools of the
state of Washington ; Agnes, married to W. F.
Sonnamaker, and living on Prairie Dog; Harry,
Ernest and Edel, all belonging to the family
household. The family are Lutherans in church
connection, as was Mr. Senff. He was also a
Republican in politics, but, while taking an active
interest in the welfare of his party, always sin-
cerely loyal to its principles and policies, he was
not an office-seeker nor a bigoted partisan. His
love for his adopted country was genuine and fer-
vent, and where the interests of his community
were concerned he forgot party and every other
narrowing affiliation, in his broad and substantial
patriotism. The name of this family is a house-
hold word throughout its section of the state,
standing high in public and private regard wher-
ever known as a synonym for all the best ele-
ments of progressive American citizenship.
JOHN W. AGEE.
The growth and development of every new
country is deeply and lastingly indebted in all
essential particulars to the numbers of its citi-
zens, whose course in life has not lain along the
points and pinnacles of great affairs, where his-
tory holds her splendid march, and any record
of achievements by its progressive men must ne-
cessarily contain the names and deeds of many
who have only performed, with cheerfulness and
fidelity, and without ostentation or claim of merit,
the dnily duties of life, found ever at hand, which
are small in their individual magnitude, but
mighty in their aggregate importance. Among
the men of this class in Wyoming, must be named
T. W. Agee of Bighorn county, living two and
one-half miles east of Burlington, on a fine ranch
of 640 acres, which he has redeemed .from the
waste and made attractive in appearance{ com-
fortable as a home and prolific in fertility, by his
energy and skill, paving, by his long years of
systematic effort in labor and faith, the price of
a good estate and now- enjoying its fruits, in the
possession of a stock and farming business of
considerable extent and giving profitable returns.
Mr. Agee first saw the light of this world on
September 14, 1867, in Nebraska, whither his
parents, Dr. James W. and Eliza M. (Hurst)
Agee, moved, in 1864, from Missouri, where the
mother was born and reared, the father being a
native of Tennessee. They located at Valley in
Douglas county, and there the father still lives,
actively engaged in the practice of his profession.
His wife died in 1902 and was laid to rest in the
soil of her adopted state. In his native place
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ut: WYOMING
737
their son,- John W. Agee, grew to manhood, re-
ceived his education, and, after leaving school,
engaged in farming until 1893, when hi.' crime t»
\\ \oining and cast in his lot with her people, lo
eating in the Bighorn basin, and, falling in with
the prevailing industry of that region, he took
up a homestead in the neighborhood of Burling-
ton, subsequently increasing his holding by pur-
chase until he now owns a full section of as good
land as can be found in this part of the state.
This he has brought to a high state of productive-
ness, in the portions of it under cultivation, and
here he conducts an extensive and thriving stock
business, giving special attention to the produc-
tion of high-grade cattle. Mr. Agee is a valued
and serviceable member of the Modern \Yood
men of America, but belongs to no other fraternal
organization. He is, however, actively interested
ii> the advancement of the county and of the com-
munity in which he lives, giving to their affairs
intelligent and helpful attention. On December
24. 1889. he was married in Nebraska to Mi <
S. Harmer, a native of that state. They have six
children, Krnest, Elma, Grace, Ivan. Warren and
Edna, all living at home and diligently attending
school in the proper season, by their presence and
cluvr making the home more attractive.
FELIX ALSTON.
"While no one. who takes into view a sufficient
•'h of time to form a proper base of compar-
ison, can fail to be gratified with the evidences
of the elevation and progress of humanity, it is
nevertheli a lamentable i'aei that the lawless
ili tin nt of mankind is still abundant among us
and that a multitude of police and ti
r i •• 1 - p the world in order. It is gratify-
therefore. \\llell tile Functions of ellfo:
law, where the peace and g der i if the
community ar ill into thi h inds of an
ind upright oflieial. as is the fact in the
case of Fcli\- UstOn, the popular deputv sheriff
of I'.ighorn county, whose pasl ' i HUT
chant, public official and lending riti/rn in his
neighborhood, gives abundant assurance of tin-
proper and judicious discharge of bis official du-
ties. Mr. Alston was born on Deo b ;
in the stale of Texas, when- his mother also was
native. His father, J'hilip Alston, was horn and
reared in Florida, and. in 1834, moved to Texas
and \\hile there wa- united in marriage with
.Miss Alary M arris. Me engaged in the live-
stoek business and here aKo owiud and com
ed a large cotton plantation, living and flourishing
in the state of his adoption until his death in
1891. His widow is yet living there. In his
native state Felix Alston grew to manhood and
was educated, his facilities for cholastic trai
being furnished wholly by the public schools in
the vicinity of his home. On leaving school, he
at once became connected with the stock indus-
try, which brought him to lew and more
fruitful range for his cattle. Accordingly, in
1892, he came to Wyoming and e-tabli-hed him-
self on Shell Creek in Highorn comity, lie soon
thereafter, however, teinporarilx abandoned the
cattle business and for three years was
in mining in his neighborhood. At the end of
that time he came to Basin and opened a livery
and feed barn, and conducted a nourishing busi-
tli 3S in this line, being soon elected justice of the
peace, the first one in the town. At the end of
this first term of official duty he was appointed
deputy treasurer and tax collector, and in this
dual capacity served the public for two
IK then moved to Lovell. carried on a general
store for a time, and after selling this busil
located at Irma, took up land and also opei
store at this point, also equipping himself with
an outfit for the conveyance of parties of tour-
ists through the romantic and picturesque o>un-
For which this part of the state is so famed.
All these lints of activity ba\ < i-'d in his
-, and be has accumulations of p:
value, not only in I'.aMn but in various other
places. In ion} he was appointed deput} sheriff
of the county, and discharged his duties witli
fidcliU and courage, duly observing the rid
individual citizens, while protecting th. interests
of the communitj , Of 'he
SO numerous and e-teemcd among men. he has
affiliation with but one. the Modern Woodmen
. >f \nicr Tin and active int
738
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
in the affairs of that order. In 1889 he was
united in marriage witli Miss Mamie A. Payne,
a native of Seward, Neb. They have two chil-
dren, the eldest being named Unis.
WILLIAM M. REYNOLDS.
A leading and progressive stockman of Con-
verse county, William M. Reynolds, whose resi-
dence is at the city of Lusk, Wyoming, is a na-
tive of Kansas, having been born in that state on
October 17, 1861, the son of Thomas and Eliza-
beth ( Massey) Reynolds, natives of Illinois and
> >uri. His paternal grandfather, also named
Thomas, was a native of Scotland, and one of
the earliest settlers and pioneers of Illinois
where he resided at the time of the organization
of the territory, and he received the appointment
as the first territorial governor, a position which
he held for a considerable time with distin-
guished honor. Subsequently he removed to
Kansas, continued in his former business of
farming and stockraising and remained there
until his death. The father of Wm. Reynolds
made his home in Kansas during his entire life,
except a short time in 1864, when he crossed the
plains to California, being extensively engaged
in farming and stockraising operations and he
also was a successful and representative man of
his state and the father of seven children. Wil-
liam M. Reynolds grew to manhood in his na-
tive state and received his education in tile pub-
lic schools. When he had attained the age of
fifteen years his desire to make his own way in
the world induced him to leave school and go to
Texas in pursuit of fortune. Here he remained
for about one year and then went to Nebraska,
where in company with John Sharp, he located
mar the later site of Fort Niobrara. They re-
mained here during the winter of 1878-9 and
he spring he came to Wyoming, mak-
ing his headquarters in the southern part of
the territory. The following year he passed in
the vicinity of Cheyenne, employed in riding the
range, thus acquiring a practical knowledge of
the cattle business. The next year he came to
the site of the city of Lusk, and secured employ-
ment \\ith the Western Live Stock Co., and re-
mained with them for about two years. lie
then resigned his position to engage in business
for himself and located a ranch at the head of
Rawhide (.'reek, about sixteen miles south of
Lusk. In the fall of 1885 he sold his interests
there, and went to Kansas, purchased cattle
which he brought back to Wyoming and located
on Rawhide Creek, near the present location of
Patrick posloffice and here he remained for
about eight years in the cattle business, and was
successful, then, disposing of his ranch, he pur-
chased the Newton meadow ranch about one
and one-half miles south of Lusk. He has re-
mained here since that time and is one of the
most prosperous and successful ranch and stock-
men in that section. His favorite breed of cat-
tle is the Hereford, and he is the owner of a
large herd, among them being some of the finest
animals in the state. He is also interested in
horses, having a considerable number of the
best grades of Clydesdales and Percherons. A
view of his fine ranch, with the stock ranging on
it, is one of the most attractive sights of Con-
verse county. He is the owner of 4,000 acres
of land, a great deal of which is under irriga-
tion, and he grows many hundreds of tons of hay.
On November 24, 1881, Mr. Reynolds was united
in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Goodwin, a
daughter of O. P. Goodwin, a highly respected
citizen of Lusk, Wyo. To their union have been
born four children, Lewis, George, Nomie and
Russell. The home of Mr. Reynolds is well
known for its generous hospitality and the fam-
ily is held in high regard. Fraternally, Mr. Rey-
nolds is affiliated with the Masonic order as a
Knight Templar and as a Thirty-second degree
Mason of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs
to the Woodmen of the World and takes an active
interest in the fraternal and social life of the
community. He is one of the solid business
men and property owners of Converse county,
and is respected for his many sterling qualities
by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
When the historian of the future traces the name
of the men of the pioneer period, he will surely
number Mr. Reynolds among them.
.
PROGRESSI} !- MEN OF ll'YOMl
739
EUGENE ALEXANDER.
This prominent stockman and progressive cit-
izen of the New Fork country of Uinta county,
\Y\oining, \vas born in Onondaga county, New
York, on February 5, 1844, where his parents,
William and Maria (Ives) Alexander, were born
and reared, and after long lives of usefulness
were laid to rest amid the scenes they loved and
the institutions they had improved by their la-
bors and their influence for good. The father
was a man of prominence in local affairs, serv-
ing two terms as sheriff of the county, and being
active and potential in all matters contributing
to the welfare of the community. His wife died
in 1861, aged sixty-four years, and he in 1862,
aged ^ixty-five, both being of old Colonial stock
and English ancestry. Their son, Eugene, was
the eleventh of their twelve children, of whom
eight are still living. He was educated in the
schools of his native county, thereafter engaging
in driving stage between Fort Kearney and Albia-
ville for the Holliday Overland Stage Line for
two years. In 1866 he went to Yankton, S. D.,
and was employed by the LT. S. government in
freighting, and in other capacities, for about three
years and during this time he built a government
\\aivhouse above Fort Sully on Ash Bend at the
mouth of the Cheyenne River. At the end of
his government service be settled nn a ranch on
the Missouri River, ten miles west from Yankton,
and remained there until the spring of 1880. then
going to thr Xiobrara country where he ranched
for four years. He then -sold bis ranch and re-
moved to Bear Lake, Idaho, \\iih bis cattle, win-
tering there two years, hi 1888 be came to Wyo
ming and located on the ranch which is now, and
has sine been, his home, and which consists of
|O acres. Mere he and his familv own land ly-
ing four milt- iu extent along the creek, a tract
of about 7_'o acres, the most of which is fine
idow, funnelling excellent gra/iny. for their
cattle. They Inve all (he land under f
d, making it show in Feature
their enterprising and progressive -pint, and
tributary in all respects to the support of their
ls of superior rattle and hor es. Mr. \Ie\-
ander was married, at Yankton, S. D., on June
6, 1867, to Miss Nancy Butler, a native of Arm-
strong county, Pa., and a daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Replinger) Butler, also natives of
that state, descendants of old New Jersey Colon-
ial families of English ancestry. Mrs. Alexander
was made postmistress of the office which bears
their name when it was established in 1900. They
have five children, Charlotte, married to James
Redmond of Alontpelier. Idaho; Frank; Eugene
E., living at Fort Washakie ; Charles C. : William
J. The sons are much sought for as guides for
hunting parties, being well trained for the busi-
ness and having a thorough and accurate knowl-
edge of the country.
LARS AXDERSON.
Among the successful men of foreign birth
who have passed away, but whose worthy lives
ha\e left a permanent impress upon the institu-
tions of their adopted state, is Lars Anderson,
formerly a resident of Salem, Wyoming, who, a
native of Sweden, was born on July i, 18.^7, the
son of Andrew and Kate Anderson, both natives
of that country. The father followed the occu-
pation of farming in his native country, and was
engaged in that pursuit up to the time of his de-
cease. The subject of this sketch grew to man-
hood in his native count r\ of Sweden, and fol-
lowed there the same occupation which had en-
gaged the attention of his father before him,
up to 1882. In that year he determined t
to the New World beyond the Vtlantic, rep
of which had come to hi- neighborhood in Swe-
den, in the hope of there bettering his condition,
and there establishing a more comfortable home
for his Crowing famih . lie therefore <\\-~]
of bis household goods, and. gathering his fam-
ily about him. bade farewell to the home of his
childhood and early manhood, and took ship
for \merica. I'pon arriving here be proceeded
first to tli La and established his
home at Wabor. in thai ' lere he purchased
l.-'inl and mil-red at oner upon the bi-
farming and stockraisiny. 1 b th. lowed
that ' H-ciipalion. with var\ ;
740
i'KdGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
when he disposed of his farm, stock, and other
property in Nebraska, and removed his residence
to the territory of Winning. Upon arriving
here he at once located his present ranch, which is
situated about fifteen miles northwest of the
present city of Pine Bluffs, and engaged in cat-
tleraising and general ranching. In this venture
he met with conspicuous success, and continu-
ally adding to his herds and increasing his prop-
erty holdings from year to year up to the time
of his death, which occurred on July 3, 1899. He
is buried at Salem, in the state of Wyoming. On
September 17, 1870, in his native land of Sweden,
Mr. Anderson was joined in matrimony with
Miss Kate Larsdotter, a native of Sweden, whose
parents were well-known and respected residents
of that country. Four children were born unto
them. Nathalia, John, Gustavns and Charles, all
of whom are still living. The family are mem-
bers of the Lutheran church, taking an active in-
terest in all matters affecting the welfare of the
church or the work of charity and religion in the
community where they now maintain their home.
Since the death of the father, who, by reason of
his industry, sobriety and sterling worth as a
man and a citizen, had the respect of all who
knew him, the sons have carried on the business
on the lines laid down by the father during his
life. The}' have met with marked success in their
management of the business, and have steadily
increased it from year to year, as their father
had done before them. They have a fine ranch,
well fenced and improved, with about seventy-
five acres of land under cultivation, with large
areas of good meadow land, and a handsome
bunch of cattle. The sons are worthy successors
of their father and are sure, by their industry,
frugality and good citizenship, to become leading
factors in the business and social community in
which their home is located. All of the brothers
are actively interested in the management of the
cattle and ranch property, but the lead in most
matters affecting the joint business is conceded
to Gustavus. who is a man of safe and conserva-
tive judgment, noted also for his enterprise. It
is a pleasant sight to witness such energetic peo-
ple laboring together in an amicable harmony.
O. FRED ANDERSON.
The building up of civilization and the devel-
opment of the immense industrial enterprises of
the great West has been accomplished by the
bravest and most energetic sons of many widely
differing nationalities. Among them are those
given by the Northland countries of Europe, who
sent one of the best elements that could by any
possibility enter into the structure of a state. And
of the representative and successful men of
Uinta county, Wyoming, we must now make rec-
ord of one who left the shores of his native land
of Sweden ti> create a new home in the new lands
of the far Wrest, where opportunities are ever
open to such industry, energy and perseverance
as have been here displayed by O. Fred Ander-
son, now the owner of a fine estate of 320 acres
of rich bottom land on Ham's Fork, seven miles
west of the active little city of Granger. Mr.
Anderson was born on October I, 1869, at < >s-
karshamm in Sweden, a son of Andrew and
Gustava (Wolf) Oleson, his father being an in-
dustrious and skillful ship-carpenter, while his
mother was the daughter of a gallant old soldier.
His father, who was born on March 14. 1833,
was the son of Olaf F. Oleson. Of the nine
children of Andrew Oleson six are now living,
our subject being the only one residing in the
United States. After attending the excellent
Swedish schools until he was eighteen years old,
the young man courageously took up his journey
of thousands of miles to a country where every-
thing was unknown, Ifut which was pictured in
his imagination as a land of glorious possibilities
to the diligent and deserving worker, and this
hope sustained him in his departure from home
and the dear home ties, buoying him up to meet
the future with a bold and fearless heart. His
first location in America was the great city of
Chicago, where he became connected with rail-
roading, which he continued in Kansas for a year,
then, returning eastward, he was employed in
the lumber woods of Michigan for four years,
thereafter coming to Colorado and being identi-
fied with railroading for two years, in all of these
vocations giving honest service and looking well
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OF Il'YOMIXG.
741
to ilk' interests of his employer. Still following
railroading, he came to Wvoming jn I(S(^ and
was employed on the railroad at Green River
fm- two more years. Frugal, saving ami
nomical. as well as energetic and industrious, by
this time his savings gave him thought of mak-
ing a home and an estate of his own, and, in iScjd,
he located on the land where he now resides and
engaged in ranching and in eattleraising. Ili-
estate comprises 160 acres of excellent bottom
land and here he is prosperously running fine
herds of cattle, showing great discrimination and
care in his operations, and being considered one
of the representative stockmen of this section of
the state. In all matters of public interest and
improvement Mr. Anderson takes a leading part,
being a generous contributor to private as well
as to public benefactions. Politically, .Mr.
on gives stalwart support to the Republican
part\. being interested in its various campaigns,
while fraternally, he .is identified with the Imp-
pn>ved ' >rdi-r of Red Men as a member of I'te
Tribe. No. 6, at Green River. On May 14, 1896,
Mr. Anderson was joined in matrimony at Green
River. Wy».. \\-itb Mrs. Josephine E. Johns' .p.
the widnw of Paul Johnson, one of the best
known "f the i 'Id-timers of this section and wh. >
died on January 14, 1805. She was born in
X< irway on February 27. 180:5. the daughter of
Hans and Gustava A. Paulson, natives and resi-
dents of Christiana. Xorway. where her father
died at the age of fifty -four years and her mo
is still living at sixty-four years. She was ill
second Ol the nine children in the family and is
now Ihe sole survivor. She emigrated from F.ti-
mpe in 188;, the same year coming to V
ming. when- occurred her firsi ma Mr.
Jolui-on being a native of Copenhagen,
mark, burn on April 25. 1841). and he v
dent of Wyoming fn mi 187.1. extensi
in the stock business. There are two childr.
the tir-i marriage, l-'.dgar P.. born in Granger.
\Yyo.. on June 7. 1887. and Annie !.. Johnson.
also horn in ( Iranger. on Sepb
• mi' rests of his •
also born in < Iranger. on ber IO, 1
I'lii s, childn n p
acterislics of their parent-.
THOMAS J. ANDERSOX.
The career of the gentleman whose name ap-
pears above most happily illustrates what may
be attained 1>\ faithful and continued effort in
carrying out honest purposes. It is the simple
of a man unknown to fame, as the world
estimates greatness, but, measured by the true
standard of excellence, his life abounds in much
that is admirable, in that he has always endeav-
ored to do the right and to live in harmony with
his ideal of duty. • f. An rson was burn
ill 1858, and claims l.eavenworth county, Kan-
's the place of hi- nativity. Caswell Ander-
son, his father, was born in Tennessee in 1818
and followed hlacksmithing for his life work.
When he moved to Kansas I')'- elder Anderson
carried on farming in connection with his trade,
and after living in tb for several years,
changed his abode to Benton county, Arkai
There ! i also combin d blacksmithing with fann-
ing until his death in 1880. The maiden name of
the mother was Elizabeth Davis; -he was both
born and married in Tennessee, departing this
life in Kansas when Thomas |. was a small child.
*
Thoina- I. Anderson was young when his fa-
ther migrated to Arkansas, and his early life was
spent on a farm in that --(ate. The public schools
afforded him the means of acquiring a practical
knowledge of the fundamental branches of study,
and, at the age of eighteen, he left home to make
bis own way in the world, \fter following agri-
culture for two or three years in bis adopted
ci 'lint;. . lie went tO Tj '' for 3 "cri. id of
three \cars. he followed agriculture with varv-
1 urning to \i Re-
niainii one V1 ' '•'• Anderson wvi
Kansas and engaged in lead mining, which b
ness received his attention until the S]
when he came to \\'\oming. and stopped
for a short I 'ently
tl 'lelle,
I "inta comity. Mr. V • • •
erer, which
he ha 1 with a • building
up a pn '
and public spirited citi/en. \\'hile not as e
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
sively engaged in cattleraising as some of his
neighbors, he has yet met with encouraging suc-
cess, his investments proving fortunate and his
real-estate steadily increasing in value. He keeps
in touch with everything connected with the cattle
business, is a close and intelligent observer, by his
sound judgment and prudent management, as
well as by determined perseverance, overcoming
many obstacles in the pathway of his success, and
he is now on the well-defined high road to pros-
perity, fame and fortune. Mr. Anderson' pos-
sesses the rare faculty of binding friends to him
as with bonds of steel, and is exceedingly popu-
lar among those with whom he mingles, and he
ever manifests a lively concern in the material
and intellectual advancement of the community
of which he is an honored resident. His tastes
and inclinations naturally fit him for the inde-
pendent life he now leads, and, with his fortune
bound up in the West, he will, in all probability,
make this part of the country his permanent place
of abode. In 1882 Mr. Anderson chose a life
partner in Miss Isabella Robinson, a daughter of
James and Mary E. Robinson, the union resulting
in the birth of five children, Fred, Pearl, Allie,
Abbie and Thomas. The father of Mrs. Ander-
son was a native of Tennessee and by trade a
tanner. He moved to Arkansas a number of
years ago and died in that state in 1861. Mrs.
Anderson was born and reared in Arkansas and
there lived until her removal to Wyoming.
MRS. MARY J. ANDERSON.
This public spirited and accomplished lady
is fully a product of the farther West, owing to
that favored section, on which the perpetual smile
of a beneficent Providence seems to rest, all that
she has and is, for she was born at Provo, Utah,
a daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Wors-
ley) Haws, natives respectively of Illinois and
Missouri, who came to Utah in its very early
history, bringing to their new home a resolute-
ness of spirit and readiness for every emergency
born of their former pioneer life, and by service
on his part of the father in the noted Black Hawk
War, being a man of fine public spirit and
boun tei rise, now living in Idaho. wh< re
his wife passed over to the activities which know
no weariness at the age of forty-six years, leuv-
ing twelve children, eight of whom are living.
Mrs. Anderson was educated in the public schools
of Utah and at the Brigham Young Academy
in Provo. On November 24, 1886, she was united
in marriage with J. C. Anderson, also a native
of Utah, son of John and Carrie Anderson, emi-
grants from Denmark, the land of Hamlet and
the bold and conquering Norsemen, having been
born and reared in Copenhagen. She and her
husband were engaged in farming in Idaho for
nine years, in 1895 they came to the Jackson Hole
country of Wyoming, and located on a place in
Spring Gulch, which now consists of 200 acres,
and is as fine a body of land of that extent as
can be found anywhere. By their thrift and in-
dustry it has been highly improved, tastefully
adorned by their art and esthetic spirit, and made
fruitful as a garden by their skillful husbandry.
On this farm they conducted a thriving stock-
raising industry with careful management until
the autumn of 1901, when they purchased the
property on which they now live, and built on it
a commodious brick house, which is at this time
not only the postofnce but the only hotel in Jack-
son. Mrs. Anderson gives personal attention
to these two lines of activity, having been post-
mistress of the town since 1900, having conduct-
ed the hotel since its opening. Mr. Anderson,
true to his native instinct for outdoor life, acts
as guide to parties hunting in the reserve. Three
children are in the home, Oliver, Mark, Myrtle.
HIRAM A. ANDREWS.
A prominent and successful stockman of
Laramie county, in the state of Wyoming, is
Hiram A. Andrews, of Davis' Ranch, who was
born on December 3, 1862. a native of Iowa, and
the son of William and Mary Andrews, residents
of that^state, where his father followed the busi-
ness of farming until the time of the outbreak
of the Civil War, when he enlisted as a member '
of an Iowa regiment and was killed in battle.
Thereafter Hiram A. Andrews made his home
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
743
with the parents of his mother in the county of
Jefferson, in the state of Nebraska, there grew to
manhood and there received his education in the
puhlic schools. In 1881, having an ambition to
make his own way in the world, he left his home
in Jefferson county, and removed to the county
of Merrick. in the same state. Here he secured
employment on a farm and, soon after, he en-
gaged in the business of farming on his own
account. He continued there, following that oc-
cupation until 1888. when he disposed of his prop-
erty in Merrick comity and removed his family to
the territory of \Yyoming, secured a position on
a cattle ranch, where he remained for about one
\car, and then accepted a position as foreman of
the L. C. ranch of the Snow Cattle Co., situated
on Horse Creek, Wyo. He continued in the man-
agement of this property up to 1893, when he
resigned for the purpose of engaging in business
for himself, and removed to the place known as
the Stone ranch, where he has since resided,
engaged ill the business of raising cattle and
horses. He is also the owner of 1400 acres of
land ml joining this ranch, upon which is located
One of the finest sandstone quarries in \Yyoming.
and since 18(^7 he has been carrying on a highly
successful and profitable business in the selling
of sandstone for building purposes. On July 15.
1883, .Mr. Andrews was married, in Merrick
county, Xeb., to Miss Celia Trout, a native of
( >hio, and the daughter of John and Lettie
(I'.lack) Trout, the former a native of Pennsyl-
vania and the latter of Ohio. Her parents were
aiming the earliest of the pioneers of Merrick
county, and for mam years were engaged in the
business of farming and stock-raising in that sec-
tion, the mother passing away in |S<)(>. Subse
quently to her death the falb' r dispo ed of his
interests in Xebraska. and removed his residence
to Wyoming, where he now makes his home in
the city of Cheyenne. Fraternally, Mr. Andrews
is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World,
being a member of the lodge at Cheyenne, and
politically, he is a stanch member of the Republi-
can party, and takes an active inter. -I in public
affairs, believing it to be the ilnl\ of every citi-
zen to see that tin- public business U conducted
in an honest and patriotic manner. He has never
sought or desired preferment at the hands of his
partv. but gives his undivided attention to the
management of his business affairs, in which he
has met with conspicuous success. He is a capa-
ble and enterprising business man, clear of judg-
ment, direct in his purposes and successful in his
i:ods. He has varied business interests, but
his sandstone quarry is the one which promises
to make him one of the wealthy men of his sec-
tic 'ii of ibe slate c.f Wyoming.
D. FT.MKR ANKENY.
The representative citizen of whom we now
write occupies a position in the front rank of
Wyoming's successful stockmen, and, as a citizen,
he has long enjoyed distinctive precedence in the
various localities where his lot has been cast. His
business qualifications, of a high order, have won
him recognition among his fellow men and all
with whom he has had relations, business, frater-
nal or otherwise, have been quick to recognize
his merit and to appreciate his true worth as an
enterprising, energetic man of affairs. I). F.lmer
\nkeny is a native of ( >hio. the son of \lexan-
der and Nancy Vnkeny, the father U >rn in Pcnn-
svlvauia and the mother in the Buckeye state.
• •ceiipation Alexander Ankeiiy was a black-
smith. He was married in Randolph county,
< iln'o. and lived there until 185(1. when he mi-
d to Iowa, locating at the town of Marietta,
where he worked at his trade until his death in
i8<ii. His sou. 1). Flmer. was born in the county
of Randolph on Jnl\ jo. iS;;. but -|H-nt bis child-
b 1 and \oiith in Iowa, whither he was taken
when about one year old. He was a lad of only
about eleven years when bis father died. and.
being the eldest of the children, was early obliged
to contribute to the support of the family, lie
worked at any kind of honorable employment
that bis hands found to d<> and turned over his
earnings (,, bis mother, thus proving a valuable
help to her while -he was rearing her Younger
children. Meanwhile he attended at intervals tin-
schools of Marietta and later pursued his studies
as opportunil led .it Marshalltown. dcvot-
744
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
ing the spring and summer seasons to farm labor
until his nineteenth year, when, in the spring of
1875. he went to Colorado and for some months
thereafter worked on a ranch near Fort Collins.
Believing that money could he made in the stock
business, and not caring \< uiger to remain an em-
ploye, he purchased a few cattle and branched
out as a stockman upon his own responsibility.
Beginning in a modest way he soon succeeded in
greatly increasing his business and in due time
found himself on the high road to success. He
located a ranch in Larimer county, about forty
miles west of Fort Collins, and remained there
until 1895. when he sold and came to Wyoming,
purchasing his present ranch on Sybylle Creek,
eighteen miles southwest of Wheatland. in the
county of Laramie. Since the latter year Mr.
Ankeny has been busily engaged in raising cattle
and horses, building up a large and lucrative
business, and, as already stated, he has won a con-
spicuous place among the leading ranchmen of
this section of the state. He owns a valuable
tract of grazing land, embracing several hundred
acres, which is well-watered and covered with a
dense growth of the nutritious -grasses for which
the rich valleys of Laramie county are especially
noted. On this range he keeps large herds of
cattle, which, like the fine horses in his posses-
sion, are in prime condition, his live stock repre-
senting a fortune of no small magnitude. He is
widely known among the enterprising cattlerais-
ers of Laramie county, and is one of the leaders
of the rich industry in his section of the country.
Mr. Ankeny was married at Fort Collins, Colo.,
on March 1 1, 1877, to Myra Harris, a daughter
of Joseph and Sarah (Adams) Harris, the par-
ents moving to Colorado from Iowa about 1871.
.Mr. Harris farmed near Greeley for a number
of years, subsequently moving to Wyoming,
where he did not long remain, returning to Colo-
rado after a few months and settling at Fort Col-
lins, where his death occurred in 1893. Mrs. Har-
ris preceded her husband to the "Silent Land,"
departing this life on March 19, 1892. Mr. and
Mrs. Ankery have five children, Carroll, John,
Aubrey. Iva and Floyd. Mr. Ankery takes a
deep interest in everything pertaining to the in-
dustrial development and general welfare of the
county and state of his adoption, and is deserv-
edly classed with its most progressive men. Prac-
tical industry, wisely and vigorously pursued, and
sound judgment in matters of business, have
brought their reward in the liberal amount of this
world's goods which he now possesses. He is a
creditable representative of a class of men to
whom, more than to any other, is due the con-
tinued growth and prosperity of the West. In
every relation of life he has lived up to his con-
ception of right, proving himself an honorable,
upright and progressive member of the common-
wealth in which he exercises citizenship.
BO YD M. FYE.
The junior member of the well-known cattle
firm of Fye Brothers, the progressive young
ranch and stockmen of Laramie county, is the
subject of this sketch. Boyd M. Fye, whose post-
office address is Hecla, Wyoming. A native of
the state of Illinois, he was born in Jo Daviess
county, on May 12, 1877. His father was en-
gaged in the occupation of farming in Illinois,
and disposed of his property in that state, and
removed with his family to the state of Wyoming
in the year 1890. The subject of this imperfect
sketch grew to man's estate in the state of Wyo-
ming, having passed his childhood days in Jo
Daviess county, Illinois. In the latter state he
attended the public schools in the vicinity of his
home, chiefly at the town of Orangeville, near
the city of Freeport. and there acquired such ed-
ucation as his limited opportunities permitted.
Upon arriving in the state of Wyoming he contin-
•ued his attendance at the public schools until he
had arrived at the age of sixteen years, when he
left school and began work for his father on the
home ranch, situated on the North Laramie
Kivrr. He remained in this employment for a
period of five years and acquired a thorough and
a practical knowledge of the business of raising
cattle and of general ranching. Upon arriving
at the age of twenty-one years, he secured em-
ployment from several outfits, who were handling
cattle in Laramie county, and was not long in
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIX^.
745
becoming to be known as one of the must capable
men ever engaged in that occupation in that vi-
cinity. He remained in this pursuit, saving his
earnings and preparing himself for a future busi-
ness on his own account t<> 1>e taken up as soon
as opportunity presented itself. In 1900 he en-
trivd into a partnership agreement with his broth-
> '. \rthur H. Fye, and they secured a lease on
the well-known property, extensively called the
Gilchrist cattle ranch, situated on Middle (.'row
Creek, about seventeen miles \\r-t of the city of
("hc\cmic. Wyo., and there engaged in the cattle
business. During the short time they have been
i ipi -rating in this locality they have shown them-
selves possessed of the requisite qualities which
assure success in any calling, ability, persever-
ance and industry. They control about 7.500
acres of fine land, and are among the most prom-
ising young stockmen in that section of 'Wyo-
ming. Pushing, energetic, possessing good busi-
ness judgment, they are certain to continue the
success with which they have entered upon tlu-ir
chosen occupation and the\ are highly respected.
WILLIAM \KXOLD.
One of the leading hotel men o4 Laramie
county, and fine who has met with conspicuous
success in bnshn-ss, William Arnold, of Whr.it
land. Wyoming, was born in Ulster county, Xew
York, on Xovember 4, i8C>T. the sun of John and
Rachel ( Frcar ) Arnold. His father Foil
tlir occupation of wheelwright at Kllenville. in
•r county until 1874. \\hni he disposed of his
propert) there, and remove. 1 to the state of Kan-
sas, where lii- r-t.th1i»hed his home in
county, engaged in farming and continued in
that pursuit up to the time of hi- death, which
: red in tSi|(|. I le \va- buried in tl
Larned. Kan. The mother had passed awa
]Si>; while residing in Xew York, and was hnr-
i KHenville. in that state. William \rtiold
accompanied his father from Xew York to Kan-
I" manhood in the lar. re-
ceived his education in the public selioo1
1'awnee county and after he had d his
education remained with his father, assisting in
ili. work and management of the farm until he
had attained the age of twenty-tin In
iSS4 he determined to seek his fortune in the
country farther to the north, and came to the then
territor\ of W\ommg. Here he secured employ-
1 with the Swan Land & Cattl<
the largest concerns operating in the western
country, and went with one of their roundup out-
fits as a cook. He remained with this company
about ten years, and witnessed, and was some-
times a participant in, some exciting cxpcr;
on the frontier. During this time he traveled
over the greater portion of Wyoming and Xe-
braska. seeing nearly every phase of western life.,
both savage and civili/cd. In 1895 he resigned
his position with this company to engage in busi-
ness for himself, and. coining to Wheatlatul.
\\ yo., he erected a building opposite the railroad
station at that place and engaged in the restau-
rant business. lie continued with success in this
occupation until 1897. when he purchased the
t ".lobe Hotel, which he now owns and conducts,
and then disposed of his restaurant property. In
this hotel venture he has prospered exceedingly,
and is now the owner of the largest and best hotel
in Wheatland, doing a large and profitable busi-
ness. He is one of the m. >st p, ipular and success-
ful landlords in the state-, and. in order t.
c. iiiimo.late his growing patronage, has recently
had plans drawn for an extensive addition to his
hotel. l'\ his energy, perseverance and cntcr-
lic lias built up a large and const. mtly grow-
ing business, and is one of the representative bus-
men of Laramie county. Foremost in c
public- enterprise, an enthusiastic ad
ery measure calculated to promote tli.
welfare, he is one of the most \alued citi/c -
the communitx. (in Januars v 18115. Mr. Ar-
ni 'Id was united in mai
to Miss Xeliiora ( "armirbael. a nati\. of Xcbras-
ka. and the daughter of William II. and lane
i I '.o\\ en i ( 'armichael. the former a nati\
( >hi". ami the latter of |o\\a. Her father came in
early life from his nati\e state t.. Xeh:
where he in farming during the ten
ial i|a\ s of that Mate. In 18511 he d if his
property in Xebrasl.a. \\ent ac
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1-h-oGRESSJYE MEN OF WYOMING.
California and then i-ngagrd in mining for a
number of years. In 1870 he disposed of the
property he bad acquired in California and re-
turned to \Ybraska. where be again followed
the occupation of farming until 1890. when he
removed his residence to Wyoming, settled on
the Laramie River, and engaged in the business
of raising cattle up to the time of his death, which
occurred in May, 1900. The mother is still re-
siding upon the ranch on Laramie River, continu-
ing the business of cattleraising which her hus-
band established. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have
four children, Eunice L., Cecil, Harry H. and
William, all of whom are living. The family are
members of the Congregational church, held in
the highest esteem. Mr. Arnold is affiliated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with
the Woodmen of the World, being a member of
the lodges at Wheatland, Wyo. He is a stanch
member of the Republican party, and an earnest
advocate of the principles of that political organ-
ization. He has often been solicited by his partv
friends and associates to become a candidate for
positions of trust and honor, but has invariably
declined to do so, preferring to give his entire
time and attention to the care and management
of his private business interests. He is one of
the most progressive and enterprising citizens of
his section of the state and is deservedly popular.
RUSSELL H. AUSTIN.
For many men, who are properly attuned to
its harmonies, the wilderness, rough, harsh and
inexorable as it may seem to others, has charms
more potent than all the blandishment? of culti-
vated society, and often he on whom it has cast
its magic finds no heart to dissolve the spell, re-
maining in the midst of its untamed and untu-
tored attractions for all of the balance of his life,
dwelling in the closest presence of Nature, wide-
awake to her voice of melody and power, deeply
touched by her ennobling influences, which pene-
trate and mold the heart. This has been the ex-
perience of Russell H. Austin, now one of the
extensive and prominent farmers and stockmen
on Shell Creek, in Bighorn county, Wyoming, of
which he is one of the most esteemed citizens.
For more than half a century he has been a resi-
dent of Wyoming, being one of the first white
men to pitch his tent on he'r fertile soil, here to
dream of the future empire of industrial, com-
mercial and political wealth and power thereon to
be erected. He was born in 1830, in Michigan,
then but a part of the far frontier, yet yielding
so rapidly to the army of occupation and indus-
trial conquest, that had camped upon her soil,
that she was already moving with confidence to
wards the large dignity and consequence of state-
hood in the great American Union. His parents
were William and Hannah (Hoag) Austin, na-
tive respectively in Connecticut and Ohio. In
1848, when he was but eighteen, he enlisted in
the Sixth Infantry, U. S. A., was sent to the Jef-
ferson barracks at St. Louis, where he was taken
ill, and, for the benefit of his health, was trans-
ferred to Fort Snelling, Minn., where he re-
mained for two years. In 1850 he aided to .build
Fort Dodge in Iowa, then located in the primeval
wilderness, but now a thriving and busy little
city, with hundreds of happy homes and striding
forward in the race for commercial and social
advancement. The nearest house to the fort at
the time oi its erection was "twenty miles away"
and all of the conditions of life were primitive in
the extreme. In 1852 Mr. Austin came to Wyo-
ming, being stationed with his command at Fort
Laramie, and, there, in 1853, he was discharged
from the army, his term of service having ex-
pired. For two years thereafter he was engaged
in trapping and prospecting on Powder River,
and then he went, in search of other opportuni-
ties, to Denver, Colo., which, at that time, con-
sisted of six uncomely shanties. He remained
in that neighborhood, prospecting and hunting
until 1862, when he joined a foot party traveling
v\ ith pack outfits on their way to Bannock. Mont.
From Bannock he went with the first stampede
to Alder Gulch and mined there for a year, after
which he hunted and prospected until 1866.
About this time the neighborhood of Salmon
City, Idaho, attracted the attention of the mining1
world by its golden music, and he went thither
on a prospecting tour. The next year he again
PROGRESSIVE MllX OP WYOMING.
747
came to Wyoming, locating in the vicinity of
South Pass, and once more engaged in mining.
In 1868 he removed to the neighborhood of the
site n{ Lander, ami on ground on \\hich a
portion of the city now stands, he raised pota-
toes, which he sold to the miners at twenty-five
cents a pound. Here he also conducted a dairy,
selling his butter at one dollar a pound, and find-
ing himself unable to supply the demand. In
iS-j he located temporarily on Snake River in
the southern part of the state, and in 1873 drove
his cattle to a convenient market and sold them.
Then he went to Kansas, purchased 200 fine cat-
• tie and brought them to Rawlins. where he cn-
L;:iL;cd actively in the stock industry until 1881.
In that year he purchased the old Fort Halleck
ranch and made that his home for a number of
years thereafter. In 1882 he bought $15,000
\\orth of cattle and lost them all in one season.
[•'or three years following this disaster he tempted
fortune in various ways, in 1885 moving to Raw-
lins. where he lived two \ears, then, in 1887, he
settled mi the homestead near the present town
of Shell, which is still his home, and which he has
transformed into a beautiful and highly cultivat-
ed farm, yielding generously to the faith of the
husbandman, rewarding his toil with every prod-
uct suited to its climate and the nature of the
soil. He has good buildings and a full comple
merit of the best farm machinery, and oilier ne-
Ci --ary appliances, and has reared with rare.
and brought to vigorous fruit fulness, a tine or-
chard, one of the first to blossom and tling its
bounty into the hands of man in this part of
the country. Mr. Austin belongs to the Ma-
sonic order, and "has for years been prominent
in its membership. lie married in Iowa, in i X~< i.
Mrs. I.ydia P. Sweney. a native of < >hio and the
\\ id< >\\ i if ( irigg Swcnc\ . She ha- thn e children
1> her former husband. < iraee, Robert and Mar
ry Is. Sweney. and i if the tW" i si ms extended men
tii m is made i >n other passes . if this u or! 1 luring
his long residence of fi i"i oni ears in \Vvo-
ming. Mr. Austin has so borne himself, in all
the relations of life, as to win and keep the re
sped ot bis fellow men. and has m-\ei been
known to lag or be backward in support of any
enterprise that promised well for the community
in which he lived. While a genuine frontiers-
man and wnrmlv attached to the life of the pio-
neer, he has never been oblivions of the advant-
ages of civilixation, nor slow in aiding to procure
them, being in all respects a live, active.- and pro-
sive citixeii of a progressive stale.
ROBERT A. BALDWIN.
Robert A. Baldwin, prominent as a farmer
and stockman and serviceable to the community
as an attorney at law, came to Wyoming in 1892.
He was horn at Kcoknk. Iowa, on February 4.
[864, of parents who were natives of Ohio. J.
V. and Emeline (Beardslcs i Baldwin. While
he was yet a child, his parents removed with their
family to Fillmore county, Xeb.. where he grew
to manhood and was educated. After leaving
school, he was engaged in teaching for a time
and during his work in this line hi' studied law.
In iSXo, he was admitted to practice, and. a \ eat-
later, removed to Scott's Bluff county and was
employed as principal of the tiering schools, re-
maining there in that capacity two years, lie
then, in 1892, came to Wyoming, and. si
ing Bighorn county as his permanent home. In-
located on the land which he now owns and occu-
pies, taking up a homestead as the nucleus of his
splendid ranch of C>4<> acres. To the imp-
ment of this he has sedulously devoted himself,
and has brought it to a tine state of development,
equipped it with good buildings and fences and
adorned it with shrubber\ artistically disposed.
His herd consists of 250 tine cattle, to \\hose
care he wives the mosi continual and skilliV
tention. and their condition sh"\\ s the benefit of
the effort, lie is also one of the most extensive
growers of hogs in the county, dealing in this
branch of the stock indnstrx on a se.de of
magnitude. In the political affairs of the count).
Mr. Baldwin takes an active and potent interest,
being ,-dwa\s found in the van of his part\'s ef-
Forts foi cy. He is an ardent Republican,
from the In-winning of his i in the comity
being prominent and inthlential in th.
of that political organi/ation. lie served as the
748
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
chairman of its first count) convention in Bighorn_
county, and has many times since been useful
in stations of prominence in its work. In Fill-
more' county, Neb., on August 7, 1895, he was
united in marriage with Miss Lona A. Dams, a
native of Illinois. They have one child, their
graceful daughter. Ruth R. Baldwin.
ALBERT O. BANKS.
Born in the busy and progressive province
of Nova Scotia, Canada, there reared to the age
of seventeen, then left an orphan and thrown on
his own resources by the death of his father,
well has Albert O. Banks, of Crook county, Wy-
oming, one of the prominent and enterprising
ranchmen of his section, justified the hopes of his
friends in his childhood by carving out of hard
conditions a fortune of comeliness and graceful
proportions. His life began on February 14,
i8=;8. in the rural home of his parents, Joseph
and Dorothy ( Payson ) Banks, residents of Nova
Scotia and highly esteemed farmers. In 1875 his
father died and was buried in his native soil,
while his mother, a native of St. Johns, still re-
sides in Nova Scotia. Albert O. Banks was
educated in his native land and remained at home
for a few years after the death of his father,
working on farms in the neighborhood, when not
engaged on that of his mother. In 1879 ne ^e^
home and coming to Massachusetts worked on
farms in that state for a period of five years.
In 1884 he turned his face to the great and grow-
ing West, and made his way to Fort Collins,
Colo., where he remained a few months, at the
end of which he came on to Wyoming and took
up the ranch he now occupies, located about ten
miles southeast of Sundance. For a few years
after his settling here he worked at times in the
timber nt lumbering, but, since getting his ranch
industry well started, he has sedulously devoted
his time and energies to that, and has won, by
diligence and close attention to business, a grat-
ifying success and he has risen to a desirable
place in the regard and esteem of his fellow men.
He owns 560 acres of land, has a large leased
tract, and has improved his possessions with good
buildings, fences, etc., and brought them to a high
state of cultivation by skillful farming. His
principal industry is raising cattle, but he also
does farming on a scale of some magnitude and
by methods that embrace all that is known to the
intelligent and progressive tiller of the soil. On
November 15, 1894, Mr. Banks was married to
Miss Jennie Hawkins at Sundance. Mrs. Banks
is a native of England, but for years she has been
a resident of Wyoming. They have two chil-
dren, Claud R. and Earl. Mr. Banks is an act-
ive and zealous Republican, seeking always the
welfare of his party and its proper guidance along
the lines of safe and healthful progress, but not
desiring for himself any of its honors.
IRA S. BAWKER.
With the love of nature that distinguishes the
true husbandman, Ira S. Bawker, of Inyankara,
Wyoming, has turned his back upon the allure-
ments of mercantile life, for which he was spec-
ially prepared, devoting himself to the peaceful
and productive pursuits of agriculture, in which
the man of industry and thrift sees the fruits of
his labor blooming 'and ripening around him,
refreshing the landscape with their beauty and
gladdening the heart with the promise of sub-
stantial comfort. Mr. Bawker is a native of
]o Daviess county, 111., where he was born on
July 12, 1868, the son of James T. and Catherine
I Brickler) Bawker, an account of whose career
is to be found elsewhere in this volume. Ira be-
gan his scholastic training in the schools of Illin-
ois, continued it in those of Kansas, where the
family lived for a time, and completed it at Sun-
dance, Wyo., after the home was established in
that neighborhood. After completing the course,
he returned to his native state and attended an
excellent commercial college in Dixon, for the
purpose of fitting himself for business. Instead
of mercantile life, however,, he joined the great
army of agriculturists in Wyoming, working for
his father on his ranch, and also on land of his
own, which he took up adjacent to that of his
father. In 1895, with his father, he bought the
ranch on Skull Creek, twenty-five miles north-
MH.\ or WYOMING.
749
west i if \e\\castle, nn which he lias lived since
his marriage in 1898. This he has greatly im-
proved, having there built up a thriving' industry
in cattleraising and general farming. In the
ranch there are 480 acres, and he has also con-
trol of a large body of leased laud. 1 lis residence
is an attractive cottage, which he has built and
furnished with due consideration for the comfort
and pleasure of its inmates, and his cattle are
housed in good sheds and fed from the capacious
Stacks with which the place is supplied. ( >n Jan-
uary 4. 1897, at the home of the bride's parents
on Skull Creek, Mr. Bawker was married to
Miss Laura J. Holwell. a native of Nova Scotia,
and a daughter of William and Margaret E.
(Beaglehole) Holwell. Her father was born in
England and her mother in Xew Jersey. Mr.
Holwell came west in 1878, locating a little la-
ter, in Wyoming, and taking up his residence
in i8Si on Skull Creek, where his family joined
him in iSS^. and is one of the successful and
prominent cattlemen of the section. Mr. and
.Mrs. P.awkcr have one child. Edgar I. The
head of the house is a Democrat in politics, stead-
fastlv adhering to his party in all issues involving-
real government principles.
JOHN F. BARNES.
i hir cif Wyoming's successful stockmen. John
F. I'.anies, is a native of Missouri ;md a son
of Joseph and Jane (I'lennight) Barnes, ihe fa-
ther burn in Alabama, and the mother in the same
/
state iii which their son. John, tii'st sa\\ (lie light
of day. Joseph I'.arne- settled in I lent CO1
Mo., as earl\ as 1844. and became one of the
prosperous farmers of that part of the 51 iti . \f
ter remaining there until iSdS. he migrated to
northern \rkansa-, \\lnTe he spent the remain-
der of his life in agricultural pursuits, dyin
Sharp county in August. 1875: .Mi's. Harm
ei ded her husband to the other world, departing
this life in Misouri in iSo^. John I •'. I'.arncs \\as
born on \o\cmher 17. 1X57, in I lent county.
Mi i.. and. at the age of ten, hi >anied the
lamiK to \rkansas. ||r was reared on the
farm and spent his earl\ life as his father's as-
sistant, growing up with a strong constitution,
which enabled him easily to withstand the rough
usage he afterwards experienced on the range,
lie remained at home until he was about sixteen
years old. when he severed the ties which bound
him to the family fireside, and, in company with
his brother, Thomas, returned to Dent county,
\lo.. where they there engaged in farm work.
Subsequently he quit that kind of labor and found
employment in the mines of Dent county, follow-
ing the latter vocation until coming to Wyoming
in 1883. During the six years following his ar-
rival in this state. Mr. 1 lames worked on differ-
ent ranches near Cheyenne, meantime becoming
associated with a Mr. Blackwell in the cattle bus-
iness, the two taking up land in Laramie county,
about twenty miles east of Fort Laramie. They
stocked their place, after which Mr. Barnes re-
turned to his work near Cheyenne, leaving his
partner to look after their mutual interests on
the ranch. Mr. Barnes continued in the em-
ployment of various parties until 1889. when he
returned to his ranch to assist in the manage-
ment of the business, which had gradually grown
in magnitude and importance during the inter-
vening years. Mr. Ilarnes and Mr. I'.laekwell
kept up their partnership until 18114. at which
lime the latter sold his interest to Mr. Barnes,
u ho thus became sole proprietor. Since that year
he has steadily continued to build up a prosper-
ous business and, at the present time, he has a
fine herd of cattle, which, with the ranch in his
possession, represents a fortune of sufficient
nitude to place him in independent circunista
Mr. Hanics is a man of enterprise, imbued with
the true western spirit which seldom fails to win
ess. While primarily interested in his own
affairs, he has not been unmindful of his dul
the community, conseq iciits for
the public welfare find in him a zealous patron.
and, to the extent of his ahiliu. a liberal sup-
. r, I 'ersonally. b 'be confiden
his fellou citi/cns and is popular with all p,
with whom he mingles. He is a liberal provider
for his famih and has a comfortable home, \\hich
is the ah < genuine western hospitality,
freelx dispensed to all who claim it. The mar-
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riagc of Mr. Barnes and Miss Catherine Weber
\\as solemnized near Fort Laramie on March
10, 1897. Mrs. Barnes was born in Idaho, being
the daughter of John ami Man \\Vber, natives of
( uTinany and early settlers of the Platte River
Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have two bright
children, Delia G. and Alice M., in whom are
centered many hopes for the future.
CLEMMER C. BELKNAP.
Every civilized country on the globe and ev-
ery state in the Union has contributed to popu-
lating and developing the great Northwest of
the United States. Among them Wisconsin, on-
ly recently herself a remote frontier, has given
a generous share in brain and brawn, in enter-
prise and business capacity, in public spirit and
progressive citizenship. It was in this western
state that Clemmer C. Belknap, now one of the
successful and influential stockmen of Fremont
county, Wyoming, first saw the light of this world
on October 27, 1865. He was born at Argyle,
in the southwestern part of the state, where his
parents, Walter P. and Elmira J. ( Seeley) Bel-
knap, were successfully engaged in farming, hi;
father being a native of Vermont and a half-
brother of Com. Charles Belknap of the U. S.
navy. They were sons of Moses Belknap of
Vermont, a veteran of the War of 1812, descend-
ed from old Colonial stock. Walter P. Belknap
died at Goldfield, Iowa, in 1881, aged seventy-
four years, and his widow also died on July 4,
1889, aged seventy-tw.o years. Their family con-
sisted of ten children, seven sons and three
daughters. Of these seven are yet living. Clem-
mer C. Belknap was educated in the district
schools of Iowa, his parents having moved into
that state in his childhood, and, after leaving
school he learned his trade as a telegrapher and
worked at it in that state for a number of years.
In 1891 he took up his residence in California
and there also worked at telegraphing for about
two years. He then lived successively in Mon-
tana and Wyoming, being employed at Opal in
the latter state by the Oregon Short Line Rail-
road Co. for three years. In 1899. having tired
of railroad work, he took up the ranch on which
he now lives and settled, upon it with the reso-
lute purpose of making it his permanent home, at
once beginning to improve it and to enlarge its
extent. He now owns 640 acres, the most of
which is fine bottom land and yields abundantly
of hay, its annual output being more than 150
tons. The principal part of his crop is timothy
and red top, but he also raises grain and is contin-
ually increasing his acreage in this product. His
place is well improved, and very desirable in loca-
tion, being generally considered one of the best
in the valley, and is a visible tribute to his judg-
ment in selection, and to his skill and enterprise
in its cultivation and management. The cattle
upon his range have good pedigrees and their
place in the markets is justly high and well-estab-
lished. Mr. Belknap is one of the public spirited
men of the section and his portion of the state
owes much to his progressive and elevating citi-
zenship. He belongs to the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, holding membership in Lodge
No. 122 at Clarion, Iowa. On January 5, 1879,
in Iowa, he was married to Miss Emily Sill, a na-
tive of that state and a daughter of William and
Rhoda (Grey) Sill, natives of Ohio, whither
their parents came from Virginia in early days,
daring all of the dangers and enduring many of
the privations of the most rigid pioneer life. Mr.
and Mrs. Belknap have four children living, An-
gle, married to Fred O. Shaeffer of Stratford,
Iowa; George Earl, Clifford Vernon and Mar-
jorie. Another daughter. Blanche, died in infan-
cy. The head of this house is still in the very
prime of life, with all his faculties in full vigor,
his aspirations proper and realizing their agree-
able fruitage, and his position well established
in the regard of his fellows. He may hopefully
look forward to many years of usefulness.
JAMES T. BAWKER.
Born and reared in Jo Daviess county, Illin-
ois, and orphaned by the death of a devoted fa-
ther at the age of nine years, James T. Bawker,
now of Weston county, Wyoming, has passed
almost his whole life in rural pursuits and has
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been dependent on himself since an earb p; riod.
lie lirsl sa\v the light of this world on Deo nibcr
8, 1841, and, in 1850, his father went, under tlie
great excitement of the time, to the promising;
gold fields of California, dying on his return home
after a career there of varying success. 1 lis name
\vas Ira Hawker, being a native of X,
who. as a young; man. had come 1" the great
prairie state of what was then the far West, with
his bride, nee Rebecca I'.orthwick. also a n
of the Empire state, and had then . d in
farming until the gold fever took him far from
his home and family never to return alive, llis
widow survived his loss until i8<;'.. and. until
her death, continued the farming operations he
had begun. Their son, James T. Hawker, re-
mained at home until he was fifteen years old,
attending the public schools of the neighborhood
and assisting- on the farm. He then started in
life for himself by hiring out as a farm hand
near his home and passed the next four years
of his life in this occupation. In i S6i he removed
to Goodhue county. Minn., and, at the breaking
out of tlie Civil \Yar soon after, he enlisted as
a member of the Third Minnesota Infantry in de-
leiise of the I'nion. following his convictions and
the flag of his country through three years of
bloody strife, seeing much of the hardship and
arduous service of war in its worst form, re-
turning- in 1804 to his former Illinois home with
an honorable discharge from the army and the
consciousness of having maintained, on every field
and in every crisis, the good name of the Amer-
ican citizen soldiery, which has been won in every
war in which it engaged. He remained and
farmed in his native county until 1871, in that
year going to Mitchell county. Kan., where he
took up land and continued farming operations
until 1884. In June of that year he s, ,1,1 out
and came to Wyoming, locating in Crook coun-
i and he-inning a prosp> panding-
business in the stock industry near Sundance
Two years later he transferred his base of op, r
ations to his pa-sent ranch on Skull Creek, twen-
"bt mile- iiortlmest ,,f Newcastle, and has
since been fully occupied then- with 1
and fanning interests. Ills ranch consists of
acres of excellent laud, with sufficient vari-
ety of altitude and quality to funn a very de-
sirable estate anil yield the best results in agri-
cultural products and gra. ires. A large
ion is under irrigation and in a high
of cultivation, while the improvements are suit-
able in character and sufficient in scope for the
purp, the ranch. They are modern in
Style, convenient in arran;.;, incut and substantial
in structure. < >n this pleasanl and productive
estate, Mr. Bawker has resided for half a genera-
tion of life in company with the wife of his
\oiith. who still abides with him, and with whom
he married on October 11, i8'>6. in Jo Duvi, --
county. 111., where her parents, as well as his,
were pioneers and substantial fanners. Before
her marriage she was Miss Catherine Brickler.
a daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth ( Rinds-
bacher ) Brickler. the former a native of Canada
and the latter of Switzerland. The Bawkers have
three children. Ira S., a prosperous fanner and
man of YYeston county, mentioned on an-
other page of this work. Ernest A. and Xellie A.,
now Mrs. Davis. Mr. Bawker is a Republican in
politics, but not an active partisan, lie is ,,ne
, if the oldest -ettlers in this section, who has
contributed es-eniialK to its growth.
J. GEORGE BEEIILKR.
The subject of this brief review is a native
of Germany, having been born in the Fatherland,
"ii April 15. 1864, the son of J. George and Mary
- I >> iningvr i Beehler. natives of ( icrmany. His
Father fallowed the occupation of a weaver in his
native country, residing in Sachscnhatisen.
n niained there up to the time of his death, which
-red there in 1880. The mothe' iway
rmam in 18X7. and was buried hv the
of her husband in the -oil ,,f the Fatherland. The
subject of this review grc\\ to manhood in his
ing his earl) in in the
schoi '1 of Sachsi nhausi n, r, maining ' un-
til he had attained ih,- In
[882, his imagination was fired by i the
opportunities f, ,r advancement existing in the
great coiintrv beyond tin- sea, and he determined
>GR1 SSIV1 MEN OF WYOMING.
to eek his fortune in ihc New \\"<irld. Lea\ -ing
ihi.1 home of his childhood at the earh age of
eighteen years, with no capital . cept a few dol-
lars of his meager savings and tin- blessing of
a good mother wliidi has allended him through-
out all his life, he took ship and sailed away to
America. Arriving here in due lime he first
went to (iilmaii. 111., where he secured employ-
ment in a wagomiiaking establishment and re-
mained there for three years and during- this
time he acquired a thorough knowledge of the
wagonmaking trade. In iSS^ he removed his
residence from Illinois in Nebraska, where he
e-tahlished himself at \Yooi! River, and continued
i" follow his occupation of wagonmaking. He
remained here, engaged in that pursuit, until he
came to Greclcy. Colo., where he was offered and
accepted a po.Miion with the F. E. Smith Imple-
ment Co., one -of the largest concerns dealing in
agricultural implements in the state of Colorado.
He remained in ilu- employ of this company until
the early part of 18(^3, when he resigned his po-
sition for the purpose of engaging in business for
himself, and opened a carriage shop at Greeley.
This business he conducted successfully about
one year, when he disposed of it and came to
the state of Wyoming. Arriving here in January,
1894. he purchased the farm which he still owns
and occupies, situated on \Yheatland Flats, about
four and one-half miles northwest of the city of
Wheatland. He was the first settler on these
flats and has remained there since that time, con-
tinuously engaged in the combined occupation of
farming and stockraising. He has met with con-
siderable success, and now is the owner of a fine
farm, well fenced and improved, with a com-
fortable brick residence and many evidences of
thrift and prosperity. He has found this life more
profitable, as well as more congenial and attend-
ed with less risks than his former business of car-
riage and \\agonbnilding. When at Wood River.
Xeb.. on April 15, 1891, Mr. I'.eehler was united
in the bonds of matrimony to .Miss Ftta Burmood,
a native of Illinois, and the daughter of Peter
and Lottie (Sparks) Burmood, the former a na-
tive of the empire of Germany, and the latter
of the state of Illinois. The father formerly fol-
lowed fanning in the latter state, subsequently
n moving to Nebraska, where he continued in
tin same business m-ar Wood River, where his
home is now located. To Mr. and Mrs. IVchlcr
two children have been born, J. Rimer and Rtta,
both of \\hoiu are living. In 1897 Mr. Reehler
was so unfortunate as to lose his wife, she pass-
ing away on the joth day of May, in that year,
being buried at Wood River, Neb. The subject
of this sketch is one of the most highly respected
citizens of his section of the state. His habits
of thrift, industry and frugality, which he in-
herited from his sturdy German ancestors, have
enabled him to build up a good business in the
land of bis adoption, and he is now the owner of
a fine property, which is gradually being added
to from year to year.
t,l ( )RGE A. BELL.
Born in Indiana, reared in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania until he was seventeen years of age, then
living in Kansas until 1887, when he became a
pioneer of Wyoming, George A. Bell, of near
Bonanza, Bighorn county, has seen human life
in many places and has been in contact with the
institutions peculiar to several states. His par-
ents were Charles and Catherine Bell, the former
a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ger-
many. When he reached the age of seventeen,
turning his back on every local tie, he determ-
ined to make his own way in the world and sought
the undeveloped West as the field of his opera-
tions. He reached Garnett, Kan., where he re-
mained for a short time. From there he went
to Colorado, and. in 1887, came to Wyoming,
and, settling in Johnson county, engaged in the
lumber business. In 1891 he located his present
ranch and has occupied it ever since. It repre-
sents the fruition of his hopes in an industrial
way. being the product of his toil and taste in
the way of improvement and present comfort,
fertility and equipment. Virgin soil when he
took possession, on which the hand of systematic
labor had never been employed, it stands forth
now a tribute to his enterprise and skill, his pro-
gressiveness and public spirit, being a model to
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the neighborhood, one of the mnst attractive and
desirable limnes in his see-tinn nf the county.
It cnmpriscs ,}jo acres of excellent land, much
• if it under advanced cultu atimi. and In lias < >n
it _'5<> tine cattle. Tn addilicm in his ranch and
cattle interests he nwns valnahle c<>al land, which
>w be-in;; developed and shows prmni
great results. Kver\ tiling he tnuches recei\i
accelerated fnrwarcl motion, and this industry
will in >t he an exception In the rule. On the
trary lie has his ntlier intereM, so well in hand,
and his various fields of lahor so systematized,
that he is ahle to give- to the development of his
mines more earnest and active attention than
hereloi", m . and to thus secure a more active
production of their hidden stores of wealth and
at the same time huild up increased industries in
their ncighhi irhiind. Mr. Hell was marri.
Teiisleep. in this county, in 1897. to Miss I'.lanche
l.ockhart. a native of lown. They have one child.
their daughter. Irene. In every line of commer-
cial, industrial,, educational and social progress,
Mr! Hell is present with sympatln. encourage-
ment, and, where it is possible, with substantial
aid. lli- lias prospered in this cnnntn. and has
helped to huild it into its present state- of pr< ig
and development. It is now his permanent home
and. in a measure, the product of his intlii
and efforts. lie therefore has an ahiding inter-
est in its welfare, and is earnest and constant in
>hnwing that interest in practical \\avs of ,
To Mich citixenship as his, the great \orth\\ est
owes its rapid and enduring pmgr.
GE< IRGE V BENEDICT.
I'.nrn on ( Ictober 7. lSf>u, at \rlington. I:
rni^lon county, \ ermont. nil (he ver) same I
\vliere Kthan Allen lived s, , lo, an-d and
primarily educated in that old Xew I'ngland
tnwn. and finishing his ci mrsi
Manchester, \vliich is one of the oldest in the
I'liited Slate,, i lenr^e \. Benedict, of I'pton.
\\ } i lining, is • ;. atii 'iis
of his early life, engaged in pursuits alinn,t un-
knn\\n to his native place. lli- parents, I'harles
and Ksther i I'.urloni I'.e-nedi't. were also natives
of Vermont and prosperous farmers, a- farming
goes in that state. The father died in
the mother in i^x>, and Imth are huried iii Ar-
lington, where their Useful lives wen- passed,
thi ir h' me being, as has I .. -1 on
ih. street of that town which has tin- historic dis-
tinction of In-ill;; the one on which sto, ,d the i
i .i ihat remarkable patriot, I than \lK-n. du
tlic closing years of his life. After leaving school,
I .eor^e A. Hem-diet worked with his fatlii '
tin- farm until he was t\\ent\
then, after a year of et'f..-t in his nati\.
his own account, he came to Missouri, and, In-
dia, bewail hiisiness in the sheep in-
dustry. Tn a few mnnth>. In iwe\ i i this
up and. going in Independence, wenl i" \\ork
on a slu-ep ranch. In the autumn of iSS^ he
drove a large flock of sheep f,-, ,ni Lexington. MII..
lilchell cinnitv, Kan., and then- spent three
3 in the sheep hn For himself. I
of the largest sheepmen in that part nf the
ciiuntrv. In the fall nf iSSi.lie reiimved his stock
to r.iiffalo county, \eh.. \\here he sold them.
Me then accepted emplo\nunt witli Swift \ Co.
as a Inner and superintendent of outfit
ing the territory emhraced in Montana. \\ \oming
and I'tah. with his h in Xelir.
Mis ditties wen- In hn\ shee|i and In. ik after the
iiutlits which tn»k them hack to \\-hraska In
d. \fh-r some '.ears he aUn did s!ie<-pshear-
ing for the linn, lie n inained in their em
thirteen years. lie t<»>k np his residence in \\'\ -
oming in i Si 17 and lived at Newcastle until
In lanuary n| that year he resigned his positimi
with Swift iV Co., and funned a partnership with
C. I.. Kricksnn. I'm- the- pu inducting
an extensive sheepshearing hn-
l\\n plants f, ,r this industry, one in \\\oming
and niie in Mmitana. and. that the\ sheared in
HII >_' nmre than I e-p. indicates the •
inlnde i if the hiisiness. 'I hi
diet ,\ on, and it is \\e-ll known thrniiglmut
the slirepraising cniintrv. Mr. I'.e neelicl is aUn
interested in varimis cmnmercial e-ntl rp;
ammig them ln-iik il>- i.i 1 i
running sheep in ' 'iint\. \\'\o.. in which
he is a stoekhiilder. lie is aKi. manager of all
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
tlic "ut-ide interests of the company, and, under
his skill and care, they have been prospered and
greatly multiplied. In fraternal relations he is
connected with the order of Freemasons and with
the order of Red Men. holding; membership in
lodges at Arlington, Vt. In politics he is an act-
ive Republican, deeply interested in the success
of his party and contributing his share toward
its advancement.
GEORGE W. TIB BETS.
Although comparatively a young man, it is
no exaggeration to say that George W. Tibbets,
whose productive estate is situated on Mill
Creek, about eighteen miles south of Evanston,
Wyoming, ranks as one of the leading business
men of his section. Possessed of a clear and a
sober judgment, he belongs to that class of men
which always leaves its impression forcibly and
strongly upon the communities where they re-
side. His energy, enterprise, shrewdness and
integrity have ever been marked and pro-
nounced factors in his gratifying success in
business and in social life. Mr. Tibbets was
born in Rensselaer county, X. Y., on May 26,
1863, the youngest son of Lester G. and Emily
Tibbets, who were likewise of the Empire state,
and his paternal grandfather, also George W.
Tibbets, was a native of that, state. He early
married Miss Ellen Greene, who was born in
Massachusetts and was like her husband de-
scended from prominent and illustrious fami-
lies of that state, connected with the various
departments of the development, progress and
prosperity of the commonwealth from early
Colonial days, members of both families having
been represented in professional, industrial and
military circles. General Nathaniel Greene, of
Revolutionary fame is perhaps the most nota-
ble one of the Greene family. Lester Tibbets
was a farmer in Rensselaer and Scoharie coun-
ties, X. Y., and his marriage to Emily Cook oc-
curred in Huntersland, Scoharie county. They
had four children, Cora F., who married Dr.
H. H. Weyburn of Geneva, N. Y., and died
leaving five children ; Louis D., who resides in
Argenta, Mont.; Annie, who died at the age of
five years ; George W., left an orphan at the age
of six years by the death of his mother, who
passed away when thirty-six years old, and
was buried in the beautiful little rural cemetery
at Huntersland. George W. Tibbets received
the educational advantages of the excellent
public schools of the county of his nativity until
he attained the age of nineteen years. He then
ei irnmenced his independent course of business
for himself by becoming a farmer in XTew York,
where he continued agricultural operations for
about eight years. The West, with its possi-
bilities for better remuneration for earnest and
energetic labor, attracted him and he went first
to Kansas, later becoming a resident of Salt
Lake City, Utah, where for about eighteen
months he conducted a profitable meat business.
He came to Wyoming in 1889 and located upon
a quarter-section of government land, a portion
of his present valuable property on Mill Creek,
Wyo., where he now maintains his home, having
erected thereupon a commodious residence of
modern architecture and design, one of the
pleasantest homes in a wide range of country;
and here he has been and is extensively en-
gaged in stockraising. He now owns 1,120
acres of valuable land, and in addition to this
rural estate he leases for grazing purposes one
section of state land. His business operations
have steadily increased and have been con-
ducted with wise judgment and discriminating
care, his herds of cattle being numerous and of
the best quality. Mr. Tibbets has always taken
an active part in local and public affairs and is
the present efficient road superintendent of his
district and for a number of years he has been
the treasurer of his school district. He is an
earnest supporter of the principles and policies
of the Republican political party, with which he
has been identified since he became a voter.
He was married on March 21, 1882, in Hunt-
ersland, X. Y., with Miss Missoura Swart, a
daughter of Daniel A. and Caroline (Wagner)
S\\art, and also a native of Xew York. Her
father was a son of David Swart. David Swart
was a native of Germany,, he marrying, how-
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ever, a lady named Green, who ,\ in
\\-\v York, which state was also the birthp
nf tl:. Mrs. Tibhets. Air. and Mrs.
Tibbets have ti\ i children. Viola < mar-
ried Jonathan Jones, Jr., and resides on -Mill
('reck: Flora K. : Gora I-'.: Ksther G., and ( "i
\\". -Mr. Tibbetts is always willing to
.'in! influence to promote the i
, ;ts of his community and the public in general,
while his hi mie is a home of marked hospitality
and had IK paid the same attention to public
matters that he has to his successful busi
operations, he has the qualities that might e;
have carried him well into the front of official
life, lie is truly a self-made man and is always
to help along and adva u • worthy
public enterprise and private benefaction.
JOSEPH BENZON.
Among the most prominent of the native-born
American stockmen of Uinta county, Wyoming,
is Joseph Ben/on, whose ranch is on Mill Creek,
eighteen miles southeast of Evanston. He was
born in Salt Lake county, Utah, on January 10,
1869, the fourth of the eight children that con-
stituted the family of Andrew I'., and Katie
(Wickle) P.enzon. the former of whom was a
native of Denmark and the latter of German}-.
Andrew B. Benzon was still a young man when
i. i \miTiV : and wa - an ardent worker in
the church of the Latter Day Saints. He was
married at Xnnvoo, 111., to Katie Wickle, a
daughter of Herman and Katheryn Wickle, whose
eight children were born in the following order :
i. wife of II. A. Silver, of
Lake; Andrew B., Jr., married and also ,-i resi-
dent of Salt Lake; Ivhvanl, d I eph,
whose name heads this biographii il • Min-
nie, wife of William Vfflick, of Salt 1
Arthur, deceased; < hvi-n, and another whose
name was not given to the writer. In IS.JQ An-
drew P.. P.enzon -i tiled in Salt I here,
ier o •• is i igaged in the
drug business and then was in the dl trade
until his death, which occurred on July _'J, [901,
a1 the age of ' - his remains being
i :
interred in the ceii..
c and amiable
i 'inen. still retain.- I ence in Salt Lake
Joseph P.enxon received -nil prac-
tical educal ii m in Sail Ld e City, nd h . also,
's trade, which h*
at S ntil he ca inta county. '
Here, in partnership with his brother-
in lav. , II. A. Si i d the Ira
600 acres on which he still lives and engaged in
stockraising and in dealing in cattle, in which
business he has met with unqualified success. Al-
though his residence in Wyoming has hardly ex-
ti i lu-
lu i ''ti n lerfi « it." hn a hardv and vig' >1
tiersinan. equal to all the emergencies and re-
qnircnici'i ary to be possessed by a dweller
in a new and rugged country, diversified, though
Uinta county is, with broad-spreading plains and
steep and precipitous hills and mountains. Air.
Benzon has done much toward the improvement
of the face of the country in the immediate vicin-
ity in which his ranch is located, and his ranch
itself is a model of thrift and n Having
been reared by most respectable and well-in-
formed parent-, he is well qualified, through his
i inal attainments, b a high
of thought and refined civilization any commun-
ity in which he may by chance happ.
his upright life and habits of industry wii
pouerful influence over all his neighbors, who
have not been slow b ize his merits in
e respects. He has, solely through his indus-
try, ai-qnired a competem stands b
among Uinta county's most prominent citizi
M. J. BLAKE.
The development of the nev. 'f the
Rocky Mountain region has calKd into its service
able men from main' n::t and from all
i i picuously, ho\\ever. among them
f Missouri, who have
d wonderf'd suc-
reat industrial oper.
Among this number is M. J. P.lal e, of ( "innbcr-
I 'inta .-i iunt) . \V\ouiing. who ha-
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'GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
voted himself with a tireless industry to capable
and energetic labors in coal mining, and who,
today, as a symmetrical result of his merits, is
occupying the distinctly important position of
foreman of Mine No. 2 at Cumberland, Wyo.
It is the mission of this publication to give a
review of the lives of such men, that they may
be preserved and handed down to coming gen-
erations as examples of -what true ability will
accomplish, even when totally unaided by the
adventitious support of inherited wealth or high
position. Mr. Blake was born on November 25,
1864, in Macon county, Mo., a son of Michael and
Ellen (Keating) Blake, both of the parents being
natives of Ireland. The father was long in the
railroad service of this country and finally lo-
cated on the farm in Missouri where he and his
faithful wife still hold their residence. Three
of their eight children survive, and our subject
was the fourth of the number in order of birth.
Agnes is a graduate of a business college at
Ouincy, 111., and is now located in St. Louis, Mo.
Johanna is another member of the family, and
M. I. Blake is the third. He received a good
common-school education in the schools of Mis-
souri, and when twenty years of age he engaged
in coal mining in his native state, following this
occupation consecutively for four years, and un-
til 1888, when his ambitious courage brought
him to Wyoming. Here he was actively engaged
in his former employment for nine years at Rock
Springs, success steadily following his persistent
efforts. He opened up and developed the Blair
mine, during the interval of time from 1888 to
1892 having entire charge of its operation. From
1892 to 1897 he was in service as weighman for
the U. P. Coal Co., at Rock Springs, while for
the succeeding four years he was the foreman of
a mine at Frontier, in allof these stations showing
industry, care and steady devotion to his em-
ployer.s' ink-rests. In 1901 he came to Cumber-
land, his present residence, where he has been in
charge as foreman of the opening and developing
of Mine No. 2, giving the best of satisfaction by
his businesslike procedures and attaining good re-
sults. Mr. Blake has other and important busi-
ness associations, among them he is connected
with the Kemmerer Oil and Development Co.,
and also with the Fossil Consolidated Co., hold-
ing a position in the directorateof the first named
corporation. A thoughtful and patriotic citizen,
it is to be expected that Mr. Blake would take
a vital interest in the questions of the day, and in
public matters affecting the weal of the commun-
ity, the state and the nation. He warmly sup-
ports and advocates the principles of the party
which stands for his views, and in 1900 was
its nominee for sheriff of Uinta county, polling
a more than normal vote and clearly indicating
his personal popularity. He was in attendance
at the national convention of his party held at
Kansas City and spares neither time nor his
personal energies in its service. Mr. Blake wed-
ded, at Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 28,
1898. Miss Elizabeth Welch, a daughter of
Byron and Martha (Welch) Welch, a lady of un-
usual ability and culture, who is a leading mem-
ber of the local Baptist church and the present
superintendent of its large Sabbath-school. She
comes of fine old English stock, domiciled since
Colonial days on Virginia soil, and there her
parents were born, her father being a man of in-
fluence, a member of the State Legislature and
also holding other offices of trust with con-
ceded ability. He died in Virginia in 1887 aged
forty-five years, surviving his wife, who preced-
ed him in 1885 at the age of thirty-eight years.
Of their nine children, seven are now living. Mr.
Blake is a member of the Catholic church and
belongs to Rock Springs Lodge, No. 624, Be-
nevolent Protective Order of Elks. The fam-
ily stands in a very high position in the esteem
of the people, their home being a center of
gracious hospitality.
WILLIS J. BOOTH.
The men of nerve and enterprise who con-
duct the vast and fruitful industries of the Big-
horn basin are fortunate in having available
for their needs banking facilities ample in scope,
responsive in action and adapted to specific
wants. Such facilities are furnished in part by
the Bighorn County Bank, of Basin, of which
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
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Willis J. Booth lias been president from it-, or-
ganization, in which he was one of the leading
factors. Mr. Booth is by nature and attain-
ments a financier, and this institution, and oth-
ers involving the use of large sums of m<>
afford scope for his capacities and his aptf ulness
in this department of commercial activity. He
is a pioneer of 1871) in Wyoming, and has there-
fore spent the most fruitful and serviceable poi
tion of his life among this people, coming
among them before he reached his majority,
becoming an element of force in their midsl
by immediate adaptation to the genius of the
region, and to the habits, conditions and insti-
tutions which were prevalent therein. Mr.
Booth is a native of Wisconsin, where his useful
life bewail on July 2~ , i8dj. Hi-. father. Will-
iam Booth, came to this country from his native
England in his youth and settled in Pennsyl-
vania. There he married with Miss I'.ettx C.
Jenks, and soon after their marriage they re-
moved to Wisconsin, where their son, Willis
was born. In 18/2, when he was ten years old.
the\ removed to Olmsted county. Minn., and a
year later, to Albert Lea, in Freeborn county.
For five years his home was at that place, and
there he completed his meager schooling. In
iSjS. at the early age of sixteen, he started in
life for himself, and, a year later, in 1879, c;in)l'
to Wyoming and located at Laramie. In that
neighborhood he rode the range for a period <>t
seven years, then came to the I'.ighoni basin
and located a homestead on Paint Rock ('reek,
where If engaged in ranching, stoekgrowing
and rangeriding until 180.1. At that time he
sold out and took up his present ranch on the
same stream. This estate comprisi i r acres
of land, imperially well adapted to the stock
business, and here he has a herd of j;o line cal
tie and too g 1 horses. Tim iitghi >nt his life
Mr. Booth has been industrious and thrifty. His
early accumulations were small ami slow in
reaching an appreciable magnitude. Mm the
blandishments of social life and ilf sedn,
smiles of jporl were alike unnoticed by him. and-
hi i\«-d his earnings for future use in enterprises
of greater volume and of more ' , 1,
ter than the work in which he was then en-
gaged; and so, in time, he had capital, and in
acquiring that capital he had won the confi-
dence of those around him. I K associated with
him a few congenial men and organized the
Bighorn County Hank at P.asin and became its
president. The institution has prospered from
its inception, and. under his careful and pro-
gressive management, it has greatly enlarged
the volume of its business and the body of its
clientele. It has, moreover, been a reservoir
of monetary strength to the community and
poured streams of benefaction among its peo-
ple. He is also a heav\ stockholder in the
Mighorn Canal Co., giving a due share of his
time and attention to its affairs. In local pub-
lic affairs he has alwa\s taken a deep and ser-
viceable interest, and has served his party well
as a soldier in the ranks and in its responsible
official stations. He was elected county clerk-
in iSi)S and was reelected in 1900, and rendered
very creditable service to 'lie county in that
position. Of the fraternal societies esteemed
among men he has united with but one. the
Modern \\ linen of America. At llyattville,
\\ \oming. in 1892. he was married to Miss
1 latin- Mien, a native of Colorado, but for a
number of years preceding her marriage a resi-
dent of this state. They have two children,
• • W. and K. \llen P.ooth. Mr. Booth is uni-
\ersall\ reci igni/ed as a leading and representa-
tive citi/en of the county, and enjoys in a
marked degree public esteem and confidence.
FI>W \RD 1. BRANDLE N>
I I is a far er\ from the studies ,>f a pol\ lech-
nic school and the industrial activities of b-
construction in the Hast \,, the free, unlettered
and independent life of a prosperous stockman
in western Wyoming, but Fduard |. Mrandlcy.
now residing on I lam's Fork I 'reek in I'inta
count \. \\\"ining, has experienced this great
traiisf, .m ' ' es of good parentage.
his father. James Mrandle\ . a native of N'ew
York, being an educated gentleman and a piano
manufacturer of Troy, that state. lie \\ .
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXC,.
man of quiet and home-loving ways, but was
a valued and prominent member of the M.3
fraternity. Me married Ann E. Rodner, also
a native of Xe\v York, but, like her husband, of
Swiss ancestry, and the) had Eour children, Ed-
ward J., Matilda, deci \1bert R., now a
business man of New York City, and Emma T.,
now wife of Joseph G. Converse, of Selma, Ala.
The mother died in St. Louis, Mo., on Febru-
ary 7, 1870, the father surviving her to the hale
old age of eighty years, when he departed this
life in Xew Jersey on December 18, 1899. Mr.
Brandley was born on August 14, 1844, in the
beautiful city of Troy, N. Y., and received his
early educational discipline in the excellent
schools of New York City and St. Louis, Mo.,
and supplemented this education by a thorough
technical course of instruction in the polytech-
nic school of St. Louis, being thereafter em-
ployed by the St. Louis Bridge Co. on the
great bridge crossing the Mississippi at that
city, for the long term of fourteen years, this
protracted tenure of place demonstrating con-
clusively the ability and the valuable services of
Mr. Bradley. Commencing as an office boy,
step by step, he climbed the ladder of promo-
tion, becoming the chief clerk of that great cor-
poration, then for seven years holding the re-
sponsible position of its purchasing agent. In
1882 the great West attracted him, and he estab-
lished a mercantile business in Salt Lake City,
which, after successively conducting it for two
years, he sold and transferred his energies to
stockraising, becoming identified with the Wa-
satch Stock Co. In 1897 he homesteaded the
place on Ham's Fork, where he now maintains
his residence, and he has increased his acreage
until he now has an estate of 320 acres, princi-
pally consisting of rich bottom land, which is
kept in the best condition by the most improved
methods of agriculture. This property is giv-
en over to the raising of fine grades of sheep
of which he runs large bands, conducting his
business with discrimination and care, and se-
curing the best of results, and holding a high
position in the minds of the people, who consider
him as one of the best types of the representative
sheepmen of the stale. Mr. Brandley and Miss
Mary E. Dolar, a daughter of Andrew and ( ar
oline (Hughes) Dolar, were united in matri-
mony on Julv 28, 1897, and at their pleasant
home she dispenses a truly western hospitality.
Air. I'.randlcyis fully in accord with the principles
nnd policies of the Republican party, earnest in
support of its cause, manifesting also great pub-
lic interest in all matters tending to the im-
provement of the community and state.
ALBERT W. BRISTOL.
Among the progressive and enterprising
men who are doing so much to build up the
industries of the state of Wyoming, and to
make it, as it is destined to become, one of the
leading commonwealths of the American Un-
ion, is Albert W. Bristol, of the city of Chey-
enne. He is a native of the Green Mountain
state, born on July 23, 1852, at Vergennes, Ver-
mont. He is the son of Philo and Prudence
(Rugg) Bristol, the former a native of Ver-
mont, and the latter of Massachusetts. His fa-
ther was a merchant, residing at Vergennes,
where all his life he was engaged in mercantile
pursuits, and where he passed away in Janu-
ary, 1885. The mother died at the old home in
July, 1893, and the worthy people are buried
side by side near the scenes of their former ac-
tivities. Albert W. Bristol, of this review, grew
to manhood in his native place and received
his early education in the graded schools of
Vergennes, and afterwards entered Barre Acad-
emy, a well-known educational institution, be-
ing graduated from this academy in the class of
1871. Upon the completion of his course of ed-
ucation, he entered the employ of his father in
a clerical position in the store at Vergennes, for
the purpose of acquiring a practical knowle'l^v
of the mercantile business. Subsequently,
however, he left this employment, and became
a popular teacher in the public schools, where
he remained until 1873. -In that year, desiring
to avail himself of larger opportunities of en-
gaging in business than were offered him in
his native state, he set out for the city of Chey-
PROGRESSIVE MEN Ul: WYOMING.
759
enne, in the territorj of Wyoming. Upon ar-
riving in that place, then a typical frontier town,
the center of the st< ickgrowing industry, he
leathered all the informal i< m possible \\itli a
view tn engaging in llie live stock business,
then proceeded to Fort Collins, Colo. Short-
ly after his arrival at the latter place, hi
a partnership with \Y. X. Bachelder, and to-
gi lit, r the) embarked in shcepraising and wool-
growing. following this business successfully
at their ranch near Furl Collins for two years.
They then divided their interests and holdings
and closed their partnership. .Mr. I'.ristol then
leased his tloeks of sheep on shares and moved
his residence to Cheyenne, Wyo., where Ill-
remained until 1879. when, becoming restless
to again engage in active business, lie left his
family in Cheyenne, and purchased his present
ranch at the headwaters of Bear Creek, about
thirty-one miles north of Cheyenne, ller. be
ginning with only i<» acres of land, he has
extended his business and increased his hold-
ings, until now (IQOJ) he is the owner ol 2.IOO
acres of patented land, well fenced and ini-
proved and holds several thousand acre-- under
lease from the state. His home ranch is our
of the show places of Wyoming, b-iiig a model
stockfarm. with tine buildings, barns and all the
iiKidcrn improvements and appliances. In I Si i~
Mr. I'.ristol be^an handling thoroughbred I b n
ford cattle, and in this industry he has been
very successful, having no\\ one oi the tinesi
herds in the West. Me lias also engaged in the
business of dealing in registered Rambouillel
ranis, and has found this enterprise very prof-
itable, while rendering very material assistance
to bis section I,!' (lie siate in tin- improvement
of the grades of sheep. I'p t,, iSoo he Was ex-
tensively engaged both in llie sheep and wool
business, bin be then disposed of all bis sheep
inler. ept his ihi 1 1-1 Highbred ranis. | |e is
al.so engaged in the raising of line horses, con
fining himself to the best grades of riding and
driving animals. In all his varied enterprises.
Mr. Bristol has been very successful, anil his
business is now one of the la besl man-
aged, most extensive and most profitable ju
\V\oniing. This has been due to his careful
man shreud business judgment and
progressive spirit. 1 he keen intelligence, prac-
tical common sense, and habits oi indu
\\hieli he 'inherited from his Venn-
have stood him in good stead, and he is
led as one of the most successful and sub-
stantial business men of his state. On July 7,
iSjo. Mr. Bristol was united in marriage at
Fort Collins to .Miss Jennie \ickson, of thai
. Two children have been born to them,
namely, Albert \Y. and Delia M. Politically,
Mr. Bristol is affiliated with the Republican
party, and takes an active interest in public af-
fairs, although he lias never sought or d'
to hold a public office, his extensive business
inter. ipving his entire time and requir-
ing his full attention. In recent years Mr. Bris-
tol, in addition to his other interests, has en-
gaged in buying and selling cattle. F.ach year
he purchases large numbers of range steers,
mostly in Texas and other southern states, and.
after holding them until the conditions are
favorable For a profitable sale, disposes of them
in the markets of the North. He has found this
branch of Ins business to be very remunerative
when carefully conducted, and has been si
ily enlarging' his operations from year to year.
lie first began speculation in live stock when
a young man. in 1*77. and shortly after his ar-
rival in Wyoming territory. In that year, short-
ly afier the great gold excitement in the Black
Mills, in llakoia, when many thousands of peo-
ple were Hocking ihither. he saw an opportunity
for making a profitable sale of sheep for mutton
in the markets of that section. and. gathering
up a large herd in the vicinii ' Collins.
be dn ive them to the 1 Hack I tills. 1 [ere h<
d of them at a large advance, which more
than satisfied bis expectations. This trip was
one that was fraught \\ith many thrilling exper-
iences, the Sioux Indians being then on the
warpath, anil it was necessar\ to exercise the
judgment and cool discretion to bring
his animals through that country in safely, and
lo save the lives , >f the men in his emplo\ . Mr.
Bristol i. a type Of the successful, shrewd. 1:
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF }l'YUMl.\G.
headed progressive men of the West, who by
their energy, judginem and enterprise, have
<l<-\eloped large business operations from sniiill
beginnings, and have laid the foundations of
great states. He is one of the men whose de-
sert has been even greater than his achieve-
ment, and whose sterling qualities of character
have won the high opinion and lasting esteem
of all who know him.
JOSEPH BROWN.
To his stalwart English ancestry Air. Joseph
Brown, the subject of this review, is indebted
for an inheritance of physical vigor, great pow-
ers of endurance and a tenacity of purpose that
have proven of great benefit to him in his un-
aided battle with life's conflicting forces. Handi-
capped in many ways, commencing life in early
childhood as a fatherless member' of a family
of ten children, labor has ever been his lot. lie
has diligently endeavored by industry, persist-
ent endeavor and mental activity to rise su-
perior to the conditions originally surround-
ing him, and today he has the proud satisfaction
of knowing that his position of independence
has been worthily won by his own ability, and
that his numerous friends honor and esteem
him for his personal worth and good citizenship.
Joseph Brown was born in 1842, in England,
the son of John and Ann ( Bartlett) Brown. His
early years were passed in earnest strivings for
an education and in laboring to aid in the sup-
port of his widowed mother and brothers and
sisters. Right loyally did he devote his ener-
gies to this purpose, and may well feel a proud
satisfaction in the faithful performance of fil-
ial duties. This could be the best accomplished
through labor in the mines, and here he toiled
and planned, year after year, until, in i<S66, he
saw his way clear to the accomplishment of a
long cherished purpose, his emigration from
England. Crossing the Atlantic, he made his
first American home at Pittsburg, Pa., and, af-
ter remaining for five or six years, be came to
Utah, and there, in 1872, to Almy, Wyo. Here
he again became connected with the mining in-
dustry, fulkrninm n Meadily for many years, in
the meantime entering a homestead claim of
eighty acres, on which he engaged in cattlerais-
ing, and where he has developed a fine proper! \ .
He has never been an idler, always a producer
of value to the land, and merits, and has »]i
tained, the regards of the people of his home.
Mr. Brown was first married to Miss Mai1} A.
Jenkins, who died after a brief matrimonial ex-
istence and was buried in Pennsylvania. His
second marriage was with Miss Thirza Sims,
a daughter of John and Mary A. (Phillips)
Sims. (For ancestral history see the record of
John Sims elsewhere in this volume.) They
are the parents of the following named children :
John; Mary A., deceased; Joseph; Sarah: Han-
nah ; David ; Lizzie ; Rose ; Lillie, deceased ;
Thirza ; Alfred, deceased. Mr. Brown deserves
great credit for the earnest life he has lived and
for the success he has attained. He is one of
the representatives of a class, that, under the
present progress of industrial methods and in-
ventions, will soon be a matter of history, rather
than a living entity, the sterling, honest, indus-
trious English miner. 'He and also his family
stand high in the regards of their associates
and take part in all matters of public interest.
CHARLES A. BUNCE.
One of the prosperous and progressive
sheepbreeders and business men of Lander is
Charles A. llunce, whose name is familiar
throughout the social and business community
as a synonym for courtesy, probity and energy.
He was born in Utah on September 19, 1879, a
son of Austin F. and M. Eleanor (Burns) Bunce,
\vlio were numbered among the early residents
of Utah and as contributing forces to its devel-
opment. The father died on October id, 1901,
aged forty-three years, leaving a large and
profitable sheep business. He was a man of
public spirit and enterprise, inheriting from
prominent ancestors the best elements of pro-
gressive American citizenship, enforcing them
ever amid the activities of his useful life. His
widow still survives. His father was Lewis
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D. l.'.unce. a cousin of Admiral J'.unce of the
I . S. navy, and his mother, Kstlu-r i \ oorhees )
Bunce, was a sister of Senator ''.
Charles A. 1'iunce received his scholastic train-
ing in tlir schools of I "tali. \Y\oniing and Cali-
funiia. and was prepared for business in the
Eastman Business I'niversity at Poughke<
X. Y. (hi his graduation from college he \Y;IS
employed as clerk and bookk< < per for 1
ther. and. after several years passed in this ca-
pacity, lie ti-ok active charge of a sheep industry
belonging to them, which now embraces oni
half interest in V'.(l|Ii) -dieep. Large comnien ial
enterprises also engage his attention, and an
nsive real-estate business also demands his
time and talents, together with the affairs of the
local brewery and the Garfield mine, in both of
which he has valuable interests, as he has also
in valuable tracts of land in different part-, oi
the county. Tint, although engro.-srd by a mul-
titude of business affairs, he still finds time to
cultivate and exemplify the graces and courte-
sies of life in a social wa\. and to mingle with
his fellows in two of the fraternal orders, hold-
ing membership in Lander Lodg , No. in.
Knights of Pythias, and in Rock Springs Lodge,
Xo. 625, Benevolent Protective Order of F.Iks.
U. k< >SS BUNCE.
Thi Northwest of th,- I Fnited St;
has been mate d< .mam for the a inquest
of man. and th< his triumphs in sub-
duing ils wilds id subjection and Fruitful
;- tin- proper theme of poetry and romance. Tt
is the dominion of man over nature, of mind
over man usitied and made more thrill-
ing brcaiisr of the conditions nf unusual diffi-
culty. \niong ihe soldiers in this arm) of coii-
ipiesl I '. Ko- Bunce, of Lander, \\voniing,
and his parent S, \\ In > were pion ! lah,
are entitled to honorable mention. Mr. Bunce
i'orn on June 14. iXj-o. in the -
I hen territory, of I "lah, the son of Lewis and
r (Voorhees) Bunce, the former a \Y\\
Yorker by birth and the latter a native of Illinois.
\fter a career of marked usefulness and vigor
irity, h. iih pan nts were laid •
neath the sod of theii
in iSSj, at the age of fort\ years, and the father.
•IOD, at th. < -nty-six vears. They were
.irl\ selilrrs in I tali and then- lived
-imple and diligent life of farmers, redeem-
ing the virgin soil from its barbaric luxuriance
of wild vegetation and bringing it into glad ser-
vice for the sustenance and happiness of civil-
ized. society. They were the parents of ten
children, seven of whom survive them and are
useful citizens of the American republic. Their
son, U. Ross r.unce, was educated in ihr pub-
lic school-, of his native city, and, after leav-
ing school, he immediately engaged in rearing
and handling sheep, on a scale commensurate
with his talents for the business and his op-
portunities for employing them, lie is still con-
ducting his chosen line of work in a profnabli-
and expanding way. rising in import. nice with
ils development, making his due impress on
the commmiit\ as a man of excellent 1m-
qualifications and sterling integrity, studious
of the general welfare, along with his o\\n, and
giving to his fellows the commendable example
and influence of a good citizen. His ranch of 160
. on the Musk-rat ('reek, and another, which
hi owns in the P.ighoi-n basin, are niodi'l.s of
thrift and of skillful cultivation, being also sup
plied wiih all the needed appliances for their
work and exhibiting good taste and judgment
in the disposition of their improvements and
adornments. \lr Bunce has from his early
manhood taken an intelligent and forceful in-
leresi in public affairs, and has contributed his
share of ihe stimulus for their proper ma>
nuiit: fraternally, he is identified with the
Knights of Pythias, holding membership in
I ander I ,i idge, \i >. to. I le is nnivi rsall-
teemed in his immediate < .md h;i-
.1 host oi i ri.'in U where\ er h.
lit >N. JI'Rt )ME I BR( >\\ \.
I'rominenl in business and politics, with a
long and varied experience in several states and
Occupations, lion, lerome 1'.. I'.mu IT. no\\ of I'.ig
762
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYO. \I1\G.
horn, Wyoming, has had unusual opportunities
erving his t"rll«i\v mm and has made an
Ilenl use of them. Ik- is a native of New
York, where he was horn on July 9, 1835, the
son of Theodore and F.li/a (Stone) Knnvn, who
were born and reared in Connecticut. Mr.
Brown lived and attended school in his native
place until he reached ihe age of sixteen. He
then started out for himself in life, coming to
Illinois and engaging in farming. In this pur-
suit he was occupied for seven years, when he
forsook it to engage in teaching. This he left
in turn to engage in merchandising, and from
that line of activity he transferred his activities
to stockgrowing, which he followed in Illinois
until 1880. then removed to the Red River Val-
ley of Minnesota, and there started a wheat-
raising industry, which for seven years he car-
ried on with vigor and energy. In 1887, follow-
ing his bent for frontier life, he. came to Wyo-
ming, homesteaded on his present location and
actively engaged in stockgrowing, and this in-
dustry he has pushed forward with enterprise
and success ever since and until he has made it
one of the leading adventures of its kind in
this part of the state. His knowledge of affairs
and his general fitness early marked him for ad-
ministrative duties, and he was elected a mem-
ber of the board of county commissioners, a
position in which he rendered signal service to
his young but ambitious county. In 1896 he
was chosen to represent his people in the low-
er house of the State Legislature, and in the
field of legislation he continued the usefulness
he had shown in that of local administration.
For some years he had been prominent and act-
ive in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
and, in 1898, he was elected grand master of
the order for the state of Wyoming, at the
close of his term of office being made state rep-
resentative to the Grand Lodge of the United
States. In 1859, in Ilinois. Mr. Brown was
married to Miss Clementine A. Martin, a resi-
dent of that state, but a native of New York,
where her parents, Parley and Eliza J. Martin,
were born and reared. Five children have
blessed and brightened their domestic shrine.
May, now married to D. W. Sulliday, of Illinois;
Clara, married to H. O. Davis, also of Illin-
ois; Nora, married to Frank Anderson, of MI HI
tana ; Edna P., married to R. R. Wood of \\ yo-
ming; Leroy M., residing in Montana. In what-
ever community he has lived, Mr. Brown has
been a leader of thought and action, an upright
and model citizen, a valued public official and a
stimulating civic force. His children, in tlx'ir
several localities and stations in life exemplify
in their daily walk the lessons of thrift, integrity
and progressiveness so carefully inculcated in
the beloved parental homestead.
GEORGE W. BURCH.
Having learned by actual experience every
phase of the cowboy's wild and strenuous life,
enduring its hardships, courting its dangers,
and modestly enjoying its triumphs, George W.
Burch, of Marquette, in Bighorn county, Wyo-
ming, was well fitted to go before the public
in all parts of this land and also to appear be-
fore the crowned heads of Europe and exempli-
fy that life in mimic display, as he did for four
seasons as the chief cowboy of Buffalo Bill's
great Wild West aggregation. He is now a
man of quiet pursuits, putting into practice, as
the manager and part owner of one of the lead-
ing cattle companies of this state, what he early
learned of the business in a long and trying
apprenticeship on the range of new Wyoming.
Geo. W. Burch was born in Iowa in 1863, the
son of James H. Burch, and when he was but
twelve years old he left home and joined a
stock outfit in the Black Hills, S. D., where he
passed seven years and then, in 1882, he came
to Wyoming, and. in this state and Montana,
was in charge of a cattle industry on Tongue
River. In 1887 he went to British Columbia
and the Canadian Northwest Territory and while
there spent three years in mining. In 1890 he
returned to Wyoming, and, locating at Sheri-
dan, became the manager of the Grinnell Live
Stock Co. In 1895 he joined Buffalo Bill as chief
of the cowboys of his great exhibition, and re-
mained with it in that capacity until 1899. He
P7?O(,A'/..s.svr/; MEN 01- II YOMING.
763
then resigned anil came to the Pigliorn basin,
where he bought ranches and, in partnership
with Gapt. Jack Ilagvnnan, fully organized the
Hioshone Gallic Co. In this prop i-iiion they
nciw own about j.ooo acres of laiul in an admir-
ahle locatiiin, and most of it is well watered
From I heir »\\n irrigation diten. 1 leiv ,hev
have [,(xx> well-bred cattle, and carrv mi an ex-
tensive stock iinliistry. The estate of Mr.
ch, "ii the hanks of the Shoshoile Ri\ii. is
one of the must beautifully located and at-
tractive residences in this part of the Mate, and
he is everywhere recognized a- one oi th most
enterprising and successful of \\'\ •> lining's
stockgrowers. lie pushes his business with
commendable em-r.gv, omitting no effort n
sary to the highest and best results, yet ha-- al
ways time and active zeal to aid any worthy
project for the benefit of the county and the
advantage of its people. He holds membership
in the Knights of Malta and in the Modern
Woodmen of America. In [897, he was mar-
ried, in Pennsylvania, with Miss Lillian \Y I
u.-ird. a native of that state and a daughter of
Lewis "Woodward, who belongs to old and
prominent Pennsylvania families. They have
three children. George, Jr., Lillian and an in-
fant. Their home is as attractive with a refined
and generous hospitality within, as it is beauti-
ful with natural and artistic adornment with
and is a very popular resort for their mini'
nds, who pri/e its got >d cheer.
JOSEPH PGRGLR.
\n early pioneer and an old soldier, who-,,
career on the frontier has ever been full of ad-
venture. Joseph Pnrgcr, now a successful ranch
and n of Uva, Lai-ami, ci 'tun v . \Yvo-
iniug. is a native of Germany, born on February
3. 1.^5. the son of Michael ami Therisa P.nrger.
both natives of Germany, when- his father Fol
lowed the occupation of farming, continuing in
that pursuit up to the time of his demise. The
subject of this review grow to man's estate in
ln> native land, ami received his early education
in the public schools in the vicinity of his bo\
li 1's home. When he had attained to
ot seventeen years, the spirit of adventure,
which had been increased by the reports which
hail come to him of the wonderful country ly-
ing beyond the sea. became so strong that he
determined to seek his fortune in the Xew
\\orld, so. in iS5_>, In- bade farewell to his
parents and the Fatherland ami took shi|
America. I'pi .n his arrival in this country he
eded first to \e\\ Orleans, \\here he re-
mained for a short time, and then .
Louisville, Kv., where he secured cinplovmeu!
on a farm in that vicinity for about six months
and then came to St. Louis. Mo. Remaining
in that city but a short time, he came to the
Iron Mountain region of Missouri, ami there
secured employment in the lead mine-, \\here
he remained for about two years. In 1*55. he
returned, to the city of St. Louis, where he en-
tered as an apprentice in a machine shop for
the purpose of learning the trade of machin-
ist. After thoroughly learning the trade h
cured employment in St. Louis, where he re-
ned until 1860. In the latter year he re-
signed and removed his residence 1.' Pargetovvn.
Ky.. where he resided aboul one year ami then
returned to St. Louis. Here, in March. iX<n. he
enlisted as a member of the Fifteenth Missouri
Infantry, being assigned as a musician in the
regimental band. In the fall of [86l the regi
menial band \\as discharged, and. upon being
mustered out of the service he again secured
employment as a machinist and remained in
St. Louis following that occupation until [865,
when he enlisted in the Ninth Regimental band
of the regular army. lie was first stationed
al I >maha. where he remained until 1X1.7. and
thru was transferred to Ghevemie. \\\.... siih-
se.|iientlv being assigned to Fort Russell, in
the same lerrilorv. Mere he remained about
thirty months, when his term of service ex-
pired, and lie then ao ' pted .1 p. isition as man-
ager of a hotel and madhouse ,-, ilie vicinity
of Fort Russell, remaining in that connection
for aboui live years. In 1X75 he disposed of his
interest In ili, hotel, and. coming in the \iciu-
ilv of the place where he now resides, located
7"4
PROGRESSIVE MEX Ol: WYOMING.
his present raiH-li MI, thr North l.aramie River,
about three miles wesl of Uva. Here he en-
gaged in ranching and cattleraising, which he
has continued to the present time, increasing
his husiness from year in year, and gradually
adding in his holdings .if both land and cattle.
||,. Was "in -I the earliest pioneers of this
section of the state, one of the first men to
notice tlie superior advantages of this locality
as a cattleraising section. His ranch was the
second one located on the North Laramie
River, and he has seen the country in every
of its development from its original fron-
tier and savage condition to its present improve-
ment and civilization. He has been successful
in his business undertakings, and is now counted
one of the solid business men and property own-
ers of that section of the country, being highly re-
spected by all classes of his fellow citizens. In
May. 1862, while a resident of St. Louis,
Mr. P.urger was united in the bonds of wedlock
with Miss Mary I'.cnner, a native of Germany,
and the daughter of a highly respected citizen of
St. Louis, to which city he had removed from his
native Fatherland. To Mr. and Mrs. Burger
have been born seven children. Joseph, William,
Jacob, Clara, Bessie. Lillie and Emma. The
oldest son, Joseph, is the owner of a ranch ad-
joining his father's place, and he is also in the
cattle business, and the family is held in high
m. Politically. Mr. I linger has all his life
been a stanch adherent of the Republican party,
although he has never sought or desired political
office.
CHARLES EUGENE BURKE.
There are not many forms of industrial ac-
tivity in the wild life of the Great West with
\, hich Charles E. Burke, now a prosperous stock-
man, twenty miles north of Kemmerer, Wyo.,
has not been personally identified, in all of them
showing race persistency, courage and unremit-
ting industry, winning success where many would
have failed. He was born in Chicago, 111., in
1859. the son of Patrick Henry Burke and his
good wife Mary H. (Kelley) Burke. He knew
but little of city life, however, for he was but
three years old when the family home was trans-
ferred to Nebraska. The father was a native of
Boston, Mass., his father being also Patrick H.
Burke, horn in New York city and a son of
Henry I'.urke, the Irish emigrant, who located in
New York during the war of 1812. All of his
paternal ancestors being skilled blacksmiths, it
was but a matter of course that our subject's
father should also learn that trade, which he fol-
lowed successively and successfully in Boston,
Montreal and Chicago. He was a man of great
force of character and of unbounded energy, the
very man to make his mark in enduring charac-
ters upon the plastic conditions of a new country.
His first business in Nebraska was the erection of
the first house built in Beatrice, and which is
now standing. Subsequent to this he was en-
gaged in conducting large freighting operations
for the Federal government between Nebraska
City and old Fort Kearney, in which capacity he
owned and utilized three large outfits, two drawn
by horses and one by oxen. While thus en-
gaged, he started on August 22, 1865, with a sin-
gle team to overtake his ox train and was sur-
rounded and killed by a war party of Cheyennes
and Sioux, being then seventy-five years of age.
He was one of those broad, generous, whole-
souled men whose death is a distinctive loss, not
only to the family circle, but to the community
and the state. His wife was born and married
him in Canada, being the daughter of John and
Catharine (Young) Ivelley, whose early ancestors
were of mingled French and Irish lineage. Her
birth occurred in 1834, and she died in 1868, be-
loved by all who knew her. Charles E. Burke
attended the Nebraska schools until he was
eighteen years old and then engaged in farming
for himself in Gage county, of that state, but
he did not remain there long, removing thence
to Colorado, where he was a successful pros-
pector and miner in the gold fields. His advent
to Wyoming was in 1881, and there for over
twenty years he has been connected with the
active development of the state and a factor in
creating its prosperity. His first business was
PROGRESSIVE MEN OP WYOMING
765
filling -i stage and mail contract he hail i
from the ('. S. government fur the route IM
tween Green River ami Fort Wankee, following-
this for a year, thereafter engaging in successful
mining operations for two years, then pa
a \car in thorough exploration of I'alifornia.
ending this travel in Nevada, where he- coii-
(hu-led ranching- for two years, returning then
tii \\ \nming, and making a permanent location
on the fork, where, by his homestead and deserl
claims, he has ae(|iiired a tine estate oi .>-'" acres.
and is profitably carrying on a stock business
that is sure to eventuate in large herds of high-
grade cattle under his wise ami discriminating
care and here he has developed a very plea-ant
home. His energetic nature brings him into
clo>e relations with public matter- ami he is
active in his political party, and prominent in
school matter.-. Me now hold.- h\ election the
office of justice of the peace and is considered
one of the county's representative men. He
was married in l8<;4 to .Miss Florence ( '.race
Hopkins, a daughter of John \Y. ami Mary K.
\laliaui Hopkins. ,,f Kansas, where she
wa- born. Thc\ have two children. Flotvnc'-
and Frankie. who cheer and bless the home.
FINCELIUS G. BURNETT.
The subject of tin- -ketch is the head farmer
at the Sh' i-hoiie Indian agency, and he i- a
mar \\lio has had a most interesting and varied
'in the ue-tern frontier. lie has
Wyoming grow from the deserl and the \\ildcr-
: i inhabited onlv by wild beasts and sa\
prosperous and progressive commonwealth,
mi it- rapid course in become one of th' leading
stalf- of the American I nioii. Horn in \pril.
|S_|4. Mr. r.nrnelt is a native of tin cmim
l.i\\i-. Mis-nun, the son of Washington J. and
l I'.nniett. both nalues nf Ixeu-
tuck\ . Hi- father was one of tin
tier- of .Missouri. ha\ing removed there iron,
hi- native -tale \\heii z '.; man. lie long
followed harness and sadcllemaking, and was
111 - :tensive i iperalnr in thai line • >\ niauiif.n
and merchandising, lie was a man of local prom-
inence in tlu community where he resided, taking
an actue part in public affair-, and \\ a- at mie •
time the sheriff of Lewis comity. Mo. He sub-
sequently removed his re-i Texas, where
he resided up to the time of his death, which
occurred in iS</>. at the age of seveiitv -
\ears. The mother also passed away fr
in Texas, having there survived her husband until
[900, \\hen she had al-o attained to the ag
seventy-seven years. TO tin- worthy pair were
born nine children. Samuel, who wa- killed in
battle while a soldier during the Civil War:
George W.. now a re-idem of I.ewiston. .Mo..
Fincelius C., the subject of tin- -ketch: the Rev.
Richard II. 11. Kurnett. now a prominent min-
ister of the Christian church, residing in Dallas,
Texas: Kngvne I)., now a leading business man
of Austin. Texas; Minerva, who died in infancy:
[ames '.. now engaged in business at F.nnis.
Texas; Margaret, tmu the \\ifc of Mack Als-
brook, also of Knuis. Texas; Sarah, now the wife
of George Iligginbotham. of the -ame place. F.
i . P.nructt received his early education in the
public schools of Missouri, and he subsequently
attended for a -hurt time the t'hristian University
at ( 'and m VIo, I Fpi m the bn ut of th-
t'ivil War he enlisted in the Monticello drays.
C. S. A. The greah E the army service
in \\hich he participated was on the liorder. \f-
ter the termination of the war he came to ( tinaha.
Xeb.. where, in 1X115. he entered the cmpl
\. C. I ' ightoii. and came with the 1'ouder River
expedition of deiicral t 'oimor against the Indi-
ans. The i pcdition came as far a- !
-nine eleven months.
I luring that time they had mam thrilling
pel-fences and narro\\ escape-. In '
tlu\ were surrounded h\ the Indians abo\
kali Station on llu- Smith I'lalt, River. It was
generalK reported that all the nu ' the
n killed and the wagon train burned,
but. while their condition was desperate. the\
i . and sun-' mnded
by more tl ' ndiaiis, then
Ins- was
766
:-;l!SSIVE MEN OF WYOMING
Omaha sonits. Dunn- ihc engagemenl six sol-
diers M'luntecred to break through the line of
Indians and tlu-y started to go to the military
n to notify its commanding officer of their
peril and secure relief, hut only one of the par-
ty. a lieutenant, readied the destination, the oth-
ers falling on the way. Relief finally came, and
thereafter Mr. Murnctt returned to Omaha and,
later, to his home in Missouri. In 1866 he again
came to Omaha and engaged again with Mr.
Lcighton. coming this time to Fort Phil Kear-
ney. He was subsequently employed at Fort
Connor, afterwards called Fort Reno, on the
l'o\\der River, which had been built by the troops
on the first expedition, and at other military posts,
In 1868 he came to the North Platte, where for a
time he was engaged in contracting on the Union
Pacific Railroad. In 1869 he came to South
Pass, Wyo., and there worked in the mines until
1871, when he came to the valley where he now
resides. He was associated with Doctor Irwin,
and accepted the position of head farmer on the
Shoshone reservation. He continued in this re-
sponsible position for six years, and then individ-
ually engaged in cattleraising, in which he met
with considerable success. In 1896 he was again
appointed head farmer on the reservation, in the
duties of which he has continued to the present
time. Prior to his entering the employ of the
government, he was engaged in the jewelry busi-
ness at Lander, Wyoming, but his place of busi-
ness was destroyed by fire. Fraternally, he is
affiliated with the Masonic order, being a mem-
ber of Wyoming Lodge, No. 2, a Knight Tem-
plar and a Royal Arch Mason. On March 2,
1870, Mr. Burnett was united in marriage at
Atlantic City, Wyo., to Miss Eliza A. McCarty,
a native of New York. Eight children have been
born to them. James, now engaged in the cattle
business in Montana ; Frank, the first white child
born in this valley, now married and residing in
the Jackson Hole country of Wyoming : Mar-
garet, the wife of William L. Simpson, a leading
attorney of Lander ; William, who is engaged in
the jewelry business at Lander; F. G., a stock-
man of Fremont county ; Eva ; Ida C. ; Lynn.
The family are members of the Episcopal church,
although Mr. Uurnett is a member of the Chris-
tian church. 1 le is also one of the leading citi-
zens of western Wyoming, and has been largel)
instrumental in bringing about thepresent civilized
condition existing in that section of the state.
Through many years his life on the frontier has
been crowded with experiences of the greatest
interest, and he is a type of the hardy, fearless,
just and successful men who have created the
great western country of today. He is held in
high esteem by all classes of men with whom he
has been associated during his long and useful
life, both in private life and in official station.
O. W. BURLEIGH.
This representative citizen of Almy, Wyo-
ming, comes from one of the oldest and proudest
families of England, where the name stands
high on the rolls of knightly, military and pro-
fessional achievement. The first American an-
cestor emigrated from England to the Massachu-
setts Colony not many years after the landing
of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, and representatives
of the name are now found in nearly all of the
states of the Union. Mr. Burleigh is a son of
Ithiel and Sarah (Van Etten) Burleigh, and was
born in Seneca county. N. Y.. in i8_|S. The fa-
ther, bom in Connecticut in 1818. learned the
carpenter's trade and wrought at this in various
locations, finally settling in the city of Corning,
Steuben county, N. Y.. where he now maintains
his home. He is a son of John Burleigh, and his
paternal ancestors gave faithful service in the
early French and Indian Wars of New England
and in the Revolution. Mrs. Sarah Y. Burleigh
was born in New York in 1821 and died in 1855,
and lies buried in the beautiful cemetery at Corn-
ing, N. Y. She was a member of the Presby-
terian church and the mother of two children,
O. \V., our subject, and Louisa, who died in
1875 and is also buried at Corning. Samuel Van
Etten, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Burleigh,
was a native of New York and for his soldierly
conduct in the American army of the Mexican
PROGRESSll / MEN Ol: WYOMING.
767
War, ri.vrivi.-cl :i pension in his I;IUT years. Tin'
name- > mated in the village of Van Etten,
lying mi the hordi r of I and 1
counties, X. Y. The early life of Mr. llurlcigh
\\-a- passed in attendance at the excellent puhlic
schools of his naiivr State and siill later iii agri-
cultural labors pn a farm in western \\-\\ '•
In- here attaining vigor and health, qualifying
himself for the arduous life of a miner, in which
so many of his subsequent years were pa
In iS-5 be became identified with mining in the
coal fields of Pennsylvania, and was profitably
en^a-ed therein until iSSci, when he came
Alniy, \\'\o.. and for live years was a miner
here, then returning- to Pennsylvania and its
mining operations for a period of four years,
when he again came to Almy, and he is now one
of the popular citizens of that progressive town.
Mr. Burleign has been twice married. His first
union was \\ith Miss Ida Collins, at Corning,
N. Y., in 1870. She was called from earth after
a useful life of beneficent activity in iS<)2, leaving
two children, Ithiel and Cecil. In 1899 occurred
the marriage of Mr. Burleigh and Miss Mary
Crompton, a native of Wyoming and a daughter
of William and Hannah ( Hobson) Crompton,
of whom individual mention is made on other
- of this work. Mr. and Mrs. P.urleigh have
liild. an interesting lad, < rlenn.
' iRGE II. BURKHALT] R.
The popular and highly efficient p
and general manager of the ( )pal Suppl) ( '».,
whose name head* this article, is a native of
< >hio and a si >n < >i l'etc-i and Elizab : i
Kiirkhaher. b"tb parents beinj r. • •
I'.rrkhaltc r was lion. citv
of Strashvru. pn i\ in< . ; the
country at that time belonging to Krance.
was brought Ii\ bis p.: : ted States
W he n young, the- family settlii -i-inn
< ount) . ' Ihio. 'I here b.- gr< v to > and
married I iter in life be mi ived to I >. miphan
D 'lint;, , Kan., where lit .1 : < irl c I
his ri-tirenic-nt from business pur^i
I. I'.urkha'e.er bin
rsville. Muskin^r.m o nmt\ .
March 29, |S;S, and, when a lad of nine
• panied his parents tc > 1
liminary education, acquired in the com
)' \\'hite ('loud, was supplemented by
a full course of instruction a! the Uim
Missouri, afi< -r which he engaged as clerk with
lile firm at \\'hite ('loud. Subsequently
he opened a store of his c iwn. wbicb he conducted
inlly until [899, \\hen he rlisp
of his stock and came to I >pal. \\"vo. I). •
was instrumental in organizing and incorporat-
ing tile ( )pal Snpplv Co., the object of the com-
pany being to do a wholesale trade on an ex-
teiisi\ nd furni-h .1 1 >a -i , if merchandising
supplies for neighboring towns and remote in-
terior points. Mr r.nrkhalter. being the leading
spirit in bringing about the organization, was
elected president of the company, a position he
still most capahK holds. Me is also the hrgest
stockholder of the corporation and. in th.
pacit "< tlu chic-f executive and general mana-
ger, be has increased the business to such mag-
nitude that it is now one of the largesl and
important enterprises of its kind in tlu ;
company carries a much larger stock- of gen-
merchandise than is found in many leading
wholesale houses in metropolitan cities, and from
the beginning, the trade has r.Town in propor-
tion, and extended in scope, until nearly all the
outlying towns, within a radii any miles,
draw their supplies from this source. The man-
agement of this extensive and far-rcaclimu;
'•alls for abilities of a very high order, and
Mr. I'.urklialic r lias fnll\ met the
-otiud methods and careful control, supple-
mented by close per-oiial attention to details, he
lias won the unbounded all with
whom he deals, and his prudent and cmi'
"iirse thus far insures the
'- future growth and prosperitv. lie is an
inten ;naii,
idering well the end from the beginning.
and l-i\ ing 'n plan in ha 'herewith. In
matters . . his jnd^nieni i-
768
I'KOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
.lorn at fault, while his capacity for large enter-
prise has led him to venture, with every pros-
pect of success, into undertakings he fore which
the man of ordinary caliher would retire in de-
feat. His life has hecn exceedingly busy, if not
e\ nit fnl. and, that his efforts have heen crowned
with a much greater measure of success than
falls to the average man. his present enviable
I H .-.it i< in in the commercial world abundantly tes-
tifies. "In his social relations, Mr. Burkhalter
enjoys the esteem of all who know him. He
tal-rs a deep interest in the growth of his town
and the development of the county's resources,
a-nd gives his influence and aid to all legitimate,
enterprises having these objects in view. He is
regarded by his acquaintances as a genial neigh-
bor, a sincere and loyal friend, and, as a citizen,
his upright, manly conduct has won an abid-
ing place in the confidence of the public. Mr.
Burkhalter married at White Cloud. Kan., on
July 22. 1883. with .Miss Katie Farncrook, a
daughter of W. H. and Matilda (Maquirken)
Farncrook, of Pennsylvania, and they have these
children, Paul, Ada, Dana and Catherine.
JOHN C. BURNS.
Enjoying distinctive prestige as one of the
representative stockmen of Laramie county, and
being equally prominent as a public spirited citi-
zen, the subject of this review has achieved much
more than local repute in the recent history of
his section of Wyoming. John C. Burns is a
southerner, hailing from Chattahoochee county,
Georgia, where his birth occurred on April 12,
1861. He is the son of 'John and Carrie (Fol-
som) Burns, natives respectively of Scotland
and of Georgia, the father coming to this coun-
try a number of years ago, and settling in the
latter state, where, for some years, he worked at
blacksmithing. but, in the early seventies, mi-
grated to Texas, locating in the town of Tay-
lor, where he is living at the present writing.
Mrs. Burns departed this life in Georgia and
was buried in the old Folsom cemetery in the
county of Chattahoochee, where many of her an-
cestors and immediate relatives have long been
sleeping the sleep that knows no waking. When
he was seventeen years of age, the immediate
subject of this sketch entered upon an apprentice-
ship with his father to learn blacksmithing and
he remained in the latter's shop and employment
at Taylor, Texas, for three years, meanwhile ap-
plying himself diligently to the technical and
special knowledge there to be acquired and be-
coming a very efficient workman. After master-
ing the trade he was hired by the Snycler Broth-
ers to acsempany their outfit to Wyoming and
keep their horses well shod on the way. This
task he performed to the satisfaction of his em-
ployers, after which accomplishment he returned
to Texas, where he did not long remain, going
back to Wyoming in 1881 with the object in
view of engaging in mining. After spending
about one year prospecting and mining, with
only fair results, Mr. Burns, in 1882, took charge
of the blacksmithing department of the Wyo-
ming Copper Co., and continued to act in that
capacity until 1884, when he accepted a similar
position in Colorado with the Colorado Copper
Co. He remained in the latter state until August
of the above year, when he severed his connec-
tion with his employers and returned to Wyo-
ming, then locating at Cheyenne, where he
worked at his trade until the following fall. From
Cheyenne he went to Hartville, where he spent
the ensuing winter on assessment work in the
mines and the next spring engaged with the
Congress Cattle Co. After remaining with that
company for two years, in the spring of 1885,
Mr. Burns purchased of R. A. Proctor a ranch
of 313 acres situated about four and one-half
miles east of Guernsey, and turned his attention
to cattleraising. From the beginning success
appears to have crowned his efforts, for his ca-
reer as a stockman, from that time to the pres-
ent, has had few parallels in this section of the
state. Additional to the above ranch, he has
come into the ownership of other valuable lands
at intervals, his holdings at this time amounting
to over i, 800 acres, and he has also been obliged
to lease a number of neighboring ranches in
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
7'"'
order to accommodate and success fully carry on
his large and constantly growing business. Mr.
I'.urns came to Wyoming- with but little avail-
able capital and the remarkable strides he has
made presents a series of continued successes
rarely equalled among cattlemen of the L; rr.it
West. His business career shows him to be tin-
possessor of rare judgment, keen discrimination
and a forethought, which enables him to calculate
with exactness the outcome of his various tran-
sactions. Tn the broadest sense of the term, he is
a progressive man. anil to him is the county of
Laramie largely indebted for much of its business
prosperity. Coming to this country, poor in
purse, but endowed with an energy akin to gen-
ius, he has overcome every obstacle calculated to
impede or discourage, and has mounted, step by
step, the ladder of success, until he now occupies
a proud position in the business world, such
as few, under similar circumstances would or
could have achieved. What his hand finds to do,
he does with all the might of his strong aggress-
ive nature, and, carefully considering the end
from the beginning, he is rarely at fault in his
calculations and seldom, if ever, makes mistakes.
Mr is decidedlv a western num. Few men of
the county have done as much to promote the
general welfare of the West and to advance tin-
standard of citixenship and none exceed him in
the hold he has obtained upon the confidence
and esteem of the public. He was happily mar-
ried on March 28, 1894, to Miss Fffie Robinson,
a natne <>i Virginia, whoM- parents, fames M.
and Lucie Robinson, are still living in that state.
Mr. and .Mrs. Kunis have a pleasant and attract-
ive home, brightened by the presence of two in-
teresting children. Carrie and Carl P.. P.urns.
J< 'SF.I'II 11. I'.Ri »WN.
Joseph II. P.rown. of near < Mto. \V\oming.
was one of the earlv pioneers < tate, coni-
ing hither in tSS<i. and has pass, ,1 the whole of
his bi,. up the Irontier at one pla 01 .mother,
enduring all its hardship,, bra\ ing all its dangi
'•.;ing in all phases of its -nvmiotis activi-
ties, and winning success from the most ob-
durate and unpromising of its Conditions. 1 L-
has lived long and actively in Wyoming, and,
by fidelity to every duty, readiness for every
emergency, zealous support of every civilizing
agency and wise counsel as a leader of thought
and effort at ever\ period of her history since
he came to reside among her people, he has been
of signal service in the development and progress
of the state and in the advancement and im-
provemenl of her best interests. He was born
in Xew York City on March 28, 1864. but was
not allowed to remain long in this center of
social culture and intense commercial life. When
he was quite young his parents, William and
Mary llrown, removed with their young family
to western Kansas, and there he grew to man-
hood and received a very limited common-school
education, being obliged by the circumstances
of the family and the conditions of the section
of country in which he lived to begin earning
his own living at an early age. lie secured hi;
first regtdar employment as a range rider, in
which he was engaged for a few years, and then
began driving stage which he continued for a
few years more. In iSSo he came to Wyoming,
and after a short residence at South Pass. l<
ed at Lander. He was then but sixteen \ea;
age. but a man in experience, force of character,
.self-reliance and capacity for work. From Lan-
der he removed in i SS< j to his present home, tak-
ing up a homestead and purchasing adjoining
land near the promising little town of ' >ttO, and
there In- has since lived and bnilt up one of tin-
leading stork industries in this part of the coun-
ty, lie owns 4X0 acre- of land and has (141)
acres under lease. lie ha, part of the land in
an advanced state of cultivation, and the rest
furnishes ample rauL;e for his rattle, of which
he has usually about _'oo head, all of ^ond qual-
ity and choice breeds. In the public affairs of the
county he has ever been active and prominent,
and is L;enerallv looked up to .1- one of the lead
ine; en; ens oi his k iealit\ . \\ he > has and
the universal respect and esteem oi th.
In fraternal relations he belongs to tbe Modern
:,/V/.s.s7F£ MEN OF WYOMING.
\V. .odinon of America. In 1891, in the state of
.Minnesota, lie was married to Miss Kate Crox-
all. a native of New York, but for the greater
pan of her life a resident of the West. Their
children are Josephine L., Mary V.. James D.
FREDERICK SALATHE, PH. D.
The youth h' I luit progressive young state
of Wyoming is fortunate in many ways, not the
least one of these being the great number of
men of acknowledged and conspicuous ability
who have cast in their lots with her fortunes.
Each calling, profession, vocation, that has its
place in the wide range of the capabilities of the
state has its representative men of the most dis-
tinguished order, men of not only preeminent
ability in their respective spheres of action but
also possessed of sterling character, animated
by high principles, considering the public good
through able, well-directed personal endeavor.
Among the most distinguished of the sons of
the state, standing in the foremost rank of the
world's great chemists, is Frederick Salathe,
Ph.D., now of Casper, Wyo., whose distinctive
talents 'and fame are bounded by no narrow
horizon, but are known and honored -by the
most distinguished scientists of America and
Europe. Doctor Salathe was born at Basle,
Switzerland, on May 8, 1857, the son of H. and
Dorthoy (Baerwart) Salathe, also natives of
l'.a:le. They trace their Huguenot ancestry to
a residence in France in the time of the Moor-
ish wars in the years immediately antecedent to
the middle of the sixteenth century, where
they stood in the full splendor of the grace,
courtesy and other brilliant qualities then at-
taching to the people of their faith, renowned
alike as scholars, soldiers and lovers of country.
The name was then spelled Saladdin, and the
family enjoyed life in the sunny land of France
until after the Revocation of the Edict of
Nantes in 1685, when they were among the
half-million of Protestants who fled to foreign
countries, and locating in Basle, they soon be-
came prominent as merchants and in civic life.
The paternal grandfather was for long years
the treasurer of the federal government of
Switzerland, holding this office by repeated and
consecutive elections until he resigned on his
retirement from business. The father, also,
was .1 uco ssful merchant, and the originator
of and the pioneer operator in the silk industry
of Basle, which has attained such huge propor-
tions and is now largely devoted to the manu-
facture of silk ribbons. Owing to the hi-Ji
reputation 1u had acquired as the leader in this
industry and on account of his high moral char-
acter, business capacity and integrity, he was
commmissioned by President Grant as U. S.
consul at Bask-, retaining the appointment dur-
ing' Grant's successive administrations. The
Doctor's maternal uncle, Edward Baerwart, was
one of the leading merchants of Rio Janeiro,
Brazil, during the past generation, and his ex-
tended mercantile operations (the wholesaling
and importation of woolen goods) are now con-
tinued by the Doctor's younger brother, Ed-
ward. Receiving his preliminary educational
training in the schools of Basle, Frederick
Salathe supplemented this by an attendance at
and a graduation from the Basle Industrial
School, thereafter pursuing a full course of
three years at -the Federal Polytechnic School
at Zurich, being graduated therefrom with the
highest honors and acquiring thereby the ap-
pointment of assistant director of the Chemical
Technical Laboratory under, first, Herr Prof. E.
Kopp and second, Prof. George Lunge, here
remaining two years, within which time he had
prepared his thesis for submission to the fac-
ulty of the University of Zurich upon the deriv-
atives of dimethylaniline, for which he re-
ceived the degree of Ph. D., after this the doc-
tor invented the process by which aniline colors
and dyes are manufactured from the refuse of
petroleum oils. Applying for a patent in Swit-
zerland, he came to this country to introduce
his invention, and in 1879 he had suitable chem-
ical works for his process erected in Titusville,
Pa. These proved very successful under the
doctor's supervision until the tariff on aniline
products was largely reduced, the price of cer-
tain necessary imported- chemicals at the same
PROGRESSIl'E MEN Oi: WYOMING.
771
time being increased, and these changed finan-
cial conditions caused the business to In •
unprofitable. Doctor Salatlie was then employed
as chief chemist of the Tidewater Oil Co., with
hi adqnarters at Xew York City, and introduced
new processes of refining mineral oils, and
from there was called to California by the
I ' i lion Oil Co., with a salary of $10,000 and an
interest in the plant to erect and conduct the
(irst oil refinery operated in that state. Three
years from this time his services were obtained
b\ an English syndicate operating in Uvalda,
Tex., to erect and put in operation a large plant
for the refining of a natural asphaltic product,
which the doctor named litho-carbon, and from
which he produced various valuable commercial
substances, useful in the manufacturing of arti-
ficial rubber and insulators for electricity. Ac-
complishing this labor the doctor established
himself in Los Angeles, Calif., devoting his espe-
cial attention to lubricating oils, paving asphalts
and the installations for the use of fuel-oils in
all branches of railroad work and other indus-
tries, in this connection putting in the first oilr
burner used in a locomotive on the Santa Fe
system, this being done on the California
Southern Railroad, a branch of the Santa Fe.
In 1897 Doctor Salathe was called to Wyoming
to conduct the refining business of the Pennsyl-
vania < >il £ Gas Co., and in this he is largch
interested and has here introduced the latest pro-
cesses for the refining of the Salt Creek oil,
wliM-h he claims to be the finest natural oil of
the world, his claim being supported by such
eminent scientists as Redwood of London and
othi rs of equal n-pntntinn. The lioctor has also
rui led tlie electric lighting plain of Casper
and to his scientific skill the people are in-
debted f(ir the excellent lighl tliev are priv-
1 to enjoy. Mr. C. H. King bei
eiated with him in this enterpri- ' Sal ithe
has attained the Thin e of the
-h Kite of Masonr. Knight
Templar and a member .if the Ro mm.
In scientific circles hi, abilities ha been ac-
knowledged by hi:- admission to numerous Kn-
n scientific societies, and -p.
being the < ierman member of the National
Chemical Society of P.eilin, and he also affil-
- with the American Society for the Ad-
vancement of Science. The marriage ceremo-
nies uniting Doctor Salathe and Miss Antionettr
Michaelis were solemnized on September 10,
[886. She is a native of Xew York City, where
her father. Kdward .Michaelis, who was born in
Hamburg, Germany, has long conducted a
prominent real-estate agency. Their children
are Frederick. no\\ attending a preparatory
school preliminary to entering a university;
Valerie, a student of the Casper high school ;
Antionette and Edward. The family is one of the
most popular in the community and its home
is a center of attractive hospitality.
JOSEPH H. CALL.
Joseph H. ('all. the leading furniture dealer
at Afton and of a large surrounding country, is a
native of Kountiful. Utah, where his life began on
February 23, 1853. His parents were Anson
Yasca and Charlotte (Holbrook) Call, the former
a native of Ohio and the latter of Xew York.
The father crossed the plains to I "tab with his
parents in 1847 or 1848. and. when he grew to
manhood, he taught as one of the early teachers
of the first school opened in his native county
of Davis, and also cultivated the soil. He died
and was buried on the plains in Wyoming
territory, on July 4. 1867, while returning from
a mission to England. 1 1U wife preceded him to
the Silent Land, having died at her home in tSoo.
.Mr. Call was a man of prominence in the clinch,
holding the office nf high priest and other posi-
tions of trust and responsibility. His father.
Anson Call, grandfather of Joseph II.. was aUo
a farmer, prominent in public life as \vell as in
church circles, lie the Territor-
ial Legislature of I 'tali for a number of vears and
held . -lositinii in the Mormon church
ing one of I'.righam Y 'Ivis-
i intuna! .nhet Jo-
seph Smith. as the bishop of his
and • i *:
presidi nc . I le h. 'he \Var
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
by his valnr in the field well sustaining the family
record, which runs back to 1620, when its first
\iuerican progenitor landed in New England.
Joseph H. Call was the third of the children of
his father's family and got his education in the
school of experience, under a hard but effective
teacher. He began life's utilities for himself as
a farmer and later learned his trade as a carpen-
ter. He worked at his trade and furnished build-
ing • material by contract for some years, and,
in 1888, he settled at Afton, and carried on the
business of building- and furnishing building ma-
terial on an extensive scale. Himself and brother,
Anson V. Call, to whom reference is made at
length on another page of this work, furnished
the material and built nearly all the houses in
the town, including the opera house, of which
he is the proprietor and in which is located his
furniture establishment. Here he carries a large
and well-assorted stock of house furnishings of
every kind, and keeps it down-to-date with the
best material and most approved designs. He
was married at Salt Lake City on June 26, 1875,
to Miss Isabelle Barrow, of Utah, a daughter
of Israel and Lucy (Barlow) Barrow. Thev
have had eleven children, of whom eight are liv-
ing : Lois, married to Maurice Hale of Afton ;
Lucy, married to Arthur Osmond of Afton ; and
Jelette, Roland. Irene, Truman, Leone, Elenora
and Gladys, still living at the parental home.
CHARLES C. BURKHALTER.
This representative farmer and stockman,
who is now residing on Fontenelle Creek, Uinta
county, Wyoming, thirty-two miles north and
west from Opal, was born in Taylorsville, Mus-
kingum county, Ohio, on September 9, 1864.
Peter and Elizabeth (Fisher) Burkhalter, his
parents, are respectively natives of Alsace, Ger-
many, formerly a province of France, and of
Ohio, and, at the present time, they reside in
White Cloud, Kan., whither the family moved
when Charles C. was about eighteen months
old. The elder Burkhalter came to America
in 1834, when a youth, and grew to manhood
in Muskingum county, Ohio. For other infor-
mation concerning the parents the reader is re-
ferred to the sketch of his older brother, George
H. Burkhalter, which appears elsewhere in these
pages. Of the seven children constituting the
family of Peter and Mrs. Elizabeth Burkhalter,
Charles C. is the fourth in the order of succes-
sion. Receiving a good education in the schools
of White Cloud, he prepared himself for the
practical duties of life by taking a course of
bookkeeping in a business college at Omaha,
Neb., after which he served as a clerk in his
father's meat market until 1892. In that year he
came to Wyoming and took up eighty acres of
land on Fontenelle Creek for the purpose of en-
gaging in sheepraising, which business he has
since carried on with most gratifying financial re-
sults. Extending the area of his ranch, he has
greatly enlarged the magnitude of his enterprise,
running all the way from 3,000 to 8,000 sheep,
besides devoting attention to cattle and agricul-
tural pursuits, in both of which his success has
been commensurate with the efforts he has made
to carry them on. In addition to his business af-
fairs, Mr. Burkhalter finds time to attend to the
claims which any community has upon its citi-
zens, taking a lively interest in all matters per-
taining to the material growth and development
of the country, bearing his full part in questions
of a public character. He is enterprising and
progressive, possesses that energy and persever-
ance which is ever characteristic of the men of
the new West, and, by a straightforward manly
course, he has now an enviable standing in the
community where he resides. Possessing a pleas-
ing address and affable manners, he knows how
to win warm personal friendships, and his loyalty
to those who have gained his confidence and good
will, is unshaken in its strength and steadfastness.
What he considers worth doing, he does with all
the intensity of his strong nature, and, being of
an optimistic turn of mind, he is always looking
on the bright, instead of the dark, side of life.
Like the majority of western men, Mr. Burkhal-
ter is accustomed to take large views of men and
things, and there is nothing contracted, nar-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OP UToMINC.
771
row or intolerant in his mental make-up. !!•
unbounded faith in the future prosperity of V
iniii:; and hesitates not to do everything- within
his power to promote the best interests of the
state and its people. Mr. P.urkhalter has a pleas-
ant home, presided over with grace and womanly
dignity by a companion eminently fitted to be
the wife of a man of his position and sanguine
temperament. She bore the maiden name of
Myrtle Moore, and the ceremony, by which sh.-
uas made Mrs. Hurkhalter. was solemnized in
\\hite (.'loud. Kan., on January 25, 1899. Mrs.
P.nrkhalter is the daughter of Wilc\ and Mclvine
( L'ts i Moore, and she lias borne her husband
one daughter. Elizabeth M. Burkhalter.
M \J( >R ROBERT CALVERLY.
Range rider, buffalo hunter, a fearless civil
officer and a brave military leader, whose services
in the Spanish-American War and the Philip-
pines have conferred honor and distinction upon
him, Major Robert Calverly, of Cumberland,
Wyoming, is a man whose memory should be per-
petuated for the edification of all coming Amer-
icans. He was born near Barnard, in Andrew
county. Mo., a son of Henry and Mary (Wood-
stock) Calverly. and was the eldest of their six
children, of whom five are now living. His par-
ents both died before he was ten years old, and
as a mere lad he commenced the battle of life, sin-
gle-handed and alone, and well has he conducted
himself in the action. He early made his ua\ t"
Texas and went to herding cattle and horses on
the range from 1872 to 1889, in this vocation,
traveling extensively through Texas. Montana.
Indian Territory, Arizona. Xcw Mexico and \'c-
braska. stopping to hunt buft'al" fur two \ears
in Montana, then coming in 1884 from '1<
tn \\ ' vi nning, his first employment hen being
in charge nf a cattle ranch for Judge Cartel "i"
Forl I'.ridgvr. This he siiccessfnlh ;md sal
torily conducted for several years, I hen made a
trip In Pi irtland. < (re., and on to 5< >und.
soon, however, returning I" tlr where hi-
run the pumps at \lrny for a time, but later was
an efficient steward of the State Insane Asylum
at Evaiistini. under Doctor Hocker. Then he
became the city marshal of Evanston for a \
by his strict and able service in this office win-
ning reputation, and being chosen by Sheriff
Ward of L'inta county as his deputy, in which
lespi msible and at times dangerous office he
served with capability until 1898. In this incum-
bency he had numerous adventures and some
thrilling experiences. One of his exploits was
the capture of the noted road agent and bank
rubber. George, or "I'.utch." Cassidy. While in
this service there came the summons to war. and
Mr. Calverly organized a troop of cavalry in
F.vanston in i8c)S. of which he was elected cap-
tain, and with it he was mustered into the I". S.
service as one of the companies of Colonel Tor-
rex'-, regiment of "Rough Riders." His qualifi-
cations for military life and command were so
pronounced that when the regiment readied
Cheyenne he was commissioned as major. The
regiment served in Florida until its muster-out at
Panama Park. Fla.. on < Vtoher .'4. 1898, when
Major Calverly returned to Evanston and re-
sumed his duties as deputy sheriff until l8<;(),
then being commissioned as captain of Co. f.
Thirty-fourth C. S. Infantry, which he accepted
and went with his company to the Philippines,
where it was in active service in mam sanguinary
uicmmters \\itb the natives, campaigning over
much of the Island of Luzon in the pursuit of
. \gninaldo. and participating, among others, in
the battles of Mont C ifoiia and Samatbaa un-
der ( ieneral l-'miston. and of IVnaranil
Santa Crux and ( iapan. lie won credit as a
brave and efficient officer, -baring the inconvcn-
iences of Geld lit\ with the soldiers until, after
a wearying and exhaustive service of fourteen
months, be uas prostrated b\ paralysis, which so
affected him as to necessitate his discharge from
service. lie returned to Wyoming, and. in the
spring1 of HIIIJ made his residence in ('umber-
land. In politics tin- Major has ever done good
service in his partCs interests. Fraternally, he
is a valued member of the Evanston lodgi
I 'nited Workmen. On \pril •• i. i SS. i. ar I -'vans
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WY(>\1I
ton, Wyo., occurred the wedding nuptials of the
gallant major and .Miss Annie Sessions, a daugh-
ter of Brighton and Mary (Yeager) Sessions,
natives of Pennsylvania and long residents of
Park City, Utah. Her father was one of the
early Mormon emigrants to Utah, and, after a
life of useful activity, he now rests from his la-
bors in the soil of the Promised Land. Four
children have been born to Major and Mrs. Cal-
verly. Arthur; Frances, died when six years of
age and was buried in Evanston ; Alice ; Flor-
ence, died in infancy, and buried in Evanston.
JOHN A. CANFIELD.
The first twenty-one years of the life which
forms the subject of this brief review were passed
at Cleveland, Ohio, where Mr. Canfield was born
on November 23, 1840. From long lines of dis-
tinguished ancestry he inherited a love of ad-
venture and an intense and patriotic devotion to
his country. And, in his day and generation, he
has borne the brunt of battle on many fields of
strife and carnage among men, as well as in the
no less strenuous, if less dangerous and fatal,
fields of conquest over the savage and opposing
forces of untamed nature, as his forefathers did
in theirs. His parents were Alexander and Eliz-
abeth (Scott) Canfield, the former a native of
Massachusetts and the latter of Virginia. The
father belonged to a family long prominent in
the local annals of New England, and the mother
was a sister of Gen. Winfield Scott. Their son,
John A. Canfield, was reared and educated in
his native state, and, on June 17, 1861, obeying
the first call of his country to defend the integ-
rity of the Union against armed opposition, he
enlisted in Co. I of the Seventh Ohio Infantry
under Col. A. J. Smith. At the end of his term
of enlistment he reenlisted in the Tenth Ohio
Cavalry under Colonel Kilpatrick, and in this
command he remained until the close of the war,
being mustered out of the service on June 17,
1865, as first sergeant, just four years from the
day on which he entered the army as a private.
He was during most of the war engaged in active
field work, participating in many of the most
sanguinary and memorable battles of the con-
flict. He was taken prisoner at Corinth, for
incmths suffered all the hardships of Ander-
snnville and Libby prisons, was wounded at Re-
saca, and, before he was fully recovered from his
disability, was again in the field, thereafter never
missing the most exacting requirements of his
command until the last Confederate flag went
down in everlasting defeat. After the war he
returned to his Ohio home, whence, after a short
time, he came to Wyoming, in 1866, and halted
at South Pass, where he engaged in mining for
a time. From there he went to Salt Lake City
and wintered, returning to South Pass in 1868.
After that he mined and prospected at various
places in Nevada, California and Oregon, and at
the time of the Wood River excitement moved
into Idaho, where he took up a ranch and fol-
lowed farming and freighting until 1893. He
then sold his Idaho interests and came to Wyo-
ming a third time. He first settled on the Big-
horn River and remained there until 1896. when
he moved to his present location, in the vicinity
of Burlington, where from that time he has been
conducting a prosperous business in the raising
of stock and in farming. His farm is a fine and
well-improved body of 160 acres of excellent land,
where he produces large numbers of well-bred
cattle and high-grade horses. He also takes an
active and serviceable interest in local public af-
fairs, and has done much to establish the political
institutions of his county and preserve law and
order. In the early period of the county's ex-
istence for four years he served as justice of
the peace, and, with admirable zeal for the wel-
fare of the new organization, he went as a dele-
gate to its first Republican county convention and
helped to make the party ticket. Mr. Canfield'';
first marriage was to Miss Alice Johnson, of
Utah, and occurred in that territory in 1872. She
died in Utah, leaving five children ; John, now a
resident of Idaho; James, an ensign in the U. S.
navy, who was with Admiral Dewey at the battle
of Manilla; Jacob, also in the navy, serving on
the battleship Oregon ; Ella and Emma. The sec-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
775
ond marriage \vas to Miss Martha Mclntosh.
a native- of Pennsylvania, and occurred at
ley. Idaho, on November jh, iSijj. They have
ten children: \\"illiam. Alary, Stella. Frank,
Ceorgc, Theodore, Harrison and Morton, twins,
and Emma and Lucretia. Mr. Canlield is a val-
ued member of the ( irand Army of the Republic.
and a highly esteemed citizen.
TH( >M \S C \NNMN.
The cleanest and best furnished meat market
and butcher shop in Rawlins is that owned and
>•! inducted by Thomas Cannon, who was born on
March 7. 1832, in Yorkshire. England, a son of
John and Margaret (Lambert) Cannon. John,
the father. \\a- born in the same shire in 1805,
and in early manhood was a Methodist minister.
a calling he followed a number of years before
he became a butcher, which line of business he
assumed in order to add to his income. He came
to the United States in 187^ and settled in New
York state, where he still continued to follow
both vocations until 1879, when IK- wax called ; >
his eternal home, his remains being interred at
tin cemetery at Niagara Falls. Thomas Cannon,
the father of John, was a farmer of Yorkshire,
and died in his native country. Mrs. Margaret
(Lambert) Cannon, also a native of Yorkshire,
was born in 1804. She was married in her na-
tive country, and died in iSijT. a prominent
church member. Her father. William Lambert,
with his family to the Cnitcd States in
1830 and settle-d in Illinois, \\here lie followed
agricultural pursuits until his death. Thomas
Cannon was reared and educated in New York
state, where In- learned butchering, and at the
age of twenty-one year- IM -an the business on
his own account. This trade he followed about
ears in the Empire state and. in [86l, went
to Illinois and carried on the- sam> biisim
Jacksonville for tbin\ years, In iS.n In- earn,
to Rawliiis. \\\o.. and opened the shop which
he still carries on and which is die best-kept and
i" the most popular in the citv. Mr. Cannon
was united in marriage at Niagara Kails, in 1851.
with Miss Helen O'Connell, who \\as born in
1 8 .-; i . To this prolific and b ippy nni' >n have been
born nine children. Charlotte, married to John
Irwing of Rawlins; Thomas: Ellen, now Mrs.
Mc.Mickei . < i I', Lulins; I.ida. now Mrs. Seabon.
of Jacksonville. 111.; William: Annie, now
\\ood, of Illinois; \mabel. single; Isabella,
Mrs. Blydenberg. of Rawlins. and Stella,
now Mrs. I'.oham. of Illinois. Mr. Cannon has
built up a fine reputation in his line of trade
in Ra\\liiis and is enjoying the cream of public
patronage in the retail business, and lie certainly
rves it. as no other person in the section
has had so long an experience in the handling
of meats especially prepared for table use.
AMOS M. CANTLEY.
The adventurous spirit which he inherited
a long line of pioneer ancestors, and the
enjoyment he has ever found in the wild free-
dom of the frontier, ha- kept Ajnos N. Cantley,
of Crook comity. Wyoming, all of his life on the
edge of civili/ation. his present residence being
in the most thickK populated country in which
he has ever lived. Tn his career of wide and
varied experience he has had many thrilling .ad-
ventures, many hairbreadth escapes from wild
beasts and .savage men. many sudden calls to
liiidi daring and loftv endeavor, and main :
oi Ins endurance, resourcefulness and self-reli-
ance. He is a native of New Haven. Mo., v '
he was born on ' Vtohcr Jo. 1850. the- son of
John L. and Eli/aheth i Miller i Cantlcy.\\ ho were
also born anel reared in that state of and by par-
ents who were among its lir-- When
twenty-line \ ears of a-e- his father took up a
homestead two mile-s from his birthplace and has
lived on il ••ntimioiixh since thai time. When
he was twent\ two years old he married and both
himself and wife are- still living, lie- hein^- eighty-
nine and sb,. eight 'i's old. and both hale
and heart}. Their family consists of live- chil-
dren, of whom Amos is the- onlv son. He- was
se-nt to school in his native conntv until lie- was
thirteen and the'll went to Texas \\j||) ;m uncle.
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MEN OF WYOMING.
who left him with his family ai ille while
hi' \\ent to another parl of the state to look up a
suitable location Eoi a li i Mead. The lad was
bo]d and hardy, and chafrd under the restraint
of his situation, and within a week after his ar-
rival at Ciaines\ille he ran away from his new
home and tools a position on a ranch to learn
the cattle business. From his childhood he was
fond of horses and readily took to the life of a
cowboy, in which he found congenial employment
and just the excitement he craved. Often during
the years of his minority the pleasures, toil and
tedium of his life were relieved by contests with
the Indians, who were nearly always hostile.
Once with a companion he was attacked by a
party of the savages superior in numbers, but
while his companion was killed, he escaped un-
hurt, having, however, a hard ride for safety.
He remained in Texas until 1868, then went to
Xew Mexico and spent a year on the range in that
territory. He next appeared in Colorado, near
Denver, which was then a small town. All over
that state he rode the range and conducted vari-
ous enterprises until 1882, when he was elected
sheriff of Elbert county. He was reelected in
1884 but resigned before the expiration of his
term. The country was unsettled, men were
desperate and continual nerve and vigilance were
required in the administration of his office. On
one occasion, when arresting outlaws, he was
shot through the arm. The wound made him
a cripple for life and frequently gives him trouble
now. In August, 1884, he came to Wyoming
with a large band of horses which he had bought
in Colorado. He kept them the first year on the
North Powder River, near his present ranch, and,
finding the country inviting and full of promise,
in 1885 he took up the ranch on which he now
lives, on Wildcat Creek, twenty-five miles north-
west of Gillette, and here continued to raise
horses until 1898. In that year he sold the most
of his horses, and bought cattle, and since then
has been actively engaged in raising cattle. He
is one of the oldest settlers in his part of the
state, and has seen it advance from a wild and
lonely region to its present vigor and activity
of life, fruitfulness and progress, and he has
well done his part towards the result. He is a
tvpical westerner, whose bachelor home is ev-
erybody's home who drops in there. In poli-
tics he is a Republican.
THOMAS 1'.. CARNAHAN.
i
An active and successful man of affairs, a
public official of courtesy and ability, having a
broad acquaintanceship with all classes of peo-
ple in numerous parts of the Great West, Thomas
B. Carnahan is now a prosperous dealer in fur-
niture at Cumberland, L'inta county. Wyoming,
and also the highly popular postmaster of that
town. He was born in Marshall county Pa., on
March 17. 1854, a son of Thomas and Sarah
(Moore) Carnahan, both of whom were born
in Pennsylvania, of Irish descent on the father's
side and of English on the mother's, the father be-
ing the son of Adam and Margaret (Robinson)
Carnahan, of Westmoreland county. Pa., where
their emigrant ancestors had located in the time
of William Penn, and where they had furnished
gallant soldiers for the Revolutionary Army and
the War of 1812, members also participating in
the Great War of 1861. Thomas B. Carnahan
was the third in order of birth of the five chil-
dren of his parents, all of whom being boys, and,
after exhausting the educational supply of the
public schools, he supplemented the instruction
he there received by effective attendance at the ex-
cellent academy of Lebanon, Pa., acquiring a
solid basis for the added knowledge later coming
to him from his wide experience in life. Re-
maining in his native state until 1884, and learn-
ing carpentry, he proceeded to Nebraska and
there followed his 'trade and was a dealer in lime.
In 1885 he took up a ranch comprising the site
of the present lively city of Holyoke, Colo., which
he eventually sold to the B. & M. Co. From
1894 to 1896, inclusive, he was a contractor and
builder in Kansas, in the latter year coming to
Kemmerer, Wvo.. when the city had just been
created, and he soon was busily and profitably
occupied in real-estate and building operations,
PROGRESSIVE MEX UI- WYOM1
777
being alsn elected In tin office of city councilor,
holding lliis responsible position with great ae-
iliility until inm. when, removing to '
tnd, In- t hi-iv established a furniture husi-
which is rapidlv iticn -asing in trade. < in
i Ictober 22, MUM. Mr. ('arnahan \va> commis-
sioned postmaster, and his satisfactory manage-
ment i 'f its affairs has met with decided public
appri phation. the receipts "f th<- office -bowing- a
large increase and advancing to a high rank in
the fourth class. In public matters he has ever
b en ' reatly interested, giving largely nf his time
and money to aid the campaigns of his party, al-
though in no sen-.' is he a seeker or a M river
for nomination- to any ofhcc. lie, however, has
very capahK served as notary public in \\-bi.
Colorado and Wyoming.' Ivlding the office at the
nt writing. Air. (.'arnahau is ln-ld in high
• m in the order of United Workmen, bi in
one of its oldest members in the state and occtl-
ig various positions of prominence in the fra-
tcrniu. ()n March 17, 1^75, in Pennsylvania.
red the nuptial rites of Mr. ('arnahan and
Miss llattie Scrivens, a daughter of I'.enjaiuiu
;md Susan ' I-'erguson) Scri\-rns, hoih being na
of renns\ Ivania and of Holland and ,
lisli ancestry. Tlu- children of Mr. < tan
( 'harle-. Susie and Sadie ( twins \ . Susie being the
>f ( 'liarles \\'alki-r. < if ! hulling'!
i li-nry. Merrill and Rnhv.
WARD CARRUTHERS.
'tiled li\ a hardy and determined
and has well maintained the character
irdy |>i< nieers gavi1
to tin settlement of tin- \orthwe-i main of its
Icmeiils of citi/.cn.-hip air! ' ucll of its
iid'iring fiber in the arm
c-c>ni|iK"t. which lias subdued it for tb
man. and is now eiilargii'- er and nuil-
tiplx i' .rccs l"« n -11 tliis
came |-'.d\\ard ( 'arrntlier-.. burn on ' >c-
m of Robert .irtha
that
state. When hi- was ' irs old tin- familv
\ ed t' i Kansas, and : ' Hied until
he w; n. when, wishing to make his own
in the world and seek hi- i unity
advancement, lie left the paternal roof and
rado, \\here he rode the range for a
time, then proceeded to Utah, and from there
to W \oming. a pioneer in iSSj, locating in
Johnson county. On the fertile plains of the
ler River section for three years he rode
the range and found the life invigorating and
a pleasant one. and. thus imbued with
the spirit of tin stock industry, having by expe-
rience of length and value acquired a full knowl-
of il in e\rr\ detail, in iSS; he came to
the I'.ighorn basin and took up his residence
where he now lives, settling on a homestead,
which his skill and labors ha\e transformed into a
beautiful and well-improved ranch, now increased
to :>MO acres b\ subsequent addition. He has
a lurd of j_>5 superior cattle, for whose com-
fort and proper maintenance lie has made due pn •
vision m barns, sheds and other outbuilding-, as
he has for the good breed of horses he also han-
dles in i" numbers. He was married at
ttville, Wyoming, in iSSS. to Mis- Jennie
1 fatten, a native of < Miio. and tlie\ have three
children. J< ihn, Al\ in and Kdna.
ELMER E. CII \T1-I l-.l
I'.lmer 1".. (,/hatlield. one of the |ir. and
progiv-si\, -tiicknien and far; Jiorn
3 a nati\- i do, \\heri he
"ii June S. tS'i;,. I I is parents ' lac W.
and I;.lixa ( 1 larringioi ;he former a
natives of Illinois, and the la
When but a small boy lie sold papers in IVmcr,
rly and indnstrioi
the e\pectati' 'n - man
.imtmity,
liending his eiic-i''
while his father uas rising into promineno
m. and he now occupies a leading i
in lli. ing his head.|iiar-
er. I le has also been prominent in
other lines, having served a- the ma\or of Aspen.
778
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ami hit IT as a member of the State Sen-
ate. In all the lines of his activity he has ex-
hibited superior rapacity, and borne himself in
a masterly manner. This characteristic his son
inherits, being equal to every emergency that
confronts him. making the best of his situation
all the time, lie came to Wyoming in 1894.
bought the ranch on which he now lives, and at
< >nce en-aged earnestly in the stock business. I [is
ranch comprises 5.20 acres of fine land, it is well-
imprnved as to buildings, complete in equipment
for its purposes, skillfully cultivated in such parts
as are put into crops. He owns 400 Shorthorn
cattle of superior quality and a band of fine
graded horses. Notwithstanding his exacting
and extensive duties on the ranch and in his cat-
tle business, Mr. Chatfield finds time to aid in
the development of the community and in secur-
ing the conveniences of modern life for its people.
He was one of the projectors of the telephone line
into Tensleep, being now the treasurer of the lo-
cal company. He was united in marriage with
Miss Delia Chatfield, a native of Nebraska, the
nuptials being solemnized at Ogden, Utah, on
September 18, 1892. They have four children,
Helen, Marian, Savilla and Andrew, whose father
is a wide-awake, enterprising citizen, whose in-
fluence has always been given on the side of
progress and improvement in his community, and
whose life has ever been an example and an in-
citement to others. He is modest in assumption,
but tenacious of conviction, possessing a clear-
ness of vision, firmness of purpose, generosity of
feeling and a commendable public spirit.
JOHX W. CHAPMAN.
Having accumulated a bountiful share of this
world's goods by his own energy and thrift, and
secured a high place in the esteem of his fellow
men through his sterling character, public spirit,
generosity of disposition and pleasing manners,
having a highly improved and productive ranch
in Bighorn county, and an attractive winter resi-
dence at Red Lodge, Montana, possessing finan-
cial and commercial interests of magnitude and
importance enough to engage the time nol occu-
pied with his stock industry, the life of John W.
Chapman is an eminently useful and fruitful one.
i, ,r liis example is inspiring and helpful, his career
instructive and suggestive, and his personal com-
fort and happiness seem well assured. He il-
lustrates in his achievements and in the record
he has made, how plastic the conditions of life-
are in this western world, and how easy it is
for thrift, enterprise, shrewdness and application
to here mold a shapely destiny out of any cir-
cumstances that fate may furnish. Mr. Chap-
man is a pioneer of 1880 in Wyoming, and since
that time he has lived and worked among her
people. He was born at Springfield, Illinois,
on June 15, 1850, the son of William and Arta
Chapman, both natives of' Illinois. When he was
nine months old his father died and his mother
removed with her young family to Douglas coun-
ty. Ore., and when he was fourteen years of age
the>- took another flight, locating in the Sac-
ramento valley of California. After a few years
Mr. Chapman thence returned to Oregon, and
was engaged in the stock business in Harney
county for others awhile and then for himsell.
He took up a ranch on Tourque River, and was
prospering finely, when the hard winter of 1879
killed all of his cattle. He then sold his ranch,
and. in 1880, came to Bighorn county, Wyo.. and.
settling near Heart Mountain, began another
stock industry, which he has ever since prosper-
ously conducted. He has over 800 acres of land,
where he handles horses, cattle and sheep, his
herd of cattle consisting of more than 300 thor-
oughbred Herefords. He also has extensive
interests in several lines of commercial activ-
ity in Montana. He is a banker at Red Lodge,
there also having a hardware store and a lum-
ber yard. His interests in the Wood River mines
are extensive and valuable. There is scarcely
any enterprise in this part of the country, in
which invested capital and productive enterprise
can be made profitable and serviceable to the
community, that he is not connected with in
some influential and helpful way, and in fraternal
relations he belongs to the Order of Elks. He
PROGRESSIVE MEX Ol: WYOMING.
779
was married in iSS5, in I )< mglas county, * Ire., t«i
Miss Orphia ( hapman, a native "I" that
Mrs. Chapman ] passes the greater part of her
time at their very pleasant home at Ke.| I
where Mr. Chapman may also lie found, except
when business calls him to the ranch. 1 le is a
typical frontier -Mian, having all of the best
acteri-tics of that fast-fading personage, and all
of his adaptability to circumstances, whether they
In- those i if the wild life of the frontier or the
blandishments of an advanced civilization. Tfe
ha- h:id experience in both, and in both has borne
himself creditably, successfully, agreeably. Tried
by both extremes of fortune he has never been
subdued b\ either, and in the Xez Perces. Modoc
and I'iute Indian Wars he saw arduous and dan-
gerous service. In the settled conditions and pro
gressive civilization of this latter day, he bears
a leading part with the same unwavering stead
Fastness, readiness and masterful spirit that sus-
tained him in times of hardship and peril.
FRED P. CARR.
Amid the everlasting granite hills of Xcw
Hampshire, where he was born in August, 1 8-7.
:md where he passed the first sixteen years of his
life, Fred I'. ( 'arr. a well-to-do and progressive
stockraiser of I'.ighorn county, with headquarters
at Hyattville, learned the lessons of frugalit) and
thrift which have distinguished him in the stati
oi his adoption, and which have not onl) enabled
him to gather :i competence for himself, bul to
materially assist in building up th ity in
which he lives and developing it, natural rc-
sources. Mis parents were Fred and l.uctvtia
Vlarston) Carr, also natives of New Hampshire,
ulio in that state condncted a farm on \\hich their
•rew to ih.> age of sixteen and in the \
it} of which he received his edlli ation in the pub-
lic schools and attending ( rVafton ' 'ollege For
'•'"' ' ar. When he \vas sixt en In uent to
Xew York city for the purpo ng in
business for him-elf. and lived ihei , , of
years, dealing in horses. In iSSS h<- left all the
blandishments of civilized life an, I the attractions
of tin- great metropolis to seek wider opportuni-
ties re fruitful fields for his parti'
lines of enterprise in the i ireat \orthwest. He
Winning ;nid located on the ranch which
pies, and ' n wind he con
tS a nourishing stock business, u ith 400 line
horses and a herd of .u 1 cattle. The ranch coin-
prises 420 acres of excellent land, well 1<
i'or the ;•• and well adapted thereto, and
what is under cultivation has bei i ever) pn>-
dnctive 1» careful and skillful husbandrv. It is
unproved with good building- and Fences,
ne of the desirable and at-
tractive places in this section, of which there are
many of that kind. In fraternal relation- Mr.
Carr is connected with the Independent < >r
' ' Id !• Hows, and has been a useful mem1-
his lodge in the order for many year-. ' :n lan-
-"). [89; - married to Miss l-a I',.
itivi of Muskingnm count) . < ihio.
For more than fifteen years identified with the
the history and development of I'.ighorn eonn-
i that time contributing his due -hare to
tin n Its \\hicb are so gratining on even hand
rr can be re-
garded as one ,,f the representative and most
useful ejtixens of the portion of the state to which
he belongs. When he settled in this neigl.
hood i' was almost a primeval waste, and since
then it has become the hmue of an industrious.
' '•' >spi i ' and progressive people. nirJtipI
human happiness, adding to the comforts and
of mankind, and showing forth in
pleasing alum. Ian.-" and variety the re-rlts of tin-
wise and energetic labor- of the progressive men
and patriotic women of Wyoming.
IK >\. HIF \.\l D. CL \KK.
I b.n. I liraui I ). ( 'lark. n.>\\ of Star \ all
I inta county, was bom at Farmington, l>a\is
coiint\. Utah, on l;i-bruary 13. [856, In- parent-.
T. and Mar) i Stevenson i i 'I. irk. \\h.
•ui.'.l \e\\ Fngland s|
Ig come to that place from their ( )hio home
in iS.)S. The father was a native of ( )hio and
the mother, of an F.ngh'-h ance-tr\. was born at
C.ibraltar. Spain. b'/r.i T. Clark was a pros-
78o
PROGRESSIVE ML A' OF WYOMING.
j-cnuis farmer, •.iMck^ri'u er and banker at Farm-
ii. took an active.- part in the government
ni" tin- county in which lie lived, served there as
i\ treasurer for a number of years and had
a potential ii ce on local public affairs. In
tin- church he was a high counsellor and pa-
triarch, lie was twice married, having eleven
children by the first marriage and ten by the
id. lie died at Farmington in 1901, aged
nty-seveii years, and was laid to rest with
every demonstration of popular esteem amid the
scenes he had hallowed by his useful labors and
inspiring example of good citizenship. His wid-
ow, the mother of Hiram, still resides in Farm-
ington and is universally esteemed. Hiram D.
Clark was the sixth child of his parents. He
was educated in the public schools and at the
University of Deseret, now the University of
Utah, at Salt Lake City, and, after leaving his
school, he entered upon the pursuit the family had
followed for generations, farming, carrying it
mi in his native state until 1880, when he re-
m^ved to Idaho, whence, after seven years of Ida-
ho ranching having a varying success, he came to
\\ Miming in the spring of 1888, and has con-
tinued farming and stockgrowing ever since. His
large herd of cattle consists almost entirely of
graded Durhams, and his farm of 960 acres is one
of the best and most highly improved stock farms
in this valley. His residence is the finest framed
house in this part of the county, and is supplied
with every available modern convenience. He
also owns much property of value in Utah, and
is looked upon as one of the leading citizens of
the county, and his counsel is freely sought by all
classes of the people. As a county commissioner
In.' has served his people materially and wisely,
and has thereby won general commendation in an
office, which is one of the most difficult of admin-
istration, as well 4as one of the most important,
in the gift of the citizens. He has also acted as
trustee of his district for a number of years, and
in this position also, has given general satisfac-
tion. In his church, that of the Latter Day
Saints, he is the Sunday-school superintendent
and a member of the bishopric. Mr. Clark con-
tracted his marriage with Miss Anna E. Porter
at Salt Lake ( it . I 'tah, on November 1 1, 1880.
Sin was born and reared in Utah, a daughter of
Alma and Minerva (Dent) Porter, who came
to Utah in 1848. The Porters trace their Ameri-
can ancestry back to Colonial times, they hav-
ing been early settlers in Pennsylvania. The
fruit of this marriage is ten children, all living :
Eliza A., Mary M., Hiram D., Jr., Heber D.,
Edna, Alma P., Rachel, Rhoda, Rosel E., Zula.
HON. CHARLES D. CAZIER.
No roster of Wyoming's progressive men,
not even a partial one, would be complete without
an honorable mention of Hon. Charles D. Cazier,
one of the foremost citizens of Uinta county, who
has a well-improved and highly-cultivated farm
adjoining the town of Afton, where he exempli-
fies, from day to day, fidelity to duty, earnest in-
terest in the affairs of the community which he
was one of the first to form, active and prudent
zeal in commercial enterprise and exalted devo-
tion to the welfare of his church. Mr. Cazier was
born in Kentucky, on January 21, 1837. the son
of William and Pleasant (Drake) Cazier, na-
tives of Virginia, who both descended from old
Colonial families that bore their part courage-
ously in all the struggles of their country and
section, whether on the field of battle or in the
arduous but productive pursuits of peace. The
father was a cooper by trade and worked at that
craft and also farmed in Kentucky for years, then
removed to Iowa, and from there, in 1851, to
Utah, where he died in 1878, aged seventy-eight
years, the mother having passed away in Iowa in
1846. The fnmilv consisted of ten children, of
whom Charles was 1he ninth. Only four are liv-
ing, three sons and one daughter. To Charles D.
Cazier fate denied the advantage of a scholastic
education gathered in the schoolroom, but well
supplied the deficiency by thorough teaching in
the hard but effective school of experience. When
he was but fourteen he encountered the daily
peril and nightly apprehension, the hardships, the
privations and the wearying toil of a journey
PR(>> //'/•;
781
across tlie plains with his parents, making tin-
trip hy means of oxtcams. Ami < rival
in tin land of lh< ir chosen residence he W3
"bli^ed to take his place as a \\orkinan on
the farm to aid in subduing- the wilderness I"
\\ hi -h lliev hail O me, and ^i\'e of his hesi en
ors in making it fruitful, lie continued i.
ing in I'tali until 187.1. "'hen he removed to
Idaho, thence, in iSSo. lie came to \\ yoming, hut
SOOn returned to Idaho, where he remained until
he came again to Wyoming, with the intention of
remaining, and. taking up a place adioining the
then unpeopled site of Aftoii. began to improve
11 and build it into a home. Me was one , >f the
first nine householders to .settle in the vallc\ . and
i- c. nlrihuled his full share to the inspiration
and the work necessary to make the ImieK and
nmnhabited region, in which they first pitch. .1
their tents, the populous, progressive, highly im-
proved and well-developed section it has become.
I lis In ime is < me i if the cln lice ( mes of the valley.
and all that there is appertaining to it of comfort,
' nieuce and artistic adornment, is the resnll
of his industry, enterprise, intelligent husbandry
and judicious taste. Mi- excellent judgment ami
Store OJ worldlv \\IS.I.MII have \\on him tin •
fidence of his ]ieople. and. in iSSo. he was
•d pi •stmastcr al \flou. being the firsl
cial "i" that class in the valle\. In iSo| In •
• the State Si nate from his county and
• reditable record in the I ,egi slature. Fn
din ' he h;.s been active fmm his early
HI was the firsl lii-hop m the Mor-
mon church of all this countn , and held tin
For a number of years. I le is al pi
'f the high p;
of the il I'o the
:
id ci mscii nil tion. < hi
i-'. iS;X. in I rtah, he married with Miss
Harri
i' t of Samrel and I .\dia (Do
r Imrn in \Yw York and the latter in
: 'I'wi-lvr children. si\ sons and six daugh-
! their union, but oul\ sj\ are
iio\\ living. Tlu se at
• rge, all married and living in I'inta
ci urn! ij, E., IK i\\ the \\ ife • if i harli
I.eavill. of Aftmi: and \\'illard O., u h" is still
one of the parental h. lusehold. 'I :
Lydia, Margaret and I'.vcKn. the lati
whom died ephi, I 'tali, in infanc\ ; Harriet,
tornier \\ife of \. II. ('all. of Mexico, who died
in that count r\ at the age of tweiltv-t\\o
leaving one child: Miranda: Artello, who died in
Idaho in childh 1. Mr. ( 'axier's life ha
been one of entire calm, for he sa\\ dangerous
service in all the early Indian war.- of this sec-
tion, and for years, like others , ,f the people, ear-
ned his life in his bauds from day to day. .Many
times he was m de-peraU1 situations, many times
he narrowly • a cruel death at the hands
of hostile sava any times he was compelled
to endure great privations from hunger, thirst and
from exposure to the furv of the inclenieii:
mellts. Through all these vicissitude-, as through
his periods of enjoyment, he bore himself In-
even cheerfully, and now finds that the recollec-
n of trials pa-t bnl sweetens the enjoyment
'ild comfort thereby si-cured.
I! \KUY D. CLARK.
Molding- a position of responsibility and dis-
tinguished trust in the company's store al
Springs. Ham I). Clark, although comparatively
a ynun^ man, raul din- bn-
men of this section. ! [i
judgment, greal and rapid pi
' for
shiv\\di ^rity.
he has a ln-1, •
s igacit} and i born in Chi.
111., on \pril i _'. 1,^77. b. n of I Kalton
A. and Marx \. i I'.al . I
intcrcsiint; fnnib, b
f;. i 'larl ,tlnT
porti.jii of tin I. i 'ark ree
his literai'\ education in the i b
, I', 'llowinu; this by a full ,
the Slate I 'i in, . VVyi ... from
\\hich institution he was dill i.-d \\ith
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MEN OF WYOML\(,
honors. Tinmediah 1\ fi ill. i\\ ing this he estab-
lished a jewelry and drugstore at Rock Springs,
and in these meivantile lines was profitably en-
d i"'>r live years. Sufficient financial induce-
ment being offered him, however, he relinquished
merchandising and took a position as bookkeeper
in the company's store at Rock Springs, acquir-
ing, in his five-years' service in this capacity, i
thorough knowledge of all details, methods and
principles of commercial life, as exemplified in
the mercantile operations of this store. Having
given the fullest satisfaction in the discharge of
his duties as bookkeeper, his appreciative employ-
i rs advanced him to be the head bookkeeper of
their Spring Valley store. Here he has since
been engaged, and he has. by his diligent atten-
tion to business, his devotion to the interests of
his employers and his indefatigable efforts, made
for himself an enviable reputation. On May 16,
1898, at Rock Springs, Wyoming, occurred the
marriage of Mr. Clark to Miss Annie Kellogg,
a daughter of George and Martha (Garrett) Kel-
logg, whose parents were natives of England,
and early emigrants to Wyoming, where, after
the death of her father, her mother became the
wife of George Biscom, and now maintains her
In >me at Rock Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have
one child, Harry. Mr. Clark is ever mindful of
his duties as a citizen of the state and nation, and
acts with earnestness in accord with the princi-
ples of the Republican party, to which he gives
loyal support although not looking for political
rewards, office or emoluments. Fraternally, he
is affiliated with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and is at present the master workman
of the local lodge. In religion he is a devout
and conscientious member of the Congregational
church, with whose activities and beneficence he
is actively connected. Mr. Clark is thoroughly
loyal to his numerous friends and his winning
personal magnetism has made him stanch ones
all along life's pathway. He enjoys to an un-
usual degree the confidence of the better portion
of the community and is one of the elements of
support of the leading social activities of society.
He is ever liberal in his contributions to public,
li intable and religious objects, and n< > case of
individual or public suffering has ever appealed
to him in vain. He is not only a respected busi-
ness man. but, higher yet, a consistent Christian,
whose untiring zeal has been manifested in manv
departments of education and religious activity.
EDMUND CLEGG.
The gentleman whose biography is herewith
presented belongs to the older class of the citi-
zens of Rock Springs, Wyoming, having been
a resident of Sweetwater county since 1873. He
has seen the city grow from an obscure mountain
hamlet into one of the most enterprising and
prosperous industrial centers of the West and, in
a large measure, he has contributed to bring
about results as they today exist. Edmund Clegg
was born in England in 1830, and is the son of
Jonathan and Hannah (Hancoper) Clegg, both
also of English birth. The father followed coal
mining for a livelihood, the greater part of the
time being a superintendent of mines, dying at
the advanced age of eighty-one years. He was
also the son of Christopher and Sarah (Wood)
Clegg, whose genealogy is traceable to a very
early period in the history of the kingdom of
England. Mrs. Hannah Clegg was a native of
Yorkshire and lived to the advanced age of over
seventy-five years. Edmund Clegg was reared
to young manhood near the place of his birth,
and, when twenty years old, began life for him-
self as the assistant superintendent under his fa-
ther. He continued mining in various capacities
in England until the early sixties when he came
to America, and, for a number of years there-
after, he was similarly employed in different min-
ing states. In 1873 he came to Rock Springs,
Wyo., at that time an obscure village, and en-
gaged in his chosen calling, serving different
parties as superintendent, and earning the rep-
utation of an able and conscientious manager.
Mr. Clegg assisted in developing many of the
rich mineral resources of Sweetwater county and
his long experience as a mining expert caused his
services to be much sought after. To him is
PR( h UVE MEN (>!•' WY(
783
due the credit of locating and developing a num-
ber of the best paying mining pr< >pcriies in this
section of the state, and, as long as he remained
in the business, his advice was eagerly solicited
and his valuable practical knowledge utilized.
Severing his connection with mining Mr. Clcgg
turned his attention to other vocations, notabh
among them being that of dealing in water, which
he followed for nearly eighteen years with en-
couraging financial success. Being fortunate in
acquiring a sufficiency of the world's goods to
place him in comfortable circumstances, he finally
abandoned business pursuits and retired to pri-
vate life, one reason for so doing being the
infirmities incident to advancing age. Mr. Clegg
has taken an active interest and pardonable pride
in the growth and development of Rock Springs,
and during the last thirty years, his life and the
history of the town have been very closely inter-
woven. Realizing the needs of the thriving little
city he supplied them with generous hand, and,
to the limit of his ability, aided all enterprises
tending in any way to improve the condition of
its society and advance the standard of its citi-
/eiiship. He has been especially active in pro-
moting the community's intellectual and moral
di \elopment, devoting much of his time and en-
ergy to the matter of public education, in which
he has long been deeply interested. Largely
through his efforts, the schools of the town have
advanced in efficiency until the standard of edu-
n in Rock Springs is now as high as that of
any other city in the state, or in anv part of the
\\Vst. In looking after this important and far-
n • hing trust, Mr. Clcgg lias been tin! a publu-
IH nrfactor, and the results of his earn< -t and
self-denying efforts will long remain a monu-
ment to his im, rest in the peO] Mr.
'tg has alwa\ s been animated hv at
of purp. -I admirable, and for him
to recognize a duty is ei|iii\a1ent to its perform-
Me has s|n ing convictii of right, faith-
fully and fearlessly disch;. \
i to him, ami in the line of his dut\ he is
regardless alike of fear or Favor. Me has led a
active life, fraught with inneli g, H M to his
kind, and the world is certainly better be.
of his presence. Mr. < 'l<-gg was married in
1X71 to 1'-. Sarah Taylor, a native of Lan-
i ishire, Knghmd. and a daughter of Amber
Mary Ann Taylor, the union resulting in -
children, of whom are living, Emma. Kli/abcth,
Arthur and Hannah: the deceased b.-ing 1
than. Sarah and t 'harle\ .
FRFDKKICK W. O (AXES.
I'.rought to Wyoming in the prosecution of
the pleasing business be has been engaged in
since leaving school, that of surveying, which he
has done for- railroad companies, the U. S. gov-
ernment, private persons and corporations, there-
by made familiar with the lay of the land in all
northern \\ , oming and adjoining states, 1
crick W. Coates deliberatel) selected hi- pres-
ent location for a permanent home from a choice
made through an extensive knowledge and a
well-seasoned judgment. Mis tine ranch is 1
ed fifteen miles northeast of Newcastle, in W< St-
on county, and is surrounded with an ample
range for the herds of superior cattle t<> which
it is devoted, and for which it yields annually
large crops of hay. He came to this section of
the country from a great mercantile and manu-
facturing center, having been born in Minneap-
olis, Minn., on August i. 1X511. the s. .11 of Don-
ald and Sarah I. i Keith i Coates, natives , ,f \\-\v
York state, who came to Minnesota >, ,on after
their marriage and engaged in fanning and fruit-
growing near Minneapolis. In 1874 they re-
moved to California, and. r their arrival
in that state, the mother died. Tier remains
were taken to Scott county. Minn., and there
ed. The father then returned to Calif
and hough! a fruit ranch in Santa Clara county
.11 \\hich he uo\\ resides. Frederick W. C
remained at home until he was sixteen
.ing his education in the schools , ,f Miiine-
of instruction and
in ch il engineering and SUrv<
tech:
\\hich he was graduated in 187.' Me then for
SSIl E MI'.X OF WYOMING.
years was in the service of the Northern
ic Railroad as a surveyor. His next em-
ployment was on a I". S. government survey
in the Northwest, where he was engaged until
iSSi. his work in this connection calling him
frequently to Wvoming. and, for a short time in
1876, keeping him in the Black Hills country.
After leaving the government service he did
surveying Tor himself and for others in the min-
ing counin around Deadwood until 1883, when
he came to MnrTalo, \Yyo., and since that time
he has heen engaged in surveying in the northern
part of the state, principally in Crook and Wes-
ton counties, heing still in great demand through-
out a large extent of country. He has been in-
terested in other business during the whole of his
residence in the West. While he was in gov-
ernment service he owned and also conducted a
freighting outfit between Pierre, S- D., and the
Black Hills, which he sold in 1882. In 1887 he
bought a livery business in Sundance, Wyo., aft-
erwards associating J. E. Duling with himself in
this enterprise. This business continued until
1889, when they opened and conducted a livery
barn at Newcastle until 1892, when Mr. Coates
sold his interest to M. B. Camplain. Before this,
however, he had secured the ranch on which he
now lives in exchange for a livery business, and
when he sold to Mr. Camplain. he took up his res-
idence on the ranch which is his home, and since
then has devoted his entire time and energy to its
improvement and the development of his cattle
industry, except such time as he has been obliged
to give to surveying, having been the county
surveyor from the organization of the county,
and his professional services being in frequent
demand by private parties. His ranch is well
improved, having good buildings and fences. It
is a representative home of the section as he is a
representative citizen thereof. It bespeaks his
good taste and judgment, as his career among
this people bespeaks his enterprise and public
spirit. On April 24, 1888, at Deadwood, S. D.,
he was married to Miss Ellen McCaffrey, a na-
tive of Glengarry county, Ontario, and a daugh-
ter of John and Ellen McCaffrey, natives of Ire-
land. Five children have brightened their home,
James H., William. Herbert, Mamie and Flor-
ence. Mr. Coates is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, belonging to the lodge at Newcastle,
and in politics he is an active and zealous Re-
publican, giving to his party good service in its
various state and county campaigns. He is
looked up to as a leading citizen, devoted to the
welfare of the community.
S. H. COCKINS.
S. H. Cockins, of Bighorn county, Wyoming,
living on a fine ranch of 400 acres on Grey Bull
River, there conducting a stock and general farm-
ing industry of increasing magnitude and cumu-
lative profits, has been twice a soldier in the
service of his country, once in the Civil War,
when the conflict was marked with carnage and
destruction, and since its close a soldier in that
army of industrial progress, which has subdued
the untamed wilderness of the Northwest and
brought -it to systematic productiveness. In both
fields of conquest he has borne himself bravely
and has rendered valuable service. He is a na-
tive of Ohio, where his life began on February
3, 1838, and where his parents, Vincent and Eliza-
beth (Wright) Cockins, settled soon after their,
marriage, having come thither as pioneers of the
state from the home of their nativity in Pennsyl-
vania. Mr. Cockins was reared and educated in
his native, state, and soon after the Civil War
broke out he enlisted in Co. A, Seventy-eighth
Ohio Infantry. He saw hard service and was
in many important and hotly contested engage-
ments, until he was seriously wounded at the
battle of Raymond, Miss., when he was a little
later discharged on account of the disability there-
by incurred. He returned to his Ohio home and
until 1876 was occupied hi buying stock and
shipping it to various points. Then, attracted
by the discovery of gold in the Black Hills of
South Dakota, and the opportunities for success-
ful business operations it promised in that re-
gion, he sold out in Ohio and came to this new
Eldorado of the Argonauts, where he passed ten
PROGRESSH'1: MliX OF WYOM1
785
\cars in ]>n >specting and mining. In 1888 he
i-aiik- 1" Wyoming ami located in the Ilighorn
basin, en tlu- Grey Hull Rivi-r. where he
lives ami has hail his home c< >ntimi< nisly since,
llcre lu- carries mi a flourishing ami expanding
stock industry, principally handling horses, hut
having some cattle, all being nf good qnaliu ami
\\-ell hred. His ranch is beautifully located and
\vell adapted tn its purposes, and has heen highly
improved hv him. the portions under cultivation
brought to a slate of -real fertility and product-
iveness. Mr. Cockins is energetic in hehalf of
the hest interests of the community, always to be
fomid in active aid of any enterprise conducive
of the progress and improvement of the county
or of its people. He is highly respected as a rep-
n-seiitaiive and progressive citizen, a firm and
helpful friend, an obliging neighbor ami a genial
and entertaining companion. He belongs to and
lakes great interest in the Grand Army of the Re-
public, that fast-fading embodiment of the mem-
ories, the heroism, the triumphs and the suffer-
ings of the Xorthern side in the \Var between the
Sections of our now reunited country.
JESSE COLE.
lesse Cole, one of the prominent business men
of the eitv of Cheyenne. Wyoming, is a native oi
the count) of Carter, state of Tennessee. ha\ in-
been born in that county on .March 5. 1840. the
son of AllY-d ami Harriet (['.levins) Cole, both
natives of the state of Tennessee. His father
there foil., wed the occupation of fanning, and.
in l8.jj. emigrated from Tennessee to Jackson
county. Mo., where he continued in agricull
pursuits, his family being among the earliest set-
of that section of the state, where the)
founded their home about si\ miles soiilhe.
tlie sit,- of Kansas City. The Eiistor) of Jackson
nty, Mo., contained an interesting account ,.i
the life- and work of Alfred Cole. \\ Inch justh por-
1 him as one of the prominent pioneers and
representative farmers of that counl nccessful
in business and possessing the highest esteem oi
all who knew him. lie remained there until his
death, on Fcbrnarv 8. 18; ). II, lies '•
the old Jackson count) homesti d, and his
wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch.
who passed a\\a\ at the same place on Jill
18711. lies buried b\ In- >id< . l nited in life, they
are IMI separated in death, and rest 1,,-ether near
the scenes of their active and useful lives. Mr.
Cole grew to manh 1 in Jackson county, and
there received Ins earlj education in the public
schools. After the death of his father, he was
i , impelled 1, i leave scln >i ,1 ti > take the management
of the farm. In this he was very successful, and.
upon the death of his mother, he became the sole
owner of the handsome propertx. He resided
li,re. conducting a prosperous business in fann-
ing and stock-raising, until 181/7. when he dis-
posed of the greater portion of his property in-
terests in Missouri. For a short time after this
he was u, ,1 engaged in an\ active business, ami
his wife and children passed some months in vis-
iting in the Stat< of i alil'ornia. Desiring to en
'^agi1 in the li\e stock business mi a scale more
extensive than had been possible at his old Mis-
souri home, he came to Wyoming, and. in the
spring of 181)8. purchased his present tine ranch
proper! \. situated on South ("row ('reek, about
sixteen miles wesl of the city of Cheyenne. Soon
after ha\iug established himself in his new home,
he was here joined by his family, and they have
now one of the finest ami best improved places in
all of that section. They have a large two-story
brick residence, barns, buildings and all modern
improvements. Mr. Cole has 4,300 acres oi
,-uled land, \\ell fenced, irrigate,! and improved,
\\ith many acres of the finest meadow land, also
having a large herd of cattle, and being consid-
ered as i" die most substantial and progress-
ive business nun of the state, i >n December _•>».
1885. Mr. Cole was united in marriage to Mrs.
., ( !. , BaS] , i Sampson, a native of Jack-
son county, Mo., and the daughter of James and
Marv (Coates) Basye, the former a native of
Kent. Kngland. and the latter of Missouri, where
the father Milled in Jackson count) in the ear!)
forties, and followed the occupation of farming
his death m 18511. Tlu- mother passed a\\ay
786
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXC,.
in Junuarx . iSuo. and lies buried by the side of
the father in Jackson county. Mr. and Mrs.
( lole have one child. Sila> L., who is residing with
his parents, attending llie public schools. Po-
litical!}-. .Mr. Cole is a stanch member of the
I >rniocratic party, and, while a resident of Mis-
souri, he took an active and prominent part in
the public affairs of his county and state, attend-
ing conventions, and bein« one of the trusted
leaders of his party. He has never held, or
sought to hold, public office, however, and since
his residence in Wyoming, has given his entire
time to the management of his private business, in
which he has met with conspicuous success. Fra-
ternally, he is a member of the Masonic order.
The family are members of the Christian church,
in which they take a deep interest, and are active
and earnest in all matters calculated to better
the condition and promote the welfare of the
community in which they reside. They are
among the most highly esteemed and respected
citizens of their section of the state.
ALFRED D. GAMBELL.
Honored and highly esteemed by all who
know him, not only as an active business man,
but also as one of the first seekers of gold in
California, whither he made his way among the
Argonauts of 1849, Alfred D. Gambell of Hart-
ville, Laramie county, Wyoming,' is truly a
pioneer of pioneers, a business force among the
commercial bulwarks of the state, having a life
story full of varied and interesting incidents,
being the prime actor in a career that has few
parallels in the history of the Northwest. His
forefathers came to New York in Colonial
times and made their influence felt for good in
the formation and development of that state.
There his parents, Seth and Betsey (Thayer)
Gambell, were born and reared, and from there
they removed to Richland county, Ohio, where
their son Alfred first saw the light on January
27, 1822, and where he grew to manhood amid
the quiet but stimulating scenes of rural life,
assisting in the labors of the farm, for which
he developed great aptitude, and as he had op-
portunity attending the subscription schools of
the neighborhood, gathering from their slender
streams of knowledge a modicum of scholastic
learning, which, though small, was clear and
serviceable. In 1844, when he was but twenty-
two years old, he left the parental rooftree, and,
making his way to the shore of Lake Erie secured
a position on a steamer plying regularly on its
waters, after some time locating temporarily at
Buffalo, from there traveling extensively in
New England and the Middle states. But the
voice of the sea was still sounding persuasively
in his ears and in 1847 he shipped at Stoning-
ton, Conn., on a whaler for the Arctic regions
and passed a year in that service. Returning
to the United States he again went before the
mast in a voyage "around the Horn" to Cali-
fornia, reaching San Francisco in February,
1849. I" April following he went to the min-
ing region, after a year spent -in mining and
prospecting returning from San Francisco by
the Panama route and New York City to his
Ohio home, and there, in the autumn of 1851,
was united in marriage with Miss Esther Lout-
senheizer, a native of the state. The next four
years were passed quietly on a farm in Wil-
liams county, Ohio, and in 1855, leaving his wife
to look after the farm in his absence, Mr. Gam-
bell turned his face once more toward the set-
ting sun and, taking passage by the Isthmus
route, reached the mines of California without
incident worthy of note, there passing another
year in prospecting and mining, then returning
to Ohio for his family, but coming west again
as far as Colorado without them. There he
was occupied in mining for a year, in 1856 re-
moving his family to the territory where he
continued his mining operations with encourag-
ing results, and in 1859 aided to organize the
Colorado Pioneers' Society, being instrumental
in having a medal made out of the first silver
found in the territory to commemorate the
event. One of these medals he still preserves
among the highly-prized souvenirs of his event-
ful career. He also built and successfully oper-
ated the first stampmill in Colorado, erected
at Nevadaville, where he had extensive mines,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
787
being run for years at its full capacity in re-
ducing the ores from his claims. Mr. (iamhell
\\as not only a pioneer in the mining industry
01 Colorado, lini bore a leading part in the de-
velopment of its civil history and the direction,
of its public affairs, being- essentially a represen-
tative man, with keenness of vision to see and
itr energy to make known the resources
of the new territory to which he had given alle-
giance. In the midst of his success in mining
his wife's health failed and she was obliged
to go east for medical treatment. She found
a suitable place in Toledo, Ohio, and there in
iS')^ he joined her and finding her condition
much improved, came west again to Nebraska,
and purchasing land near Grand Island, became
a farmer and stockraiser. After the death of
his wife in 1879 he went with his daughter to
the Illack Ilills of South Dakota, and for sev-
eral years devoted his attention to erecting and
equipping mills in that section, being an expert
mi i lianic. with special qualifications for making
and placing in operation intricate machinery,
he found plenty of remunerative employment
in this line. Among the works that stand
strongly to his credit is a large' mill at C.rand
Junction, nine miles from Custer. In 1882 he
disposed of his interests in Dakota and col-
lecting a force of workmen came to the vicinity
of Hartville. \Y\o.. to develop the mineral wealth
of that locality and among the leading mines he
here opened is ihe one that bears his name and
belongs io him, one of the richest in the state,
and now ,,p, rat, -,1 b\ a Colorado syndicate, its
lessees. Mr superintended the construction of
all the machinery for the mineral industries of
tin- neighborhood and did other important
work in bringing its products to the kno\\ 1
and USi of tbi counm, hut is now living a life
i and hi mi irablr rrtiivnirnt . realizing i li.it
there is even on this side of the grave a h.
where the- siorm.s of life com, not, or arc felt
only in gentle undulations of the water, a li.de
and peaceful old age. I fe has bee > ai tivi m
•masonry, holding membership in Toledo
Lodge. \'o. 141. since iSiio and throughout his
mature life he has been an active \\orkcr in the
ranks of the Democratic part\. giving ardent
and intelligent attention to its campaigns for
more than sixty \ears, and although frequently
importuned to allow the use of his name for
exalted political stations, he has never con-
sented to be a candidate for any office. The
death of his wife in 1879, at Grand Island. Xeb..
where she was buried, was a great berea\ eiiient
which has influenced all of his subsequent ca-
reer. She was a member of an old ( >hio family
of high standing, both of her parents passing
their entire lives in that state, and she inherited
and exemplified all the best traits of her linea-ge.
She was the mother of two children, Seth Gam-
bell, who died on July 14, 1901, aged forty-
seven: Minnie, now wido\\ of K. D. Clark, living
at ('nster, S. I). Mrs. ('lark has six children.
Alice. Avcry. Frank. Minnie, [Jessie. Eloise.
Hi IN. AUGUSTUS L. COLKMAX.
To preside over the birth or formative pi
of a new political entity, to give shape to its plas-
tic substance and establish its rule- of action, to
fix the trend of its civil policy and start in mo-
tion its educational and moral forces, is a privi-
lege allowed to few men, and those who p.
it are entitled to all honor, if they perform iheir
duties well and wisely. In this class nnist be
numbered I Ion. Augustus I,. Coleman. of Mig-
horn county. Wyoming, a prominent ranchman,
Stockgrower, legislator and leading citix.en. who
is now living on his beautiful ranch of ,;jo
near I'.igtrails. He has been so essential!) a leader
of thought and mental and political action in this
county that he must ever occupv a placi
regard among its people, and be revered as
one of its founders, lie \\.-is connected \\ith the
I'. S. survey which lived the metes am
of much of its land and be has alsi led a
considerable amount of other surveying within
it-, limits. He helped to organize the first school
district in the OHinU and t. night the tir-t school
in the I tighi il n lushi. In i rder t. > ip-.di I \
l>er of the board for this school district he
uas oblij tke .m i ivjit da\s' trip to I'.nf-
falo. lie was a member of the t d of
;88
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
county commissioners of the county, and also one
of the first justices of the peace. He represented
the county in the lower house of the First State
islature, and has since represented it in the
Slate Senate. For many years he was a deputy
I". S. surveyor, and is now a U. S. commissioner.
In all these capacities he has served the people
well, discharged his duties with fidelity and skill
and maintained a high standard of official pro-
priety and dignity. Mr. Coleman was born on
23, 1855, in Otsego comity, N. Y., where
his parents, Morell and Helen (Curtis) Coleman,
were also native, and where his ancestors on
both sides had lived for generations. He passed
his childhood and youth in his native county,
and from her public schools secured his educa-
tion in the way of scholastic training. After
leaving school he engaged in both farming and
teaching near his home until 1885, when he ac-
•jianied ex-Gov. W. A. Richards, of the Colo-
rado Ditch Co.. to Wyoming, the next year com-
ing to his present location, where he began the
raising of stock and farming. He was assiduous
in improving his land, fitting it up with the neces-
sarv equipment for his purposes, beautifying it
with a commodious and comfortable residence.
He also labored diligently and judiciously in
cultivating much of the land, thus making it sub-
serve the requirements of his extensive and in-
creasing herds of cattle, which now number 500
head and rank in grade with any in his vicinity.
As has been noted, he served in the First State
Legislature, and in 1896 he was elected to the
State Senate and served four years. In this ex-
alted station, wherein he was associated with a
number of the best and ablest men in the state,
he was conspicuous for the wide and accurate
knowledge which he- displayed of the affairs of
the state, for the correctness and wisdom of his
views and for his skill and vigor in enforcing
them. He rendered valuable service to his con-
stituents and to the state at large. He was mar-
ried in New York, on June 2, 1878, to Miss Irene
Slater, a native of that state. They have two
children. George and Howard. Mr. Coleman is
in all respects a truly representative man of the
state, one of its most respected and influential
citizens. Mrs. Coleman came to the West in the
spring of 1887, and, although not strong physical-
ly, and, for the past nine years, almost an in-
valid, she has labored in the interests of her hus-
band and family untiringly, often beyond her
strength. One of the most self-sacrificing, kind-
est and best of the ever noble women of the fron-
tier, she is universally beloved in the county
where she has done her full share in all matters
aiding in the establishment of civilization. Mr.
Coleman writes us thus: "If I have been suc-
cessful here, either politically or in a financial
way. she is certainly entitled to the credit, for,
without her loving counsel, I certainly should not
have attained to any prominence."
FRAXK K. COLLETT.
There is, perhaps, no stockman of the immedi-
ate locality of his home who is more extensively
known or stands higher among his acquaintances
than Mr. Collett. and it is but simple justice to
incorporate a brief review of his life and activi-
ties in this volume, as one of the wide-awake and
representative citizens of Uinta county. He was
born in October, 1865, at Logan, L'tah. a son of
Sylvanus and Lydia (Karens) Collett, of whom
individual and collective sketches appear else-
where in this volume, to which the reader is re-
ferred for the details of the ancestral history of
Mr. Frank K. Collett. .After availing himself of
the advantages of school education that were
within the reach of his youthful years, Mr. Col-
lett, at the age of fourteen, became a range-
rider, acquiring, in the course of the years which
he devoted to the caring for cattle, a skill and
proficiency, a health of body and powers of en-
durance which have been of admirable service to
him in his life of intense activity, and given him
distinction among the cattlemen with whom he
was associated. Having become thoroughly fa-
miliar with each and every department of the
cattle industry, Mr. Collett established a home
and business of his own, by securing a homestead
of 160 acres, located at Cokesdale. Wy<>., and here
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
789
lie, with his customary activity and earnest:
engaged in general fanning and in the stock
business, from the first obtaining satisfactory re-
sults, as his operations have boon conducted with
care and discrimination. He usually runs a.
large and valuable herd «i high-grade C3
mostly of the Hereford breed. In 1'
[893, I'ccurred his marriage with Miss Catharine
Sims, born in Utah, in 1870. a daughter of Alex-
ander and Elizabeth i MclVrmott I Sims, natives
of Scotland and of Africa. Her father, a miller,
came to the I'nited States from his native land
in compam with a Mormon colony and settled in
I "tab. where lie resided the greater part of his
subsequent life, dying, however, at the age of
fifty-one years in i^'H. at Fish Haven, in Idaho,
where had been his home for a short period of
time. His wife survives him. having her home at
Swan Creek. Utah. Mr. Sims was a thoughtful,
intelligent person, 1.. eping himself fully abreast
of the world's latest movements, by his extensive
and carefully selected reading of the best litera-
ture, becoming extremely well informed. Mr.
and Mrs. Collett's household is rounded out by
the presence of two winsome daughters, Imogene
and I.ucile. Mr. Collett is an active and earnest
observer of all public matters of local and gen-
eral interest, and is heartily connected with the
of the Republican party of Uinta county,
supporting its candidates and promulgating
principles in every campaign. Fraternally, he is
a valued member of the Woodmen of the \Vorld.
HON. W. S. COLLINS.
Nature i-, seemingly very capricious and un-
even in the distribution of her fa\ors at
: but, when her action is viewed in the light
of a true disci rnment, it is often si n tha
has a true - tern of balanci 5, .-md • i ions,
which makes her distributions far more equitable
than the) at first appear. T< . . • gives
i '!>pc 'ftmiit \ and the sebo, .1 educai ion 1
him for its proper use: to another she gi\e
inlu-r, Fertilit] < if mind and char-
oul opportun
obdii' mistances to vield a full, if i:
readv, compliance with his will. To the latter
h con signed I Ion. \Y. S. Collins, of P.asin.
ning, the popular county attorney of P.ighorn
county, who neither inherited nor found by acci-
dent the way to consequence and r >, but
worked it oul for himself with assiduous effort
and b\ constant fidelity to every daily duty. He
was born in Champaign county. Ohio, on March
30, iS-jS. the son of worthy and industrious par-
ents, whose circumstances, however, were such
that he was not able to get much education at the
schools, being obliged to help to make his own
way in the world at an early age. "When he
was but sevi i years if; - hi began to work out
among the neighbors of his home, receiving
twenty-five cents a day as wages, and. while he
may have looked longingly at the little coun-
try schoolhonse. wherein others wli> d far
more fortunate were drinking copious draughts
of the invigorating waters of knowledge, while
he could catch only here and there a handful of
the sparkling stream, as it sang and danced across
his toilsome pathway, he was not discouraged by
this condition, but "while his companions slept
was toiling upward through the night." 1'v his
own efforts, diligently and judiciously applied.
he qualified himself to teach school, and there-
after followed this vocation until he was twenty-
three years old. Having earned, and suffi-
cient money for the purpose, he then entered Mc-
Clain's ^.caderm City, Iowa, where he
pursred a course of instruction as a prepar.
for a more advanced one al college, and in lS~O
was graduated from an agricultural college with
the degre ' civil engineer. In the spring of
IS-- he began the study of law with the firm of
ilton \ Mei mire, of Springfield. 111., and.
after completing his cour.se in the prof,
was admitted to practice in the courts oi
state b\ the Supn '• • >u an op.-n examina-
tion. Soon al'ter\\ard he r iw n coun-
ty. Xeb.. and. noi Pter his location there.
. i r of the count v. From there
he mo\ed to l-'ort Fcttcnnan, \Yyo.. and. a little
, which had but
born and bap: ne\\ municipal entit\. and
ml part in forming and develop-
790
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ing tin- bantling. Since i SSS ho has been a res-
ident of tlii' Bighorn basin, anil no man worked
lunliT or niore intelligently and systematically to
build up tbis portion nf tbe state, develop its nat-
ural resources and establish its civil and educa-
tional institutions <>n a healthy and progressive
basis. In-t prior to his coming to this section,
be organized a company ..f Xebraska capitalists
to develop the P.onanza oil-fields, and labored
most faithfully for the success of the undertak-
ing, but, after an expenditure of $22,000, the com-
]>.m\ failed. Mr. Collins, however, did not be-
come disheartened, but has firmly held to his be-
lief in the wealth of the region and has been un-
tiring in his efforts to bring it forth for the bene-
fit of mankind. For a number of years he has
served as U. S. commissioner and also devoted
his time and energies to the reclamation and im-
provement of arid lands. He was one of the
founders of the town of Basin, and, on the organ-
ization of Bighorn county, he became one of its
prominent and representative citizens, a leader
in Republican politics. In '1898 he was elected
county attorney and prosecutor and was reelected
in 1900. Prior to this, from the formation of the
county, in 1895, ne had been zealous and active
in developing its industrial, agricultural and
financial resources. It was largely through his
efforts that the Bighorn County Bank was estab-
lished, in 1897, the Basin city water-works put
into operation, in 1901, and the Bighorn Canal
Co. organized and its great irrigating plant set
in motion. In 1901 he organized the Basin Pub-
lishing Co., and, a year later, the Bonanza Oil
Development Co. His latest achievement was
the organization of the Basin Light Artillery Co.,
and through his intercession the state has
equipped this company with uniforms, revolvers,
sabers and all other things needed for its effi-
ciency, including two rifled field guns. The city
and the county are equally objects of his intense
and serviceable solicitude, seeing with a clear
vision the great possibilities of each, and knowing
also the capabilities of the people to work out
harmonious and healthy development of those
possibilities, he looks forward with abiding con-
fidence to the great future, doing his part day
by day and in every line of proper activity to
aid in hastening the good results. American cit-
izenship in the Northwest has nowhere a finer,
more courageous, more resourceful or more high-
1\ esteemed representative.
WILLIAM L. CONNELLY.
A young and enterprising man of distinctive
force of character and strong mentality, the sub-
ject of this review is a creditable representative
of that large and progressive class of Western
men whose lives and energies are devoted to the
live stock industry. William L. Connelly, a son
of Charles P. and Mary (Hanna) Connelly, was
born near Charlestown, West Virginia, on Feb-
ruary 15, 1868. In 1869 these parents moved to
Muscatine comity. Iowa, where the father lived
the life of a farmer until his death, the following
year. Mrs. Connelly died some years later, and
was laid to rest by the side of her husband, near
their home in the county of Muscatine. William
L. Connelly received his educational training in
the public schools of the above county, and at
the early age of sixteen was obliged to rely upon
his own resources for a livelihood. Actuated by
a desire to seek his fortune in the Great West,
he started, in the spring of 1885, for Wyoming,
and. reaching his destination, in due time, se-
cured employment with the management of the
P. F. cattle ranch, on the Platte River, in Laramie
county. From the above date until 1892 he rode
the range in various parts of tbe country, work-
ing for different parties, but in the latter year
took up a ranch ten miles east of Fort Laramie,
where he has since been actively engaged in
the live stock business, and is a large raiser of
alfalfa. Mr. Connelly exercised discreet judg-
ment in selecting his ranch, which lies in a rich
and beautiful grazing district, and which, with
the attractive cottage, and other improvements he
has since added, has greatly enhanced its value.
It is now one of the most desirable places of its
area in Laramie county, in many respects being
an ideal home for a family of intelligence, good
taste and enterprise. Mr. Connelly has succeeded
well in his business undertaking's, by industry and
PRO* UVE MI-X'OI- WYOMING.
791
management accumulating a conilortable
competence, sufficient, in fact, to place him in
independent circumstances. SO far a- any anxiety
for the financial future is concerned. He is a
sln\\\d ami a far-seeing l)usiness man, in all
tr.uisactions with which he has been identified
his name is a synonym fur manly conduel and
honorable dealing. At this time he owns 400
, for which he has warranty deeds, and 1,100
acres acquired by preempting. With this amount
of real-estate in his possession, all rapidly in-
creasing in value, it is eminently proper to pre-
dict for him a career of continued prosperity.
Mr. Connelly is a married man. the father of four
bright and interesting children, whose names are:
Catherine, I'.ernice. I'Yederiek and Marion; the
first born. Lawrence, is not living. The maiden
name of Mrs. Connelly was < irace I'".. Smdcr.
and the ceremony by which it was changed to
the one she now bears was solemnized at Chad-
ron. Xeb.. on January 31. l8i;2. Mrs. Connelly
is the daughter of Thomas B. and Sarah J.
iS]>anldingi Smdcr. the father being a well-
known and prosperous stockman of X'ehraska.
In his political adherencv. Mr. Connelly is a pro-
nounced Republican. While earnest in the sup-
port of his principles, he has no political aspira-
tions, preferring the independent life he now
leads to any office within the gift of the people.
W. R. Col 'MAX.
W. R. ( 'opman, owner and manager of one of
the mosl attractive and valuable stock ranch' al
ClovcrK, in I '.inborn counts. Wxoming. and the
Kistcr at this place, the postoffiee having
been established through bis efforts and at his
earnesl solicitation, has passed nearK the half of
his life so far in Wyoming, and. during the whole
of his residence in the state, he has been aetiveh
at \\ork a^ one of the builders and developer, ,,f
her commercial, industrial, agricultural and po
litical interests, lie is a native of Pennsylvania.
where hi- was born on April 15, 1X50. the s, ,ii
of W. ( '. and Anna ('opman. boih of \\hom were
born and reared in Saxom. Cermam. He lived
in his nati\e state until he reaejied the a.^c of six-
teen, assisting his parents oil the farm ami. when
he could, attending school. In iSoi. he left home
for Kansas, \\hen- he remained until 1(^77. lie
Hi. 11 went to < Iregon. Washington and to Idaho,
mining at varii 'tis places and also riding I lie ;
een times. In iSSo he brought a dn>\e of
cattle to Wyoming, from the I iranil Rmiile Val-
I' ''I < IregOn, for 11. C. I.ovell, and thereafter
remained in the territory, mining and riding
the range until 18X7. then locating a ranch on
Shell ( 'reek and going to work to develop on it a
stock compan) of magnitude and profit. He re-
mained on that ranch and carried on a good busi-
ness until l Si;}, when be sold it and removed t"
the' one he now occupies, which is a beautiful tract
of land of ^jn acres, to the natural attractive*!! —
of which his skill and industry have made im-
portant additions, and on which he has erected
good buildings and built up a line cattle business.
lie took up part of the land as a homestead, and
part as a desert claim, and has responded to the
bountx of the government in giving it. by dili-
gently appKin- his enterprise, intelligence and
systematic labor in its improvement, llis stork
consists of sheep, cattle and horses, sheep being
ihe principal interest which engages his atten-
tion, and of these he handles usuallv a band of
about I .OOO. llis cattle and horses are \\ell se-
lected as to breeds, and are well kepi In careful
attention and ample provision for their comfort.
' in \n-iist _'_'. li)oo. he succeeded in having a
posiofliee established al Cleverly, and was ap-
pointed postmaster, accepting the office for the
convenience of the neighborhood, lie is also a
school director, and has given valuable attention
lo the development and improvement of the
school system of ihe district. < Mi \'o\ ember 4.
[890, he was united in marriage at Killings.
Mont., with Miss Kli/abcth Yegcu. a natr.
S\\ it/erland. but for \ears a resident of the
Xorthwest. The\ have three children, daugh-
ters. Kli/aheth. Ktuerita and Christina. Mr. i Op
man has given to the people amotit; whom be
has lived in this state an example of elevated and
useful cili/euship. and has left his mark on tin-
civil and educational institutions of his countv in
enduring form. In all the lines of active effort
792
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
in \\hich In.' has labored, he has performed his
duties with fidelity ami success, and, wherever he
has halted I»UL; nil mull to accomplish a definite
result, lu- lias K-ft tin- impress of a public-spirited,
, eing man of enterprise and resourcefulness.
JOHN F. CORBETT.
A pioneer of 1877 in Wyoming, and a mighty
rod through all this northwestern country,
having braved all dangers of the section and en-
dured all privations incident to his wild life, with
a competence of this world's wealth, won by his
own thrift and enterprise, a town being named in
his honor as proof of his public spirit and his
permanent impress on the very body of his time,
John F. Corbett, of Meeteetse, in Bighorn coun-
ty, remains among us as a distinct and worthy
type of that fast-fading personage, the real fron-
tiersman and pioneer, who blazed the way for
the advancing arm of civilization in that part
of the world and first commanded the wild
luxuries of nature to subjection for the uses of
mankind. Mr. Corbett was born of Irish parent-
age and Welch ancestry on his father's side. His
grandfather, an Irish major in the British army,
in that service well sustained the prestige of his
forefathers, which they won on many a bloody
field. Mr. John F. Corbett's parents were Mat-
thias and Johanna Corbett. They were born and
reared and married in Ireland. Soon after their
marriage they came to the United States and
settled in Massachusetts, where their son, John
F., was born on December 28, 1846. He re-
ceived a limited common-school education in his
native place, and when he was seventeen vears of
age went to Tennessee, where he endeavored to
enlist as a soldier in the Union Army, but was
rejected on account of the frailty of his health.
He then secured government employment as a
teamster, in this capacity reached Kansas City.
Mo., and later was transferred to Lawrence, Kan.
There he determined to become a scout, and for
years thereafter he was employed in this thrilling
but dangerous duty, serving in turn all the re-
nowned men in the West who stood in need of
his ability in this direction. He scouted with
man) noted personages, portions of the time being
in the service of the United States, and portions
in that of the several territories and of private.
parties. He also hunted buffalo and other game
on an extensive scale. The life was full of diffi-
culties, but his body and soul were hardened to
meet them. It was beset with dangers, but these
were the very spice of it. The wilderness, rough,
harsh and inexorable, had for him, as it had for
many another, charms more potent than all the
lures of luxury and sloth. In June, 1868, a com-
pany of scouts was organized, under command of
Major Forsyth and Lieutenant Beecher, consist-
ing of fifty-three citizens. They fought the well-
remembered battle of the Riccara, on the Middle
Fork of the Sweetwater, Mr. Corbett joining
them after the battle, in August, when the band
was recruited to its normal size, under the
command of Lieutenant Papoon, of the Tenth
I'. S. Cavalry, with Malcolm Graham next in
command as acting sergeant major. Among
other prominent pioneers in this troop were
Judge Stillwcll, Jim Curry, French Pete, Jack
Donovan, Joe Lane and others. He had here
breathing room and scope for his adventurous na-
ture. So it was not to be wondered at that he
returned to this life after a short respite, in 1877,
as a clerk in a store at Cheyenne, which year
marked his advent into Wyoming as a perma-
nent resident. From there he went to the Pow-
der River, and for two years was engaged in
hunting on the Cn >\\ reservation. Here the game
was abundant, worthy of his prowess. In one
section, with two other hunters, he killed 552
deer and great quantities of other game. But
he tired of this life at last, and, on September 10,
1880, he came to the Bighorn basin, determined
to settle down to more quiet pursuits, and, locat-
ing on the site of the present town of Cody, he
carried on a brisk trade with the Indians, inci-
dentally doing hunting at times. Four years la-
ter he moved to the head of Meeteetse Creek, and
there opened a general store, which he conducted
\\ ith success for six years. In 1890 he took up
his residence at Meeteetse, and he has since then
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
793
made that town his home. He owns much val-
uable property within its limit.--, and, also, much
1 orbett, which wa> named in his hnni>r. Ilis
life is now passing pleasantly towards it> sun-
set, being in peace after so man}' coiilliets, in
Eter SO mam (landers, and living in agree-
able association with his fellow men, after so
much companionship with Nature; and, hnth on
account of his record and his character, he is se-
cure in the esteem of all good men. As a
her of the order of Modern \Yoodmen of Amer-
ica, lie finds profitable enjoyment in fraternal re-
lations, and as a citizen of patriotic devlion to
the home of his adoption, he has enduring pleas-
ind satisfaction in the evidences oi advance-
ment and improvement he sees developing all
around him in the community, in aid of which
lie has given freely his own contributions of time,
ice ami substantial nutriment.
K RUBEN CORN WELL.
Reuben Cnrnwcll. a pioneer of June, 1881,
whose adventurous footsteps were among the
early om-s that invaded that primeval solitude of
northern \\ "\oming, and who has seen ilie n
turned to a smiling garden of productiveness,
ing in all the smiles of civilization and pros-
perity, i-. a native of New York, where he was
born on June IM. iS-44. Ilis parents, \Vilburand
Sylvia i Mnsicr) Cornwell, were also native in
the Rmpire state, and when lie was six years old
remover] to, Oakland county, Michigan,
where they were engaged in farming. < >n the
Michigan farm he grew t<> manhood and at in-
'•hools of tile ! 'i !
When he wa< twenty years of age, in Scptt
iXi>.|, lie enlisted in the .Michigan Light Artillery
-ervcd until the end of tin- ( 'ivil \\'ar. lie
retm in at the eml of hi-- term.
. in 1*71. moved to Iowa. ' in Chick-
lunty. There i"< >r ten > eai - he foli
farming, and. in 1881, came to tiling
in Sheridan county and tal.ing up land on I'rairie
i !ri ek. He p there in the stock
hush id, in iSSj. tool, up hi- residence in
the town of Sheridan, and began to carry the
mails under contract between that town and
I'.erne, Mont. At the end of three years he re-
linquished his contract for this work. and. during
the next five years conducted a stock business on
land he had taken up on preemption and d
claims. In 1900 he sold his ranch and again
moved to Sheridan, and since then he has been
handling cattle on the ranges, having generally
200 head <>r more. Mr. Cornwell takes an active
interest in the affairs of the toun and county
of his residence. He is a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic and also of the Old Set-
tlers' Club, being active in the service of both
organizations. He wa- married in Iowa in
liss Martha Contain, a native of that state
and a daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Stohl)
Coutant, early emigrants from Pennsylvania to
Iowa, when the latter was a wild and unsettled
frontier. Mrs. Cornwell is. also, like her hus-
band, an interested and active member of the
Old Settlers' ('lub, much esteemed in the social
and church circles of the county seat. Her pres-
ence and her influence are felt in all works of
charity and benevolence.
JOHN E. CRAWFORD.
I hi- representative farmer and stockraiser.
one of I.aramic conntv's enterprising men of at"
. was born in Sullivan county. Indiana, on
\ngii-t .^. 1868. His parents were Robert and
Mary (Hall) Crawford, both lifelong residents
nllivan count_v. the father being a farmer b\
n. Robert Crawford was well known in
the community where- nearlv all hi- life \\a- -pent
and eiijoxed the confidence and e-teem of his
neighhr IT- and fellow • :rred
in I'Yhniarv. 187-. Mrs. Crau ford i- -till living
in tlii- crnint} of Sullivan, making her home with
a son, Charles, \\lio earn* • :iing near the
old famiK h I The earlv life of [ohn
rawford, spenl on th. h.nne farm, was with
ollt <
very much like that of tin- majority of boys wh»
are reave,! to industrii I ts in the coimtrv.
794
'GRESSIYE MEN Ol: WYOMING.
His educational experiences included an attend-
ance a! tlk' public scli""ls in ihe \\inti-r seasons,
while the rest of the is devoted to the
honorable toil with which life on the farm is at-
tended, lie fore attaining his majority, he left
the parental roof and began life for himself,
working for farmers in the neighborhood where
he was horn and reared, lie was thus engaged
until the spring of 1800 when he went to Scotts
Bluff county, Xeh.. where he followed agricul-
tural pursuits for a limited period. Going thence
to the northern part of Wyoming, Mr. Crawford
spent about six months in the northern section
of the state, and at the expiration of that time
he located on the Rawhide, where, during the
eighteen months following, he was engaged in
ranching. In the spring of 1892 he assisted in
driving cattle to .Montana, but did not long re-
main in the latter state, returning to Woyming
after a lapse of six months, and. in the fall of
1892, he took up his present ranch, seventeen
miles east of Fort Laramie. Mr. Crawford erect-
ed a comfortable- house on his land but did noth-
ing further in the way of improvement until 1899,
devoting the intervening years to ranching for
various parties in Laramie and other counties.
In the spring of the above year he addressed him-
self to the improvement of his place, since that
time he has been actively engaged in farming,
for which his land appears peculiarly adapted.
In addition to cultivating the soil, he is also in-
terested in stockraising. owning a fine herd of
cattle, which is constantly increasing, the outlook
being very favorable for a prosperous business
in this important industry. Mr. Crawford is a
stockholder in the Torrington ditch, which was
organized in 1892 and which has done so much
to redeem and make habitable so large and valu-
able an agricultural district in the county of
Laramie. He is one of the leading spirits in the
enterprise, takes an active interest in the work,
devoting no inconsiderable portion of his time to
the further extension of the ditch to the end
that a still larger area of fertile land may be re-
duced to tillage. Fraternally. Mr. Crawford is
a member of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, and in his daily life exemplifies, in a prac-
tical way, the teachings and precepts of this
most excellent organization. He has never mair-
ried. contenting himself to live alone, without
assuming the responsibility of family ties. En-
joying the respect and esteem of the community
in which he resides, and having gained distinctive
success in a temporal way, Mr. Crawford has
no cause for regretting that he has cast his lot
in the West, and, it is safe to assert, that the
state of Wyoming has no more loyal supporter.
He has led an active life and in many ways ha-;
done much to advance the material interests of
the county which is honored by his citizenship.
HENRY B. CUNNINGHAM.
One of the most successful and progressive
of the stockmen of the state of Wyoming is
Henry B. Cunningham, of Meriden. He is a
native of the county of McLean, in the state of
Illinois, having been born there on January 23,
1853, the son of King and Cyrena (Thompson)
Cunningham, the former a native of Indiana, and
the latter of Kentucky. The paternal grand-
father of Mr. Cunningham was a native of Ire-
land, who. upon emigrating to America, first
settled in Virginia, where, for a time, he followed
freighting in the Alleghany Mountains, an occu-
pation which, in that early day. was one of great
importance in the commercial transactions of the
time, and very remunerative. Subsequently he
removed to Indiana, where he 'settled in the vi-
cinity of Wabash, and engaged in farming and
stockraising. Here he remained for a number
of years, in 1827 disposing of his interests in
Indiana, and moving his family and belongings
to Illinois, where he purchased a farm and settled
down in McLean county, and engaged in farming
and stockgrowing, at which he remained em-
ployed to the time of his death, which occurred
in 1861. His maternal grandfather emigrated
to America in 1816, when he was but sixteen
years of age, and first went to Lexington, Ky.,
where he soon entered upon the occupation of
stockraising and farming. In 1827 he removed
PRO WE Ml WYOM1
hi- re-idenec ti> tin.' state of [llinois, and estab-
lished hiinsi-lf in the enmity "i" McLean, and there
continued in the same pursuit until his death in
iSS(j. The father nf Heiirx I1.. Cunning
arriving at man's estate. aKn engaged r
and in the raising nf line -lock in M. 'inty,
111., where he i> still residing, engaged in that
pursuit. The nmther died mi April 4, iS</S. and
was buried in that enmit\. .Mr. I'mmin
received hi- early education in the • 'mol-
nf his native place, and remaineil at home, as-
• g hi- father in the inanagenii nt "f the home
business until 1873. when, desiring to begin life
Inr himself, he tnnk a trip to * ahfornia. an
cured empliiymeir Stock farm near San
Kranci-co. where he remained until the fall nf
that \ ear. He then returned to the [llinois home
and there remained until December nf that year,
when he went to Creston, in I 'ninn count). Inwa,
where he purchased a farm and entered
ng and farming, lie rnntinucd in this
bn-ine-- until I SSS \vith greal success, bein-
interested extensively in tile hm ing and selling
and alsn in merchandising at various
placc- in I'nion county. lie was one of the
-11 that -ecti, in i 'f the stati-. In
1888 he disp, i-ed ,,f many of hi- interests in
I'nion county and removed to ' les, Iowa,
where he engaged f' < in the hardwar-1
biisiin --. !b was one of the ,irgani/er- ami in-
C( >rp' i] • 'A a ( 'an t < ••• C - ot I >< -
Moiiu-s. |o\\a. and v. and
treasurer - ,f that company. I !
r of the < Vntral rolling mills, which he
operated for a number of
tensivch in real-estate in I >< - M d vi-
cinity. In iS,,i. with other p
i/eil a conipain for the manufacture of sa-h.
• j and blind-, and v. enl '
when- tbe\ built a la;
irry on that bn-ine--. I l.i\ ing .in opp, .rtmiitv
to dispose of this pr,
th, compam sold oul and he returned to hi- old
In »me in Des Moines until 1*07. • in a
real-e-tale and 1" In the latter
he closed out hi- holding! in Iowa ami re-
d his n-sid, Wyoming, where he
1 a large ranch property mi Little I!
. pnrcha-ed a line herd of cattle and em-
barked in ranching and -to,-Lrai-ing. Tin- bllsi-
lie conducted ver\ nlly until the
summer ,,f [900, when he di-p ill of this
and. with his famih . p i--ed the entire
n an overland plea-nre trip to the Yel-
X'atimial I'ark. R< turning to I
in the fall he engaged in a li -
hnyi: title, lior-e- and sheep on
ion, and carried this ,,n with marked
.success until l-'ebrnan. |i /•>_'. when he secured
a lease of his present ranch fn mi Mr. |. 1!. ('ul-
ver. and again en. . .teiisjvely in the
bn-ine--. i >n Fcbruan |S. 1X7}. Mr. t 'imning-
hain was united in i in I "nimi cminty.
Iowa, to Mis- Mar\ !•". ('r\st. a native of that
I li> fathi ! i ,f Mr-, i 'unningham
prosperous farmer of I "nioii county, and i-
of the very earliest of the settlers of that
timi lie. while her motlur. ' r\st.
:ike the father, a pi> >n \lr. ami
m have '"Idren. I'.ert.
Myrtle. Roy and ("\rena. \el-mi. Lillian and
;. all of whom are living. Politically. Mr.
( 'unniiigliam i- identitiid witli the K
party, and during all
!i a prominent part in public affairs. \
for public po-ition. In- is in p
well as in bn-im-- ami -"eial In \ e. liber-
al an man. and a! ihe most
:!u -late
INI i K< >\I1'T« )N liki ITHERS.
The ( . "rmnptmi I'.rotlurs. merchain
an-toii. \' 5 of Mr. \\'illiam
ipton. di \\'ilh.in ; >n \\.i-
born in I id. in |S_;_-. Mi-
ner boib in l-'ngland and in the I'nited
.111. and conr-
• -I \\orked in construc-
tion on the 1'nion I'acilie K.nho.id until it
emu; !i Salt 1 City I -ton. and
796
1-SSiyE MEN OF WYOMING.
there he became engaged in mining. He worked
for some time in the coal mines at Almy, Wyo.,
and then went into f; inning and stockraising.
i'.;ilt a handsome brick residi <a> e aboul four
miles from Evun>t<in and lived in it until about
three years before his death, which occurred at
his Ogden home in October, 1900, at the age of
sixty-three years. His remains are buried at
Evanston. He was devoted to his home; home
life being his chief delight. Seldom could he be
found away from his own fireside. He was a
man greatly respected by all \vho knew him. He
was married in England to Hannah Hobson,
who survives him. She is a native of England,
born in 1835, and lives at the Ogden home, at
3161 Adams street. Mr. and Mrs. Crompton
were the parents of the following children : Jane ;
John, died at the age of thirty-three years ; Ra-
chel ; Joseph ; William ; Mary ; Walter ; Squire ;
Anna, died when sixteen ; Lillian ; Carrie.
SHERMAN G. DEVALL.
While it may be, as has been said, that the les-
sons of adversity are not always salutary, that
thev sometimes awaken or intensify the more un-
welcome phases of human nature which are born
of envy and a sense of injustice, it is undoubtedly
true that there is scarcely a more decided and
productive stimulus to effort and the develop-
ment of manly qualities of self-reliance and re-
sourcefulness than necessity and absolute de-
pendence on one's own exertions. This truth
is well illustrated in the life and achievements
of Sherman G. DeVall, for the last ten years
prominent as a ranchman and stockgrower on
Stockade Beaver Creek, twenty-two miles north-
east of Newcastle, where he has a fine ranch of
320 acres of well-improved and highly cultivated
Innd, on which he dwells in a commodious and
convenient modern residence, which is surround-
ed with good barns, sheds, corrals and other ap-
purtenances required for success in his industry.
His life began on August 9, 1867, at Preston,
W. Ya.. where his parents, Absalom G. and Har-
riet (Draper) DeVall, natives of that state, were
_;cd in farming, after an arduous and exact-
ing service by the father in the Civil War, from
his enlistment in 1861 until its close, in which he
followed the fortunes of General Grant through
his most dangerous and difficult campaigns, par-
ticipating in many battles and many exhausting
marches. After peace was declared he returned
to his farm in West Virginia, where he remained
until 1870, when he removed to Maryland, lo-
cating in Garrett county. There his wife died
in 1878 and he in 1880. Sherman G. DeVall
was educated in the public schools of Maryland
to a limited extent, but, being left an orphan at
the age of thirteen years, he was obliged to take
up the burden of life for himself at that early
age, and, with a brother three years older, he
went to Pennsylvania and there worked at var-
ious occupations in different parts of that state
for three years. He returned to West Virginia
in 1882 and there for nine years followed mining.
In 1891 he came to Nebraska, and, after farm-
ing in Buffalo county of that state for a year,
came on to Wyoming, where, in August, 1892,
he took up his present ranch, on which he has
since resided and carried on a profitable and ex-
panding farming and stockraising enterprise.
When he came here this whole picturesque sec-
tion, with its pleasing variety of hill and vale, was
almost unoccupied. Now it blooms with the
flowers, teems with the fruits and is fraught with
the moral agencies of civilization, to the planting
and growth of which Mr. DeVall has essentially
contributed. His early necessities and struggles
produced a rugged force of character, quick and
alert readiness in action, a clearness of vision
and a resolute perseverance, of a kind that de-
serves success and usually commands it. In poli-
tics he is an active Republican, and takes an eager
interest in the success of his party.
GEORGE W. DAVIS.
One of the prosperous and rising stockmen
of Laramie county, whose address is Glendo, Wy-
oming, the subject of this sketch, George W.
Davis, was born on January 23, 1861, being a
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OI< WYOM1
797
native of the city of Elgin, Texas, ami th<
of ( iarland and Kiuily I I'ettyjohn ) Davis, the
former a native oi Georgia, and the latter of
Illinois. His father was engaged in the occu-
l>:iti'ni of fanning in Texas, his farm being sit-
uated near Elgin, and he there remained em-
ployed in that pursuit up to the time of his death
which occurred in iSg^. The mother passed a
in iSijcj. and both lie buried at Elgin. < leorge \\r.
Davis grew to man's estate at Elgin and upon
the completion of his education, he remained .it
.home with his father, assisting in the work and
management of the farm until he had attained
to the age of tweiitv-four years. 1 le then determ-
ined to seek his fortune in the country to th-;
wesl and north, and he came to the territory of
\Y\ ' iming. Here he remained for a short time at
Cheyenne, and subsequently . removed to the vi-
cinity of his present home, where he secured
employment as a range-rider, for the purpose of
acquiring a practical knowledge of the cattle
business, in which he intended I" > ngage a- soon
ircumstaiuv- u<>uld permit. He was first
employed by the T. & P>. Cattle Co., one of tin-
large companies which were operating in tha:
•if \\'vi iming, and remained with them about
three year-. He then resigned this ii'>-iti<>u and
secured employment in other ectl IIS of the
country in the same business until iSij-|. In that
year he erased working for others and
menced business fur himself. Comim to hi-
iii place, -hinted on the I Matte River, about
thirty-five miles southeast nf Douglas and three
miles east > • < < \\ \ • >., be iln re •
himself in ranching;- and catl
lie has been thus eoiitinuoush enipl- ' has
met with in bis undertakings. Marling
-mall w,a\ . a- his limiti-d mea
mil. he has gradually added to his pro
holdinv.- fr.'i . i adib in-
creasing bis business. l'.\ liard work,
and g' Mm ethods hi ; -I' >w 1\ but
siirel\ building up a siuvessful h ml is
destined t. . beo ime one ' 'i' the leading
of In tion of the counU . ' mber 17,
[897, Mr. Davis \v,as united in the bob bunds
"f matrimony at Dougla-. \Vyo.. to Mrs, Mais',
I .. i Jackson i Illaisdell. a
. and the daughter of Nathan and Sylvia
"iiio and al
in- nf that state. The pare;
.Mrs. Davis formerly resided in the state of \Yv-
oming, but removed to the state of Ohio, where
they are now residing. Mr. Davis has ado
the three children of his wife by her former hus-
. Daniel, Eaton and Sylvia, and they consti-
tute a happy family at his home at Glendo, \Yvo.
Political!}., lie ich member of the Demo-
cratic party, although he lias never sought or de-
sired public office, preferring to devote his entire
time and attention to the management of his pri-
vate business. He is highly respected in the
community where he resi<
P. .1. DELANEY.
Vmong the progressive, energetic and pop-
ular dwell, i- on Hi' banks of Green River, near
the l.a I'.-. • [office, where he is prospen
iged in profitable labor at ranching and as
nan, Patrick J. ! I lias traveled
over many a mile of distant en manv
countries and sections of emmtrv. It i- quite .1
testimonial to the value of the < ireen River Val-
u ben he has been content to here make' his
and here throws his activities toward the
development of the country. Mr. Dclanev was
horn in Chicago, 111., on \pril .-5. iSn-. the SOU
of James and Mar-anl (Cramer) Dclanev, na-
nd. The father, a millwright.
to tile I'nited Stales in iX;}. ami industriously
pursued 1 until 1*7^. when, locating in
kansa- with hi-, family, he there followed agrt-
ailttiral pur-nit- until his death, which luvniTed
879 al thi tge of fori eai I li- faithful
\\ il'e did i him, d\ ing ill iSS
Hieir seven children were
ilietll. \\lio died in k
: \\'illiam I.. no\- --fnl -incLman on
I 'alrick I. ; \\"ilbert. a fii
on the Missouri Pacific Railroad: F.dward. now
of Montana. Pan li .itlending
798
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
tin- public schools of Kansas, at an earl\ age be
came identified with r;iiln>ad operations and
was connected with various departments of this
activity mi various railroads for ten years of
consecutive labor. Following this lie became .1
farmer in South hakota. where he unremittingly
conducted his operations until he came to Wyo-
ming in 181)5. very soon thereafter taking up
the tract of government land which he has devel-
oped into a tine property and he is now the owner
of an estate of 320 acres on which he is carrying
on ranching, being diligently occupied, with the
care of his fine and promising herds of cattle
which range over his fertile acres and the ad-
jacent range. Mr. Delanev is a man of practical
common sense, having a large fund of general
information, being an "all-around" good citizen
who has many friends.
J( >SEPH DITLIXGER.
Joseph Ditlinger, one of the representative
and progressive stockmen of northern Wyoming,
was born on October 5, 1862, in Jennings coun-
ty, Indiana, where his parents. Adam and La-
Belle Ditlinger, were prosperous farmers, hav-
ing come there from their native state of Georgia,
and carried on their farming industry success-
fully until the death of the father in 1887, and
there the mother is still living on the old home-
stead. Joseph remained at home until he was
fourteen years old, attending the public school
in his vicinity as he had opportunity, and then,
in 1876, he went to Nevada, where he worked
on ranches and rode the range until 1881. He
then came to Wyoming, locating at Cheyenne,
and engaged in freighting for two years from
that town to the northern part of the state for
cattle outfits. In 1883 ne settled in Crook county,
there finding congenial employment as a range-
rider and cowboy until the autumn of 1887, when
he took up the ranch on which he now lives on
Horse Creek, thirty-seven miles north of GiK
lette, where he has since remained, engaged in
raising sheep and horses on a scale of increasing
magnitude. His business is prosperous and pro-
gressive, because he makes it so. His cncrgv
and his diligent attention to its every detail, his
readiness in action, quickness of perception and
breadth of view, combined with his knowledge
of men and business methods, give him full com-
mand of the situation, and would compel success,
even if the conditions were unfavorable, which
they are not. for his ranch is well located, sub-
stantially improved and highly cultivated. Its
natural facilities for his enterprise have been con-
centrated, intensified and systematized by care
and labor, having been by him many times mul-
tiplied in their productiveness. In politics Air.
Ditlinger is an uncompromising Republican, who
always takes an active interest in the affairs of his
party, giving its principles and candidates loyal
and serviceable support, yet seeking none of its
hon;irs for himself. He is also deeply interested
in the welfare of the community in which h:>
lives, being ready to aid in the development of
every good enterprise for the advancement and
improvement of the county or state. Fraternally,
he is connected with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, holding membership in the lodge
at ( lillette, and in church relations is a Catholic.
JOHN W. DEANE.
From the very acme of modern civilization
and intellectual and social culture in this coun-
try, a large Atlantic coast city, to the wilds of a
Wyoming frontier ; from the stirring and strenu-
ous life of a great commercial and manufacturing
metropolis, pregnant with every form of business
and mental activity in intense operation, to the
lonely, dangerous, untrammeled existence of a
rangeriding cowboy, is a long stride in condi-
tions as well as in longitude, but it is one that
lias been freely taken by many an adventurous
youth in this great country, and taken, too, to his
lasting and great advantage in many ways. This
stride, made when he was but nineteen years of
age, by John W. Deane. now of Bighorn county.
Wyoming, living near Sunshine on Wood River,
brought him to dwell in the closest presence of
Nature, to listen to her voice of melody and pow-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF H'YOML\C.
799
cr. In feel her enm ihhng influences, which pene-
trate and mold the heart, and tn see flu-
dimr uf opportunity for health, fortune and suc-
cess in life. Mr. Deanc was horn in the en
Philadelphia. 1'a.. on January _', 1857, the son of
Isaac and Alary (Gift) Deane, natives of F.ng-
laud and Ireland, respectively. In that city he
grew to the age of nineteen and received a
good public school education. In iS,-*. feeling
a strong desire for a career on the open plains,.
lu came wot to the frontier and trailed cattle
to ( tgalalla, Xeh.. and from there came to Green
River. Wyo., where, for three years, he was
busy range-rider and freighter. At the end of
that period he moved to Fort Washakie and was
for a time in the employ of J. K. Moore. At the
conclusion of his term of service with Mr. Moore.
he began carrying the I". S. mails between the
fort and Stinking \Yater and Trail Creek, making
the trips once a month for four years, when he
took a contract to do the same work between the
fort and Otto Franc's ranch, a convenient point
of distribution for a large extent of northern
\Y\oiniiig. In 1887, he located on Wood River
and turned his attention to raiding -lock and
general farming. He owns }_><> acres of j^ood
land, which he lias improved with good build-
ings, and much of which he has brought to pro-
ductive cultivation, running an average of from
seventy to TOO cattle of choice breeds. With a
due regard to the claims of the neighborhood nil
his time and faculties, he has served for a number
ol years as the postmaster at Sunshine, and ha-
made himself very useful to the people around
him by his faithful attention to the duties of the
office. He is also interested in the Kirwin mines
and in other industries of value and holds fi
nal relations with the Modern \Y linen of
America. Mr. [Vane's ti,-si marriage was to
Miss F.mma Sliephard, a native of Wisconsin,
and occurred in Chicago, ,,: i Ictober, iSoo. His
..second wile. Matilda, was native and partially
d in C.crmany. She has , me child b\ a for-
mer marriage. Miss I.nlu Henderson. In ai
relations of life, wherever he has lived. Mr.
I Vane has so borne himself ;is to win and re-
tain the respect and esteem of his fellow men, and
has so used hi- energies as to contribute essen-
tially to the advancement and development of his
community and the general good of his county.
WILLIAM H. DICKINSON.
'I he enterprising and pro^ressi\e manager
and treasurer of the Lander Commercial G
distinctively a Wyoming product, having been
born, reared and educated in the town where his
successful business career has been so far con-
ducted. IK- first saw the light at Lander. Fre-
mont county, on May 30, 1X71.. the son of I
I', (see sketch on another page of this \\
and Margaret il'.urkci (Heenan) Dickin-on.be-
ing one of their four children, two of whom
'are living. The public schools of Lander fur-
nished his scholastic education, which was sup-
plemented b\ a course "f training at the I
man business College of roiighkccpsic. X. V..
and one at Ilion College in the same state, while
the commercial activities of the town gave op-
portunity for the productive use of his business
faculties. I'pon his return from the eastern col-
leges he was employed as clerk in various stores
and also in the First National I'.ank of Lander.
In l'M<> he bought the stock of the Lander Mer-
cantile Co., and, in association with Fdsou A.
Earle, lias since conducted a mercantile busi-
ness, which has had a steady and healthful ex-
pan-ion. and. from promising beginnings, has
iM-own in popular favor, as it has more and more
tin l tin- requirements of an enterprising and
advancing community. Mr. Dickinson i-
interested in large lumber and coal enterprises,
and. in company with his father, he is activclv
engaged in the caltle industrx. In public affair-
he has a keen and constant interest, being intelli-
gently concerned about e\ir\ tiling that contrib-
utes to the pro-re-- and improvement of Lander.
williii!;l\ giving to it the benefit of his talents
and energ lie ha- rendered valuable and ap-
LS city clerk, and li.is ^i\ , n an
rating impulse t. i evcr\ pub'
In fraternal relations he is identified with the
8oo
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
order of Krccmasons. In marital relations he
been ln-li]\ favored, his wife, a cultured lady,
formerly being ;i Miss i iertrude L. Dobler, of
Kawlins. a daughter of William L. and Laviniana
I Kendall I Dnhler, natives of Iowa, who were
among tin rsHvmed contributions of that great
slate to the development and progress of the
mighty Northwest.
A. LcROY DICKINSON'.
\\'hatever of achievement and adornment
there may he to credit to the account of later
men and women, the real foundation builders of
'.he great Northwest were these trail-blazers and
early settlers who opened the way for the ad-
vancing march of civilization, gave trend and di-
rection to the educational and moral forces, fixed '
the character of the political institutions and
awakened and vitalized the commercial agen-
cies of the various communities. All honor to
the race of noble American pioneers ! Full well
they met the demands of their day and condi-
tions, far better than they knew, they builded
for states and polities to govern and to bless man-
kind. High on the roll of this advance guard
of enlightenment and civilization is written the
name of A. LeRoy Dickinson, now a progressive
and enterprising farmer and stockgrower on a
fork of Sundance Creek, four miles from Sun-
dance, whose ranch proclaims his spirit of prog-
ress, his skillful husbandry, his judgment in the
character of its buildings and other improve-
• ments, and his taste in the arrangement of its ac-
commodations and their adornment. It was
among the earliest parts of this territory to fall
under the reclaiming industry of civilized man.
and has responded bountifully to the care be-
stowed upon it. Mr. Dickinson was born on
Tune 26, 1852, in Dane county, Wis., a son of
Luke and Nancy (Crane) Dickinson, natives of
New York and early pioneers in that portion of
Wisconsin, where they settled in 1849. The fa-
ther was a farmer and carpenter, who. after
working at both vocations a number of years in
Dane county, removed to Adams and later to
Wood county in the same state, in Wood re-
maining until his death in 1865, his widow dy-
ing there one year later. Thus left an orphan
at the age of fourteen, Mr. Dickinson, of this
review, did not have opportunity for much of
the education dispensed by the schools, but was
forced to take his place at Nature's own form and
get his training by actual contact with the world
and its contests from his very youth. He worked
on farms in Wood county, and as soon as he
was old enough began learning the carpenter
trade. He mastered it and wrought at it for a
number of years in that locality, remaining there
until he was twenty-five. In 1879 he removed
to Minnesota, and. locating in McLeod county,
passed four years there in peaceful and profitable
farming. In 1883 he came to Deadwood, S. D.,
and in the fall of the year came to Wyoming,
settling in Crook county and there taking up
a portion of the ranch he now occupies on a
fork of Sundance Creek, four miles from the
town. Here he has carried on a successful and
expanding cattle industry, has added to the value
of his land by judicious and well placed im-
provements, working out his advancement by his
own efforts, and losing no foot of ground which
he once gained in the progress. He is highly es-
teemed as a leading and representative citizen,
being a Republican in politics, but not an active
partisan, a useful factor in every project for the
real benefit of the community. On June 26, 1875,
in Wood eounty, Wis.. he was married to Miss
Mattie Teed, a native of that state and a daughter
of Stephen and Zenetta (Barnes) Teed, natives
of New York. Her father was a merchant at
Lake Mills. Wis., and there both of her par-
ents died at a good old age. Mr. and Mrs. Dick-
inson have two children, Zenetta. married to Mr.
Shroyer, and Walter.
SAMUEL D. DITTO.
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Prominent as an excellent breeder of horses,
a successful ranchman and a competent man of
affairs, active and influential in politics, with a
wealth of experience gathered in extensive travel
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1
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and being Ion"; a contractor and builder in vari-
ous states and cities throughout the middle and
the farther West, Samuel D. Ditto, of near Gil-
lette in Crook omntv, stands well in the estima-
tion of his community and is well equipped for
all the duties of life he is called upon to perform.
He was born on June 29, 1861, in .Mercer county,
Illinois, where his parents, John W. and 'Elizabeth
(Redmon) Ditto, natives of Ohio, were living at
the time, the beneficiaries of an extensive mer-
cantile business, which was carried on by the
father after having passed a number of
in successful farming. He passed nearly the
win ile ot his life in that county, having been
brought there when a boy by his parents, and,
after a career of usefulness and honorable living,
with all men and in even- relation, he died in
1885. 1 1 is wife preceded him to the grave by
fourteen years, passing away in 1871. Mr. Ditto
grew to manhood and was educated in his na-
tive' comity. . He assisted his father on the farm
and in his business until he was twenty-four years
of age, after the father's death, in 1885, coming
westward to Nebraska, where he began a con-
tracting and building enterprise which called him
from that state .through surrounding ones and
still farther t» the west. He built the first house
erected in Alliance, Neb., put up a number of
superior building blocks and residences in I "(ah.
Nevada and Idaho, and left the proofs of his skill
and great capacity for construction whei
he halted long enough to secure a contract. He
first saw Wyoming in iR8(). when the now thriv-
ing and comely little city of Newcastle had just
1 poken into being and was fast rising i
her slumber of infancy to vigorous and pr< •
sive activity. Ib- returned, however, for awhile
to I 'tab and Nevada and. thn r. in
few months in North I >a-
came hack to Wyoming and located at
Sheridan when- he remained until [895, Ile
tarted in the horse busii
nnd b. i maintained hi, homi in thai town.
In the fall of 1X1,7 be homesteaded, mi Don!
mile- i Gill tld, from
has (Icvot.'d himself assiduously to build-
ing up a profitable industry in the breeding of
horses, giving attention to raising the standard
around him, catering in a satisfactory way to an
ling market. He has scored a pronounced
success in his business, enrolling his name high
among the progressive men of his line and win-
ning the good will of all cl LSSI of people with
whom he has come in contact. He is active in
local public affairs, being an ardent and unwav-
ering Democral in politics, of the kind who al-
ways labor for party success, and are never beat-
en until the result is announced, lie is a repre-
si ntative citizi n, i • med wherever he is known.
C. J. EARLY.
\mong the energetic and enterprising young
men of 1'inta omnU who an' rapidly forcing to
the front through the force of their inherent abil-
ity and a ni ihilitv of eharact.
of Fort Bridger, Wyoming, holds a con-
spicuous place. Ili- was horn in Brooklyn. New
York, on December _>a. [864, • son of I
and Kllcn I"!. ( McXaugbto,, i Early, both nal
of Ireland. His father did valiant service in the
bloody ranks of the Civil War, to attest the sin-
cerity of his devotion to his adopted coiuitr\. and
was in the service at Fort T'.ridger, where i 'hris
topher received most of his education at the mil-
itary school at the fort and at th
lie school. Following this he was engaged with
his father in the cattle business in this vieinitv
until iSoS. when they disposed of mosl of their
stock. In iSo} Mr. Karly bad tiled a squatl
!• lii . ni the 160 acres, « hi - his
, and bis selection was a most valuable
as he has it now well impnncd and producing
bounteous cro iiav. Mr. Karly
ive and earnesl inter. ablic
affairs as a member of the ni party, and
has served as a dep
with marked being also el. cte.l to
the I .egjslature in is united
•:'i the bonds of holy matrim.nn uith Miss \];ir\
K. K
beih i I .yons i Kavanagh, in Sail 1 ,'•'
I'h'OGRESSIFE MEN OF WYOMING.
Utah, en November 22, IO<H>. HIT paivnis were
natives of Ireland and both died in West Vir-
ginia. Mrs. Karlv ha^ two lirothers residing in
Chicago, 111., and a sister whose home is in West
Virginia. Herself and hnshand are members
of the Catholic church and they have a large cir-
cle of appreciated friends.
HON. MIKK MURPHY.
We are in no danger of estimating too highly
the extraordinary character of the age and the
land in which our lot has been cast, and of the
influences by which we are surrounded. What
has old Romance wherewith to match the every-
da\ realities of the past nineteenth century, es-
pecially in the great Northwest of the United
States? One of the forceful and productive
actors in those every-day realities which carved
out of the wilderness mighty states, and made
them the home and the heritage of a great, free
and progressive people, is Hon. Mike Murphy,
a prosperous and influential ranchman of Fre-
mont county, located twelve miles south of Lan-
der and one and one-half west of Dallas, who,
having borne the heat and burden of the day in
the period of settlement and conquest, has now
retired to the peaceful rest which comes only to
the couch of private life. He was born in
Pennsylvania on January 6, 1835, tne son °i
John C. and Maria (Tiernan) Murphy, natives
of Virginia. The father was a merchant of
Irish lineage, and the mother came from an old
Colonial family conspicuous in the early history
of the Old Dominion in peace and war, her an-
cestors of that day being valiant soldiers under
Washington in the Revolution. When Mr. Mur-
phy was but a young child the family removed
to Illinois and some years later to Iowa. In these
states he was educated and after leaving school
began life for himself as a surveyor in Nebraska,
going there before Omaha was founded as a
deputy on the U. S. survey under surveyor John
Cnlhoun. This was in 1854 and, although not
yet a man in legal age, he rendered valuable serv-
ice in helping to sectionize the territory. Set-
ting there in Douglas county, he was twice
elected to represent her people in the Territi irial
Legislature. In 1859, at the time of the Pike's
1 Vak excitement he removed to Colorado, but
not succeeding to his taste in his mining ven-
tures there, he traveled through that territory,
Xew Mexico. Arizona and California into Idaho,
stopping for a short time at Florence, and then
going from there into the Boise basin, where in
1862, he was appointed by Governor Wallace
the first county clerk and recorder of Boise
county. In 1865 he went over to Montana and
passed three years mining in various places, and
in 1868 came to Wyoming and to South Pass
City and thence to the White Pine excitement,
when he went to Nevada. In 1871 he returned
to this state, settling at Rawlins, where he was
engaged in merchandising until 1876, being
elected to the Legislature in the fall of 1875. At
the close of his term he sold out his mercantile
interests and joined an expedition to the Black
Hills. The party was attacked by the Sioux
Indians on Hat Creek near the site of Waliska
and one white man was there killed and several
horses were lost. This changed their plans and
they went to Arizona. In the expedition were
fudge Harker. John C. Friend, and other history
makers of prominence. Mr. Murphy, remained
in Arizona until 1883. prospecting and mining,
and then returned to Wyoming where he fol-
lowed the same line of industry for a year or
two, at the end of which time he engaged in oil
development. In company with his brother
Frank Murphy, president of the Merchants Na-
tional Bank of Omaha, he took up considerable
oil land and together they pressed the develop-
ment of the industry, until they sold their inter-
ests to Doctor Henderson, of London, England,
for the sum of $100,000. Within a radius of
twelve miles of Lander they had on their land
three flowing wells yielding daily from 300 to 400
barrels of oil. In "all of his wanderings Mr. Mur-
phy's interest in public affairs never abated and
soon after his return his well-known ability for
legislative work and administration of official
duties brought him into prominence as a public
man. He was elected to the State Senate in
1890. but after the expiration of his term he
HON. MIKE MURPHY.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOML\t;.
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declined a further tenure of office. He owns a
tine ranch of 200 acres and is devoting his time
and energies to its improvement and that of the
st.>ek industry which he has started and is de-
veloping. He has seen every phase of frontier
life and Wyoming knows no truer pioneer, miner
or trail blazer in every good sense of the words.
MARK EDW \RDS.
One of the leading sheepmen and woolgrow-
ers-of Carbon county, Wyoming, Mark Edwards,
whose address is Medicine Bow, is a native of
England, where he was born in Dorsetshire, in
1855, the son of Job and Ann (Shirley) Ed-
wards, both natives of that country. His father
was a merchant tailor in England, where he re-
mained engaged in that pursuit up to the time of
his death, which occurred in 1901. His mother
was a woman of great strength of character, was
the parent of thirteen children, and passed away
from earth in (883 in England. Mark Edwards
grew to manhood in his native country, received
liis early education in the public schools in the
vicinity of his early home, and, after he had com-
plrtrd his education, he engaged in farming, and
enntinued in that occupation until 1880. He then
'mined to seek his fortune in the New
\Y>irld, and, disposing of his property in F.n^-
land, he sailed away to America. Upon his ar-
rival in (his country he proceeded to the state of
Illinois, where he established his home and en-
d in farming for two years, then disposing
of his farm in that state 'i" ad\ antagi . he re-
moved to ihr state of Kansas, lie continued
in the same business in the latter stale fur a num-
ber nf \i.>i-. and, in 1890, came I" \Vyoining.
where In d in thi heep and 'wing
industry, in which he has since remained, meet-
ing with c< mspicuous suco H oi the
• ltd prosper ins st, ickmen of that sec
tinn of tb -iii' . out ted as n ;i 'lid bu>i-
men ami substantial p< •
bon comity. The tirst uif Kdwards
ire her ma liss Kmma I JtiflYl, and
sin- died in lS.,o. ]ea\ ing '• F.d-
.-.II
wards, who is still living. In 1899 Mr. Edwards
again married, this wife's maiden name being
Jessie Sabin, a daughter of William and Addie
( Walter) Sabin, both natives of Ohio. Her fa-
ther died in iSi,S. at the age of fifty years, being
the son of William Sabin, a native of tin- state ot
Xew York, who removed from his native state
to the state of Ohio in early life. Her mother
a daughter of John and Mary ( Cooper)
Walter, both natives of Ohio. The former was
a native of the state of Xew Jersey, who in early
life removed to < 'hi". The latter was born in
1823, a daughter of John Cooper, a native of
New Jersey. 1 le was also the son of John Coop-
er, who was a soldier of Colonial times, an act-
ive participant in the War of the Revolution.
Mr. Edwards is one of the representative stock-
men of Wyoming, held in high esteem by all
classes of his fellow citizens. His success in
business has been due to his ,, \\-n persistent and
unaided efforts, his industry, energy and fru-
gality and his careful attention to all the details
of his enterprise. He has done much to de
the resources of Carbon county, and to promote
the besl interests of (he community where b
sides. He is one of the most valued citi/ens of
that section of Wyoming.
AXDRF.W DOWNS.
Andrew Down-, ,,f Sheridan comity, one of
the mosl prosper6us and successful farmers and
stock-growers, of this section of the state, v
well imprnved ranch is not only a model in ap-
pearance and productiveness, bin is hi^h
tribute to his taste and enterprise, was born in
Hancock county. Ohio, mi February 2O, 1 S.) i .
Ilis parents, lolin and Margaret (Foreman)
|)o\\iis. passed almost ihe whole of their lives
in that state, the father being (here native and
the mother coming in early life from Pennsyl-
vania where she was born. Mr. Down's grand-
father was ,,ne of tK tilers in his part
,,f ( >lti". ed his t'amily on its fertile soil.
•ning, from the beginning of his Ohio resi-
ed with the histor\ of his section
MEN OF WYOMING.
in a leading way. His son. the father of An-
drew Downs, who was inquired in farming from
his youth, died in his native county in 1885, and,
three years later, his widow followed him to the
other world. Kotli now rest from their labors
Mid await the resurrection in the county which
was so essentially aided and improved by their
useful lives. Andrew Downs received a com-
mon-school education in his native county, and,
after he grew to manhood, he worked for a time
with his father < >n the farm. In the winter of
1865, when the building of the Union Pacific
Railroad made the name of Omaha famous all
over the world as one of the termini of the great
transcontinental highway, he came to that city,
or rather village, and, after passing a year there
in various pursuits, he organized and conducted
a freighting outfit along the line of the new en-
terprise through Nebraska, and also afterwards
through Colorado, hauling material for the road
and also supplies for those who were engaged in
its construction. Later he freighted to and from
the Black Hills, and, at intervals, did considerable
mining there and elsewhere. From 1873 to 1882,
he made his home and headquarters at Fort Col-
lins, Colo., and there continued his mining and
freighting industries with varying success. In
1882 he came to what is now Sheridan coun-
ty. Wyo., and, desiring a permanent location on
good land with promising surroundings, and a
safe anchorage in the cattle business, to which he
had inclined for years, he took up his present
ranch on Prairie Dog Creek, five and one-half
miles south of Sheridan, being among the early
arrivals in the neighborhood, where for some
years he suffered something of the hardship and
privation that is an almost inevitable concomitant
of frontier life. But he worked away, steadily
improving his ranch and building up his stock
interests, making the best of a situation, which,
while it pinched at first, gave those promises of
abundant results of value, which he has largely
realized. His property is one of the best im-
proved and most highly cultivated along the
creek, and stands to his credit as the work of
his own enterprise and courageous perseverance.
< )n April 2, 1893, at Sheridan, Wyo., Mr. Downs
was married to Miss Amanda (Wren) Gardner,
a native of Iowa and a daughter of Jacob and
Amanda (Snook) Wren, the former born in
Pennsylvania and the latter in Ohio. They were
early emigrants to Iowa, and in Louisa county,
that state, the father took up a homestead and'
farmed it until his death, while his widow yet
is living on the homestead. Mr. Downs is an
active Republican in politics and gives his party
faithful and valuable service, but he has always
declined office for himself. Both himself a'nd
wife are zealous members of the First Baptist
church of Sheridan, prominent in all its works
of charity and benevolence.
FRANCIS M. ESTES.
Born and reared on the frontier, hastening
from its rugged, but inspiring, life to the deluge
of death and horror in the Civil War, confronting
on its ensanguined fields a valiant and stubborn
foe and meeting his responsibilities with man-
hood and endurance, after the long war following
a useful craft for years in various places, finally
settling down in a highly favored region to the
peaceful occupation of the old patriarchs, Fran-
cis M. Estes, of South Park, in the Jackson
Hole country of Wyoming, has seen many phases
of human life, met and conquered many difficul-
ties in his career, drunk of prosperity's sweet
waters, tasted, at least, many of adversity's bitter
draughts, and honestly earned the rest and gen-
eral esteem he now enjoys. He was born in
Hancock county, Ind., on May 26, 1833, a son
of John and Matilda (Newland) Estes, the form-
er being a native of Kentucky and the latter of
Indiana. His father was a man of public spirit
and progressive ideas, and whose usefulness was
generally recognized by the people among whom
he lived, whom he served well and faithfully for
years as a justice of the peace. In the Hoosier
state, of which he was a pioneer, he died at the
age of ninety, having well sustained the tradi-
tions of his South Carolina ancestry, who had
been conspicuous in . the military and civil his-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
805
torj of the proudest of all the states, by giving
trend and force to public sentiment in Colonial
times, bearing a lofty manhood into the service
of their country through the dark days of the
Revolution, helping also to shape the infant com-
monwealth after the close of that war and to
start and conduct it along the line of glorious
achievement it was destined to follow. Francis
.M. Kstcs was one of the ten children of his par-
ent >. five boys and five girls, of whom four are
now living. He was educated in a log school-
house in Indiana, in aeonlaiiee with the primi-
tive but vigorous methods of his time and loca-
tion, and, after leaving school, he learned his
trade as a plasterer, at which he worked until
li. enlisted in tin- Federal army in the defence of
the I'uion on July 8. 1862, in Co. D, Seventy-
ninth Indiana Infantry. In this command he
saw active and arduous service, participating in
the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Nash-
ville. Atlanta, and the other battles, engagements
and skirmishes incident to the campaigns it;
which the\ occurred, and being mustered out at
Nashville, Tcnn., as a sergeant on Tune 7, 18(1;,
having risen from the position of a private
through meritorious- conduct in camp and on the
field. After the war he again worked as a plas-
terer and brickmason in Illinois until 1871, then
lived in Indiana until 1880, when he went to
Kansas and spent ten years, from there remov-
ing to Colorado and there remaining two years.
The next two years were passed in Salt Lake
City, and, in the autumn of iS<»_(, he came to
\V\omhlg. where he settled on the place he now
own-- and occupies. It consists of 320 acres of
Superior land, which is devoir. 1 to fanning and
catllcraising, and makes a pleasant home for
liis famil\ and a favorite resorl f"f bis
friends. Mr. Estes holds memberships in (be .\ la-
si inic i .rder, the . pfder of Odd Felli •-.•• . and in
the ( irand \rrny of the Republic. I I
ried in Indiana, or \pril IT. 1858. to Miss Mar-
tha 1 . McCloney, a native of thai state and
hl'-r of \ijnilla and Fli/ahetli Golep) Mc-
Cloney, Kentuckians by nativiiv. The children
of this .fortunate union are. Thomas |!.. married
and living one mile south of the parental estate;
John, who died in infancy; Charles L., who died
in L'inta county at the age of thirty; Jennie X..
married to R. E. Dodson of Diamondville, this
Mate ; James -M., living at home. Mr. Estes is
an excellent citixen, who finds his highest civil.
duty in a close and serviceable attention to public
local affairs, seeking in all things the good of
the community and its proper advancement.
. JAMFS M. ENOCH.
All climes, all countries, and, especially, all
states of our Union, have furnished men of force
and enterprise for the development of our great
\orth\\cst. From the Lom Star state came to
\Y\oining James M. Fnoch, now a prominent
stockgro\\er. farmer and citixen. living ten miles
north of Sheridan, a pioneer in Wyoming, of
[880, who, since that early time has been devot-
ing his energies and influence to the growth and
improvement of the state and to the advancement
of her people and their interests. lie was born
in Texas mi IVccmber 10, 1854. the -«\\ of Jason
and Harriet E. (\Yood) Fnoch, the former a
native of Texas and the latter ,,f Alabama. On
a farm and stock ranch in Texas he grew to
manhood, being fully educated in the hard school
of experience, which gives good store of world-
ly wisdom without much learning from the books.
It is not to be supposed, however, that Mr. F.noch
\\as deprived \\holK ,.|' this, for he attended the
schools of his neighborhood, but his opportuni-
ties for schooling of this sort were' limited, for
life had for him stern and exacting duties from
his early \outh. and bis devotion to and bis prop-
er performance of them now tell in the skill and
success with which he conducts the business lu-
lus built up. Tn i8Sn lie came to Wyoming with
liie Murphy Cattle Co., then located on Piiiey
k, \\here an extensive cattle business wa-
conducted. He remained \\ itb this company un-
til iSSn, then came to Sheridan county to be^in
an independent stock industry, and \\hichln
ried on for two years. In iSSS be was eli
sheriff of the cmintx. and. after serving a term
8o6
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ul two years, lie formed a partnership association
with Capt. E. Cross in the stock business, which
they carried on with profit and success until 1895.
In that year he settled on the beautiful ranch on
the Prairie Dog Creek, which has since been his
lunne, and on which he has been conducting a
prosperous and expanding industry, in the line
he has followed through life, handling principally
cattle, but having some horses and sheep. His
ranch comprises 280 acres of the best land in the
neighborhood and he has in addition a consid-
erable acreage of leased land. It goes without
saying, in connection with a man of his thrift and
enterprise, that he has his place well improved,
thoroughly equipped and tastefully adorned, and
that it gives every evidence of his skill as a farm-
er, his capacity as a stockman and of his progres-
siveness as a citizen. In the consideration of im-
provements for the section of country in which
he lives Mr. Enoch is always in the front rank
of the most active and energetic. He is president
of the Prairie Dog Water Supply Co. and a mem-
ber of the Kearney Lake Reservoir Co. His
knowledge of the stock industry and his execu-
tive ability were recognized by the leading stock-
men of the state in a signal manner when he was
sent in 1882 to St. Paul as the stock inspector
for the Wyoming Stock Association, and his fidel-
ity and great capacity in the discharge of these
duties in this position won him general commen-
dation. In 1889 Mr. Enoch was married in
Sheridan to Miss Laura J. Buckley, a native of
Wisconsin. She died in 1896, leaving three chil-
dren, James H., Minnie B. and Laura J. Mr.
Enoch is recognized as one of the leading citizens
of the county, one of its bulwarks against the
inroads of improper enterprise or narrowness of
spirit, as well as one of its most capable and far-
seeing developers and civic forces.
JOHN W. FADDIES.
It is quite remarkable to what an extent the
Scotch nation has impressed itself upon the civ-
ilization of the New World. Go where you will,
in the older settled eastern states of the Union,
the corn states of the Mississippi Valley, the
grain belt lying west of the great Father of \V-i-
ters, into tin- lar-e cities of the country or aiimng
the ranches and mines of the West and the piner-
ies of .Michigan, Minnesota and of the Pacific
coast, everywhere you will find Scotchmen in
the front rank of activity; leading men of their
respective localities. We are led to these reflec-
tions in considering the useful life and activities
of John M. Faddies, the popular foreman of
Mine No. i at Cumberland, Wyoming, who, born
in Scotland on December 5, 1857, and yet in the
early prime of life, has attained a position of
marked responsibility as the logical sequence of
his ability, honesty and great capability. Mr.
Faddies is a native of Dunbartonshire, Scotland,
and a son of David and Elizabeth (Train) Fad-
dies. He was one of their ten children, of whom
seven are now living. His father was a son of
Tames Faddies and the family has been estab-
lished in Scotland for many generations, pro-
ducing in each, in due succession, citizens of the
best character, quiet, unostentatious and God-
fearing people. David Faddies, a miner in Scot-
land, became interested in the teachings of Mor-
mon missionaries and, in 1871, came with his
family to Utah, to become a unit in the great ag-
gregation of that industrious and faithful peo-
ple, who, by their tireless industry, have literally
made the desert to blossom as the rose. In that
new country the father and mother conscien-
tiously labored, acquiring and holding the high
esteem of the people of their community, until
they were summoned from earth, the father in
1879, at the age of seventy-five, and the mother
in 1887 at the age of seventy-eight years. They
await the resurrection in the little city of Coal-
ville, where they are buried. John M. Faddies
received the solid education of the Scotch schools,
early engaged in coal mining in his native land,
and this vocation he has followed all of the years
of his life from that early time. Quick to learn,
cool, resourceful and energetic, it is not surpris-
ing that, after coming to Utah with his parents in
1871, he did not have to labor long before his un-
doubted qualifications secured his appointment
PROGRESSIVE ME\ Ol- irYOMI
807
as an assistant mine l'. nvman. lie hail scarcely
pa-sed his legal age of manhood when this office
came- to him, and, in this service lie conducted
himself with such wise prudence and ability, that,
in 1901, he was placed in the highly responsible
position of foreman of the mine, which he is
now holding- and giving the best of satisfaction
in ihe discharge of its onerous duties. Mr. Fad
dies was married on April _>. 1X77. m ( oalvilli-,
I 'tali, with Miss [sabelle Sim, a Scotch lassie
and a daughter of Robert and Isabelle ( Hendry t
Sim. They have had ten children, of whom
six survive, and the names of tile children are:
Elizabeth, wife of I'.enjamin llagncll. of Cum-
berland: Isabelle. died at three years of age; I >a
vid T. ; Robert S.; James: Alan : Lewis. John
and Samuel, all three d\ing in infancy; Martha
\ . Mr. baddies has ever taken an active and
a prominent part in public, educational and po-
litical affairs, and wielded an important influ-
ence. He was a delegate to the first Democratic
coiu-eiition that met in the state and w;
stroii- man in its proceedings. Circumstances
have changed his political ere,.!, for lie i- now
an influential Republican. He is a very useful
member of the school board of Cumberland and
holds religious membership in the Church of Lat-
ter Hay Saints. He is ,-, strong factor jn all
ures -landing for the advancement of the
community, county and state, and both hin
and family rank in the highest estimation of th
best people of his section, \\hile in ;he pleasant
,i generous hospiialit
\Mnnmg the stranger as well as their friends.
R< illLRT !• EDDIES.
< ine of the popular and influential • iti :en ; of
Almy, Wyoming, is \Jr Paddies, win is
of Kilwiiinin-. Scotland. uber<- be was born on
September 21, iSv>. a son of Roberl and Jean
"<•"'• ( Wilson i Faddies. The Famih has long
he, n n iiowncil in Scottish histon and ha-
been conspicuous for those knighllv ehar.i-
'sties, valor and courtesy. The father, born in
(824, died in iSSo. was a lifelong miner, a man
of good parts and reputable life, and a son of
and l.ida (Thompson) Laddies. This
elder Robert died in iSi.^ at the age of -evenly
years, his wife passing from earth ten \cars later
at the venerable age of nil irs, a veritable
'Moth* r in Israel." The mother of our
who was a clanghter of Alexander and Jeannette
I Kenned) I \\ ilson, still resides at Kilwinning. at
i seventy, honored and reverenced bv all
of her acquaintance. The subject of this review.
Robert Laddies, was provided with that solid
ucation given in the excellent n chools of
land until he was nine years of age, he then
c".vagi: niner in thi coal mines, where for
twelve years he gave steady and honest labor, and
• '! 'bat practical knowledge of the b
has been of great service to him in the
ern country of his adoption. [„ ,SS| Mr. Lad-
dies emigrated from Scotland, crossing tin \i
lantic and clioo-in^ Indiana as th. i ,f his
tirst residence, here continuing to be identified
with mining, subsequently engaging in the same
'cation in I'tah. His persistent industry, his
genial disposition and his fund .if general infor-
mation and technical knowli • _,-,,,,.
him many friends, and lie was ever held in
prospered in his undertaL
•""1 labors. In ,SSi, Mr. I 'add.es came to Almy.
now an esteemed citizen, and
"I •'" "lining until he turned his attentio
that profitable industry, thi rais ,ck. Se-
curing a b 1 claim o [ying .»n
!'.ear River, not mam i,, |,,s
added <" ' ' until his holdings now consti-
tute a fine estate, where he is developing a
co»venienl and pleasanl home, and conducting
a prosperous business in bis special line of indns-
fiving especial attention to the raisin
first.
"' |87°- "-it') Miss itcheon, uho
was •' l|;i ' J"bn and Man r \nderson i
X|l'( :«tcheon, old n of Kih\ inning, where
IS bom in 1X50. and died in iSSr,. an, I where
-1>. ,- now quietly reposing in tin- ancient
cemetery. I he children of ii,,s ,,,,;,„, „,.,,.
fi-t and Man , twins). Jeannctle and Lida.
second marriage was with Sarah Bartlett -n
s, ,x
MEN OF WYOMING.
\l>ul 25, iSi)j. Sin' was lion i Hi Wales, the
liter MI" George ami Jane (Lewis) Bartlett,
the father being a native of Knglaiul and coming
to America and ending (he plains as a pioneer
of pioneers M|~ Wyoming. Mrs. I addies had been
previously married with Krank Murphy, by whom
she had three children. Alice. Xettie and Thomas,
and fi-Min \\liom she obtained a divorce. She has
borne two children t<> Mr. Kaddies, John and
Sarah. This family stands high in the social cir-
cles of the community and a pleasant hospitality
radiates from the fireside. Mr. Faddies also
3 great and active interest in local matters of
public interest, being an ardent member of his
political party and a very highly esteemed citizen
of his section of the commonwealth.
ISAAC FERGUSON.
A self-made man. and essentially the archi-
tecl of his own fortunes, the subject of this re-
view enjoys distinctive prestige as one of the
leading citizens of the community in which he
resides. Isaac Ferguson is a son of Jacob and
Frances (Humble) Ferguson, both parents hav-
ing birth in England. I!y occupation the father
was a carpenter, and. for many years, he followed
'•••nil-acting and building upon quite an extensive
scale. About 1850 he brought his family to the
I "nited States, settling at Salt Lake City, L'tah.
near which place lie engaged in farming, also de-
voting much of his time and attention to con-
tracting and to merchandising. He continued
these different lines of industry until within a
comparatively recent date, when, by reason of
infirmities incident to advancing age, as well as
i >n account of the comfortable competence he had
acquired by years of honorable toil, he retired
from active life and is now living among his chil-
dren. Jacob Ferguson is a man of excellent rep-
ute, a devoted member of the Mormon church, a
great lover of his family and his home, and stands
high in the confidence and esteem of his fellow
citizens. He has long been one of the leaders of
the church to which he belongs, and. by a life void
of offence towards God and man, has long dem-
onstrated the genuineness and worth of applied
Christianity. Mrs. Ferguson is also living, and,
like her husband, she is active in religious and
charitable work, cooperating with him in promot-
ing the interests of the church with which they
have been .so long identified. Jacob and Frances
Ferguson are the parents of twelve children,
seven sons and five daughters, of whom five are
living, Isaac being the eldest of the number.
Isaac Ferguson grew to young manhood on his
father's farm in I'tah, meanwhile attending, as
opportunities afforded, the public schools of his
neighborhood. While still a youth, he began
earning money for himself at different kinds of
employment, and, later, he engaged to raise sheep
for a share of the proceeds, continuing the latter
business in his native state until 1890. In that
year he came to Wyoming, and here took up a
homestead of 160 acres, situated on Hams Fork,
about twenty-one miles north of Kemmerer, sub-
sequently obtaining possession of the same
amount of desert land not far distant. Here he
started in the stock business, beginning with only
eight head of cattle and* eighteen horses, and suf-
lered a serious reverse in the following year on
account of the hard winter that visited Star Val-
ley. Nothing daunted, however, Mr. Ferguson,
with commendable energy, rallied from his stroke
of ill-fortune, and. restocking his place from time
to time, was soon on the high road to prosperity.
Considering his modest beginning, and the mis-
fortune which overtook him at the very outset of
his career, it is doubtful if any other man in this
part of the country has met with the success that
has attended Mr. Ferguson's efforts in the stock
business. He made many valuable improvements
on his place, increased his stock largely, and in
time " became one of the most enterprising and
prosperous men in the valley, a prestige which he
still retains. In addition to his business affairs,
Air. Ferguson has taken an active interest in
public matters, being largely instrumental in in-
troducing schools, serving as a member of the
local board of education ever since the district
was organized. He is public spirited, in all thai
the term implies, a promoter of enterprises calcu-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
809
lated to advance the interests of the community.
both materially and otherwise, being in many
iv-|>ects a leader among his fellow citi/ens. He
is held in high esteem by all who know him. and
he sho\\s himself worthy of cvcrx mark of con-
fidence with \\hich he has been honored. On
May 13. iSSj, \\as solemnized the cetvin< my
which united Mr. Ferguson and Miss Marx Fenn
in ihe bonds of wedlock. Mrs. Ferguson is the
able daughter of Frederick and Fli/abeth it
F( nn, natives of Fngland. and she has borne her
husband these children: Isaac, died in infancy;
Frederick, died at the age of two years; William
George, tsaac, Fllen. Ida, Essie, Franc.
1 Ih (MAS A. FRANCIS.
Long connected with coal mining in his na-
tive countrx of \Vales. Fngland. and, through his
inimical knoxx-ledge thereof, identifying himself
with noted coal operations in the I'nited S
for a long term of years in a prominent way.
Thomas A. Francis has also laid broad and deep
the foundations of a remunerative agricultural
life, and is passing the cxcning of his dax s in his
beautiful rural home, located tiftx miles north
of Ivrk Springs, Wyoming, hi- estate embracing
340 acre- of the richest agricultural land of tin
country, where he is conducting farming and
stockraising operations with vcr\ satisfactory re-
sults, being considered one of the leading nun oi
a wide ran untry, his family standing high
in the regards ,,f UK- better people of the county.
Thomas A. Francis was born in Glamorganshire,
South Wales, on September \ 2. iS^S.
Thomas and U.-u-hel ( Williams i Fran
desci tided from familie- that had been resident
in Wales fro immemorial. The father,
a cnk'-niakcr. \\pas the son of another fhomaS,
vas a Farmer, and. in the i • this la-t
named Tlioi, re t\\ enlx -four si ms and
liters, all born to one marriage. Tin
mark.-'lile iV.-nndit\ . hi iwe\ er, did 5cend
to hi- pnigi-ny. for in mir iher's
family xvere but nine children, and, of these, but
tuo are now lixiiiL;: three of the number emi-
grating to America. Acci to labor from
earlv years, the little attendance Mr. Francis could
to the Welsh schools did little more than
start him on the mad to knowledge, but this lit-
tle he increased in America by diligent studx at
nighi . \\hile working in the mint
self -tuition and b\ carefully selected reading, un-
til lie no\v possi ' bf( ' range of practical
and technical knowledge, th.u surpasses in utility
the knowledge obtained by many men in a uni-
versil . Immigrating from \\"ales in 1865,
ade hi- (ii-st objective point a central
in the coal fields of Pennsvlvania, continuing to
be there employed for about three years, when,
goin- to Maha-ka county, h'\\a. he there con-
ducted mining operations until 1871, at which
time his broad understanding of the principles
underlying the successful operations of the mines
brought him the advanced position of mine bos-.
and. in 1875. he x\as placed in charge of a. pros-
pecting crew op-.r.iting in Lucas county for the
\\hiiebreast ( 'oal and Mining Co., and here both
his practical and scientific geological knou !
\\ere of ^reat advantage to hi- con pany, for at
I ucas, where other coal men had diligentlx pros-
pected and searched for ten years with utterly
fruitless results, he was the tirst to discover tile
x al nabic coal deposit- existing at that place. 1 1 ere
he xerx fullx dcxelopcd the lieu mine-, placing
them on a solid and pax ing basis, being in full
charge of their operations, until l8Sj. when he
to Wyoming to recuperate, his health
ie impaired. lie here engaged a- a
fi ireinan in the < >penmg < >i the iu \\
\"o. <>. at l\ock Springs, continuing I- 1"
emploxed and also in the care ot the mine until
he closed it in iSS'i. on accomn -real riot
at that place. l\e •..>. hh the same employ -
he had full charge of th.
ifter until i8ti|. being a trnstx. faithful and
Hi employe. ( 'hanging to another and more
independent station of life. Mr. Francis then pur-
chase,! the placi '. now reside-. 3 j, i .
• .-I fertile and prodnctixe bottom land. 1
in the I'ipesvillc district, along the Hi- Sandy
l\i\-i-r. and tin-re eii-a-ed in the stock i
Sio
I'KOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
which lir has continued and is continuing with
satisfactory results, having developed a
place, attractive in appearance and well equipped
for the successful currying; on of his extensive
Operations. Mr. lYancis has long been a member
of the Masonic fraternity, while, as a zealous Re-
publican, he is quite prominently associated with
public affairs, being a frequent delegate to coun-
ty and state conventions of his party. On No-
vember 15. 1859, at Powtypridd, Wales, he was
united in marriage with Miss Eleanor Phillips,
a daughter of William and Mary (Jenkins) Phil-
lips, natives of \Yules. Her father, a son of Ed-
ward and Margaret ( Williams) Phillips, was a
farmer, and she was the eldest of his three chil-
dren and is the only one now living. Mr. and
Mrs. Francis have had ten children, William P.,
died in Wales, aged four years ; John, died in
infancy: William P., married Miss Margaret Z.
Cox, ami is residing about forty miles from the
parental home; John C., died at seventeen years
of age in Iowa : Mary R., died in infancy ; Harry
T., married Miss Ida V. Davis, and lives at
\\~eiser, Idaho; Margaret A., married John T.
Chambers, a sheepman of Uinta county ; Arthur
J.. married Miss Margaret J. Decker, and is liv-
ing at Little Sandy : Edward O., deceased ; Al-
bert, deceased. Mrs. Francis is truly more than
an ordinary woman, for. beside the care of the
large family which has been placed in her keep-
ing, she has been the faithful helpmeet and ad-
viser of her husband in many of his important
operations, and it is not too much to say that, in
many ways, his fortunate career has been the
more prosperous by her practical ability and
sound common sense.
DAA^ID A. FAKLER.
The city attorney of Newcastle, county at-
torney of Weston county, chairman of the county
central committee of his political party, and chan-
cellor commander of the local lodge of the
Knights of Pythias, official life has found in Dav-
id A. Fakler, now of Newcastle, Wyoming, a
readiness and capacity for the proper discharge
of its duties, and has been free and generous in
bi towing upon him it's honors. He is a native
of \\ inona, Minn., where he was born on June 16,
1867. the son of William and Cecilia (Juixle)
l;akler. ( ierman folk by nativity, who came to
America when they were young and were mar-
ried at Winona, where they engaged in farming,
until 1878. when they removed to Sioux Falls,
S. D., and, near that growing place, continued
their agricultural pursuits. The mother died on
August 6, 1897. and the father survives, making
his home at Sioux Falls. David A. Fakler re-
mained with his parents until he was twenty years
of age. attending the public schools, as he had
opportunity, and finishing his education with a
special course of training at the Sioux Falls Busi-
ness ColKge. In 1887 he came to Wyoming, and,
locating in Crook county, worked on the range
and ranches, living frugally, saving his money
and preparing himself for a more exalted station
in life. He used his opportunities to gather cat-
tle and horses, selling them at good profits, thus
carrying on a small, but agreeable and advantage-
ous, business for himself. In 1893 he removed
to Newcastle and secured employment as ; .
nDs^raphcr for M . 1!. Camplain. Esq.. a leading
attorney of that place, he having acquired facil-
ity in the art of shorthand after learning it at the
business college. He studied law while working
for Mr. Camplain, and was admitted to the bar
on April 22, iX<)<>. After practicing alone for
eighteen months he formed a partnership with
Mr. Camplain, and was associated with him in
the practice of his profession until the spring of
1898. when the partnership was dissolved, because
of the appointment of Mr. Fakler to the office of
county attorney, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of R. H. Yosburgh. Fie filled this of-
fice under appointment until November. 1900. and
was then elected for a full term without opposi-
tion. His conduct in the discharge of its im-
i ."riant, and often trying, duties has won him
universal commendation, and has also given the
community a high degree of satisfaction. He
has, in addition to his official duties-, a large and
representative private practice, being well es-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMING.
teemed as a forceful and inspiring potency
in political affairs. He is chairman of the
an county central committee, and, in
this conncition. he has contributed essential!) to
perfect and make aggressive the organization «i
his partv and to load it to successive victories. \-
the city attorney of \e\\castlc he has -ivrn con-
sistency and tirnines.s to municipal authority.
has held its enactnu -nts up to a hi^'h .standard of
breadth and efficiency. \Yhile nothing;- in his pro-
fessional or official duties is neglected. In- does
not allo\v them to absorb his whole time or at-
n. lie has a profitable real estate and in-
surance business an<l is interested in oi! lands ot
threat proi 1 value. On May S. [896
was married to .Mrs. Liva H. Rounds, of New-
castle, a native of Xew York. She has two chil-
dren, Fay and Henna. Mr. Fakler is the chan-
cellor commander of the Knights of I '\thias
lod.^c at \\-wcastle, and liokls membershi])s in
lodges of the Red Men and the Woodmen of the
World at that place. In religions affiliation he
dience to the Catholic church.
FRED W, FREVERT.
, The subject of this sketch is one of thr rep-
resentative farmers and worthy citizens of l.ara-
mie county, W\oniin.L;-. with the aL'.ricnlirral in-
uhicli he ha ;el) iden-
tified since the spring of i SM.V From that time
li ' has cli m much b\ his activity and iiilliun
lop the rich resources of this section of the
b ides taking no incon-idi Table part in the
public affairs ,,f ih, county. Fred \\'. I
i ' -ei-man descent and dates his birth from IV
cember 23, 1860, having first seen the li-ln of da\
in An-lai/e county, ( >hio. II :,. A. F.
and Mary F revert, were natives of ' .erni.-my.
They came to the Initcd States in the early ti flies
and settled in Aui;lai/e comity. < >hio. where the
r carried on agricultural operations until his
death at his Mhio home. The mother also lived
there to the end of her days, departing this life
in the spring of [901. Fred W. Freverl was
reared to maturity in hi- n nt) . and dur-
ing the \\ inter s.-asons of his minoritj attended
Mic schools, lie grew u]> a continned help
- parent.- and remained with them, assisting
i tin' farm until he reached the age ->f twen-
: r, taking u]ion himself the manai,reini.nt of
: ir part oi « k, during
the la-i four or live years of the time thus spent.
In lSS_' he severed his home ties and went to
Syracuse. Xeb.. near \\hich place he \\-
a farm laborer for about two \ears. at the expira-
tion of that time ^oiiiL'; to ( "heyeiini comity. no\v
Scotts Bit ity, in the same state, \\here he
entercil a tra< • rnment land, and at
bi.L;an its im])ro\-ement. \ot lil ntry,
howevi-r, lie sohl hi- place at the end ''i •
and. in the spring of iSS^. came to Wyoming.
Si " MI a fli r bis arrival, lie .
: ' k' C'attle Co., and. i'< ir ab. iu1 thr
worked on ike Platte River ranch. ]>rincipally as
driving ^ntn^er. In the fall of iSijo he returned
to Nebraska, and. renting land in Scotts I'.lutT
county, farmed there until iSo:. in the spring
kich year lie a<_;ain came to \V\omin.y. and
tool ip thi ranch, < m the I 'latte I Liver, \
miles east of Forl I : : ie, \\hich he has since
his home. .Mr. Fr. exceedingly
nale' in his civ 'ice of land, his place Ivine; in
of the most fertile agricultural r.
! .aramie count;. . easi! ,
o\vn land, and lands in the vicinity, are well
\\atired. ;'.nd are pecu:iar!\ adapied to the ^TO\V-
f all grai s and the fruits r
in this latitude, and they also produce the
nut ritii ms b
Mr. kn vi rt li.i- put .; ll mbi r of substantial im-
provenn nt.s on hi- place, ' greatly to its
value, and. in the prosecution of hi- ..s an
ulturist, lie has met \\-th success -un<;is-ini;
his fondest expectations. ib- is also interested
ud. on his ranch ma\ be
man\ of the line-t cattle in ibis pan of
He takes |iride in his anim cially
ll'i isc used f' ir 'lom, --;ie p
i "I cattle and h< >rses. | |(. came to
\Y\«mitK ively limited .
l.ei. \\ itb characteristic energy, be a. Id n •--,,! iti,,,-
self to lli in^ his condition
CCeeded in this lii^hl\ laudable aim
812
l'K()GRESSiyE MEN OF WYOMING.
is fully attested 1>\ tlu- large and well-improved
,v ;,, iiU ,„ issession, and b\ the respect-
able positions to \\hieh lu- has attained in the
business world. l'>) a well directed industry, his
place has been brought tn a hi;di state of tillage,
and his home is now one <>!" the most attractive
and desirable places oJ residence in the part of
the county in which it is situated. Energetic and
progressive, he has made hi.- presi nee felt iu many
ways, and his standing as one of the representa-
tive citizens of the count) is fully and permanent-
ly established. On .March l<), iSo._>. Air. Frevert
joined in marriage with Mi-- Matilda Brod-
n, of Germany, a daughter of Christian and
Matilda ( Mathcsen ) Broderson, the ceremony
being solemnized at Scotts Bluff, Xeb. Mr.
and Mrs. Frevert are members of the Lutheran
church, active in the good work of the same. In
politics Mr. Frevert is a Republican, but not a
partisan. Since first coming to the West he has
made two visits to his birthplace in Ohio, one in
1888, before his marriage, the other with his wife,
in 1901, which covered two years of time.
L. B. FOSTER.
L. D. Foster, of Lovell, \Yy<>ming. is one of
the prosperous and enterprising stockmen and
farmers of Bighorn county, whose whole estate is
the legitimate fruit of his individual energy, clear-
ness of view and capacity. His early life was
darkened by the death of his mother, when he
was but an infant, and by the absence of his
father, who left home for the gold fields of Cali-
fornia when his child was but five years old. and
never returned. Thus wholly lett to the care of
strangers to his blood, and, necessarily, to his
own resources for advancement in the world, his
condition developed his native strength and flex-
ibility of fiber, making him ready for any emer-
". ncy which might confront him. Well and
v isely has he used the opportunities, which his
quickness of perception opened to him. and, with
resolute self-reliance and diligent application un-
der all circumstances, he has made his -way to
competence and general esteem in the new coun-
trv, to which he came as a soldier of fortune, in
i. Mr. Foster was born in 1844 in the state
of Kentucky, of which his parents, Asa J., and
Martha Foster, were also natives. Not long after
his birth his mother died, and, in 1849, his father
joined the Argonauts in the memorable Califor-
nia stampede of that year. In his native state,
the deserted orphan grew to manhood, gathering
a little learning here and there, by irregular at-
tendance at the public schools, working at any
occupation that was found available, however
hard the toil or poor the recompense. In 18/2,
his adventurous spirit impelled him to seek a bet-
ter fortune and wider opportunities in the wake
of the setting sun. and he went to Idaho, where
he engaged in farming and he met his long-ab-
sent father, whom he had not seen since he was
five years old. For fourteen years he carried on
his farming operations in Idaho, coupled with
other work of various kinds from time to time,
and. in 1886, after many reverses and changes of
fortune, he arrived in Wyoming, and located in
the Bighorn basin, ready for a new tussle with
the fickle goddess, who had been so unkind in his
former ventures. He had a partner with him,
and their joint capital in money was twenty-five
cents. But nothing daunted by this fact, he went
vigorously to work on a homestead, which he lo-
cated on the present site of Lovell, after wintering
at the mouth of the Stinking Water, improving
his property and reducing it to productiveness
and fitness for the stock business he was prepar-
ing to conduct on it. After a few years of moder-
ate success in this enterprise, he sold this ranch
and bought the one he now owns and occupies,
and which has been greatly improved and fructi-
fied by his careful and energetic management.
For some years he was also engaged in mercan-
tile life in a general store at Lovell. His enter-
prise in the improvement and development of the
new country in which he had settled was not
overborne by difficulties or unpromising condi-
tions. Finding his land fertile, but also arid, he
opened a ditch from the river near which he was
located, by which to irrigate it. This was not
only of great benefit to him. but inspired others
to the same activity, his being the first ditch taken
out of the Stinking Water. His ranch now com-
PROGRESSIVE MEX Ol; WYOMING.
813
prises _|S<> acres of excellent, well-watered and
highly improved hind, being one of il
3 .if the basin. Hi- herds arc large, of good
breed and quality, and his numerous horses are
nl' |unv .-trains and high grades. \\"ith the g
er part of his life already passed and iln m isl "f
his existence full of ups and down-, burdened
\\ith toil, d.arkeued with care, menaced \\ith dan-
ger and embittered by privation. .Mr. Fost<
vet look back over it with the pnnid satisfaction
he ever confronted its severe and trying regi-
men with courage and tnleliu to dut\, and
thmugh il came -teadily forward to a stronger
1 and a higher development ; that it pre]>are !
him 1 enjo) more fully the prosperity he has
won, and broadened him for life's later du-
ties and for substantial service to his community
and kind; that his present peace and comfort are
all the better becau.se of the discipline- through
which he reached tin m.
JESSE M. FROST.
Jesse .M. Frost was reared on a farm near
\lbert Lea. Minnesota, where lie \\ as liorn on
I lecember 2O, iSnj. and was educated at the pub-
chools. IFis father. Mahlon Frost. \vasa na-
tive of ( lliio. and his' mother, whose maiden name
was Xaucy K. \\'ard. came from Pennsylvania.
They were \\e|| to-do farmer.- in Minnesota, an.'.
ill iSSj they sold their proper! \ in thai state and
removed in I'.ismarek, X. 1).. where they re-
mained three years. In iSSfi the\ came In Wyo-
ming, locating in I'.ighorn couiiU . took n]> their
dence at first on the South Fork of the Sho-
slmiie River, and there f ilhcr and son enj
ill hnniiuL.1 and in trapi>i.iL: i". r two years, when,
in iSSS, they changed their residence to the
>\ hen llie 31 .11 n> iv\ lu CS, at lo iSt Si ilii HI.
and -rilled on land which they there took i
homestead and desert claims, and on which ihev
>ed the cattle busini ss that I. M. l;r.
si ill conducting. Since thai time the parents have
oved to ('alifornia where li now living.
Mr. Frost has 41x1 acre- of g I land and runs
ab.nit j;n high-grade cattle. Ib ha- been ihri fty
and frugal in his life, as well as industrious and
enterprising in his business, and has accumulated
a competency. o\\nin- valuable propert) in
and alsn in Cody. His ranch and stock
industries, however, form his principal bn-n
and to them he skives a close and careful atten-
tion, hrini;ini; to bear on their operations, with a
view to securing the best re-tilts, the intelligence
acquired from judicious reading and discriminat-
ing observation, omitting no effort on his part
considered necessary to the full fruition of his
in ever) respect touching the business in
which he i- engaged. The well-improved condi-
tion of hjs ranch proclaim- hi- energy and skill
as a farmer, while the appearance of his cattle
showed the care he bestows upon them. !1> is
well-known as one of the progressive and wide-
awake stockmen of his neighborhood, whose bus-
iness capacity and sagacity has impressed itself
i HI everything of which he has taken hold, and his
public spirit and breadth of view respecting local
1 nblic affairs, have made him a factor in all mat-
U rs tending t" the advancement and improve-
.1 of the community, lie is a valued member
of the lodge of Modern \\ linen of America
at i 'ody, and gives to it- affairs the same earnest
attention and /ealous service that he gives to
i verv interest which he has in charge, f In Scp-
Umbcr 2~. i Si MI. he was united in marriage with
Miss Fli/abcth Krannon. a natue of [llinois, hut.
at the time of her marriage, residing at '
where the marriage occurred. Thcv luxe
id 1 isle and \\ ii'
|. \MF.S FRANCIS.
ect of this sketch, James Francis. \\as
in lh' cil>, of Xeu York on March 5. iSjn.
'il of Michael and Jane lUmirkei F'
natives of Ireland. u!;n came frmn their
unlive land 1" the_ I 'niled Stales in iS^j. and es-
hed tluir home in Xcv, N'nrk. where the
iilroadiii'j fames was the < ild-
f llleir familx i if I \\ el\e cliildrell. 1 [(
.iti' 'ii in \ew >'nfk. and in
of Illinoi-. in \\hich i-
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I'ROC.ltESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
wealth his parents removed (luring his child-
hood. l'p"n leaving school, he secured cmplov-
.m Judge \\hite, win i was at that time
largelx interested in the overland transportation,
and drove an ox team overland to ( hnaha, in the
territor} of Nebraska. Subsequently, he joined
an o\erland train, and came to the new placer
miniiiL; di.-cnveries in Last Chance Gulch, Mon-
where the city <>f Helena is now located,
he engaged for a time in mining, and was
inten sted in the construction of the first quartz
mill erected in Montana. After disposing of his
interests in Montana, he removed to Leesburg,
Idaho, where he continued mining for about two
ars, when, locating at Montpelier, he followed
lual occupations of hunting and trapping for
. ins. and then accepted a position in the
employ of the Union Pacific Railroad at Raw-
lins, Wyo. He was soon promoted to foreman,
and was actively interested in the great strike at
Rock Springs, Wyo.. in coninetimi with which
1 ' ."ime necessary to call out the United States
troops at Fort Bridger. He then removed to
Evanston, Wyo.. where he continued as foreman
[or the railroad for a short time. Resigning this
P»Mtion for the purpose of engaging in business
for himself, he came to the vicinity of Cokeville.
where he embarked in the business of getting out
and hauling ties for the railroad. After continu-
ing in this vocation for some months, he sold out
.•Mid removed his residence to Iowa, where he fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits during the next ten
years. At the end of that time, he again came
west, and located his present ranch property, sit
rated near Raymond, Idaho, about eleven miles
north of Cokeville, where he has since been en-
gaged in the business of ranching and in cattle-
raising. Here he is now the owner of a finely
improved farm of some 320 acres, being one of
the substantial ranchmen and stockgrowers of
that section of the country. In 1860. at Webster
City. Iowa, Mr. Francis was married to Miss
Catherine Bresswait. a native of German)'. To
their union was born four children, namely,
Michael W. ; Mollie, deceased; Anna, now mar-
ried and residing in Dubuque, Iowa ; Tessie. His
first wife passed away in Iowa, and, on Novenv
ber ii;. i.XXj. Mr. brands was united in mar-
ria to Miss Rebekah Price, at Montpelier,
fdaho. She is a native of Pennsylvania, being a
darghter of Alfred and Jane ( Williams ) Price,
the f: inner a native of England, and the latter of
Wales. Six children have been born to them,
Nettie, Mary ].. Sadie B., James Raymond. Wil-
liam Richard and Cleon Sanford. The family
are highly respected in the community where
they reside. Mr. Francis is one of the enterpris-
ing and public-spirited stock and ranchmen of
western Wyoming, active and foremost in all
public improvements, and has done much to ad-
vance the interests of that section of the state.
ARTHUR H. FYE.
One of the promising young men engaged
in the business of cattleraising in Laramie county,
\Y\oming. is the subject of this brief sketch,
Arthur H. Fye, whose address is Hecla. He is
a native of Jo Daviess county, 111., born on Au-
gust 17, 1873. His parents were long respected
residents of that county, and are now residing in
Laramie county, Wyo. The subject of this im-
' i review grew to manhood in his native state
of Illinois, and received his early school train-
ing in the public educational institutions of the
state, and. in 1890. he accompanied his parents
on their long journey when they removed their
residence from Illinois to the state of Wyoming.
After his arrival in the latter state, he continued
to remain at the parental home, assisting his fa-
ther in the work and the management of the
home ranch, and of the cattle business, in which
the latter was engaged about five years. He then
secured employment as a range-rider for vari-
ous companies, handling cattle in Laramie countv
and continued in that occupation for about three
years, earning the reputation of being one of
the most efficient and capable cattlemen in that
section of the state. In the year 1898 he ac-
cepted a position in Montana, and there he had
charge of a band of cattle for a short time. He
then resigned this position and removed his resi-
dence to Butte, Mont., where he accepted a posi-
tion in the employ of his brother, Edward Fye.
PROGRESSIVE .MI-.\ OF WYOMING.
815
wlm was then engaged in the coal husines- at that
place, lie remained here, husilv engaged in
I'.uttc, occupied in this employment until 1900,
when he again returned to ll-
a • issociating himself in business \\ith
his brother. I'.o- d .\i. E\e. took a leaS( <>n the
well-known (iilcltrist ranch, situated 1 111 the
Middle ('row Creek, about seventeen miles
of the city <>f ('hcxcnne, and since that time the,
have been successfully engaged in the bnsiiies,
of raising cattle at this place. The energy, p.
vi ranee and industry of these brothers in the
prosecution nf their business is well known, and
ih' i are pushing their enterprise with commend-
able vigor and ability. Arthur M. I've is <>
the most respected citizens of the community
where his home is located, and is a young man
who is certain, if dire misfortune does not at-
tack him, to make a name and fortune.
JAMES GADBY.
This well-known stockman and fanner, whose
ranch is on ITilliard Flat, I'inta county, Wyo-
ming, was born in Derbyshire, England, on May
ii, 18.43, a son of William and Sarah (Wells)
Gadby, the former of whom was also a native
of Knudaiid. hut the- latter was a nativi of Wales.
William Gadby. the father of James, was a dis-
tinguished engineer in England, and his father,
who was also named William, was in hi
an astronomer of celebrity. James Gadby is the
next to the eldest of eleven childn ;i horn to his
parents, of the other ten, James, the eld
ceaseil and William, who follows James in
of birth, is a resident of Illinois. The parents
of this f ill diet! in '<
( iadby, in whose inter, -t thi is princi-
pally prepared, ca ] fait d States iii
\ here he was empli lyed in O ia] mining thiv •
years, when he returned to England and re-
mained until iSSo. then came back to Am.
d in Colors Miined I". • time.
thence coming to Wyoming and For about eigh-
iiths he mined Tings, S
water county, and he then entered rural Iii
his present farm of ino acres on Ililliard Mat,
where he has since be. n engaged in both
raising and farming. Mr. (iadby has been three
3 married. His first venture on the matri-
iade in England in iSdS. \\hen
be chose for his companion on life's v<>\
Alice 1 laynes. a daughter of William II:i
but she was called from life \\hen she was hut
thirty-nine years old, althor.-h die bad then
borne him eleven children, of whom but ' '
now living. Alice M.. the wife of Herbert Mrown
of Evanston. Wyo. The second marriage took
place in 1883 also in England, when Miss Kate
Thomson became his wife. She died in Not-
tinghamshire, I i d, leaving no children. His
third marriage to Ann Hates, a daughter oi Wil-
liam ami Sarah Mates. aKo took place in
land. The present Mr. and Mrs. Gadby are de-
Noted members of the Methodist Episcopal
church, to the support of which they liberally
i its pious teachings are daily man-
ifested in their upright walk among their neigh-
bors and their fellow citixens. by whom thev
are hi-hl\ respected. Mr. i iadby possesses all
the public spirit and independence of principle
and sense of justice inherent in his race, and
,er been contaminated nor pervert-
ed by the mutations of time nor by the intlucnce
of the many classes of people it has been his
fortune to have met. Mis integrity is inflexible
and he is a good type of the industrious.
,;nr. i if England, impn >\ ed and b
by his wide 6 n with the affairs of both
the old and the New World.
DR. CYRUS T. G \MMI.E.
1 lifi . i a rural doctor on the frontier is
full of (nil and calls for stern endurance. The
day's i,nl oftei the ni:_::': •
main- miles "f hard riding. frei|ncntlv in si
of wind or rain or snow, over bad roads through
a wild a; Untf) . His 1
•hips and ihonidi often thnllii
the i to him in th
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ence i inly the regular and natural features of
hi- daily vocation. He is inured to toil and ex-
posure and knows no other life. Moreover, Na-
ture, distributing her favors with a system of
constant balances and compensations, gives him,
through his very hardships, a toughness of fiber
and a flexibility of function, which keep him in
condition for his work, and enable him to con-
tinue it long and do it well. Dr. Cyrus T. Gam-
ble, of Diamondville. Vinta county, belongs to
this class of public servants, for in his career he
has exhibited much of the heroism of the class,
lie was born at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on
September 25, 1856, one of the ten children of
VEoses and Margaret (Smith) Gamble, the fa-
ther a native of Canada and the mother of Coun-
ty Cavan, Ireland. The paternal ancestors were
the oldtime Campbells of the renowned Scottish
clan of that name whose history is glorious in
peace and war and voluminous in all the chron-
icles of Scotland. One branch of the family emi-
grated in early Colonial times to America and
settled in Pennsylvania, from which branch the
Doctor is derived. His father was a prosperous
carriagemaker, a man of domestic tastes, devoted
to his home and family. In mature life he left
his native heath and settled at Westport, S. D..
where in 1897 his wife died, and where two
years later he also passed away. Both were mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of
their ten children seven are living. The Doctor
received a thorough public school education in
his native land, and got his professional instruc-
tion at the Fort Wayne College of Medicine, from
which he was graduated in 1886. He entered on
the practice of his profession in Michigan, after
two years of close attention to it in that state,
removing to South Dakota where he practiced for
three years. He then came to Almy, Wyo., and
there served as physician and surgeon for the
Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Co. for nine
years. From there he removed to Diamondville,
on his arrival taking the position of physician
and surgeon to the Diamond Coal & Coke Co.,
which he is still filling, with great credit to him-
self and with benefit to the company and its em-
ployes. ' He is, like his father, a man of strong
domestic tastes, warmly attached to his home and
its pleasures. He is also fervently devoted to his
profession, making it his chief concern, being a
diligent and discriminating reader of its litera-
ture and an intelligent practitioner in all of its
branches. He is a member of the International
Railroad Surgeons' Society, the Intermountain
Medical Association and also belongs to the
American Medical Association. In fraternal re-
lations he affiliates with the Odd Fellows, the
United Workmen and the Woodmen of the
World, holding memberships in these orders at
Diamondville, where he is the medical exam-
iner for all of them. He was married at Leola,
S. D., on October 25, 1888, to Miss Elizabeth
A. King, a daughter of William and Alice (Oli-
ver) King, natives of England, but for years res-
idents of Ontario, Canada. Three children have
been born to the Doctor, Elaine, LeRoy and
Irene. To the duties of her attractive home and
the judicious rearing of her children, Mrs. Gam-
ble gives attention, but finds also time to give
a generous inspiration to the social circles of
which she is a valued member.
VAN L. GILFORD.
This active, energetic and prosperous resi-
dent of Goldsmith, Wyoming, is a native of Rich-
mond, Virginia, where he was born on August
16, 1862, being the son of Edward and Mary
(Connor) Gilford, the former a native of the
state of Iowa, and the latter of Massachusetts.
The father was a physician by profession, and up
to 1861 was a resident of the state of Iowa. In
that year his sympathies being strongly on the
side of the South in the great Civil War which
was then raging, he removed from Iowa to the
city of Richmond. Va., and offered his services
to the Confederate states, and at once received
a commission as captain in a Virginia regiment
of the Southern army, serving in an official capac-
ity during the entire war. He had been a sol-
dier in the Mexican WTar, entering the army at
the early age of sixteen years. At the conclus-
PROGRESSll'i. MEN OI- WYOM1
817
ion of the Civil War Captain <iilf<>rd removed
his residence from Richmond to Montgomery,
the capital of the state of Alabama, where he
was the postmaster of that city for a term of four
. In 1870, he removed his residence to Bel-
ton, Texas, and subsequently to Olctha, in the
same state, where he resided until his death in
1874. After his active and varied career he lies
buried in (irimes county, Texas. The inniher i-
still living at Thornton. Texas. Van 1.. Gilford
grew to manhood and received his early acad-
emic training in the schools of Oletha, T<
After completing his education he learned the
pottery trade, in which he was engaged until
1883. In that year, having an ambition to en-
gage in ' . busin< 3, he \\ent to the city
of Denver, Colo., where he secured employment
on a stock farm, for the purpose of acquiring
a practical knowledge of the business, to which
he had determined to devote his energies. Here
he remained for three years, and in 1886 came
to W\ oining, and secured a position with the
Swan Land & Cattle Co.. then one of the large I
concerns operating in the stock business in the
\\estcrn d iimtry. He remained with this com-
panj for four years, riding the ran
boy, from time to time acting as foreman of
various outfits. In 1890 he engaged in the hor.-e
business on his own account, buying stock on the
ranges and driving them to the cities foi
in the markets. He followed this occupation
with s< .me success fur two years, then dispo
of his interests to advantage, he accepted a re-
sponsible position with the Inm Mountain Ranch
i '• > , uhere he continued to be employed f»r two
5. Ill the spring of i Si > \ he to. ik up hi-
eiit ranch on Hear Creek, about . niles snitth
hugwati-r. Wvo.. and has remained hep-
that time, engaged in cattle and hop-
ing. He has met with siicces, in his businc-
has mail ive improvements on his ranch
proper! \. having now a fine and comforl
6, and a largl trad and hay land,
i to am in that sectii in of country. < >n Janu-
ary .). iSi,^. Mr. iiilford was united in
MI I oveland, t bio., to Mrs. Qllii E I- '
a native of Minnesota, and a daughu r of Hiram
and Jennie ( I'.rown I Swain, the former a native
of the state <>f \< w York, and the latter of Illin-
ois. The father of Mrs. Gilford, .-arly removing
from his native state to Ohio, there engaged in
farming, later transferred his result nee to Illin-
ois, win-re he located near the citv of Klgin.
wed thi same occupation. Subsequently he
moved to Faribault. .Minn., and was one of the
earliest of the pioneers of that slate. In iSS?
he moved to Lowland, Colo., where he en-,
in the manufacture of brick. Of recent years
he has been living retired from active business,
during th. greater portion of the time bin
and wife h.>\, iking their home with their
daughter in Wyoming. To Mr. and .Mrs. Gil-
ford two children have been born, namely, Mil-
dred M. M and Lee W. Two children of Mrs.
Ciilford by her former marriage, namely FP
ick C. \li < :trtv and Kdward T., are also men
of the hoiist-holil. The postoffice of ( ioldsmith
is at the home of the (iilfopls and Mr-,. Swain,
the mother of Mrs. Ciilford. is at the present writ-
ing (i <)(>_' | the efficient postmistress. Frater-
nally, Mr. (iilford is a member of the I'.enevoleiit
Protective < >rdcr of Elks, a member of the Chey-
enne Lodge, and also a member of the ordi
the Woodmen of the World, of the same place.
His church relations are with the Metl
Kpiscopal church, of which he is a valued ineni-
l.t r. Politically, he is identified with the Repub-
lican party and takes an active interest in all pub-
lic affairs interestin "imunity.
LAWRENCE L. Gl R.
IVsceiiding from a long line of creditable an-
rs in bis ( lerman Fatherland, and bringing
t.. successful use in this new land of lr- adop-
tion those qualities of bis race that tend t" thrift
and accumulation, the subject of this review has
li various experiences in life, and Is
trader at Atlantic < "i(\ . main-
taining ai ;"^ the p; and !b.
will ng numb.
• .f dealing, tile qualit\
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ami character of his reliable goods, and their
adaptation to the needs of the people. Mr. Giess-
ler \vas horn at Baden, Germany, on August 31,
i;<55- a grandson of Jao>b Giessler and a son of
Lawrence and Carolina (Himmelsbach) Giess-
ler. both natives of Baden, where the father was
a miller and where he died in 1895 at the age of
\ years, the mother surviving him until
iSijS. when she. too. was called from earth, at
nearly the same age. Of their nine children, four
survive, three residing in the United States and
one in Germany. Emigrating from Germany af-
ter a careful education in the gymnasium of
Baden, in 1873, Mr Giessler crossed the Atlantic
westward, continuing his course across the con-
tinent until he reached South Pass, Wyo., where
he engaged in various occupations until 1877,
when he became identified with the stock busi-
ness, continuing this successfully until 1889,
when he closed out his interests, and, in 1890,
purchased an interest in the mercantile estab-
lishment of James Baldwin, now of Lander, at
Atlantic City, and, after successfully conducting
this business for a year, he purchased the entire
business and has since carried on trade individ-
ually and with an annually increasing stock and
custom, being recognized as a capable and pro-
gressive business man, fertile in resources, quick
in perception, vigorous and prompt in action,
with a keen eye for the wants and necessities of
the community and the power of readily trans-
muting merchandise into money. In all of his
operations, his sterling honesty and justice to his
patrons win and retain for him the cordial es-
teem and regard of his numerous friends. He
is the owner of the large and modern building
in which his immense stock of general merchan-
dise, groceries, etc., is displayed, while he is
also interested in the Garfield mine, a promising
revenue producer of the neighborhood. Mr.
Giessler is a man of strong domestic tastes and
does not care for office, but, as a convenience to
the people, he has held that of notary public for
the last two years. He is greatly interested in
public matters, and he is affiliated with the Ma-
sonic fraternity, holding membership in Wyo-
ming Lodge, No. 2, the second lodge instituted
in the state. Mr. Giessler married with Miss
Emma J. Stegmiller, a native of Illinois, at Lan-
der, Wyo., on June 25, 1889. She is a daughter
of John and Ella S. (Steinert) Stegmiller, who
were natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Giess-
ler have one daughter, Emma J. Giessler.
NERI D. WOOD.
Among the invading footsteps of advancing
civilization which broke into the primeval soli-
tude and wild luxuriance of Northern Wyoming
were those of Neri D. Wood, one of the well-es-
tablished and enterprising stockgrowers of the
Tensleep region of Bighorn county, whose con-
tributions to the development of the region have
been substantial and considerable, and who has,
while helping materially in the progress of his
county, found a welcome guerdon for his labors
in the accumulation of a satisfactory competence
fur himself. Mr. Wood was born in June, 1862,
in the state of Missouri, where his parents, Levi
and Margaret (Estes) Wood, were successfully
engaged in farming. When he was thirteen
years old the family removed to Wyoming, lo-
cating about fifty miles north of Cheyenne on
Horse Creek. There they carried on a flourish-
ing stock business, and in its service the son Neri
rode the range. He continued this until 1885
when they all removed to Johnson county, and
there he followed the same occupation for five
years longer. In 1890 he engaged in the stock
business on his own account near Sheridan, re-
maining there until 1898. He then came to the
Bighorn basin and, securing an eligible location on
No Wood River, pushed with vigor on a large
scale the cattle business which he had been con-
ducting in a smaller way at his former place.
He has 1,120 acres of well-selected land, with a
desirable diversity of altitude to furnish the ne-
cessary ranges for his stock and on this tract,
which is one of the choice ones of this river bot-
tom, he has a herd of 900 excellent cattle' and a
nice band of well-bred horses and also carries
on extensive farming operations, which are
among the most advanced and successful in this
UVE Ml 0 0 I\G.
portion of the county. Mr. \Yood may almost
In -aid to have been bom to the cattle business,
for he bewail operations in it with his youth
has followed it in its various developments and
phases in different places continuously since
then. His experience in it has been long and
fruitful, and he has applied it in the manage-
ment of hi- own estate, with great success and dis-
crimination. There is no part of the industry
with which he is not familiar from actual expe-
rience, there is no emergency connected with it
to which he has not proven equal when confront-
ed by it and the evidences' of these conditions are
everywhere present around him. He was mar-
ried at Sheridan, Wyo., in 1893 to Miss Sarah
Jennings, a native of Texas, but an early resi-
dent of Wyoming.
MOSES V. C.ILTNER.
\Yith his early life darkened by the overwhel-
ming shadow of the great Civil \Yar, and dur-
ing almost the whole of it more or less dependent
on his own resources for advancement. Mosi -
V. Giltncr of Spring Creek, in the Jackson Hole
country of Wyoming, has well learned that self-
n liance, ready resourcefulness and adaptability
to ircumstances, which have been such poten-
tial factors in his useful and successful career,
lie is a native of Xodaway county, Mi-
where he first saw the light of day on March v
1857. Ills parents were Klias and Mary V
i I inn-ell i i iiltiuT. Indiana people \\lio emigrat-
ed to Missouri early in their married life. The
prosperous farmer when the War
•in tlir Sietioiis broke out, and, li.
to the call of his country in her great emergency,
llisted in the I'nion army, leaving bis young
dy to the care of their devoted mother,
the years of arduous service, to \\hich he was
destined in the field and on the march, \\hep-
• r f. ir a mani-
fold prev . b. to the
in i 1 in his farming. 1 lis
able wife died in II
living. ,\b '-i - '' r was
the third of seven children. He was educated
to a limited extent in the public schools of Mis-
souri, ami when he was large enough for the pur-
pose he began fanning for himself in that state,
and, having assisted his parents in developing the
stead until it was no longer necessary, in
iSS- he came to the Northwest, locating in
Washington, then a territory, and passed four
in traveling. In 1889 he determined to
make his home in Winning, and. taking up a
portion of the ranch of 320 acres on which he
now lives, on Spring Creek, in Uinta county, at
i nice began to improve and develop it. and with
such enterprise and success that it is now one
of the desirable ranches of a section renov
for its agricultural wealth and its high state of
cultivation. He also owns 160 acres on Flat
Creek, not far above Jack-on, and. on these two
tracts, he has conducted a prosperous and suc-
cessful cattle industry, carrying it forward on a
scale of magnitude commensurate with the size
and superior quality of his landed estate. I lis
ranches make an expanse <>f meadow land, re-
lieved by sufficient elevation in part- to -ive am-
ple range for his breed- of high-grade cattle.
yielding fine annual crops of timothy, alfalfa and
wild hay. with some grain. The raising of stock
is. however, hi- principal industry, and his ship-
;- are noted for their si/e and quality. \-
a leading fanner and stockman of tin- sectio
country, a citixen of influence and progressive
ideas, a gentleman of eiu ocial qualities
and a working and productive factor in th
velopment of Wyoming. Mr. diltner i- Wi
of the high esteem in which he is held and of the
landing position in the community which he
SO acceptabb. til!-.
JOHN B. GLE \\ ER.
|ohn I'.. ' was a native of i '.ennany,
and wa- born in that country on I'Yhruary _•;.
iS;:;. the son of
When he
his fatli ' when ten he
l'.\ the time he
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1\(,.
reached the age of thirUvn he li;ul saved enough
out of his slender earning t<> pay his passage
to the United States, and he made haste to come,
arriving at Berlin, \Vi>., in the spring of 1866.
I li> new home opened to him at once with hospi-
tality, and he found profitable employment on
a farm, although he could scarcely speak Eng-
lish. For nine year> he worked and prospered in
that state, and in 1875 came to Colorado where
he passed a year. In 1X7(1 '"' made his advent
into Wyoming, locating in Laramie county, and
there, falling in readily with the genius and lead-
ing industry of the locality, became a range-rider.
He followed this occupation in that neighborhood
for a year or two, then removed to Saratoga, in
Carbon county, where he continued it until 1880,
when he came to the Bighorn basin, after having
been married on May i of that year, at Rawlins,
to Miss Ida V. Wilson, a native of Kansas. For
nine years after settling in the basin he and his
wife worked for Otto Franc, he being for the
greater part of the time foreman in the business.
In 1889 they took up their residence on land of
their own and started in the stock business. In
1893 his wife died leaving one child, their son,
Otto F., who was born on May i, 1884, and who
was the first white child born in the Bighorn
basin. Since his son's death, which occurred
suddenly at Grand Island, Xeb., but a short time
ago, Mr. Gleaver ha~s been despondent and never
recovered from the effects of this serious loss.
His life was wrapt up in his boy and many times
during his illness Mr. 'Gleaver was heard to say
he had little desire to live. It was this feeling
which undoubtedly hastened his death, which sad .
bereavement took place on June i, 1903. In 1898
Mr. Gleaver's second marriage occurred at Mill-
bank, S. D., he being united on this occasion to
Mrs. Harriet (Faribault) Campbell, a native of
Minnesota. Mr. Gleaver was an enterprising and
progressive man and won the esteem of the peo-
ple of his community by his untiring energy and
activity in behalf of the advancement and im-
provement of the neighborhood and county and
his high character and strict integrity. All that
he had and was he made himself, unassisted by
favorable circumstances or the smiles of fortune.
His own indomitable industry, persistency and
busines> capacity were the factors from which his
estate was built up, and these would have made
him a success in any line of activity to which he
was adapted and under any circumstances. One
of the early settlers in his valley, with a large
circle of friends, and a wide acquaintance, he will
be sadly missed. Death has indeed removed an
old landmark, a sturdy citizen, whose history is
interwoven with the progress and development
of the Grey Bull Valley.
H.. M. GODFREY.
H. M. Godfrey, one of the leadingcommercial
factors of his section of the state, who is con-
ducting a popular and well-stocked emporium at
Lovell, has passed almost the whole of his mature
life in the farther West, and has thoroughly im-
bibed the spirit and genius of its people, entered
with zest and zeal into its methods of thought
and i action, been closely and intelligently identi-
fied with its progress and development, and aided
materially in giving trend and force to its insti-
tutions. He was born in the state of Xew York,
on August 25, 1834, the son of New England
parents, Daniel F. and Mehephzibah (Taylor)
Godfrey, who were born and reared in Vermont.
In his native state .Mr. Godfrey grew to man's
estate and received a common-school education,
and. in 1856, when he was twenty-two years of
age, he sought opportunity to win the favors of
fortune in what was then a part of the western
frontier, locating in Wisconsin, where he re-
mained three years. In 1859, at the time of the
Pike's Peak excitement, he crossed the plains to
Colorado, but halted on the way at a good point
on the South PJatte River, where he established
a road ranch, and had charge of the postoffice for
a number of years, giving his name to the God-
frey bluffs, which were so called in hrs honor.
He came to Wyoming in 1885 and located at
Douglas, and from there as headquarters was
engaged in freighting for two years. The next
two years he passed at Glenrock, then came to
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tin- liighorn basin and took 11]) a homestead on
tlu- Stinking Water, one mile belou tin- Mir mi
which the present town <if Lowell ha- -in. e risen,
liere IK- was occupied in fanning;' aii'l raising
.-lock until iqoo. when he sold out and op
the merchandising' establishment at Lovell, which
he has since ihen been successfully conducting.
His enterprise lias grown from a rather small be-
ginning ti > its present splendid pn >porti. ois. and
been transformed from a child of hope and prom
ise into one of the leading commeroial institutions
of this part of the state, having a large bod
well-satisfied patrons, and a high rank in the
mercantile world fur sound business methods,
down-to-date management and a comprehensive
scope, embracing in its well-selected stock every-
thing suited to the trade of a well-informed and
critical community, which it enjoys in a large
measure. .Mr. < iodfrcy is an active, working
member of the Masonic fraternity, and has long
been a devotee before its sacred, altars. He was
married at Denver, Colo., to Miss Annie < iod-
fre\ . a native of Wisconsin, who died at l.nvell
m [900, leaving six children. Frank. I'earl. Ru-
ben. 1'latt. Annie and 1'diss. all of whom are yet
living and at the parental home.
• M. D. <;R !•:<;<;.
.M. D. Crcgg. of Thermopolis, a pioneer ot
1X75 in Wyoming, and one of the leading eiti/ens
of the place, is a native of West \ irginia. Hi-
parents. F.dward and Xanev (Doty) Gregg, were
also native in West Virginia, and. when he was
two years old, thev removed to Iowa. and. four
later, to Adair enmity. Missouri, whei
was educated and assisted mi the farm until iSjj,
when he migrated to Colorado and engaged in
mining. In 1X75 he came to Wynming. located at
Lander, ami. as he expected to make that vicitj-
ity hi- permanent home, he improved a ranch.
to uhich he had acquired title, and brought
a high state of cultivation, making it in all re-
's a very desirable home, i in this ranch he
carried on a tlouri-liing stock business and fa
in- industry until 1X117. when be took up his
residence at Thermopolis. and built the first bath-
house and hotel at the hot spring.- in the neigh-
borh 1. lie discovered, \\hile conducting this
improvement, that of the prop], \\lio sought the
if the springs f. .r rhenmati-
other blood diseases. iiincU -seven per Cent were
fully cured. This circumstance, combined with
main others, convinced him that these spring-
are equal in medicinal value to any of the noted
and highly advertised springs of any section of
the country, of which there is a sufficient r.
to make- a basis of comparison. He continued in
the hotel and bathhouse until 1902.
when he sold out. having also ed a \>r«-
iducing engravings from the forma-
tion, which he ha- bad patented, and is preparing
lly devote himself and to place it on the mar-
ket on a i magnitude. The portrait is
formed in stone, this being the only process of
the kind known, which, it is believed b\ •
petciii t xperts, will revolutionize this department
of art and result in greal profil l* those \\lio
handle it. In polities Mr. Gregg is an ardent
Republican and has taken great interest in the
affairs of his partv. It- principle- and its candi-
dates always have hi- earnesl support, while his in-
tluence in part\ council- i- felt and heeded, lie
ieader of thought in local itside of
party lines, being also regarded a.- one of the
tnosl enterprising, public spirited and progr<
men in the community. Fraternally, he is con-
nected with the order of Freemasons and with
the order of ( )dd Fcllous. and occupies a place
of prominence in the regard of the memhe'
these fraternities, being active and /ealons in
their behalf and aiding in advancing their inter-
est- in ever\ legitimate way and manner.
WILLIAM D GOi iDRN II.
The story of \le\ander weeping for new
worlds to conquer is the story of human life in
brief. Whether one goes forth to battle ill the
armoi d war Or in that of peaceful a in-
quesl . it is ill His foot is
evei restless, bis ambition ever un-ati-ticd. his
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1XG.
v, c>rk ever incomplete. As soon as one domain
\ields to his control and becomes his serviceable
slave, he Junks forth for another to subdue. And
so, tlu- pioneers nf Colorado, which was once the
very frontier nf American progress and civiliza-
tion, or their descendants, as soon as it was re-
duced to subjection and began to blossom with
the flowers and bring forth in abundance the
fruits of systematic cultivation, began to find its
condition insipid, and to long for the strenuous
life of a new war against primeval Nature and
the satisfaction of a new triumph over her slowly
yielding resistance. Accordingly, numbers of
tliese pioneers pushed out into the unbroken ways
of Wyoming and again gave battle to the wil-
derness. Among them were the parents of Wil-
liam D. Goodrich, who is now a prosperous and
progressive stockman, located near Redbank in
Bighorn county, Wyoming, who was born in
Colorado in 1875, the son of Jacob and Martha
(Sartain) Goodrich, native, respectively, in In-
diana and Missouri, and early settlers in the Cen-
tennial state. When he was nine years old they
removed to Wyoming, locating at Lander, and
Mr. Goodrich's whole life from that time has
been passed within this state. In her schools he
received his education, on her soil he began the
battle of life for himself, at the fountain of her
civil institutions he got liis first draughts of po-
litical wisdom and inspiration. Before he reached
man's estate he entered the cattle indusry as a
producer, and he has been connected with it in
that capacity ever since. In 1890 he settled in the
Bighorn basin, near Redbank, where he has a
very desirable ranch of 160 acres on No Wood
River, and runs seventy-five to 100 head of well-
bred cattle and a small band of horses. He is
one of the wide-awake, progressive young men of
the county, filled with patriotic zeal for the wel-
fare of his county and state, looking always to
the securing of that welfare by the best means
available in commercial enterprise, educational fa-
cilities of the most elevated standard and social
and moral institutions based on broad views and
enlightened public spirit. His farm is a model
of thrift and enterprise, his cattle exhibit in their
condition the intelligent care that is bestowed upon
them and also the excellent judgment that is ex-
ercised in their selection, while his daily walk
and conversation among his fellows show him to
be impelled by lofty ideals of citizensliip. He is
at the same time progressive and conservative in
business, and in reference to the local affairs of
' the community, he is much more concerned for
the general weal than for the triumph of any par-
ty, faction or personal interest.
JAMES V. GOULD.
Deeply, actively and intelligently interested in
all that concerns the welfare of his county and
neighborhood, zealous in the support of every en-
terprise and potency which promises good for
their advancement and improvement, James Y.
Gould has been of great service in the develop-
ment of his portion of Wyoming, although a res-
ident of the state for less than fifteen years, hav-
ing come hither in the latter part of 1888, for he
was born on February 28, 1858. in Indiana, where
his parents, Steven and Almeda (House) Gould,
were early settlers, the former being a native of
Ohio and the latter of Kentucky. Mr. Gould lived
in his native state until 1881, being reared on
his father's farm and educated at the public
schools in the vicinity of his liome. In iSSi. at
the age of twenty-three, he left tlie paternal roof
and took up his residence in Colorado, where, for
three years, he was actively engaged in farming.
At the end of that period he went to southwest-
ern Missouri, there continued his farming opera-
tions and also carried on an extensive industry in
raising stock, and here he remained until 1888,
when he was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie
C. Carr, a native of Iowa, but, at the time of the
marriage, a resident of Missouri. Soon after
their marriage they came to Wyoming with the
intention of making it their permanent home, and
they have resided in tlie state from that time.
They immediately located on the land they now
own on the Grey Bull River, and at once began
to improve it and to develop a stockraising busi-
ness and general farming industry, which they
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823
have expanded in volume and value in both dc-
]!artniciits a> time 1 1:1 -sol. until their operations
have grown to proportions of cumulative magni
Hide ami reached a high Standard
lioih in tl'c <|uality of the products and the
ner in which the business is carried on. The
ranch now comprises |So acres of as good land as
can he found in the state, and the herds number
2OO t'nie cattle and many horses, all of
hreeds and high grades. I'pon his arrival in this
neighborhood, finding it as yet almost wholly un-
developed, in want of nearly all the conveniences
and the civilizing forces of modern life. \lr.
Id went to work assiduously to aid in sup-
plying the deficiencies. IK- built the first school
house erected <>n (I rev Hull River, and the first
church within the territory of what is now P.ig-
liorn county. He also took much interest and
displawd great /cal and enterprise in building up
tli.- industrial and commercial activities of the
region, giving' especial attention to the develop
ment and proper regulation of the stock indus-
try. lie is no\\ serving his third term as 1
commissioner, in occupying that office he has
been diligent and faithful in conserving and pro
moting the besl interests of the stock and the
sMckmeu throughout the territorj included in
his official district. His family consists ol six
children. Claude. Yera < i.. Grace, Myrtle. Dottie
and ( ira. A sketch of Mr. Gould's brother, Wil-
liam I'.. Gould, appears on another page.
CIIARLKS J. GRUNDY.
The subject of this sketcb. amid the chances
and cl • ' irtune, has carved for him-
si 1 1 .MI h. moral >le plao , ng 1 he maul \ men .11 id
worthj settlers of Wyoming, and can look back
with honest pride upon ihe hard labor, \\hich WAS
transmuted. l>\ his pi
, and ihe estei in of his fell' .\\ i
I'lorn iu Kugland on Jnl\' S. iX;i,, to the
of Cl id I'.iisana 1 1 lra\ le; I, < irund) . n.i
lives i if that couulrv. he earl\ nut the \\oi
life in tin- death of hi, father during his infancy.
Jlis mother married again. \\lnle he uas \ et
young, a Mr. Thomas Pretton, and they came
to this country in 1*115. In 1X07 the}
to Kuglaii'l. and his mother, marrying the third
time, they again emigrated to the I 'nitcd Mates
and settled m r.r\an City. \\ \oming. near which
town he has ever since resided. \\hen school
days were over, he worked with the railroad
compam as a lineman and machinist, but. in 1881,
took up a claim of [60 acres in I 'inta comity, to
which he has added, and on which he raise-
s and cattle. Mis mother is still living in
Cheyenne and his sister. Kli/abeth. is man>
lames ( 'lark, and resides in Kemmerer. Political
l\, he strongly advocates all theories of his party.
I nl i' \ing- that by so doing he is tending to the
sii]i|iort of his state, and. indirectly, to th:
the I . S. government, of \\lnch he is a loyal nat-
ed citizen. Honest iudusiry, \\licrcvcr ex-
ercised, brings its due reward, ami to-day Mr.
(Irrmly ranks with the stroll;; ami stable men.
who make the rank and tile that are forging
; to place \Yyoinin- ainon-- the advanced
S • if the I 'nion.
JAM MS II. i, I'll D.
One of the forceful and productive factors in
the mercantile and industrial world of Wyoming
I !. < luild. of I'inta county, whi •
born at I ehi. 1'tali. mi January i o. iSi.i. the
-i Hi of i 'harles and Mar} M. M ardon i i mild, a
iir of \\hom appears ,.n other pages oi this
work. When he uas seven old the family
d tO Wyi "id settled at 1'icdtnont. ill
I "inta coimt\. There he v.as reared and
rated, gall hal In could of the sparkling
and iiuigorating waters of knowledge irom an
irregular and nl alleudance at the public
schools of the neighborhood, for. in tb
as strenuous to c\er\hod\ in
•md il its accomplishments were com-
|ie!U-d to wail until its steri
jstied. \ I, lie engaged in ranch-
ither. and later b member
of the firm of Charles (mild \ Sous, formed for
the purpose of carrving mi an extensive merchan-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
dising and livestock enterprise. In l8Sl he si
on tlu- ranch ho now occupies, which had been
iousl} located by his father, and from that
\car it has been liis home. It lies four miles
M >ulh west of 1'iedmoiit and contains 4,000 acres
of land, much of which is fit for cultivation, and
has been broughl to a high state of fruitfulness.
In iSoS tin ( iuil<l interests were incorporated in
ompanies, • >ne known as the Guild Land &
Live Stock Co., and the other as the Guild Mer-
cantile Co., and James II. Guild became a stock-
holder in each and the manager of the former.
To this industrial manifestation he has given his
undivided attention and has made it one of the
most important and successful industries of its
kind in this part of the state. In politics he is
a Republican, and takes a definite and active in-
terest in the welfare of his party, although not de-
siring any place of honor or profit in its gift for
himself. He is especially interested in the cause
of public education, and, in its behalf, has freely
given six years of excellent service to the cause
as trustee at various times. Of the fraternal so-
cieties so numerous among men he has favored
only one with his membership, the Knights of
the Maccabees. His ranch is furnished with
good buildings and is well equipped for the stock
industry. In addition to what it contains as
deeded land, there is a very extensive acreage un-
der lease. The entire business in all departments
is conducted with a vigor and enterprise, and on
a scale of magnitude and success only possible to
the best business capacity and the most skillful
management, qualifications for which Mr. Guild
is well known throughout the cattle industry.
JOHN C. GUNNING.
One of the most popular places of public re-
sort conducted in Rawlins. Wyoming, is that of
which John C. Gunning is the proprietor. This
genial and sociable gentleman, who was born in
Hillsboro, 111., on January I, 1854, is a son of
John C. and Rachel (Galliday) Gunning, 'and
seems to be blessed with the happy disposition
that universally pervades mankind on each anni-
\er>ary of the das on which he was born. John
C. Gunning. Sr., father of the subject proper of
this biographical notice, was born 'n Ohio, in'
1820, being later a blacksmith by trade, who, in
1847, removed to Hillsboro, 111., where he passed
the remainder of his life and died in 1877, strong-
ly imbued with the principles of the Republican
party. John C. Gunning, the gentleman whose
name opens this article, was but four years of age
when he was bereft of his mother, but he con-
tinued to reside with his father until he reached
the age of seventeen, when he left his native state
of Illinois and came, in 1871, as far west as 1 >cn-
ver, Colo., where he secured employment with
the Denver Transfer Co., at freighting. As a
teamster for this company he drew in the first
machinery taken to the Little Annie mine, at Del
Norte, in the spring of 1875, and in the summer
of the same year, he went to Silver Creek, al-
though there were but few houses at that place
at the time. In the summer of 1876, Mr. Gun-
ning came to Cheyenne, Wyo., whence he made
a trip to the Black Hills, again engaged in
freighting, and hauled the lumber used in build-
ing Fort McKinney ; in 1879 he went to work for
the Union Pacific Railroad as brakeman, later he
was made a fireman, and. in 1883, was promoted
to engineer, in which capacity he acted until 1888.
when he withdrew7 from railroading and engaged
'in the saloon business in Rawlins, where he still
conducts one of the most orderly and popular
places of public resort in the town. Mr. Gun-
ning was joined in marriage, in 1883, with Miss
Mary J. Quinlan. a daughter of John and .Mar-
garet (Hays) Quinlan, natives of Ireland, and a
niece of Lays, the oldest settler of Wyoming ter-
ritory. This marriage has been graced with nine
children, born in the following order: May
Helen, Dan, Franklin, John, Clinton, James,
Elaine ^who died in October, 1899), Josephine,
Marguerite, Charles Lawrence, Cornelius Thomas
i \\lio died in December, 1900). and Raphael Cel-
sus. In politics Mr. Gunning is an active Demo-
crat, being prominent as a local leader. He has
served his party two years as president of the
school board, four vears as treasurer of the
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825
school board, anil three years as president of the
city cniuicil. of which he is at present a member.
He lia> been a very active member of this body
and has well -narde,| ilu- interests of hi-
stitiients, as well as those of the people at lar-v.
ami hr has met universal appn ibation.
KEON F. HART.
A varied and interesting career has linn that
"l" Kenn !•'. Hart, the subject of this brief sketch,
now a prominent ranchman and stockman of
* on verse comity, Wyoniin-. \ native of Long-
ford county, Ireland, he was born on ( Ictober 30,
in 1848, the son of keoii and I .riddel |( )'l'"arrel I
Hart, both natives of that count v. The father
was a physician and surgeon. who stood hi-h in
the ranks of his profession in his native conntrv.
and followed that occu|)ation there up to the time
of In- decease, which occurred in iS^/. Vftcr
the death of Doctor Mart, the widow left her old
home in Ireland, and came with her family to
America, where they arrived in iS<>^ and first
established their home in the city of Xcw York.
The subject of thi- sketch si mil entered himself
as an apprentice to learn the trade of piano manu-
facturing, and followed that occupation in Xe\\
York city for about ten years. In iSjj. lie enlisted
in the I". S. regular army as a member of the
Fourth ( avalry. and was tirst stationed at Forl
i irifrin.Tcx. \\"ith his regiment he n niaiued at ibis
military post and at other places m Texas until
I X-< >. when subsequently to the Cnstcr massacre in
soullieni Montana, the regiment \\as ordered to
l-ort Robinson, \ebraska. lobe nearer the scene
of activity in 'lie Indian \\ars. They remained
at I'ort Robinson about three months, and Here
ordered to ihe tield for a \\inter campaign in the
iion hern portion of Wyoming. I luring ibis time.
Fort .\lcl\inne\ was establish,-, | and named
Lieutenant McKinncy. of ibis regiment, who \\a>
killed in action during this canipai-u. I'pon the
return of the regiment to Fort Robins, m. jM the
following spring, the subject of ibis sketch re
ceived his discharge, he ha\in- served the full
term oi his enlistment, and. after leaving the
he went to the city of < >malia. Xeb., where
he remained for about one year- In May. I S^S.
the fascination of ann\ service was such that he
a-ain enlist,-, 1. this time joining the Fourth In-
fantry. II, was ordered to Fort Laramie. V
where he remained four years and six months.
In tin- spring of iSS;v the regiment returned to
Fort ( Imaha. Xeb.. \\here. this term of enlistment
having expired, he a-ain recei\-ed an honorable
discharge. leaving the service with the rank of
serpent. In the summer of iSS^ he returned to
\\'yoniiiiL;. and obtained a position on a large cat-
lie ranch on Lone I re. Creek, where he remained
a short time, and then resigned his position for
the purpose of entering the emplo\ of the T. \- I!.
Cattle Co., which was then one of the la:
concerns operating in the western country. With
this company he continued in the city
enne. until iSSS. when he resigned to engage iii
business for himself. Coining to the viciniu of
his present ranch, on the I 'latte River, he there
located, aboul one fourth of a mile from < )rin
Junction, near the line of the old California over-
land trail. I I ere he has since been eu^a^ed in the
cattle business and is now the owner of a fine
ranch, consisting of ^_>o acres of land, \\ell fenced
and improved, with suitable buildings and appli-
For the carry in- mi of ranclii.n^ and catlle-
raisint;. i ie \. i the pion that
section of Wyoming, and his ranch is om- of tin
historic |)laces of the West, hem- the plai
ierland emi-ralion crossed the Matte Ri\er
on its uay lo California during the days of i
'M ferry bein- on his present ranch. t >n
Fcbruarv j_>. iSSi. ,n the citj o'f Cheyenne, Mr.
Hart was united in marria-e to Miss r,nd-ct
.ney. a native of the State oi ' 'bio. and the
dau-hter of James (iaffaney. a respecle,! cr
of the c-ily of Toledo. The father of Mrs. Hart
foil' iwed the ' ccupatii Hi ' ii -11-. and con-
tmueil in that business up to the time of hi-
\\hich occurred in iSSj. The faniih are
devout members of tin- Roman Caihohc church,
and are actively interested in all \\orks ,.f re-
li-ion and charity in the cominnnitx \\her, their
home is located. X'o -ood cause ever -oi-s froin
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I'KOGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
them empty-handed, ami llie\ arc highly respect-
ed. Kraternally. Mr. Hart is affiliated with the
Independent ( (rderof < )(ld Fellows, being a mem-
ber Ml" the lodge at Douglas. \Vyo. Politically,
hi' is a staiu-h member of the I Imioeratic party,
a conscientious believer in the principles of that
pcililical organization. During his experience in
the I". S. army, he was for the greater portion
of the time under the command of General Mc-
Kenzie. and saw some very hard and dangerous
service. He is a loyal and patriotic citizen of
the United States, and, having done his full share
in bringing out peace and civilization from the
wilderness and savagery- of the western fron-
tier, he is honored by all who know his career.
JOHN E. HIGGIXS.
Numbered among the pushing, energetic and
successful business operators of his section of
Wyoming, where, in affairs that are far-reaching
and of importance, he is the acknowledged leader,
and, being distinctively honored with the office
of president of the Glenrock Woolgn iwers' Asso-
ciation, and also being a definite and powerful
force in the development of the state, John E.
Higgins, of this review, should have more than
a mere recognition in any volume treating of the
state's progressive citizens. He was born in
Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, in October, 18^7,
a son of John and Ann (Lanagan) Higgins. the
father being a native of County Connaught, Ire-
land, while the mother was reared in the north
part of the Emerald Isle. The father emigrated
when a young man, and, after his marriage, ul-
timately settled permanently in Wisconsin, when
that was the border-land and frontier of civiliza-
tion and wild beasts and Indians were both plen-
tiful and troublesome. As early pioneers, the
family struggled and labored, developing, through
hardships, privations and the toil of years, a
productive estate from a former wilderness tract,
and here the father died in the same year that
saw the birth of his youngest son, the subject of
this review. After his father's death the family
removed to another part of the state, and upon
attaining his fifteenth year, Mr. Higgins began
lifr for himself, going to Minnesota, where he
was employed for several years in the great lum-
bering operations of the pineries of that state.
In 1 88 1 he came to the present location of Liv-
ingston, Mont., and was connected for four years
with railroad construction, in 1885 coming to
Glenrock. Wyo., one year in advance of the rail-
road. In this prospective city Mr. Higgins estab-
lished a mercantile establishment, with which he
has been identified to the present, and seen ad-
vance from very small size and proportions to a
magnitude commensurate with the rapid advance
"f I he country and the skill and business ability
of the proprietors. It is now housed and dis-
played in a creditable store building of 50x100
feet in size, and consists of a full stock of gen-
eral merchandise, adapted to the needs and desires
of the dwellers in the extensive region tributary
to the town. In 1897 Mr- Higgins plotted and
founded the progressive town of Thermopolis,
where he also engaged in merchandising, his first
store and entire contents being utterly destroyed
by fire on July 31, 1898, involving a loss of $40,-
ooo. Such was the energy of its owner that with-
in thirty days a new store was in operation, the
business proceeding as if nothing had happened.
The mercantile operations at Thermopolis are
now conducted by the firm of Higgins & Mc-
Grath, our subject being the senior partner. Un-
der his sagacious plans and management, the
young, inchoate Thermopolis is rapidly develop-
ing into a. place of importance, showing great
prosperity. Mr. Higgins has extended his busi-
ness relations successfully into the stock depart-
ment of Wyoming's great natural resources, hav-
ing a finely improved ranch between Box Elder
and Deer Creeks, where he is running from 400
to 500 head of Hereford cattle with 15,000 to
20,000 sheep. Mr. Higgins was appointed county
commissioner in 1894, and was elected to the
same office in 1900. while, in 1895, he received a
highly flattering vote and election to the State
Legislature, where he showed the elements of an
able, popular and successful legislator and states-
man. His interest in educational matters has
PROCRIi.^MI'l. MEN OF WYOMING.
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been shown by his conscientious discharge ot the
duties i >f school trusl ' ir several years, being
alive tn ;ind active in all plans and propositions
tending to the weli'an of the communit) and the
state. Fraternally, he is associated with the Ma-
sonic order as a Knight Templar. Fie is also tin
owner of a fine landed estate in Nebraska, when
he is no\v running 500 head of fine cattle. Mr.
Higgins has he-en most fortunate in his marriagi
relations, having wedded, in June. iSS5. Mi-
Josephine Amoretti. the daughter of the promi-
nent hanker of that name connected with the
hanks of Lander and Thermopolis. -ind who
stands as a leader in the financial circles of the
state, a sketch of whose interesting career ap-
pears elsewhere in this volume. His daughter,
whi i received the best educational advantages of
the leading countries of Europe, inherits much
of her father's financial and business ability, and
is a most capable assistant and coadjutor of .Mr.
'. gins in his numerous branches of commercial
activitr. and they are prominent in social and
societ} Circles of the state, while in their at-
tractive home they are unequalled as entertainers.
JOHN HELLER AXD PER OLSEX.
Among the valuable representatives of her in-
dustry, intelligev.ee and practical ability, that the
far-off land of Sweden has contributed to the
wealth of America, must be considered the two
half-brothers whose names head this re-view, and.
as importanl factors in the developmenl of the
-mining and stockraising departments of Wyo-
,'s prosperity, they deserve a notice in any
work treating of the progn i of the
John I Idler was born in l!oden. Sweden, in
tober, 1863, the son of Johann Vosburg, who de-
ided from ancestors who had for generations
resided in that ancient town, and Murics
in Sweden, > •ngagcd iii lumber operation.-. ( )f
the three smis and one daughti -i hi t>nvnts,
Mr. Heller wa- the third child, lie remained in
Boden, tvcehing a -olid education in In- nativ1
city until i SSi i. \\-hen he e ad-
vantage of the wonderful opportunities his half-
brother. IVr I )lsen, who had preceded him to
America b ar. wrote him about. He came
direct to I.aramie, \Vyo., there meeting his broth-
er. During the twenty-two years Mr. Heller has
lived in the state he has made good use of the
opportunities that have presented theinsci
demonstrated that he was a law-abiding citi/en
of his adopted country, a genial companion and
a most loyal friend, lie has been prominently
connected with various enterprises of SCOpe and
importance and is one "of the truly progressive
men of the state. He has touched every link-
in the fraternal chain of Freemasonry to the
Thirty-second degree, holding membership in
Wyoming Consisting. No. i. and is a Knight
Templar. The llenevolcnt Protective < >rder of
Elks have also "taken charge concerning him."
I'I-K OLSEN. This gentleman is the half-
brother of Mr. Heller, who came to this country
in advance of him by a year. He was born in
P.odcn. of his mother's first marria . . on \pril
7. iS;S. In tSji). after his school days were
ended, he came to America, stopping at St. Paul
for a time, thence coming to Laramie. where he
was joined by Mr. Heller. For one year thereaft-
er the\ were employed in the rolling mills, then
they removed to Carbon, and during their
deuce at that place Mr. Olsen was for a time at
Fiuffaln until the fall of iSSX being for the most
of the time engaged in mining operations, i
there they migrat.
where ihev discovered the ( ileiirock coal mine
and filed on the locatioi ing it. The\ then
Pin a stone dn\\n yin feet, at thi- depth
dis]ila\ ing a i if a
After \\i irking this mine, and
selling the coal to the neighboring ranchers, there
being then n i here, in 18X7. th< \
the IIP ipei i •• to I laker \- h 'bust. m. merchant
•k up their |iresent property mi
i l i me mile south ' >f ( ilenrock and
turned their attention to ranching for -evcral
. prospecting ami mining dnp"g the win
The\ h.ivi- about (.00 acres in their ranch,
praclicallv all of it being under -ullicient in
ti«n and rai-e <|iiaiitii • besides
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PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOM1.\(,.
crops. They are pn >!itahl\ employed in stock-
raising, running lmr.sc>. cattle and sheep, and
have line hands of each. Their ranch is an
.•ially fine property, they have greatly im-
proved it ami it no\\ has a new residence of mod-
ern style and equipment. good barns, corrals, etc.
Mr. Olson has shown an energetic industry, and
is a good example of what a representative citi-
zen should be. He is a Mason and an Elk, while
both of the brothers give their intelligent sup-
port to. all valuable matters of public improve-
ment. They have discovered another coal field,
showing a seam of five feet, on which they have
filed, the land lying adjacent to their ranch and
between it and the coal company's property. On
this they have done considerable labor and have
sold coal from, it being only 600 feet from the
end of the mine switch of the railroad to their
shaft. In 1892 they discovered a quartz lead of
copper, etc., an assay showing sixty per cent, in
copper and four per cent, in gold, while, under
the copper, they have a lead vein, showing sixty-
one per cent, of lead, eleven per cent, in gold and
thirty-one per cent, in silver.
GEORGE V. HAYS.
One of the leading business men of Fremont
county, Wyoming, is the subject of this sketch,
George Y. Hays, whose postoffice address is Du-
bois. A native of Lexington. Missouri, he was
born in November 14, 1865, the son of G. C. and
Kmma C. (Fletcher) Hays, both natives of the
state of Missouri. His father was a prominent
business man, who was long engaged in the busi-
ness of stockraising. He was son of John Hays,
both the father and mother, whose maiden name
was Robinson, being natives of Virginia. The
subject of this sketch was the oldest of a family
of eight children and came with his parents to the
then territory of Colorado in 1870, where they es-
tablished their residence after removing from
the state of Missouri. He grew to manhood in
Colorado, and there received his early education
in the public schools. After completing his edu-
cation he engaged in the meat business at Logan,
( -'I"., in which he continued with considerable
success for about eight years. He then disposed
of his business interests at Logan, removed his
residence to the state of Wyoming, where he lo-
cated ''ii the Riviere Du Noir, near where the town
of Dubois now stands, and there engaged in
ranching and in stockraising. He continued in
this dual pursuit from 1893 to the spring of 1902,
when he disposed of his stock and ranch property
to the West Lovering Land & Live Stock Co. At
the time of this sale he was the owner of a fine
improved ranch, consisting of 240 acres of land,
having a large herd of cattle and other property
and interests. He then formed a copartnership
with Hewitt M. Youmans for the purpose of
engaging in merchandising at Dubois, Wyo.
This place is located on the military road to the
Yellowstone National Park, being the natural
supply point for a large area of country. In all
measures calculated to build up this section of
Wyoming, develop its great natural resources
and invite settlement and the investment of cap-
ital, Mr. Hays has taken a leading part for many
years and is looked upon as one of the leading
and foremost citizens of Fremont county. Fra-
ternally, he is affiliated with the order of Wood-
men of the World, and takes an active interest
in the social and fraternal life of the community
where he maintains his home. Western Wyo-
ming has no more loyal citizen, nor a more en-
terprising man of affairs and business than Mr
Hays, and he is held in the highest esteem by
all classes of his fellow citizens.
FRED D. HAMMOND.
The Hammonds of Xew York trace their an-
cestry back to the Hammonds of Massachusetts
and Xew Hampshire, where the name is written
on many an antique roll of Colonial days, show-
ing the active participation of the family in every
department of human endeavor and patriotic ac-
complishment, from the earliest days of New
England life. Fred D. Hammond, the popular
and successful attorney of Casper, Wyoming,
springs from this stock, his grandiather. Ransom
MEN OI; II YOMING.
S-'i i
Hammond, removing with his familv imm New
\K\-\-. to Wisconsin in its lerrit. trial days, ami
tlu-iv attaining local fame as a niillu ri-li
niilk-r. The parents of !•'. I ). Hammond were \1-
bert R. and Mary iDwxcr) I lamni. mil. the father
heini;- a native of Xe\v York and tlie moth
( >hio, liis nwii hirtli occurring at I tepere. \\'is..
mi h'lv i. iS(«). The father has followed suc-
cessful milling' operations in Wisconsin for many
•ears and is ni)\\ residing at his pleasant home
in I Vpere. I'red 1). 1 lanimoml was the \ < un i
in a family of five children, and. while pursuing
his elementarv studies in the pnhlic schools, he
manifested 'such a spirit of study and rapid proi;-
ress that he was early advised and inclined to
prepare himself for a professional career, so, after
neciviiii; the advanta^t s of a course at I
Academy, l;e matriculated at the Michigan State
I'nivcrsitv. at Ann Arbor, and then passed Iwo
must diligent years of .study in the literary de-
partment, thereafter entering the la\\ department
; in! enjoying the technical instruction in the mys-
h ries appertaining t" the study of the law there-
in imparted, keeping even step with the liest
scholarship of his class in the preparations oi
tluses. the results uf examinatinns and in the
class debates, receiving the coveted degree ni
l'i. 1 .. ill iSijj. Immediately after his ^radnalii m.
Air. Hammond began ti i \'<> >k rp a sat is tact or \ !• >-
eaiion. passing in this domestic travel about I wo
• if time, m i S' .• ( In- I* icated in < 'asper, \\ y >.,
settling di\\n to the active practice of his
chosen pn>i< ssion <>i law, here he is now located.
ittained all that is ncccssar • titute
him one of tlie ahle voim^' lawyer.s of the State,
in extensive am! a steadily incrcasint; patronage
• if tin- In si citizens, .1
;i -i Hi >r and la\\ \er. a repnl.ii ion oi I" MIL; a
clean, hmiest pel On of ackm >\\ ledL;i'd aliilit\ and
integrity, a pnpidar and useful citi/en. \\linse
services in matters of pnhlic and pruah- inii
been niimi r. >rs and ever aiK'an tg hi
welfare nf the community. 1 I
creditahh tilled the i ifliee ,,f cit \ .ii of CaS
and is the present elticii nl chairman of the
I 'eniiicratic cmmtv committf . lie lakes .
interest in the fraternal societies of the Hen
lent I'pii.ctivc ( >rd( r of l;.lks. the Independent
I Irder i if i 'd'l Felli n-. s and tlie VVflOi 'i" the
U'orld. linldinu; various ]Hisili.ins and
tlitir • tive organizations. .Mr. Ilami.
ried \\itli Miss \\'illa K. Brewer, a (laughter
nf ( liarles P.reuir. nf Uisin^ I'ity. Xeli.. i .n June
[896, and their centrally located and finely
ec|ihpped hotm- is cheered h\ a winsome son,
I).. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. llainnmnd an decidedly
coni]iiiiici. nf the lies! suciety life of the
city, having a larqe ran^e of vahiahle friends.
HILL.
Descending from families identified promin-
ently with the history of the Kastern states, and
possessing a disiinet and a positive individuality
that early threw him into a strenuous life in Hi
wild West, Amos Hill stands as one of the
ling pioneei characters that, alas, are fast passing
away. In detail his life ston would read like
.' romance, and. to rehearse it fully, would occu-
py far more space than the limitations of a
like this would allow, for his life has been 'l
and a usi ful one, an example of honorable
dealing, steadfast purpose, tidelit\ tO principle
and invincible phvsical and moral courage. Ho
typical ol,|-timcr. and. as such, he is honored
and reverenced by all who know him. Ilis lik-
n on December id. |S,1. as a son of I'.lihn
Eln 'i.i ' Mel .allm i 1 lill. natives of \ew
York, Ins father heinu; a son of \ViM: Ruth
lin) Mill, \\lio were born in I'einisvlvania.
\\hile his mother was the daughter of an eloquent
Methodist divine. l\e\ Icl.allin. who was
[a ichtisetts of Scotch ancestry, and his
wife, l.neinda. a nati\e of \ irt^inia. Amos Mill
was one o^f thirteen children and attained his la-
IIT 'teens mi the paternal homesteads in Illinois
and Kansas, learning more from ai'tual experi-
ence and hard labor than from the teaching and
text-b I Ic \\ as \ i-, irons and
healllu. i lied for a life of freer action,
which hi in iSSo. hv i^'int;- to the then
primitive i 'olorado and starting in business for
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
himself with a freighting < until, traversing the
wild country from Canyon City through Lead-
ville in Pueblo and Alamoosa, continuing in this
Mivmious vocation until 1878, of ion having thrill-
ing adventures with wild boasts and with wilder
men. His outfit, on leaving Colorado, consisted
of four six-horse and mule teams. This he sold
to a Colorado man coming to "Wyoming, and, to
secure his pay, he came with him and worked in
his eniplnv. While MI working he had an alter-
cation with the buyer about the deferred pay-
ments, and the quarrel developing into a fight,
during the progress of it another employe of the
man shot Mr. Hill in the head, the bullet, how-
ever, glancing off from the skull, only making a
wound that left a good-sized scar. The next day
the rest of his money was paid to Mr. Hill and
the trouble was over. In 1882 he came to the
Fort Bridger section of Wyoming, and here con-
ducted freighting for two years with ox teams,
from 1882 to 1884, however, being engaged in
profitable trapping for beaver. When these oc-
cupations closed he started an enterprise in cat-
tleraising, increasing his herds annually. When
the reservation became public land, he locatea on
a homestead on Smith's Fork, and developed a
prosperous and attractive cattle ranch, the busi-
ness of which was cumulative and of marked
value. In the course of time his acquisitions
wore such that he felt able to retire from the life
of unremitting labor he had so long pursued,
and, disposing of his land and cattle, with his
aged arid cherished mother he makes his home
at Mountain View.
PHILIP HARSCH.
This useful and prominent citizen of Atlantic
City, Wyoming, where he is conducting an exten-
sive and profitable blacksmithing business. Philip
Harsch, deserves especial mention in this volume.
as he is one who did valiant service in the ranks
of the Union army of the Great Wrar of 1861-5,
and is a citizen of good repute, by his endeav-
ors steadily adding to the development of his
home section and the land of his adoption. Mr.
l!ai>Hi was burn in Luxemburg, (iermam. >n
lul\ _'. iS^j, a MHI ni' Adam and Angelica ( 1 lan-
sen) llarseh, his father being a blacksmith and
dying in 1848 at the age of fifty-seven Mars.
while the mother attained the venerable age of
ninety years, (lying in 1866. Philip was the •
youngest of their nine children, and was in care-
ful attendance at the excellent government schools
of his native place up to the age of manhood;
also learning, in a faithful manner, the dual trades
of blacksmithing and ironworking. Being desir-
ous of a larger held for his energies than was ob-
tainable in Germany, in 1855 he emigrated, pro-
ceeding across the ocean to the United States,
win re he made his home in St. Louis, Mo., and
was employed at his trade until 1861. when he en-
listed in Co. C. Fifth Missouri Infantry, for serv-
ice in the Union army for three months, there-
after enlisting in the First Missouri Light Artil-
lery for three years, in this connection participat-
ing in several of the momentous battles of the war
and in numerous engagements of lesser character,
being twice wounded, but never captured or sent
to the hospital. His first experiences of battle
were in the bloody affrays at Carthage and Wil-
son's Creek. Mo., where the lamented General
Lyon met his death. From the artillery he was
mustered out at Chattanooga, Tenn.. but, deeming
that his adopted country had further need of
him, he for the third time enlisted, becoming a
member of Co. A, Sixth Veteran Volunteers,
serving for one year in garrison duty in Wash-
ington, D. C., Alexandria, Va., and at Harris-
burg, Pa., being mustered out with his regiment
at Alexandria in 1866. Returning to St. Louis,
Mr. Harsch went on to Leavenworth, Kan., and
for four months was the blacksmith at the gov-
ernment post at that city, thereafter crossing tin-
plains to Fort McPherson, where he held the
same position, being in the civilian service of the
United States for twenty-seven months. He then
became identified with railroading, following the
Union Pacific in its construction from Omaha to
W y.ming. in 1869 reaching South Pass, there
establishing a blacksmith shop and remaining un-
til 1873, when for two years he was the gov-
ri«»,i<ESSIVE MEX Ol' WYOMING.
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eminent blacksmith :il Fort Stanbau^h. in' 1
making his permanent home and business head-
quarter-- al Atlantic Cit\ . Hire prosperity has
attended his im lustrious eflorts. not onl\ in his
trade, hut also in the mining interests in which
In- has invested, having several promising pros-
pects. Mr. llarseh is liberal in his supporl
contributions to matters of public and li«cal ini-
provement, and is ;i loyal ineniher and supp
of the Repuhlican party, while fraternally h< has
lieen a \-ahied memlier of the (did Fellow- ami
.Masonic organizations, holding brotherly rela-
tions now with \V\ oinin^ l.odt;v. No. 2, \. I1'. \
A. .M. ( hi June 21, iS-^. at South Pass, ' '
Mr. ll.ir-. -I, married with Miss Kli/aheih Sdieeka.
a nati\ e of Cassd. in IIesse-1 ),inusiadi . ( rcrmany,
and a daughter of Jaeoh and Martha Seheeka.
Their children are I'hilip, who is married and
resides at Atlantic t 'it\ ; I lenry \\". ; Lenora, wife
oi l\. C. limit, the popular postmasier of Atlantic
City; .Martha F... and Retina. Tlic death of
Mrs. llarseh occurred on August .'5. iSiiS. the
whole community feeling her loss as a personal
calamity and a sad hercavcnicnt.
JOHN M. IK (RNECKER.
( )ne of the valuahle contributions of the '
man Fatherland to the development of the v;Teat
LirCCS of the western portion of the I 'nited
States. John M. Hornecker brought from his
native land the sturdy, self-reliant and productive
characteristics of his race, and has borne in no
unstinted measure his share in the toils :m,i
in.!, that are necessary and integral por-
oi the advance of civilization, and he has
I a ricli harvi-t as tin
ida) an enviable p ine of
the represi he o unit \ . and as
one whose \\ord is as - ! as In- i \\.as
horn .' iermany. in |S |ohn
M. and Anna M. i Nusbat
« IP >se Path 1^ Jae.,h. beii
weaver in ( iermauv. hut. after tin
nil i" \merica.iu [855, becoming a farm-
er and stockraiser in II. ' .,uri.
serving as a militiaman in the Civil \\ ar. His
i: vi l>roui;hl successful results, and there
'.1 resides, tin faithful wife and mother hav-
ing p:. sed to her reward in |S~i>. at i'
lifty-one years. They had four son -t I''.,
a stockman ol Fr< >untv, \\ yo. ; lohn .M. ;
rt, now living in ( Ire^oii : < I ,an-
der, \\"\n. ( >rr suhject r iich edit.
'united attendant'-. -'ould
le. and ear' . d in pra.ctical labor,
v.orkiiiL; for washes on various .Missouri farms
.. i. thru becoming; a drivel
on \\-ork on the Union I 'acific l\ail-
ro:id near ( liryrmu . so that bis connection with
Wyoming dates back thirU -thr., years. In
- : to Miner's Delight, in lrre-
i county, there b , with the
n ining industry, \\orkin-- for others for • ne \ear
and continnin<4 his labors thereafter for himself
rntil iSjj. when, in association with a lirother.
he built a cabin near his present home, thereafter
continuing; mining at intervals until 187.}. when
••vent ml peri, 'ds > .f his
life. Taking a contract to put up hay in the \Vind
River Valley for the I". S. .yovennm nt. in the
Utii 'ii of thi . nter]iris, he had main- ex-
citing S ill the ,\a\ of encounters with
and surprises from the Indians, who \\ , re :
Aarpath, d'il\ accomplisliini;- his ]>tu
and filling his o intract. I le ha-1
le Indians before. He uas at the mines in
the snrin- of \y,-u 'Alien the Arapahoes killetl
nine men. and wa .in- company
that drove thr sa -n'ty. Tn
1X77 and iS^s Mr. HorneckerAvas both clerk
carpenter at the \rapahoe agency, in the
making his home upon the nucleus of his
ml. Kin-
huest of | aiider. and having pl< uly
meadow land. This
pt'opr|-t\ he has hisjilv impr.ned \\ith suitable
hnildiiiL's and
-si'nl
Mr. \\hile his industry and
1 thrifty orch-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMI
anl of apple, plum and es oJ fruit
! also small fruits in profusion, mak-
ing a truly ideal V home. An active and
citizen, Mr. llornecker is public spirit-
ed in an eminent decree. is an earnc.-t su|)porter
of t! ties lie deems best adapted
to tlie welfare of the stale and country, and he
LI ial positions of trust and
ice. having lieen for si\ years one ot
the county commissioners of Krcmont county,
and. at the present writing, he is occupying- a
on the stair pour-farm commission. In all
that concerns the public weal Mr. Hornecker
takes greal interest and is generous to a high de-
gree. At Lander. Wyo., on \pril -'5. 1883, oc-
:d the wedding ceremon} of Mr. Hornecker
am! Mi:.s Sarah JollilT. she being a native of
Illinois and a daughter of . Miner and Maria
i Scott | JoliiT, natives of the same state. .Mrs.
llornecker is an active and valued member of
the First Methodist Kpiseopal church of Lander,
and, as \\-ell as her husband, enjoys the esteem of
the entire communitv. Their children are Roy,
< Ira. Amy 'ind Ada.
OLIVER P. HARDER.
Oliver P. Hardee, a prosperous and enterpris-
ing farmer and stock-grower of Bighorn county,
living not far from I'.asin on Shell Creek, has
the incentive to patriotism engendered by his own
love of his country in all its parts, by his loyal
di votion to its institutions and interests and also
that which was born of the traditions and history
of his family, whose members from early Colo-
nial times have been active and prominent, in all
phases of the national defense and in the general
productive forces of their country. His grand-
father and his seven brothers fought under the
great commander in the Revolution, from its
opening contest at Bunker Hill, until glory
ero\vned its triumphant banners at Yorkto\\n.
And, in the subsequent marvelous growth and
development of the land, their descendants have
upheld in every relation of life the lofty ideal
which thev established. Mr. Hardee was born
in loua. ..n \ugusl Jo. iS^j. a son of William
and Elizabeth (Farley) llardee. both natives o|
Kciitnckv and early settlers in Iowa. Re re-
mained in his native state until he was fort\
\cars ot age. Billing his education in her excel-
lent public schools, marrying, when he was twen-
ty-two, among In r people, then settling do\\n
to an active fanner's life on her soil. There he
prospered, and found the circumstances around
him favorable and agreeable, until 1882. when he
awakened to a desire for the larger range and the
freer life of the \\estern plains, came to \Vvoming,
locating on Goose Creek in Sheridan county.
There he took up a homestead and started an en-
terprise in raising stock and general farming,
on a totally different basis from that in which
he had formerly been engaged, and found it of
sufficient magnitude to occupy all of his faculties
and with variety enough in feature to satisfy the
longing which had brought him thither. He re-
mained on that ranch until 1891, then sold his
interests and made his home in the town of Sher-
idan for two years. In 1893 he purchased the
home he now occupie's on Shell Creek, which
comprises 160 acres of excellent and highly cul-
tivated land, well furnished with good improve-
ments. On this he has since resided and he
has here built up a prosperous and expanding
business in the cattle industry, handling now
about 150 well-bred Hereford cattle and also a
large number of thoroughbred horses. By con-
tinual and judicious culling' he keeps his stock
up to a high standard and by intelligent and care-
ful attention he keeps it in good condition. I hit,
exacting as is his business, he still takes time to
give due attention to the affairs of the community,
showing active support to every enterprise of
value in its advancement or improvement. He is
an active member of the Masonic order and. for
many years, he has been zealous in attendance on
the meetings and deeply interested in the vital-
ity and progress of his lodge. His first marriage
occurred in Iowa, on January 14, 1864. and
united him with Miss Eliza Bridgewater, a resi-
dent of that state, but a native of Missouri, where
she was born in 1844. She died in Sheridan conn-
PROGRESSIVE MILX OF'IVYOMING.
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t\ . \Yyo., in iSSd. leaving six children. Albinus
\V.. Francis I ).. \mamla I''.., \\'illiain V... M
. md Lottie !'.. ' >n August 12, [896, Mr.
llardcc married a second time. hi-, choice bein^
Mrs. Margaret Payne, a native of \rev '* orl
living at the tinu- at Slirriilan. \Yvo.. where the
marriage ceremonies were celebrated.
\\ II. 1.1 \M HARTER.
Holding wonlu prestige among tin ucci
fill livi-iock men <>f Laramie county, wherein is
also maintaining a representative position a- a
ii. it is hetittinj;- in this connection to iovc
a brief resume of tin- leading facts in tin- career
of the gentleman \\hose name introduces tliis ar-
ticle. \\'illiain Ilarti-r was horn in Erie county.
Xcw York, on September it. iSdj, a son of Mi
rliarl ami Kali- I Klakc ) llarter. hoth of ,
were natives of the Kni|>irc state. Paternally.
Mr. Barter's ancestors were Germans, the fam-
ily beinij represented in America as earK as tin-
< olonial ]n-riod. |',v occupation. Michael llarter
\vas a cmitra'-tor and hnilder. He followed his
trade fora number of \ ears in Erie count \ , NT. Y.,
and still live-, tin-re, his home at the pn-^-iit time
hi in- in the town of Lancaster. William Hartei
thi fir>t sixteen \ears of his life in his na-
tive county, and. at intervals, during that time
.'Mended tin- pnhlic schools, in which he acquired
a knowledge of needed fundamental F.nidish
branches. . \hont 1X70 he left home tr, make hi-
own way in the world, and. ten years later, went
to Montana, where he secured employment on a
ranch n.-ar Miles City. After passing about
eiijit months there, In- cn-a-ed \\ith a bridge
on tile Northern Pacific Nailroad. and con
tinned in the latter line of work until iSS^.
lie gave up Ins place and wenl to i anada. \\here
i" penl ten \earsahort equally divided between
bridgebuilding and driving a pad train. Subse
Mr. llarter traveled quite extensively
over the I >akotas, Wyoming, the [ndian I en-it. >r\ .
I exas and other wi-stein states .md territories,
devoting his time to ranchiiiL;. In the Miiniiier of
|SS; he accepted eni|>lo\ nient on a ranch near
. inn-, and. during tin
cattle in that locality, in the meantime aci|niriiiL;
h . icperience in even detail < .f tin- i
ness. In iS'i" l- etol aram • mntj . \\h. -
tiink r,]1. a ranch, twenty miles ,
and. since that time, he ha- In re lieen actively
IgCd ill the livestock tl
sponsiliiliu . building np a lar-c and pi
business. The place he owns consists of 540
of line -ra/in^ land, while, in addition. !
a tract o ill- being now fenced and
admirahh adapted for pasturage, i >n these '
,1 lar-e nnmher of cattle and his si;.
has been Mich as to \\iii him recognition as one
of the leading- -'"" i" which
ates. Mr. llarter has a pleasant and
hkvliK attractive home upon his ranch, and. with
his estimable n. t" \\li.nn he \\a- ill
in marriage on July 2~ . lS.j;v is well suited to
the many comforts with which his place
of abode is .supplied. The maiden name of Mrs.
llarter \\:is KmiMa Ua\is. and the ceremony by
which it was changed took place in the town of
-Iron. Xebraska.
l-'.RAMx 1). III'.L.MI'.U.
l-'rom an old ( ierman ancestry on his father'^
side. tr\ \\hich had bei ! ' ner-
rous and substantial in the Father-
land, and which had ever borne a man!) and
serviceable part in all the eli :
and in that conntn ' nk IX
Iblmer. now of lljo-horn count). \\"\oniin^. liv-
ing near I'.i^trails ])ostott"ice. \\hetv he i- con-
di'clini; a prospi •• u;ro\\in- stock indus-
try. < xem|)lif\ iny in his daiK life i'
of American citi/eiiship. lie was born in
in Iowa, whither his fatK .ited when he
was a \ ' 11111- man. I 1 1 • nanu <f • ' I (el-
and he married Miss Fnnice I'ollex . i na-
tive of \.-\\ N'ork. The\ were farmers, and were
well-to-do in h>\\a. Lading lives of indiistr\ and
thrift, p. r forming even dnt\ of tin it
with tidelitv. In tin >f their nei^l.
and friends the\ stooil well and pas-e.l thron-l;
834
>GRESSIVE ,!//;.\ OF WYOMING.
life without reproach, u ilh a steadily increasing
regard mi the pan of all who knew them. Frank
1). ileliner remained al home until he reached lin-
age of sixteen, assisting his father on the farm
unending ihe M-hools in hi> vicinity during
vinter inonihs. In 1872 he came west to the
k ! lills in South Dakota, and was engaged in
the ^tock 1>nsine» there and in Nebraska until
i.v;SS. \\hen In- came to \Vyomiiig and bought the
raiieh on which lie no\v lives and there continued
the enterprise he had started in the other states.
He o\\ns 310 acres of good range and meadow
land, and handles on it 300 well-bred cattle and
' .ity-five to 100 good horses. He has ap-
plied to his business, and to the improvement and
equipment of his ranch, all the advanced thought
ot modern times in his line, and has one of the
most desirable- places in his section of the county.
His Mock has a high rank in the markets, and,
being bred and kept with care, protected, as far
as ma}- be, from every form of disease and hard-
ship, this is a natural result. He omits no effort
i" -ecure the best product, and quality is as cer-
tain of asserting itself and bring proper returns
in the stock market as elsewhere. Air. Helmer
was married in Nebraska to Miss Ada E. Ar-
ledge, a native of Iowa, a daughter of Alexander
and Julia (Peters) Arlcdge, the former a native
of Kentucky and the latter of Wyoming. Three
children have blessed their union, Charles, Ben-
jamin and Joseph. Their home is a pleasant re-
sort for their many friends, who always receive
a cordial welcome and a generous hospitality, and
the influence of the family on the local affairs of
the community is forceful, all of its strength be-
ing used on the side of substantial progress and
improvement, there being no enterprise whatever,
for the advancement of his country, in which Mr
Helmer does not take an active interest.
CHARLES J. GROSS.
One of the most prominent citizens and the
leading merchant of the city of Pine Bluffs,
Laramie count}-, Wyoming, was the esteemed
Charles J. Gross, whose untimely death, caused
by a railroad accident in 1899, robbed the state
of one of its most progressive and promising
young business men. A native of Beaver count v,
Pa., hi- was born on September n, 1862, the son
of Henry and Louise Gross, natives of Ger-
many. The father was born at Wetzler, Prus-
sia, on November 15, 1825, and emigrated in
1848, establishing his home in Beaver county, in
the Keystone state, where he engaged for a
number of years in farming, then disposed of his
farm and entered upon the merchandising busi-
ness at Wall Rose in the same county, in which
he continued with success for the long period of
over thirty years, dying on February 17, 1900,
and his widow is still at Wall Rose. He was an
active member of the Democratic party and al-
ways took a leading part in the campaigns of
Beaver county. Charles J. Gross attained to
man's estate in his native county, receiving his
education in the public schools of Wall Rose.
In 1882, when he had arrived at the age of
twenty years, he went to East Liverpool, Ohio,
where he remained about one vear, then leaving-
o
his position there he removed to the city, of
Omaha, Neb., where he accepted a position in
the employ of the Armour Packing Co., and re-
mained until 1887, in the fall of that year he re-
signed his position, removed to Pine Bluffs, Wyo-
ming, purchased a small store building, and en-
gaged in general merchandising. He met with
immediate success and by hard work and care-
ful attention to business enterprise grew to such
an extent that in 1890 it became necessary for
him to have larger store room for the convenient
accommodation of his increasing patronage. He,
therefore, purchased the store and stock of mer-
chandise of another merchant of the place and
continued to transact a large and constantly in-
creasing business until 1898, by which time his
business had again outgrown his room, and he
erected a large two-story block, at that time the
largest building of the place. Here he carried on
merchandising until his death, on December 30,
1899. While engaged in shipping cattle in Neb-
raska he met with an accident on the railroad
which resulted fatally. He left a large estate
to his widow, who still carries on the business
PROC.K OF WYOMING.
835
along the lines followed by her husband,
who was buried in the eity of Cheyenne. On
Februarj 28, i«S«;2, Mr. Cross \vedded at Chey-
enne, Miss Mary E. Dolan. a native of Wyo
ming and a daughter of William and Margaret
(Kcrwin) Dolan, natives of Ireland, who are
well-known residents of Wyoming. To the
union of Mr. and Mrs. Gross were born three
children, William A., C. Crawford and Henry
L., all of whom are living. The home life was
a notably happy one and Mrs. Gross was a true
helpmeet to her husband and a valuable adviser
and a safe counselor to him in all his business
. nterprises. Much of his success was due to her
lance and good judgment, and since his un-
fortunate death sin has demonstrated her finan-
cial ability. In addition to her property inter, i
ir Tine Bluffs she is the owner of a ranch in
Nebraska and of one stocked with cattle about
ten miles west of Pine Bluffs. Wyo., her cattle
interests being managed by her brothers. She
is highly esteemed as a woman of great force of
chara.-t< r, as \\ell as of business acumen, and en-
joys universal esteem, and the family are devout
members of the Roman Catholic church. Mr.
Gross was a stanch adherent of the Democratic
party, always active and prominent in that po-
litical organization, and for live years prior to
his death he was the postmaster at Pine I'.lnlTs.
In his untimely death, the business community
sustained a serious loss and the commonwealth
was deprived of a most valuable citizen.
W. K. HATFIKI.D.
Coming to tlu- I'.ighorn basin in the last dcc-
lineteenth centurj . after si •
of life in mam states of the farther West
employing bis energies in many crafts 1,1 \arions
places. W. !•'.. llattield bronchi to the home he
lias made among this people, and to thi \\ork lie
has dime here, a \\ide experience and a knowl-
i and nielli, ids, which can seld< >m be
n\ other source. This experi-
i great Si • him bei
it has given him and -landing a> one of
the - ns and pn ig re >S '
portion of the state, which he has helped to de-
velop and adorn. He is a native of Missouri.
where he was horn on April jS. 1X07. the son of
C. M. and Sarah I Pyle) llattield. who had lived
in that state for man) years. When he had
reached the age of nine his parents removi
Kansas, and. in this new home, he completed his
education, in that source of great power and
safety to the American people, the public schools,
and. when he became of age. he started in life
for himself in the occupation his ancestors had
been connected uith for generations, the cultiva-
tion of the soil. In iSij<> he came to Colorado,
after having passed two or three \ears in his
native state. Colorado interested and cmp'
him for a time, and he then came to Wyoming
for a vear. I "nun this state he went to South
Dakota, and there he lived for four years, at
I'ierre. \t the end of that period he once more
SOUghl a home and its pleasures in Wyoming,
and. locating in the neighborhood wherein he now
reside-, en-aged in the stock business. He owns
a tine ranch of Jon acres, where he has a herd
of [00 cattle and a band of horses; While the
stock industry has been his principal business
here, he has not neglected the improvemi n! of his
farm, nor ignore,l the great possibilities of gen-
eral agriculture in the basin. lie has en
L 1 buildings, a c. mi fort able and attractive resi-
denc< and other structures in keeping with this,
and has added to the equipment of his plao
both his principal industry and the subsidiary
work of farming, all of tb. ry appliances.
\\liich are of good ,|nalit\ and the mosl appi
patterns. lie has also given to the general in-
terests of the community due attention and the
intelligence in practical application which h.
aci|uired from his extciisue experience and
observation, \\hile nothing tending to the prog-
ress and elevation of the neighborhood has lacked
his earnest and actise support. He- \\as married
in South n.-ikota. in iSoj. to Miss I'.lanche t ar
(.enter, a native of lu, liana, whose parcm
mo\ed from that state to the place of her mar-
when she was \onng. and she has con-
• d the domestic inl iblishmeilt
u ith tbi grace that
836
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
have characterized tin- \\ork belonging to the
i activities on the ranch, the home being a
UK ulel of thrift, enterprise and neatness, of skill-
ful husbandry and good taste.
HEM AN HYDE.
Comfortably, even elegantly, located in the
midst of his 32o-acre ranch of fine meadow land,
on which he raises graded cattle in goodly num-
bers, and carries on a farming and dairy industry
of large proportions, Bishop Heman Hyde can
defy the shafts of misfortune and laugh a long
siege of them to scorn, for, so far as this world's
goods are concerned, he is not only apparently
secure against the winds of adverse fate, but may
have in addition to the feeling of security he pos-
sesses, the enjoyment born of knowing that his
estate is the legitimate fruit of his own industry,
enterprise and thrift. He is a native of Utah,
where he was born on February 3, 1855, his par-
ents, Hon. Rosel and Mary A. (Cowles) Hyde,
being natives of New York, who came to Utah in
1848. The ' father was, while in active life, a
farmer, and a man of great public spirit, both
in political and in church circles. For a number
of years he was an esteemed member of the Ter-
ritorial Legislature, and also a counsellor of the
bishop of his ward. At the age of eighty-nine he
is passing a calm and beautiful evening of life
in Davis county, in the state he helped to build,
and to adorn with all the strength, productiveness
and graces of civilized society. His most dutiful
and worthy wife died in 1902, at the age of
eighty-four. His ancestry came to this country
in Colonial days and aided materially in winning
the independence and in establishing the infant
government of their adopted land, and afterwards
dignified and adorned every walk of civil life,
their home being in New York state. Heman
Hyde was one of nine children, eight of whom
are living. He was educated in the public schools
of Utah and began life for himself as a farmer
in his native state, going thence in a short time
to Idaho, where _ he remained engaged in farm-
in"- until 1888. He then settled on the ranch
he now owns and occupies near Auburn, which
was, when he took it up, a sage brush desert, and
which he has converted into a veritable garden
of fertility and beauty. It comprises, as has been
noted, 320 acres of meadow land, is highly im-
proved, in an agricultural sense, ha's good barns
and other necessary buildings, corrals, etc., for
its proper uses, and is made unusually attractive
by a fine residence which he has erected. This
is a modern two-story, eight-room house, of archi-
tectural beauty, convenient arrangement, tasteful
adornment and complete equipment. Mr. Hyde
is a man of progress and breadth of view. He
sees clearly what is good for the community in
which he lives and lends himself with energy
and ardor to securing it. He was one of the pub-
lic spirited committee that secured the telephone
line for Auburn, helping to give the required
guarantee. In church work he has ever been ear-
nest, . diligent and zealous, being a bishop in
Idaho for a number of years, and, after that, a
counsellor to the bishop. He was set apart as
bishop in Wyoming in 1894 and has held the of-
fice continuously since that time, the work of the
church prospering greatly in his hands, its har-
mony being well preserved, all its interests flour-
ishing, its good influences throughout the com-
munity deepening and broadening with com-
mendable steadiness and certainty. On May 9,
1878, he married at Salt Lake City, Utah, with
Miss Ermina T. Griffith, of Utah, a daughter of
Patterson D. and Elizabeth (Carson) Griffith, na-
tives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively.
Three children have blessed the union, Heman,
Jr.. married and living at Auburn ; William A.,
and Dora E., still at the paternal home.
W. S. HUGHES.
One of the leading stockmen of his section,
who has made a success in life entirely by his
own exertions, skill and industry, and is now
the proprietor of a productive estate of 1,120
acres in the Bigpiney district of Wyoming, Wil-
liam S. Hughes well deserves a representation in
this volume, which is devoted to the progressive
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
837
men of the state. lie \vus horn in Indian.'
\iiL;ust 19, 1860, a son of Stephen F. and Char-
lotte (Simpson) Hughes, his parents heing na-
respectively of Kentucky and Indiana. His
father, a wagonmakcr by trade, was a ma
great public spirit and patriotism, demonstrating
this most clearly by his protracted service in the
I 'ni' m armv of the Civil War. where, at the hai
tic of Chapin's Farm, he sacrificed an arm to his
o mutr v 's cause. He now resides in Lcavenworth,
Kan., the mother having' died in 1876. at thirty-
n \ears of age. The scanty school advantages
.'fund to Mr. Hughes were presented in a sod
schoolhouse in Kansas, and, at an early age, he
took up the task of earning his own livelihood, cti-
^.•ILMIIL; in the stock business, which he foil"
in Kansas for six years, as an employe of Jerry
iw, better known as "Wild-horse Jerry."
i, coming west to Nevada, he rode the rang
for two years, thence coming to Wyoming, where
he was emplovcd in the same capacity for The
Middle Six and the P. F. outfit until 1885. in
which year he worked on the trail for the Hash-
Knife proposition, continuing to be so occupied
until he came to I'.igpiney in 1887. Desiring the
greater independence- afforded in busine-s op
lions (,f hi- i>wn, and, by his unremitting efforts,
having acquired sufficient financial reinforcement
to accomplish this, he then made claim to a tract
• i gov< rnmi nl land of 320 acres, which was the
uucleu< of his present extensive rcaltv of [,120
acre-. Mere he at once engaged in cattlcrais
ing, which, under his discriminating care and
successful methods, has attained wide scope and
importance, large herds (,f fine grad of cattle
hi -hi'.; ti"\v marked with hi- brand. il<re also he
ha- dew-loped a fine estate, \vitb a commodious
residence of modern architecture and all of the
isaries and auxiliaries required for a suc-
cessful pro-ecution of hi- special branch "f agri-
culture, lie is o illsi.l ' ,f the leadil!"
n of tli :udg-
meiit and opinion in the line of hi- business car
r\ iti'j i arl < d weight with his hr. iiber r.inchuien.
In public matters Mr. llti-b.-- is hro:,
and liberal, generously aiding all worthv oh
while in politics he actively supports the
principles of the Republican party, giving its
campaigns appreciative assistance. Mr. Hughes
was married on September 10. 1892, with Mrs.
llibbard. a native of Virginia and the \\idow of
T. !•'. llibbard. Her parents were nativi - "f
\ irginia, where her lather. John, now resides.
her mother being deceased. By her first mar-
a gifted daughter. Clarissa A. llib-
bard, now a student of the Academy of the Sa-
cred Heart, at Ogdcn. Utah. Mr. and Mrs.
Hibbard have a son, John S. Hughes.
J \MF.S IH
One of the distinctively representative young
men of I 'iuta cotmu. Wyoming, one. who, by
liis own .abilities, has attained to a n
ion, and stands well in the circles of hi
quainiance as a popular and capable individual,
is the person of whom we now make re
lames Hunter, the efficient foreman of Mine No.
i. of the Diamond Coal & Coke Co., at Glen-
coe. He was born at Lanarkshire. Scotland. . .n
April 17. 1867, a son of James and Kllen (Steven-
son ! Hunter, natives of Scotland, the father be-
ing a sou ,,f George and Margaret Hunter, \\lio
both descended from families established in Scot-
land f' >r main generations. James Hunter. Sr..
was a lifelong miner in the coal mines of his
live land, and both himself and wife are still re-
siding in thiir plea-ant Scottish home. Their
son. lames, was the sixth in order of birth of
their sixteen children, of whom eight are now
living. James Hunter received a v, 1 pr.'
education in the excellent national -
Scotland, also acquiring skill in the miniii- i
under the superior training of his father. When
eighteen he crossed the \tlanlic to ( 'anad... deem-
JUL; the opportunities for better remuneration and
advancement in life far superior on this side of
ave faith-
ful and nnniuittin- service in the Cana
mines and returned to Scotland in iSSS to \isit
his parent-. The experience he bad acquit •
gave him -real hop
838
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
cess and prosperity in the I'nited States, and he
s.x.n left Scotland, making his destination, Rock
Springs. Wyoming, to which place his parents
and family not long after followed him. The
home ties of an Id Scotia were too attractive, how-
ever, to hold them long here, and, after five years'
residence in Wyoming, they returned to Scot-
land. Mr. Hunter continued to be engaged in
the mines at Rock Springs until 1899, when his
intelligent service received a due reward in his
promotion to fire-boss at Diamondville, from
thence being sent as foreman to develop the mines
at Glencoe, and he has the distinction of taking
out the first shovelful of ore from the mine.
Energetic, progressive and enterprising, he has
neither spared money nor personal exertions in
developing the resources of the state, and holds
a high position in the community, while, fraternal-
ly, he is affiliated with the Odd Fellows' lodge
at Diamondville. He was married, on December
31, 1890, at Almy, Wyo., to Miss Millicent A.
Burton, a daughter of Joseph and Emma (All-
cock) Burton, natives of Nottinghamshire, Eng-
land, but was now residents of Spring Valley,
Wyo. A winsome daughter, Emma, graces the
family circle of the Hunter fireside.
ROB R. HAMILTON.
Among the citizens of Uinta county, Wyo-
ming, who occupy a high place in the estimation
of its people and who is known as a representa-
tive stockman, doing much by his painstaking
culture of fine strains to improve the cattle of
this section, Rob R. Hamilton, of Smiths Fork,
three and one-half miles south of Robertson post-
office, is a native son of Wyoming, his birth oc-
curring at Smiths Fork, on August 23, 1869, a
son of Richard H. Hamilton and his wife, who
came to this country in very early days in the
same year in which his sister and her husband,
Hon. W. A. Carter, made their settlement here,
and engaged in farming and stockraising. Mr.
Hamilton is the oldest of the four children of his
parents, and after an education at the public
schools, he took up the quarter-section of gov-
ernment land on which is now his home, and be-
came a raiser of stock, a vocation for which he
had been amply tutored under the experienced
care of his father. He has added 160 acres to his
original acreage and raises a fine quality of
graded Hereford cattle, usually running about
125 animals in his herd. Mr. Hamilton married
in Evanston, Wyo., on September 17, 1890, with
Miss Ethel Hewitt, a daughter of Avery and Ag-
nes (McCulloch) Hewitt, the mother descending
fiom an old. time-honored Scotch family. Their
children are Harriet E., Ruth Agnes, Clara M.,
Ethel M. and Helen W. For an extensive record
of Mr. Hamilton's ancestry, we refer the reader tc
the history of Hon. W. A. Carter, on another
page of this volume. In the pleasant home of
Air. Hamilton a generous hospitality is dispensed
to their appreciative friends.
JOHN T. HAWKINS.
A good type of the industrious, adventurous
men who by their energy, thrift, economy and
good judgment have attained success in the West
and demonstrated the possibilities awaiting the
earnest worker in the wild lands of this wonder-
ful western section of the American Union, John
T. Hawkins, now a progressive and successful
rancher and stockman on Smiths Fork, near Rob-
ertson, Uinta county, Wyoming, may be consid-
ered an old-timer, as 'he has been identified with
the new land for many years, industriously occu-
pying his time and energies in such vocations as
have tended to the material development of the
territory and state. He was born in New Lon-
don, Iowa, on November 28, 1863, a son of
Michael and Elizabeth (McNulty) Hawkins, his
father being a native of Scotland, a son of Dan-
iel and Mary Hawkins, and his mother having
her birth in Ireland. Michael Hawkins was for
man)- years a farmer in Iowa, uniting for years
with that vocation the buying of cattle, in which
he was an acknowledged expert. He is now liv-
ing at Dendale, Iowa, his cherished wife having
closed her eyes in death in October, 1898, at the
age of sixty years, her remains being tenderly
/'A'(H;/v'/:\.s7r/- ME.\ Ol: WYOMING.
839
deposited in the Dendale cemetery. The third of
the ten children of his parents, |. T. I lawkins was
early taught the praetical lesson that honest la-
bor was the first duty of man, being an assistant
to his father in the care of his stock even at an
early age. lie attended the district schools and
made such progress that he continued his educa
lion in the excellent academy at \cw London,
and was duly graduated therefrom. Thereafter
he was connected with railroad work in lo\\a
until iSS.v when, continuing; the same employ-
ment, he came to Colorado, and was identified
with the I'nion Pacific Railroad for two years,
thence going to I 'tali and entering the employ of
the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, hut not long
thereafter, he closed his connection with rail-
road operations, coming to Fort Bridger and
engaging with .Mrs. \Y. A. Carter as an employe
until the reservation was thrown open to settle-
ment, when he filed on the inn acres win-re he
now makes his home, securing the second choice
on the reservation and becoming the possess. >r i >f a
valuable tract of land. Here he has since given his
energies to the development of a superior cattle
ranch, and has been prospered in his undertak-
ing, using wise discrimination in the selection of
his stock and confining his attention to the finesl
strains of thoroughbred and graded Hereford
cattle, being held in high esteem .1- a stockman
'if merit and progressive ways, \\hile his long
residence in the \Yest has given unto him a large
circle of personal friends. His herd on an aver
ag.- consists of from fifteen to twenty thorough
breds and from seventy-five to eighty head of
finely graded stock. 1 'lea-ant , accommodating
and unassuming, it is no wonder that he should
make friends all along his patlmav. fur his ear-
nest efforts are always given to all causes .if pub
lie benefit or worthy private benefactions.
GUST \\ US IIKDFR.
< »ne of the stnrdv >oiis of far-distant Sweden.
who has pei-soiialh demonstrated the possibilities
oi the \\e-t in providing a competence and an
enjoyable home, ' itistavus lleder, a ranchman on
Smiths Fork, I'inta county. Wyoming, not far
from Rol,erts,,n posioftice. can surely Mess the
da} when his enlightened courage caused his emi-
gration from Sweden, the land of his forefathers
for long generations, for it has resulted in his
acquiring here an independence and fortune that
he could never have aspired to reach in his na-
tive land. He was born near \Vcnnersborg. Swe-
den, on lannary 5, 1^45. a son of John and Chris-
tina I Frickson I lleder. His father, who died
before Gustavus was bom. was for mam years
a soldier, and the son was the youngest of three
children. .Mr. lleder canar to the United States
when he was a young man of seventeen years,
having' before this availed himself most stndioiis-
ly of the advantages of the Swedish schools, and.
coming direetlv to Ctah. he at once commenced
the life of untiring industry through which he
has attained his present prosperitv. b\ engaging
in agricultural pursuits, which he steadily con-
tinued'in Ctah until 1873, when he came to Hil-
liard, \Yyo., here following his earnesl labors of
farming. b\ engaging in various occupation-,
such as hauling timber, burning charcoal, etc..
pursuing thesj- employments with satisfactory
financial results for fourteen years, thence remov-
ing to Fort Pridgcr and to the cmplov of J. Van
A. Carter, with whom he remained until the
opening of the reservation to settlement, when
lie soon located the iu> acres of laud, uhcfe is
now his home, engaging .11 once in its active d'
vclopinciit. and here, with his son. Albert, he is
now conducting a profitable business in the rais-
ing of cattle and horses. He has recently taken
up I'm acre- on ihe bench near his home ranch,
so that his landed propcrtv no\\ embi
acres, a large proportion of which is in a iiu.
state of improvement, having substantial build-
ings and other accessories of ranch life. In Ctah.
on June hi. I Si ,ii. Mr. lleder was married with
Miss Charlotte P.nckinau. a danglm i of i 'liver
and Helena I'.ockinan. natives of Sweden. \\ h.
emigrated from the old \\orld t<> I 'tab in [866.
Their seven children are \lberl ( i.. who i- mar-
ried and located near hi- father; Helena ( '.. \\jfy
of John Ovary ; Alma II.. wife of lame- < ;. Me-
840
1'1<0(',R1-SSI¥E MEN OF WYOMING.
; Joseph; Anna. John X. and George O.
in Utah in very early life. Mr. llcder is a
,i and takes an active part in
ic maiu-rs of a local character.
ALBERT G. HEDER.
Inheriting the vigorous o institution and habits
.if centuries <>f Scandinavian ancestors, and yet
himself a child of the West, the popular and ener-
ranchman, Albert G. Heder, is doublv
<i [nipped for a successful career. He was born
on May i, 1869. a son of Gustavus and
( lurlotte (Bockman) Heder, natives of Swe-
den, and of whom and their parents extended no-
tice is given previously in this volume. He was
barely four years old when he accompanied his
parents to Wyoming, and here he attained a vig-
orous manhood, applying himself to the practical
life of a rancher, acquiring in the public schools
.lid foundation for the education that has
come to him through experience and from min-
gling with the affairs of the world. As soon as
he was large enough to do a creditable day's
work, he became an employe of Hqn. W. A. Car-
ter in the stock business, continuing to be thus
engaged for four years and until the fertile land
of the Fort Bridger reservation was given up to
settlement, when he located the farm where his
father now resides, and permanently identified
himself with the stock industry on his own ac-
count, being favored in his enterprise and win-
ning success by his proper application of the prin-
ciples and methods that make for success in his
chosen field of endeavor. In association with his
father he has here developed one of the beautiful
ranches of the countryside, and their success has
been deserved. Albert G. Heder is one of the
alert movers in all matters of public importance,
and to him is due the distinction of being one of
the originators of Robertson postoffice and of
circulating the petition in this portion of the state
asking for the passage of a bill allowing the peo-
ple here to secure a second quarter-section of gov-
ernment land. This petition was placed in the
hands of U. S. Senator Clark, and, through his
activit\ and efforts, the bill was drafted and made
a law. Mr. Heder is a forceful factor in all mat-
ters of public interest. Miss M.-tta Marshall, the
winsome daughter of Ephraim and Ida (Dotson)
Marshall, became his wife on June 22, 1899.
Tin \ have <>ne child. Myrtle Lucille. For ances-
tral and other data of the Marshall famil). the
reader is referred to the sketch of Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall, on other pages of this work.
MARK HOPKINS.
Among the founders of civilization in the
Xe\v World, the emigrant ancestor of the Hop-
kins family of America dates back to Mayflower
days, being identified prominently with the prog-
ress of the Massachusetts and Connecticut colo-
nies, both in their professional and industrial life
and also in the military contingent furnished by
those colonies in the Revolution. We can here
trace this branch of the family no farther than
to John Hopkins, who was a prominent farmer
of Hartford, Conn., in the eighteenth century.
His son, John, was a lifelong farmer and resi-
dent of Connecticut, dying at a hale old age
in the commencing days of the Great War <>f
1861. He was the grandfather of Mark Hop-
kins, now of Cumberland, W)X>., and his son,
John Hopkins, born in 1836, in Connecticut,
received an excellent literary and scientific edu-
cation, becoming an expert civil engineer, follow-
ing that profession in New York city for over
thirty years with marked ability. His death oc-
curred in Xew York in 1896. His wife, Susan
(Shinley) Hopkins, was born in 1837, in Penn-
sylvania, a daughter of Peter Shinley. Mark,
Hopkins, the son of this worthy couple, was
born in Connecticut in 1860. and he had su-
perior advantages of education in the Xew
York schools, supplementing them by a thorough
course of instruction in a Brooklyn college, from
which he was graduated in 1878. He had paid
especial attention to the technical and scientific
'branches of mining, and immediately after his
graduation began to be occupied with mining en-
gineering in Pennsylvania, conducting this pro-
PRO(l'J\/:SSII'j- MEN (>!• WYOM1
841
fession \\ith pron- "iiio il skill in that state for
rs, thereafter coming to Rock Springs,
Wyo., where hr accepted the highly responsible
position of assistant general superintendent of
the coal mines of the L'nion Pacific at thai place.
performing faithful >< rvice for four years.
he he-Id a similar position for a term of
in Colorado and I 'tab, reluming to \Vyoming
and. in 1 -• ing his pr
i in charge of the mine.- at ( 'u,nberland. Mr.
has IOHL; been a faithful adherent of tin
Republican party, its principles and its policies
receiving hi.- hear: ;. iu\ ing been a mem-
ber of tin- constitutional convention thai estab-
lished the state of \Vyoming, holding the chair-
•bi]> of the connnif.ee on mines and mining.
His marriage to Miss I'.l'a llriglu. a -
Pennsylvania, born of English ancestry, occurred
in i88C>. her parents also being natives of that
state. The family occupies a distinctive rank in
1 1,, -ocial circles of the community and is recog-
nized as a prominent factor in all things tending
to the uplifting and advancement of the section.
GEORGE HARTLEY.
.-'•"tli'sh ancestors in the old land and R.
lutionary forefathers in the new, have made a
family history of which one might well be proud.
provid. d one has lived up to bis inheritance, and
he has d< 'lie so, tin-- short sketch of George
veil I fully .show . II,- was born in-ar
1 I an!,- . Jefferson county. < Ibio. on I Veeinber ^ i .
the son ,,f Daniel and Samantha i I
I lartley. nati\e Pennsylvanians arlj pin-
of I iliio. Daniel's mother and father. \\'m.
J. Hartley, wen- from S--, aland, the father fann-
ing in this ,-, 'i n try until In- joined thi Fi deral
li.nhtiiiv, for the ind.
nies. a worthy -eion of lo\al forefather'. The
moll:- r i ' - ' - .'in ."'ill ' i a dau.^h-
>ve, also of R, volutiona
and Scottish ancestry, which brought to the fam-
ily h' < Iditional reo 'rd- and
true nobility, which wei bine forth in the
lives Of noble sons Of 111* 5Oil ill our western
-tales. Tin se two died in Xebraska in 1894 and
spectively. George Hartl. red in
fanning for others, both in Illinois and Nebraska,
until 1^70, when 1 -1 for himself in Jeffer-
-on , where he remained until 1880,
when lie journeyed farther west, then eii^a^ing
in farming for two years in Nebraska. Th
lowing six years he .-pent in the cattle business,
near Kemnierer. \V\o.. and here be took u]
land on Horse Creek, where he now
i ling 800 acres, which he devotes to cat-
!-ing. ranging her al hundred head of
stock annually. On February 16, 1880, he was
marri' d. near \\-\v Helena, ( 'nster county. Neb,
with Alis- Alineta J. Snider, a daughter of James
\lahalia I Sleeth ) Snider, natives of \'irginia,
and of old Colonial stock that was of German de-
scent. They have had four children, three of
whom are living. ( harlotte. Ethel and Grover. In
.Mr. Hartley we find one whose name has stood
prominently forth in the annals of several West-
ern states in their early struggles for exist
and one who has ever shown the sturdy pluck,
tin kind consideration for others and the true
esj of blue-blood. try, so one is not
surprised to find that once, amid the varied for-
:niu - of pioneer life, he spent his last fifteen .
to buy postage stamps for hi- wife: to which
nlness of self arose hi- present
position among the esteemed pioneers of V
ming and his place in public favor.
\ A' (,II HUFF( >RI>.
\ angh I lull. ird. a pn im • ing luisi'-
man of Kvanston. \\"\oming. \\a- born in 187^ at
|eniiiiiL;s\ (lie. I 'a., beiu^ the son of JetTerv ami
\deline E. i Dull • I milord. His father,
tired fanner, still living at Strasburg, Pa., \va-
born there in i8.^j. He was proud of his calling
as a fanner and made it b on a- well as
his business. \'o doubt it \\a- thereby that be
is now able to live in comfortable retirement.
; four years in the Civil \Yar. enlistiiK
its oiubr.-ak in Co. M , < >ne Hundred and 1
second I Yun-\ l\ ania HeaVA \rtil!er\. I b
842
PROGRESSIVE MEN (>1: WYOMING.
tlu- son of IVUT and Katie (Trvdeley) I lufford,
the fi .ruler, h.ini in Germany, settled in Pennsyl-
vania as a fanner ami lumberman, and died aged
seventy-seven years, tbe latter a native of Con-
necticut, married in IVnnsylvania, where she died
in iS,Vi. \ augh llufford's mother was born in
llurlin^tnn. Pa., in 1836. She is a woman of the
home-li >ving order. She was married in her native
state, and still lives there. She is a member of
tbe Methodic church. Her parents are Joseph
and .Mary Dull. Yaugh Hufford was reared and
educated in Pennsylvania, graduating in 1891
from the Pennsylvania State College, a master
of the science and art of draughting, in which he ,
has found steady and remunerative employment
from the first. He went from college to the Beth-
lehem iron works in his native state, thence to
the Brooklyn navy yard ; later to Rhode Island,
thence to tbe Dixon Manufacturing Co., at Scran-
ton, Pa., to Clark Bros., Belmont, N. Y.. to the
Atlas iron works, Wilkesbarre, Pa., to Cramp's
shipyard. Philadelphia, to the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road, to the Walker iron works, of Cleveland,
Ohio., and back to the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Xext he went with the Union Pacific, and with
this road he remained until the May preceding
this writing. Since then he has been in the oil
and map business, and located at Evanston, Wyo.
He has extensive oil claims in Wyoming, and is
connected with the American Consolidated Co.
and other corporations and industries. Mr. Huf-
ford is a clean-cut young man of affairs, unmar-
ried, in all matters being a quick, prompt, resolute
and successful man of affairs, who holds a con-
spicuous place in business and society circles.
CHARLES HEIDRICK.
A successful ranch and stockman, who is also
largely interested in mining, is the subject of this
brief review, Charles Heidrick, now residing in
the vicinity of Jelm, Albany county, in the state
of Wyoming. A native of the state of Penn-
sylvania, he is of German descent and was born
in 1861, the son of Jacob and Catherine Heidrick,
both natives of Germany. His father emigrated
from the Fatherland in early life, and in the
Keystone state he established his home and there
u imaged in the occupation of farming. He re-
mained here for a short time and then disposing
of his property in Pennsylvania he removed his
residence, in 1852, to California. Here he en-
gaged in the business of fruitgrowing, in which
he continued, with varying success, for a short
time and then returned to Pennsylvania. Not
being satisfied with business conditions, as he
then found them on his return, he again went to
the Pacific coast, where he followed fruitgrowing,
ranching and mining up to 1871, when he re-
moved his residence to the state of Missouri,
here settling in the southwestern portion of that
state, where he engaged in the pursuit of farm-
ing up to the time of his death, which occurred
in 1878. Fraternally, he was affiliated with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and, in polit-
ical life he was a stanch and enthusiastic adher-
ent of the Republican party and he took an active
and useful part in public affairs during his life-
time. The mother, who was a daughter of one
of the leading German families who settled earlv
in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, passed
away in 1863 in Eldorado county, Calif., and
was buried in that state. The subject of this
sketch, Charles Heidrick, grew to manhood in
the states of California and Missouri, and was at
home with his parents up to the time of the death
of his father in 1878. He received his early edu-
cation in the public schools of California and
Missouri, but after the death of his father he
was compelled to leave school and assist by his
labor in the support of his mother and the fam-
ily. Securing employment at first as a farm hand
in the. vicinity of his home, he remained there in
that labor for about one year, and later came to
the state, of Nebraska, following this occupation.
Believing that the opportunities for making a for-
tune were greater in mining than in farming,
he removed to the state of Colorado, and there
engaged in silver mining for a number of years
and up to the spring of 1885. He then disposed
of his interests in Colorado and came to the ter-
ritory of Wyoming. Here he located in the vi-
/'A'O(;A'/-.V.s7/7f Ml:..\ <>!•' WYOMING.
843
cinity i'[ his present home, and first entered upon
the business of mining;, in which In- is .still inter-
ested. His mining properties arc known as tlie
American No. i and the American No. _>. and
are considered very valuable claims. I'pon his
first coming to Wyoming, he also located a piv
cni|)tion claim and engaged in a small way in
the business of cattleraising. He has continued
in this pursuit down to the present time and has
been very successful, gradually extending his
business operations from year to year. In 1888
he was united in marriage to Miss Idessa Raker,
a native of Kansas and the daughter of M. II. and
Anna J. I taker, respected citizens of that state.
.Mr. and Mrs. Ileidrick have five children. James
I-'... Gracie I 'carl. William Karl. Charles Edward
and Minnie May. all of whom are residing with
their parents. Fraternally, Air. Heidrick is af-
filiated with the order of Woodmen of the World
and he is also a member of the American Protec-
tive Association. Politically, he is an ardent
member of the Republican party for years been
active and prominent in the affairs of that party.
He has held the office of justice of the peace in
the community where he resides, discharging the
responsible duties of that position with ability,
and with a sense of justice that won for him the
commendation of all classes of people.
\uiKkT IK ><;K.
To the development and substantial gain of
ibr 1'nited States no land has contributed
than tin < rerman I atlierland, whether the compar-
i on be made in mere physical force or in '
ence i • orci of character, both elements of good
citi/eiiship. Among her esteemed contribul
who have planted and cultivated in the \Yw
\\orld tlie manliness ;ind persistent application.
the thrift and industry, the stnnh independent :
and the mental energy for which IK r people are
i • ited at home, is Albert I I < >i < rool county.
\\ < oming, pi, the founder of SIIIK:
and no\\ . me of its mi ens II
was the first settler in what is n, ,\\ > Miity,
and. on the land on which IK first "stuck his
stake." a new and promising municipality ha-
growu into being, which has at his behest taken
its name from the majestic mountain at whoso
base it lies, and which was called Sundance
Mountain from the fact that in the early da\s
the Indians gathered on its shaggv side to carry
on their \\ardance from sunrise to sunset, in its
performance to show their bravery and endur-
ance to their pale- face enemies. Mr. Huge was
born on January _>8. 1835. in Prussia, the son of
I Yederick and Louisa 1 loge, also natives , if Ger-
many, where the father was a miller to the end
Of Ins life. There their son. \lbert. greu to he
sixteen years old, receiving his education in the
state schools and yearning for opportunity to
' and mingle with the great world far from
Ins hamlet home. Accordingly he went to sea
when he was yet a youth and sailed on merchant-
men for fifteen years, touching every part of the
Mediterranean and most of the navigable At-
lantic in his numerous voyages. In iSirfi he en-
listed in the < ierman navy and served for a term
of years, returning to the merchant marine in
iS-o. mi his first trip reaching Xew York, lie
then determined to abandon the sea. and. going
to ( 'hicago. began a term of service on the great
lakes. Ouitting this in 1875. he came westward
to the Rlack Hills in search of gold, and there
followed prospecting and mining for four '.ears.
In tSji) he came to Wyoming, and yielding him-
self a- hold!;, unto the pathless wilderness, as he
had done to the pathless sea. he preempt'
claim mi the land where the towiiMte of Sundance
is now plotted and settled upon it as a permanent
home, lint the quickening march of civili/atioit
into this region made it necessar) to prep.u
a town, and he laid out and named the new town
of Sundance, built a hotel and and gave
to the new enterprise a healthy impulse to\\anU
its present • ' and political importance.
Ilis were the first buildings erected in the place,
and. after lln< 'iccesst'nl use. he sold them
and took np Ins present ranch situated three and
Kill' miles south of the io\\n. and here he
has since remained engaged in farming and rais-
ing stock. lie lias |S. , acres of \\ell-impro\i.l
844
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOM1XG.
land, forming one of tin- attractive and desirable
agricultural properties in the county, and he car-
ries on an extensive stock business. He also
owns considerable property of vajue in the town
of Sundance, and his stepson, George Durkee,
ou-ns the two lanches adjoining his. When he
came into Wyoming Mr. Hoge was one of a
party of six who were attacked by Indians at the
.-tockade. now the residence of Mr. Burns,
where one of the party was killed. For some
years the savages were hostile and gave their
white settlers much trouble and annoyance. But
the hardy pioneers persevered in their determin-
ant! to remain and conquer the country, and, in
course of time, they were able to enjoy the fruits
of their valor in a permanent and prosperous
peace. In the spring of 1883, at Sundance, the
town he had founded and named, Mr. Hoge
was united in marriage with Mrs. Sophia
( I'.nwn) Durkee, a widow; having three chil-
dren, George, Charles and Carrie, who had come
with her children to make her home at Sundance
in the home of a brother the year before. She
died on June 17, 1901, and two of her children
are living elsewhere. George, however, makes his
home with his stepfather. In his politics Mr.
Hoge is an active Republican. The country in
which he settled in the land of his adoption has
prospered and developed into a populous and en-
terprising section under his inspiration and guid-
ance ; the people among whom he has lived hold
him in high esteem ; the mercantile, agricultural
and educational forces he has set in motion are
nourishing; he can look upon the work of his
hands and the products of his energies, and see
that they are good. And, thus blessed with the
realization that he has not lived in vain, he can
find enjoyment in both prospect and retrospect
df ring the remainder of his well-spent life.
ALEXANDER C. HENDERSON.
Nature has no choice spots for the birth of
her great men. According to her needs and occa-
sions the earth is all Athens, all Stratford-on-
Avon. When a man is required for any definite
purpose, she produces him, apparently without
rd to circumstances, flinging him into the
crisis fearlessly. She knows her brood, and those
\\hom she singles out for great events never dis-
appoint. Sometimes, in her gladsome bounty, she
produces at once a whole family of capables, then
shoves them into the environments which develop
ilinn into what she intended. An impressive il-
lustration of this truth is given in the life and
record of the Henderson family, of which Alex-
ander C. Henderson, one of the prominent and
successful farmers and stockmen of Crook coun-
ty, Wyoming, is an honored member. This fam-
ily record contains the recital of distinguished
services to our country in peace and war. It is
silvered with the white light of patriotic daring
on many a bloody field of the Civil War, but
darkened with the tragic touch of death at Shi-
loh, where one son sealed his devotion with his
life, and in a hospital ward, where another son
died from the effects of privations and exposure
in the service. The record is enriched with faith-
ful and unyielding devotion to duty along the
beaten paths of life, when naught of public clam-
or or clanger called our hosts to arms ; and has
been rendered glorious by conspicuous service
along the line of great events in the person of one
of its distinguished members, Hon. David B.
Henderson, a brother of the subject of this writ-
ing, who, during the past three National Con-
gresses has wielded the Speaker's gavel in the
House of Representatives with eminent success,
guiding the activities, concentrating the wisdom,
stimulating the industry and smoothing away the
acerbities of that great legislative body. He has
a life story, which, of itself, is sufficient to give
the name a lofty and lasting place in history ; and
his brothers have been no less faithful to duty
in their several stations. Speaker Henderson is
a product of our rural life in the Middle West,
and passed his childhood, youth and. early man-
hood on the paternal farm in Iowa. He enlisted
in the Union army in September, 1861, as a pri-
vate, was elected and commissioned first lieuten-
ant of his company, and he served with it until
he lost a leg in battle. He afterward reentered
• /'/•; .1/£A" OF ll'YUMIXG.
tin.1 army as a colonel and Imi-hed his term of ser-
vice. He rose to distinction both as a lawyer
and publicist, \\ as many time- elected '
gress, was three times Speaker of ilu i
Kcpre-entalivc- ; and. tinalh . blushing
rs were thick upon him. disagreeing v. ith the
• of his part\ on vital issues, rather than
surrender his convictions hi- surrendered tip'
scepter i if power, voliuuarih retiring to tile -
repose that comes only to the conch of private
life. Alexander (.'. 1 Icnderson \vas horn on Xo-
vember 15, iS^). in Alierdeenshire. Scotland, the
as and I'.arbara L. i Legg i Ilcndcr-
also Scotch by nativity. The father was a
er iii Aberdeenshire. lint brought hi-- fam-
ily to America in iS45. and. settling in I'avctK-
county. Iowa. engaged in farming until his death
in i *S_>. Three years later his widow died.
both are buried in the soil hallowed by their
ful labors. Their family consisted of eight chil-
dren, seven sons and one daughter. Three of
the sons were member-- of the Twelfth Iowa In-
fantry in the Civil \Var. in which two lo-i the;r
lives and the third a limb. Alexander was one
of the family party which came to th,
States in 1845. and in the schools of towa he
pleted the education begun in those of Scot-
land. \fter leaving school, in compan) with h'-
brother. David P.. Henderson, he conducted ag-
; "ral i >perati»ns on th;- hi imesti
ind, after hi- bi-i ither \\ '-"I
oiher business, he had the entire •
farm and the care of his parents until
came for them. In iMo_> he again sought the
frontier life, coming |o Wvoming and home
ing on the ranch he now occupies in ('rook coun-
-.11 mile- si iinh i >f Sundance. I lere h.
and has since remained, full d in
isin^ and farming, expandiu- his hiiMn.'Ss
Iroin \ear to year, L;ro\\iu>; in the ^ood wil!
m of his neighbors as hi- usefu
airs became more and mi
In polities he ha- brcu a lifelong kepnblic.-r
.yiiinin- his allegiance to the pan • I.
Lincoln for l're-ii|eiii the tir-i lime h.- -.•
te, and since adhering |.. th, faith
. d with unvaryiii!,' st, In Janu-
ary, iS'ij. Mr. Henderson was united in man
with Mi-s Minerva 'I • native of
county, Iowa, the ccrcniom taking p'.ae
ounty. thai state. Hei p re Moses
','in.i i ( '.t iol | Te,-ter. nati\i ada who
i into l"\\a soon after their marriage and
there conducted a prosperous farming industry
until the death of the father in iSi|-i. and the
- -till living in Clayton county. Mr.
Irs. Henderson h.t liildren. Winifred.
Mortimer, Anna. David. I'.arbara and N
TTII-: II \\\ KEN I:K< ITHERS.
From time immemorial there lived in Corn-
wall. England, a numerous iamilv of thrift and
enterprise. alwa\ - ali\e to their opportui
and read\ tomato the mosl of iliem. hearing their
pan bravely and cheerfully in the affairs of the
-tale, \\hether that part involved the weight of
ind the haxard of battle, the chance with ca-
ms wind and wave on the high seas, or the
uits of linsbandrv or mining at
. inaling thei "'t mark in ever}' line
of activity, typifying in every ; being the
admirable (pialities of their race and This
lil) of Ila\\kell. a -,':. liich,
named \\'illiam. lived and flourished on the na-
tive -oil about the middle of the nineteenth cen-
tury, lie married with I li/ iheth Ru-
dest-ended from an old and well-i --tahli-lu d Coni-
i-li family, and the\ had seven brawn}-, brainy
sons, all of whom have contrilinted e-setitially to
'he development and improvement of \\ '...ining.
building up profitable industries in her mid-t. giv-
• baracter and trend to her local iiistilm
guarding ii-alou-l\ her - 1 name in hn-ine-s
.md statecraft ••''-ing the -t.mdanl of her
citizenship.
• 'harles R. Hav • 'iis.
\\as horn in C, .rnwall, at the hereditnrv fin-side.
•MI lann.in i. 1X55. and there he grew to man-
hoi M|. \\ as nine. iti d .md v, . n the
farm with hi- father. In iSSS he came to '
ming. there ioining tbn e of hi- lu-otlu-r-. who
846
PROGRESSIVE MEN Of- WYOMING.
li;ul preceded him to the Xew World by several
years, and. from his arrival, he has been a respect-
ed and prosperous citizen of the state, carrying
"ii an extensive cattle industry in Crook county,
and taking an activi- and serviceable interest in
the government and public sentiment of his sec-
tion of the country. Soon after his arrival he
began to acquire land by taking up a quarter-sec-
tion of land adjoining the tracts held by his
brothers, and he has added to his possessions
from time to time, until he now owns one body
of 640 acres in that neighborhood and another of
160 acres, lying not far from the town of Sun-
dance. His stock industry has grown to good
proportions and high standing, being carried on
with intelligence and judgment, and his position
in the community is enviable and well-secured,
having been won by force of character and grace
of manner. His is a high type of manhood, well
worthy of esteem in every relation of life. In
politics he is an ardent Republican, in business
a careful and successful manager, in social life
a helpful and genial factor, in citizenship entitled
to a high regard.
Harry O. Hawken. — The second in order of
birth, but, by common consent of the five brothers,
whose life-story is here recorded briefly, being
the American head of the family. Harry C. Haw-
ken, was the pioneer of the name in this part of
the country, having left his home and friends in
merrie England in 1878, and, in company with
his brothers, William and Thomas, joined the
great army of industrial conquest that was mov-
ing westward over the untamed wilderness of
the United States. He was born on October
17, 1857, and remained at home until he was
twenty-one years of age. In America he first,
for one year, halted in Ohio, then came to Lara-
mie City, Wyo., near which rich settlement, with
his two brothers he engaged in the sheep business
until 1884, when, after wintering two seasons in
California, they all came to Crook county, the
brothers coming first with a large band of sheep,
and Harry soon after joining them. He took
up the ranch he now occupies on Black's Flat,
eight miles south of Sundance. In 1887 the part-
nership with his brothers was dissolved, and he
sold his sheep and bought cattle, and since then
he has given his attention to this branch of the
stock industry with gratifying success. He was
one of the first settlers on the Flat and has
contributed most essentially to the improvement
of the region, giving to the work the benefit of
a stimulating spirit of enterprise and the inspira-
tion of an excellent example. He is a representa-
tive citizen, well-known, highly esteemed, pros-
perous, progressive and" broad-minded. He holds
allegiance to the Republican party and takes an
active interest in politics, serving his people as a
worker in the ranks of citizenship and also in
responsible official stations. He is now a mem-
ber of the board of county commissioners, and, in
this important office, he has won the commenda-
tion of his fellow citizens. On October 28, 1889,
he married with Miss Julia Thompson, a native
of Pennsylvania, a daughter of Clinton and Re-
becca (Grisley) Thompson. Her father was a
leading lumberman in the Keystone state and
there died in April, 1901, in Clearfield county,
where her mother is yet living.
Thomas R. Hawken, of near Sundance, Wyo-
ming, has been a resident of the commonwealth
since 1888, having come hither with his brother,
Charles, in that year. He was born in Cornwall,
England, on September 8, 1867. and reached his
majority on his father's homestead in that coun-
try., being educated at the country schools of his
neighborhood and working between times on the
farm. On their arrival in Wyoming the two
brothers formed a partnership in the cattle busi-
ness, and continued it until 1902 on the ranch
now owned and. occupied by Charles. In that
year the partnership was dissolved, and Thomas
Hawken secured a lease of his brother, John's,
ranch for a period of ten years, moved thither
and began an enterprising cattle business on his
own account. In this he is prospering and the
industry is rapidly expanding, as he is utilizing
judgment and prudence in its management,
bringing to bear on its development and suc-
cessful operation the results of reflective reading
and careful observation, being fully convinced
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847
that in his lint- of activity, mind control-, matter
as effect i\el\ as in any other, and using a goodly
portion of the fruits of his labor in impn>\ing
and building tip a ranch of his own on which he
homestcadcd in igot. Mr was united in mar-
riage with .Miss Carrie G. Durkee, of Sundance,
on ( Vtober 30. iStj:;. She was a native of I'.nf-
falo, X. V., a daughter of Silas ami Sophia
( Hi-own i Dnrkee, also natives of the Empire
-tale. Her father was a popular and efficient
teacher in UntTalo. and he died there in I SS_>.
After his death the family came to Wyoming,
and, since. their arrival here in 1882, Mrs. I law-
ken has never been out of the state. Her mother
died in a hospital in Omaha on June jn. [901,
and was buried at Sundance. Mr. and Mrs. Haw-
ken have two children. ('. Floyd and Ruth !•'..
Mr. Hawkcns is an ardent Republican
Albert ( i. Hawken. — From the peaceful, pic-
turesque, highly cultivated vales and hillsides of
old England, where every foot of ground receives
individual attention, to the wild llanos of the
great Xorthwest of the United States, where
even broad acres attract no special notice, and
nature yet revels in luxuriant freedom, is a long
step in distance and conditions, but it is one which
many men have joyfully taken to their permanent
advantage. Among this number is Albert G.
Hawken, one of the prosperous and respected
ranch and stockmen of I Hack's Flat, in Crook
county, eight miles south of Sundance. Wyo.
His life began in Cornwall in iSoS. and there,
under the paternal roof tree, he grew to manhood,
without incident worthy of special note, attend-
ing the Schools ot the vicinity and workin
the farm as he had opportunity. In iSiu. in
company with his parents and his younger broth
er. Alfred, he came to America, proceeding at
to Wyoming, where he joined his elder
hicither-, \\ho had become well established in the
conntn.. and from its wild luxuriance had gath
• i< d subsl nitial fortunes and 51 curi •' good stand
ing in their community. For live years after his
arrival, he worked on ranches, riding the i
\\ilh the most daring, therein aci|iiiring knowl-
edge of the country, health of h"d\ and breadth
of mind. In iSij- 1). purchased a ranch on 1 '.lack's
Mats, eight miles south of Sundance, where he
started a stockraising enterprise of his own. He-
has since taken up a ranch near the first, and
both have been improved with a spirit and taste
that are highly commendable. Mr. Hawken was
married at Sundance, on October _•_•. iSi|i>. to
Aliss Lillian \V. 1. \oiis. a native of Canada
a daughter of James and Charity (Harris) Ly-
ons, Fnglish people, who settled years ago in the
I >ominioii. and are still living and farm ing in
the province of Ontario. Mr. Hawken is an
active Republican in political affiliation and he
and his wife stand high in desirable social circles.
Their two children are Irene < I. and Romona M.
Alfred E. Hawken. — Like his brothers, a suc-
cessful and enterprising ranchman and cattle-
grower, and. like them, also deeply and intelli-
gentlv interested in all that concerns or involves
the welfare of the community in which he lives.
Alfred E. Hawken is a worthy scion of a family
of \\ortl\\ sons, and has established himself in
the respect and confidence of his fellow men by
his consistent course ot manhood, diligence, pub-
lic spirit and integrity. He was born in Corn-
wall. Fnglaud. on Ma\ n>. iX-_). and when he
was eighteen years of age lie came to the I'nited
States, with his parents and his brother. Albert,
being the last of the family to leave the land of
their fathers and seek a new home, far from
its traditions and pleasing associations. In due
time he reached Wyoming, where, for six years.
In rode ihe range and worked on ranches, enjoy-
ing the rugged plea-tires and bearing the llca\ >-
burdens of tins trying life with spirit ami firm-
In September, i SyS, he took up a ranch
.in Black's Flat near those of his brother-, and
this estate i- still liU home and tli li bis
profitable and interesting cattle business, which,
under his skillful and judicious stimulus, has
wid< ned and increased from a small beginning
until it is now one of the leading cattle industries
of lii- section of the county. He is a voting gen-
tleman of broad and liberal \ie\\s. who not
hi- htlsinc-- with sleepless \igilaiue
and pushes it \vith tireless energ\. but keeps nl-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ways within the sweep "I his vision the helpful
and productive elements of the public life of the
c< immunity, giving due consideration, reflective
and active, to their proper concentration and
nice. lie i- a Republican in political belief
aiul adherence, but not an active partisan, seek-
ing- rather the general weal in local affairs than
any party or factional success.
The parents of these gentlemen. William and
Elizabeth I Ivundel) Hawken, lived long and la-
bored faithfully in their native Cornwall, ex-
1 n cling, no doubt, at the end of life to rest be-
neath its hallowed soil, where the ashes of so
many of their forefathers repose. But, as their
fireside was bereft of one after another of their
sons, and the hopes of the wanderers bloomed
and fructified in the distant land to which they
had taken them, the voice of the New World
became louder and more urgent in its appeals to
the parents, until at length they, too, yielded to
its persuasions and joined their offspring on its
fertile expanse, arriving in Wyoming in 1892.
But seemingly the impulse that moved them was
spent in the design to have them sleep among
their children when life was over ; for, within a
few months after his arrival, the father was laid
to rest and the mother retired from the active la-
bors she had been so long connected with, since
making her home with her son, Charles, on his
attractive ranch.
JOHN P. ISHERWOOD.
Tracing his ancestry back through centuries
in America and England along a prominent line
of representatives, who have ever made the name
a synonym of honor, integrity and unwavering
loyalty to established institutions, also furnishing
in his own career corresponding elements of
character, John P. Isherwood, of Fort Bridger,
Wyoming, through his intelligence, industry,
marked energy and honesty of purpose, has at-
tained a prosperous station in life and the friend-
ship and esteem of the large circle of friends he
has acquired in his busy life. He was born on
December 10, 1869, near Mason, Ingham countv,
Mich., a son of John L. and Polly A. ( Waban)
Tshenvood, natives of Pennsylvania, where his
paternal grandparents, Pilgrim and Rebecca (Al-
ford) Isherwood, long conducted one of the old-
fashioned inns for which that commonwealth was
so noted. His father was for many years a pros-
perous merchant in Michigan and both himself
and his excellent wife are living in that state.
John P. Isherwood was the sixth of their seven
children, and. after a diligent attendance at the
public schools, from the proficiency he there dis-
played, it was decided to supplement his educa-
tion by further advantages jn that line and he
thereafter continued his studies in the college at
Franklin, Ind., for two years, then, engaging
in pedagogic labors, he became a successful in-
structor, soon, however, relinquishing this pro-
fession for the more congenial one of merchandis-
ing, in which he continued to be employed in a
clerical capacity in Indiana until 1895, when he
came to Wyoming and assumed a similar position
in the post store at Fort Bridger until after the
abandonment of the fort by the government sol-
diers, when his services were retained by the
Guild Mercantile Co. until 1901. In that year
he engaged in farming and stockraising on the
eligible ranch of 160 acres which he had previous-
ly claimed from the government, and here he has
developed a prosperous stock business, raising
fine herds of excellent strains of cattle and ar-
ranging for a further expansion of his herds as
advantageous circumstances may furnish oppor-
tunity. His activities have not been confined to
the store and ranch, for. taking great interest in
public matters, he has had much to do in civil
and political relations, while, in 1900, he was in
service as a most capable deputy sheriff of the
county, and for one year at Fort Bridger he was
in office as a justice of the peace. IVIr. Isherwood
married with Miss Georgianna Pearce, a daugh-
ter of William A. and Mary M. (Clucas) Pearce,
at Randolph, Utah, on December 29. 1898. Her
father was a native of New Jersey and her mother
of Missouri, both being adherents of the Church
of the Latter Day Saints, and now residing on
the bench near Fort Bridger, Wyo. Mrs. Isher-
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849
wood retains her membership in tin- church of
her parents, while her husband is a Baptist in re-
ligion. They have one son, John 'L. Isherwood,
\\lio hids fair to maintain the family record.
I.\RS P.. JOHNSON.
< >ne of the representative and successful
ranchmen of Uinta county, whose home ranch
is most eligibly located only one mile from the
postoffice of Fort Bridgcr. is a citizen of foreign
hirth, who has surely no reason to complain of the
treatment his adopted country has accorded him,
and who has acquitted himself so ably in various
spheres that his adopted country should surely
be proud of his citizenship and grateful to the
land that has furnished such valuable material
toward the building up of a mighty nation. We
refer to Lars E. Johnson, whose life history is
eminently worthy to be recorded in this volume
of the progressive men of the state. Mr. Johnson
was born in Sweden on June ifi, 1851, a son of
John and Christina (Larson) Anderson, air!
was the fourth in a family of nine children, three
of whom came to the United States. His parents
were farmers in Sweden, but, becoming converts
to the Mormon doctrine, they came to this coun-
try in 1873, settling in San Pete county, Utah,
where the father died in July of the same
the mother still living at Gunnison. Receiving his
educational training in the excellent schools "f
•leu and there also receiving a technical and
practical knowledge of the trade of earpentr h
came to Utah in 1877 and in San Pete county
followed that trade with diligence owl-
1 skill until he removed to \Vvoming. in
. and took up the land where he now resides
and has developed a fine property. Prom th.-r
time he has carried on farming and stock-raising,
• prospered in his error 1 among
the leading progressive cjtizens of th'- county.
He takes mii'-h interest in all of public
character, 1,, in- elect d a of the pi
ill the fall of Kino hv 3 'irnrntan
and !>v virtu.- of the ofti.v he is popularly entitled
"judge." Mr. Johnson is actively D
with the l liureli . >\ Jesus < hri-i of the 1 .alter 1 >ay
Saints. |«-ing , ,,,, , the Sabbath-
schiii.l. one of the priesthood and one of the
Seventy. In 1804 he was called to be president
of his church in this locality, and held this high
nnti! [898. lie married Miss Matilda An-
ghter of Andrew and Clara (Hag-
hind i \ndcr>. m. in Salt Lake City, Utah, on No-
vember 5, 1877. ( )f their >i\ children, four sur-
vive, Rhoda M.. wife of Charles Hamilton
View. Wyo. ; Hannah ( '. ; P.rnest J. ;
Lilly I-"... all useful members of
WILLIAM \V VLLACE J< HIXSON.
Descended from long lines nf Irish and Welch
-try, who were among the pioneer settlers
in \lahama. hearing their part well in the affairs
of their adopted o nmtrv. as their progenitors
had done in the l.md of their nativity, William
Walla-. • [ohnson, now of Robertson. Wvoming.
came into life and its duties with family traditions
and records that were an inspiration to
attaining man's estate under domestic
training well adapted to the development of the
manly and self-reliant traits for which his
has ever been distinguished, lie wa- born at St.
[daho, "ii Pehruary 5. 18(17. the son of
Sin lien M. i pi iprlarly kn. " if Re-
becca (P.aker) Johnson. The father was a native
of \labama, where his parents, Willis and
of Irish and Welch origin re-
spectively, were pioneers, and where thev resided
mi a large plantation until be was seven
old. when they emigrated to Te\a<. rearing their
family on a eon, m plantation in that then young
and undeveloped ouintrv. Later, while the\ were
•ng the plains to I 'tab :heir religious
iates in the M hurch. Willis Mm-on
died of e; ' d his widow was accidentallv
i Their
active son. Sn. lien M. Johns, ,i: uv.l and
educated in Texas, and there he mimed. \ftcr
his arrival in I'tah. in iS;.V he becam.
her of tb- on faith and married i\liss Re
bee. -a I'.aker. a native of Iowa, but then a I
85o
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denl in Utah, Her father was one of the per-
-.iiiial followers <if Joseph Smith, and was at
Xauvoo. Illinois, in 1846 when his sect was ex-
pelled from that state, himself crossing the Mis-
sisMssipi on horseback to save his life. In the
autumn of 1879 Snellen Johnson started with his
father's family to Arizona, but, on account of
the hostility of the Indians they settled in Wyo-
ming, taking up a homestead on Henry's Fork,
in what is now Uinta county. Here they lived
for several years, the father directing an enter-
prise in farming and stockraising, but not being
able to do much physical labor, owing to
disability incurred in his military service in the
Mexican War, throughout the whole of which he
participated as a Texan ranger. And, while on
account of this disability he received a pension
from his grateful government, that was no recom-
pense for his inability to take his place among the
workers of the community to perform his part
in actual labor towards advancing its interests.
He, however, three times bought cattle and drove
them across the plains to Utah in the early and
dangerous days, and thus gratified his ambition
for productive effort. He died at the home of
his son. Snelling, on Smith's Fork, Uinta county,
Wyo., on June 10, 1890, leaving a widow, who
still survives, living at Robertson. William Wal-
lace Johnson was thirteen years old when his
parents settled in Wyoming, where he received
a limited public-school education, when he was
eighteen taking up a squatter's claim on the
Henry's Fork, filing on and completing his title
to it when he was twenty-one. He has since
greatly improved the place and made it comfort-
able as a home for his mother. In 1895 he went
to Idaho, spent six years working in the mines,
returning to Wyoming in 1901 and purchasing
160 acres of superior land on Smith's Fork, to
which he has since added eighty acres. On these
tracts he has a pleasant home and conducts a
profitable stock industry. On November 25,
1901, he married with Miss Alice May Town-
send, a native of Silver City, Idaho, and a daugh-
ter of William H. and Nellie (Scales) Townsend,
the former born in the state of Maine and the lat-
ter in Ireland, from whence she came to America
with her parents when she was eight years old.
'1 hey are Methodists in religious affiliation, and
in politics he is an ardent Democrat, giving his
party good service in all its campaigns.
JOHN M. REID.
One of the most prominent ranch and stock-
men of Fremont county, Wyoming, is the sub-
ject of this sketch, who is a native of the state of
Indiana, where he was born on March 29, 1843,
being the son of Daniel and Charity (Miller Reid,
the former a native of Virginia, and the latter
of Pennsylvania. His father followed the occu-
pation of farming and was the son of William
and Sarah Reid, both natives of Virginia, who
removed from that state to Indiana during the
pioneer days of that commonwealth. John M.
Reid was the eldest of a family of five children,
of whom three are still living. He received a
common-school education in the public schools
of Indiana and, while he was still a student, he
responded to the call of his country for troops to
defend the integrity of the Union, and enlisted as
a member of Co. F, Eighty-seventh Indiana In-
fantry. Entering the service of the United States
on the nth day of August, 1862, he served act-
ively for one year, when he was discharged on
account of disability. During his term of ser-
vice, he was engaged in several skirmishes and
battles and saw much of the hard side of active
army life. After leaving the army he remained
at home for a short time, until he had recuper-
ated his health, when on February 20. 1864. he
set out to seek his fortune in the far West. Se-
curing employment with an overland train as
the driver of an ox team, he crossed the plains
to the city of Denver, and from there proceeded
to the newly discovered placer mines in Alder
Gulch, Mont. He arrived at Virginia City, in
that territory, on July 14. 1864, and there en-
gaged in placer mining for about two years
with greatly varying success. At the end of that
time he gave up mining, and began to work at
blacksmithing. which he continued until 1868.
He then left Virginia City and came to South
PROGR1 SSIVE ME\ OF WYOMING.
851
Pass, Wy.i.. and continued in the same occupation
for four more years. He then embarked in a
freighting and transporting business, which he
followed until iS;,v He then located the ranch
\\-here he now resides and in 1871. moved there
and engaged i» ranching and si, ,ckraising. This
business has engaged Ins energies continuously
since that time and he has met with marked SUC-
cess in the growing of both cattle and horses.
He is the owner of a fine herd of graded Dur-
ham cattle, and is one of the most prosperous
and substantial stockmen in his section of the
slat,-. In addition to his stock interests, he is
the proprietor of a madraneh and hotel, and con
ducts successful operations in that line,
ranch, comprising about MOO acres of land, is one
of the finest and best improved in western Wyo
ming. On December 2~. iSSS. Mr. Reid was
united in marriage with Mrs. Lucy A. I'-arker. a
daughter of James and Susan (Palmer) Daw-
son, native- of Virginia and prominent citixens
of thai state. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Reid
is one widely known for the genial and gencr-
..us hospitality which is there dispensed, and they
are highlv esteemed by a large circle of friends
and acquaintances. He is a public spirited and
progressive man. whose thrift, industry and en-
terprise have been important factors in develop-
ing the resources of Fremont county.
JAMES T. JONES.
Horn and reared in the new and progressive'
\\Yst. being the son of one of the earliest pio-
•. families'. James T. Jones, now a prominent
. ! raiser, whose home and herds arc located
tw, nty miles north of Kemmerer, Wyoming, has
al] of his life been in touch with the primeval
onnected with the advance of eivili-
zation and the development of that great indus-
trial source of this country's wealth, and may
littinglv be called a truly progressive man. lie
was born in iS~->. in Sanpele county, I "tab. the
s..n of fai ob and Emma (Co: > Jon< - The
[ones family is of V '"'"• 1"" nlan.v
\ears have now passed since the lirst American
CStOrS of this branch Crossed the \tlantie tO
become an integral portion of the western life.
lames \. |ones. who was born in Indiana,
a man of mature years in 1*47 1 '» agri-
cultural pursuits in the rich state of [owa; but.
being also a man of an investigating turn of
mind and possessed of great ability, he became
tivert to the Mormon faith and was in the
advance guard Of one of the greatest migrations
of a people ever known to history, coining, with
his wife. F.dith ( Piles) Jones, on the wearisome
and dangerous journey across the plains in i
arriving, however, safely in L'tah. where they be-
came prominent farmers, Mr. Jones filling the
exalted station of bishop in his church for over
thirty years. His death occurred in 1868, at the
age of sixty-eight years, being survived by his
wife for onlv four years, when she passed from
earth, having attained an advanced age. Jacob
was born in Iowa in lS,V) a"<1 *" was but
a lad of nine years when the family crossed the
plains. He was early in touch with the life of
the wild West, became familiar with various of
the Indian tribes, and. on attaining his manhood
he was of great service to the U. S. government
as a most capable and trusted Indian scout and
interpreter, meeting with mam strange and thrill-
ing experiences. He was a stanch Democrat in
political creed, prominent in his party, and he is
now a robust man at the age of seventy <
passing the evening of his life in his pleasant
home in Utah, cheered and comforted by his
faithful wife, Emma [ones,
tained her sixty-third year. She was born in
[owa, the daughter of Jay and Martha >'
(Cox), her paternal grand lather being also Jay
Co a native of Shoreham, \ ermont. 1'he '
famih was also among the carh Mormon set-
Oj i ftah, arriving there in 1*4*. where tlu-v
engaged in farming, and the father became of
,i inllneiiee in the church as a member 0\ the
Council for nearly a quai 3 century, his
, ,,,-ring at (he patriarchal age of ninety-
in [893, His wile had preceded him to
the Silent I and, dying at the age of eight) eight
i,, iSol- James T. Join's ear! the labors
or himself, and. from being a herder of
>GRESSIFE MEN OF WYOMING,
iii his IM>\IIM, >il. lu- steadily became familiar
with all the varying phases of industrial activity
Dieted in the We-t lising, mining and
range-riding, ranching and the care of cattle,
i ing an important and practical knowledge
lie details of each branch of industry with
which he was connected, showing great adapta-
bility and capability in his successful operations.
With the opening year of the twentieth century,
he purchased his commodious and eligibly located
ranch, twenty miles north of Kemmerer, where
he now resides, conducting his cattleraising op-
erations with discrimination and care, being
greatly prospered in his undertakings. In May
1900, occurred his marriage with Miss Daisy
Robinson, a daughter of Arthur Robinson, and
for her family history we refer the reader to the
sketch of her father elsewhere in this volume.
\ir. and Mrs. Jones have a daughter, Mildred.
RILEY KANE.
Beginning when he was but twelve years old,
a career of trial and triumph, which embraces all
phases of human experience in the remoter West,
and every known feature of pioneer life, and,
since that time, depending wholly on his own re-
sources and endeavors for advancement, in ev-
ery condition and under all circumstances, Riley
Kane, a prominent farmer and stockgrower on
Shell Creek, in Bighorn county, Wyoming, pre-
sents in the story of his life an interesting theme
to which neither tragedy nor poetry is wanting.
His native state is Pennsylvania, where he was
born in July. 1827. His parents were Israel and
Ruth (Carter) Kane, who were native to and
reared in Massachusetts. Both the circumstances
of the family and his own resolute and unyielding
self-reliance made him eager at an early age to
make his own living and to do this in a new coun-
try among people unknown to him. Accordingly,
in 1839, soon after he had passed the twelfth an-
niversary of his birth, he made his way to Illinois,
where he lived for fifteen years, a portion of the
time in Chicago. During his residence in this
great western metropolis, which rose almost like
an exhalation from the ground and whose growth
and progress "surpass in actual facts almost the
wildest dream of an Arabian tale, he was offered
eighty acres of the land, now covered by the
Union stock-yards of the city, for the sum of $200.
His dreams of dominion were, however, to be
realized much farther along in the wake of the
setting sun, and, soon after fortune thus knocked
at his humble door, he moved to Wisconsin, and,
a little later, to California, where he engaged
in mining. He followed this pursuit at Yreka for
seven years and then spent some time at the mines
of Florence, Idaho. From there he proceeded to
Canyon, in that state, and, not long after, in com-
pany with nine other men, he discovered the rich
deposits at Silver City. For four years he lived
and worked in that region, then, tiring of mining
and its uncertainties, he took up land near Cald-
well, Idaho, and, during the next ten years, there
followed the peaceful vocation of a farmer and
stockgrower. At the end of the time named, he
sold his ranch and moved to the Black Hills of
South Dakota, where he remained until 1880,
when he led a party of settlers into the Bighorn
basin of Wyoming, these people being the first
to locate in that prolific and highly favored sec-
tion of the state. They pitched their tents near
where Mr. Kane now lives, camping there during
the winter. In 1 88 1, they formed a better settle-
ment on Shell Creek, and, for a number of years,
they were there engaged in hunting and trapping.
Four years Mr. Kane passed in the employ of
H. C. Lovell, in his extensive cattle business, and,
four years subsequent to these in Montana in
a similar enterprise. He then returned to Wyo-
ming, bought the ranch of 160 acres of fine land,
which he now owns and occupies on Shell Creek,
and, since that time, he has devoted himself sed-
ulously to the production and handling of high-
grade cattle in large numbers. He has prospered
in his business, has grown strong in the esteem
and confidence of his fellow men, giving freely
of time and energy to all that conduces to the ad-
vancement of the community, and leading its
thought always along the line of healthy develop-
ment. He is a loyal and devoted Freemason,
PROGRESSI} i. MEN OF WYOMING.
853
and, for many years, he has taken great interest
in the affairs of the order. In the early days of
his life in the West he saw much of Indian treach-
ery and cruelty, being often engaged in deadly
conflict with the savages, braving every peril of
their cruel warfare without hesitation, by his
skill and courage escaping unharmed from a mul-
titude of dangers.
JOHN KASTNER.
Among the many American citizens of foreign
birth, whose industry and energy have contrib-
uted so much to the development and the up-
building of the great \\Y~t along material and in-
dustrial lines, the subject of this review is worthy
of a becoming notice. John Kastner is a nativ
i if \ustria. nne of two children born to Samuvl
and Josephine (Bluemel) Kastner, both pai
being of Austrian birth. Samuel Kastner was an
honest, industrious tiller of the soil who followed
that In mi Table calling all of his life near the city
of Koneigraty. Among his more striking char-
acteristics were a loyalty to his native land, a
warm and abiding love for his family and home,
and a quiet, but genial disposition, which won
the profound respect and the confidence of his
neighbors and friends. He was a good man,
who always did as he would have been done by,
and, his death, which occurred in iSdi. was great-
ly deplored and sincerely mourned by the people
of his community. Mrs. Kastner was a fit
panion for her husband; she possessed a b
tiful character, performed many kindl
charity and benevolence among thr <!< •-• rving
poor, and the record of a well-spent 1;
when -he was called to the other world, in 1878,
at the age of fifty-six years. John i was
horn in iS;.| and received his educational train-
ing in tile public schools of ]]is native land. As
SOOI3 as old enough, he entered upon an appreil-
hoemakin '-ning
an eflicinit workman, found amp' ninity
for the i ''1 in varii 'in e-tablish-
i \: \\orked at hi ' tin
til he was about twenty-seven years of age, when
he desired to try his fortune in the United States,
a country to which a number of his friends and
acquaintances had previously emigrated. Ar-
ranging his affairs with this end in view, he fin-
ally found himself in a situation to carry his in-
tention into effect, in 1881, and in due time he
reached the Xew World where a new career and
a new destiny awaited him. Immediately after
landing in America Mr. Kastner proceeded to
Cedar Rock, Iowa, where he worked for a limited
period, going thence to the city of Creston, in
the same state, where he followed his trade with
satisfactory success during the ensuing four
\ears. 1 o look again upon the familiar
scenes of home and childhood, he then closed his
shop and returned to his native country, there
spending six mouths in renewing acquaintances
and revisiting the plao • him by earlv
association. Returning 1" the Unit - Mr.
Kastner resumed his trade at Creston. but, after
spending a short time there, he decided to turn
— ricultural pursuits. With tin-
object in view, he went to Kansas, but. farming
not being to his taste, he soon returned to the
bench and last, finding, as he supposed, a favor-
able opening in Trinidad. < «!".. to which place
he went from the above state. After spending
seven years in Trinidad, he changed his residence
to Rock Springs. Wyo.. \\here he has since been
actively engaged in the prosecution of his chosen
calling. I. ike his father before him. Mr. I.
life has been marked by great industry and
wisely directed energ\ . As a result of his
and steady application, he is now financially sit-
uated so as to take things more easily than here-
Erom tin
amount of pleasure obtainable. lie is a tin.-
workman and the product of his shop lias always
nandcd the highest price and given the high-
- faction. I b '.irge and
lucrative business, emp
the trade, and hi-
tom is continually increasing in magnitr
llv. Mr. m amiable gentleman,
having I' '' qualities, and he i
racteristii hi and
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
gentlemanly course of coiuluct, he has shown
himself worthy the high measure of esteem in
\\hich he is held by his fellow citizens. He takes
an active interest in all that pertains to the good
of the community, has unbounded faith in the
future growth and prosperity of Rock Springs,
and, in all probability, will make the place his
permanent place ot' residence. He belongs to the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and endeav-
ors to make his life measure up to that high
standard of excellence which the fraternity ex-
pects of its members. He is a striking example
of the successful self-made man, deserving also
great credit for the position he has attained.
FREDERICK KENAST.
The subject of this sketch is a native of Ger-
many, who, while entertaining fond recollections
and tender remembrances of the Fatherland, is
none the less a true and loyal citizen of his adopt-
ed country, and an admirer and observer of its
laws and customs. He was born on March 12,
1841, the son of Godfrey and Christina Kenast,
both parents having spent their entire lives in
their native land. Frederick was reared on a
farm, his father having been a tiller of the soil,
and, until the age of fourteen, he remained at
home, attending, in the meantime, the public
schools near the place of his birth. He grew up
imbued with a strong spirit of self-reliance, which
was strikingly exemplified in his fourteenth year,
when he left the parental roof to make his own
way in the world. For some years thereafter
he worked in various parts of Germany as a
farm hand, and, by industry and thrift, succeeded
in laying aside a respectable sum of money, hav-
ing the object in view of ultimately going to
America. Convinced that he could better his
conditions in the United States, Mr. Kenast la-
bored for a number of years to arrange for his
emigration, but it was not until 1891 that he was
enabled to carry out his long standing desire.
In that year he brought his family to the New
World, and, proceeding direct to Wyoming, took
up his present place on the Platte River, west of
Fort Laramie and engaged in stockraising. Ani-
mated by a determination to succeed, he ad-
dressed himself energetically to his undertaking,
and, in due time, his industry was crowned with
a large measure of success. He remained where
he originally settled until 1895, when he moved
to the ranch on the Rawhide, where he now lives,
although he is still owning his former place, us-
ing them both in his business. At the present
time he is running on the latter a large herd of
cattle in prime condition, also a number of horses,
although he does not raise these animals on an
extensive scale. Mr. Kenast has displayed com-
mendable zeal in the prosecution of his business,
as is attested by the prosperous condition of the
two ranches in his possession, and also by the
large number of cattle he raises and markets.
He has done well since coming to this country,
providing liberally for his family and here mak-
ing a home, which it would have been impossible
to secure under such conditions as obtain in the
land of his birth. He attends strictly to his own
affairs, belonging to that large and eminently
respectable class of people, who make their
presence felt by actions rather than by words.
He is a man of domestic tastes, a great lover of
home and family, devoted in his attachments
and friendships. The people of his community
hold him in esteem and he has shown himself
worthy of this mark of confidence and regard.
Mr. Kenast was married in his native country on
November n, 1866, to Miss Wilhelmina Bor-
man, daughter of Christian and Christina Bor-
man, the union having these children : Minnie,
Annie, Emma, Gussie, Rena, Mary and Otto.
ANDREW A. KERSHNER.
For more than sixteen years a resident of
Wyoming, having passed all of his mature life
among her people, during the whole of the time
actively engaged in promoting her industries and
developing her resources, Andrew A. Kersh-
ner is justly entitled to honorable mention in any
recital of the undertakings and achievements of
the progressive men of this young, enterprising
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
855
and rapidly growing commonwealth. lie was
born in Illinois in iS(>7. the son .if George \V.
and (,'ynthelia Kershncr, the former a native
of Illinois and the latter of ( >hio. In iSSj they
removed to Kansas, five years later to Winning,
settling in the Uighorn basin. For seven \cars
after his arrival in the state, Mr. Kershner
\\orked for II. C. Lovell in his large cattle busF
ness, and then located on his present ranch and
actively engaged in the stork business on his own
account. His ranch comprises t6o acres of ex-
cellent land, well located on Shell Creek, and
In has a herd of too superior cattle which are
handled with intelligent care and attention, no
effort being omitted to improve the breed and
keep the standard high. Mr. Kershner is a
member of the Modern \Yoodtneii of America
and renders the order continued and valuable
service. He was married in 181,14 to .Miss \Yini-
fred Fcnton. a native of Illinois. They have
four children, Fannie, Fletcher, Fred and an in-
fant. Since settling on the creek Mr. Kershner
lias given close and careful attention to the de
velopment and improvement of ihe section, and
has been recognized as a potent element in all
enterprises inaugurated for the general g 1.
He is public spirited and far-seeing, and sup-
ports any public interest with the same xeal he
exhibits in his private business.
WILLIAM 11. KFXXIXGTi >.\.
I'he life storx of this prominent citi/en and
progressive farmer and stockgmwcr of Uinta
count) is full of the tragic element, and. it nar-
rated in detail, it would make a thrilling recital.
It embodies the liu/nrd of the deep for more than
five weeks on a Bailing vessel uhen he was but
a \onth, a long and tiresome journe\ on
across the great American plains, with its at-
tendant horrors of threatened Indian cruelty, the
.landers of attack by \\ild beasts, hunger, thirst
and inclement weather, uar to the knife, and
the knit".- to the hill, against ferocious and relent-
less savages, the continual simple against ad
vi rse circumstances and condiiions .if difficult v
and the peril experienced in reducing a wild
country to subjection, the supreme joy of final
triumph over everv obstacle and a serene and
stable peace after arduous and long continued
trial. L'nhappily the limits of this article per-
mit only the bare narration of the salient facts
sufficient to make up a consecutive account. Mr.
Kenuington was born on August 7, 184^. in
Fngland. where his forefathers lived fur two or
three generations, having emigrated to that conn-
try from Prussia. His parents were' Richard
and Mary (Davidson) Kennington. who came
with their young family to th. I nited States in
185(1 and settled in Ftah. The father was n
professional gardener in Fngland. and in this
country became a farmer on a larger seale, fol-
lowing that industry until his death in 1871;. The
family consisted of thirteen children, seven of
whom died in infancy. William had but limited
opportunities to attend school, and gained his
education mostly in the world of'work and effort.
When he was fourteen years old the family left
their native land. and. after a tempestuous and
uncertain voyage of five weeks and three da\ 5,
landed on the shore of America, only to find be-
fore them a jouriicx as ha/ardous, far more try-
in-, and of almost equal length, across the coun-
try to their final destination near the new metrop-
olis of the Fatter 1 >a\ Saints in I'tah. A poi
lion, less than half, of the distance could be trav-
eled in railroad coaches, but from Iowa <.'it\.
Iowa, the young lad walked every fool of the
way, in company with an older sister drawing i
handcart containing supplies. When they ar-
rived in I 'tali he went to work on a farm and
was there en^a-ed in that line of industry until
1X7.). when he removed to the Hear Fake coun-
try of Idaho. There he passed sixteen \ear- in
successful ianum- and -I. .ckgrowing. and. in
iSSd. came to Wxoming. locatini; in what is
now Finta counts, on the farm since his home
and which lie has made a cultivated domain of
value and attractiveness It is mainly de\
lo the raising of cattle and \ields abundant sup-
plies f.,r their maintenance in addition to the
Usual crops of bread stuffs and vegetables for the
856
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
support of the family. Being among the earlier
arrivals in this valley and equipped by nature
and experience for direction in public affairs,
lu- lias filled various offices of trust and responsi-
bility. He has been town clerk, recorder in the
church councils for the last ten years or more,
and for the past four years he has been a U. S.
•.issioner for the district. He served in
the Utah militia for a period of time and saw
active and trying service in many Indian out-
breaks. On April i. 1865, at Salt Lake City, he
married with Miss Annie R. Seward, a native
of England and a daughter of George and Esther
(Frewin) Seward, also natives of that country.
Her father died there when she was fifteen
months old, and her mother brought the family
to Utah in 1863. Seven children have brightened
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kennington, all but
two of whom are living. They are : Annie E.,
who died in Idaho, aged thirty-one, then being
the wife of Samuel Matthews, and leaving five
children, one of whom, Esther S., has been
reared by her grandparents ; Mary C., who died
in Utah in infancy; William H., Jr., married and
living in the lower Star Valley ; Mary A., mar-
ried to Osborne Low of Star Valley; Alonzo,
married and living at Fairview ; George ; Ida E.,
now wife of Adolph Jensen of Afton ; Albert,
living at home. All are prosperous and respect-
ed, worthy followers of the example of thrift
and integrity they have had presented to them by
their industrious parents.
EMERSON H. KIMBALL.
Emerson H. Kimball is a representative of our
best type of American manhood, descending from
New England families of strong character and
patriotism, his paternal ancestors being numbered
among the earliest settlers of the Massachusetts
col. my, the same progress and patriotism charac-
teristic of them being the fundamental principles
of his character, as, throughout his life, he has
labored for the improvement of all of the, mani-
fold public and private interests with which he
has been connected, as a loyal son of his country,
following her llag on many a Southern battlefield
of the Civil \Var. everywhere, and at all times
1» in- actuated by fidelity to his country and his
As a forceful factor in the development of
Wyoming, in public office, in journalism and in
her industrial activities, due recognition must be
made of his services in this memorial volume.
On April 10, 1634, embarked for America at
Ipswich, County Suffolk, England, two brothers,
Richard and Henry Kimball, the former of them
bringing his family. These brothers were the an-
cestors of nearly all persons bearing the name of
Kimball in the United States, and duly arrived in
Boston, later making a permanent home in Water-
town, being men of property and standing. Rich-
ard was the progenitor of E. H. Kimball, and, for
200 years the family resided in New England,
furnishing gallant soldiers in every war afflicting
the country, from the affray at Bloody Brook,
where Caleb Kimball was killed, down through
the Revolution and other wars to the Great Civil
War, in which E. H. Kimball. of this review, was
by no means the only son of the family to give
his service. Mr. Kimball was born in Sandwich,
Carroll county, X. H., on October 21, 1842, the
son of James J. and Mary A. (Caverly) Kimball,
who were born at Dover, N. H., the father's line-
age running back through Jesse, Ephraim, Eph-
rairn, Xehemiah, Ephraim and Richard, to Rich-
ard, the emigrant. The parental grandfather re-
moved to Hiram, Maine, about 1820, and his
sun, fames J., going to Sandwich, N. H., soon
made that intellectual town his residence, becom-
ing a member of the family of his uncle, Samuel,
\\lio was a stonemason, and, as a contractor, built
many of the immense mills of Manchester, X. H.,
noiably the Atlantic and the Pacific, thereafter
being largely interested in the construction of the
Fitchburg Railroad, the first railroad of Massa-
chusetts, later passing a retired life on his Sand-
wich farm. After an academic education at the
Sandwich Academy, Mr. E. H. Kimball engaged
in pedagogic labors at Hiram, Maine, until after
the opening of the Civil War. when, on January
13, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G. Thirteenth Maine
Infantry, under the distinguished Neal Dow as
PROGR1 SSIVE Mi WYOMING.
857
colonel, ami then '. his ret'
in its arduous scr\ icc.s mi.; rals Untie;
i'.anks in the lower Mississippi region, in the
nd Red Ri\c.
1;. >n . •
duty at N • ans, thci;
to Fortress Monroe and Washington, and joining
Sheridan in the \\ > -1 Virgin
pcricnciug to the full the dangers of a soldier'-;
•ugh field and flood," and hein^ mu
OUl as a corporal on January 25. 1805. Marrying
on April 18. iSd;. in Sandwich. If
[iss Lizzie Al. Sniiih. Mr. Kimball en-
1 in fanning for rs, thence remov-
ing to Audubon county. Iowa, there continuing
his agricultural O] ions, deflecting therefrom,
ever, l"nv enough to serve as principal of
the schools at t Hidden, in Carroll count \ . for three
terms, during which time he read law and
admitted to the bar at Carroll. Iowa, thereafter
being elected recorder, and removing his
deuce t<> Fxira, the comity seat of Audubon conn-
nd, alter his two years' si rvice in that office,
the principal of the Exin; schools, then
the proprietor of the A.uduboi i ount} Defender,
a weekly newspaper, conducting it frir three years,
thereafter being the posl v at ( iuthri.
one year, then resigning the oilier and removing
to the new town of \n,!i . . • • [ i iblUhing.
first, the And':!- n Advocate, and. later, the Au-
diibon Times, publishing the Times for four years
and . ! , i the
town. Leaving Airs. Kimball to act as postmis-
h A-ent to the National capital and was 1<>-
cati d thi re n >r tv • • ' ::dcn:
for a syndicate of many leading p
iSSn. coming to \Vyoming, where he established
ihe Row d\ \\'est lieu spa; >• r al
wbich he conducted there until the creation of the
u hen lii
after < ne year leaving ils management
to his son, and devoting himself to bis present
••atimi of stockraising. his base of operations
>OX F.ldcr Park'. In a h his
son. James 1C.. Mr. Kimball owns I.'KIO acres ,,f
land, partially irrigated from a large diteh, run-
ning a band of sheep and usually herds of cattle
and horses, the bands and herds being impn
in size and character, and having at this writing,
as line a band of young Shorthorn cattle as can
be shown in the state, their sires being thorough-
breds. The ranch is finely in and well
arranged for stockraising purposes. Mr. Kimball
leaving the entire management of the place to
bis son. \\lio i.s thoroughly competent. I'he .
air Associatii uized,
I measure, cr die active and
in'ulli^eiit labors of Mr. Kimball, appreciation
of this fact being shown b ;:ibers in their
election of him to hold the presidency . of which
office he is the present incumbent, while he is
lary of the Glem As-
sociation. During the invasion tin uenc-
ing uith iSi>_>, Mr. Kimball served as an efticient
under sheriff for three years, while, for two
years of this time, he was. publishing The Graph-
ic at Douglas, beuig also intere-ud in The Der-
rick for a time. He has always maintained great
interest in Grand Army of the Republic matters,
and has attended several of its National encamp-
ments. He was "made a Mason" in Iowa in
iSjj. has filled all of the offices of his lodge, and
attained to the Knights Templar degree. I
also an < >dd Fellow. I luring his residence at
• r. \\'yo.. he was for two rs a District
< 'oiirt commissioner, and the offices of justice of
the peace and notary public have been long in
his keeping. Mr. Kimball ii' • l.iins his
in • ilenroi-k. where, under the supervision
of his mi ble u ife, his c. .mm. uli. >ns
deiici .-d as a private hotel, a store bi
Kept in Ci inm ction thcrcu ith. I lere i
passing the time, ever active in some plan for
the benefil of the public, with i^reat interest in the
political conditions of Ihe conntr\ as an unswerv-
ing Democrat. frei|uentl\ . how e ing noin-
m.iln .ns for p, ,siti, ,ns nsibility.
I'he children "f Mr. and Mrs. Kimball are Wil-
son S i tch eUe\\here in this volr.'
ICdna I.. ' liarK-s II. Rollins, manager of
the American Tob • for Iowa, haviiu
quart) rs at I >es Moines ;
858
PROGRESSIVE MEN OJ- WYOMING.
Mrs. |,i-piT 1). SiiniiHT. (if (ilenrock; James I'-..
associated with his father in the stork industrx
and manager of their ranch; Emma I... Mrs. J.
I.. Slaughter : Mary K. : \llen l\.
SAMUEL KISE.
Prominent and highly esteemed in the section
of country which his labors and his influence have
hlessed and helped to beautify, into which he
came \\liile il was yet largely in the dominion of
the savage. Samuel Rise, of Horton. Wyoming,
furnishes a theme of unusual interest to the biog-
rapher. His life bewail on December 13, 1838, at
Marion. < >hio. where his parents, Fred and Eliza-
beth (Boyer) Kise. were prosperous farmers,
having come there from their native Pennsyl-
vania. There they grew to maturity and were
married. There also the father learned his trade
of stonemason, at which he labored before their
removal to what was then the far West, ( >hio,
where he also worked at his trade in connection
with his farming. Their son, Samuel, remained
at home, attending school and working on the
farm, until the beginning of the Civil War. In
April. 1861, he enlisted as a volunteer in Co. K.
Fourth Ohio Infantry, and confronted a gallant
and determined foe on many a hard-fought field,
until, in 1863, when, having become disabled for
active service, through sickness, he was honora-
bl\ discharged. He returned to his ( )hio home
and promptly exchanged the bayonet for the
plowshare, and the field of carnage for one glint-
ing with the sheen of a harvest of golden grain.
In the spring of 18/2 he went to California, in
the autumn of that year to Nevada, locating a
mile and a half from Carson City, on a ranch,
which he purchased, and devoted to the produc-
tion of garden truck, which was then a very
profitable commodity in the neighborhood. His
success in this business was rapid and substan-
tial, but after six years of great prosperity in it.
he sold his ranch and removed to Omaha. There,
purchasing the Germania Hotel property, he em-
barked in business as a boniface, with excellent
prospects of success, only to find, after he had
invested all his savings in the venture, that the
title to the property was defective, and that he
had lost his whole estate. In the spring d \X~<>
he went to work at anything that offered in the
I '.lack I lills, so continued to labor for a year, then
look r.p a ranch north of Deadwood, where for
a few years he was very prosperous in the re-
sults of his fanning operations. Then came a
succession of dry seasons and crop failures, and.
in 1887, he sold the farm and all appurtenances
in 1888 coming to Wyoming, where his son,
Frank E. Kise, took up the land which Mr. Kise
now owns, on Canyon Springs prairie. The fam-
ily settled on this ranch, which Mr. Kise pur-
chased from his son, and began improving it and
reducing it to systematic fruitfulness, and, later,
Mr. Kise bought a quarter-section adjoining it,
which gives him now an estate of 320 acres. A
considerable portion of this is under irrigation
with water from its own springs, while his skill
and intelligent application of the best principles
of husbandry have made it an ideal farm, one
of the be"St, as it was one of the first farms placed
under cultivation in this section of the state. It
is well improved, with a comfortable cottage resi-
dence, good barns, corrals and sheds, a large
amount of fencing and other desirable accessories.
The home is a veritable caravansary for an ap-
preciative circle of friends, and has. as well, at
all times a hospitable welcome for the passing
stranger. In Marion county, Ohio, on April 24,
i So i, was consummated for life a union, which
had begun by an appreciative acquaintance in
childhood, the marriage of Mr. Kise with Miss
Sarah Hoover, who was reared on the farm ad-
joining his father's, she being a playmate almost
from infancy, they attending the same school
through their childhood and youth, brightening
the same social circles in the roseate period of
youth. On the day after his marriage he en-
listed as a soldier for the Civil War, and was thus
separated for the first time from the lady whose
devoted loyalty has blessed his home through all
the trying times of adversity, and mellowed the
radiance of its brightest prosperity. Her parents
were Christopher and Christiana (Boyer) Hoover.
PROGRl SSIVE \n \ OF WYO MING.
859
well to (In farmers in Marion county, ' 'liio. The
onlv child ol" the Kisc household is a son. I-' rank
R. Kise. now a substantial farmer ami stockman.
who is following the lines of his father's indus
tries, being well esteemed throughout the section
where he is known. Mr. Rise in politics is an
ardent and uncompromising Republican. Ilr be-
gan his citizenship with the first success of his
|iart\. easting his inaid( n vie for Lincoln foi
president, and has never wavered in his loyalty
to its principles and policies. His inthicuce on
tlie public life of his locality has been healthful
and serviceable, through its intelligent and con-
sciciitions exercise for the welfare and advanci
n lent of the community, he has gained a high
and secure place in the regard of his fellow men.
JAMES R. KINNEY.
lames 1\. Kinney, an enterprising ami sue
il stock-grower and farmer in the Sage » !r< < I-
i. his headquarters being not far from Mce-
tectsc. has been something of a wanderer in his
time, and lie has seen many parts of our land of
extended latitude, multitudinous productions and
\\ide climatic variety, his birth occurring in \Yis-
consin, on January 4, 1850. Reared and edu-
cated in his native state, in 1X75 he went to Los
Angeles. I'alifornia. where he remained tlire.
years, engaged ill farming. From there he mad''
a mining tour through Arizona and Mexico, stop-
at various places and working in the mines
with differing degrees of success. Six \ears were
d in this '\peditiou, and, in 18X4, h.
turned to ( 'aliforuia. soon thereafter going on
a visit to his old home in Wisconsin, lu i SX- lie
came to Wvoming, and for some time
d in lumbering in the emplov nf I ). \\Yllcr,
afhr \\hich lie followed range riding until iX.ii.
when he took up his residence on the ranch w hii h
he now owns and occupies, and which has heen
his home continuously since that time. It is eli
giblv located in the Sage < 'reek basin, comprising
HHI acres, being aNo well improved and carefully
cultivali-d. Mere he rims at least loo head of
cattle of giKul blood, and carries .in a general
farming industrv of considerable magnitude. In
lo i' i lie was elected as justice of the peace, and.
when the town of MceteetSC was incorporated, he
\\as made police justice, in which position he ren-
dered acceptable and appreciated service until
iX(i_-. \\hen he resigned. An enterprising and
public spirited citizen, lie takes great interest in
tbi Masonic lodge, of which he has long been a
member, and in other organizations of a social
nature, giving' the community the benefit of his
b' -i i nergies in all its efforts for advancement.
ALFRED KXOBS.
In a work designed to present to the public
an account of the lives, achievements and aspira-
of the progressive men of Wyoming, all.
whose energy, public spirit and usefulness have
^tamped them as being among the forceful and
MCthc factors in the development and civil-
ization of the state, are entitled to due consider-
ation and a mention. Among this number. Alfred
knobs, ot ( rook conntv. one of the prominent
and enterprising ranchmen and stockrais( i
Hoi -ion Creek, \Y\omhig. and also a successful
prospector and miner, has an honored place. It
was Switzerland, the land of William Tell an.!
Arnold Winkleried, which gave him birth, on
July _'(). iSoo. and in that land of liberty his an-
irs had dwelt and flourished for .-eiituries.
Mis parents were Frederick and Mary (lleiiner-
Knobs. the father being a skillful tanner
;ig an uneventful life in faithful de\otion
to In 'inl to the welfare of his count rv.
Alfred Knobs was educated in his native
and. when he reached the age of twciitv years, in
company with an older brother, he
\merica. keaching St. I'aul without incident
worthy of special mention, lu- there remained,
working at various occupations for a \ear. then
to Montana, and. entering into the spiri;
of the wild COtmtn around him. engaged in !
ing and trapping, seeking bears and buffalo.
beavers and mink, big game and small, for nine
ths in different parts of the territory. In
the fall of I XX.-' he went to the I '.lack Mills. ',
IV E MEA Of tl YOMING.
ing ;u Deaduood. and passed a >car working at
tin trade of tanning, which he had learned in
Switzerland. In tin summer of 1883 he came
to Wyoming, -ling congenial emplo\
in what is now O nity, he rode the range
• Hi ranches for a yea- in that section,
and then iniik up land on Houston Creek, six
:s1 of Sundance, 1 icing the first settler in
that region, finding for companionship there but
Dui f the first live \ cars, after
'ii hi* claim, he spenl a m- iderable
time in prospecting in the Black Hills, then set-
tled permanently on his land and engaged in cat-
tleraising, stocking his broad acres with superior
herds, improving them with good buildings, mak-
ing them fertile by careful cultivation, proving
himself in every way a progressive and enterpris-
ing man. with ambition for the best results in
his \\ork and looking ever to the permanent good
of the community in all the elements of his pub-
lic life. During the winter months of every year
nil engages in prospecting, and he now has
a number of valuable mining claims in the Bear
Lodge Mountains, a section rich in the promise
of copper and gold. In politics he is an unwaver-
ing Democrat, in no sense, however, an office-
er or active partisan, finding plenty in his
business to occupy his time, looking to the gen-
eral good in civil affairs, rather than to the suc-
cess of any particular party or class of men.
H. L. KUYKEXDALL.
< )ne of the energetic young men of Wyoming,
who are building up the industries of the state,
and are successful in the handling of large enter-
prises, is H. L. Kuykendall. He is a native of
Mississippi, born in Platte City, in that state, on
July 20, 1863, son of W. L.»and Eliza (Mont-
gomery ) Kuykendall, the former a native of Ken-
tucky, and tlie latter of Virginia. The father
had removed his residence from his native state
to Mississippi in the early fifties of the nineteenth
century, and continued to reside there up to the
time of the ripening of the great Civil War. His
sympathies were with the Southern cause and
with the people among whom lie had been reared,
0 lie answered to the call of his state, and en-
1 ted as a member of the Confederate army. I le
received a commission as a captain in a Alis-
; ipi regiment, and served during the entire
war. At the termination of the protracted strug-
gle, he engaged in contracting, being employed
in the construction of several of the frontier mili-
tary posts of the West. He was a pioneer at Cus-
ter City and also at the city of Deadwood, Dakota.
Shortly afterward, he located in the city of C'lu \-
enne, Wyo., as one of the earliest settlers, remov-
his family to that place as early as 1866.
Here he purchased a large ranch in the vicinity
of Cheyenne, engaged in ranching and livestock
raising, and resided there until 1891. For many
years he was active in the business and public life
of that section, and was elected as the first pro-
bate judge of the, county of Laramie while resid-
ing at the city of Cheyenne. He occupied that
responsible position for eight years, discharging
the duties of the office with ability and with
fidelity to the trust reposed in him by the people.
He was also active in the fraternal life of that
city and of the territory, and was grand secretary
of the Masonic order for- the territory and the
territorial organizer of the Independent Order of
i )>\<\ Fellows. In 1881, he purchased the Chap-
man ranch, on Spring Creek, Wyo., south of
Saratoga, and, in 1884, organized a joint stock
company, and engaged extensively in the live
stock business at that place. The company is
now the owner of several thousand acres of land,
and has very large cattle and other interests in
that vicinity and elsewhere in the state. For
many years the father has been one of the lead-
in;;' and representative business men of first, the
territory, and, later, the state, and he was one
of the pioneers of this portion of the western
country. He has contributed his full share in
the building up of the state and in bringing set-
tlement and civilization to the wilderness and to
the barren plains of Wyoming. The subject of
this sketch grew to man's estate in the territory
of Wyoming, and acquired his elementary educa-
tion in the public schools of the city of Cheyenne.
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ - OMING.
Afu-r o impl< tini; hi> :
trienlalcd at Racine College, at l\a.
of the loading edncati' uial institutii ms of the
\Vc-t. and there pursued a course of collegiate
IK- was pradi'au d as a member of the
of 'S^. returned to \Y\ ' lining, ai
as manager of the \\~iscoiiMi.
mint;- I. am! & ( Villle Co., succeeding his brother.
J. M. Knykciidall. in thai i. The 1
had r to I >enver, and pureha-ed the :
irty of the Denver ( >mnihn> iV ("all Co., ami be-
the manager of thai extensive bus
Shortly afterward. IT. L. Kuykcndall resigned his
tion with the Wisconsin \- \Vynminp- Land
X: Cattle Co.. and. poin^ t, , I Vmer. beca
ciated \\ith hi- l)rolher in tin- o\vm -rship of the
ipanv. and remained •
carrying- on that business with threat sucee-- for
years. In iS<i_>. In
1 manager of the interests of tin ' >lnni-
hia ( 'oaeh Co. at the \\"orld'- Indn.-trial K
tion at Chicago, and during the time of the
\\ i irld'- I -"air ('• indneted the business of thai
; \\ ith ahiiit v and After lli.
d hi went to ( 'ripple < !n el , Col -. and
1 'ines iiiakin.u
: in> with variors railroad points, and
', , i]
thi- Iran- aboul thi
and \\-as very successful, operaiin^ extensively,
and having at one time 500 h< o d on
In the fall of i
pos, (1 of this bnsine>^ and renio\ed to 1 lartville.
\\ \
In tl of i Si i~. he lo
. and ihiTe en^ajjyil in frei-htin'.
• ' d in tile i
rai>ini;-. In KJOI . he organized an i'
tion d >mpan\ . fi ir ilic pui'in isi of 0
eaual til'ty miles in length, \\liieh
• not less than one hnndr'
ml. lj"or tlii- i^rcal cnli rprise he i
icres, and i> sure to carry it thromji to
It u ill he . if I1 6S1 lieni lit to
that -eclioii of the state. I'ln Canal Claris at the
tion of Brush ! '.\itli the I'latu- I
ie of tin
in XX'yoinins,'-. In nj<>-'. he purcli:'-.( d tl
rain I' con-
, into the cattle
He is n mining, having-
en thirty and thirt\ : 'aims
in the P.attle I inpment districts,
\vhich i;i'.
hendall is a man of abil-
ity and in Ie energy, pro-iv--ive an
rising, invariably Eul in his bu-
i 'lie i if the ri-inu 1m
• if \V_\i in id is doiii'j
th.e resources of his section of the stale, and it is
Mich men whose ener^-v is building np the
try in .qTandenr and in strength.
>Pi H I ) KR \; SS.
Leopold Kvaiiss. .[ well-known and hi^lily
nion Pacific Railroad.
ISton, \\'yoniini;. and
I tab. in the latter of which places i-- his
a nati\e of Avon. ( lliio. where he
\\a> born in iSf^S. the >on of Peter and Anna
Marie i.\l\er>l Kr.in-s. The father was born at
Xavel. France, in 1820. lie came to the Cniteil
State at four!' tling in ( Ihio.
in farming, about ^'\ mile- ! )hio,
conlini'ed until iS'n. when lie enh>ted
in the Twent \ -eighth ( )hio Cavalr\ and d:
,'ionia \\llile his rtpiment wa- in
lid. I Ie i^ brried at Won, ' 'hii I. I IN
father, another I' • and father of
I.eo|)old. follo\\ed the \onnu; I'eter to America.
and cii^'ap i in farming near * le\ i land. 1 Ie died
ii-.iried at Avon. 1 lis \\-JtV
. ,1 M\I\ -
' i- father, th. -amlfatli
ina\or of \avel. I'rance. and his
-t in
the pro\ince of Lorraine. \nnie Marie M
po],l Ki-.i born in l'.a\
• .n \ovembi r <i. iS.-.j. Slu
86a
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Kockpoi-t, ( >hio. \\ith her parents, Nicholas and
.Maria (Baker) Myers, in 184.'. Miss Myers be-
came Mrs. Krauss in ( 1e\ eland. ( >hio. She died
mi ( ictoher Mi. iS<)i. and lies buried at Sheffield,
Mhio. She was a devout Catholic, who devoted
her life to her home and family. Her father,
Nicholas Myer>. passed the must of his life in
I- ranee, where, al .me lime, he was a trusted lieu-
tenant under Napoleon. His trade was that of a
eahinetmaker. and his later years were spent in
labor at it in < >hio. He passed away from life at
Rockport in that state, where his wife died in
i Sf. 5. heing buried at Avon. Leopold Krauss re-
ceived his education in the public schools of Ohio.
\t the early age of fourteen he entered the serv-
ice of the Union Pacific Railroad as a locomo-
tive fireman, and he has remained in the service
of the company ever since. For seven years he
was a fireman, and then, on attaining his major-
ity, he was promoted to be an engineer. He
has never been in a wreck, and is regarded as a
model of trustworthiness in his responsible and
nerve-testing occupation. Mr. Krauss is a Re-
publican in politics, a member of the Order of
United Workmen, and of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers. He is a frank, open-spoken
man of our best type. In 1879 -^r- Krauss mar-
ried Mary Gifford, a native of Lansing, Minn.,
Imni on December 23. 1862. a daughter of David
and Jennie (Hughes) Gifford. Four children
have blessed this union. George L., Jessie P..
Florence and Lillie. The last-named one died in
1888. and was buried in Evanston, Wyo.
HERMAN LIPPOLDT.
As the name suggests, the subject of this
sketch is of German lineage, although born and
reared in the United States. His father, August
Lippoldt, was a native of Germany, a farmer In-
occupation, who left the Fatherland in 1847 .-md.
shortly after reaching America, made his wa\ to
Jersey county, Illinois, where he purchased t
farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits, fol-
lowing that useful vocation until his death, which
occurred in 1863. The mother came to the United
Stales two years after the arrival of her husband,
and is still living in Illinois. Herman Lippoldt
was born on September 22, 1861, ill Jersey coun-
ty, 111., and grew to manhood on the home farm.
Losing his father when less than two years old.
he was reared by his mother, who spared no
pains in instilling into his young mind correct
principles, and inspiring in him a proper appre-
ciation of the true dignity of honest toil. When
old enough to be of practical service, he was put
to work in the labors of the farm, and, from
that time until his nineteenth year, labored dili-
gently for his mother and otherwise looked af-
ter her interests. Meanwhile during the seasons,
he attended the public schools and acquired an
education, which, though by no means as complete
as he could desire, has been sufficient to enable
him to transact intelligently the duties of a very
active business life. In his twentieth year. Mr.
Lippoldt severed the ties that bound him to his
home and became a tiller of the soil upon his own
responsibility, leasing for the purpose land in
his native county. Subsequently he went to
northern Illinois, where he remained until 1883,
then yielded to a desire of long standing by go-
ing further west. Impressed with the idea that
the Great West abounded in more favorable op-
portunities for a young man than did his own
state, he went to Colorado, where he engaged in
freighting with an outfit of his own. After re-
maining there until the following year, meeting
with fair returns for his labor. Air. Lippoldt came
to Wyoming and for about six months worked
for a railroad company, with headquarters at
Cheyenne. At the expiration of that time, he
went back to Colorado, where he was variously
employed until 1886, when he returned to Wyo-
ming to again engage in railroad work. The
road which, at that time, was in process of con-
struction, runs through the section of country
where Mr. Lippoldt now lives, and it was while
thus employed by the company that he became
favorably impressed with the natural advantages
of the region, and determined that, at some fu-
ture time, he would, if possible, secure a location
therein. After some months passed in the employ
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
863
.if the road, IK- engaged with tin- Pratt \ Ferris
Cattle Co., with wliich he remained until I Si 17.
tlu-n severing his connection and moving to a
ranch on tin- I Matte River, about nine mile- ea-t
of F<>rt Laramie. .Mr. Lippoldt took up this
rancli in i8<>^. but was not in a situation to take
possession and properly -tuck it until four
after filing on the land. Through his careful
husbanding of his earnings, he found to his cred-
it quite a respectable capital, which was judicious-
ly invested in cattle and horses, tint- enabling him
to get a very respectable start in the stock btisi-
ness. He made a number of valuable impi<>\'
meiit.s on the ranch, increased his stock from
time to time, and succeeded well until the fall
of IMOI. when he disposed of his cattle and horses
and with his family went on an extended visit d
his old home in Illinois. Later. Mr. Lippoldt sold
his original ranch, but he now' owns a fine place
of 4(x) acres on Rawhide (.'reek, which he ha*
greatly improved and stocked with a number of
high-grade horses. It is his intention eventually
to resume cattlcraising. plans having already been
perfected to that end. On March 13, iSc)i>. Mr.
Lippoldt was married, in Alton, 111. to Miss Clara
Khbler, a native of Illinois, and a daughter of
Herman and France- Khhlcr, both parents ha\ing
their birth in (iermany. Mr. Fbbler was a pros-
perous farmer of |er-e\ county, and died tin-re
in [Si)_>; his widow is still living on the old farm.
where she has made her home since leaving tin.
Fatherland. Mr. and Mrs. Lippoldt are the par-
ent- of two bright children, a son and a dan^h-
ti r. Amelia and i Mio. in whom are centered many
fond hopes and expectation-. The life of Mr.
Lippoldt has been one of great activity, not un-
mixed with pleasurable and interesting experi-
ences. Hi- career illustrates what a youni; man
can accomplish in ihe face of many adverse cir-
CUmStanCCS, if In- is industrious and actuated by
proper motives. lie lias alwavs been energetic,
and. though at times the future ma\ have looked
discouraging, he never lost heart, but took ad-
irantage of evei opportunity calculated in am
wa\ to advance hi- interest-. \\'ith 1^01 id hiisines-
abilitie- and a di-eriiuinating judgment, he has
prospered in his various undertakings and bids
fair to achieve still greater success in year- to
come. Personally, he is an affable gentleman.
(|uiet in demeanor and belong- t,> that l.tr-i- -mil
eminently respectable class whose actions speak
louder than words. In religion he is au earnest
and devout member of the Lutheran church, as
is al-o hi- wile.
ALBERT \Y. LONG.
\Yith his childhonil and youth darkened by
the terrible shadow of our Civil \Yar. which
n ibbed him ' if < me parent, and enfeebled the . .tiler
to -tvh an extent that she did not long survive
its eoucliisii in. being thus orphaned and thrown
on his own resources for advancement in the
world, . \lliert \Y. Long, now living not far from
Kearney, in Sheridan county. \Yyoining. and
there conducting a successful and increasing stock
and farming business, literally came up through
tribulation to his present estate of comfort and
consequence, being fully indebted to his own
Lge, per-e\ erance and enterprise Cm- his suc-
cess and prosperity. Fie was born in Pennsyl-
vania, on February -'-'. iS^S. the si m of Jo
and ('aniline I Snare I FOUL;, also natives of that
state. Soon after the Civil War uas well in
progress, the father eiili-ted in the I'uion army,
as a member of the ( hie Hundred and Fort\-
eighth Pennsylvania Infanm. and saw arduous
service in the field, and on the march, until the
terrible deluge of death in the Wilderness, where
he received a wound, from \\liicli soon after In-
died in a hospital at Washington. I ). ( . \- ha-
>• . it noted, the mother did not long survive him.
dxiiiL; at her Pennsylvania home, leaving four
children pracliealh to the care of -iran^cr-. Al-
bert remained in his nati\e state until he \\a-
niueteen. then came westward to loua. and en-
-I in farming. I '"or eleven \ears he followed
the plow in that state, in I SSS came to W\ "tiling,
locating in Sheridan C"Util\. where he a^ain en-
gaged in farmiiiL; and stockraisiiiL;. hi in- ;
1 in his business, and he ni '\\ o\\ ns
of line land, a large herd of cattle and h
864
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
with Other properu of value, lie has exhibited
•nil and serviceable interest in the welfare of
the county, having shown himself to be a wise,
ressive and useful citi/.en. as well as a thrifty
and energetic business man and an excellent
farmer. <_>n March 23, 1890, Air. Long was
united in marriage with -Miss Ella Smith, who
was horn and reared in Missouri, the daughter of
W. and Jennie (Fowler) Smith, with
i >lie came t > \Vvoming somi years before
In r marriage, her father being a native of Yir-
i and her mother of Illinois. They were
emigrants to .Missouri, where they lived and
prospered For years. I'.ut the frontier always
had a charm for them, and, in time, it proved
sufficient to bring them to Wyoming, and here
the\ have built a new home, in which their hopes
have expanded and flourished in a symmetrical
with their endeavors.
JOSEPH H. LEWIS.
Joseph H. Lewis, of Sheridan county, Wyo-
ming, whose ranch, located five miles south of
Sheridan, is a model of thrift and careful cultiva-
tion, whose stock business conducted thereon is
one of the leading industries of that portion of
the county, was born in Indiana, on August 25,
1845. His parents, William and Mary J. (Van
Meter) Lewis, belonged to old Southern fami-
lies that had been long resident in that section
and were prominently identified with its history.
The paternal grandfather, a Welchman, settled
in Virginia in his early manhood and became a
large planter and slaveholder. The father was a
native of Virginia and the mother of Kentucky.
He died in 1877 in Iowa, where his widow is
now living, aged ninety-one. In 1853 the family
d from Indiana to Iowa, in that state their
son Joseph was reared on their farm and edu-
cated at the public school in the vicinity. When
as twenty-five he started in life for himself,
leaving the parental home to conduct a farm on
his own account. This he continued to do, with
varying success, until 1895. when he came to
Wyoming and purchased the farm on which he
now lives and carries on his prosperous and ex-
tensive stock industry. His farm comprises 320
acres of well-improved land, nicely located and
well-adapted to stockraising. He has a fine herd
of graded cattle and a band of superior horses.
These, with his general farming interests, engage
his attention to the exclusion of other business
and politics, although he is always earnest in his
zeal for any enterprise that promises well for the
advancement or improvement of the county or
his immediate section of it. In 1874 Mr. Lewis
was married, in Iowa, with Miss Sophia Wallace,
a native of Indiana, and a daughter of David and
Sophia Wallace, who were among the pioneers of
their part of that state. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
have seven children: Jessie, married with Robert
R. Sellmay. of Sheridan ; Charles B. ; Daisy, mar-
ried with \V. H. Spear, of Bighorn ; Harry \V. ;
Ralph J. ; Georgia G. ; Raymond P. Both in
Iowa and in Wyoming the contributions of Mr.
Lewis to the progress and development of the
country have been both valuable and extensive,
for he has given aid to every good enterprise by
encouragement, by counsel, by example, and by
more substantial means. His influence has ever
been felt for good in commercial, educational and
social circles, not only in what he himself has
done, but also in what he has impelled others
to do by his example and activity. He is highly
esteemed by his fellows as a man of sterling
worth and broad-minded enterprise.
FRANK LUNDIE.
Starting out to make his own way in the
world at the age of fourteen, since then pursuing
dame fortune's winning smile with assiduous at-
tention and becoming diligence, Frank Lunclie,
now a prosperous stockman and farmer, residing
near Fenton, in Bighorn county, Wyoming, has,
nevertheless, been much of a wanderer. He has
seen human life under many conditions in vari-
ous latitudes and amid a great variety- of pur-
suits. He is a Canadian by nativity, born in the
Dominion in 1862. His -parents were William
and Edith Lundie. the former a native of Scot-
MEN OF U'YUMIXG.
865
land and the latter of Maine. Their .son. Frank.
reniaiin-d at home until he was fourteen years
rccii\ing a limited education in the schools of
his in i^hh. n-litii ,d. and. when he left home i
for himself, he made his way to Kurt I'.r:
\Yvi>., \\here he found employment in railroad
I
construction work, which employed him
1878, when he went to Green River, and there
ear in farming. From there, in
1X70. he went to Fort \Yashakic. dividing the
next four years of his time between that place
and Lander. In 1883 he m id. a irip to Arixona.
going from there through California and X<
returning to Lander in [£ . starting
soon after on his further travel, he spi
iu [daho, in 1888 he came again to \
miny. and, being thi-n '• i ermined to make the
state his p; rmancnt home, he located near
and started an enterprise in raising -
which he '•• piidnrted for ten years on the ranch
p. ' IP -old this ranch in 1898. but kept
his cattle, purchasing- for their use a smaller
ranch, which he still owns, his herd consisting
of 150 well-bred Herefords, which are kept in
prime D ptidition. In his travels about the country,
going through many wild and unsettled seci
it was a matter of course that Mr. I.tmdic should
1 with many surprising adventures and
hardship and danger. Tie has apparently 1"
death by violence in the face o Ihan one
-ion. and, sometimes, for days together, every
hour has been full of peril. Rut the advent"
spirit that started him cm his wanderings sn-tainrd
him through all their hazards and hard-hips, and
him et|u.-d (p. every em< rgenq that confi
ed him. Hostile Indians and wild hearts have
•d hi- p and hung upon his trail.
nl and other ren
• >rder have held him up, fl --line and the
nifties have tried hi- and
He was al Meeker al
of the terribl re, and I'1 in many
leatl my horrible forms.
• '•'•< p \ er all his dauntless spirit trie
all his ready I •'•• iv<'d him. and he
forth from every trial practically nnhrinii<-'I.
lie i- an eiitcrpri-ing and pi .•' eiti/en.
who . i m tin- welfare oi his c 'imnunity is
inaiiifc-ted in - ..... 1 \\ork.- and in an active sup-
pif every project, of public improvement or
priv;: ort, which commands hi- .
brin- much ' steemed as one of the !• ading and
repn sentaiive men of bis part of the o >nntry.
CLEM!' XT LACITAI'FLLE.
hi-i' Brians
ition to the rci irength that have
elements in the building up of this won-
derful American republic, have taken
that prominent amou- ii the
Ith, industry and valuabl •
shoi and utili/.ed by the hi
In th' 'inent of tl
Xorthwest. ha- the French nation contril
In writing of the
i i- nu n p .f \Y\oming. it wil n that
many men of I'- uch • p diem
and whose reviexv- app< ar on tl this
work. '' :
<ry highly improved am p'tive
ranch of i ..•;•'< ;(-d at \\"il'ow i
three and one-half miles snuth of thr iwn of
Ililliard, in I'inta corm\'. \\"\-oming. Genera-
tions ago his l-'ivnch ;| their native
land and made their home in the province of
p'la. then a porti'mi of the .^reat
French empiri . and. In re. amid all of lh< \arious
political cha id ' orsl .:inilv
iciled. 1 I i- grandfather.
Raphael Lachapelle. wa- an imlu-tri' m- farmer.
and hi- - i'h. al-.p followed the tilli;
the soil fur a livelihood. I -lie mar-
lar j Lich pT'le. and ( 'lenient W3S ' 'Me of
their family of children. I I
1 1\ inured to hard >
and sti-ai' 'timi. In \\ iih
he r& n in the
'o-
. it will be
Si ,i ,
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
ihr iT;ini|n-cl ami cribbed conditions of tin- land
of his birth did nn| appear |o him as a profitable
atisfactory I'u-ld wherein to pass his life, whilo
llu- great monntain and valley section of the
Xortlnvest was beckoning to him with its at-
iraclive and alluring features to come and take
possession of mines yet undeveloped, of fields
never yet cultivated, of forests in which no ax
had ever sounded, so, in 1860, crossing the in-
ternational boundary line, he traversed the thou-
sands of miles of distance leading across the
United States to California. Here he engaged in
mining with a miner's luck, and from that state
proceeded to Fraser River, in British Columbia,
where he also sought for the yellow metal. He
at a later period followed mining in the Treas-
ure state, Montana, but in 1869 ne located in
Wyoming for a year and was engaged in team-
ing, with his headquarters at Piedmont, later he
established himself in business at Ogden, Utah,
continuing there for a time, but returning to
Piedmont, Wyoming, in 1872. Mr. Lachapelle,
after working in the woods for a time, became
a burner of charcoal at Aspen, returning to Og-
den. however, to pass the winter of 1872 and
1873. In the spring of 1873, he again came to
Piedmont, where he passed the season in manu-
facturing charcoal. The next year he erected a
hotel in Hilliard, which became quite a place of
resort, and which he conducted successfully for
about five years, then took up a portion of the
land, where is now located his home on Willow
Creek, and here he has, by his diligent labor and
wise calculation, placed most of his acreage under
cultivation. His land is especially adapted to
the raising of hay, of which he produces large
annual yields, and by its sale receives a satisfac-
tory income. Mr. Lachapelle was married, on
April 2, 1872, in Ogden, Utah, with Miss Mary
Molly, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Molly.
Her parents were natives of England, early emi-
grating to the United States. Mrs. Lachapelle's
birth occurred also in England, and to Mr. La-
chapelle and his estimable wife have come eight
children, Mary Louisa; Clement, who is now in
Alaska: Mabel, who married Thomas Blight, Jr..
of Evanston, \Y_vo., where they now maintain
their home; Beatrice; Florence; Valan ; Roger;
Frank. Mr. Lachapelle believes that the ultimate
good and permanent prosperity of a country can
best be brought out through the medium of the
Republican party, and his support is strongly
given to its campaigns. In religious faith, he
was conscientiously reared in the Roman Catholic
church. He is a good representative of the old-
timer of the Rocky Mountain section, showing
the characteristics transmitted to him from his
French and Canadian ancestors. From a poor
boy. through his good habits and good manage-
ment, he has acquired a position of financial in-
dependence and is yearly adding to the value of
his property. He sagaciously calculates his busi-
ness changes, and arranges his affairs to take
advantage of business conditions, and richly reap
the benefits of good judgment. The family is
highly esteemed and Mr. Lachapelle and his wife
have a large host of friends, for they have won
the friendship of the community.
HON. DANIEL C. NOWLIN.
A "pioneer of pioneers" in two states and one
territory of this LTnion, the sheriff of an im-
mense county in the most troublous times, a
county surveyor when the lines of new counties
were to be established, and a legislator when the
formative period of a new commonwealth had
not yet passed, Hon. Daniel C. Nowlin, one of
the leading stockmen of Wyoming, in the Big-
piney district, and the game warden of the state,
has had all the hazard of frontier life and con-
tributed his full share to the organizing and de-
velopment of many portions of our country in
the West. He was born in Texas on September i,
1857, the son of Dr. James S. and Elizabeth A.
(Ga thing) Nowlin, natives of Kentucky and Mis-
sissippi respectively. His father was a physician
and surgeon in the famous Texas Rangers be-
tween 1870 and 1877, and died in that state in
1899 at the age of eighty-one years. His ances-
tors were Virginians of old Colonial stock who
came from Ireland in the early days. Daniel C.
Nowlin was educated in the primary and high
DANIEL C. NOWLIN.
>ART
AMD
•ML DEN
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOMIXG.
867
schools i if his native state and after leaving school
followed land surveying, holding for a short lime
there the office of county surveyor, then rein
t<' \e\v Mexico, where he served as deputy min-
eral surveyor for seven years. After his experi-
ence in Xe\v Mexico he returned to San Am
'lex., for a short time and from there carni b
\Yvoming in 1891, having his desire to live in
this state quickened hy a previous resilience here
For a fe\v months in 1880, when he came hither
with a hand of cattle, during his stay aiding in
organizing Johnson county. He then went hack
to \"e\v Mexico and worked in that territory and
Texas on a surveying corps of the Southern 1'a-
ci< Railroad. He also served as count] super-
intendent of schools in Lincoln county. X. M..
and was its last sheriff before it was divided, it
being then the largest county in the I'nited Si
and held under a reign of terror by the lawless
element led by the renowned "Hilly, the Kid."
In i Si 1 1 Mr. Xowlin sold out his interests in
Texas and, as has been noted, came to Wyoming,
-.•tiling in I inta count}', where he has since re-
sided and conducted a ranching and catllcgrow-
ing industry of constantly expanding magnitude.
His close and s\str,natic attention to bn
and his general usefulness in every public enter-
in the community commended him to
vorable notice and in KJOI he was appointed state
game warden, a position he is now tilling with
eminent success' and general satisfaction to the
people, lie was well-known throughout the
as deeply interested in the preservation and
protection of game in the state, having, \\hiii a
member of the Fifth Legislature, fathered and
champion, ,1 the present game law. I ''or a nilin-
i ears, while residing iii tin- Jacks. ,11 I lole
country in the northern part of the county, he
served as a justice of the peace and in that ca-
pacity was of material assistance in establishing
uprcinacy of law neighbor-
ly ' ilitv and t'i inn to its civil i<
This was in keeping with his former experience,
a member < if tL talion <>\
i exas Rangers, he aided in riddii
\'cw Mexico i if a number of \
rs. I n fraternal • M r. Xowlin is a
Freemason, holding membership in Rising Star
Lodge. No. [21, of Texas, and also a Knight of
I'vthias. belonging to Lincoln Lodge. Xew Mex-
ico, of which he has ]Hen chancellor commander.
( >n Xoveinber 19, iSSj. Mr. Xowlin was married
with Miss Laura Leonard, a native of Missouri
and daughter of Levi and Jane iMcDaniel)
Leonard, whose father was born and reared in
Pennsylvania and her mother in Missouri. They
have five children. Hryan, Percy, I'.ruce. Hernice
and 1'era.
1S\ \i' LI A EDAY.
( die of the most skillful and prosperous farm-
ers in I inta county. Wyoming, is Isaac Lovcday,
who resides live miles west of Fvaiiston. lie
\\as Imrn in Wiltshire, Fngland. September 14,
iSji . and is a son of Solomon and Mar\ i i iodin )
Lovcdav. the former of whom was a son of Jona-
than and Sarah Lovei was a farmer by
\ocation. Isaac l.ovcda\. naturally enough,
reared I • agricultural pr.rsnits, and his youth I ill
were so closelj occupied by his duties on
the hoiiii farm that little opportunity was af-
forded him to acquire 'tion : nevertheless,
lie attended the common school for a season or
and learned what little was absolutely n
sarv for him to know in carrying on the calling
which was to be his life work. For some years
he worked as a farm hand for his neighbors in
Fngland. aix1 sed a few years in \\ales,
engaged in the same capacity. In i SSt >. Mr.
n da\ came to the United States. \\ itli the hope
of improving his circumstances in life, and in
thi h pe he has not been disappointed, as from
ill. start he lias met \\ilh encouraging SUO
For the first year after his arrival in America. In-
worked on a fane, near llonesdale. I 'a., and then
\\eiit t' i Illinois, where he > d in the
same occupation aboui nd a halt", \\hen he
Wyoming and entered the ranch on
which he still lives, \\cst of F. van-ton. The mar-
Mr. I - iveda) t' '"k place in Wal<
ith M iss Mar\ I tanks, a daiigh
and \rnia i I 'o\\ ell i I Xuiks. natives
of \\ I to ibis iinii Hi tin i even
;•;< ,S
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
children, namely, Hiram, who is married and who
.is farming in Idaho; Alarintha Althera, married
to Edward Blacker, a farmer in Star Valley ;
Kemuel. living in Diamondville ; Fannie E.,
witV of Thomas Lewis, of Canonsburg, Pa.;
Thomas, who was horn in Wales, February 25,
1859, also died in that country when nineteen
years of age; Isaac, who is a farmer, is married,
and is living- in Cache Valley, Utah ; Sarah A.,
who was horn in Wales, October 25, 1865, and
there died July i, 1866. Mrs. Mary (Danks)
Loveday was horn in Wales in 1832, and passed
away in Uinta county, Wyo., April 14, 1902, a
member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints,
her remains being interred in the cemetery at
Almy, Uinta county, Wyo. Of the Church of the
Latter Day Saints Mr. Loveday and his surviv-
ing children are also faithful adherents, wherever
they may live. Too much credit cannot be given
to Mr. Loveday for the energy and perseverance
he has exercised since becoming a resident of
Wyoming, and his fortune is of his own making.
He is a good citizen and is greatly esteemed by
his neighbors, and from such men as he, it may
he said, the greatness of a state is derived.
JOHX J. LIXDSEY.
i >ne who makes a specialty of the raising of
fine stock, who is meeting with great success in
that line of business, is John J. Lindsey, one of
the leading citizens of the county of Albany, Wyo-
ming. He is a native of the state of Georgia,
having been born there in 1851, in the county of
Cobb, the son of D. W. and Elizabeth (Morgan)
Lindsey. both natives of that state. The father
removed his residence from his native state of
Georgia to the state of Mississippi, previous to
the time of the Civil War. Upon the breaking
out of that great struggle, being a sympathizer
with the Xorthern cause, he again removed his
residence, and located in Illinois. Here he con-
tinued, following the occupation of fanning until
1865, when he, with his family, removed to the
southeastern portion of Missouri, where he es-
tablished his home in Madrid county. Here he
remained for three years, and then moved to the
soi ih\\vstern part of the same state, and settled
in the county of St. Clair. This was his place
of residence for twenty-eight years, when be-
again moved his place of abode, this time estab-
lishing himself in the territory of Oklahoma,
where he resided up to the time of his death,
which occurred in 1896. The mother passed
away when her son, John, was a small child, and
was buried in Mississippi. Mr. Lindsey spent
the years of his childhood and early manhood in
tin various states of Mississippi, Illinois and Mis-
souri, and received his early education in the
public schools of those states. Compelled to
leave school at the age of seventeen years, he
secured employmenton a farm in the state of Mis-
souri, and continued in that pursuit up to 1871,
when he left his former home in Missouri and
removed to Kansas. Here he engaged in ihe
dairy business for about three years, then dis-
posed of his business and removed his residence
to the then territory of Wyoming, where, in the
vicinity of Tie Siding, he secured the manage-
ment of a sawmill and engaged in manufacturing
railroad ties, timbers and lumber. This business
he conducted with success for about three years,
when he purchased the ranch property which he
now occupies, and engaged in ranching and cat-
tleraising, in which he has continued from that
time. He makes a specialty of the Aberdeen-
Angus breed of cattle, of which he is the owner
of a fine herd, and he is also largely interested
in range horses. He has been successful in his
business operations, and is gradually extending
his operations from year to year. In 1883, he
was united in marriage with Miss Marion Simp-
son, a native of the state of Xew Hampshire, and
being the daughter of William and Marion Laura
Simpson, also natives of that state. The father
of Mrs. Lindsey followed the occupation of tele-
graphing up to the time of his demise, which
occurred in 1876, and the mother is living in the
city of Laramie. To Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey have
been born two children, Ruth and Alonzo, both
of whom are living. Fraternally, Mr. Lindsey is
affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMIXG.
869
ows, as a member of Laramie I odge. Ills
many admirable traits of character have \\<>n for
him tlie highest respect of all \vilh \vhom he has
been associated during' liis residence in Wyoming.
J011X Li >M I EWIS.
The Lewis family is of very ancient \Yclcli
and Knglish descent, on the maternal side, extend-
in;; hack even to the time of Queen Adelaide', ..;'
Falkland. John T.ost Lewis, no\\- residing
Bear River, I'inta county, Wyoming, was
in Carmenthenshire, Wales, in ( tctoh. r. 1X46, a
son of \Villiain and Adelaide \\. i I'.iishell) Lew-
is, the former of \\hom was a farmer by \
lion, and a son of Le\\ is I ,ew is and his good \\ ife.
The latter was a daughter of James Parton. her
motlu-r being a descendant of the noble Queen
Adelaide, of England, who was born in 170-'.
died in 1X41), and was the consort of William I \ .
James Parton. however, was born in Ireland,
br.i diid in Wales, at ih yen years,
and his widow, who was of English parentage.
also died in \Vales, when seventy-four years old.
John L, Lewis received a sound education in his
native land, where he was reared to farming and
followed the vocation until 1807, when, allured
by the prospect of an earlier attainment of a for-
tune in the Xew World than the conditions in
the Old World gave promise of, he came to the
{ nited States, and at once took up his pr>
farm on I '.ear River, and engaged in stockraising,
in which he lias met with the sue. ' : ever
attend- tin isr \\ h. . . . ili,. pp per amo
intelligence and diligence that ought, as .1 matter
of course, to be devoted to the calling. John L.
Lewis had married, in Wales, on (let. .her 23,
i*7' i. \\iili Miss Catheryn M. Lewis, a dan-liter
of William M. and Anna (Lewis) Lewis. Wil-
liam Mortimer F,. a son of William AF.
and I Lewis, tl
'' r "I I 'ol. John FdwanK. u ho
Edwards and a brother i Kensington, who
married a daughter of ihe Farl of \\'arwick. the
"king maki r." Her mother i- a daughter «!
I Ir, Evan Prethi
and is als., oi roya • • stors
1 aractacus. the tirsi Prince of \\
I'he I'ath.T of Mrs. ( ather\n Al. Lewis died in
WaU-s at the a-e of si\t\-tive years, l>ut the
moth, r is -till living in ('ardiff. Wales, at the
age of sevcnn-four. The children born to .Mr.
and .Mrs. John L. Lewis are seven in number,
and are named William I,.. Frederick K., Alorti-
I ... \delaide A.. Florence AF., CatlK-ryn M..
and Rose Veletta. John L. Lewis and family are
held in ver\ high esteem throughout tin
l\i\er region, being leaders in its social circles.
Air. 1 ad-minded and publii
and has done much to advance the material :
pcrity of bis iMmmunity. He has, as has been
noted, made a illing in which IK-
IS engaged, and has no complaint to make of his
choice of ideation. Fie is enterprising, attentive
ss, settin- ample to his
neighbors and the rising generation \\ell .L
ing its enmlati. in.
ATS McCREARY.
Fe\\is Md'reary. of near Tcnslcep. in l!ig-
. -011111), Wyoming, one of the stockgro
and farmers whose enterprise and progrcssive-
have largely impressi'd ihrm.-elv.-s , ,n the
business in which he is en^a^ed. and also
the' community in which he lives, is a native of
Michigan, where he uas born in iSim. th
•liner and Sarah McCreary. His i-areiits
were natives of New York, who early in their
life removed to Michigan, where their son, Lewis,
.] his H •< "i it} . \\as educated at the public
schools, and be^an life for himself in farming
and the lumber '. in which he uas m-
d until iSiii. lie then e.nue to \\'\oming
and look up thi [ On the Teilsleep I '
. .11 \\ hi. i. c mductii
indiistr\ raising and farming. His
farm 1 lanil, which
was virgin s. .il u hen !• if it. and. with
char, and s 'lic.i-
tion of the in. .st appro\ cd nn i
ii in, he ha«i brought t!>.
870
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
an excellent condition of fertility and improve-
ment. He handles cattle and horses in large
numbers, being very successful in his business.
The reasons for his success are neither far off nor
difficult to find, for hi- land was selected with
judgment and his energies have been put to work
on it with intelligence and discrimination, while
he has used the same qualities in selecting his
rattle and horses and in caring for and keeping
them. The results are legitimate fruits of skill
and wisdom in vigorous and judicious action. In
reference to his duties as a citizen, and with re-
gard to the general welfare of his community,
Mr. McCreary has been as careful, as conscien-
tious and as energetic, as with reference to his
own affairs, and he is, accordingly, highly es-
teemed as one of the representative men of his
portion of the county. He was married in Mich-
igan, on February 12, 1883. to Miss Margaret
l ' niner, a native of Canada, but an early- resident
of this country. They have six children, Zinah,
Milo, Vernie, Kate, Alta and Myrtle, and their
home is one of the attractive and pleasant resorts
of the neighborhood for their many friends, be-
ing a fine type of the rural dwelling and domestic
comfort which distinguish this country as so es-
sentially a land of homes, and our people also a
turning, ever to their household gods with affec-
tionate and tenacious regard.
JOHN A. McGRAW.
When, after a life filled with useful activity
in labors that have permanently benefited the
communities where they make their home, and,
after years of devoted sacrifice and valor in pa-
triotic support of their country's flag and honor,
the ripened years of life of such individuals show
them to be in the possession of wealth and a
competency, in landed estate or personal property,
we must express our thankfulness that they have
received so just a reward for their invaluable
services. These reflections come to mind while
considering the career of John A. McGraw. of
Evanston, Wyoming, who is a fitting representa-
tive of both the above-named classes, being uni-
versally esteemed by an unusually large circle as
a man of substantial possessions in a material
way. and also as a citizen of the highest type,
standing for all that indicates the uplift and
progress of the best elements of society. The
history of such a person furnishes both stimulus
and incentive, and we make here a brief record
for the benefit of aspiring youth in coming gener-
ations. Mr. McGraw was born in Pennsylvania,
in 1845, a son of James and Elizabeth (Bow-en
McGraw. His paternal grandfather, John Mc-
Graw. was the American emigrant from Scotland
of the family, and for the remainder of his life
he exemplified the manly, if rugged, virtues of
his native land in Pennsylvania. James McGraw,
his son, became a successful millwright, follow-
ing that vocation for long years in his native
state of Pennsylvania, acquiring not only a world-
ly competency, but the esteem of his contem-
poraries. His death, at the hale old age of eighty-
two, occurred in 1897. His wife bore him three
children, of whom our subject was the eldest, and,
in a short time thereafter, she closed her eyes to
earthly scenes. She was born in the same state,
a daughter of Samuel Bowser. Possessing a nat-
ural disposition to handle tools. 'Mr. McGraw,
of this review, early was attracted to the machin-
ist's trade, which he thoroughly acquired in one
of the great plants of Pittsburg, Pa. That he
was an acknowledged master of his trade is evi-
denced by the fact that he was in constant em-
ployment in that great industrial center until he
came to Evanston, Wyo., in 1878. There was
ample place and opportunity for such a work-
man as he in the Evanston shops, and, from that
time to the present, his labors have been given in
the same industrial field, bringing to him satis-
factory returns, while his personality has been
such as to cause the best elements of the citizen-
ship of the city to accord him a place in their
companionship and personal esteem. He has in-
vested some of his earnings in the development of
his valuable ranch of 1,600 acres, which is located
on Green River, twenty miles from Evanston. In
1870 Mr. McGraw became the husband of a win-
some Canadian lassie, of Scottish extraction. Miss
PROGRESSIVE .W, HTu.W/.YG.
.Mary McKen/ie, the daughter of Vl
Mary Mclxi n/ii-. Their children are I rank. Wil-
liani, Jnliii. Archie, Kmma, Mabel, Mary ami
James, deceased. l>nrini; tlu- threat (nil \\'ar.
Mr. Mel iraw loyally niaintaiiK-il the imr-ritv of
tlie I 'nil HI mi Southern battlefields fur t\\n years
as a member ol ' o. C, Fourteenth Pennsylvania
('avalr\, receiving an honorable discharge at his
muster-nut. He is a Republican in politics and
a citizen \\lio is held in luiji esteem for his mam
excellent traits of character.
TH( IMAS I.. McGEE.
This experienced ran^e-rider of l.aramie
County, \\Mimin;;', was burn near \e\\ ( >rlean-.
La.., on 1 lecemhcr _>_). 1X50. a son of Th»m.t- I
and Madura (Lyons) Me' iec. natives of Tcn-
nessee. I'.efore his marriage Thomas I.. McGe -
Sr.. was employed in a bank in Memphis. Tenn.,
but. after his marriage, he removed I" Louisiana
and settled on a plantation at Algiers, on
the Mississippi River, opposite the city of \\-\\
( trleans. \\ here he resided in ml after the termina-
tion of the Civil \Yar. when lie sold his planting
interests and bought a sailing vessel and en-
in the carrying trade of the South American
ports for about two years. In I Xi >S lie sold his
vessel and purchased a plantation on the Ama-
zon River, in I'.ra/il. S. A., and en^a.ued in rais-
ing cattle, cotton and snijar-canc. In 1X7.) h,
sold this plan and \\enl to Xew York, tlh
.ishin^'tnii. I ). ( '.. win re he was appointed I >
a clerkship in the I'. S. postoftice department.
and. two years later, he was iransiYrred t<> the
> ice in 1 .1 'iiisiana. in \\ Inch | ,, .
sition he wa.s emplo\ed at tlu lime of his death,
which occurred ill Ma\. iXX^. his remains ]„
on vexed to I'.ijon. l.a.. for interment. II
widow survived until |-'ebniar\ i. Mjol, -Alien
she died ami was buried in \e\\ N'ork eil\. \\here
she had been living with her son. John < . a
member of th,- municipal mounted police,
Thomas 1,. Mc<ne passed seven months of his
earU Unhood in a ph\ sician's , ,|(ire in New \ork
city, and \\.is iln-n appointed a pai^e i" the Sen
ate . of the I'nited States. at
toii. 1). ('.. which ap|iointment uas secured for
him by Senator I lancock. of Texas. In 1X70.
Mr. Mc< iee went from Washington to Montana,
uhcre he uorked on a cattle ranch near Sidney
for ''iii season. In the fall of the same \ear he
came to Wyoming and rode tbi range in l.ara-
mie coimly. In i SS ^ In- \\ent int.. the empl •
one of the laru;e companies, and uas with it con-
tinuously until the fall of iXX<). when he took up
a place on the l.aramie River, on his o\\n ac-
i. Ilis ranch is three miles south of I'va.
and Mr. Mel iee is there making a of the
cattle business, for which he seems to be particu-
larly well tilted. lie keeps up his connection,
houever. with the company for which he rode
so loiii;. for \\hich he does considerable work.
Mr. Mclice is _a ^'ood citizen. al\\ U to
aid tinancially ail measures ilesij,nied to advance
the prosperity of the section in which he i
He is \er\ hi-hl\ esteenieil by his fellow-ranch-
men for i ' disposition and many m
qualities, and the only surprise expressed by his
neighbors concernini;- him is. that he has never
submitted himself to wedlock.
\V1I.LIA.\I 1'. MANNING.
I laving learned ihe art of uar b\ an exigent
•nil e\]ierieiice ill the Contest between the
from'iSi.i to i Si 15. and in a subsequent
career of valor and Usefulness in service against
the Indians on the plains \\ith l ieiieral Miles,
thus exemplifying in a conspicuous wax ih.
-oils and traditions of his family history, \\hich
is full of military service in all the \\ars thai liaxi
people. William I-'. Manning. no\\
of South I 'ark. in the lackson 11,.;, ,-oimti
\\ xomiiiL;. is well prepared to ciij.>\ by contrast
the In nd blessings of the peace in \\hicb
iio\\ luskini;. He is a native of \llcncoun-
l\. < )hio. born on March 7. |X^>. the son of
Charles and Hannah (Patten) Manning. \x ho
\\ei-, of ( iliio. 1 he father xxas a
fanner, who had inherited from a lon^ liiu- of
i,rallanl ances|,,r, the spirit of patriotism and mili-
872
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
tary ardor which had carried his father through
the ]. ••. ar of i8i_' in
of his country and had given him food for in-
spiriting narratives of the times, until his death,
at tlu oi [04, and had consecrated the altars
i rui many an ensanguined
v< lution, whereon his forbears met.
and helped to vanquish, the scarlet uniform and
ering sieel of ( ireat Britain. Accordingly.
n the call to arms in defense of the Union
was sounded in iSni. he was among the first to
volunteer for the service, and, in the four years
of arduous and dangerous struggle which fol-
lowed, he rose to the rank of captain, being mus-
tered out with a record of intrepid bravery and
skillful leadership. By the death of his mother,
William F. Manning was left an orphan when he
was two years old. and, at an early age there-
after, he was thrown on his own resources, get-
ting his education in the hard, but effective,
school of experience, gathering therein a hoard
of that worldly wisdom that can only be acquired
from that exacting and inexorable taskmaster,
lie was apprenticed to the trade of a machinist,
and. having mastered the craft, was working at it
diligently when the Civil War broke out, and he,
too, like his father at once enlisted and followed
the flag of the Union to its final triumph at Ap-
pomattox, fighting at the front of the contending
columns in such awful and decisive engagements
as Shiloh. Gettysburg and the sanguinary bat-
tles around Richmond, as a member of Co. I,
Fifty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and, in addition to
his field service, he was much engaged in de-
tached service in the artillery. He enlisted in
June, 1861. and was honorably discharged just
four years later to the very day. In 1866 he set-
tled in Iowa, and, after a time, removed to Kan-
sas, working at farming and blacksmithing in
both states and also in Colorado and Texas, alter-
nating these pursuits with hunting buffalo and
fighting Indians until 1872, when he again en-
listed, this time in Co. I, Fifth U. S. Infantry.
He served five years in this command, part of the
time being at Fort Leavenworth and passing
some time in the field with General Miles in his
campaigns against the Indians. He then accept-
ed an engagement to hunt and mine for the U. S.
officials, doing this \\ork in .Montana until 1*70,
from then until iSSi in Colorado, following that
in the Yellowstone National I 'ark and in the
Teton country of Idaho until iS<ji. In that \ear
he settled where In now lives and started an en-
terprise in ranching and stockraising, which has
grown to good proportions and risen to a high
standard. He owns 160 acres of superior land,
well improved and skillfully cultivated. He is a
gentleman, moreover, of fine public spirit, admira-
ble breadth of view and earnest and intelligent
interest in the welfare of the community. Since
1894 he has served as game warden and con-
stable, having been elected to the position for the
purpose of breaking up the predatory habits of
the Indians and to prevent them from roaming
over the public domain at will and hunting where
they chose. He deputized parties of men to aid
in keeping the Indians on their reservations and
succeeded in his efforts, his action being finally
sustained by the Supreme Court of the United
States. Mr. Manning was united in a happy
and prosperous marriage with Mrs. Mary Chris-
amer. a native of Missouri, whose maiden name
was Allred. Her two children, by her former
marriage are Maud, married to George Willcox,
of Uinta county, Wyo., and Ora. living at home.
Mr. Manning is a thorough frontiersman, skilled
in all the exigencies and ways of the wilderness,
having learned them by practice through years
of danger, privation and arduous toil.
EPHRAIM MARSHALL.
Even in this land of Democracy, the Ameri-
can republic, the universal law holds good that
"blood will tell," and inherited ancestral traits
will appear in descendants of the strong and
gifted, giving to them an added advantage in
the strenuous struggle for existence. We are
led to these reflections in considering the popu-
lar ranchman of Black's Fork, near Lyman, Wy-
oming, whose name heads this review, for in the
veins of his children commingle the blood of
/'A'. WE Ml-.X OF WYOM1
873
two of America'-
the distin^ui ' ry and tl
lion i in
being the son of I ams-
Marshall, tl- a nativ. tlancl
and a br 'In- Marshall \vho first <!"
ered gold in California, and the ni"thi r
land, hut of Scotch descent. The father cai
.ill. hut tl' diary
to his connection with the Church of the Latter
Day - 'i which he was very active and held
in hi 'led. ho\\ , the early
of furty -five 'ien his son. Ephraim,
was a ~mall lad. ihcr, who could :
her lineage through her mother to
houn. surviving him and later marrying \\"illiani
Corbridge. and living until iSi/i. attaining tlv
veiierahl. me years, and her re-
mains now rest in the cemetery at Minersville.
iinty. I'tah. Ephraim Marshall, one of
ix children of his mother, was carefully ed-
ed in ihe I "tali schools and thereafter
• 1 in farming, continuing this vocation and
stockraising i|iiite succe-^fully in I'tah until
i Si ,-, when commenced his connection with Wy-
oming. In that '.'ear he ho;
of i do acres of government land on I'.i
Kucr, about two mile- north of the town of
Lyman. and here he has since made his IHHIK.
ranch, givim:
attention to tile raising of a tine -train 0
Shorthorn cattle. •', n his
n suits and maintaining a
the -tockmeii of the country. lie i- a prominent
and active worker in the rank- «>f hi- political
. \\hile. in the d . his
abilii 'on for important
. which have been faith filly and capably
held. lie wa- -ent to England nnmi
missionary and lr
for a period of tweiitv-eight months with great
aceep; ' lie also tilled the position of as-
uperintendenl of the Stm-
• hiirch at liis I "tab home for a long t.-rni of
now the distinction of ],
•n-ellor • !i of the
Lyman war'l. Mr. Marshal1
Washington county. I "tab. Mis- I<j.i
[ ,,.-,.
•iinlriini 1
: Alabama, w! from
ih in iS' - born in
New
in the active
1 nrcb. wl
in the le-i-k:: vcral
holding the important oft mty com-
ite from I'tah to
the coin. the N'.v unis-
held in Sa'i
Reuben and N
•it of Patrick Henry. He
lived happily on lr Mitation in Mississippi,
where the Ian < >rnied by his nunier-
lil the ('ivi! \\'ar ruined him and
gave them freedom, and he then turned his
'.-ard. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have the
Mbert G.
Ileder. of Smith's Fork. \\ tie: William
1 '. : Mima ; Daniel (', b >hn
II.: Leslie II.
.!< 'I IV P.. M \TTIII-:\\"S.
There is prohably no department of in. In-trial
activity in the \\.>rl.l that demand- for natural
mical talent, a steadi. rer brain
and a greater fertilitv of n-sonrce than mining.
n individual b • md-
ing in this periloii- occupation, be • fur-
ther I in anv
of the ord of life. \niong the
ents of tl
hap-, no one better entitled to h, called a -killed
anil experienced miner than Mr. John
'
had been almost entireh '.Mven to this highl
senti.tl ei nl lb \\a- born in Schnylkill
conni in March \\"\\-
874
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
Ham and Mary I I'.arrett ) Matthews. They were
Fn^lish people, and in his native county the fa-
ther was for many \ears employed in mining,
and' there he married his wife, whose father,
William I'.anvtt. was also a lifelong miner, fol-
io win- that occupation until, by an unexpected
calamity, such as are frequently occurring in
that danger. ius business, he was killed in a mine.
William Matthews came to the United States
with his family in 1860, and, of course, located
in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, where the
family was usefully and happily employed until
after the birth of their youngest child, when, on
account of the mother's failing health, the fam-
ily returned to England where she died at th0
age of thirty-four years, when her son, John B.
Matthews, who was the sixth of the seven chil-
dren, was about two years old. She was a su-
perior woman, a devoted wife and mother, a val-
ued communicant of the Established Church of
England. Until he was fourteen years old, Mr.
Matthews attended the excellent schools of his
English home and then was in active employ-
ment for three years and until he was seventeen
years of age, when he again crossed the Atlantic
and thereafter pursued his trade as a miner at
Rock Springs, Wyo., from 1881 to 1891, ten years
of earnest application, when he went northwest to
British Columbia, and, for two years, was en-
gaged in the mines at Roslyn, following which
service he went to Maryland, continuing mining
there for four years, thence returning westward,
he was at Toliet, 111., where he was employed
in the large steel works for a year, coming then
to his earlier western home, Rock Springs. One
year later he became identified with the mines at
Kemmerer, with which he was connected as a
miner until 1899, when occurred a serious acci-
dent which resulted in Mr. Matthews losing his
left leg, incapacitating him from pursuing his
former employment. His interest in his work,
the intelligence he displayed and the valuable ex-
perience many years had brought to his service,
now stood him in good stead, for, as soon as he
was able to resume the activities of life, he was
made the foreman of the mines of the Kemmerer
t'oul ('(>.. a responsible position indeed, but one
which he has since successfully filled with credit
to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his
i mplovers. I'.eing an enterprising, energetic and
a progressive business man, he has engaged in
other branches of industrial life and with very
marked success. He has an interest in the large
sheep and wool business of the coal company,
and has quite an extensive shipping, trade. Fur-
ther than that he believes that it is the duty of
ever\- good citizen to actively aid in everything
that tends to the improvement of the community,
and his services, time and money are liberally
expended in this meritorious direction. He has
the faculty of making friends and is an active
member of Ottawa Tribe of the Improved Order
of Red Men at Kemmerer. A good citizen, an
active business man and an energetic member of
society, Mr. Matthews has a far-reaching influ-
ence for good, and is looked upon with respect
as a decidedly representative member of society.
Mr. Matthews was united in matrimony at Rock
Springs, Wyo., on November 24, 1887, with Miss
Sarah Kelley, a daughter of Charles and Anna
Kelley, natives respectively of Scotland and
England. Their seven children are Anna M.,
died in Rock Springs in infancy: Elizabeth, died
at Roslyn in infancy ; Ethel, died an infant at
Kemmerer; Emma M. ; John B., Jr. ;'Anna May :
Charles Matthews.
WILLIAM MAXWELL.
The subject of this review is a prosperous
and successful stockman of Albany county, Wyo-
ming, and is now residing at Tie Siding, in that
state. A native of- the province of Nova Scotia,
Canada, he was born in 1849, the son of John
and Jessie (Monroe) Maxwell, the former a na-
tive of Argyle Isle, Scotland, and the latter of
Nova Scotia. The father has ever followed the
occupation of farming in Nova Scotia, where he
now resides at an advanced age, having been
born in 1814. -For many years he was active in
the political life of the place of his residence,
taking a prominent part in the liberal party. He
PR* Ml:\ Ol' II'} •
875
i- a -on n|" Jiihn Maxwell. \vhi i \\
Dumfrees I -hind, wlu-i : in du-ep
husbandry. The mother (if tin- William
well of tin- -ketch wa- born in [SjS. and di
|S;S. She wa- the daughter i«f Hugh and
nie Monnie and the mother of ten children. Her
MID. William, attained man's e>tate in hi- n
countr} > if \'i iva Scotia, and when hr !i id n
the age of twenty-one \ear-, he determined !••
seel hi- fortune in the \\e-tern portion of the
United Stale-, and came, in [870, to Sherman,
ni the then territory of V . which
at that time, on the extreme western frontier,
and he has seen it in all of the interc-tr
of it- growth and development from that time
ii]i to the present. I "pon his arrival in Wyoming,
he seem , ment in a sawmill, in which
occupation he continued without intern-
six years. He then left th \ment to be-
gin ranching and stockrai-ing in a small wa
Fish ('reek, in Larimer count'.-. Colo. lie al-o
did some learning- and freighting during thi-
time and continued in thc-e employr
aliont three years. In iSjM he came to "I i.
ing. in \V\oming. and pnrcha-ed the merchan-
dising establishment of John S. Mi
. and engaged in trade. In this business he
remained for rrying il on with
SUCCi • prolitabl- • in railroad tie-,
timber and lumber. He as interested during
d part of this time in the live stock bn-ine--.
gradnalK ari|tiinng hind, ranches and
In ill cattle and horses. Starting ranching
raising in a -mall way, he i- no\\ th, ,
of abmit IO.IKKI acre- of land, well-fenced, im-
d and partly cnltiv.v • irn-,
buildings ;md appliai" ul and an
e\tell-ive business. lie i- the o\\ner of
number- of line 1; 1 cattle, and
-pecialty of tine gradi - • if tt hil
ing the |" of the mo-t valuable
animals in Wyoming, and he i- counted on
the mo-t SUDStanti ICn and i
ion of th.
\\ell wa- united ill marriage with Mi-- \
\\ illiatn.-. a native of ' "id a d.
: Patrick and .Mar\ \\'illiam-. native- of the
-aim- country. To tin nildreii have
boru. l-'.mily I... l-'redericl. I... bia I ).. \!be-
I'., and Luther, all of whom are living,
cept l.uthi-r. who die d and wa-
d in Laramie, \\'\«. l-'rat.-nially. Mr. Max-
well i- affiliated with the I'.em voUnt I
i 'nler 01 nil the Ma-onic order, the In-
Mileiit < >rder of i idd Fello\\ - and the An-
cient < Irder of I'niled Workmen, and he tai
and -incere interest in the fraternal life
of the community. Politically, he is identified
\\ith the Republican partv. and for many
he ha- be., n prominent in the council- of that
•n/ation. ( >ften -olicited b\ hi- party friends
and . candidai
PS, he ha- -teadfa-llv declined to do so, pre-
firriug to iU- ntin- time and attention to
the -in of hU bu-ine-- intere-t-. In
one in-tance only has he yielded to the wish
: ielld-. and then he ftice
a- a counts commissioner of Albany count) . for
m of four \ear-. during that tin.
the public with ability and public -pirit. I •
•'! the foreilio-t men in i :i of the
-late and i- held in the highe-t e-r
MAIM Si >\ MAS* IX.
Ma'!' :mty's
promineii1 1 farmer-
athi -tioii of •
\\"\oining in iSSj \\ith a thorough kno\\ '
of the bn-ine-- in \\hich li. ^.uh-
in a \\ iile e\|n rience in -
•untrx . \\here it
mg indn-trie-. lie \\
.nil Almira i Jolm-
and
the ' In In- childhood the
to Indiana, and from tin i
Isan-a-. \\ h, ' md tllei:
. limited
nion lion. |u tbi- first blu-h ,
\oling and \ It.' the
Indian I <
/•ssiyE .I//-.Y or WYOMING.
ive! • j in tin- stock busini ss, then for two
he followed tli' occupation in New
From thei ne north to Smith
•M and, until [8 17, 1 ortune al
idwood. In 1897 also he came to Wyoming,
ting at mice in tlu- renowned Bighorn hasiii,
taking up laml Eor a stock industry on Shell
Creek, where, fur a time, he carried on a thriving
business. lie then sold his ranch and came to
his present location, twelve miles below Lovell,
where he h:i> an attractive and valuable tract of
it acres of well-improved and highly cultivated
land and a large number of fine cattle and other
stock. Here he has applied with energy and skill
the lessons of his previous experience to such
good purpose that his property has become one
of the choice homes of his section of the county,
beautiful in appearance, rich in productiveness,
well supplied with good and ample buildings
and creature comforts, furnished with water, and
having a high value in the market. Mr. Mason
was married in 1877. in the Chickasaw nation,
Indian Territory, to Miss Pa rale Story, a native
of Texas. They have one child living, their
daughter, Stella, now the wife of Andrew Black,
a respected citizen of the Bighorn basin. In all
the essentials of good and useful citizenship, Mr.
Mason has been faithful to duty, seeing in the
utmost and wisest exertion of individual enter-
prise, the best guaranty and means of general
improvement, and, at the same time, omitting no
effort on his part to aid in the support of worthy
projects for the common advancement and ele-
vation of his neighborhood and county. He is
well esteemed as a representative man, having
breadth of view and judicious energy in public
affairs, and a generous and considerate regard
for the rights, interests and feelings of others,
in every phase of life and action.
CHARLES D. MEEKS.
Born and reared in Adair county, Missouri,
of parents who were among the first settlers in
that region, living since he left there in what is
now Crook county, Wyoming, far from the
great centers of population and the blandishments
of artificial social life, Charles D. Meeks, now
of Carlile, has passed almost his entire life on
the frontier, and he has been rewarded by the
ii.-ngth of fiber, self-reliance, resolute manhood
and readiness in action, physical and mental, be-
gotten in such an experience. He was born on
February 27, 1863, in Adair county, Mo., the
son of Andrew and Mary (Nicholas) Meeks, na-
tives of Ohio, who came to Missouri in 1842 and
tilled the virgin soil in that state through all the
border troubles and the long Civil War, suffering
many hardships and privations, witnessing the
contests of rival opinions, and ultimately enjoy-
ing the fruits of peaceful progress. The father
was a leading citizen of his section, prosperous
as a farmer, influential in the councils of the com-
munity, an example in character and conduct,
being well known throughout the northern part
of the state. In 1878 he removed to South Da-
kota, and, after a short time, from there to Wy-
oming, his location being then in Laramie county,
in the portion since segregated to constitute
Crook. He homesteaded there, living for a time
with his sons, and there he also conducted a
sheep and cattle industry. In 1901 he bought a
drugstore in Sundance, and has since conducted
that, still holding ownership, however, to his
land and cattle interests. Charles D. Meeks
grew to manhood and was educated in his na-
tive county, and, after leaving school, he was
engaged in farming with his father on the home
place for a few years, and later on his own ac-
count. In 1880 he joined his father in Wyoming,
where, in Crook county, he was united with him
and the other sons in a cattle business. In 1884
C. D. Meeks took up land for himself on Kara
Creek, twenty-five miles from Sundance, and
there he planted his altar and located the hearth-
stone around which his hopes have since grown
and flourished, with unbroken success and pros-
perity. He has thriven in business and risen to
consequence in the good opinion of his fellow
citizens, being one of the enterprising, wide-
awake and far-seeing men of the county, intelli-
gently contributing to its advancement, aiding to
iGRESSIYE MEX OF WYOMING.
877
its progress in the.' rit,dit direi lie also
lias land on Houston ( 'reck and still •
iSii^, lie \vas unit' -e with Mi.-- Lou-
isa Richter. a native of Mil-hitman and dau
of h'lin Richter. a promii
stau-. Her mother In-, been di-ad a numb
-. The inarri;, nvd at Sunda
\\as one of the social events of the holid.
Mr. and M eks havi
child, their son. Andrew. In politics Mr. M
11- and active working- Democrat, al-
- deeply concerned for the wi-lfare of his
part\- and its candidates.
JAMES G. •-. PH.
A public spirited vomit; ranchman. :
JIIL; original and progressive ideas, whose MIC-
cess in mercantile and agricultural life has been
the symmetrical result uf his own sterling en-
deavors, James (i. Me^eath. of the Smith's
Fork district of Vinta county. Wyoming, where
his fruitful ranch is located two miles north of
the little village of Robertson, is well deserving
of a place in this record of progressive men of
thi' state, lie was born at (Vile. Neb., on Sep-
ber _'j. iS^-ii. the centennial \car of our his-
tory, his parent- lieint; Thammi A. and Abb
i. the fall: | '_;ima
of Scotch-Irish ancestry, the mother of Penn-
sylvania of Hutch descent. The father, after the
migration of the faniih to Nebraska, accun
ed a competency in merchandising, and is now
living retired from active bn
ha\ int; been a man of pron inenci ;n hi- eommun-
it\. who has tilled various publi \\ith
il acceptabilit\ . among them that oj re|
of deeds in hi- county, which he- held for a ninn-
b: r of years. Hi- Famih contained these chil-
dren: William ( '.. iinw a merchant at Rod:
Springs. \Y\n. : James I i. ; Th< : I in
( "malia. NYh en years; Krnest Y. :
Mary I-"... who ilied in ( >maha when two \ears
old. After coiuplrtii ' lUrs'e at the public
schools in Nebraska, James G Me^.-atb
;cd in merchandising at
. and after that f< >r three
- . immediate this cii-
the ]Hircbasinu; . .f the ranch on which
Smith'.-- uch his .
ful nurture b
of the community. Here he is o>ndiictii
rea ng bu in rais-i
-train of blooded call: grades,
lirs with rare capacity and dis-
crimination. He i
with a G and
-nitable '.
• •I the r nts of his 1.
litics he is not an active partisan ami -
the emoluments of official
holding membership in the lod:j
Rock Springs. P,y hi- marriage with .Miss Alma
laughter • .Us and ( 'ha-
Smith's I-'ork. he has one
child. ' h cestral histi TJ of thi I b -
family ap] ' lu-tavus
I leder on oil
ith was In >rn at < >maha. Xeb..
on March iS. tSSj. and his ed was con-
•'1 bevond tile public schools in the All 1 lal-
I .ike < "it\ . from which
cellent institution he duly graduated, llis time
attention, since ol, have been
i - in their s|, ires
and on the ranches, lie. like his brother. •
( i.. is a gentleman oi superior bn- nacity
.-mil t^dod judgment, which coupled with his dis-
inatins; iiidlistr\. are \\innint; a LM'ati l'\ intm
5S for him in the commercial world, while
bis pleasing social (|iialiti' • ndeared him
to ' lar| -rcle of admiring fi t< •
[EG! \ I'll.
In ever) par! of the threat \\"est and in CV(
important commercial, industrial, political or
1 splu-re of acti\it\ the sons of tin ( Md Do-
minion are found in the front ranks. retlcctiiiL;
lit on the st;it,- from which tlu-\ sprung, and
, •.// / I// \ OF WYOMING.
adding to the wealth and dignity (.)f the commun-
ities where they have made their homes. T. \.
Megeath, of Ui.liertson. Wyoming, is one of
this class since he was born in Loudoun county,
\'a.. on Xovemher id. 1X43, the son of Joseph
P. and Elizabeth i('ockran) Megeath, also na-
tives of Virginia, where the father was an act-
ive and leading citizen, being a prosperous mer-
chant and farmer, and for years the postmaster
of Philomont. llis parents, descendants of old
Colonial families, were Gabriel and Martha (Ad-
ams) Megeath. Airs. Elizabeth ( Cochran ) Me-
geath is of Scotch ancestry and was a daughter
of the locallv prominent Capt. James Cochran,
of Yirgina, who was the commander of a com-
pany of militia in the \Yar of 1812, and gallantly
led his forces to Washington to aid in the de-
fense of the National capital when its safety was
imperilled by a British squadron. Mr. T. A
Megeath was the ninth of the ten children of his
parents, seven of whom are now living. After
his Virginia school days ended, in 1860 he en-
gaged in merchandising in ( )maha, Neb., but,
feeling the necessity of further education, he
went to St. Louis in 1864 and for one year there
gave diligent attention to studies at the college
of the Christian Brothers. Then he commenced
a life of intense business activity as a merchant,
his operations in that field, and as a commercial
traveler, extending over a period of man}- years,
while in his itinerancy he was located in many
places, notably Omaha, Fort Laramie, Fort Phil
Kearney, Xorth Platte, Crete and Friend. Xeb.,
Cheyenne. Wyo., Council Bluffs. Iowa, Chicago,
111., Baltimore, Md., his operations being in dry-
goods, groceries, general merchandising, lumber
and real-estate, while, for a period of six years,
he held with great acceptability the position of
register of Douglas county, Xeb., for a portion
of the time also being in the employ of the U.
S. government. In 1895 ^'r- Megeath made
his permanent residence in Wyoming, locating at
Hopkins, now Sweetwater, where, for two years,
he was engaged in a clerical capacity, then be-
coming the manager of the store until September.
1900. when, practically retiring from business
life, he was made the candidate of the Demo-
cratic party for state senator, and. after a close
and very exciting political contest, the normal
Republican majority of the county being 400,
he was defeated by only about eighty votes, his
personal popularity being so great as to almost
secure him the office. His genial and pleasant
ways and manners, his correct and methodical
conducting of business and his broad and com-
prehensive knowledge of human nature render
him fully competent to capably fill any position
in the gift of the people of his state and with
credit to both himself and constituents. Fra-
Urnally, Mr. Megeath is connected with the Be-
nevolent Protective Order of Elks. In Harris-
burgh, Pa., on February 14, 1893, Mr. Megeath
was united in matrimony with Miss Abbie R.
Yoder, a native of Pennsylvania. Of their five
children, three survive, William C., married with
Alma Ramsey, is the popular manager of the
Wyoming Mercantile Co., at Rock Springs;
James ( ',. ; Theresa J., died in childhood; Ernest
Y. ; Mary, deceased.
GEORGE MERRILL.
George Merrill, now of Meeteetse, Wyoming,
is descended from old New England families
whose American progenitors .braved all of the
dangers of frontier life in a new country, on the
wild bleak coasts of the Atlantic ocean, just
as he has done. in the wilds of Wyoming, under
mi >re favorable circumstances, but without am
diminution of the hazards or hardships. He
came to the state in 1883, when the section in
which he settled was as yet almost wholly unde-
veloped, and the conveniences of life were prac-
tically unattainable. And he has lived and la-
bored here until the region is as productive of
the fruits of civilization and systematic cultiva-
tion, and as generous in its bounty to man, as any
older portion of the country. Mr. Merrill was
born in 1859, in the state of Massachusetts, the
son of Amos and Deziah (Ellis) Merrill, the
former being a native of Vermont and the latter
of Maine. At the age of seventeen, their son.
PR( • WE MI-.\ OF WYOMING.
879
1 ge, let! li' niic and made his \\
ilia. where he spent t'mir years in varii ms occupa-
tions, then, in iSS^. came to \\ . locating
in the niirtliiTli |>art < 'l' lite State. !''< ir
alter his arrival he worked lor the Kmliar ( attle
Co., and. Jur tlie eleven next SUCO those,
for ( Mto l-'ranc. In [899 he boughl • -i' the
beautiful raneli of 600 acres, \vhieh he now owns
and where he now lives, ahi iin five miles below
Meeteetse mi the ( irey I '.nil River, where h<
has. in o mnectii >n therewith, some ^.OOO act
leaded land. ( In this immense expanse he has
herds of well-bred and cart-fully kept cattle, num-
herinij fully ~(x> head, all in prime condition.
He skives to his business ihe benetit of i
practical idea which lie can Bather [rom ind
ons reading of its literature. and from discriminat-
ing observation of its needs and suggestions, and
thereby keeps its products up to a hitdi standard
of excellence, maintaining the excellent reputa-
tion they have enjoyed throughout wide circles
in the stock industry. In connection with
public affairs he is as zealous and acti\e. as ju-
dicious and enterprising, as he is in his private
matters, leaving no project for the benetit of
his community or county in \\ant of his ciier^eii,-
support if his judgment ap] it. The fra-
ternal societies, which enlist the attention and
auakcn the enthusiasm of SO many men. have
never been particularly attractive to him. ne\er-
theless he is a serviceable member of the Modern
\\oodmcn of America. < >n January 2. iSi/j, at
Lander, he was united in marriage with
Mary Lanni^an. a native of Wyoming-. Thev
have five children. Marguerite. < icor^ia. Mamie.
Landis and Alberta.
J< >1!\ L. MKKRII I
h ihn I,. Merrill, a pn «p ' enti rpris-
l er of Star \ all<-\ . and a popular
hotel man oi Vfton \Vvoniin-. \\a- born at
Smithtield. Cache Valley. I tab. on November
17, iSd-. his parents hem- \ ir^il \\ . and Sf
Ann on) Merrill, carlv settlers in I tab.
and tlie fathi i imi; fanner of bis section
of country, still lives in l 'ache Valley, in that
I he I'amiK- o insisted i 'f seven chil.
live of whom are living. Join, 1 a public
school education in his nati\> nid alter
leaving school, he followed the family VOC
of fanning; there until iSi)i. when he came to
\V\oiniiiL;. to be-in the same pursuit and the
raising of cattle in Star Valley. In this in
try he still has an interest, but. in M)o_>. with
In- bi'other. Hliletus. be bought the Aftmi Hotel
ami tlii- livery and feed si • .idled. >
'rined industries, having since bourLjht out his
her's interests, he is now condnctini;
making- a marked success. The hotel has b. en
d in its standard and improved in its equip-
ment, winning aNo corrcspondm;.,' i;ains in the
public approval and popularity; while the stables
ility for their pn iper business and
are reiideniiL; -ood service to a c. mtinnally ex-
liamlini; volume of trade. Mr. Merrill is an in-
dustrious, energetic and painstaking man. pro-
-Tessive and pushing, seeking the be-t of every-
thing for his patrons, omittiiiL rt . .11 his
to satisfv even reasonable demand. lb
has the inn business instinct and keeps his plac.-
in the procession of advancement, by down-to-
date methods -ill alon- ibe line. Having been
born and reared in this \\esiern countrv, he has
imbibed its resiles- and coni|Ucrini; spirit, and
makes the attainment of one triumph but the
-teppiii^ si, me t' • the ni i, iSuJ. in
Idaho, he was married to Miss Kli/a l.indsey.
a native of ("ache \allev. I'tah. and daughter
of Noah and [osep'hine (Coeford) Lindsey, of
thai region. Her father \\.-i- a native of . Ma-
Kama and her mother of IVmnark. They \\ere
aiiion- the earl\ -eliler- in the Mormon state,
and have aided materially in its development.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill have had six children, one
"l" \\hoin. a daughter named 1 la/el, died in in-
i'anc\. Tliose living m.lo, Sib\ 1. John
i. l-'lorence and an infant. Mr. Merrill's
ustrates the van IHL: condil
and the possibilities of life in Amei cinlly
in the far \\'esl. \\lu-re no man's destiir
I'ation can be predicted \\itb cerlaint\. < »p
PROGRESSIVE MEA 01 WYOMING.
amities arc so numerous, and conditions change
so rapidly, that tlu- doctor, lawyer or farmer of
i-- likeh to be something else tomorrow,
and to succeed in any occupation to which he
;iriy turn his attention.
HAXS C. MILLKR.
A Danish-American citizen, who is doing a
ous liusiness as a cabinetmaker in the
of Laramie, Wyoming, Hans C. Miller was
born in Denmark in 1852, the son of Andrew and
Marie ( Aghey) Miller, natives of that country.
Mis father was born in 1810, and followed the
c iccupation of carpentry and woodworking in his
native land up to the time of his demise, which
occurred in 1864. He was the son of Hans and
Anna Miller, both natives of Denmark. The
mother of the subject was born in 1820, and
passed away in 1862, being the mother of five
children. Hans C. Miller grew to manhood in
his native country, and there received his earlv
education in the public schools, and, upon the
completion of his education, accepted employ-
ment as an apprentice for the purpose of learning
the trade of cabinetmaking. He continued in
this business in Denmark up to 1878, when he
determined to seek his fortune in the New World
beyond the sea, and, leaving the home of his
childhood and early manhood, he set sail for
America. Upon his arrival in this country, he
proceeded to the state of Nebraska, where he
purchased a farm, and engaged in both fanning
and stockgrowing for about eleven years with
varying success. In 1889 he disposed of his
farm and removed his residence to Wyoming,
where he established his home at Laramie and
engaged in his former occupation of cabinet-
making. In this business he has met with con-
siderable success and has gradually increased
his enterprise from year to year, and is consid-
ered as one of the progressive business men of
that community. In iS/S he was united in mar-
riage to Miss Annie Madson, a native of Den-
mark, a daughter of Frank and Mary Madson,
both natives of the same country, well known and
respected. To their unipn were born 'nine chil-
dren, Andrew, Christian, Frank, Egdius, Laven-
ius, Mary, Tilly, John, Harry, Rosa and Anna,
all of whom are living except Rosa and Anna,
who passed away in early childhood. The moth-
er passed away in 1898, at the age of thirty-eight
years, and her body lies buried at Laramie City,
Wyo. She was a good wife and mother, and her
untimely death was a most serious affliction to
Mr. Miller and his large family of children. They
have, however, borne up bravely under the loss,
and their noble conduct has won the respect of
all who know them. Politically, Mr. Miller is
a stanch member of the Democratic party, always
deeply interested in the public welfare, believing
it to be the duty of every good citizen, under our
form of government, to interest himself in see-
ing that the public business is conducted in a
proper manner. He has never sought or desired
political office, preferring to give his entire time
and attention to the management of his private
business interests.
HENRY E. MILLER.
Horn not long before the opening of our
Civil War, feeling yet the sting of its venom,
which darkened his childhood and youth, and
robbed him of his father, and, seeing since then,
by actual residence and participation in local in-
dustries in many portions of our country the
gradual growth of harmony between the two for-
merly contesting opponents. Henry E. Miller, of
the Bighorn basin, Wyoming, realizes the value
of a land united in feeling and purpose and mov-
ing with diversified utilities, but with a spirit of
harmony, towards the full development and en-
joyment of its greatness. He is a native of New
York, where his life began on April 4, 1854. His
parents were Joseph and Mary (Conner) Miller,
also natives of New York. When he- was two
years old they removed to Pennsylvania, and,
when he was ten, to Ohio. Soon after this re-
moval his father was killed, in one of the later
battles of the war, and his mother and her fam-
ily returned to her native state. A fe\v years
PRO \VE Mi WYOM1 C
88J
later they came CM \\'i>o 'ii--in. and. after a
residence there. pr<>cei-.led to Minni sota, in iSj-j
tO [OWE, ill I S- ; to \alelltilie. Xeh.. where llrnr;,
was employed in railpad construction, .UK! where
lie very priisperoiisly lived until \\:- cai
\\\' lining and located in the r.i^T.<>nr b
where he now resides. II irned survcy-
was sdon '>n>il\ i -n^a^vd ill heli .-.rvey
tin- county, and in i<)<>i lm.-ati.-d his present i
\\-liicli compr: . and ha> hccn hi-hl;.
impri ived • itic culti-
thi- I raft lu- h.is sixt] :
good quality and linviN. and carries <m an active
stock and fanning 1m l-'or four years he
j-rofitahlv eiiLja^vd in lumhcrin;;'. in that line.
as in other in ' >l"in<_;- nincli t
itry. lli
gressi - -re manifest liy the imjin iverient lv-
' e of his own place, and l>y his
irojecl for tlii
'i and elevation of the i-i itnnninity. He
: (ostentatious \vith ref>
Imth. :he results t<> speak for th-
in fraternal relations he is allied with the Mod-
ern \V ..... Inn n of Ami nd the order
his counsel and activ
l-;.\< )( II \ ENTER.
The subject of this review \\as horn at Xe-
maha City. Xelnv tember [3,
Tlis parents. ( iidne\- and Ann i U'alton I \\nter.
\\ere nal: nited
Stati s in 1843, making theii • to tin-
far western frontier and thi
ill!,' th e of their r died at
Xeh' .in iSr, Mier in i
havii I'iri -
. Their family c ' i-l" live ehildren.
I M ' h
in the pnlihY -d I\:i)iid-.. Mich..
iiilirr i 3, i -'• ii . \\ hen he \\as lint
I in
the I'ninn ann\ a
^a^ Infantrv I lis ii i e in
expired < <n I md lu- i:
I) reenli>ted iii Co. K . Tenth Tennessee ln-
fantr\. the regiment which i a body-
guard t" Andrew Jcihn- in, then the militar;.
r nf the slate, and afterwanU ]ire>ident of
the I'nited States. He par; n many hard-
5, am. Hi- them those at i 'rah < )rch-
ard. Mnrfree.li ..;-,.. i liickamai'ua and Xadiville,
on July ;v i Si 15. soon ';
after he.uimiin- i'rei-htin- ,
n Xehra.-ka City and I-'nrt ! Ill
and helped in the
CMii-tn:ctioii i'f the Cni-m Pacific Kailmad until
winter, then drovi Hooker, to
the terminus of the road. and. the next spring,
rs Lake, near I.aramie, and
hauled railroad tie> fur several months. The
and. afler \vinteri tali, traveled thr
that terril '.dm. w!,
a >.u\ini!l and condr.cted it ihirin^; the -imimer.
lie tea:
•r three \ears in I'tah. then returr
Ii'.ah'i. and. l"-.itin»' in Mar^h \alley. he there
in farming fur forr \<ar>. In iS
>• iltl hi> Mai; and rein- imi-
tana. where he \\as emplnved a^ the purch.
' for Corey I '.ros.. railroad c. m" \ft-
c-r a time he returned in Idahn and w:i~
and. in |XS,-. a^ain -
to \Y\oinini;. Milled in the valley near Aftmi.
\\ In n bul t"' \\ r. si.ii nt> \\ i re there, an
an industry in raising cattle and hor>es \\hich he
>hiiiL: i''iildiiiL,r in tin i
put mi his iiwn I himself, and lu
liainl' in thi valle\ thai
-nnuin. i the lir.st
"in hnilt i'f patent rustic in the 1 liv farm
ile frniii the t"\\n <>i
A fti -n. and i- mu- i<\ the nie>t and nmst attractive
n tin- nei^hli. irhoi'd. I1
I lin-.li.ii
•i. and. f.
882
•.//•/: MEh OF WYOMING.
that time, his farm has been leased to a careful,
progressive tenant. In ilu- local affairs of his
iiunity. Air. Venter is deeply interested, and
his inthiemv and efforts are freely given in behalf
nf everj good enterprise for its advancement. He
is an ardent Republican in politics, being for ten
or twelve \car.s a member of the county central
< i] imittee of his party. I If has also M rved his
pei i] ile as constable, msiice iif the peace, deputy
assessor, sheep inspect! ir and postmaster. On
July 6, 1869, at Salt Lake City. I'lah. he married
with Miss Nancy L. Wakeley, a native of Utah,
and a daughter of John AY. and Polly (Wood-
land) Wakeley. who came to Utah in 1847. Her
father was born in ( anada, and her mother in
Illinois. Six children were born to them, Mary
R., who died at Afton. leaving a husband. Ru-
fus M. Rogers, and two children ; her death oc-
curring on January 10, 1900, when she was twen-
ty-nne years of age : Alice A., who died in Idaho,
aged six; Celia J., now the wife of Otto Ander-
son, of Afton, and John G.. Enoch H. and Clar-
ence D.. all living at the paternal home. On Jan-
uary 20. 1900, aged about forty-nine, Airs. Ven-
ter passed over the death river to the activities
that know no weariness, leaving an enviable rec-
ord as a devoted wife and mother, an obliging
and considerate neighbor, a faithful friend and
a most estimable and useful citizen.
FRANK NICOL.
This prominent stockman and pioneer of
small-fruit culture in Wyoming, well deserves
especial notice in this volume, for he has done
much in the development and improvement of the
industries of the state and is an active and public
spirited individual, standing high among the ag-
riculturists and cattlemen of the commonwealth.
his beautiful estate, comprising 600 acres, lying
on the Big Popo Agie River, in Fremont county,
seven miles southwest of the flourishing town of
Lander. He was born in 1849 °f Scotch and
English ancestry, in Indiana, a son of William
and Harriet ( Cady ) Nicol, his paternal grand-
parents, Matthew and Abigail (Ball) Nicol, be-
ing natives of New Jersey, where the families had
resided from the Colonial period. Harriet ( ,ul\
was a daughter of Daniel and Mam re (Moore)
Cady. natives of England and Scotland, while
Seth Moore, the father of Mamre, was a veteran
of the War of the Revolution, which he long sur-
vived. William Cady and his wife were both
born in Ohio, where lie for a time worked at his
trade of carpentry, thence removing to Indiana,
then to Michigan, and thereafter to Iowa, where
he died in 1891. Frank Nicol is one of the four
surviving children of his parents' family of eight*
and received the educational advantages obtain-
able in the public schools of Michigan. Early
in life, however, engaging in practical farming,
he continued this in Michigan, Iowa and Minne-
sota through the years of his youth and early
manhood, becoming' thoroughly well-versed in
both theory and practice, in general farming and
in fruitraising, thus being well prepared and
qualified for the excellent work in these lines
which he has accomplished during his residence
in the West. In 1881 Mr. Nicol came to Fre-
mont county. Wyo.. and located on his present
home ranch, to which he has since added 600
acres of valuable land lying immediately along
the bank of the Big Popo Agie River, the same
showing remarkable results arising from the in-
telligent development, systematic improvement
and cultivation bestowed upon it by its wise
owner. Probably no property in the whole state
can show such an exhibit in fruit culture as Mr.
Nicol has here produced. He has a fine and
well-established young orchard, well coming into
bearing, with a large number of small fruits, and
fully an acre of berries, which produces a greater
annual yield than is raised by any other three
men of the state. He has proven himself to be a
public benefactor, in thus demonstrating the won-
derful capabilities of the soil and climate of Wyo-
ming in the production of fruit, while, in many
other ways and in different directions, he has
shown his great public spirit and his interest in
the welfare of the community and the common-
wealth. He is a strong supporter of the princi-
ples enunciated by his political party, and heart-
PRO UVE ME.\ <>!•' II' YUM.
883
il\ supports it-- candidate- at llir pulls, bein^ a
man ul" intelligent thought, standing hi^h in the
estimation of tin- better portion of tlu- pcupK- uf
his sectii ,n. In hi- , xti nsive cattle interests, Mr.
Xicul is rai-ini; horses of an excellent >train ami
has a fine herd of graded Shurtliuni and f<
cattle, being prospered in his undertakings,
h\ year adding to hi.- wealth and importance. At
Casper Wyo., on June 15. iSuj. Mr. Nicol
Mi-- Jaiu- Mcl'.ride wort- united in man
The bride was a native of [llinois and a dan
uf William A. and .Margaret i I'Yntun i McBride,
the father, an intelligent fanner. In-in- tin- son
uf ( ieurpe and Jane ( T'daine ) Me I '.ride, and l>»rn
in Pennsylvania. Mar-aret I I'entun i Mel:
having her nativiu in Scotland. Three children
have eunie tu co.\vn their life's happnu --. ( rlad\-
G., Mabel M.. and William.
SOLOMOX V. M< H )DV.
An enterprising an,l pro-peron- farmer, wh"
Owns [60 acres of arahle land, three and une-half
niiK.- iiurtheast of Wheatland.in I.aramie enmity.
W\oinincr. Solomon V. Moody, wa- horn in
Wayne county. Mich., on September n.. 1X54.
of 1 I ill and I'atherine t \\ i- lit man I Moody,
the former of \vhum. a native »f Ireland. wa>
a farmer b) calling and came to America in 1813,
and died in Wayne county, Mich., in February,
loo'i: the mother was horn in Michigan, there
passed all of her life, and died in September.
i's<»7. The remains of l>"ih parents \\. re im
in Genesee comity. Mich., when- thev re-t in
peace, si.l. i, jide, after havm- lived in the coun-
ty sine.' iSji . mutually sharing the joys
and M.rrou-s. the toils and p] of theil ha]i[>y
stic life. N'umiL; S,,|, mon \ . M l\ \\a^
educated in the pnhlie schools of hi-- native luwii-
ship. and. when nol attending >ch..,,l. a--.i-.ied in
the •.•nltivatiun (.f the hum,, farm until he was
twenty-one \ears nld. when he went t.. NYwiun
county, hiil., and fur two years liin-d ,.nt as a
farm hand. He then n turned to Mii-lii-an and
wurked in the Inmlii r di-trict f. .r tin
er \\ hich he a^'ain
ty, that state, until iSSj. when he went to
• adi i and li icati d mar i ireelej . in \\'eld C' >nn-
.1 farmer there fur MMIK- time. 1 le
then in Ahif-an eunnt\ fuur \ear-. and,
in lS<)4. came to \\ \»niiii:_;. and huu^ht hi- pre--
r \\ In atland. which e-tate h.
ii" \\ under a high State of cnltivatiun and ha- im-
proved \\ith all modern appliance- and C"iiveni-
5. Mr. Moody ha- been twice married, fir-t,
in GI -mty. Mich., to I'.etta Ma^lian. wlfo
"ii Aus,ri'.-t 21, iSS.^. The -ec"tid marriage
uf Mr. Muudy took place mi March |S, iSS^, in
Genesee cumit\. l.i//ic- Leader, a native uf Mich-
igan and a daughter uf Julm and Julia ( Dnhy i
Leader, then lieiils,' the bride. There have
burn tu thi> union five children. Clarida I!..
Ma/el A.. ICsther. DelUllaand Dee L. 1'raternal-
ly. Mr. Moody is a Modern Wuodman of the
\\'urld. a member uf Camp \u. T,^,. uf \\ I
land. !'"ormerly, Mr. M 1\ \\a- en^a^ed in the
feed and cual business in I ireelcv. t'ulu.. <lo->
profitable trade, but was utilised t" relini|ni-h it.
on account of ill-health in his family, and t<
the more in\ i^uratiiiL;' atmosphere of the farm,
lie i- well pleased with the change, and. although
the labor of tin- farm is arduous, the returns,
financially, at. tory. I'.e-ide- thi-. hi- life
independent than it was when he was
.•n-apL,'ed ill mercantile trade, fur Muthcr Lartll is
ever bountiful and never fail- to reward tl
of her children who dili^entlx labor to win her
favors by liuiu-st tujl. M r. Muudy ha- wun the
•;i u f hi- neighbor- b\ hi- upright walk and
hi- habit- . if industry . He is al i ieul-
turist. progressive, being down-1 ;i all
of his method- and operation-.
LEE N \\Si:i.L.
I roin the teeming millions of ( >hiu'- r.
fill and . population ha\e t. to
all part- of the un-etllt d \\e-t. i;reat numbers
oi thrill'., enterprising cili/en-. who have i;i\en
llu-ir . their brain, their brawn and dili
make it eivili/ed and
\niuiiL; the number must be p!.
884
•>GRESSll'E MEN OF IITOMIXC.
in :i p<isitioii of respectable prominence, Lee
Nansell, one of the best-known and most highly
esteemed stockmen and farmers of Bighorn coun-
ty. Wyoming. ' lie ivsides near I'.onanza, on
.1 fine farm of ido acres, on which he has a herd
of -'50 cattle, of superior breeds and excellent
qnalilv. lie is a pioneer of 18(17 in Wyoming,
and has been among the most zealous and indus-
trious of the builders and makers of his portion
of the state. lie was born on January 28, 1850,
the son of Jacob and Mary Nansell, Germans
by nativity, emigrants to the United States soon
after their marriage. They settled in Ohio, where
their son. Lee-, was reared and educated, remain-
ing at home until he was eighteen years old,
when, in 1867, he crossed the plains to Denver,
Colo., and. after a short residence in that city,
came to Cheyenne, Wyo., and there, for two
years engaged in furnishing ties for the railroad.
For a number of the years thereafter following,
he rode the range as a cowboy, and then was
the stock inspector for the territory for two years.
In 1885 he came to the Bighorn basin, locating
where he now lives, on Paint Rock Creek. His
farm is well-improved, with good buildings, and
is in a high state of cultivation, as to such parts
as are farmed. It is one of the valuable and de-
sirable places of this section of the county, show-
ing in every way the fruits of his skill and in-
dustry. He also owns valuable property in Basin
and elsewhere. Mr. Nansell was married in Big-
horn county, in April, 1901, to Miss Mabel Daw-
son, a native of California. He has been long in
the county, and he has been prominently identi- .
fied with its affairs, in both a public and a private
way, for he was a member of its first board of
county commissioners, helped to place the new
political creation on its feet and start it forward
on its career of progress and development. In
all matters pertaining to the improvement and
elevation of his neighborhood, and the advance-
ment of the county in general, he has been promi-
nent and potential. In his early life here he saw
1- many dangers and had many thrilling experiences
ani'n fighting with wild beasts and savage Indians.
pareTe also suffered the usual lot of pioneers, when
I '("I >le were few, and it was far between them,
and the conveniences of life scanty and crude.
Yet, like the rest, he was ready and resourceful,
full of energy and determination, fitted for any
toil or for any emergency; and, like the rest of
the company of gallant heroes, he has given his
full share of time and labor to establishing, de-
veloping, civilizing and improving the state in
which he lives and on which his patriotic affec-
tions are firmly fixed.
JOHX W. MILLER.
A well-to-do stockman, of Laramie, Albany
county, Wyoming, is the subject of this brief
sketch, John W. Miller, a native of the state of
Illinois, and born in Mercer count}-, in 1847, the
son of Nicholas and Alary ( Dennison) Miller.
His father followed blacksmithing and wagon-
making in Illinois, and also passed some time
in the practice of medicine. In 1851, he removed
his residence from Illinois to the territory of Ore-
gon, where he settled in Lynn county, and en-
gaged in farming, in which he continued up to
the time of his death. The mother passed away
during the infancy of her son, John W. Miller,
who grew to man's estate and received his early
education in the public schools of Lynn county.
Ore., although his opportunities for acquiring an
education were limited. Leaving home at the
early age of eighteen years, for the purpose of
acquiring a practical knowledge of the live stock-
business, and, also, with a view to making his
own way in the world, he followed the life of a
frontiersman on the plains of Oregon, Washing-
ton, Colorado and Wyoming-, for many years,
during this time, being engaged in riding the
range, working on ranches, mining, fighting In-
dians, and in other occupations. He had a varied
and interesting career, with many exciting experi-
ences-, especially during those times when the
Indians were hostile, and he had many skirmishes
with them. He is a thorough plainsman, inured
to the hardships of life on the frontier, and has
learned by actual experience all the details of
the ranch and live stock business, in which he is
PROGK Mi:.\ OF WYOMING.
885
Micccs-fulL engaged. II' -'.nited in
marriage with Mi-- Sarah Degl
Illinois, their marriage being celebrated in that
I'n their uni"ii one chilil wa-
Charles \Y.. who is r> -iding with hi> pa-
\fiiT his varied experience in early life,
lev ha> settled down a- one of thi
thorough uh-taiitial ranch ami stockmen
of his section "f tile slate. 1 |. - ediug in
i , and he find- that his earl] life on the
plains, combined with his knowledge of the live-
Stock industry. acquired while a rider on the
range, is now of the utmost value to him. lie i-
a highK respected eiti/en of the communit\.
1ILXKY XIETFELDT.
Inheriting the sterling traits of honesty and
industry. . is mam of the ailmirable quali-
ties i 'f head ami heart, fur whieh the ( iennan pen-
pie have always been celebrated, the subject of
this sketch has hem a factor of much consequi
in d<'\ eli ping tb mati rial inten sts of thi
Laramie count} in which he In ;n\\ Xiet-
feldt was h"fn in Hanover, ( ierinany. ' m August
27, 1860, the son of Frederick and Dora (Hurst-
man i Xietfeldt. 1'hi- father, a farmer b
tii UK -pent all of his life in (ierinany. dying in
Hanover in 1X70. The mother snbs<-i|iiently came
to the I'nitei! i rled this life, near
Fort Laramie. \Y\oming, . .11 July 17. looi.
I leun Nietfeldl r< mained at the h- mi • >i hi-
youth until hi- fourteenth year, and n
fair education in tin- common schools (.f hi- na-
tive place, lli' was reared n'cultural life.
.M ihe above age. left the parental •
which time until h t\\ent\ years "Id.
he workeil as a farm laborer near the lior
his birth. In iSSn Mr. \i. t feldt,
of main of hi- ' 'nded
to seek hi- fortun. in \nierica. ami. .i.vordinglv.
i -ail. and. in due seasi >u. ivaehed th
Slat. s. Proceeding •• < stward • .ran-l
Islam', Xeli.. he hind OUl to a fanner, and. dnr-
1 in the vicin
refnlly lin-baiidin HMI^-.
with tin- inti-ntion of going into -otue kind of
bn-iue-- for himself. Actuated by thi.- laudable
ambition, he came to \Vyoniing. in 1 88.2 and,
p land on the l.aramie River, six miles
Laramie, he turned hi- attention t, ,
cattK rai-ing. \ ftcr remaining in thai !• icality tin-
til the spring of iSijn. Mr. Xietfeldt sold hi-
ranch and n turned to Xebra-ka. \\here hr rented
a farm. and. for live years thereafter, carried on
• Mr-nits \\ ith a large measure of
ning back to \V\oming in iSi;;. 1
cated on a ranch one and one-half inile-
of the Fort, which his mother had previon-ly en-
hut which, meantime, had come into hi-
posses-ion by pnrcha-e. and. at once, addressed
himself to the task of its improvement. It \\as
found iinpo-sihU- to cultivate the land without ir-
rigation, or u-e i: iiilly for graxing jiur-
-. hill, with water, the ]ilace h 'itin-
daut imlncemenls both for farming and -
ing. To suppl\ this need. Mr. Xietfeldt inau-
gurated a system of irrigation, the large-t indi-
vidual enterprise <-ver undertaken in thi- -ection
of tin- M.-tte. lie ]iroji.-cted a ditch, three and
half mile.- long and of ample width, to the
ucaiv-t v I, by much hard and long, om-
ive labor, he tinalK completed the .•uteri
Hi- re\\ard was an abundant supply of \\ater.
much more than sntticient to reclaim and inalo-
proihictive his o\\ n land, ci •nsei|iiently a number
of other parti.-- b il\ profited by th.
terprise. Since the completion of this ditch. Mr.
Xielfeldt ha- brought hi- place into a high -late
i if tillage. m>\\ ha\ ing one of the
randies of it- size in the di-trict in which it is
-itualrd. I le ha- -pared neith
in it- iiiii nt, and, by \\ell-directed indn--
tr\. he has • parativel) barren
ua-te into a bea'itifnl and attractive bom.-, \\li.re
jieaci ' it\ and plenty abound, in addition
| and ha\ ing. both of \\hicb he
has
live
On 1 -f land may
niini' ttle and lior-e-. all o
and under prime condition, the rich h.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
the place being peculiarly adapted lor fattening
and imparting .strength and endurance. Mr. Niet-
feldt was married at X'orth 1'latte. Xeb.. in July,
[890, 1" Miss I >orn lludilioltx, of dennany, who
In .iv liini one child. Frit/. Twice has the angel
of death entered the home of the subject, the
first time on Decemher .} i , 1901, when little Fritz,
at the age of eight years, was taken away, attain
on May 18. 1903, at which time the devoted wife,
and loving, but bereaved, mother, went to join her
child in the land where partings are no more, and
where tears are forever wiped away. Air. Niet-
feldt felt these losses keenly, but. with a courage
which will not permit him to be cast down, he
resolutely faces the future, determined so to live,
that, when the time comes for him to exchange
mortality for immortality, he may be cheered by
the thought of a reunion with the loved, but not
lost, under happier conditions than the earthly
life affords. Mr. Nietfeldt is one of the enter-
prising and progressive men of the community in
which he lives, and for the improvement of which
he deserves much credit, and he occupies a promi-
nent place in the esteem of his neighbors.
WILLIAM XILAXD.
This reliable and well-known division fore-
man on the LTnion Pacific Railroad, who has his
residence at Rawlins, Carbon county, Wyoming,
was born in West Virginia, in 1858, and is a
son of Patrick and Mary (McXernay) Niland.
Both parents were born and they were married in
Ireland, whence they emigrated to West Virginia,
where the father followed railroad work until his
death, which occurred in 1888, at the age of sixty-
two years, that of his wife occurring also in the
same year, and at the same age. William Niland
passed his boyhood and early manhood in West
Virginia, and there, also, he learned the machin-
ist's trade. He worked in Grafton for five years
and then in Piedmont seven years, then went to
Little Rock, Ark., where he lived for two years,
and then came to Wyoming, in 1882. and lived
in Cheyenne for one year. He thereafter came
to Rawlins, and here filled the position of shop
foreman for seven years. He was then trans-
ferred to Cheyenne to act as division foreman,
and there did effectual duty for a year and a half,
being then brought back to Rawlins to assume
the duties of division foreman at this place. This
position he still holds, but, in the meantime, he
has given considerable attention to sheepraising,
in which he has met with nattering success. Mr.
Xiland was united in marriage, in 1884, with
Miss Lizzie Hurton, a native of Pennsylvania and
a daughter of James and Mary Hurton. This
lady, however, was called away about three years
ago, leaving behind a sorrowing husband and
four children, and all but Marguerite are still
living, namely, \Yilliam, Patrick J., and Lizzie.
Mr. Xiland is a Republican in his political faith,
but, while he works earnestly for and with his
party, he never seeks office nor any other public
emolument. Fraternally, he is a charter member
of the Rawlins Lodge, No. 609, Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks, and is a genial, whole-
souled gentleman. He does his full duty as a
citizen, but is never officious nor fault-finding
about public affairs. His services as a foreman
are fully appreciated by his employers, and his
standing before the public is an enviable one.
Just in the prime of life, he has before him many
years in which to exercise his usefulness and to
rear his children in "the way they should go."
As Mr. Xiland was born and reared in a moun-
tainous and rugged country, his constitution,
physical, and mental, has been imbued with a
vigor, which pure air alone can impart. He
manifests this fact in every action, as his step
is quick and springy, his limbs strong, muscular
and sinewy, his perceptive faculties keen.
JOHN O'BRIEN.
( >ne of the most active and energetic cattle-
men in Laramie county. Wyoming, is John
O'Brien, who was born on September 25, 1864,
in Albany county. X. Y., a son of John D. and
Annie T. (Shay) O'Brien, natives of Ireland.
John D. O'Brien came to America when a young
man, and. for a number of years, was a traveling
PROGRESSIVE .U/i.Y OF U'YO.MI\'C,.
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salesman by occupation. In 1*51 > lie enlisted in
the regular army of the United States, anil was
a member of tin- Fourth Infantry tin- iMvater part
of tlu- twenty-four years he was in llu- -i-r\ ice.
He was stationed at different fort-., all over the
\\estcrn states, and, o >iisequ< nth took part in
many a blood\ battle with the hostile Indians.
In iS'iS he eaine to \V\ omini;. and was I'irst sta-
tioned here at Fort Fettennan, and later at Forl
Laramie, and, at the latter place, was drnm-ma-
jor for twentv-one years. In iSSo he i|iiit the
service and settled on his present ranch, near Fei
ternian. where he has since heen en^a.ued in Stock-
raising, excepting the time lie was in the Spanish-
American \Yar. in which he served as tin
tain of Co. F. of the Wyoming Infantry. John
( I'P.ricn. the sjentleman whose name stands at
the head of this biographical notice, received his
education while at home with his father, for
uhom lie worked about six months each year on
the ranch, riding the rans;v the remaining si\
months, until he was thirty years of ai;c. In
iS<)4, he took up a ranch of his own. on Deer
I,, and eii^'a.m'd in the cattle business for
four years. In icSijS. he sold his ranch and en-
tered the employ of the purchasers, and for four
years ran it for one of the largest cattle .unfits in
W\ omini;. In the fall of HJOI. Mr. ( i'1'.rieii crime
to the section of the country in which lie now
lives, and took charge of the company's mtn
estS here. Me no\\ has his home on its well-
known ranch on the Laramii l\i\er. time mil. s
east of lAa, which ranch is considered one of the
mOSl imp' 'riant in the valle\ . \l r. ' >'l trien
first married in \ovember. iX'U. at 1 'oii.ula-..
Wyo., with Miss Mai;i;ie M. Deve. a native of
Kansas, and to this union was horn one child.
Flsie. \\Iio-e mother was called from earth on
May _'_'. iS«i;. and was buried in ( ilenrock. Aft
er ncarlv >i\ years of >in^lenr-.,, Mr. <)'|
married, on ( >ct"ber S. |<^)I. at I Ion-las. Lillian
I.ockett. a native of \Y\oinin^. ller father.
!"lm. is an old timi -tockman and lives in Con-
verse county, near ( ilenrock. Fraternally. Mr.
( >T.rien is a member of ( ,1,-nrock Lodge, \". -' (.
Independent Order Of < >dd Fellows, and of the
Rebecca 1 ."d^e, and also U a Modern \\"oodman
of the \\'orld. helon^ini; to ('amp Xo. (>ioi. ol
(ilenrock. As a citi/en. he is wide-awake and
jn-o-ressive, favors all public improvements, the
"f \\hich does not too seriousl} burden the
ta\pa\ers. and. as a business man, he has but
fe\\ peers in the comity.
WILLIAM H. i >'!>< (NNELL.
.This t\pical \\estern man and prince of £Ood
fellows is widely and favorably known through-
out Wyoming, and. durin- his I'.nu; residence in
Sweet water county, lie has been very closely iden-
tified with its political history and its material
development. As the name indicates, our Mr.
O'Donnell comes of Irish ancestry, although he
\\as born and reared in the I 'nited States. His
lather. John ( >'l>onnell, was a native of Ireland,
born in 1830. \Yhcn a lad of sixteen he came to
America and. for some time thereafter, he
worked at farm labor in the state of Xew Jersey,
subsequent!) moving to Illinois, still later to Kan-
sas, where at the breaking out of the i;Tcat Civil
\\~ar. he joined one of the regiments of that
with which lie bore the part of a brave and
gallant soldier until the close of the stru.
After the war lie resumed agricultural pursuits
in Kansas, but in iSdS he came to Wyoming
i ni^atjed in railroad \\ork at Laramie, operating
between that place ami Hear Touu. no\\ G
River. Later he disposed of his interests m
\\\ oininj^ and moved to Nebraska, where he
lives at the present \\ritin-. Fllen I >'l • 'liner,
who became the \\ife of John i >'l )onnell. was
also a native of the Fnicrald Isle. She dep.
this life when her son. William 11.. wa- aNuit
nine \cars old and lies buried in Kansas. William
II. i riionnell lirsi saw the li-ht of day in Mil-
waukee. \\ is., and dates his birth from lS:;i.
Reared in the country, he early became accus-
tomed I" the varied duties of agriculture, and.
from the ai;e of twelve until seventeen, he \\orked
•;n labor in different states. ( )\\ ini; to his
mother's death he started for himself \\heii
quite \oun- and. from his thirteenth \ear to the
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
nt time, he has practically made his own
way in the world. The year of 1868 marked the
beginning of Mr. O'Donnell's career as a western
. for then he came to Wyoming, stopping
first at Salt Wells, thence, in succession, going
to Point of Rocks and Piedmont, remaining but
a brief time at each place. During the Sweet-
r excitement of 1869 he drove stage from
Point of Rocks to South Pass, and in the year
following he engaged in railroad work, which
he continued about eighteen mouths. Severing
his connection with the road, he accepted a clerk-
ship with the Wyoming Coal & Mining Co., and,
after eighteen months of service in that capacity,
he went to Nebraska to engage in agricultural
pursuits. Mr. O'Donnell's experience as a farmer
was of short duration, on account of the grass-
hoppers, which effectually destroyed his first
crop. Returning to Wyoming, he accepted a
position in the coal department of the Union Pa-
cific Railroad, and, after remaining with the com-
pany until 1884, he resigned his place for the
purpose of entering the employ of the Beckwith
Commercial Co., at Rock Springs. He served as
foreman of the latter house about one year and
then engaged in business for himself, opening a
meat market in the above town, which he ran,
with satisfactory financial results, for about the
same length of time, then selling out in 1886, he
practically retired from active life, but since that
date he has looked after his private interests, and
attended to the duties of the various official sta-
tions to which his fellow citizens have called him.
For a number of years he has been an active poli-
tician, a leader of the Republican party in the
county of Sweetwater. He served one term as
a county assessor, and, for seven years, was a
member of the board of county commissioners,
one of the most important offices within the gift
of the people. As a public servant, he discharged
his duties ably and faithfully, his record being
untainted by the faintest suspicion of anything
dishonorable. He has always manifested a lively
interest in public affairs, and few, if any, enter-
prises tending to the material improvement of
the county, or the development of its resources,
but have had his influence, and, if need be, his
financial support. He is one of the leading spir-
its of Rock Springs, a friend of the masses, .an
earnest advocate and a liberal patron of all meas-
ures for the amelioration of distress among the
poor and unfortunate. He is a fine specimen of
the generous, energetic and progressive western
men of today, being well read on many subjects,
he keeps in close touch with the trend of current
events, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of
all classes of his fellow citizens. By reason of
his fine social qualities, his society is much
sought after and in every company his sprightly
conversation and rare fund of pleasing anecdotes
make him the very embodiment of good fellow-
ship. In 1870 Mr. O'Donnell was united in
marriage to Miss Mary Tobin, a daughter of
James and Mary (Ryan) Tobin, of Ireland, a
union blessed with eight children, Mary E., Ro-
sanna, Lyda H., Ida M., John W., Hattie M.,
Nettie E. and Charles F.
CHARLES O'NEALL.
Charles O'Xeall, now of Rome, Bighorn
county, Wyoming, the senior member of the firm
of O'Neall & Bull, leading merchants and stock-
men, is one of those resolute and resourceful men,
who neither find nor inherit, but hew out their
opportunities, from whatever substance destiny
flings before them. No danger daunts, no diffi-
culty deters, no toil intimidates them ; nothing
turns them from their purpose of securing su-
premacy among men in the line for which nature
has qualified them. He was born in Wisconsin
on December 27, 1856. His father, Robert E.
O'Neall, died previous to his birth, and his moth-
er two weeks after she had brought him into be-
ing. He was reared by an older sister, who took
him with her family to Iowa when he was but
eighteen months old, and in that state he grew to
the age of twenty years. .No favors of fortune
were bestowed on him during his childhood and
youth, for although his sister did the best she
could for him, her own circumstances were such
as to preclude from her bounty more than the
UVE .u/-:.v or WYOMING.
mere necessarii - of life. He attemled sch' -
times, and as he grew Inward mar.
at whatever he Could get to do, and when he
was uaily to start in life for himself, with his
best >rs, he found himself in a povertv
so abject that he was without shoes. lie worked
hard, however, by hi- diligence obtained a start.
and. in 1876. when he was twenty years old, he
cam. evada, and was there em] '
for some time in herding dairy cows. From there
he went to Otoe county, Xel>.. and fed cattle for
three years. He then made a trip to Florida, re-
turning to Nebraska and settling in Wheeler
county, where he engaged in farming until 1889,
when he came to Wyoming and opened a com-
bined hardware and furniture store at Casper, in
what is now Xatrona county. In 1899 he sold his
plant at Casper and removed to the place where
he now lives, and in partnership with Frank Bull
started the business enterprises that now engage
him, which are both a prosperous and expand-
ing stock industry and a merchandising establish-
ment of large proportions and active trade. The
ranch, on which the stock business is conducted,
comprises 380 acres of excellent land, beautifully
located and well adapted to ii- purposes, im-
proved with good buildings and furnished with
a complete supply of every appliance of the most
approved pattern, while the mercantile enter-
prise is one of the most highly esteemed com-
mercial features of this section of the county.
Like their herd of 250 cattle, their stock in the
is well selected and carefully looked a tier,
and, knowing by careful observation the want
the community as the\ do, tbe\ an able to
tin in fully and save t' allowing
any one t" go elsewhere f"f the ordinary com-
modities of every-day life. Mr. ( >'. \\-all is a
member of the Masonic order an an active
interest in the proceedings of h: : was
married, at \ee!\, \'el>., on |.mnar\ m, iXfs1-. to
Mi-- Kdiia M. True, a native of [owa. Wher-
ever he has lived Mr. ( I'Xeall ha- itnpn-s-ed his
fellow- with hi- enterpri-e and re-ohite spirit.
Adventitious eirciiin-tance.s ha\e not made him
a debtor for am p.nt . if his pn Sperit) : on the
ary he has dominated circumstances, and
them yield obedience to his commands
his mastery their hidden opportun-
itie.-. no matter how obdurate they seemed or
unfruitful. He has been essentially the ar-
chitect of his own fortune, and well and wisely
'>uilt it. In every work of charity and
benefaction, and in every social function of value,
him.-elf and wife are known and welcomed as
ud useful fact
\Y. II. I '\CKARD.
• Tune, i So,}, \Y. H. Pack-
and came to Wyoming from his native state of
Utah, where he was born on August u. 1851,
the son of Orrin and Matilda Stowell. natives of
New York an. ate in
. and since his arrival he has been busily en-
gaged in helping to build up the state and es-
pecially the portion in which he cast his lot.
When he wa- nine days old his mother died,
and, when he was two year- old, he also lost
itlur by death. Thus doubly orphaned in
infancy, life promi-ed naught for him, except
\li.it he could win from its hard conditions by
his own dilig< d capacity, and his gains
in the race for suprem ig men have been
made through these channels. He was reared
and educated by an uncle- until he was able to
a trade, being then apprenticed to a car-
penter. After completing his apprentice-hip, he
worked at his trade until iSij^ in hi- native -tate.
ame to Wvoniing and took up a home-lead
in the I'.ighorn basin, where he still and
on which he carries on a vigorous and well-man-
aged stock and farming hu-ine-.s. having
a large and ' >ry. \\hicb i- one of the
industrial institutions of hi- neighborhood. 1 Ie
came to 1 lead when it was 'without wa-
liliged to undergo all the incon
and expin-c of irrigating his land, a- did
many other-, by his own private enterp
Though the work wa- -low and the e\p
• esolulelv per-. \ .-red. and no\\
re-nit- Of In- faith ami r . in a well-
s, ,. .
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
improved and highly fertile tract of 160 acres
of excellent land, lie has also taken as great
an interest in public improvements, as in the de-
vt l»|iinent of his own property, and was of great
service as a contractor in building the Taluco
branch of the incoming railroad. From 1899 to
1902 he was engaged in merchandising at Bur-
lington, and in the year last named sold out his
store and returned to his farm. In the church
to which he has been loyal and devoted from
childhood, he has been conspicuous for leader-
ship, and for valued services in almost every ca-
pacity. He was the first bishop of the Woodbury
stake, and is now a high priest and a member
of the high council. The affairs of the organiza-
tion have prospered under his management, and
the impulse given to their activities by his zeal and
force of character has ever been potential for
good to their every interest. In 1873, m Utah,
he was married to Miss Cynthia Perry, a native
of that state. They have had thirteen children,
Orrin, Ramanza, Nettie and Perry, deceased,
and Amasa, Dudley, Matilda, Alice, Louis, Clara,
Forrest, Martha, Owen living. One living son,
Forrest, is the oldest Mormon boy living who
was born in the Bighorn stake of Wyoming. As
an evidence of his enterprise and public spirit,
it should be narrated that Mr. Packard was the
secretary of the first irrigating company that
built a canal in this part of the state, and, by his
energy and force in conducting the affairs of
that office, he was serviceable in the stimulation
of activity in the construction of several similar
works of utility to the county.
WILLIAM H. PADGETT.
A very active, and in many respects success-
ful, business career characterizes the history of
the gentleman whose brief biography is herewith
presented. Born in a western state, reared un-
der conditions favorable to sturdy physical and
mental development, he has profited by his var-
ied experiences, and is, today, a notable repre-
sentative of that class to whom, more than to any
other, the great West is indebted for the meas-
ure of prosperity it enjoys. William H. Padgett
is a native of Iowa, born on September 22, 1851,
in the county of Mahaska. Newton and Cather-
ine Liter Padgett, his parents, were born, reared
and married in P.ourbon county. Kentucky, and
there lived until 1847, when they migrated to
Mahaska county, Iowa, where the, father engaged
in agricultural pursuits. He remained in the
latter state the remainder of his life, dying in
the month of May, 1874. His widow survived
him until May, 1900, when she, too, entered into
rest, departing this life on the old farm in Ma-
haska county. William H. Padgett was reared
as are the majority of lads who grow and develop
in the country, and, while still young, became
accustomed to the various implements used in
agricultural labor. During the winter seasons,
he attended the public schools and acquired an
education, which although by no means as com-
plete as that obtained by students under more
favorable conditions, has served well as a basis
for a very active business life. For a number
of years previous to his death, his father had
been a great sufferer, and, consequently, the man-
agement, and much of the work of the farm fell
to young William, who assumed the responsibilty
with a manly spirit, discharging his duties as
became a true and loyal sun. He continued to
cultivate the place after the death of his father
until 1876, at which time he turned it over to oth-
er hands and came to Wyoming, locating at
Cheyenne, where he remained, variously em-
ployed for about three months. At the expiration
of that period, he went to Denver, Colo., where
he stayed about the same length of time, thence
returning to Cheyenne in the spring of 1877 anc^
entering the employ of Charles McEwen as a
freighter. During the three years following. Mr.
Padgett ran a freighting outfit to Western Ne-
braska, the Black Hills and to other points. At the
expiration of that time he purchased his employ-
ers' interests, continuing the business upon his
own responsibility until 1882, when he sold out
at Buffalo, Wyo., and engaged in merchandising
at Rock Creek. After spending three years at
that place he disposed of his stock and embarked
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891
in the live M<>ck business, \vhicli he carried on
until about the year iSSS. running ,
the I.anmiie River, meeting with encouraging
financial rewarils. '1'heii. disp' • his live
stuck, Mr. Padgett was out of business t'. T sever-
al years, spending the greater part nf the interim
between iSSij anil iS<|ij in traveling over Wyo-
ming, the Pilack Hills and various other ]
of the \\'est. In the latter year he took up his
nt ranch, located about thirty mile- t'roni
\Yheatland, on Halleck ('reek, bet ween tin- l'>luc
Grass and Syhylle, and again engaged in -•
raising, which he has since continued with high-
ly gratifying results, devoting his attention to
cattle and horses. lie has gradually enlarged
the volume of his business and has also made
many substantial improvements on his ranch,
until today he stands in the front rank of the
State's successful stockmen. His ranch is large,
well-located, admirably adapted to the pin
for which it is used, increasing in value with
each recurring year. Mr. Padgett was call
his old home in Iowa in Kjoo by the serious ill-
of his mother, and reached the place in
time to close the eyes of his best earthlx fl
in the la-t long sleep, from which there is no
waking on this side of Death's mystical river.
\ftcr the obsequies he returned to \\ \ oming.
and. from that time to the present, has rein
OH his ranch, giving close and careful attention
t.i bis large and continual!) increasing i
In 1875 Mr. 1'adgett and Miss Josephine
Rllple. of New [ersey. a dauglil'i oi Jonathan
and 1' Mi. i I lardy ) Knple. \\ ere united iii mar-
riage, tb. • solemni/cd in tile cit\
of Oskaloosa, [owa. 'I h' parents of Mrs. Pad-
gett were natives of \Y\\ Y irk, tin- father being
a millwright by trade. He was a very skillful
workman and worked for a number of \ear-. in
g and adjusting the machine!
mam of tbe largest (louring mills in thai >iat<-.
His death look place at < >skaloo-a, in which citv
the widow still lives. ha\ing reached the ripe old
age of eight} three years. Mr. and Mrs. p.,.
have one child, a daughter. ( leorgme. In addi
lion to the cattle industn. Mr. Padgett has var-
ious mining interests in different parts of Albany
count v. some of which promise rich results when
properly developed. He expect- ere long to give
especial attention to this property, and douh'
will realize large returns for the time and labor
there employed. He is a man of eiicrgv and de-
termination. \\ell the end from the
In ginning, and seldom addresses himself to a
t of any kind \\ithout carrying it to a suc-
ct ssful issue. Public spirited and interested in
the welfare of his coiuiU and his stale, he g
•.'pport to enterprises tending to their mater-
nd industrial development. He is an excel-
lent neighbor, a loyal friend and discharges the
duties of citixeiiship with the best interests , if the
public in view.
R< (BERT PAIIlJ »\Y.
A thrifty and prosperous ( ierman- American
citi/en of Albany county, Wyoming, is the sub-
of tins sketch, Robert Pahlow. a resident of
cit) of l.aramie. in that Count). A native
of (u-rmany. he \\a- born in the year of 1X51.
and is the -on of ( "brist and Caroline Pahlow.
both natives of that conntr\. His father followed
the occupation of farming in his native country,
and remained there engaged in that pursuit, up
he time of hi- decease, in hjoo. at the age
of seventj years. The subject of this brief sketch
grew to man's estate m the Fatherland, and re-
ed his earl) edncatii 'ii iii the publi.
of that country. In the year of iSSn. he determ-
ined to seek his fortune in the New World he-
and lea\ ing the hi ime ' 't' hi- child-
h 1. he set forth with his faniiK for \merica.
Coming at once to the city of l.araniie. in tlv
linn territory of \Y\oming. be secured emplov-
ment in the rolling mill located at that place, and
remained in thai vocation bus ,,d up to
the year iSoJ. He then resigned this position
.••nil located on a ranch, situated about ten miles
sontluMst of | aramii City, \\\o.. \\hen- h
since that time been successlullv engaged in the
business of general ranching and sinckr.iisiug.
P.\ his industry, perse> erance and Ins M i man
892
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
agcmciit he has gradually built up a valuable
•nail beginnings, and IK- is con-
ning his property holdings. Imih
of land and live stock, from year to
Bringing from his native Fatherland all ol the
habits of thrifi and frugality so characteristic of
the German race, he has steadily made his way
in the business world, and is now ranked as one
of the substantial and prosperous citizens of
Albany county. Tn the year of 1876, while still
a resident of Germany, he was united in the
Is of wedlock with Wilhelmina Mayher, a
native of that country, and the daughter of Fred-
erick and Sophia Mayher, both natives of the
I •atherland. To the union of this worthy couple
five children have been born, Paul, Otto. Alice,
i lie and Ollie, all of whom are still living.
The family home is one noted for its comforts,
and, in a high measure for the homely and gen-
eri nis hospitality, which is there dispensed to a
large circle of friends. The family are highly
respected residents of the community where they
maintain their home, and Mr. Pahlow is one of
the most valued citizens of his section.
JACOB W. PAYTON.
Among the more prominent and progressive
of the younger class of stockmen of Wyoming,
is Jacob W. Payton, a resident of Hecla, in that
state. He is a native of the town of Knoxville,
county of Marion, in the state of Iowa, where
he was born on October 24, 1865, the son of
Joseph and Margaret (Burns) Payton, the for-
mer being a native of the state of Ohio and the
latter of Michigan. His parents early in 1853,
emigrated from the state of Ohio to Marion
county, Iowa, where they engaged in the business
of farming, in which they continued up to the
time of the father's death, which occurred in
iXSj and where his burial occurred at Wright's
(.'enter, in Marion county. The mother passed
away in the month of May, 1900, her remains
now reposing in North Dakota. Jacob W. Pay-
ton, the subject of this review, grew to manhood
and received his early education in Marion coun-
ty, Towa, where he remained at home with his
parents until she had arrived at the age of nine-
teen years. Desiring to begin life for himself,
and to make his own way in the world, he left
home in the spring of 1885 and came to York
county, Neb. Here he engaged in farming and
continued in that business there until the month
of December of the following year. He then
disposed of his interests in Nebraska, returned
to his old home in Marion county, and there en-
tered into a partnership with his father in the
farming and stockraising business. Here he
continued until 1891, when he rented the Marion
county farm and went again to York count1/,
Neb. Remaining here only a few months he
came in August, 1891, to the city of Cheyenne,
Wyo., where he secured a large hauling contract
on the Union Pacific Railroad, which continued
until July of the following year. ' In October,
1892, he accepted a position as foreman of a
large sheep ranch on Bear Creek, Wyo., owned
by Albert Bristol, and remained there for a per-
iod of two years. In 1894 he resigned this posi-
tion and accepted an offer from R. P. Allen, a
prominent stockman of that section, with whom
he remained until 1896, in the fall of that year
entering the employ of Van L. Gilford, at his
ranch on Bear Creek, where he remained until
the following year. He then accepted a position
as general foreman of the P O ranch on Pole
Creek, Wyo., and remained there until the month
of July, 1900, when he resign'ed his position for
the purpose of disposing of a large band of
horses, in which he had become interested. Go-
ing then to the city of Cheyenne, he remained
there a short time, when he purchased his present
ranch on Middle Crow Creek, situated about
twenty-one miles west of Cheyenne, formerly
known as the Gilchrist ranch. It is a well-known
place in that section of country, and is beautifully
located amid the hills of Crow Creek, surrounded
by trees and mountains. Mr. Payton has ex-
tensive plans for the improvement of this place,
and fully intends to make it one of the best and
sightliest places in the state. He is now the
owner of over 4,200 acres of land, a large portion
.
893
nl which is well fenced ami irnpp \ > !. ami he
control* several thou-and
from the state. II i the
bnsii: d is niai
On D
M r. I '33 1' 'ii \va* uniieil in city
of ( 'hc\ einie. to Mis ' , a nati
tlu state of Wyi , the daughter of Al
ami Mar\ (Mi iss > ! 'erry, the Fi
nf Missouri, and the ! The i
. -11 tir-t came t' > the then terr
nf Wyoming in lS~<>. -ettlin,^ mi I l<>r-<- ('reek,
ami there en^a^itiL; in cattlcraisinij. Ilis fam-
ily subsequently jnineil liini in his new 1;
from which he afterward* removed t" I
where he continued ti i follow the same hn
with yrcat success until tSi^j. when lie di-;
(if his ranchc* and -tuck iiitere*!*. moved t" the
city of Cheyenne, and there purchased the
]>n>i>crty which has since become well K
a* I'erry's Inn. Mere lie has since cmid-:
a popular and *ucce*s|"nl lintel hu*ines*. Twn
children have come ti i the home nf Mr.
Mrs. I 'ayt»n, Kdwanl and Kdwciia. twins, who
are the joy and pride of the Payton hoii-ehnld.
I-'raternallv, Mr. I 'avion is affiliated with the
.Modern \\' linen of America; lioth he and hi.;
\\ife are actu f the Mcthodi-t Kpi*-
1 church, earnest in all \\ork of charity in
the community where the\ re*ide. roiitically.
Mr. I'aUon is id '< the Republican
. taking a pn
lie i* a pn (gressh e, enter]
\ ' <uir_; business man, sure ; • a prom
: in tin busi
i.I-K >R(i]-: II. PETERS* IN.
I'ln- just and officer of the lav,
li 11114 tune eili/en ' >f the \\ K'.in-
-. IJurlin^ton county. \e' on May
jS. iS.^S. hi* parent* In-ill.^ » h md \nn
1 and hoth ti. \'ew
|i rsey, the father tracini; hi n old
dan fainiK thai emigrated 1" Knijaiid
ceedin.L,' generation- coming to \imrica in Colon-
ial da\*. lieinij prominent |iarticipator* in the
event* leadini; up to the K> and also
1 olonial arm\. The mother's
n mentioned in I j land his-
family tradition connecting them with the
of the Mavilower. Her great-grandfa-
ther, I leimis. \\a* a *i ildii r
Intion. and rcpiv-eiitati\e* of In.th fan
•i the War of iSu. and thi ' "ivil
11 was both a farmer
and a blacksmith and was three times married.
.:rlv becoming; a convert t
the Mornioii church and accompanying it
herein* to \aiivoo. |H.. where the mother of
t iei ir-e died tin-
Smith was killed. Mr. lYtcrvii wa* the •
ie three children of his parent* and lie had
\ half-brothers and *i*ter~. 1 b aco.'inpan-
ied hi* father to I tali in the Mon
1X50 and received hi.* education in the scl
of Salt Lake ('ity. ( hi the wc*t\vanl jonnu-y he
drove four yokes of o\en all of tin- Inn;,' and \\a/.-
1 !•• earl) became a m itab
ii, the : ihe
I'luirch of the Latter I Jay Saints, and as an em-
i**ary of that faith vi*ited b'n-lan.l. Scotland.
Many, reniaininsj there tin
1869, id 1.^71. and making man\
b\ his zeal and indu-trimi., mtnistra'
-eat investigator, he \i*iteil on this
' the place* nf bi*toric fame in 'lie
Lun ipian countries, takiiiL; many note* f'-r fn-
nicnlarh examinini; the I-'n^lish
minster Abbe\ and other old i difu with
( Mi hi* return to
', in black*niithin- in Summit
coniiU. and later - nt *hef
.\loryaii \vliere h. ill d to
othei
and justice of tl
I Ie \\:is a fli llCi man al t '. ..ilville.
•radc
of Summit county. In iSSi he became .1
\ltn\. \V\n., and here conducted black-
the coiii|iaiiy until the clo*e ..f its
894
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
mining operations in iSiji. aciing 'luring this
il as ;i M-hi ml tnisicr Mini i ivaMirer. Remo\--
iii- to Evanston he there conducted tin- Riepcn
Hotel, n«i\v Hi >td Marx, fur t\u> years ami con-
tinued blacksmithing operations until 1900, \vhni
lie made his home in 1 iiamondville and became
thr blacksmith for the Diamond C'oal and Coke
Co., removing the next year, however, to Cum-
berland, to hold the same relation with the U.
P. Co. He was soon thereafter appointed jus-
tice of the peace, winning- in this office the approv-
al of the public by his correct and wise admin-
i-tntion of the law. An earnest and conscien-
tious member of the Mormon church, he carried
into practice their doctrine of plurality of wives,
and was the first man arrested in Wyoming un-
der the law against "unlawful cohabitation. '
Abiding, like a dutiful citizen, by the action of
the courts, he put away two of his three wives,
retaining the one pronounced his lawful wife,
yet continuing to support the others. He has
been the father of twenty-seven children, and
eighteen are now living. His first marriage was
to Miss Eliza Wild, a daughter of William and
Eliza Wild, natives of England, to whom he was
united at Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 17,
1860. His children are. George W., died in in-
fancy ; E. Sophronia, married Hiram Pringle of
Summit county. Utah; Alary E., married Robert
Sneddon, of Diamondville, Wyo. ; Charles H.,
a stockman of Star Valley, Wyo. ; Annie B.. wife
of Willard Keyes. station agent at Spring Val-
ley. Wyo. : Thomas D., who died in Utah ; Thom-
as D., who is working with his father ; T. Albert ;
Maud, died in Almy, Wyoming, aged nineteen
years ; Joseph E., deceased ; William, who was
killed when fourteen years old at No. 4 U. P.
mine at Almy, Wyo.; Jessie Y., of Diamond-
ville; James E., clerk of the U. P. at No. 2, Cum-
berland ; Elizabeth, wife of C. A. Beaver, of Salt
Lake City ; Dorothy, residing with her father ;
Violet, wife of Fritz Olsen, a stockman of Ev-
anston ; Martha. Julia, George and Sarah, all at
home ; another Elizabeth dying in infancy and
John F. in Coalville. Mr. Peterson has ever been
actuated by a high sense of duty, never failing
to properly respond to the calls of public neces-
Mt\ or of private benefaction, and he has a large
circle of friends who hold him in high regard,
his record being that of a useful and productive
citizen, who has steadily pursued the right as it
was given him to see the right. The follouing
incident will indicate, not only what Mr. Peter-
son had to experience in the early days, but what
was liable to occur to any of the brave pioneers.
In the spring of 1864, while he was riding from
Ogden. Utah, through the Weber Canyon, going
to his home in Morgan county, near the Devil's
Gate he was surrounded by a band of about
twenty-five Indian warriors. Having a pretty
good understanding of the Indian language Mr.
Peterson asked them what they were going to do
and their answer was that they were going to
kill him. As quick as a flash he drew a 44-caliber
Colt's navy revolver from under his coat and
"dropped it" on the Indian he took to be the
chief. This movement surprised the Indians so
much that they left an opening in the circle they
had formed around him, of which the mule he
was riding took advantage, and started through
it on a gallop up the canyon, in the midst of a
shower of bullets that went whizzing after him,
none, however, hitting him or his gallant rider,
although one bullet went through the rim of Mr.
Peterson's hat. He says that the idea of drawing
the gun on the chief came to him from reading
of a similar occurrence in the adventures of Kit
Carson in Old and New Mexico. In 1865 Mr.
Peterson had a hand-to-hand fight with a grizzly
bear, coming out best through the aid of a little
"possuming."
WILLIAM H. PEARCE.
One of the first settlers in Bighorn county,
and closely identified with its history from the
beginning, William H. Pearce, of near Cody,
supervisor of Yellowstone Forest Reserve, is well
entitled to specific mention in a record showing
the deeds and achievements of the progressive
men of Wyoming. He is a native of New York,
where he was born in October, 1850, the son of
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF
895
Tli«mas and Maria ( Kcllow ) Pearce,
li\ nativilv anil emigrant- to the United State-
early in their married life. He wa- reared and
edr.cati d in his native Mate, and, in 1X70. when
hi1 was twenty year-, old, he came r:ido,
and. locating at what i- nn\\ Rn-ita. in t "it-lcr
County, aided in the development of the mines
there and \\orked in them for a lime, tlun went
to '• alitornia < iiilch and dili^t nll\ prospected and
mined. al.-<> o inducting a meat luisine-- oi i|iiitc
an importance at that place with commendable
enterprise and ;_; ratifying profits. In iSSo he
came to Wyoming, stopping in the 1'iiidiorn 1
and for two years carried the mails between I .an
der and South I 'a-- ( 'ity. At the end ol thai p
rind oi time lie located on a ranch mi the Gre}
lUtll River, and thereupon be^an farming
ations and the raising of stock, which coml
enterprises he continued until July i-1. [902, \\hen
hi- -old his entire plant to the I 'help- Land >S;
C'attle I'd. ( )n the followin- < ictohcr I. he was
appointed supervisor of tlu- Yellowstone Forest
Reserve, and is actively and efticientb perform-
ing the duties of this important po.-itioii. In
fraternal relations. Mr. I Yam- hold- memberships
with tlie Freemasons, the Klks and the < >dd Fel
lows, lie wa- married in Fremont comity. \\ yo .
in March. iSSt). to Mis- Mary \. Beer, a natne
of Virginia. She shared hi- frontier life of priva
tion. danger and excitement, and is able to
quently recount, as he is. mam thrilling adven-
tures and interesting experience-, and to n
that they are forever past.
AI.M \ l'( 1RTFR.
The mention nf Mr. I'orti-r'- name and the
thought of hi- career recall- rlolmes's toucl
i. The Last Leaf, for he i- about the only
one of the real old-timer- ' >\ ihi- c< 'mil > K
tell the tale of the earl\ st nicies anil labor-,,
amusement- and plea-tire-, danger- and daring,
trial- and triumphs of a people, who have writ-
ten the record of their manliness and hero:
votion on the pa^e- ,.f theii country's hi-tor\
in letter- of imperi-hable ln-ter. They dared
everything, they endured everything, they accom-
ph-h. d i \ er\ tiling, in tlieir da\ and generation,
and their successors ha\< onl to ^' • forward in
the pathway which they bla/ed. inspired by their
high e\ani|)le and made comfortable hv the fruits
of their great achievements. Mr. 1'orter was
born on March 15. iS;.,. at Salt I ! . the
Robert II. and Mary A. i \\'illiam- i I '<>r-
ter. the father being a native of < 'anada. of Iri-h
ance-try. the mother born in Lnyland. Hi- fa-
ther was bronchi to "the states" 1>\ hi- parents
when he was yoimi;, and he j^rew to manh 1
tinder the benign inlluences of his adopted land,
imbibing the -pirit of lu-r peo|.li . entering with
zesl into the a-pirations and enterprises which
.'i-aued them. lie fought gallantly under her
tlajj in the .Mexican \\'ar. after its triumphant
close settling in C/alifornia. About iS^o he came
to I "tali. and. in due time thereafter he removed
to the Bear River country of Idaho, settling at
ihe old emigrant cros-iny of that hi-
where he en-.iued in ranchino. Two year-
ter ho-tile Indian- burned him nut. de-t roving
e\ erythiiiL;. and compelling him to mo\ e. II
the foundation of a new home on Yellow ("reek,
about five miles above where Fvanston now
-land--, oil the line of the \Velk- Far^o Exp
route, and there operated a toll-bridge for -Ix
years, l-'rom that point he removed to t . <alvil!e,
I "tali, ami for five year- conducted a ^ri-tmill
which he there built. The next four years b!'
]ia--ed at Almy. ill rnmiiiiL; the express bet
that to\\ n and Fvan-ton. and the next two fol-
lo\\iii^ years at Rawlhl- in ehar^e of a statue
line having headc|ii.ii tt r- at l\a\\lin-. lie finally
settled at i i-den. I "lab, where he died ill I SS 1 .
a.ufe<l tifiy-tive years. Hi- family consisted of
ei^lu children. -i\ of whom are living, and his
widow -till survives, making her lionu at i oke-
\ille. \\\o. lluir -mi, Alma, wa- educated in
\\\omin^. in both public and private -ch.-oK.
and he bewail life for liin ;in-ter in
this -tale. \lter a time he went into bn-iiu
1. bin continued the venture only for a
In 1X77 ! i .ii 1 \.m-loii, and. durins;- the
next lift- . made thai place hi- home or
S. |l .
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
headquarters. For ubont eight years lie rode the
range, the rest of the time he was variously en-
gaged in the eattle industry. Tn 1892 he re-
moved to Cokeville, where for two years he con-
ducted ranching- and raised stock. In 1897 he
charge of a timber outfit for Quealey &
Kemmerer, and conducted this, with headquar-
ters at Kemmerer fur a year. In 1899 he re-
turned ID Cokeville, started the livery business,
which he nov controls, and a little later, opened
lure which he now conducts in the town,
lie is also extensively interested in oil lands,
both at KDVM! and in various other parts of the
state. As has been noted, he is almost the only
real old-timer left in this section, and, as such
he has the lasting eMccm and high regard of his
fellows wherever he is known. On February 18,
1880. be married with Miss Emma Nelson, a na-
tive of St. Louis, Mo., a daughter of James and
Eliza Nelson, the mother being a native of Eng-
land. The Porter home is a resort for a host of
aditiiring friends and one of the social institutions
of the community.
HARVEY L. PERKINS.
The pioneers of the Northwest in the United
States were men of heroic mold, fitted by nature
for the arduous work of conquering a new do-
main and reducing it to subjection to the wants
of man. The country was full of wild beasts
and savage men; its climatic conditions were
unknown and uncontrollable ; the soil, though
fruitful, was given up to the wild luxuriance of
largely desert vegetation, and had never felt
the persuasive hand of systematic husbandry ;
the vast region was wholly unpeopled, save by
enemies of its daring invaders, and trackless,
except where the Indian or untamed animals
had made paths through its boundless expanse :
ease, security, all that civilization reckons among
the goods of life, were utterly wanting. Yet the
hardy pioneers boldly went forward into the
deepest recesses and challenged all its hostile
elements. They blazed the way for the oncom-
ing hosts of conquerors and builders, while they
wrote on the pages of enduring history new
chapters to the honor and glory of American
manhood. Among the number of these courage-
ous adventurers were Harvey L. Perkins, now
an esteemed citizen of Bighorn county in this
state, and his parents. Andrew and Jemima
( ^'hitsar) Perkins, natives of Tennessee and
Kentucky, who were among the first settlers in
Utah, coming to its borders in 1847. Their son,
Harvey, although at the time but twelve years
old, had the spirit and courage of a man, and
imbibed by instinct, as it were, the genius and
essence of the region in which they settled. They
came from Illinois, where they had been early
emigrants, and where, in 1835, their son, Har-
vey, was born. In his new home the facilities for
education in school were meager and primitive,
and he was obliged to call upon nature and ex-
perience for his teachings and preparations for
the battle of life which was before him. They
always have voices of wisdom and instruction
for those who are attuned to their utterance, and
from them he learned self-reliance, quickness of
perception, readiness in action and resolute en-
durance. Ten years after their arrival in Utah,
the family removed to California, and there the
young man engaged in mining until iSSi, then
changed his base of operations to Cassia county,
Idaho, where he located land and turned his at-
tention to raising stock and to farming. In 1888
he sold his Idaho interests and moved to Butte,
Montana, where for three years thereafter he
was busily occupied in contracting and freight-
ing, with that great mining camp as his head-
quarters. Tn 1891 he concluded to become again
a tiller of the soil and a stock-grower, and he
came to Wyoming and located land and bought
other tracts on the Grey Bull River, at the loca-
tion where he now lives. Since then he has main-
tained his residence in this part of the state, being
one of the most forceful and energetic factors in
its development. He owns 1,200 acres of excel-
lent land, having a pleasing diversity of alti-
tude and character, and runs a herd of 300 well-
bred cattle, a large nnumber of horses and about
6,000 sheep. For a man occupying so large and
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897
influential a place in n community, all of th.
lines of public life are "pen. therefore Mr.
kins has hail man) i >pp, nunitie- ti >
pie in nil, responsibility .mil im-
portance, but he has steadily r
tunities to enter politics, preferring to 1
onlv as a private citizen and to give hi- -npport
to all commendable n, advance-
men or improvement of the community wii
other impulse or consideration than tint invol
in promoting the general weal, He was married
in Utah in 1X54 to Miss El : native
of Missouri. The have six children now living :
Harvey I... Jr., Alice. John J., Tluldah. George
\V. I .. and I vie, wife of William ( '. :
Cody, who is mentioned at let:
of this volume. Mr. Perkins is rapidly approach-
ing the evening of his life, and he can enjo
tranquillity and peace with an increased
in the recol is of the trials he ha
dured and of the triumphs he has \\-on; with an
abiding- comfort in the sight of the civili
he- has helped to build in this country, and in
templating tli vii^or and productive
fulness of the valued public institutions he has
aided in Creating, , • and developing I]
midst; and with a constant enjoyment in know-
ing that he posse- -h place in tb
and contidener of his fellow men, which ha-- been
so richly bestowed and so faithfnlb earned.
Ml i RSEN.
Comfon ibty -tiled on his tine ranch of
acres dow land one and one-half
northwe-t of Lander, occupied with the stock
business. to which hi 1
urroniidrd b\ the people amon^ \vliom his
ptlbl', aVC been '-red.
'niancial triumphs W' • his
! -vements are well appi
••iniiigly
niits oi' hi- labor- thriving and I
all around him. It -;int\ ,
[daho, , 'n AtiiMt-t _>i . iS<>.
out on this \\orld of tuil. a son of Henry and
Alan i koiiLdnioct i I' the former a na-
tive of Xurw.ay and the latter of Switzerland,
whi> early left the a--ociation- of their nativity
in iXii_5. braving the heaving ocean in ami,
tion of larger opportunities and ampler freedom
in a new land, arriving on tin- -ide of the At-
lantic after an uneventful VO
-mi,' the plain- to I 'tali, soon thereafter.
0 Idaho, where the father
ged in farming and stockraising. although
miller by trade. In I SjS the family re-
1 \\ ith him \\lu-re he ili.
iSSi xty-eight. and his widow met d
in 19 : left live' children.
having died before their own
Ilenrv Petersen, die one of whom we
are more particularly writing. the pnb-
ng. tinisliing his scholastic
train1 the Xormal I'niversjty at Lincoln.
Xeb. A Her leaving school h,
in I • --red.
acquired land of hi- own, in [89
the nucleus of th, m which he >
and to which lie h aided until it now etn-
ii Itom land ir
portion of the -tale. Ib raises lior-e- and cattle,
endeavoring to pnulr hing but the be-t
of its kind. b\ this • cure
gratifying result- for himself, but aNo to im-
pr, ive the L;rade of -t. ick in hi-
My that in the Ion-,' run nothing civ
I le i- a substantial. cili-
on the thought and activ-
iti'-s -lifiil and
dening. < 'n nmr-
dan^hter
ley, of I dl natives of Xen ^'o••k.
Thi tie child, l-'l-ie.
O >!.. W, D. I'll
'
tile birth of
limited t
s,,s
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
tual power, or for any form of natural endow-
ment or acquired capacity among men. Nature
is in a careless of her brood, but she knows it
well; and, when a man is required for any given
work, it will be found that he has been provided
and prepared for it. Col. \V. D. Pickett was
born, and probably reared to manhood, without
any idea on the part of his parents, or within
himself, that he was to play a conspicuous and
important part in events of moment in American
history. And when a part of his career had
been accomplished, as little did he think, perhaps,
that his abilities and attainments were to be trans-
ferred to a new field of action, again to command
admiring attention amid the struggles and stren-
uous exertions of the western frontier, which
was then laboring over the birth of many mighty
states. He had been a gallant soldier in two
wars, bearing his part nobly in campaigns of
destruction ; he had also been actively engaged
in the domain of construction, bearing himself
with equal gallantry and efficiency in that. And
he had passed the meridian of life, living and
working in that part of the country in which
his childhood and youth were spent, no doubt
without thinking seriously of wandering far be-
yond its boundaries. Then from the great North-
west he heard the voice of Nature calling on
men everywhere to come and develop the stores
of wealth she was ready to open up for the ben-
efit of mankind, and he obeyed the call, coming
to Wyoming in 1879, an(l> at once, taking his
place among the forces at work in reducing the
wilderness to subjection and bringing forth from
the deeps of the earth the promised treasures.
Colonel Pickett is a native of northern Alabama,
born on October 2, 1827. His parents were
George V. and Courtney (Heron) Pickett, na-
tives of Virginia, and he was their youngest
child. When he was ten years old, they removed
the family to Kentucky, where the Colonel was
reared and educated. When he was nineteen he
enlisted as a volunteer for the Mexican War,
serving twelve months in Capt. Fitzhugh Lee's
regiment of Texas Rangers. He was then at-
tached to Captain Hay's regiment for the resi-
due of the war, at the close of which he returned
In Kentucky and entered professional life as a
civil engineer. From 1849 to J86o he was en-
gaged in making surveys for the construction of
railroads in Kentucky. Tennessee and Arkansas,
then, for a year or two, he was the chief engineer
in the department of construction for the Mem-
phis & Louisville Railroad. In 1861 he enlisted
as an engineer in the Confederate army, but was
soon after promoted to staff duty in the Western
Department, under Generals Johnston and Beau-
regard, being in active service throughout the
war and participating in many of the most no-
table battles of the awful contest, among them
those at Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Missionary Ridge
and all the engagements of the Atlanta cam-
paign, and having risen to the rank of colonel,
surrendering also with Johnston's army at the
close of the memorable struggle, and returning
to the practice of his profession. He immediate-
ly devoted himself again to the construction of
railroads, and from 1869 to 1873 was the chief
engineer for a leading railroad company. In the
year last named he resigned, determined to pass
some time in traveling and hunting in the West.
In the course of his trip he reached Montana in
1876, and Wyoming in 1879. For years he spent
his summers on the head waters of the Yellow-
stone, hunting and exploring. He is a noted
bear hunter, and has had many a thrilling en-
counter with his most desired game. In 1883 he
came to his present location, and there took up
land, on which he engaged in raising high-grade
cattle, thoroughbred Herefords being his spec-
ialty. He has 500 of these choice animals, which
are kept in prime condition, having an ample
range on his ranch of 1,000 acres of deeded and
5.000 acres of leased land. In 1900 he was ap-
pointed postmaster at Fourbear, a postoffice es-
tablished on his place for the convenience of
the people in the neighborhood. Colonel Pickett
has always taken a leading part in Democratic
politics, in Wyoming, as well as in distant states.
He has represented Fremont county twice in the
State Legislature, and. during his second term,
by prodigious effort and great tact upon his part
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF ll'YOMIXG.
he -ncceedcd in Bellini; a law pa— ed providing
for tlu en -alii ni nf I'.i-hnrn cnuntv. and, up' MI
it- organization, lu- \va- chn-cn State Si
from that enmity. of which he- wa- really the
father and creator, Hi- services in both b
of the I .e^i-latnrc were conspicin m- for value to
hi- people and fur general L; 1 to the -tate. He
brought to the perfnrinanee nf hi- dntie- a. wis-
dom ripened by a lon^ and a varied experi
al-o a knowledge of publie affair- -ained in
many department- of important public and pri-
vate duty. For year- he ha- been a member of
the state mitral committee of hi- party, a wheel-
in all it- campaigns. I Ie i- a membi I
mie nf the vice-presidents nf the r.ooni-t.'rnckctt
limiting l 'lub. nf N'ew York, nf which Prc-idcnt
lv "i-evelt is an active member. He has also ;
-iiK-e 1X53 a member of the American Society
of ( "ivil Knpncrrs. antedating in his membership
every member of the body but one who joined
when he did. In addition to these social
timi- lie holds a membership in the Sm-ictv < f
Political and Social Science of Philadelphia, and
also in the American Society for the Advance-
ment of Science, and takes a pmminrnt part in
thr proceeding- of each. If lineage cmmi -
ati^ht. and it always counts for much, even in
democratic America. Colonel Picket! i- entitled
t< hi- -upremacx amour, men bv virtue nf his
birth and ance-trv a- \\ell as b\ hi- -ntial
and acquired <|iialitir- of leadership. In the
train of the courtly, the cultivated, th.
ecus, thr lnudi -"iilrd kalri^h. hi- forefathers
' 3 hed \ ir.^inia : and through all •
(|iient history of that state, thr family name has
picili HI- in ci\-il and military annal
i niplil\ in-,, in every period and nndrr all
cnmstance-. whatever in American nianh 1 is
t in \\.ar and Me in p' n^ a
. ni'ivi'inellt. a hi •
an ornament !• until, on
July ,^. iS'i.'v at Gettysburg, Pa , one of it- rep-
itatives, a near relative of the \V\omint;
( 'olniirl. rai-ed th. namr to imprn-1
b\ placing thi I. i thr ( '. .iifni.
\\ ithiri the ( 'uion bin - after one . .1 the :
Derate and brilliant, yet mo-t mi for-
tunate charge- in the histnrv of battle-. And
the name ha- not -nt'fered in the • f the
family repre-cntative in \\"ynmin.ur. whether his
rd here be considered in bu-iiic-- or in -
. tried b\ prot\---ional or civil -tandard-. or
^•an^ed b\ -cholar-hip or b\ L,remiine manh'
GEl >RGE M. P' iRTER.
Sticces-ful in busine--. prominent and influ-
ential in the church, otecmed in social cii
and potential in public local affair-. I '.i shop
rge M. Porter <>f the ( 'luirch of the Latter
I >av Saints, presiding Ovi 'tto ward in
I'.iuhnrn coiint\. Wyoming, a pros])ernu- farmer
and -tockraiser. command- the and confi-
dence of the community in which he has lived
and labored, having to his' credit a good record
ne nf the pnir.Te--ivc men of \Yyominr;.
lie came to the -late in i Si j} from his native
I "tab. where he wa- born mi March 17. 1871,
whither his father. Alma Porter, came when lie
wa- nine years old. driving a four-yoke <>x-tcam
aero-- the plain- from Mis-miri. the -tate of his
nativity. In his new home the father was reared
and educated, and. from its hard condition- of
as a frontier country, by hi- unaided ei
hi \\ i .n a compel cure and ele
in the regard of hi- fellow men. and is
living annul", them now in the fnllne--
and honors .1- a patriarch in the Mormon church,
to \\hn-e faith he ua- an carl\ convert. In
and
Minerva I htcl. the mother of the
I'.i-hop. and -ettled at I 'orter\ ille in Morgan
comity, where their children were born. Ki-hop
r became an orphan In the di nh ..f h.is
mollier \\lieii he \\a- but t\\-
throuejlioiit hi- childb 1 and hi- \outh he ir
her care and innldini; influence. She \\ .
timable lady . born and !• .ir.d in I "tali. \
father \\ .1- an i arh ; . I'hi- it hap'
that In r son \\a- left much to him-clf in tb.
maiivc period id the manhood, for which
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
inherent qualities of excellence, developed and
trained by the exigencies of a. trying but service-
pi rience. He received a limited education
in the public schools, and, in 1893, became a resi-
dent D|" Wyoming, of which he has been a use-
ful i-iti/en fnnn that time. He settled in the
Mar Valley, on a homestead which he took up
in that region, there carried on a prosperous
stork and farming business until 1901, then
iut, and, coming to the vicinity of Otto, in
Bighorn county, bought sixty acres of well-im-
proved land and again engaged in farming and
in the raising of stock. In partnership associa-
tion with his brother, he owns 640 acres of land,
in addition to his home farm, and with this tract
they have ample range for their large herds of
well-bred cattle. The Bishop was married, in
Utah, in 1893, to Miss Loretta Chapin, a native
of that state. They have four children, Wilmer
Grace, Amy and Virgie. The affairs of the
church have prospered under the careful and ju-
dicious management of the Bishop, just as his
private interests have flourished, by reason of his
thrift, frugality and his skillful and well-directed
industry. In church relations, in social circles, in
business connections, he has established his right
to the good will and confidence of his neighbors
and fellow citizens, and to the rank of an enter-
prising, progressive and representative man.
THOMAS G. POWERS.
Prominent among the enterprising and suc-
cessful ranchers of Laramie county, Wyoming,
is the well-known and widely popular gentleman,
whose name furnishes the caption of this article.
Thomas Powers, the father of the one who is
the immediate topic of this review, was born in
Ireland, but, in 1840, when a lad of fourteen
years, came to the United States with an uncle
and settled in Henry county, Iowa, where he is
now living, being a large farmer and stockraiser,
for many years actively identified with the agri-
cultural and industrial history of his adopted
state as one of the enterprising and representa-
' tive citizens of the countv in which he resides.
In connection with agricultural pursuits, he was
engaged for many years in railroad construction,
but his principal business has been stockraising,
in which he has acquired an independent fortune.
He owns a large cattle ranch in the county of his
residence, and, although in his seventy-seventh
year, he is still hale and hearty, strong of body
and keen of intellect, capable of giving personal
attention to his business interests. Mary Mc-
Namara, the wife of Thomas Powers and mother
of the subject, was also a native of the Emerald
'Isle and came to the United States with her
parents when about sixteen years old. She is a
woman of beautiful moral character, possesses
the winning vivacity characteristic of her race,
and not a 'little of her husband's success is at-
tributable to her wise counsel and helpful cooper-
ation. Thomas G. Powers was born in Henry
county, Iowa, on February 10, 1863, and there
remained with his parents until the age of seven-
teen. He grew up familiar with the varied duties
of the farm, in the common schools acquiring a
knowledge of the branches constituting the pre-
scribed course. There comes a period in the
life of every youth when he becomes restive, im-
patient of home restraints, when he desires to
break from his moorings and to see something
of the world. This desire was developed in the
mind of Mr. Powers at an early age, but he did
nothing to gratify it until about the year 1880,
at which time he left the parental roof to seek
his fortune in the West. Reaching Wyoming,
he engaged to work on the range, and, during
the fourteen years following he devoted the
summer seasons to herding and the winter seas-
ons to freighting operations between Sidney and
the Black Hills. Mr. Powers spent nearly ten
years in the employ of the Pratt & Ferris Cattle
Co., during the greater part of which time he was
the superintendent of one of their large ranches.
He managed the business in his charge with
gratifying success, winning the unbounded confi-
dence of his employers, at the same time adding
to his knowledge and experience as a wide-
awake, enterprising stockman. In 1898 he re-
signed his position with Pratt & Ferris, and, pur-
PROGRESSIVE ME.\ OF ll'YOMIXG.
901
cliasing his present ranch of 420 acres, "iic mile
from Vaughn, \Yyi >., IK- there engaged in stock-
raising upon his own responsibility. At the
of this writing he has one of the finest am!
ini]>n>vol places of its size in the section of coun-
try where it is located, the land being admirably
situated for grazing purposes, with an abundance
of pure water for all stock which the ranch can
lily support, and an inexhaustible supply "t~
the richest grasses for which this part of the
\Ve.-t is noted. Mr. Powers has a large number
of fine cattle, sheep and horses, and the success
with which he has met since starting in business
for himself, easily entitles him to rank with the
leading -tockmen of the Vaughn district. He
is deeply interested in the development of the cat-
tle industry in his part of the state, and is con-
red as an authority on all matters relating
to stockraising, being a frequent contributor to
a number of the leading stock journals, both in
Wyoming and other states. He is a clear and
forcible writer, the master of an easy and grace-
ful style, and his ideas and practical suggest)
through the medium of the press, have given him
a wide publicity throughout the cattle districts
of the great West. He is. above all, a practical
man, and his articles have had the effect of very
materially influencing the cattle business in
ious ways, but invariably in the proper direc-
tion. .Mr. Powers po-,- • - an ;
and a pleasing personality and impresses all with
whom he comes, in contact as a gcntlem.
-n -at force of character, a natural leader of
He has a cultivated mind, and his 1< >\
ing has caused him to place in his ho
of the world's best literature, in addition to
\\liieb. be peruses carefully the leadiiv
pers of the day, keeping him- uglily in-
ed upon current events and upon po
i|llestioiis and issues engrossing the attention of
the people. The people of hi- ' n him
for In- sterling i|ualities of head and heart and
few men stand as high in ll and
respect of the public. Mr. Powers was married
in St. Joseph. Mo., • n March 17, [896, to Miss
Ahhie !•'.. ( 'bamberlin. < if \e\v Je;
ur of Jared and Laura (Chase) Chamberlin.
Two children have resulted from the ir
George De\vey and Laura M. Fraternally, Mr.
Powers holds membership with Clarinda L<
No. 109, Independent < >rder of Odd Fell
in which he has filled many important official
positions. Mrs. Powers is the postmistre-
Arthol and in UM ty has proven a •
Me and obliging official. Although en-
grossed in business affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Powers
never carry them into the atmosphere of the
domestic fireside. They have a home that is
comfortable in its appointments and restful.
There, environed by the tenderness of family.
and, for the time, shut from the busy world
without, they welcome their friends to a gen-
uine hospitality and an enjoyable entertainment.
WILMI >NT I. PORTER.
This popular ranchman comes of distin-
guished American ancestry, the family nan-
pearing high on the roll of the eminent men of
both the army and navy of the I'nited Stat.
all of its prominent wars, conspicn< upl.-s
being Rear-. \dmiral Porter and Gen. Fitxjohn
I'orter. \\bile. in the immediate fainilv of \Yil-
mont I. I'orter. his father. Robert 11. Porter, did
a bugler in the .Mexican
War evei ing with great ac
ability during the full hostilil
erl 11. Pi >n< r was bom in tb. state of New
in [821 1, and dii d in iS^s, at tb.
ei-ht years. \ fter thi \\'ar he went
b i < alifornia, where he \
'
isfaction Re-
moving to I 'tab in i 85.). lie tlu re carried on farm-
ing operations until iS(^. when he
miles
abo\ ton, \Y\"
\va- 1 and burned by h<
himself and fami1 driven OUl
trv. II
until i Six,, when, migrating :
be was tl iloyi d until 1.^73. in that
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1'h'OGRESSIYE MEN OF WYOMING.
r< turning to Evanston. His migrations contin-
ued, as in 1877 he was at Rawlins as the propri-
etor of a stage line, thereafter, in 1878, removing
again to Utah, where his death occurred on the
sixth of November of the same year. He was
an active, energetic man of high ideals, a de-
voted member of the ( 'liurch of the Latter Day
Saints, and won and retained the cordial friend-
ship of his neighbors. In New York state he
was married with Miss Mary A. Williams, an
estimable lady of English birth, who is now
residing on Hams Fork, Wyo., at the age of
seventy-two. Wilmont I. Porter, son of Robert
H. and Mary A. (Williams) Porter, was born
in Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 16, 1857,
and had the educational advantages afforded by
the primitive schools of the pioneer period. From
the age of twenty-two years he was for two years
located in one locality, then he became connect-
ed with railroading on the Union Pacific, main-
taining his headquarters at Evanston, Wyo.,
these duties employing him from 1884 to 1886,
inclusive. He then engaged in freighting oper-
ations for a short period of time, returning again
to the railroad service, later, in 1887, locating on
a homestead claim in townships 22 and 23, and
there devoted his individual attention to the rais-
ing of a superior strain of horses, in which profit-
able employment he still continues, being a good
citizen and. retaining the high regards of an ex-
tended acquaintanceship. He is a close observer
and reasoner, giving much thought and attention
to public affairs of a local nature as a member
of his political party and is also very influential
in his circle of friends. His paternal grandfa-
ther, Robert H. Porter, was a native of Ireland,
who, after a life of numerous changes and great
industry, departed this life at East Saginaw,
Mich., in 1898, at the age of seventy-six years.
JACOB PRICE.
Coming to Wyoming a pioneer of July 4.
1866, and living within the state almost all of the
time since that period of time, Jacob Price, of
Fremont county, Wyoming, the superintendent
and general manager of the Embar Cattle Co.,
has a history here, almost contemporaneous with
that of the state itself. When he first set foot
on this soil it was a part of the territory of Da-
kota, and, since that time, four mighty common-
wealths have been carved out of and segregated
from that territory, and, so rapidly has history
been made in this section of the world, that the
name of a political division, in daily use by one
generation, becomes that of another division to
the next. Mr. Price is a native of Missouri,
where he was born on August 17, 1843, his par-
ents, James and Elizabeth Price, being natives,
respectively, of Maryland and Missouri. In his
native state Mr. Price grew to manhood and
was educated at the public schools. In 1865 he
journeyed westward to Fort Leavenworth, and,
a year later, crossed the plains to Fort Bridger,
Wyo., as a wagonmaster with troops of the U.
S. government, the mission being to relieve the
garrison at the fort. From there he went to
Camp Douglas in 1867, and, in 1868, to the
Sweetwater mines at South Pass, returning soon
thereafter to Fort Bridger, where he again was
in the employ of the government. In 1869 he
went in charge of an ox train, crossing the wil-
derness site of Lander, this being the first train
of its kind ever driven over that land, and again
went back to Fort Bridger. There he continued
in the service of the U. S. government until 1872,
when he was married to Miss Margaret Lanigan,
a native of New York, and, locating on land near
by, he began the raising of stock. He continued
his enterprise there until 1879, when he came to
Fremont county and settled at Lander. The
next year he entered the employ of the Embar
Cattle Co. and made his home on Owl Creek,
near where he now lives, taking up land from
the government for the purpose. In 1894 he se-
cured an interest in the Embai Cattle Co. (an
incorporated institution), which he has increased
and magnified, until it is now of considerable
volume, and he is also the very capable superin-
tendent and general manager. This company
has done an enormous business, for, at one time,
it had fullv 25.000 cattle, its usual holding being
MEX or /JTO.U/.YI;.
903
abiiut 6,000, and all well-bred Here fords. The
ciinipany also runs and handles about I.OOO
horses, and, for the use of IN stock, owns and
occupies 3,000 acres of land, well chosen for its
purposes, affording excellent facilities for the
business. In addition to his interest in this >
pany, of which he is a director, and in its >t
.Mr. Trice has a fine herd of cattle of his o\vn.
together with mining claims of value and also
considerable -lock- in the First National I'.anl ol
Thermopolis, of which he is one of the directors.
Mis living- children are Elizabeth, wife of Ed-
ward Major. of Fremont county : ( 'lara B.,V
V. I', l-'unteiiey, of Ilighorn county; Annie T. ;
Robert ).; William ] . : < leorge Ii. ; while the de-
parted ones are Edward and Frank. When the
reason is sought, for the rapid growth and de-
velopment, and the substantial character of the
civil and political institutions of the Northwest-
ern states, it can easily lie found in the character
of the men who were their founders and build-
ers, men of heroic mold and heroic liber, capable
of stern endurance and gigantic effort, fertile
in resources and untiring in action, with broad
views of human rights and a clear conception
of the destiny of their eonntr\. And of ibis
is Mr. I'rice, a progressive, substantial citixeii.
R( H'.FRT RAF.
Robert Rae was born in I .anarkslnn •. Si
land, on September _' 1 . 1*74. and was one of the
family circle that accompanied his parents, Rob-
ert and P.arhara I Stewart I Rae. to Illinois in
1X75. his remembrance of the QCI in vi
however, not being very distinct. His childhood
and youth were passed in Illinois and Colorado,
in which states 1" received a solid i-dnc:ition in
the public schools and earl) bi identified
with coal mining, which hi- pursued for
years, later engaging in various o ns of
ter or less importance, until I vol. when IK
established his pr, -eiit lucrative business -|'
Frontier, and became a permanent resident of
the place. He is • '<r of \arioiis fraterni-
ties, notably thi Independent < >rdcr of < >dd Fel-
lows and the Improved Order of Red Men. while-
he is also connected with the Phoenix Indemnity
Co. The whole family stand- in a tine relai
-hip to society and is intimatcK associated with
numerous representatives of the county.
\KR All \M I-. RAGAN.
Among the leading representative- of the live
•stock industry in Laramie c< unity is the subject
of this -ketch. Abraham F. Ragan, who, as the
proprietor of one of the largest ranches in this
part of the state, has achieved such success as
attain. He is a nativi of Pennsylvair
-late that has furnished the nation with much
moral force and sinew, his birth occurring in
Westmoreland county, on March 3. iSno, the
-on of Philip and Sarah M. (Fleming) R;-.
both also natives of Pennsylvania. In 1866 the
father removed his family to Washington coun-
ty. Iowa, where he engaged in fanning until the
death of his wife, in iS<)<). since which time he
ha- heeii making his home with his son. Abra-
ham. Abraham F. Ragan lived under the paren-
tal roof until his seventeenth year and red
his educational discipline in the public -el
supplementing the knowledge thus acquired by
a COlir-e of private study. P.efore he was
eighteen, he began farming on his own account
in Iowa, and wa- thus ,, -.nil 1X77. at
which time hi- went to Nebraska, where be re-
mained until the following spring, thev
\\'\oining in the emploj of the I'. S. govern-
ment, making hi- headquarter- at Rawlins until
the autumn of iSSS. when he I
tiou and entered the einplo\ of a cattleman at
le the range in that vicin-
ity f,.r a i ic thoroughly
skilled in all the details of the live -lock hnsi-
In i Si n he h. iine-teaded the land upon
which the town of Guernsej -lands, and. after
holding it for live years, sold out i uern-
who afterwards plotted the site and pi
tin- lots on the market. This town had a vapid
and substantial growth, rapidly becomiin
important busini -- center. In iSoi Mr. R
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>GRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
took up a ranch on the Platte River, five miles .
tc. the northwest of Guernsey, carried on the
cattle business there until 1896, then purchased
his present place consisting of 3,000 acres located
sixteen miles northwest of the town. This ranch
i the best improved and most valuable,
as well as one of the largest, in the state. Its nat-
ural growth of herbage is dense and vigorous,
affording excellent pasturage for the large num-
ber of cattle and horses which Mr. Ragan ranges,
upon it. He is a stockman of experience and
close and intelligent observation, his influence
has been most helpful to the industry which en-
gages the capital and energy of so many leading
men, and his example is both an inspiration and
an ornament to the vocation. He is a gentleman
of courteous and obliging demeanor and thus far
in life his career has been one of signal useful-
ness. An example of high integrity, and of all
the graceful and pleasing amenities of civilized
society, he has the universal esteem of his fel-
low men, who honor him for his genuine personal
worth. He was married at Fort Laramie, Wyo.,
on October 15, 1883, to Miss Mary E. Peterson,
of Missouri, the daughter of Peter and Eliza
(Ray) Peterson, natives of New York. Mr.
Peterson, a tailor by trade, died in Utah on No-
vember 14, 1878, and was buried at Salt Lake
City, and his widow, who is still living, makes
her home with the family of Mr. Ragan, which
also embraces himself, his wife and one son,
Walter E., who was born on February 2, 1884.
In politics, Mr. Ragan is a pronounced Republi-
can, but not a bitter partisan, looking primarily
to the good of the community rather than the
success of any party.
P. A. RALLI.
One of the 'foremost stockmen of the state
of Wyoming, one who has had an interesting
and varied experience, is P. A. Ralli, the subject
of this brief sketch, whose address is now En-
campment, Wyoming. He is a native of Sussex,
England, although of Grecian parentage, hav-
ing his birth on September 13, 1856. He is the
son of A. A. and Wewra (Maurogardato) Ralli,
natives of Greece. His paternal grandfather, Al-
exander Ralli, was a native of Scio, Greece, and
was the governor of that province. He was ex-
ecuted by the Turks at the time of the great mas-
sacres in and around 1820, when some 20,000
Greeks were killed in cold blood by the "un-
speakable Turks." His father, the great-grand-
father of Ralli, had, in his day, also been mur-
dered by the Turks. At the time of the massa-
cre of 1820, some of the children of Governor
Ralli, among them being the father of the sub-
ject of this review, escaped from the country
and made their way to the city of Marseilles,
France, where relatives of the family were resid-
ing. The firm of Ralli Brothers had then large
mercantile and financial interests in Europe, and
maintained a branch house in the city of London,
England. The father, A. A. Ralli, was sent to
this branch concern, and there was given a posi-
tion. He remained in connection with this busi-
ness for many years, later becoming a partner
and a member of the firm. He continued to re-
side in the city of London until the close of his
life, and of his thirteen children, P. A. Ralli,
of this sketch, was the fourth son. He grew to
manhood in England, and attended the famous
school at Rugby, pursuing a thorough course of
study. After his graduation from that great
educational institution, he went abroad to study
the foreign languages and spent about one year
in visiting Greece and other countries of the
continent of Europe. He returned to England,
began the scientific study of agriculture and
farming at his own farm in Berkshire, pursued
his studies in this line for about two years, and
then spent about three years in actual farming op-
erations. At the end of that time he went to
the city of London, and secured a seat on the
stock exchange, in association with his father,
and continued in that business for about two
years, when his father died. Mr. Ralli then re-
tired from active business, gave his time to
yachting and pleasure and embarked on a trip
around the world in his yacht. When he arrived
at Quebec. Canada, he was persuaded to send
UVE.MEb OF
905
his yacht home, and t hunting part-.
on a trip tlirmigh the \ft-.-r
finishing this trip, he hail such pleasant me
ies of it that he thereafter acquired tin- habit of
annually coining t< > the \\'est for a coup:
months shooting. Kecoming interested in ranch-
nd -t"ckrai-ing. he finally purchased an in-
i in a ranch in southern \Yyoining. an.!,
in tSo i . lie 1« night the intere-i
thus becoming the sole owner of the prop
Since that time, he has passed more or K
time in \Vynming, giving his personal attention
tn his extensive stock interests, and has met with
conspicuous success in this enterprise. He is
the owner of one of the finest ranche- in the
state, having about 1,500 acres under irrigation,
gn '\ving great quantities of hay. which is all
consumed on the place by his stock, lie m
a specialty of Shorthorn and Hereford si'
and ]i -eel these breeds with great success.
He is the owner of some of the most valuable
animals in the western country, having on
the finest herds of the state. lie usually carries
about i ,000 head of cattle, selling his surplus
each year, and constantly improving his herd
in quality, rather than in numbers. In Febr
i So' i. Mr. Ralli was united in marriage to Mix
Broadbent, a native of England. They p
iderable portion of their time m Fngland.
\i-iting their ranch and other \V\oming pi
only at intervals. Mr. Ralli i- one of the
ivprcsentati\e eattlemeii of the western country,
and is held in high esteem h\ all classes of his
fellow citizens. He ha.- done much to develop
the n soura - of this secti m "of the stati
draw the attention of capital to the advantage*
of iii\-i--tment here, being a vain nvncr
of the commonwealth i 'f \\ ; oming.
ROI'.KRT R. \\Vlh (USER.
The great strength of America in her phe-
nomenal growth and progn--- ha- l»-en her rural
population. From the teeming am - of her Ixnind-
li -- domain havi O mi ;'• •• ' :i' \hich
\<,<\ '• gi\en her di-t inctii >n in i • 'nun, and
-upremacy in every line of human thought and
.ere peopled, their
res.tl' ' >ther
;uer, and the tide of emigration has
i we.-tward until it has en
the entire country, redeeming it from barbarism,
making it fruitful with the products of indn
it footstool for the Mo-t High, and
also a happy home for his children. To none
of the older state- is the great \Ye.-t more indebt-
ed for .supplies of sterling manhood and success-
ful enterprise than to Pennsylvania, from whence
the pro-permi-. progressive and repre-enta-
tive farmer, who i- the subject of these para-
graphs. Among the thrifty and substantial peo-
ple of York county, in that great state, he was
on April 17. 1*47. th 'f David and
Sarah (Duncan) Kawhon-er. also natives of the
Ke\ ate and well-to-do farmers of ;ts
fertile soil. \Yheii he was two years old, the
•its removed to Henderson county. 111., and
there followed their accustomed industry until
the death of the mother in tS'.i. The father
continued his agricultural operation- four
longer, and. in i Si .5. returned to York county,
I'.l.. and there passed the rest of If dying
ii, 1880- Their son, Robert, began his educa-
;n the -chool- of Illinois, finishing it. ho.v-
ever, in lYnn-\lvania. After leaving school he
both d at rail- until
lSi.S. when he removed to lo\\a and pa--ed two
farming, near Red n Mmm
olintv. and was then employed for a nr.
us kinds of public works, in the
.time mal i ral \ i-it- to hi- old ea
In. me. In 1878 he located in Washington coun-
ty. N'eb., and. after \\orking on a farm which
he there bought until the spring of 18711. he went
In the I'.l.ick Hill -glit advantage in min-
imong the throng which then tilled the new
•itinning his o|ieration- in that
section until l88.|. He then '
for him-elf, and, during tin three \ear- h.
lowed this husinc-s. he --fnl.
l-'roni 1887 until -ned in the i
Hills conntrx. then returned to In- farm i'
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
braska. which he sold in iS.,|, and passed the
next two years at lint Springs, S. I)., merchan-
dising there with water ;L> a commodity. In
July. i8()i>. he came in Wyoming, and settled on
his present ranch, on Canyon Springs Prairie,
where he has 'since resided, pmsecuted a profit-
ahle husiness in farming and raising stock, and
i.cca.-innally making a mining venture in the
I'.lack Hills, with more or les> success. He is a
|,ii.neer mi this prairie as he was also at Dead-
wind, and he has here given close and careful
attention to the development and improvement
of his excellent farm of 200 acres. On March
27, 1883, in York county, Pa., Air. Rawhouser
was united in marriage with Miss Laura Camp-
bell, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter
of ( leorge and Leah (Stokes) Campbell of that
state. Her father was a teacher and farmer,
one of the sturdy men who give character to a
community and trend to its civic and educational
forces. Mr. and Mrs. Rawhouser have six chil-
dren, George, David, Charley, Katie, Harry and
John. In fraternal relations Mr. Rawhouser be-
longs to the order of Freemasons, holding mem-
bership in a lodge at Central City, S. D., and
in politics he affiliates with the Republican party.
ABNER RICHARDSON.
A respected citizen of Albany county, and one
who has had a varied career, and is now engaged
in the hotel business at Tie Siding, Wyoming,
is Abner Richardson, the subject of this brief
review. Born in the year of 1839, he is a native
of the state of Virginia, and the son of John and
Lucinda (Ziger) Richardson, both natives of
that state. The father followed the business of
blacksmithing in the Old Dominion, who subse-
quently removed his residence to Tennessee,
where he continued in diligent operations in the
same occupation up to the time of his decease.
His son, Abner, of this sketch, grew to man's
estate in Virginia and received his early edu-
cation in the public schools of that state. In
1857, desiring to make his own way in the
world, he left his home and secured employment
in a tobacco factory in the southwestern portin:i
nt his native state, and continued in that pursuit
up to iSdi. Tn that year he answered to the
call of his state for troops to engage in the Civil
War, and enlisted in Co. A, Forty-second Vir-
ginia Infantry, ( '. S. A. He served continuously
from that time up to the time of his capture
at the battle of Spottsylvania, where he was
made a prisoner of war, and was later held in
confinement by the Union authorities until the
close of hostilities. During his term of service
in the Confederate army he served under the
command of Gen. Stonewall Jackson and par-
ticipated in the great Seven Days' battle on the
peninsula of Virginia, and also in the battles of
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Second Bull
Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania, where he \vas made a prisoner.
After the war he removed from his former resi-
dence in old Virginia to the town of Xewburg.
\V. Va. Subsequently he removed to the state of
< )hic> and still later to Hamlin, Mo. Here he es-
tablished his home for the long period of seven-
teen years, during which time he was engaged
in railroading. At the end of that time he dis-
posed of his property at Hamlin and removed his
residence to Wyoming, where he located at the
city of Laramie, continuing here in the railroad
business for a further period of sixteen years,
having been occupied in that pursuit for not less
than thirty-six years of his industrious life. At.
the expiration of that time he purchased a hotel
property at the town of Green River and en-
gaged in the hotel business for fourteen months,
when he removed rfo Tie Siding, where he has
continued in the same occupation until the pres-
ent writing, carrying on a successful and pros-
perous business and is popular with all classes
of people. In 1866, in the state of Missouri, he
was united in marriage with Miss Anna Dondley,
a native of Maryland, and the daughter of Wil-
liam Dondley, a respected citizen of Missouri,
who was engaged in both farming and railroad-
ing. In former years Mr. Dondley had held
an important construction contract on the great
Chesapeake & Ohio canal, and had borne a con-
MEX Ul;
sidcrable part of tin- labor of the i •. ,iistnicti( >n
of that ;;reat work. To Mr. and Mix. Richard-
.snii have been born three children, Lnic. Alii;
an<l Henrietta, all of \\hom are living. I'lu- fain
ily is aim m^- tin- most respected in il
• >f ilk' --tate and the head (if the housi is as pop
ular a man as he is a capable and i>ii]iiilar host
in the management ol his hotel business.
E. X. KIDKOTT.
This enterprising and successful citi/>
the ra]>idl\ pn i^n -ssiu^' city ot Lvanst< m. V
mini;, is a native nf "awav down Last," for he
was !» ,rn in Hancock county. Maine, in [846,
one of the ten children constituting the family
-if his parents, Xoah and Harriet i Sannders )
Ridenut. The Rideont famiK is one of New
I ii-land's earliest, several of the name holding
civil and military office during the Colonial and
Revolutionary eras, as well as in later days.
N'nah Kideont was horn in Vermont in iSn'j.
where his father, llenjamin. was also born, the
son of an early settler in the nndeveli >pcd forests
of that state. Learning the- stonecutter's trade.
Noah hecame a contractor and hnilder. acquiring
a lucal reputation by the character of lii- honest
work, and representing his town in the l.e^i-1.'
tnre of Vermont for a loiiij term of \ear>. llar-
riet (Sannders) Rideont. the motlier of our sub-
ject, was an exceptional woman. She not only
discharged faithfully all of the numerous duties
i housewife ot" her place and period, hut
reared her lan;c family in the fear of the I
'ar^ely of her time and means to lo-
calise of the gospel, bcine a devoted Christian.
She was IK irti at I '.neks;,, i . .itish
parentage, and died in iss..- five years.
< »nr \ew Knsjand people oi thi ' i.ilioii
believed most thorough!} in teaching even line
;> i: 1 trade in his \oiith. and this i^ood custom
was followed in the case of our snhject. who
serveil his time, and hecame an expert at hlack-
Smithing, in his native state, thus acquiring a
•ical knowledge, which e\ •• n \\ here he could
easil\ transiiinte into M-, .],!. Like many other
c..ur.e_;cous New Hn^lander-. .Mr. Ri'lidit \\ i~
early impressed with the advantages that a prac-
tical man like himself would enjoy in the de\<
incut of the ^nat \\est. and. at the au;i of twen-
ty-four years, turned his steps thitherward, mak-
ing his h- tive point one of tin- early min-
amps "i Montana, lie did not remain long
in the present Treasure state, lint \\eiit to
Lake City. 1 'tali, and then did profitable hlack-
sinithiiiL; for fifteen years, hcini^ prospered in his
undertakings, \\hich he C"iidncted with wise pru-
dence and persistent industry, the beautiful
ranch of (,;>n acres in Rich county. I 'tab. h.
owns, having been purchased and developed dur-
ing these years ,,f ],rospi-rniis activity. Later
ferriiiLT bis energies and home to Lvaiiston.
Wyo., he has here limit tip a reputation of a
skilled blacksmith, a bright practical man of
affairs in all directions and of a public spirited
citizen, who is prominently interested in all local
matters of public interest. In !<)<>_' he CUL;
in the livery business, which he is successfully
conducting in his admirable business manner. In
iX;-ij was. celebrated the marriage union of Mr.
Ridiotit and Miss. Mary Taylor, a native ->f
and a daughter of Harry and Mary Taylor, nil
of I 'tali. The family of'.Mr. and Mrs. Rideont
consists of three children. Lva. Lvcrctt and Au-
i;u>tine. In the manifold and brainy soiir<-
the dcvclopim-nt of this ucw land of the West.
none have labored to a more consistent <>r a more
valuable return to the communitx than has this
(|iiiet. industri. nis "vil :th."
CHARL1 S I kll-.TX.
\inniii,' the successful -lockmen C-f
niie counu . \\'\.>miiv-;. \\lm. tbronuh their
own efforts and industry, are on the fair road
to prosperiu and to substantial fortune, is
( harles | . Kii-t,'. the subject of this ~kitch. \\\\->
is a native of the count\ of \\'an|iaca. \Yiso
he having been born there mi Septcmhci
the s,,n of William and Catherine
Kiel/, both 11 i inanv . who ctni:. •
to \merica many years ago, and were amonL: tile
'GRESSWE MEN OF WYOMI
earliest settlers of Waupaca county, liere his
father engaged in fanning, \\hich he continued
[lov\ up t" the time of his demise, which
occurred in .March, [898. He uas laid away
for his final sleep in the city of Weyauwega, in
the state of Wisconsi'n. The mother is still living
and now makes her home at her ranch on Cotton-
wood Creek, north of \Vheatland, Wyo., where
she is successfully engaged in the stock business.
Her son, Charles F. Rietz, received his early
education in the public schools of Waupaca coun-
tv, Wis.. and remained at the family home until
1885. In that year, desiring to' engage in busi-
ness on his own account, and to make his fortune
in the country farther west, he left his home in
Waupaca county, and, in company with his
mother, came to the then territory of Wyoming,
where they took up land on Cottonwood Creek,
about fifteen miles from the town of Wheatland,
r.i'd engaged in the business of raising live stock.
They met with success in their new venture and
continued in association in this line until 1895,
when Mr. Rietz purchased his present ranch
property, situated on the Laramie River, about
fourteen miles from Wheatland, and there con-
tinued in the same business. By hard work,
careful attention to business and good business
judgment, he is building up a prosperous busi-
ness, his operations growing more extensive from
year to year, and he is destined to become one of
the solid and substantial business men of the
community. On August 27, 1895, Mr. Rietz was
united in the holy bonds of matrimony, at Chey-
enne. Wyo., with Miss Minnie A. Griffen, a
native of Missouri, and a daughter of Charles D.
and Ellen (Jamieson) Griffen. also natives of
the same state. The parents of Mrs. Rietz re-
moved their residence from Missouri to Wyo-
ming in 1885 and now are esteemed citizens and
residents of Wheatland. Mr. and Mrs. Rietz
have two children, Charles A. and an infant who,
at this writing, has not been christened. Mrs.
Rietz is a devout member of the Roman Catholic
church, taking a deep interest in all works of
religion and charity. Fraternally, Mr. Rietz is
affiliated with the Order of Woodmen of the
World, being a member of the lodge at Wheat-
land. He is a stanch member of the Republican
. and in all matters which affect the public
welfare takes an active and prominent part. He
is a progressive and public spirited citizen, loyal
to his political party and friends, but has never
sought or desired office for himself, preferring to
devote his entire time and attention to the man-
agement of his private business. In this he has
been very successful, and now is the owner of
520 acres of land, well fenced and improved,
and with large herds of stock. His thrift, integ-
rity and other sterling traits of character, have
earned for him the high opinion and esteem cf
all who have been associated with him.
AUGUSTUS L. RIPLEY.
Owning, and for years operating, a large and
productive ranch on the Belle Fourche, at the
very base of the Devil's Tower, one of those nat-
ural phenomena found in various places, which,
seemingly "the wizard Time has reared to count
his ages by," Augustus L. Ripley, now the popu-
lar, widely known and highly esteemed boniface
and liverymen of Sundance, Wyo., has had im-
pressive lessons of the bounty of nature and her
mighty power. His ranch is one of the most
desirable and fruitful in that section of the state,
generously supporting his large herds of su-
perior cattle. The lofty tower under whose shad-
ow the ranch lies in its peaceful beauty, is one
of the most interesting natural objects to be seen
within a range of many miles, even in a coun-
try where the scenery is everywhere full of the
picturesque and the sublime. This tower is a
gigantic column of granite rising to a height of
1,280 feet from the river bank 800 feet from the
water's edge. Until 1896 the foot of man had
never scaled its shaggy and precipitous side- or
rested on its inhospitable summit, but, in that
year, Mr. Ripley 's son, Willard, and his friend,
William B. Rogers, climbed to the top of the tow-
er, being the first white men ever to make the
ascent. They occupied seven weeks in the expe-
dition, and their preparations for it, making lad-
PR( WYOMING.
909
ders and other appliances ami a
leal. Thi peak is now a j^rcat rc-ort
ists. Iv '' ! i '. Riplev tlu- bl
of Virginia mingle- with that of the hardy ami
rc-i iiirccful peo] ih T,
J. nathan Riple\ , bcin^ a natiu
ii, beli mg 'lineiit in the
• 'lonial t:
mother, er-t Nancy Frost, having IHVU born
I in I'crry county, .Maine. wlur<
on June 7. 1.^7. The father was a ship-
builder and linnherinan in .Maine, who, in 1854.
removed hi.- family to Wisconsin, settling in
(.rand Rapids, lib ging in the lumlier in-
dii-try until his death in |8<><>. Hi- \\idow Mtr-
d until iS7S. when she died and « •
at \\"ar-aw. .Minn., tli of her la-t hi
Mr. Ripley was principally eduraU-d at '
Maine, and removed with his parents t» ' iraml
Rapids when he wa- seventeen years old, making
his home with them in that city and a-si-tin
father in the business. In 1850 lie started a lum-
ber business of hi- own at Grand Rapid-.
ducting it with success and > lumc
until 1.^75, finding food for it all over the In
territory of tin- state, and establishing mill- in
various place-. In 1*75 he relinquished this
business and removed to Cl;
there purchasing land and enga^in^ in farming
until 1879. In the autumn of iS;-.
the I '.lack 1 lill- and thei< vni'll
for a uar. The next -prin- h to Wyo-
ming, and, settling in •' his
family CM land ni '.. \\heiv.
after a few moiilh-' ab-ence in tli i lills,
he bewail the rai-iiiL; of cattli
rprise then for • • In i^.i 1
moved to the ranch ! IK on ihe I'.i'lle
l-'oiirclie. and here continued hi- st
until April, iSi^t, wlu-n he turned its m.i
nieiit over to |]j, son, Willard, and removed with
lii- wife to ^midance. bought the Sundance hotel
and a li\vr\ busir < aciivr in the
mana-emenl of them -ince thai time. In i o •_•
lie boiiLjht another liver\ bn-in. •-- in Smii:
and ha- combiin d the l\\o inli • and act-
ive indu-t kind in the \-
0 his ranch on the liellc I'ourche.
ssi iitri River, sixty
indance, mi which IK - his
[n politics Mr. Rip Re-
. with the party from
first vote for Lin-
:inie he ran for 1're-idei.: .
h. the - of ihe
He takes a leading hit
•cal affair-, ahhou.u'h aver-i. to ]iub'
and [889. ''n April iS. [£ Grand Rapids,
\\'i-.. he \\as married t>> Mi-- I'lioeb a na-
f \'e\v ^'o^k. and a daughter of Henry aivl
Sarah i \ r- i Jeiil
state,
• ried mi a lumber business until
i Sii<>. and then farmed in \Vaync county, I
iii- death in lr!i)_'. Since that time the moth-
er ha- made her home with her smi in \\Vb-t r
The Ripley- liave om- child, their
Willard A. Mr. Ripley is
•i^ number-hip in a Iml^e located at Speii-
! :- universal!'
• 'lie ' if tlii be-l kiK >wn men :mty.
l-RI-.I) Ri (BERTS.
Fred Robert-, die of tb MI! and j
::u n i .! 'Hilly . li\ HIL;
\ il!e, \\ \oiniiiL;.
!i V'. i Siii. the -mi 'nl Sarah
nan i Robert-, al-o native- of Kn^laml.
\\hefe tli . familie- had lived frmii
I In f.nlu r \\-a- an indii-tri-
nd came to he
1 'nited S 'li hi- f.nniK \vlien his -mi.
;iti \ollliu. Tbe\ -ettled ill New
il living.
r famib n childi-
v. lio like tlii
•:iblic -cb
Iween tile tenil-
lintil lii
9 io
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYUM1\(,.
and then, in iSSj. came to the West ami followed
sheephenling fnr three years. In 1887 he came
to the part of Wyoming where he is now a resi-
dent, and attain engaged in herding and in range-
riding- for others. In 1891 he began the sheep
industry for himself, and since then he has great-
ly expanded his business and is running two
hands of high-grade sheep of considerable value.
lie has been prudent and thrifty and has accu-
mulated an agreeable and comfortable supply
of this world's goods, owning now a pleasant
In mie at Cokeville and other property besides his
tliH-ks. He belongs to the Woodmen of the
\\ i-rld and takes an earnest interest in the affairs
of his lodge. He was married, in this county,
in December, 1887, to Miss Lizzie Wallace, a
native of Missouri, whose parents, William and
Lizzie Wallace, came to Wyoming a number of
years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Robert have three
children, Bessie, Goldie and Lewis. Mr. Rob-
erts' career is a good illustration of what indus-
try, shrewdness and close attention to business
will do for a man in this great western country.
JOHN LUMAX.
From both shores of the Potomac, the ma-
jestic river which was made classic by the displays
of American valor which ensanguined it during
our Civil War came the ancestry of John Luman,
one of the prominent stockmen and representative
citizens of Bighorn count}-, Wyoming, living
near Hyattville, who was born in Ohio in 1838.
His father. James Luman, was a native of Mary-
land, and his mother, whose maiden name was
Martha Ankrum, of Virginia. They became resi-
dents of Ohio soon after their marriage, and,
when their son. John, was four years of age,
moved to Virginia, wlure they lived until 1854.
when they came west to Douglas comity. Kan.,
and there engaged in farming. In i85<j, when
he had just reached -his majority, he came to Wyo
ming and for two years was in the employ of
Judge W. A. Carter. At the end of that time
he went to Xorth Platte, Neb., and secured em-
ployment as a hunter for the Overland Stage Co.,
rncler Hen Holliday. After a service of Mime
length in this capacity, he went to the niino of
Colorado, where he remained until iS(>j. and
then came to Wyoming again, locating at Fort
Fetterman. He engaged in freighting in that
neighborhood and hauled the first load of wo ><1
drawn to the fort. From there, after freight-
ing for a number of years, he went to South
Pass, where, he continued that occupation for a
time, then went to Laramie, where he carried
on a livery business for several years, after which
he removed to Colorado, and there conducted a
stock business until 1872, when he returned to
Laramie, remained until 1880, then returned to
Lander, and later came to the Bighorn basin and
wintered on the Bighorn River, near the Hot
Springs. Looking about for a desirable tract of
land for a permanent residence and as a basis
for an extensive stock industry, he selected his
present location, here took up land and added
more by purchase, until he has i.ooo acres. This
estate is well located, has a serviceable variety
of altitude, is well watered, and has been so im-
proved that is now considered one of the most
desirable ranches in the state. His well-kept herd
numbers about 700 fine cattle and the brand has
a high rank in the market. He also has valuable
property in Basin and elsewhere in the state. Mr.
Luman is an enterprising and public spirited cit-
izen, earnestly interested in the welfare of the
county, helpful in every project designed to pro-
mote it. He was one of the organizers of the Big-
horn Count}- Bank, and from its organization he
has been one of its directors. Fraternally he is
connected with the Order of Freemasons. At
Laramie, in 1872, he was married to Miss Susan
Besnette. They have one child, their daughter.
Flora, now Mrs. William Reynolds. In his LUIL;
life in the Northwest and in the variety of hazard-
ous occupations in which he has been engaged,
Mr. Luman has necessarily been in many danger-
ous and difficult situations; he has fought wild
beasts and savage men, confronted the lawlos
element of humanity with a determined and suc-
cessful resistance, and on his person bears the
marks of his conflicts. One of these, which re-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF
911
calls a very narrow escape lu had from a violent
death, is a scar received in a hand-to-han. I con
Jlict with a s^rixxly hear. He ha- suffered also
the \vrath of the elements and braxed in -afct\
many a storm, which involved fatal consequences
to others. \\ hose energies fail' • !
K< (SWELL I). R( >m\S< IN.
This wide-awake and up-to-date merchant at
Uva, Laramie county. Wyoming, also an .
penter and hotelkeeper, was born in Exeter. Ot-
sego count\. X. Y., on Ma\ i^. iS_|o. a son of
Hiram and Adeline (Chapejl) Rohinson. natives
of the sainr state, whose ancestors settled there
prior to the Revolution, and in which simple
they took an active and gallant part. Hiram
Rollins, in, father of Roswt 11 1 >.. was a very prom-
inent farmer in (_'henani;o comity, X. V.. and
uasalso a trader in li\< stock and produce. He
there losl his wife h\ death, in November, 1X5^.
and there, also, hi- own death occurred, in < !'
tober, is*.}. i;.,th were lu-hh respected 1'eople,
beloved in their community, and were recogn
as representatives of the better class of ih.
dents in tlie town and county and section of the
-tale. Roswell D. Robinson, it will be seen, was
but fourteen year- of age when hi- father died.
He then went to live with a brother in Chemulpo
county. X. Y., assisted him on the farm, and
attendees the common .school-. \t the :i^>- of
twenty years he be^an the businc-s of life on hi-
o\\ n account, as a carpenter, having learned tin-
trade from his brother, when living with him in
Chenango county. Hut hi ned fanning
with his uncle, \. I'.. Robin-on. aducted a
produce store in Greene, ( ' county, and
:; lar:;e farms in the \icinit\. and
until he was twent\ nine years old. Roswell \t.
lined in that >:ntr\. chiclly
in hi- uncle'- employ. In i S-s ii to Law-
rence COUl . for ilu- ben, -MI of his health,
which constarjl labor and a sonn-\\hat inclement
climate hail impair, d. He 1 ' in that
about enl to Coli irado
Spring-. ( j Jo., which ,, 1M 5, , !„ neticiallv
that he \\a- soon enabled to resume the active
duties of life. For t\\o year- lie carried on a
irket, ami then reen^au;ed in carpentry.
In iSS_> he removed lo Fort ( 'ollins, where he
\\orked at his trade for four year.-, and in Xo-
vcmhcr. iSSii. came to \Yhcatland. where he
\\orked a- a carpenter for the \\'\omin^ IX-vel..p-
uient Co. for eighteen month.-. In I SSS he came
to I'va. and followed his trade for about three
\ear-. and, in iSoi. embarked in hoK-bkccpin^.
buxiiiL: hi- present buildings the following \ear.
This bii.sini-.ss lie foll,,\\i-d \\ ith success until 1*05.
beiiiL; an affable and obli^-inj;- gentleman, well
tilted for the dntie- of a landlord. < >n closing
.'in his hotel bu-iness. Mr. Robinson opened a
merchandising business in the same building, in
which he has met witli the usual succe-s which
.ill of his business transactions. He
was united in marriage, in November, (869, in
ne, \. "N".. with Mi-- Harriet Rogers, a na-
live of Xew N'ork and a daughter of Haniel Ro;^-
ind hi- uife. of the -ame state. Mr. and
Mrs. Robiu-oll have been blessed with "lie child.
Laura, who. married \\itli Frank \Yilcy. lives in
.in-o county. X. V.. her husband bein-- a
merchant. Mis- Harriet (Rogers) Robinson
-.il'ed a\\ay from life in Xovcinher. 1X74.
and her remain- were interred in ( ireene. X. Y.
Mr. Rohiii-ou chose for hi- second wife Miss
T.i/xie Archer, of Fort ('ollin-. Tolo., with \\liom
he married on December (>. iSSi. This lady is a
native of England, a daughter of fames and Anne
(Stur-eoui \rcher. who America in
i*)'). with their family, and first located in Xew
York stale, \\lure the father followed fanning
during thi der of his life. To R. IV and
l.i/xie i \rcheri Robinson has heen Imrn
child. Ho\\ard I ).. \\lio tirst sa\\ the liijit at l-'ort
Collins, on Ma- S. i SS v Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
inson are consistent memln r- of ih,- Methodist
F.pisc. .pal church, !•:• ibinsi in i- a member
of \\heatlaud Lodge, \. F. \ \. M. Mr. Rob-
inson has larure inlen--l- in iron and copper mines
in the I lariville i list rid and x«\<\ mines on I '
• • valuable as
-led, him to close up hi- mercantile ai
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
and to devote his entire am-mion to his mining
interests, as his gold claim on Douglas Creek ad-
one of tlu> mosl productive mines of that
Hi and promise ^rand results. Air. Rob-
inson is a man of excellent business talent, and
is. moreover, a useful and valuable citizen, be-
ing full of energy and "go-aheadativeness." He
is universally respected fur his integrity, and few
men in Laramie county stand higher.
WILLIAM ROBINSON.
Having come to the West, at the age of eigh-
teen, from his Ohio home, and, having his sub-
sequent life in this part of the country, always
on the frontier. William Robinson, of Bighorn
county. Wyoming, has seen every phase of the
pioneer's experience and is to-day one of the best
types of the class, being in tastes, aspirations, de-
velopment and record, a real pioneer. In 1832,
in Ohio, one of the rich states of the eastern Mis-
sissippi Valley, renowned in all our post-Revolu-
tionary history for its rapid progress and great
benefactions to the hosts of her early settlers, and
latrr residents, his eventful life began. His par-
ents were John and Mary (Hunter) Robinson,
also natives of Ohio, who passed the whole of
their lives within its border, engaged in prosper-
ous farming on its rich and fruitful soil. There
William Robinson acquired a common-school edu-
cation, remaining at the parental home until he
was eighteen years old. He then came to Ne-
braska, and. in that state, built the first house
erected on Wood River. Nine years later he
crossed the plains to California and joined the
army of miners who were then demanding of our
mother earth the surrender of her buried treas-
ures. Three years he was engaged in mining,
then went to Nevada and, during the nine years
following, was occupied in mining' there and in
Idaho and in freighting from Umatilla Landing,
Ore. In 1871 he came to Wyoming, and, locat-
ing on the Laramie plains, carried on a thriv-
ing business in raising stock until 1875, when
he sold out and went to New Mexico, where he
passed two years. In 1877 he returned to this
state, settled in the Powder River countrv and
engaged in hunting and trapping, also in acting
as a guide for parties of tourists through that ro-
mantic and picturesque country. Eight years
were spent in these occupations, and then, in 1885,
he removed io the Bighorn basin, located a tract
of land on Spring Creek, and again engaged in
stockraising. He found the business profitable
and congenial, and continued it in this region un-
nntil :8g8, when he sold out, and, in partnership
with George McDonald, with whom he is still as-
soeiated. bought the ranch on which he now lives.
The partners have 800 acres of the best land in
the basin, and conduct one of the flourishing and
well-managed stock industries of this part if
the county. The}- have a commodious and com-
fortable residence on the ranch, and have also
provided well in the matter of building and other
conveniences for their herds of fine cattle. After
years of wandering and adventure, being engaged
in various occupations in a number of places al-
together different in character, having seen life
in many phases of both ease and privation, safety
and danger, Mr. Robinson now finds himself com-
fortably settled for the residue of his earthly ex-
istence on a farm of sufficient size to give him
plenty of occupation and which is productive
enough to make a sure return for his labors, con-
tent with his peaceful engagements, surrounded
by th,e advantages of a well-established and pro-
gressive civilization and safely moored in the
harbor of a general public esteem.
WILLIAM D. ROONEY.
Young, energetic, ambitious, straightforward,
independent and systematic, with a good store of
the self-reliance and resourcefulness born of ne-
cessity and cultivated in the face of actual diffi-
culties, William D. Rooney, of the Wildcat Creek-
region of Crook county. Wyoming, is justly en-
titled to the high place he holds in the regard
of his fellows as a progressive ranchman and cat-
tlegrower. an influential citizen and a capable and
successful business man. And, whatever he is as
a leading man and productive force in the com-
munity, he is all the result of his own natural en-
dowments, brought out and trained bv circum-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF
stances. He was born on October 29, iS7[. in
J'liilTalo county. Xeh.. and when lie was three
\ears old his father died, leaving liini to the care
and nurture of an excellent mother, who had.
however, hut slender resources fur rearing
family. His parents were Dennis and Margaret
(O'Connor) Rooney, natives of Ireland, who
came to America soon after reaching years of
maturity and settled in Wisconsin. In 1865 the)
removed to Nebraska, and. finding an agreeable
loeation near Fort McPhervn. ilir\ there "stuck
their stake" and engaged in raising cattle. They
were amony the first settlers in the neighborhood,
where they remained until the death of the father,
in 1*74. Two years later the widow removed
her family to Sidne\. Neb., and there made her
home. What opportunities for attiiidiiK; -di. ml
her son. William, had were ]>tVM-nted to him
here and at Crawford, in the same state. At the
a.^v of eleven years he be^an riding the ran
: cowboy, and he continued to serve a number
nf the large outfits in this capacity for yea-
tin I'latte River in western Nebraska and <
min;;. mastering the business in every detail,
having in his experience many thrilling adveii-
. narrow escapes and tests of his c< mra-.
endurance. His permanent residence in Wyo-
ming be^an in tSS6. Three \enrs later he be^au
a tw'i years' service «i ran.^e-ridin^ in Johnson
Lty, and. in 1891, he settled ill Crook county,
where fur ten years he worked fur the Western
Union Beef Co. In November. 1901, '
his present ranch on Wildcat ('reek, thirty-three
miles n< irth i if Gillette. He th
abandon the life of an old-tim . 103 and lie-
came, as far as he could, a representative and
essful cattleman. hi this aspiration h,
Found 'enial 1'ield for his energy and •
bilii: laynitndc and
high character and has enlarged and intensified
his hi .Id , ,11 thi .md regard of th. pe. i-
i I. [901, at i lillette, V
Mr. Roori united in marriage- with .Miss
ligh-
ter ol or) I'.r. .\\ u. na-
tives of Indiana and Xehraska. I I < r Ei
i railroad man until iS^d. \\lien lie took np
a homestead in Sunnier counu. Kan., and there
died in i sSi i. Mr. Roone) i- a Republican in
jiolities. and. while firm in his party allegi.
is m '! either an offici in of the
kind that would forewarn general ^ 1 for his
inunity for the sak'e of a party advantai
\\'ll 1.1 \ M K( >\\ 1. \\!)S.
The of this sketch. William l\"\v-
. now deceased, \\as one of the earlier
of thi tei ril n j < >f \\'\i unin.u'. having
e to the c-ity of t'he\enne in iSdj. He was
a native of Talcof. \\~ales. and a son of Thomas
and Man, Rowlands, natives of t'1 '-nn-
try. Ilis father followed the occupation of farm-
ing in Wales. :md contiinu'd in that pnr-
• tin time of his death. The subject of this
h L;TCW to manh 1 and received his early
ation in the schi ols of his uati\ .• country, and
emigrated to America in the early ti \fter
lining in the eastern states for a number of
years, with varying success, he removed bis resi-
dence to : thi' early da\
territory of ( 'olorado. Her. h -iosi-
tii MI on thi polid [oro : city in iSd^, and
was continued in that position for four years. In
1X07. he removed from llenvir In the city of
i ln-\enne. \\heiv he . mie a menib'
the police Force. After ser\inu;' in this cap
for a short time, he received an appointment as
cil\ marshal of ( 'heyenne. \\hich position 1:
cupied with . : imself and \\ il '-lion
to the citizens. Subse(|uenlly he was elected t"
the i il'lic. of 1 I-l 111 peace, ill I'heVelllH.
and served the public in thai for two
In 1X7^ he came to the \icinit\ of tin
nt Incati' in i if Pii . and took up
h which he !oii!_; subsequent!) occupied, and
which is i Ki i\\ lands, his
•\\ . llere h n the
\\ hich he continued up to the
of ln's decease, \\hich occurred in
ng ih. later years life, he had r
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
aci|uircd a competency, and spent a considerable
portion of his time in travel. At the time of
his death, he was temporarily residing in Denver,
( blo., hni lie was hnried iii the city of Cheyenne.
\V\o.. the scene of his tarlv political and husiness
activity. < »n August 19, iS<>-!. at Denver. Colo.,
he was united in marriage with Miss Kate
( I'Koiirke. a native of Ireland, the daughter of
lohn and .Mary (Dillon) ( >'l\ourke, both natives
of that country. The father of Mrs. Rowlands
followed the occupation of farming in his native
country, and continued there in that pursuit up
to the time of his decease. In 1853. in the com-
pany of friends and relatives, Airs. Rowlands
left the home of her childhood in Ireland and
emigrated to America. .Arriving here in the
month of December, of that year, she remained
for a time in the city of Brooklyn, subsequently
removing to Chicago, 111. Still later, she visited
the city of St. Louis. Mo., where relatives re-
sided, thence removed to the city of Denver, ar-
riving there in 1860. That city was then a fron-
tier town and the surrounding country was in
an unsettled condition. She engaged in the busi-
ness of raising cattle in that vicinity, however,
and continued in that employment up to the time
of her marriage with Mr. Rowlands, in 1862.
To their union two children were born. George
A. and Mary Jane, both of whom died in infancy
and were buried in Denver. Two nephews of
Mrs. Rowlands reside with her at her ranch on
Muddy Creek, about seven miles southwest of
Pine Bluffs, Wyo., and have direct charge of
her ranch and stock interests, they caring for
her property, and guarding her rights in the
same manner as though they were her sons.
Both Thomas Kelly and Michael O'Rourke, the
nephews, are practical and experienced ranch-
men, possessing a thorough knowledge of the
handling of stock, and are fully competent to
take charge of the extensive business, and to suc-
cessfully carry out the directions of the owner
in the management of the property. Mrs. Row-
lands is a careful and capable business woman,
who has shown her ability to successfully con-
duct the business since the decease of her late
husband, and she has steadilv added to her hold-
ings, from year to year, until she has now one
of the finest stock ranches in that section of the
state. She enjoys the respect and esteem of all
who know her, and well deserves the financial
success which has come to her.
GEORGE H. RUSSELL.
A scion of old Pennsylvania families active
and serviceable in the history of the state from
early Colonial times, the son of parents who left
their family associations, and the scenes and tra-
ditions of their native state, to become early set-
tlers in Ohio, where he was born on August 15,
1850. and passing his childhood there and on
the prairies of Illinois, and his youth and early
manhood among the mountains of Colorado,
George H. Russell, of Tshawood, in Bighorn
county, Wyoming, has had a varied experience
and seen many phases of human life. "When he
was rive years old his parents. Benjamin A. and
Mary (Lytle) Russell, who had moved from
Washington county. Pa., to Ohio, again moved
with their young family to Whiteside county,
Illinois, and, after remaining there two years,
they took another flight toward the setting sun,
locating in Gilpin county, Colo., where their son,
George, was reared and partially educated. As
he approached the years of maturity he was en-
tered at the Worcester ( Mass. ) Military Acad-
emy, and, in that institution received the finishing
courses of his education, while, soon after leav-
ing its classic halls, he began to learn carpentry.
When he had finished his apprenticeship he
worked at his Jrade in Colorado until 1885, then
came to Wyoming and located at Lander, now
the county seat of Fremont county. Here he
found profitable employment at his special craft,
for in a new and growing country the mechanical
lines of usefulness are always in great demand.
He remained in Fremont county until 1897, car-
rying on a thriving farming industry in connec-
tion with his carpenter work. In that year he
ived to Cody, and, in 1900, to his present
residence on the South Fork of the Stinking Wa-
ter River, near the town of Ishawood. Here, on
a valuable homestead which he then took up, he
PROGRESSIVE MEX OT H'YOMIXG.
9'5
has since resided and carried on with viu;or and
success an expanding stock business, keeping it
up to an elevated standard and pushing its de
vel. ipinent with the ener^v and hn-adih of view
characteristic hoth of himself and his ancestry.
In the same year he was elected count} •
iiiissioiicr for a term <>f four years, and is n..y.
discharging his official duties at this writing
I [903), \\itl) -real credit to himself, and to the
advantage of the people and the eomitv. 1 le mar-
ried at Empire, Colo., in 1879. with Mis.s C. II.
Kirkland. a native of the state. They have five
children. Harold. Mary I'.. Lydia (.)., P.ertha O.
and Abby L. Mr. Russell is an active and es-
teemed memher of the Independent ( irder of
I >dd Fellows and of the \Voodmen of the \Vorld.
and takes an earnest and appreciative interest in
the proceedings of both orders. His active and
useful life has made him secure in the confidence
and in>od will of his fellow citi/ens of the coun-
ty, while his business capacity, breadth of view,
public spirit and progressiveness have i;ivcn him
a lii^h place in public estimation a.s a fore. fid.
\\ise. enterprising and safe public official and
representative man.
URBY RUTHERFi >RD.
Although a \OUIIL; man. n twenty-live
years old. and having been a resident of Wyo-
ming for less than ten years, I rb\ Rutherford
has made an enduring mark on tin commercial
and social sentiment of the section in \\hich he
lives, and risen to the front rank in the stock in-
dustry in tlu i-nterprise. resource!'1!
and integrity in conducting the business. Ib-
is ;i native of Illinois, born in that State mi June
17, 1X78, tin' sou of fhomas and Elizabeth <'
er l Rutherford. aU .1 , Illinois. In
when he was twi ! old. the familv i
west. and. in 1*115. he '-.'line to \Vy imin^ and
located at .V ;iiraied a
promising stOCl After following tlli.s
line of industry for a short time in thai n
1 up a hi iniestead near I In r
mopolis. and there he -till engages in ihe raisin-
of st.Hjk with cilery and success, ami is carr\ IUL;
on general farming o|ierations of magnitude. In
addition to his ranch at that place, he is inter-
ested in land on shell Creek, when a prosperous
industry is conducted. His h,-rd "n the
home ranch consists of 2OO good cattle, and he
areful t" keep the breed pure and the stan-
dard hi.Ldi. Mr. Rutherford is an active and serv-
ile member of tile Independent ( >rder oft >dd
Fellow s and his advice and . e are Breath'
appreciated in the affairs of his lodi;e. i >n De-
cember _'>). lool. at ( Hto. he \\as married to Miss
'. ':! e himself, a native of Him. iis.
She preside^ over bis attractive home, assists in
dispensing the i;raci. >us and relin< d h' .-pitaliu f. >i
which it is noted, and both herself and her htis-
35 much esteemed as -tii -ts as they
are admired a~ hosts, bein.u' al\\a\s cordially wel-
ed at any social
]( (TIN RYAN.
The life of the well-l.no\\ n subject of this
sketch has been largely identified with the -re.it
West, and few men are better acquainted with
the various states and territories in which he has
ted in - • apacities. 1 li> career h.is-
fraught with in; and
thrilling adventures, for t" him have come many
of life's tips and downs: the former finally pre-
dominating. lie is now fortunately situated.
owning one of the finest ranches in the counts of
l.aramie. and. as a successful rais( r of live stock'.
easily ranks \\itll the leading men of that .
industry throughout the -laie. John Ryan
born in ('.nuitv Limerick. Ireland, on April 1 5.
|S)X. and is the sou of John and Man K.
in, his parents hein^ also uitiv/s
of the l-'merald IsU-. In l.innan. 1X40. John
Ryan removed his familv to tin- I'nited States
and. ' ''mi; a short time farming in
Xe\\ handed his abo.'le to Indiana, sc-1-
lliiiL; near ill. I exi'ii^lon. \\here b.
ried on agricultural < iper;'tii«iis until 1X55. In
thai >i to I loll ci .nut \ .
\\hii ' e of I'.ucl
916
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
he lived until his removal In Kansas in iSd!>.
There lie -i-ttled not far frmn Kansas ('i4y and
spent the remainder of his life in that locality,
dying a number of years ago. The subject of
this review remained with his parent until fil'l< < ;i
years old, at which early age he severed the
home ties and started out to seek his own fortune,
going first to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he
secured employment as a freighter for the U. S.
U' i\ eminent. In i.S(>(> he assisted to haul mater-
ial for the construction of Fort Phil Kearney,
in the northern part of Wyoming, and, after re-
maining six months at that place, went to Fort
McPherson, where he worked during the winter
following. In 1867 Mr. Ryan went to Fort Rus-
sell, where he was in the employ of the govern-
ment until the fall of 1871, at which time he re-
sumed freighting, operating between Cheyenne
and the Black Hills and from the former place,
and Sidney, to all northern points and govern-
ment posts until 1882. While thus engaged, his
life was one of constant activity, attended at
all times by thrilling experiences and of dan-
gers not a few. He also enjoyed excellent op-
portunities in the way of observing the country,
and comparing the relative advantages of the
different parts as places of residence. Being
pleased with the rtgion adjacent to the Laramie
River, six miles west of Fort Laramie, Mr. Ryan,
in 1877, to°k up his present ranch, but did noth-
ing in the way of its improvement until he quit
freighting in 1882. In that year he moved to
the place, and at once engaged in the cattle busi-
ness, which he has since carried on with success
and profit. From time to time, he added to the
area of his land, until, his ranch now includes an
area of 500 acres, and. in many respects, it is
one of the finest and most valuable properties of
the kind on the Laramie River. He has here
made a number of substantial improvements,
and, by the exercise of sound business qualities,
he has amassed a sufficiency of this world's
goods to place him, not only in comfortable cir-
cumstances, but to make him independent for
the rest of his days. Mr. Ryan's wide and va-
ried experience throughout the West brought
him in contact with all classes and conditions of
pcnple. the result being to enlarge his practical
knowledge of the world and to better fit him
to manage the large business interests which he
now controls. Possessing the genuine humor
and natural wit peculiar to him naturally, he is
a most amiable gentleman and congenial com-
panion, the very soul of good fellowship, and his
company is much sought by those who enjoy
the pleasure of his acquaintance. He is one of
the honored pioneers of this state, and has not
only witnessed its growth and development, but
has .aided its progress and advancement, faith-
fully performing the , duties of citizenship, dis-
charging every trust reposed in him by his fellow
men. Mr. Ryan was married on December 22,
1887. to Maria, a daughter of Isaac and Mary
Thompson, natives respectively of Pennsylvania
and Ohio, and, at the present time living in Kan-
sas. Besides himself and wife, the family of
Mr. Ryan now consists of four children, Maggie,
Bridget, Janet and Louise, for Kate, the young-
est child, is not living.
JOHN SALMELA.
From the rugged country of Finland in the
north of Europe to the valleys and mountain
ranges of Wyoming is a far distance indeed, but
from that country has come to America many
of her enterprising sons and daughters, who
have loyally aided in the building up of the civ-
ilization of the Great West. Among this num-
ber is one of the successful ranchers and stock-
growers of Uinta county, Wyoming, where his
productive ranch and home is located near Almy,
John Salmela by name, who was born in Fin-
land in 1856, the son of Henry and Sarah (Or-
by ) Salmela. The father followed agricultural
pursuits in Finland all of his life, dying in 1875
at the age of eighty-nine years. His father,
Andrew, was also a farmer, as had been his an-
cestors for hundreds of years. The mother of
Mr. Salmela still lives in her native land, at sev-
enty years of life enjoying good health and spir-
its. Giving his labors to his father until he was
PROGRESSIVE .MEX OP IJT(M//.\ (,.
twcnt\-one years <>i age, John Salmela the
gan life for himself, and. hearing much (if the
wonderful country across tlu- sea. where ilic i
of industry transmuted everything to gold, he
prepared to test tlu1 trutli of the Stories In .MI
actual personal experience, coming hither in
iSSii, and making his first location in Sandiisk\,
( )li io. ( >ne \ car later he came to Minnesota, tai -
rving there a year, thence migrating to
Wyo., becoming there a workman iu the mim -.
and winning praise and substantial reward for
his diligent and effective labor. For eight year-
he followed mining in Carbon, then came to the
mines at Almy. where he displayed the -ame
industry and attention to his duties that lie had
manifested in Carbon, lie later secured a ranch
of eighty acres, and his earnings were well in-
vested in stocking and improving it. and it i<
now in a prosperous condition, returning him .1
good annual income. In 1887 he married with
.Miss Helen I'easby. a daughter of Henry and
Marv I Kinney I IVashy. also a native of [•'inland.
I'lu chi rished children are Lempy. deceased;
Lena: Elmer, deceased; John; Klmcr: Sophia:
Ida and Anna. Mr. Salnu-la supports tlu Re-
publican party and is much interested in the pub-
lic and local affairs of the county.
CHARLES SCHOON: MAKER.
A descendant of one o| the old Knickerbocker
Families, Original!) settling on Manhattan Island,
thence drifting up into the Hudson and Mohawk
River valleys, and over into \ew Jei'se\ and
1'ennsylvania. Mr. Charles Schoonmaker, now ot
( irangcr. \\"yoming, exhibits in his personality
many of their wortbv traits ,,t /ealoiis indiisirv,
business sagacity and thrif I and stead) loyal
I\ tO friends. He was born in Xew Rochelle. Illin-
ois, on \o\rniber 14. 1850. the son of I.. V. and
Hannah i Nichols i Schoonmaker, In- father
coming from the Pennsylvania-Dutch brancb of
the family and his mother being a native of New
York. The father devoted himself to agricul-
tural pursuits and was an inthiential in in in his
community, active in public and political atT.iir-.
A strong Republican in political faith, he dis-
played the inherent patriotism that tlu- family
had manifested in the early da\s ,if the Revolu-
tion, by enlisting in an Illinois regiment of in-
fantry, with which be served valiantly during
the bl ly \ears of the great Ci\il \\ar. Hi-
wife, a delicate woman of rare traits of character,
could not withstand the rude blasts of lif( and
passed from earth in iSf«>. leaving tour children,
Andrew, nou "f l-'.vanston, \\'yo. ; Jennie, the
late wife of I >avid IKland. of < hicago. 111.. ,lied
on AngiiM 27, 1902; Klmira. wife of M . E. Twiss
of i Uikland, Calif.; Charles. Her memory rests
like a fragrant essence in the hearts of her chil-
dren. After the Civil \\ ar Mr. Schoonmaker
returned to Illinois, where he died on Novem-
ber 6, 1871. a short time after the great Ch'
tire, and Charles Schoonmaker most vividly re-
bers seeing and watching it burn night alter
night. Compelled to take up the burden of his
own maintenance when but eleven years of agi .
Mr. Schoonmaker had but little aid from the
education of schools, and none whatever from
the adventitious circumstances , ,f wealth and in-
tlnence. but. with a courageous heart, he threw
himself into the struggle of life, and has won a
creditable success. His limited education he has
supplemented both by study and in the school «,f
experience until now be is a well-informed man.
having positive ideas well predicated and a cor-
net understanding "t the progress of events, }>•_•
• g .1 valued member of the Republican political
part\. His first labor was as a chore bo\ . but
by diligence and faithful attention to the duties
placed upon him lie won friends and advance-
ment, I le had the desiie oi i.mhood I' i be-
come a railroad man. and. in 1875. be c mic to
\\ oining and became a brakemau on the I'nion
I'acitic Railroad. Here bis devotion to dnt\ and
mh rest in his \\ork \\as soon manitest and his
genial nature gave him great popularity in ;dl
circles, bin. on luh i J. 1877. be met with an
'cut that resulted in the loss of bis left leg.
After hi- n-coverv he \\as gi\en a situation on
the road that he could till. and. after se\er;d
changes, he \\.is made the pumpman at Cianger
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
station. This responsible position he has con-
tinued to fill for seventeen years and has proved
a very capable, trustworthy and efficient man.
Through his frugality and industry he has been
prospered, has now a fine interest in sheep, and
is counted one of. the best citizens of the com-
munity. He married Miss Emily Coles, in Ev-
anston. Wyo., on March 22, 1883. Her parents,
Frederick and Sarah (Brown) Coles, are natives
of England, whence they emigrated to America
in iS<>5. and are now residing in Uinta county,
\Vvi miing. Mr. and Mrs. Schoonmaker have
had four children, Hattie ; Nettie, died at the
age of three years ; Charles Frederick ; Clarence
Lester, all promising children.
GEORGE H. SABIN.
Although he is just past thirty years of age,
and has lived but a third of his life so far in
Wyoming, George H. Sabin, of the Shell Creek
region of Bighorn county, Wyoming, manager
of the Shell Creek Sheep Co., has made a record
for himself in the strenuous life of the cattle in-
dustry and in the late Spanish- American War, of
which many an older man might be proud. He
was born on October 22, 1872, in the state of
Maine, which was also the place of nativity for
his parents, John and Ida (McKeen) Sabin.
When he was six years old they removed to Ge-
noa, Neb., and there he lived ten years and re-
ceived a common-school education. In 1888, at
the age of sixteen, he took up the burden of life
for himself, going to the Black Hills in South
Dakota, where he rode the range for four years
in the cattle business. In 1892 he came to Wyo-
ming, and during the first seven years of his
residence in the state was employed by Colonel
Torrey of the Embar Cattle Co. In 1898 he
went to the war with Colonel Torrey's Rough
Riders as chief packer for the company, and
in 1800. in partnership with the Colonel, he
funned the Shell Creek Cattle Co., of which he
has since been the efficient manager. The com-
pany handles about 10,000 sheep, large herds of
fine cattle and numbers of good horses. It has a
beautiful ranch of 1,800 acres on Horse Creek,
on which much money has been expended in im-
provements, and which is one of the best known
and most admired ranches in this part of the
state. Under the skillful direction of Mr. Sabin
the business has attained a high standard, both
in the quality of its output and the manner in
which it is conducted, and is highly vitalized
and very vigorous, moving forward along the
lines of healthy development with rapid strides
and constant . gains in the confidence of its pa-
trons and an increasing hold on the best cattle
markets generally. Mr. Sabin is a zealous, act-
ive member of the Masonic fraternity and ren-
ders valuable service to his lodge. He was unit-
ed in marriage with Miss Bertha A. Whaley on
March 27, 1898, and they have three children,
all sons, Harry G., James T. and Clyde. Every
business enterprise which he has touched has re-
ceived from Mr. Sabin a quickening impulse and
shown at once the force of his enterprise and
resourcefulness. He is wise in his lines of action
through reading and study, but much more so by
judicious and discriminating observation, apply-
ing the lessons learned by experience to secure
better success and avoid disaster. Both in prog-
ress and conservatism he is capable and effective
for the good of the interests he has in charge.
He is well known in all parts of the county as
a wide-awake, untiring, far-seeing and courage-
ous man of business and a citizen of public spirit
and advanced ideas.
FREDERICK SCHLEUNING.
Prominent as a hotel proprietor and a stock-
man at Lander, and justifying, by his enterpris-
ing and courteous disposition, the good opinion
in which he is held, Frederick Schleuning is
firmly and agreeably established in a new country
far from the home of his fathers and filled with
aspirations widely divergent from those of his
childhood and youth. He is a native of "fair
Bingen on the Rhine," where his life began on
February 15, 1855, and where his parents, Er-
nest and Louisa Schleuning, and their ancestors
;
PROCRESSIl'h ME\ Ul: ll'Yu.MIXG.
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fur generations were horn, and reared. His la-
ther was a man of consequence, a pr.hlic official
with important functions to perform, among them
-erving many years as < in.
tors of the state. He died in 1894 at the ad-
vanced age of seventy-three, lea\ing a widow,
who still resides at Darmstadt. < h" their six
children five are living. 1'Yederick was cduc.u-d
in the government schools of his native place,
finishing at the Polytechnic ('« liege at Darm-
stadt, and he there began business as both an in-
surance assent and a wine merchant. In iSS;- he
came to the United States, and, locating at Rapid
( itv, S. D., was employed for a short time
! kkcepcr. then In- tool charge of and conducted
In- In-other'- meat business while the '
made a trip to the Fatherland. In 1889 h<
moved to Hill City, in the same state, during the
boom of the Harncy Peak Tin Co., and there
remained until 1892, when he came to Wyoming
on a prospecting tour into the Shoshone moun-
tains. In the fall he returned to Rapid City,
there conducted a prosperous business until
iSc»5. when he -old it and removed to Lander,
beginning the hotel and live stock business to
which he has since -i\en his time and attention,
and which he ha- ped into agreeable and
profitable proportions. He owns one-half in-
terest in 320 acres of alfalfa and meadow land
adjoining the town of Lander, and raise-* a fine
grade of Hereford cattle, lie also ,leals in wool,
soliciting ami handling it for purchaser-. His
public house, the Bridge Hotel, i . if the
p. 'pnlar hostelries of thi- of the
and he is One of the lies! known and
i, emed hi >tel proprietors to bi mel with in the
Rocky .Mountain region, gi\ing dne attention to
menl of comfort for hi- guests, neglect-
ing no matter of public interest or welfare.
I' 'UK SI I \\V.
'I lie subji Ct Oi thi- brief sketch i- one of the
successful busim -- men of t'arhon county. \V\-o.
He is a native of Kngland. born in mitrv
on May 10, iS^S. the son ,,f J,,hn and \nn
( Mullen Shaw. natives of that country. Th
ther followed the occupation of mining and farm-
. ontinuing in those pur-nit- in Lnuland up
to the time of hi- demise, which occurred when
he had attained the a. ty-five years.
Hi- father was also named John, that heinu a la-
ne in the family, and was a native of
The mother is still li\ i
tinnes \et to make her home in Kngland. John
Shav. review, grew to maiih 1 in his
native country, received hi- education in the pub-
hools in the vicinit- of his boyhood's home.
.impelled by circnm-i. "-11001
at an early a^e to a-si-t in the support of the fam-
ily and be^an \\ork as a coal miner, continuing
in this pur-nit up to [866, \\heii he determined
to seek his fortune in the Xew World. Dispos-
ing of his property in his native country, he bade
farewell to the scenes of his childhood and early
manhood, set forth for America, where upon
his arrival he located in Pennsylvania, and there
•ged in the business of mining, securing em-
plo\ment for three years, and in 1869. returned
to England. Remaining there until 1874. the
desire to again tempt fortune in America be-
came strong in him and he sold his property in
Lngland and came to the I'nited £ This
time he went to the Lake Superior rej
cured employment in the mines, at which he con-
tinued for eleven \ear-. then accepted a po-
on the Canadian 1'acitic Railroad, which he held
for three years. He then re-igned that position
and wen! to Illinois, where he a.uain engaged in
mining for aboul ear, then removed to
:. where he made hi- resi uring the
f,,]],i\\ ing trs. I l< then concluded t(
-till farther we-l las, WyO.
Here he continued in hi- former be nvn-
ing, and held to that pursuit until the year 1900.
He then removed !•• llanna. in ("arbon county,
where he embarked in the livery busin,
which he i- still engaged. He is also inter
in ranching and cattleraising in Carl nntv.
and a prosperous and pr> man of bn<i-
h, is held in lii^b esteem b\ all \\ !i" know
him. and his main sterling traits , ,f chai
920
PROGRESSIVE MEX OI< ll'YUMJXG.
have won for him an enviable position in the
community where lie re.sides. In 1874 Mr. Shaw
was united in marriage with Mi>s Mary Bosw^ll,
in England. She was a native of the same coun-
try, a woman of noble character, who was a true
helpmeet to her husband during the period of
their married life. She died during their resi-
dence in the state of Michigan, where she was
buried. Mr. Shaw is one of the representative
men of Carbon county, having done much to pro-
mote the interest and develop the resources of
that section of Wyoming.
IRA B. SAWYER.
The young manhood of Ira B. Sawyer, of
near Bigtrails, Wyoming, was darkened by the
awful shadow of our Civil War. In that san-
guinary contest he bore his part bravely, yet
wearing the marks of its burden in wounds re-
ceived on hard-fought fields, where nothing
seemed so cheap as human life. But, since the
return of peace, he has borne his part as bravely
in its bloodless contests, as ever he did in the
presence of a valiant foe. He was born in Ohio,
on June 26, 1840, the son of Reuben and Rizpah
( Dolson ) Sawyer, natives of Virginia and early
settlers in Ohio. There he remained, having the
usual experience of country boys of his time and
station, until May 25, 1861. when he enlisted in
Battery E., First Michigan Light Artillery in de-
fense of the Union. He served in that command
four years, three months and eight days, partici-
pating in many of the most sanguinary battles
of the war. He was with Sherman on his cele-
brated march to the sea, was wounded at Atlan-
ta and also at Lookout Mountain. After his dis-
charge at the close of the war he lived for a
short time in Chicago, then came to Nebraska,
and, locating in the western part of the state, took
up a homestead near Kimball, at that time the
far frontier, being hundreds of miles from a rail-
road and many more from a close and populous
civilization. In the wild life he there encountered
he found contentment, in the conviction that his
duty was well performed, and safety in the force
and resoluteness of his spirit. He remained
there until 180.3, engaged in raising stock and
farming, then came to Wyoming, and. in part-
nership with his son, George, continued the en-
terprise on desert land, which they took up for
the purpose, and which they have now well irri-
gated and in a good state of improvement, both
as to buildings and cultivation. It is one of the
desirable homes of this section, comprising 540
acres, having sufficient variety in altitude and
soil for the best results in the stockgrowing op-
erations in which they are engaged. They have
200 graded cattle and a band of fine horses, and
their numbers are continually increasing, as their
farm is steadily advancing in value. Mr. Saw-
yer was married on May 16, 1860, to Miss Sarah
Johnson, a native of Ohio. They have three
children, William \\'., a resident of Illinois; Em-
ma, the wife of Amos Dow, of Toledo, Ohio ;
George, residing in Bighorn county, this state.
J( )HX SIMS.
It has been frequently noted that the Great
West, with its beautiful climate, its picturesque
scenery and its lone, free, untrammeled life, main-
tains a strong hold on those who have ever tarried
for any length of time in the shadows of its
mountains, along the banks of its streams or on
the wide-reaching benches and plains of this most
wonderful and mysterious country. This is well
exemplified in the case of Mr. Sims, who formed
his association with the country when, pioneers
held their lives in their hands, and all was new,
strange and novel. After the rough experience
contingent upon active participancy in the new
mining camps for a series of years, he claimed
an identification with the great ranching industry
of Uinta county. Wyoming, and has ever since
been held in the highest esteem as one of the
representative stockmen and honored pioneers of
the county. John Sims was born in 1830. in
Wales, that small division of Great Britain which
has given so many of its worthy sons as actors
in the development of the industrial resources of
the United States. He was the son of Morgan
PROGRESSIVE MEX Ul: IfYOMIXC.
921
ami Theresa il'.iftmi) Sims, lint his earlv life
anil education were passed uiukT the guiding
hand of his estimable grandfather, William Sims.
in whose home lu- was reared from int'ano un-
til he assumed an individual battle im- existence.
\\hicli occurred at an early period . if his life.
His initial employment in his own behalf was
in connection with coal mining in Smith Wales.
uhere lie remained until his emigration fniin
Wales to I 'tab. in 18(15. 'n L'tah he at onc<
entered the mining field, locating tirst mi the
American Fork, where fortune gave him more
than the usual good luck of miners. He later
came to Almy, Wyo.. and for a pern id of live
\cars \\as here identified witli mining, being sne-
cessful in bis operations, at once taking an ad-
vanced position in the public and social elements
of the vicinity and county. In due time thereaft-
er the great possibilities and financial actualities
of the live stock business attracted his attention,
and he placed a due proportion of his earnings
and acquired capital into this business of cumula-
tive prosperity, acquiring title to a tra,ct of land,
which has now become a valuable ranch and es-
tate, which he has given over to this pn ilitable
and fascinating branch of the American hus-
bandry. Here Mr. Sims has since devoted his
energies to the raising of thoroughbred cattle-, be-
ing alsn one of the honored and progressive citi-
xeiis .,f the county, taking great interest m the
\\.lfare of his section ami state, and command-
ing the respect "f all. In polities his Democracy
has UK uncertain sound, and the voters ot I inta
county have three times h, paired both themselves
and him by electing him a o>unty commissioner,
in which responsible office he manifested unusual
iitive and legislative abiliu. Ills interest in
cation has caused him to be lung retained in
the minor, but exceeding!) useful otti.v of seho,,l
trustee. In 1845 Mr. Sims \\as united in wed
lock with Miss Man Ann Phillips. a daughter
of David and F.li/abeth (Jones) Phillip*, all <>f
them being natives «i \\'ales. where Mrs. Sims
was born in tX.V- l''"iir children have emu,- IIP
their home, William. John. I lur/a and George,
It is HP it I.PO much to sa\ . in cmicln-
sion, that the development of the state <pf \\_\o-
cmild only be accomplished thnpugh the
untiring ami continued labors of Mich men as
the class of which Mr. Sims i* a splendid repre-
sentative, and that its character ami future pros-
perity will only be assured by the snprema.
this class in its industrial and political eirci
JFRFMIAII H. SHEEHAX.
There is scarceK any business which brings
its head and manager into contact with a greater
variety of people or requires in him a wider
range of faculties than that of keeping a hotel;
for the human animal is exacting to the last de-
gree in all matters affecting his personal comfort.
easil) making himself at home where he finds
his exactions duly considered and his comfort
properly provided for. It is, therefore, a logical
result, that Jeremiah 11. Sheehan. the genial pro-
prietor of the Hotel Fremont at Lander, is one
of the most popular and successful men in his
business in the state of Wyoming, for he has by
his natural aptitude and long practice all of the
gracimis arts of the pleasing and accomplished
publican, also that extensive and accurate knowl-
edge .if human nature which is so essential to
the \\ork of catering to the wants of the public.
He is a native of ( tncida. X. Y.. where his life
began on VugUSt 21, 1857. His parents. Mich-
ael and Fllcn iMd'onlitTi Sheehan. were born
and reared in Ireland and emigrated to the
I'nited States when they were \oung. They
were successfully engaged in farming and were
the parents of seventeen children, of whom fixe
are living. Their son. Jeremiah, received a pnb-
•bool education in his native state and there
folloued the occupaiioii of his father until iSSj.
\\lien he came uest and located at Dcn\
when- he engaged in teaming for a number of
after which he entered the hotel bus-
carried it on a short time, shifting fr»:n that
to the dairy industry. In 18X5 he sold out and
mder. I len he built the I '.n >< iksid,-
and conducted it until iSoj. He then re-
: to the Xe\\ Fremont, the finest hotel m the
I'KOGRESSIYE MEN OF WYOMING.
city, "f \vliicli In' has been the owner and pro-
prietor ever since, .md to which lie has given an
"ii throughout Wyoming and
'iiing states as a first-class and homelike hos-
telry in ever) respect. In addition to his hotel
he has extens;\,> stock interests in the
county, owning about 1.100 acres of land, well
.'.-(I for -TH/ing and stockr.-'ising purposes,
ami improved with all the rhodern appliances for
llie stock business. In this enterprise, as in his
business, he is a public spirited and ener-
getic man, in all the relations of life giving to
the state the services of the best citizenship. On
October 9, 1884, he was united in marriage with
Miss Ellen McMahon. of Denver, Colo., a daugh-
ter of John P. and Catherine McMahon, natives
of Ireland and emigrants to the United States
in their early married life.
•
ERICK SIMONSON.
Transplanting the thrift, industry, frugality
and enterprise of his native Denmark into the
wilds_of America, and there pursuing his wonted
occupation as a tiller of the soil, Erick Simonson,
one of the most progressive and successful farm-
ers on Canyon Springs Prairie, in Weston county,
Wyoming, has seen that favored region coaxed
from its native wildness into the genial and re-
sponsive conditions of scientific husbandry, bask-
ing in the full sunlight of prosperity, fragrant
with the odors and opulent with the fruits of
civilization and enlightenment. He has the ad-
ditional satisfaction of knowing that his personal
counsels have assisted in guiding, and his hands
in impelling, the forces that have brought about
this beneficent change. He was born in Denmark,
on August 14, 1834. the son of Simon Neilson
and Caran (Rasmusson) Simonson, also of Dan-
ish nativity and descendants of long lines of frug-
al and industrious ancestors. Erick Simonson
was educated in his native land, remaining at
home until he was twenty-one years of age, as-
sisting on his father's farm while looking for-
ward to a career in life to be wrought out by
his own endeavors and according to his own
plans. When he left home he engaged in farm-
ing on his own account, continuing work in this
line in Denmark until 1881, when, hearkening to
the voice of America calling for men of brain and
brawn to accept the bounty of her mighty oppor-
tunities and aid in developing her limitless nat-
ural resources, he dared the heaving ocean for
a home on her benignant bosom, coming first to
Lead City, S. D., there working for three years
on the railroads and in the woods. The next six
years he passed on a homestead he had located six
miles west of Lead City, and was moderately suc-
cessful in his farming operations. In 1890 he
sold his property, came to Wyoming, and, taking
up the ranch on which he now resides, twenty
miles south of Sundance, determined to make it
his permanent home and the recipient of his best
labors and most skillful attention. It has re-
warded his efforts with a fertility and bounty
most gratifying, being now one of the most desir-
able farms in a region of desirable farms. He was
one of the first settlers in this section, and he is
now one of the most prosperous and substantial,
nis property being highly improved and well sup-
plied with all the conveniences of modern rural
life. He carries on an extensive business in
stockraising and agriculture, and. at the same
time, he gives due attention to the proper ad-
vancement and development of the community
in educational, mercantile and in civic channels.
On October 7, 1856, Mr. Simonson was united
in marriage with Miss Annie Yenson, of Den-
mark, who still abides with him after nearly fifty
years of wedded life filled with varied and in-
teresting experiences, as benignant and sustaining
in age. as she was helpful and inspiring in youth.
They have had five children. One, Maggie, is
deceased, and Dem, Rasmus, Charlie and Alexan-
der are living. They are followers of Luther in
religious affiliation, and Mr. Simonson a con-
sistent Republican in politics.
JOHN P. SIMPSON.
Born on September 18, 1838, in the proud-
est of the states. South Carolina, of parents whose
ancestors were prominent in the civil and mili-
tary history of that great commonwealth from
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF ll'YOMIXG.
Kcvolutiniiarv times, dmih1 in child-
hood by the death of his father when he \\as
but four years old and <>( that of hi- mother \\hru
IP was Si \en. John P. Simp-"]), now of the Jack-
son Ih le D >unty < >f \Vy< nning. a pn tminenl ranch-
er and -t»cknian, had for hi-- e in the
battle of life the incentive of a high >
hi- forefathers, and also the preparation which
om the hard scl 1 of < x[ >< ri through
self-reliance and dependence mi die's own rc-
avors. \\"el! has he used his
d in these respects, making it to multiple
in a record of enduring credit and a substantial
etem of material possessions. Mr was
tin son of Mm and Martha i Postlewaite) Simp-
son. \\hoM- familie.- were both prominent in
Smith Carolina and who were thrmscK
celirin standing and held in high esteem. Thr;.
hail fo'.ir children, one of whom died in infancy.
one, \Villiam I., was killed in a battle of the '
\\'ar. in which he was a sergeant in an Illinoi-
rcgimcnt. and two an- now living. In •
childhood, the surviving children of the family
were taken to Illinois by relative*, and there John
I1. grr\\ to manhood, was educated in the public
schools, then came to Kansas of his own accord.
eighteen months later moving on to Colorado,
\\hrrr h<- engaged in a livery and sale business,
handling horses, and also in mining, which he
conducted for about eighteen years. Me next
turned his attention to mercantile intcrpri-e- at
('mitral City, and to c.ontrad work for tin
trnmnit. working at Fort Morgan, building' Fort
ReMiolds and furnishing transportation for tin
troops i" that pi >int. lie o >m 'Utracting
in that neighborhood mitil 1*77. when lir went
to the I Hack Hills, where, during the next fi\<
years, he carried on a liver} business at D
\\ood. S. I ). Vt the end of that time he returned
to Colorado, and. in iSSo. locati-d on \Vind Ri\er.
\\ln-rr hr -tarti-d a -tnck raising' indn-try •
ranch which he occupied until rXnj Ib tlu-n
-old his interest- there and camr (.. \Y\mning.
initiating a similar enterpri-e mi a portion of the
^50 acres of '"•-• < -ll<-nt land which In now owns
and farms, raising large crops of alfalfa, ccn-al-
aud timothy, as well as quantitir- of wild hay.
He is • • u nsiveh !M >th
anil horses and i.- a r> ive citixell in
lunitv. illu.-trating in his d r 1"-
' ii Inl-
and breadth of vie\\ that have distinguished hi>
irate life. I- rat. rnallx , Air. Simp-
son i.- a member of the Knights of I '\ thias. and
belong- to thi- order at Dead \\nnd. Me \\a-
1 in marriagi , on Di 6, in
. \\ith .Mis- Margaret S. Sullivan, a
Virginian b\ nativity, a daughter and
Susan i McDov.elll Sullivan, descendants of old
:;al stock. alwa\s prominent in its day and
-ectimi. The Simpsons ha\ veil children :
\\'illiam 1... no\v an attorney at Lander; Jo
Clinton: I'earl. no\\- wife of S. \. 1'. Kie-ter. a
druggi-t of Lander: James S.. a pro-prrnu-
-tocl-man of lirnvmii River: Ida, married to
\Y. I'. Redmond, of I'inta county : Claude and
Alva A., living at home. Mrs. Simpson was the
accomplished and accommodating postmistress
at Jackson for a period of >ix years. Mr. Simp-
smi has had an eventful and interesting life. Tn
his early manhood he was well acquainted with
rals Craut and Sheridan and other promi-
nent commanders. He knew Denver and Che\ -
eime in their infancy, and has ridden through
- of hostile Indians without harm when oth-
ers were killed.
S VMCLI. C. SMALL.
I'.ack to the "land of the heathi r and the hill"
• ve pa cor idering the ancest >rs of Mr.
Small, for even his father was a -mi of "auld
t's bills and dale-." descended from families
ts Of that country, \\here he at
aiihood and engageil in agricultural pur-
suits after hi- marriage until hi- emigration to
\mcrica. \\hrtv hr r-labli-hed his limne in In-
a, residing in that fertile -t.itr until hi- re-
moval to Kansas, uhcrc he secured a hmn<-
aml has long cmidnctrd pro-prrmi> farming
atimis. being no\\ practically retired at lb<
o| -i -vents -live. Ir 1 \\ifr al-o im\\ light-
]\ carrying the weight of her -evenly- fonr ]
Thcv have been citi/en- of the best character, in
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
their lives showing daily evidences of their strong
religion-, conviction-, being valued members of
Lie I'.aptist church, while the husband has always
taken intelligent interest in public affairs as a
Republican. Samuel C. Small, sun of the above
worthy couple. L. and Elizabeth (Getty) Small,
was born in Indiana, in May, 1865. and, after
p-i-Miig the usual life of a farmer's son, working
in the fields during- the summer months and at-
tending the short terms of the winter schools, un-
til he was eighteen, quickly left the parental
homestead for the very alluring plains of Kansas,
where he engaged for some time in agriculture,
thence migrating to Nebraska and continuing the
same vocation, ever making his way further and
further into the wonderful land of the West, un-
til he came to Green River, Wyo., as a fireman
on the Union Pacific Railroad, continuing to be
thus employed for seven years, then locating on
640 acres of government land, in Uinta county,
joining the ever increasing number of prosper-
ous stockmen of his section, and the stockraising
industry he still continues with cumulative suc-
cess, ranging fine herds of superior horses and
cattle. Another employment, largely of a scien-
tific nature, has come to Mr. Small. The won-
derful fossil remains of animals of strange form
and contour, which have been quietly reposing
for unnumbered eras of times in the geological
horizon of the Dionceras beds of the Middle
Eocene period, have attracted the surprised* won-
der of the world's greatest scientists, being reve-
lations of the life existing on this continent thou-
sands upon thousands of ages ago, and many
have been exhumed and transported from their
Wyoming restingplace to be exhibited in the col-
lections of colleges and universities and in the
public museums of the eastern states and Euro-
pean cities. In this important work Mr. Small
has been an important factor. He has given
largely of his time to the searching out and the
\ unearthing of these striking remains, by his '
'careful management and skill preserving intact
\many of the finest specimens yet preserved of
fossil fishes, reptiles, clams, tropical leaves and
plants, birds and insects. In connection with
Mr. George Halderman, he discovered and ex-
humed an iron boll, lying thirty-six feet below
the surface of the solid rock in which it was em-
bedded, which eminent geologists, and the wise
men of the East, declare to have been a portion
of a vessel that must have been constructed at
least 30,000 years ago. In this connection Mr.
Small has been of great service to the advance-
ment of science. In matrimonial relations Mr.
Small has been highly favored, his interesting
wife having her birthplace at Newstead Abbey,
England, now world-renowned from its associa-
tions with the gifted poet. Lord Byron. It was
on September 12, 1892, that Miss Mary A. Bos-
ton became his bride. She was a daughter of
Andrew and Sarah A. (Saunderson) Boston, the
father being a skilled ironworker, and for twenty-
two consecutive years the trusted foreman of a
large manufacturing house in England, thence
emigrating, and becoming the foreman of a mine
at Almy, Wyo.. where he was killed by an explo-
sion. He was the son of Joseph and Ann (Smith)
Boston, his father, a farmer, dying in 1856, aged
forty-two years, while his wife attained the ven-
erable age of ninety-seven, dying in 1892. This
Toseph was the son of another Joseph, also a
former, who died in 1855, at the age of ninety-
six years, his wife, Jane, having been 100 years
old at her death in 1850. The mother of Mrs.
Small was born in England in 1830, and now re-
sides at Diamondville, Wyo. She was a daugh-
ter of William and Mary (Newbery) Sanderson,
of whom the father died in 1862, aged seventy-
four years, and the mother in 1876, also at the
age of seventy-four years.
H. ERAXK SMITH.
The third in number of the daring pioneers
who first invaded the primeval wilderness of
what is now Weston county, Wyoming, and by
his labors and his influence aiding largely in re-
ducing it to civilization and systematic product-
iveness, holding in his own right 480 acres of
its fruitful soil, and having under lease a large
additional acreage, on which he conducts a lead-
ing cattle industry, H. Frank Smith, of the
Stockade Beaver Creek region of Wyoming, has
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925
well earned the honorable mention among the
liuilik'rs and makers of ihis stair which it i> our
pleasure here to give him. Ik- inherited, iroiu
a long line of progressive ancestors, a true pio-
neer spirit and enthusiasm, his parent-. \uthonv
and Rachel (Freel) Smith, having heen among
the first .-cltlcr-. in Warren count) . |o\\a. where
he was horn on April <>. iS.-.v holh his fatlu r
and his mother having heen brought there In
tluir parents in early life, and having heen i
in thai county when it \va- a part of the Far
West. There the father, although a mechanic,
followed farming successfully until his death, in
1861. and there the mother i- no\\ pa--ing the
evening of her da\s. rich in recollections oi what
seems a remote past, becau-e measured h\ condi
lions rather than years, realizing, as none hut
actt'al observer- with experience can. the all-con-
quering spirit of American colonization. Mr.
Smith remained with his mother, attending -chool
and assisting; on the homestead until he wa-
twcnty years old. He then purchased a farm in
his native county and farmed il for four years.
In 1X77 he removed to Nebraska, taking up a
homestead in MufFalo county, in that state. Aft-
er three year- of varying' success a- a firmer
there, he parted company with his land and cat-
tle, and came to his present location on Stockade
Heaver Creek, making; his home for a while with
J. II. Frccl. fin the ranch adjoining the one which
he now occupies himself. 1U- at once secured a
freighting- outfit and put his energies to work in
ihe line of enterprise incident thereto, hauling
supplies t<> the I Hack Hill- for two years. In the
-pYm- of iSSj he homesteaded on hi- prc-eni
ranch, ten mile- northeasl of \'e\\ castle, and
since then he ha- devoted hi- entire time to ranch
ing. improving hi- proper!) . increa-in- it- hoini
daries. de\ eloping its resources, making il com-
fortahle and complete as a home, and placing il-
prodnct-. both animal and vegetable, on the mar-
ket in a way that ha- brought them high appre-
ciation and to him gratifying returns. lie -au
almost the beyhmin^ of eivili/eil man'- estate
in the -ection. bein^ llie third per-on to -etlK
there, anil he i- now the only survivor of thos,
who began it- in-piriling hi-tor\. \\'hen hc"-tuck
lus -take" on the bank- of the creek. I.aramie
county extended along the entire eastern botind-
ary of the territory from Colorado to Montana,
i >n March 3. 1874. .Mr. Smith was united in mar-
\\ ith Miss Josephine I •'reel, a natu e of War-
ren county, lo\\a. where tin nr.pual- \\civ sol-
enini/i d. and where her ]iarent.-. J. I'., and Mar-
-an t (Roberts) !;reel. were prosperous fann-
er- and pioneers. Mrs. Smilh did not he-it,
walk life's dangerous way with her husband into
the wild< rnc--. and has contributed her -hare to
the growth and improvement of the section in
which they li\ . lie i- a Republican in politics
and has served hi- people as county commissioner
in : Si 15 and iSijd. Fraternally he belongs to the
Knights of l'\thia- and the Woodmen of the
\\orld. holding memberships in lodge- of the-i
orders at Xcwca-tlc. In addition to his ranching
and cattle interests lie has valuable holding- in
oil properties with the Rattler and the ( 'n-ter
( 'it v i iil companies.
Ji MIX J. SMITH.
John J. Smith, a prosperous and enterprising
Stockman of Highorn count). \\"\oming. living
mar Hvattville. mi a ranch which he took up as
a homestead, which he ha- -natK improved and
beam i tied, came to the -tale in iSno among the
earl) pioneers, ami helped to lay the foundations
••I n- present ^reatne-s and pro^re--. lie is a
native of I Vims) Ivania. where he was born on
Jarnary i.|. lS.|_). his parent- being Fdward and
Jane (Johnson) Smith. < ihioaiis b\ nativity, u h. •
removed to I Vim-) K ania earl\ in their married
life, and in that -tale their -on. John, was reared
and educated. hi iSlil. uhcll he wa- but Seven
teen \ear- of age. he enlisted in the Thirteenth
I '. S. lnfantr\ and served three years. After
his di-char^e he uorked in the South, en-^a^eil
m building telegraph lines, until iSirfi. when he
again enlisted in the regular arm) as a member "f
the Hub i a\.dr\. and ua- -ent \\nli his coin-
to Kan-a-. and atleruard- to t'olorailo and
\\ \OHIIIIL;. I hirim; his term of service in this
;ent. he participated in a number of Indian
tive service also in other line-
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PROGRESSIVE ME\ OP WYOMIXG.
of frontier army work. At tlir end of lliis term of
enlistment IK- \vent to the Indian territory, and, in
that region, through portions of the territory and
Fexas, he carried on a Mock business until 1882,
when he came north to Nebraska, then, after a
four years' residence in that stale, he for a sec-
ond time, changed his base of operations to
Wyoming. He took up a homestead, near what
v, I [yattville, and there settled down to im-
prove In-, property and develop the stock busi-
ness which he immediately started and which he
, -ince conducted with increasing volume and
profit, having now zoo cattle and a number of
horses, all of good quality, and always kept in
excellent condition, so far as skillful and care-
ful attention can keep them so, as he applies to
the management of his business an intelligence
and a system derived from his long and varied
experience, studious and reflective reading and
judicious observation. He was united in mar-
riage with Miss Emma Buckmaster, a native of
Towa. but a resident of Johnson county, Wyo.. at
the time of the marriage, which occurred on Oc-
tober 27. 1887. They have six children. Mol-
lie. Lottie. Ruth. John. Joseph and Jesse.
SLATER F. SMITH.
Born on July 4, 1868, in the great state of
Illinois, when four years old he removed with his
parents to Marshall count}-, Kan., where they
lived six years and then took up their residence in
Shawnee county, and three years later in Lyon
county, in that state, and, remaining there until
he was twelve, when he started out in life for
himself, Slater F. Smith, of near Tensleep, in
Bighorn county, Wyo., has had a very extensive
experience in travel and with the customs and
manners of different peoples, and he has gleaned
therefrom the culture and breadth of view that
comes with such experience. His parents were
R. D. and Jennie E. (Fitzgerald") Smith, the
former native in Illinois and the latter in Indi-
ana. They were well-to-do farmers and found
much advantage in this change of situation, as
opportunities opened in new states and counties.
and they sought them with characteristic Ameri-
can enterprise. At the age of twelve, as has been
noted, their son, Slater, began the battle of life
for himself, and, having something of a roving
disposition, with an ardent desire to see the world
for the benefit of the travel, he gave himself up
to this desire, making two trips across the con-
tinent from ocean to ocean and two also from
Battle Creek, Mich., to the Gulf of Mexico. His
longing satisfied in large measure, he determined
to settle down to quiet life in a permanent home,
and, choosing the cattle business as his occupa-
liirn. lie came in 1896 to Wyoming, and located
in the Bighorn basin, where he has a good ranch
and a herd of fine cattle. To his interests here
he has given a close and assiduous attention,
applying to their development and enlargement
the knowledge acquired in his extended trips and
in his residence from time to time among people
of different climates and environments, who were
engaged in widely different pursuits and produc-
ing a great variety of commodities. He has
brought the part of his land under cultivation to
a high state of fertility and raised the standard
of his stock to an elevated basis. He is now ap-
proaching the very prime of life, and, with the
enterprise and public spirit he has displayed, both
with reference to his own business and the affairs
of the community in which he lives, in which he
always takes a warm and intelligent interest, his
future promises well for himself and ior great
usefulness to the people among whom he has
cast his lot. In fraternal relations he is connected
with the Modern Woodmen of America, and
gives to the meetings and affairs of his lodge
the same careful and discriminating attention
all his other interests receive.
ROLLIN C. SMITH.
Decidedly one of the most able and energetic
young men residing in Cumberland, LTinta coun-
ty. Wyoming, in Rollin C. Smith, who was born
in Omaha, Nebraska, on April 28, 1874, a son
of Watson B. and Fannie R. (Coon) Smith, the
former of whom was born in Virginia, the lat-
PROGRESSIVE MEX OF WYOMIXG.
ter in l'cnns\ Ivania. Watson l'». Smith was a son
of Rollin C. and .Mary A. (Reid) Smith, of old
Colonial stock and natives of Virginia, where
Rollin C., thr father of \\ 'atson B.. took an active
part in the War of the Revolution. Watson I',.
Smith was a successful lumlKT merchant and
passed the latter part of his life in ( >maha. Neb.,
where he died in 1881, being a prominent
devoted member of the Baptist church, his widow
still resides in Omaha, a member of the same
church and greatlx respected by all her neighbors.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Watson B.
Smith were six in number. Klla M.. Gertrude R.,
Rollin C., Louise C., Sherman and Watson ]\.
Rollin C. Smith, the gentleman whose name
stands at the head of this biographical record,
is a graduate from the high school at Omaha.
After quitting this institution he WES em-
ployed for four years as clerk in the Omaha Na-
tional Bank; next he was employed as a book-
keeper for the Meg-ith Stationery Co., of the
same cit\ for about t\\o \ears. then as hookk<
for the L 'nil >n Pacific Coal Co. in its office at
I I inna. Wyo.. for one year, and next as clerk in
the general office of the Union Pacific Railroad at
Omaha, Neb., for four years, being a most ex-
cellent accountant. Mr. Smith next became
bookkeeper for the Union Pacific Coal Co., with
headquarters at Rock Spring. Wyo., for six
months, and then was the storekeeper at Car-
bon for a few months, when he was placed in
charge of the compam's two stores in Cumin r
land. \\'\o.. as their general manager, a position
he has sjmv tilled with marked ability and to the
full satisfaction of the company. Mr. Smith may
In ,aid to have made his way through the world
entirelv h\ means of hi, individual exertions and
talents, with • that
which his qualifications have won for him. Me
enjoys the confidence of In- eompam which cm-
him and the- esteem of all its oflirers. as
u ell as that of hi- fellow employs and the gener-
al public of ( nmherland. ( VrtainK he desi
that esteem, for lie is imbued with all the pr '
gressiveness anil vigor of the genuine westerner.
Mr. Smith has done his full share of the labor re-
quired in redeeming a new community from the
crude associations, which, as a rule, environ it
in its embryonic state, and in elevating it to a
higher plane of civilization, and Cumberland is
rapidly advancing in its progress, financially and
ethically, and is now recognized as one of the
refilled places , ,f residence of Wyoming.
WILLIAM J. SMITH.
This ex-L"nion soldier and veteran of the
late Civil War, but now a resident of Rawlins,
Carbon county, Wyoming, was born in N.-w
York City, in 1844, and is a son of William and
Bridget ( Rivardan) Smith, both of whom were
born in Ireland. William and his wife were on a
visit to America when their son. William J.,
whose name opens this biography, first saw the
light, but these parents returned t» Ireland in
1X4*. where the\ passed the remainder of their
earthly existence. In 1857. at the early age of
thirteen years. W. .1. Smith started out in life
on his own account, by apprenticing himself to
the baker's trade, of which he became a thorough
master, and continued to follow it in New York-
City until the breaking out of the Civil War,
when he enlisted in Co. A, Eighteenth NV\v
York Infantry, and served as a valiant and duti-
ful soldier for four long years, taking part in ill
the marches, skirmishes and engagements ;n
which his regiment had a share, and proving
himself to be a warrior of superior mettle, win-
ning also for himself the esteem of his superior
officers and the love and applanscof his comrades
in arms, as well as the gratitude of the nation.
\fter the close of the war Mr. Smith drifted
from \ew i Hcaiis to Lyon City. Wyo.. when' he
followed his trade for eighteen years, establish-
ing an excellent trade and acquiring a line •
tation for the superiorit) of his output. Tn tS-_>
Mr. Smith came to Kawlins and established a
neat liakerx on Front street, which has contin-
p
•u. Mr. Smith has attained a i'
that is aKo Breath to his credit and he is now'
tilling tin -nice of jusl to which
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I'Rin.kESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
he \v:is First elected as a Democrat nnny years
ago. The marriage of \Y. I. Smith took place
in 1876 to Miss Margaret Sheehan, who is also
of Irish extraction, and of the nine children who
have blessed this union eight are still living,
Maggie, William, Henry, Mamie, Madge, Nellie,
Kate and Joe. John being deceased. This family
stands very high in the esteem of the community
of Ra\vlins, and Mr. Smith is ever ready with
what means he has at his command to contribute
to the improvement of Rawlins and its surround-
ings, but is never an advocate of over-taxation.
His character for integrity is unblemished ; his
industry is a matter of comment with the people,
his proficiency in the manufacture of bread is
always recognized as something surprising. The
problem of the making of the best and most
wholesome bread at the minimum cost has been
long a puzzle with the manufacturers of the staff
of life, but Mr. Smith seems to have solved it.
HENRY J. SOMSEN.
The subject of this sketch is a native of the
state of Wisconsin, having been born in the
Badger state on February 18, 1852, and is the
son of Henry J. and Johanna Brendiena (Ren-
sink) Somsen, both natives of Holland. He re-
ceived his early education in the public schools
of his native state and of Minnesota, where he
later resided. In 1874 he left the home of his
childhood and youth for the purpose of seeking
his fortune in the country farther west, and came
to the then territory of Wyoming. Soon after
he visited Salt Lake City, Utah, and there pur-
sued a course of study at an excellent commercial
college of that place. After leaving -Salt Lake
City he engaged in the timber business for several
years and met with considerable success in that
vocation. He then entered upon the business of
ranching and stockraising at the place where
Cokeville, Wyo., now stands, remaining there
for a period of about ten years. At the end of
that time he disposed of his property at Cokeville,
and purchased the place where he now resides.
He is the owner of a large and well-improved
ranch property, and successfully engaged in the
business of raising cattle and horses. He is a
prosperous and enterprising citizen of that sec-
tion of the state, and has, from time to time, held
various positions of trust and honor in the gift of
his fellow citizens. For a definite period of time
lie held the position of justice of the peace at
Cokeville, and was also the postmaster at that
thriving place. In both 1886 and 1896 he re-
ceived the nomination of the Republican party,
with which he is politically affiliated, as a candi-
date for member of the Legislative Assembly,
but, in common with all others on his party tick-
et he met with defeat at the polls. On July 25.
1877, Mr. Somsen was united in marriage at
Salt Lake City. Utah, to Miss Emily Gentry, a
native of England, and the daughter of Samuel
and Elizabeth Gentry, both natives of that coun-
try, who are still living at Coalville, Utah, at a
very advanced age. During the pioneer days of
the West, they came across the plains with ox
teams, being among the earliest settlers of the
territory of Utah. To the union of Mr. and
Mrs. Somsen were born seven children, Henry
S. ; Olive, now the wife of James Sharp, of
Vernon, Utah ; Frank M. ; John B. ; Maude E.,
deceased ; Alma E. ; Garrett W. The family
were for many years among the most highly re-
spected in the community where they maintained
their home. In connection with his ranching
and stockgrowing operations, Mr. Somsen has
for many years been actively engaged in the tim-
ber and logging business, and, for nine years,
he was the efficient superintendent of large op-
erations in the getting out of railroad timbers for
the Union Pacific Railroad. Many of the logging
streams in .his vicinity have been the scenes of
his active timber operations, and he has directed
the driving of logs on a large number of them
in that section of his state, Utah and Idaho. He
is one of the representative citizens of the county
and the state where he resides, always taking a
leading part in all matters calculated to work for
the advancement of the community and the de-
velopment of the resources of the state, and is
held in high esteem by all classes of his fellow
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929
citizens. lie has from childhood anij !
great interest in horses, which, in a large meas-
ure, was an inheritance. This has Urn in it milv
a source iif threat pleasure to Mr. Soinsen, l>nt
also of a ileciileil henefit on many occasions, one
incident in his life will clearly demonstrate this.
I hiring the I'te outbreak of 187(1. when, on the
headwaters of I "row River. I'tah. the Indian
agent. Meeker, was killed. Mr. Som>eii escaped
by the i lei tness of hi- h< irse. ( >n July ^i >. i <)'>_'. he
had the misfortnne to lose his wife, she having
passed away at the age of forty-five years, sin-
cerely mourned by a la rye circle of friend- and
acquaintances, as well as by the members of her
own immediate family. Shi' was a noble Chris-
tian woman, and her memory is held sacred by
her surviving husband and children.
CARL STF.IX.
The sturdy ( ierman element in our national
commonwealth has been one of the most impor-
tant and forceful factors in -furthering the nor-
mal and substantial development of the coun-
try. As a class they are proverbially indu-in
Ous and frugal, signally appreciative of practical
values, also of the higher intellectuality which
transcribes provincial confines. \Yell may any
person take pride in tracing his lineage to such
a source, for it is from the Fatherland that much
of the moral backbone and sinew of our cmn-
posite nationality has been derived, t 'arl Stein,
the subject of tin- review, is one of the sterling
citizens that the greal German nation ha- con-
tributed to the American republic, ami. as such,
his name is eminently worthy of mention in a bi-
ographical ><>mpcndium of Wyoming's su<
fill, self-made men. ('arl Stein, who is now en-
gaged in Cattleraising operations about five miles
north of For! I .aramie. was born in < icrmany on
I >e, ember l^. iSd;. die son of ( hris and 1',,-rtie
(Rinehart) Stein. l'.\ occupation the fath.i is
a miner, still \\orking at this vocation in his
native country. ('arl Stein wa ' ired to ina-
turiu near ih. of his birth and received his
educational training in the public schools, attend-
ing them until a youth in hi- teens. Whei
enough to be of practical service, he began work-
ing with his father in the mines, and so contin-
ued to do until 1890, when, thinking the I'nited
States abounded in better opportunities for a
young man than obtained in his native land, he
bade farewell to friends and the familiar si
of his childh 1. and took passage for the great
:r\ across the sea. Reaching his destination
he made his way direct to llartville. Wyo..
where for one \ ear. he labored in the mines, at
the expiration of that time engaging in railroad
construction. Mr. Stein continued in the em-
ploy of the railroad company until iSuv. at which
time he moved to his present ranch near Fort
I aramie, and turned his attention exclusively to
cattleraising. lie acquired the ranch in 1892,
but his affairs at that time were not in proper
condition for him to take possession, so he spent
the inters ening \ears formulating plans and per-
fecting arrangements for his future career a-
of the count r\ "s successful stockmen. Since tak-
ing up his residence on the ranch. Mr. Stein's
business has grown in magnitude and import-
ance, presenting a series of continued slice,
and. today, he easily ranks with the enterprising
and well-to-do men of his calling in the vicinity
of |;ort 1 .aramie. His time is eiitirelv given to
his business, and the excellent condition of the
ranch, and everything that is thereon, ind"
the care with which he supervises all of his af-
fairs, lie is a man of sound judgment and prac-
tical ideas, being plentifully endowed with the
1). -t and mosl desirable of all qualiti. com-
mon sense. lie is progressive in his method-,
and to his cnerg\ and perseverance are attrihu
ted the gratifying results that have attended
his efforts since becoming a cili/en of the great
West. Fidcliu is one of hi- chief characi
tics, such lidelit\ as is manifest in his devotion
to his family, his friends and to his adopted conn-
try, and. in the faithful discharge of all of ;he
duties of life, it has \\ on him warm and lasting
•d \\here\er known. In 18X7 Mr. Stein \\.as
united in marriage with Miss Minnie Ken.ist. of
(iermany, a daughter of Frederick and Wilhcl-
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
mina (Barman) Kenast. a union blessed with
three children, Louisa, Hattie and Paul. The
Lutheran church represents the religious creed
of Mr. Stein, his wife also belonging to the same
body of worshipers.
CHARLES L. STOUGH.
With a record of private enterprise, public
service and estimable citizenship, of which al-
most any man might be proud, still rendering
vigorous and efficient service to his county in
his second term as sheriff, Charles L. Stough
stands forth conspicuously as one of the best
and most esteemed men in his portion of the
state. He was born in Columbiana county, Ohio,
the son of Jefferson and Sarah ( Huffmaster)
Stough, also natives of Ohio and of German
origin. They were prosperous farmers and did
the best they could for their three children, all of
whom are living, the second being Charles. The
mother died in Ohio in 1863. aged thirty-one
years, while the father is now and has been for
years a resident of Lander. The exigencies of
his condition made it impossible for the future
sheriff of Fremont county to secure more than a
meager common-school education, for, at the
age of ten years, he was obliged to take his place
as a hand on the farm, and. when he was seven-
teen, he left the paternal rooftree and made his
way to Kansas, where he rode the range as a
cowboy and and a cattleman until 1880. At that
time he came to Wyoming, and, locating in that
part of Sweetwater county, which is now Fre-
mont, devoted himself ardently to the stock busi-
ness with such success that he has found it both
pleasant and profitable, and has continued it
ever since. He took up land on the Sweetwater
River, increasing his holdings from time to time
until he now owns 400 acres, all of which is hay
and grazing land. On this desirable ranch he
conducts an active cattle business, which he
pushes with a commendable energy. It is not
however, so engrossing as to preclude him from
an active and influential participation in public
affairs, to which he turns bv natural inclination
and special adaptability. In the fall of 1890 he
was elected sheriff of the county on the Republi-
can ticket, and during his time of service in this
capacity, administered his office in a way that
made him a terror to evil doers and gained him
the enduring confidence of the county. He ar-
rested the notorious "I'.utch" Cassidy, who up
to that time, had defied the officers of the la\vr
and upon his conviction conveyed him to the
penitentiary. After the conclusion of his four-
years' term as sheriff, Mr. Stough gave his at-
tention to his ranch business until 1896,. when he
was elected a member of the State Legislature,
and, in 1900, he was again chosen sheriff of his
county, an office which he is still filling accept-
ably. He is a member of Lander Lodge, No.
10, Knights of Pythias, and of the local lodge
of the Woodmen of the World. On January ^,
1891, he was married to Miss Minnie Cooper, a
daughter of George and Catherine C. (Mead)
Cooper, residents of Lander, but natives of Wis-
consin. Five years later her father died; his
widow now maintaining her residence at Lander.
Mr. and Mrs. Stough have three children, Law-
rence, Donald D. and Verna.
HYRUM STRONG.
How much of endeavor, of endurance, of tire-
less activity, yes, and also of hardship, deprivation
and suffering the term "old-timers" represents.
The states of the Rocky Mountain region can
never adequately reward those who came to them
far in the van of organized civilization, and, by
both their activities and their vicissitudes, blazed
the way for others to follow. Their names will
ever be held in highest honor. It is most fitting
that in this volume we record something con-
cerning these brave sons of the early period,
and so we here place, in enduring form, a re-
view of the personality and family history of
one of these brave frontiersmen, whom every
old-timer will recognize as worthy of the place.
Hyrum Strong, now of Cumberland, Uinta coun-
ty, Wyoming, was born in Lee county, Iowa, on
March 30, 1845, a son of Ezra and Maria
PROGRESSIVE MEX 01- U'YOMIXG.
(Beard) Strong, the mother being a native of
I Vnnsylvania and tin1 father of Ohio. His pa-
ternal go. ,n -rand father was Sampson Strong.
who rendered faithful service to the colonies in
the Revolution. The grandfather was Ezra
Strong, of whom tradition says that he was a
robust pioneer who carried a musket that gave
good execution in the War of 1812. The father
of Hyrum Strong was a well-to-do farmer and
stockman in Iowa, also an expert millwright and
carriagemaker, which trades he successfully con-
ducted in connection with his farming opera-
tions. Ezra Strong later came to Utah, where
his wife died in 1860, and he afterwards mar-
ried Alary Xiswonger, of Pennsylvania, and re-
moved to Oregon, where she also died and was
buried at Woodland. After many changes r,f
residence and circumstances, the father died in
the Bighorn basin of Wyoming, at the age of
seventy-five years. He was a restless, energetic
man of more than ordinary ability, possessing
great endurance and activity, and. as a prominent
member of the Mormon church, built up several
settlements of members of that faith, acting as
their president. Hyrum Strong was the eldest
of eight children of his father's first marriage,
and came to Utah from Indiana with his parents
in 1854. when lie was but nine years old. His
school advant. ere those of the villai
Springville, I'tah, but, at an early age. be as-
sumed a business relation fur himself in stock-
raising and ranching, eontinuing this successfully
in Utah until iSo<>. \\li.n he came tn the Fort
I'.ridgvr section of Wvoming. and. \\hen the res-
ervation was thrown "pen t<> settlement, took up
a quarter-section of land, on which be engaged
in stockraising and general farming. \\\- per-
sistent and well-planned efforts have brought him
prosperity, lie has a line farm near Mountain
\ iew where he raised about the first crops
harvested in the neighborhood and planted ilk-
first garden of th<- vicinity, thus demonstrating
the aetnal value of the land by showing its pr i-
dik'tiveness under skillful management and
proper culture, lie has real-estate int< i
in l.xman. \V\o. (in Jul\ J,^. iSo;v in I'
ville, Utah. Mr. Strong \\as united in marriage
with .Miss Mary lluber. a native of France, and
daughter of F.dward and Mary A. Sledt Huber,
who came to I'tah in iS;S. The children are,
Mary M.. wife of Arthur Harney of Montana;
( Hive 1"... wife of Wallace Stevens of Fort Brid-
ger; Hyrum Orson, who married Caroline Sim-
3 of Price county, Utah, and owns a valuable
ranch of 160 acres adjoining his father's prop-
erty. In April. 1902. he established a livery and
feed stable at Cumberland, in connection there-
with running the compam's -tables. He also is
proprietor of the stage line to Carter and is en-
gaged in draying; Samuel F.. married Miranda
Tidwell. of Price county. I'tah. and lives near
Lyman. Wyo. : I.vdia M.. wife of Henry Witt of
Lyman : Joseph E.. married Josephine Herford
and resides at Lyman, Wyo. ; Wallace, married
Savala Hobson and lives on Clark's Fork, Mont. ;
Rosette, died in infancy at Monroe, Utah: Ida,
died at sixteen years and was buried at Lacenter,
Washington, and Geneva, now at the parental
home. Mr. Strong is a loyal adherent of the
Church of the Latter Day Saints, and in and by
his life exemplifies its teachings most faithfully,
himself and family standing high in public es-
is become familiar by actual visits
with most parts of the great West, and is one
of the best t\pe> of the early pioneer.
J. II. SULLIVAN.
'The attenti\e and competent \ardniasi
the ("iiion I'acitic Railroad at Kawlins. \Vvo-
. J. II. Sullivan, is a native <>f Kentucky,
born at Ashland, in iS^S. a son of James Sul-
livan. His father was also born in Kentucky.
and the nioiher. \\host- maiden name \\a-
in Virginia. lames Sullivan was a blacksmith
hv trade, and. in iS<«j. h< d from Ken-
tiiekx to \\hraska. and thence, in |SS^. to Kaw-
lins. \\'yo.. \\here lie passed the remainder of his
life. d\ing in I'HU. at the advanced ghty
. his wife having preceded him to the grave
in |IK">. lames II. Sullivan received his srliool-
ing in Kcinnck\ and Nebraska, an
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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
i teen years, started out in life to make his
own living, commencing his career by working
on the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming, at
which labor he continued for three months, when
he returned to Nebraska and clerked in a store
at Lone Tree, now Central City, for two years.
He then came to Rawlins, in 1875, followed brak-
ing mi the Union Pacific Railroad for a few
years, and then took charge of J. W. Hughes &
Co.'s store in Rawlins, for six months, when
he accepted the position of timekeeper for the
Union Pacific, held it for a year, and was then
employed as a fireman for two years, from which
position he was promoted to be conductor of a
freight train, and this position he held three
years, and was then employed as conductor on
the O. R. & N. R. R. for four years, following
which he returned to Rawlins and here filled the
responsible position of yardmaster for eight years.
He then went to Pocatello, Idaho, and had charge
of the railroad yard there for fifteen or eighteen
months ; he next returned to Rawlins and again
accepted the position of yardmaster. which he at
present holds. Air. Sullivan is a very friendly
ami genial gentleman, is a Mason in high stand-
ing, a citizen of unblemished character, and. in
politics, is a stalwart Republican ; but he has
never had any ambition toward filling public of-
fice. In January. 1889. Mr. Sullivan married, in
Oregon, with Miss Alollie Duncan, a daughter
of Squire Duncan, and a native of California.
This lady was most untimely called away by
death, in 1894, at the early age of twenty-six years,
leaving no children. Mr. Sullivan, however, has
a host of warm friends left to console him in his
bereavement, so that his way through life is
somewhat ameliorated.
ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND.
For ten years this enterprising and wide-
awake stockgrower and farmer has been a resi-
dent of the Bighorn basin of Wyoming, closely
identified with the stock industry in that section
of the state, and, during that time, he has not
only made substantial gains in worldly wealth,
such as the old patriarchs rejoiced in, ''lands
and flocks and cattle upon a thousand hills,'' but
he has become well established in the esteem of
his fellow citizens of Bighorn county, being rec-
ognized as a leading factor in the commercial life
of the community in which he lives. He is a
native of Canada, where he was bom in the
month of October, 1861, the son of William and
Mary (McMasters) Sutherland, who were Scotch
by nativity, descended from a long line of pa-
triotic and serviceable ancestry in that country.
When their son was nine years old they came to
the United States and lived in Chicago until 1873,
when they removed to North Platte, Neb., where
they resided until 1880, when the son, Alexan-
der, came to Wyoming, and was employed in
riding the range for a number of years in John-
son county. In 1893 he removed to the Bighorn
basin and settled on Tensleep River, where he
has since been engaged in raising stock and im-
proving and farming his land. His' land he has
reduced to systematic productiveness, placed on
the way to great beauty in arrangement and
adornment and here he supports generously a
fine herd of 200 superior cattle. He has made
by his own efforts whatever estate he possesses.
and, while it is gratifying in proportions and
character, it is only the promise of the fruits that
are sure to follow his methods of thrift and en-
terprise. He is one of the progressive and ener-
getic men of the county whose impress has al-
ready been made in enduring lines on the minds
of his fellow citizens and the local institutions of
his county, and the vantage ground he has al-
ready gained will only serve to increase his op-
portunities and power for further usefulness and
influence. Fortune did not vouchsafe to him
any adventitious circumstances, and the schools
of learning were not open to him, except for
short periods at irregular times, but, in the able
school of experience, he was taught self-reliance,
independence, quickness of perception and readi-
ness in action. And these qualifications for suc-
cess in life, which are never so well established
or so fully developed tinder any other teacher,
have been his main dependence and his whole
capital in his successful battle for supremacy
among men. From early life he has been de-
PROGRESSll'lL -UL-.V OF
933
pendent on his nun exertions, has never looked
to any other source of power; and the natural
capacity which nature gave him has thn- ;
developed and multiplied by acn itelligent
and made u-efnl in evcrv phase MI" his
being, so that he is essentially a self-made man.
H. J. B. TAYLOR.
Conspicuously connected with the wild, i
life of the \\Y>t for more than a quarter
century, and having "made L; 1" his right to
be called a pioneer by his strenuous indu->try in
varying fields of its activity. Herbert J. I'.. Tay-
lor is well entitled ti > r> pi
nine. He was born in M ela, Washing-
ton county, Pennsylvania, on \ngust 29, 1858,
being the son of Josiah and Lucinda ( Fryc ) Tay-
lor, descendants of very early families of the
commonwealth and natives of the same state.
The father was a farmer and a miller, takin
active part in all that concerned ihe public wel-
fare. The Taylor family has given al de-
fenders of the country in />ar in which
the republic has been engaged from ( 'olniiia!
3, and it was not strange that Josiah Tavlor
should hearken to the -"mid of the bugle, and
join the I'nion forces in the greatest internecine
war described up' >n the pa it) . 1 I ere
In- dii o llai rvice, and wa long
after the "wardnmis ceased to r. ill" to see the
in the land. I b died in '
rado iu is.) (. and the mi ither is m
of Boulder, Col". In [876 Mr. Taylor si
Eoi tin- western plains, tarrying for a time al
I i, ,dgi i ity, Kan. ien for three years he
engaged in farming, thence proceeding
. when hi 'ions for a vcar wi
what varied. dri\ '.•• . working on the rail-
aud other kindred labor-. Tiring of this, be
went to Salt Lake t'ity and engaged in freight-
ing for the I". S. "'lit between Salt Lake
t'it\ and I '"oft I •nliuning '.hi- for
six months and then pursuing the same empl"\
men! bel yrenne, \\'yo.. and I orl I .iramie
until the spring of i SS r . wh
I'.ridger. be was there identified with the govern-
5ter and as a wag' mn
until ' iSS-j, for his faithful perform-
ance of his duties receiving the marked •
mend. :" his superior-, lie concluded his
connection with ti ;"k in the
being there employed until the
abandi
wile" " that capacit
There,;]., 'ii L ed in ranching ai:
rai-ing. and. as a preliminary to this, he had
previon-h made claim to the 160 acr.
he now reside-. Here he runs a fine he:
ior cattle and a superior strain of h •.•
as with
forethought and with careful discrimination. He
a vital interest in all public mar
local character, having been an efficiei
On April _M.
he married with Miss Anna Hanson, a daughter
of J. I'., and .Mary A. i \\Vh- L, na-
of Lugland. who is an able helpmeet to her
industrious husband. They have had seven chil-
dren, of whom four survive. Herbert A..
edj Katie, deceased : Ltlgeue. d
'ah: Mary A. B. ; Charles. The
family enjoys the confidence and friendshr
the entire community, and at their hospitable tire-
side "the latchstring ever hangs out."
10 (BERT SWENEY.
IVcoming a re \V\oining when he
was but ten years old, and having pa--ed ;li.
of his lite so far within the limits of the state.
l\obert Svvni. -fill and
Stocl "id farmer of the Shell (."reek conn-
try in I',i. nt\. may almost be c
a product "f the commonwealth. His \otith and
maiih 1 have been spent on ln-r soil, he
educated in her his tir-t
righi '-'le. and he is
deeply and lo\ally intere-ted in her welfare. He
was born in Iowa mi March I I, I Si MI. tb
. and when li
four old 1 i.ither died. In I S~. > his
moil dr. K. 11. Au-tin. of
Wyoming, whose l-i.-^rapliy app. , her.-
934
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF U'YOUIXC,.
in tin's ylninc, and came at once with her new
husband and her young: family t<> this state. They
settled at Fort Halleck, remained there for a
number of years, then moved to Ra \vlins. and, in
188", came to reside in the neighborhood of their
present homes. When he reached the proper
age, Mr. Sweney took up a homestead, which he
still owns, and which he has greatly improved.
In partnership with his brother, Harry K. Swe-
ney (see sketch on another page), he owns 150
cattle, and on their land, which comprises two
adjoining tracts of 160 acres each, they carry on
a flourishing stock and farming industry, which
is steadily increasing in volume and value. Mr.
Sweney is also a U. S. mail-carrier by contract,
and gives as careful and systematic attention to
his official duties as he does to his private inter-
ests, braving all weather and daring all dangers
and hardships incident to the service. He is an
active and valued member of the Modern Wood-
men of America, and a progressive and widely
known and highly esteemed citizen of the coun-
ty. Of the labors of such true and honest work-
ers and producers the future great prosperity of
the commonwealth must come.
i
PETER SWANSON.
Among the successful self-made men of Wyo-
ming, who, by their own exertions, have risen
from obscurity to positions of honor and trust,
Peter Swanson, the present efficient and popular
sheriff of Sweet\vater county, is deserving of
especial notive. He has been identified with the
industrial interests of this part of the state for
a number of years, is distinctively a man of the
people, with their good always at heart, and,
by his integrity and upright course of conduct,
he has won an abiding place in the hearts and
affections of his fellow citizens. Mr. Swanson is
one of the many strong-armed, clear brained, hon-
est and progressive men that Sweden has con-
tributed to the United States. Reared in that
far-away northland, possessing in a marked de-
gree the many sterling virtues for which the
Scandinavian race has for centuries been cele-
brated, he has proved to be a valuable citizen of
the great republic on this side of the Atlantic,
and, in all but birth, is a loyal and devou-d Ameri-
can. Mr. Swanson was born in Sweden in 1857,
and is the son of John and Mary ( Xellie) Swan-
son, both parents being natives of that country.
The father was a farmer by occupation, a man of
considerable prominence in his locality, being a
devoted member of the Lutheran church, he rose
to high station in its official circles, and, in no
small measure, was a leader of thought in the
community where he spent his life. His death
occurred in 1867, at the age of fifty-two years.
Mrs. Swanson is still living near the place of
her birth, having reached the ripe old age of
eighty-seven years. Peter Swanson was reared
on the paternal homestead, from his pious, God-
fearing parents he early received instruction
which had much to do with the framing of a
symmetrically developed character, and in shap-
ing his life to useful and noble ends. He at-
tained manhood having a full belief in the re-
quirement that man should earn his bread by the
sweat of his brow, consequently has always had
a profound respect for honest toil and never
knew by practical experience the meaning of in-
dolence or idleness. He remained under the
paternal roof until reaching the years of his
\ '( iung manhood, meanwhile attending the com-
mon schools in winter seasons, spending the rest
of the year as his father's faithful assistant on
the farm. Having read and heard much of
America, and the opportunities there held out
to energetic young men, ;Mr. Swanson, at the
age of twenty-one, decided to cross the ocean
and seek his fortune in America. Accordingly,
he arranged his affairs to that end, bade farewell
to kindred and friends, looked for the last time
on the familiar scenes of his childhood, and, in
due time, landed on the shores of the New
World and entered upon a new destiny. Mak-
ink his way westward as far as Denver, Colo.,
he secured employment in the smelting works
of that city, and, after remaining there a short
time, came to Rock Springs, Wyo. During the
eight years following his arrival at the latter
place, Mr. Swanson was engaged in coal min-
ing. He husbanded his earnings and became
PR< IVE .MEX OF ll'VOMIXG.
935
well situated, financially. Snhs.-, rvcd
four years as marshal of the
period of two years In- was a deput) sherii
Succtwater count), dischar^im.; thi dutii
In. tli positions in a manner that won him hi-h
repute as a o ms< rvator of law an
er in tin.1 latter office uas such that h<
nominated in IN>S as sheriff 1>\ tin- kcpnlil-
of llu- county, ami was triumph.-
ie i' < the pn -'•in. he h
his , ifiieial fniK-tioii> to thi a of all.
I 'i tin- lauless ami criminal classes, ami it i-
universally conceded that the coimu has ;
hail a mure efficient, painstaking or a more pop-
ular puhlic -ervant. He has attended to his tin-
ties faithfully, ever lieini; unremitting in main-
taining the dignity of the law and lirin^iiii;- evil
doers to justice. Mr. Swanson is courteous and
iilili^iiiL; to all with whom he has ofticia'
relations, and Stands hi^li in puhlic esteem, lie
has many warm friends throughout the county,
upon whose lo\alu he ran always rely, and le.
n'lil service has proven himself worth'.
confidence reposed in him. A kcpuhlican in
tics, and an earnest party worker, in the mar
• nul friendship, political ties with him O
for naught, as many of his closet coinpav
hold views antagonistic to those which h<
terlains. In iSSj Mr. life com-
panion, hem- then united in marriage with Miss
Minnie Anderson, a daughter of George A.1
son, KM|. Their chi1
Mel\ ille. \s - the initial p . Mr.
S\\an:-on is ;i -:ich he <
ranks with tin- leading -ml it
is with much pleasure that the fan
of his life and trihnte to his sterlin
citixen and i if) • ded a p'
HI-.XkY J. TIH 'MAS.
To sketch the life of a l>ns\ man of affairs,
and. in a manner, to throw a well liylit
upon the principal events ,,f his eatver. is tin-
task in hand in \\ritin-of the u.-ll kuo\\n ^vntle-
\\hose name furnishes il -i of this
article. I lenr\ I. Thomas is n n., > >hio.
,nt\ of t arrol! on April
His pan-nts. Daniel ami Mar-an-t Thomas, wen-
horn in 1'etmsylvania ami < »hio. n-speciively. the
r for a nnmher oi - :i farmer in
Ihc latter state. In iN'><> Daniel T:
••.iri. and • in the manu-
brics at PI:,'
continued in that b until his mil',
strovcd liy tire, in 1.^75. and. i later, he
\Vyoinin- and bought a ranch a
dist.-i- ihe city of ( 'li, \eiine. i
that date until his retirement El
few 1 in the cattle in-
dustry, a the time in partnership with his
son. who is the - .f this review.
lied in 1X70 and was huried at 1'
'
I leiir. J. Thi ut in \'' . and
he r d education in the sdioi il
that city. In \X-(i. \\-lii-n four-
i- anied his father to \\
reafter. \\orked on the ranch
hie i : the li\
Fe, he went t. < I 'hicai^o. in
k a full commercial am!
the Pl-
aner which he • and
i:s \\ ith his father. A
.led ill the •
coiitinr -tilers until
when Henry purchased the entire interest, and
the ranch. H
mained when his fatlu r oriin1 sled until
of which \ear 1 • hi<
nt ranch ! nine r Fort
'|iiite
with
the to the i him
I h- h.is •
• pains i'.
of huildinu;s. lia1; of the '
and ' i\enienl ; . the
•nds adding i;reall\ to th
if the premises, the wh
hoim iltnre at- Mr.
• >GRESSIFE .ME A' Ol-' WYOMING.
Thomas is one of the leading stockmen of his
section, and. as a citizen. ies a commanding
position in the community. Early taught to rely
upon his own resources, he began courageously
the struggle of life, and, in the years that fol-
lowed, he not only worked his way upward in a
business sense, but his honorable course has com-
manded the respect of those with whom he has
been brought in contact. His sound judgment,
unimpeachable integrity and practical experience,
together with his adaptability to business, and
his keen insight into human nature, have fitted
him well for almost any calling in life. The
splendid condition of everything on his ranch at-
tests the interest Mr. Thomas manifests in both
his home and business. His place, known as
the Grattan ranch, was the scene of one of the
most thrilling experience in the annals of Laramie
county, which forms quite an interesting chap-
ter in the history of the state. Briefly stated, it
appears that on October 6, 1854, a squad of
United States soldiers and a number of huntsmen
came to his place for the purpose of demanding
from the Indians a certain member of the tribe,
accused of the committal of some gross offense.
The demand was met with an indignant refusal
to deliver the accused Indian, and, in the fight
that followed, the savages greatly outnumbering
the whites, every man in the Federal company
was killed. This is known as the Grattan massa-
cre, and has been described in full by various
writers and appears in different histories of Wyo-
ming and the West. Mr. Thomas was married
on December 6, 1892, in the city of Cheyenne,
with Miss 'Mary J. Hauphoff, a daughter of Jo-
seph J. and Mary Hauphoff, and four children
have resulted from the union, D. Lloyd, Guy E.,
Mildred and Cleon H., all living. Mr. Thomas
takes an active interest in whatever makes for
thf.- good of the community, materially, morally
Or educationally, and his name appears in con-
nection with all enterprises having these ends in
view. As a member of the local board of educa-
tion, and an official thereof, he has done much
to promote the efficiency of the schools in his
district, and, in other ways, has been mindful
of the interests of the young and rising gener-
ation. He is a good man, a worthy citizen, well
meriting the honor and esteem in which he is
held by the people of his own and other com-
munities of the commonwealth.
GEORGE TERRY.
A career full of interest, crowded with ex-
periences rare even in the history of the western
frontier, has been that of George Terry, now the
chairman of the Board of Council of the Sho-
shone tribe of Indians. The former position of
chief of the tribe has been dispensed with, and
the subject of this sketch, holding the position of
chairman of their board, in that capacity now
represents the collective tribe, representing it in
all discussions and negotiations concerning or
involving the affairs or property of the tribe. A
volume full of interest might be written concern-
ing the thrilling experiences of Mr. Terry upon
the frontier, and of the many expeditions in
which he has been a prominent factor and the
leading " spirit. He was born at Fort Bridger,
Wyoming, on February i, 1853, and all of his
life has been passed in the Far West. He is
the son of Josiah Terry, many years a well-km >\vn
character of the frontier, being one of the earliest
of the pioneers of the vast region now compris-
ing Wyoming. Utah and Idaho. Coming into
the country which is now the state of Wyoming
as early as 1847, in the employ of the old Y. X.
stage company, he conducted the first U. S.
mail expedition from Salt Lake to the Miss»uri
River. He is still living in Utah, at an ad-
vanced age. The mother of his son, George Ter-
ry, the subject of this sketch, was a member of
the Shoshone and Comanche Indian nation, be-
ing a noble woman of strong character, who
transmitted to her children the admirable char-
acteristics which made her notable among her
people. Mr. Terry has a just pride in his parent-
age, attributing much of his success in life to
the inheritance and the training which he re-
ceived from his mother. His early education
was acquired in the public schools of Salt Lake
City, and he subsequently was under the direct
tutoring of Professor Park, later a regent of
PROGRESSIVE ME WYOMING.
937
the State Cniversiu i if I "tali. After compl
his education, he tra\cled for a shot i time in Xcw
Mexico. Arizona anil the si>mh\\ rtion
df tin- I "niieil States. He then ca
Pass, Wyo., and was there during the first min-
ing excitement at that place. lie assisted in the
burial of the first white man killed there by the
Indians, and. subsequently, his father and the
family wi celled b\ threats to lea\
vicinity. They went first to ('.reeii Ki\er, and,
later, to Salt Lake City, where they remained Eor
some \<ars. In 1880. they returned to South
Pass for a short time, then again removed their
resilience to Salt Lake. In 1884, tl irned
to their former residence in \\' \oming. and
Terry acted in various capacities for the I'nited
States in and about the Shoshone agency and
reservation. In the year KKH, he was made the
chairman of the Hoard of Council of the Slm-
shone people, and wields a large iutbience in that
capacity, which he alwa\s uses for the best in-
terest of all parties concerned, and he enjoys the
confidence and respect of both the officials of the
V. S. government and the' white citi/en-.as v.
of the Indians, the people whom he more directly
represents, fn 188;. Mr. Terry was united in
marriage with Miss Kate F.UIMS. a number of
the Shoshoue nation. The) have bad eight chil-
dren, of whom three are living, Josiah H., Ju-
lia A. and Felicia. The family are highly re-
spected at the agency, and by all classes of peo-
ple. In addition to his other business inten
Mr. Terry is engaged in the business of ranching
a:id stockraising. and is the owner of a fine ranch,
consisting of OVi r 400 acre- of land, \\ell fenced
and improved, with convenient and modern
buildings, while hi- residence is the largest and
n tin reservation, lie is a substantial busi-
ness man and property owner, foremost in the
ad\"cac\ of all measures calculated to work to
the inti resl and advani , -l" his pe, ,p]e anil
ot the community in which he maintains his
. In 1*04. .Mr. \V. L. Clark, a I". S. go\
ernnient allotting agent, made a large nninberof
allotments on the Shoshone reservation1, \\hich
were both unjusl and UHSatisfaCtor) to the peo-
ple of that nation. In order to remedx the in-
justice which was thus .sought to be done, Mr.
. visited \Y.i • ' . and there,
through his influence in the 1 >epartment uf the
Interior and the senators and represeiitati\
, the order of allotment was held in
anee. pending further investigation, and tlv
cial pro; i made that the wrongs com-
plained of should he righted. The great service
which he thus rendered has added to the
influence which he already wielded in conn,
with the public affairs of his people.
WILLIAM E. TAYLOR.
William K. Taylor, now a prominent stock-
' grower of I'.ighorn eoimtx , Wyoming, and the
lar merchant and postmaster of Honanza, a
pioneer of the state in iS8i.. is a native of the Do-
minion of Canada, where he was horn on De-
cember 21, 1X511. tin- son of William and Lucinda
Al. (Harvey i Taylor, who were also born and
reared in ( ana, la. 1 le reached the age of twenty
and received his education in his native province.
and then was engaged in • as a
teacher for a time. Tiring of this occupation, he
went to I'.oston. Mass.. and in that ciu eng
in the ice business until iS86. when, turning his
back upon the conveniences, pleasures and ad-
vantages of an advanced and cultivated civiliza-
tion, he came to Wyoming, locating at Honanza.
win-re be started one of the first mercantile es-
tablishments in the r.i.uhorn basin, being at that
time in a ition with his brother,
Alon/o, \\hichcontiuued until April i. |S,,;-.
enterprise which they originated and carri.
W. K. Ta\lor is still conducting, and it has h, -
one of the established institutions of the
countrx. lie carries a large and varied,
general merchandise, suited to his trade and to
the community, omitting no effort on his part to
she stock ,|o\\ n to date in ever I le
also owns S"" acr, , 1 land, has a line herd
of cattle and a di good horses. \\ hjl(. jn
the affairs of the community, and in all that
COndUCeS to the ColUenieUCe of the people, he
a leading part. He is a stockholdi
'he !• ihone company, and. when Hi-horn
938
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
;\ \\as organi/cd. IK- was its tirst county
clerk, serving without salary. He has been post-
er at I'.onanza since [897. l-'raU-rnally, he
belongs to the Odd Fellows. In Boston, Mass.,
on November 14. i8SS. he was married to Miss
Ethel M. Bennett, a native of that city. They
have had three children, Harry and Grace, and
Charles, deceased.
JOHN A. THORNE.
This prosperous, progressive and public spirit-
ed farmer and stockbreeder of Bighorn county,
conducting- his operations on a superior ranch of
320 acres, lying near the town of Otto, came to
Wv< lining- when he was nineteen years old, and
he has been a resident of the state almost all of
the time since then, having passed a few years,
however, in Nevada and Idaho. He has given
the vigor and enthusiasm of his young manhood
and the ripened powers of his full maturity to
the development of the state, and to the advance-
ment of her interests and her people, and is rec-
ognized as one of her leading and representa-
tive citizens in the section of his residence and-
amid the scenes of his useful labors. Air. Thorne
was born on October 21, 1855. at Davenport,
Iowa, a son of James and Jane ( McLumphrey)
Thorne, both natives of Indiana. In his native
state he reached the age of nineteen and received
a common-school education, working between
the terms of school at various occupations as he
had opportunity. In 1874 he came to Wyoming,
locating at Evanston, where he spent a year.
From there he went to Nevada, and for five years
was engaged in mining in that state, then moved
to American Falls, Idaho, and was identified
with mining operations in that region for a year.
In 1882 he returned to this state and took up
his residence at Atlantic City. Here for a while
he followed mining, then turned his attention to
raising horses, continuing this enterprise until
1889, when he came to the Bighorn basin and
took up land near Otto, making this his perma-
nent home, and the seat of a promising industry
in stockraising and farming, which he imme-
diately inaugurated, and which he is still conduct-
ing. He has 320 acres of land, which is nat-
urally good, and yet has been much improved
by skillful and systematic cultivation. He has
supplied it with good buildings, ample in size and
sufficient in number for the requirements of the
business and for all the comforts of an attractive
home. And, as he has been energetic and dili-
gent in here building his own fortunes, he has
also been as zealous and active in a leading-
way in helping to build up and develop the
county and community in which he has cast
his lot. From the serious business of his vo-
cation, " and the cares necessarily incident to
it, he finds occasional relief and pleasant recre-
ation in the meetings and proceedings of his
lodge of Odd Fellows, to which he has belonged
for a number of years. He was married at Al-
bion, Idaho, in 1880, to Miss Electra A. Rut-
ledge, a native of Ohio, who was reared in Ore-
gon. They have one child, their son, Bertram
O. Thorne, born at Atlantic City in 1883.
FRANK O. THOMPSON.
\Vhile actively and serviceably engaged in
the profession of teaching, as the principal' of
the Burlington (Wyoming) schools, a profession
revered by all men, yet scarcely by any held in
the high esteem it deserves, in that capacity aid-
ing in the development and improvement of the
neighborhood in which he lives, and in giving
proper trend and force to public sentiment at its
fountain head. Mr. Frank O. Thompson, of near
Cody, is also a contributor to the material wealth
and resources of his adopted state by conducting
a thriving and profitable stock and farming in-
dustry on his beautiful and well-managed ranch.
His parents were Henry and Amanda (Dean)
Thompson, natives of Canada and early settlers
in Illinois, where their son, Frank, was born on
November 18, 1868. He grew to manhood and
was educated in his native state, and. after leav-
ing school, was employed as a bookkeeper and
salesman in a mercantile establishment. In 1888
he came west to Colorado, and, for two years
thereafter, was in the employ of the Union Pa-
cific Railroad in the civil engineer corps. He
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF
939
then went to Nebraska and en^a.^ed in buy in-
and shipping cattle and other stock until i
In that year he came to Wyoming, located land
four miles east of Cod) and settled down as a
Stockgrower and c|uiet farmer. The < dncatimial
demands of the neighborhood, however,
forced him into service a- a teacher, and he ha
employed in this dual capacity ever since,
now the highly esteemed princip:. -•• til
= li.i.il at I'.urlin.uton. when- he has in charge
one of the largest, and. as be has made it,
of the !,, i -chools in the county. Me also gives
and useful attention to local • Fairs,
and i- one of the leader- of thought in all mat-
ter- pertaining to the moral and educational ad-
vancement of the peopli ' hi- portion ol the
State, to whom he rendered faithful servio
deputy comity assessor, in moJ. lie is a valued
member of the Modern Woodmen of America,
i with Cedar Lodge of the order.
a! ( !ody, and taking an active part in its pro.
in-s. lu all northern Wyoming no man is
highly or more universally e-teemed and re
ed than this eminently useful gentleman.
NATHAN D. THATCH1-.R.
Born and reared in the farther We-t. educat-
ed in her scb " -I-, making hi- in '1 5UC-
iiil career out of her indn-trial and
cial in-titiitions. in him-elf, Nathan I ). Thai
of Thayer. I Finta i Wyomin noth-
ing directlv to the cultivated I-'.;. pi its
opportunitii , vhich : i '• >rs utili a d [or
their ad) and for the benefit of the com-
munities m \\ Inch they lived. 1 li- life beg
I , ...an. 1 1 ah, • n i Ictober .}. I Si ,7. hi- pa-
John I',, and Rachel ' r. having
ed the plains fmin I >hio to ("tali in iS^-.
g with the tir-t expedition into that region,
driving an ox team all of the way. An
rival, the father was a clerk- in the /. C. M. I.,
and for a number of years he wa- its mat
lie then removed tO the ( '.entile \ alley, of I
now known as Thatcher. SO named in his 1
where he i- actiu-b en-a^vd in ranching, -lock-
-mwiny and dairying. I "mm the hen-inning of
his residence in this part of the \\orld. he has
been prominent, looked upon a- a leading citi-
zen. He ha- -erved in the Legislature 0
and in iSoi. wa> there nominated for the office
of lieutenant-governor. He has al-o servei
sor of I'.annoek county, in tb. In
the ( Ihurch of the 1 atter 1 >aj Saints he has be u
bisliop of Thatcher, or of the Thatcher \\ard. as it
then called. When hi- lived there be was
bishop of l.o^an. hem- one of the fir-t :
lie wa- always pm^rcs-ivi- and entcrpri-
ing, seeing the need of school facilities in the
- Valley, lon«^ a^o be built a schoolhouse.
one of the first in the valley, where be taught one
of the first -chool- of that section. His pal
were lle/ekiah and Alley ( Kitchen I Thalclur.
pioneer- in I 'tab. and ••forty-niners" in Califor-
nia, lle/ekiah Thatcher was very successful in
bi- mining 0] - in that country, and in
1851. retl m and built the first i^rist
mill and the first sawmill in his neighborhood,
conducting them for years. lie al-o organized
'the /ion'- Cooperative Mercantile Institir
in, and held it- destinies in his hands from
the be^-innini;-. breadline; into it his own quickcn-
pirit and endowm- it with his own \
and activity. Nathan I"). Thatcher was one of
ieven children bom to his parent-, of whom
MOW living. I lis mother lent-
i.illed in the ( ientile \'alle\ . and. after a time,
his father married with her sister. Sarah I '
and they bad nine children. N'al
in the public 51 hools of I • gan, and. after leaving
,1. lie worked for hi- f.-ulu • ral \ears.
then, m [890, -tailed a sheep industry for In i
in Idaho. This l,e di-i
dan -. bn-ines- at tlu same place, in mm dis-
po-in^ nf this also, thence coinini; to \\'\omin^
and locatiiiL; at Thaviie and buildiiiL; the crea.n-
er\ of that |'lace. which ha- a capacit\ of :».-
pounds per da\ . He also purchased a mer-
cantile e-iaMi-hment. which he li.
condnctin-. ha\ in- a full line of general UKT-
chandi-e. I'.oth of the-e enterprise- have bis
careful attention and supervision, and both are
940
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
by reason of his judicious manage-
ment. Air. Thatcher \ el owns a 2OO-acre farm
in Idaho, and this, like all his other interests, is
well cared for and highly developed. He has
been very active in church work and takes great
pleasure in it. He has filled a mission in Ken-
tucky with success and has acceptably served
as one of the presidents of the Seventy. On
May 1 8, 1892, at Logan, Utah, was solemnized
his marriage with Miss Rachel Folkman, native
in that state, but, at the time of the marriage, re-
siding in Idaho, being a daughter of Jeppe G.
and Serena (Anderson) Folkman, and a niece
of A. Anderson, a former mayor of Logan. Her
father was born and reared in Denmark and her
mother in Norway. Of their eleven children
six are living. Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher have had
six children. Those living are Nathan D., Jr.,
Rachel H., Eulalia S., John K. and Reginald H.
One son, Basil, died in infancy. In all the rela-
tions of life Mr. Thatcher has borne himself
above reproach and given an inspiring example
to his fellow men, among whom he is held in high
esteem, and over whom he wields an influence,
which is constant and forceful for good.
REUBEN M. TUTTLE.
Prominent in business circles, valued in
church councils, influential in political affairs,
fortunate in worldly wealth, and ministering to
the comfort of his fellows from a stock of mer-
chandise that comprises the best of its kind, and
is served with that cheerfulness and courtesy of
manner which adds zest to its flavor, Reuben M.
Tuttle of Jackson, Uinta county, Wyoming, has
within him and around him all the elements of
personal comfort, public esteem and approbation.
He was born at Salt Lake City, Utah, on Febru-
ary 7, 1870, a son of Elanson and Mary A. (Tay-
lor) Tuttle, the former a native of Canada and
the latter of England. The father came to Salt
Lake City in 1849 and the mother a year later.
The father was a lumberman and both were
prominent members of the Mormon church. He
died in 1878, aged seventy-two years. She still
lives at Salt Lake. They 'had five children, of
whom Reuben was educated in the public schools
supplemented by a year's attendance at the Salt
Lake University. After leaving school he was
first employed as a range-rider in southern Utah,
where he followed this occupation for eight
years. He then became a solicitor and collector
for the Fish Brewing Co., of Salt Lake City,
traveling through Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and
Nevada. Early in the winter of 1902 he started
his present business enterprise in Jackson, by
opening one of the most attractive sample rooms
in that part of the state and catering to the taste
of a large and exacting trade. By study of the
wishes of his patrons and attending to the needs
of his business, he has established himself firm-
ly in the regard of a generous patronage, and
has become one of the mercantile features of the
town. He owns a great deal of property in the
city and has contributed to its progress and im-
provement in many ways. The building in which
he conducts his business, which he built for the
purpose, was the first brick structure erected in
Jackson. He takes an active part in public af-
fairs and aids by his counsel, and more substan-
tial support, every enterprise for the good of the
community. He was married at Salt Lake City,
Utah, on November 2, 1891, with Miss Maria
T. Wixcey, a native of that city and a daughter
of John and Sarah J. (Thomas) Wixcey, natives
of England and Wales respectively. They have
one child, a son named Clyde R. Tuttle. Their
pleasant home is a center of genial and bounte-
ous hospitality, and the entire family is well es-
teemed throughout the surrounding region in its
social, church and business circles.
THOMAS L. VAN NOY.
Thomas L. Van Nov. of Thrane, Uinta coun-
ty, Wyoming, now a prominent stockgrower anrl
also the ialert proprietor of a busy sawmill, was
born at Richmond, Utah, on May 4, 1866, a son
of W. T. and Agnes (Byrrell) Van Noy, the
former a native of the Mississippi Valley and the
latter of Scotland. They met and were married
PRO( n'l- Mi WYOMING.
94i
in Utah, having crossed the plain- i i: n
tory in different year-, tin- mother having been
in "lie of the handcart trains and \\orked her
\\;i\ across on foot by helping to dra\v one of
the cart-. The father was a millwright of pro-
gressive views and enterprising industry, who
died ill the state •>!' hi- ad. .ptii m. on March J.
1900, aged about seventy-eight year-. Ili- wife
there in 1878. Their son, Thomas, wa- the
lourth of their eleven children, eight of
are living. He received a common-school edu-
cation of limited extent in his iritive
soon as he was old and large enough, he was
;>nt to work in his father's sawmill. S i after
this, \\hile still in youthful years, he began hu.-i-
for himself by running a sawmill of his
own in Idaho. He sold his interests in that ter-
ritory in iSSi). crime to Wyoming, locating at
what i- now the town of Thavne. there building
a -lore, which he conducted until KJOJ. when he
sold it to X. D. Thatcher, of tin Bedford Cream-
ery Co. He then took up a homestead of [60
acres, on which he now resides. From that time
he has been developing thi iiringing it T)
a high state of ini|)rovement and cultivation, and
from it he ha- been conducting a prosperous cat-
tli and sheep industry, lie al-o run- a -.iwmiil
which i- situated about two miles northerly of
Thavne. His interesl in local public affair
and aln. ling, \\-hich has brought him
into prominence as one of the leading thii
and worker- for the good of ihe commi
I le has served his people a- a ju
in civil affairs and in the ("linrch of the Latter
I >ay Saint- he ha- been one of the most active
and 51 • ile w< irkers. \-'< >r a in
he was president of tin- Young Men's Mutual
Improvement Association, and for eleven years
thi flieieiit -M|ienntendcnt of the Sunda\ -clioo!
at tin's placi . Ib was married at Logan. I 'tab,
on January I,}. [886,' to Mi-- Martha T. Vail.
a native of Idaho. ;l daughter of |-aac and Tlu-
resa \. > I'.eeleri Vail, the father born and reared
in Illino!-. md the mother in Indiana. Mr. and
Mrs. Van \o\ have ten children. Thoma- l.oren.
IVrtha T.. Florence F.dna. Ague- Laviue, '/.<.•]-
i-'.lzada, John. L. -ttie. William
and James. Mr. Van Noy's father was thrc"
times married, first, to .Miss Catherine Hen-
dricks, by whom he had eleven children; sec-
ond, to Mr. Van Xoy's mother, this marriage also
i with eleven children; after tho
death of these two wives occurred the third mar-
with Mi-- Katy I'.agley, and they had four
children. Twenty-one of the twenty-six chil-
dren of his father are living, making their way in
the world in various lines of activity, exempli-
fying in their daily walk the lc--on- of thrift,
indu-m and integrity they learned at the pater-
nal tin-Mil,.'.
J. \.MKS M. TOLMAX.
James M. Tolman. of near Otto. Wyon:
i- one of the pro, peron- and p -lock-
men and fanners of I'.ighorn county, and a prom-
inent and successful worker in the Church of
the Latter I )a\ Saints. lie was born in I'tah.
em \ iS. iS;;. the son of Cyrus and
Margaret F. Tolman. His father came
tab with the first train of Mormon emi-
grant- in 1.^47. "in- of the first Argonaut- of that
\\ondcrful religion- ni' .\emcnt. which
swarmed the va-t de-ert i thi Inter-
.Mouiitaiu region with a productive host of in-
dustrious and religion- citi/eiis. and soon attained
to prominence and inlhiencc in the council- of
the church. He carried on a profitable farming
and -tod indti.-try for a number of
in I 'tali, then removed to Idaho, \\heiv he di-.'d
in i')(ij. at the time of lii- death being a church
patriarch, and ei nerated leader in all
church affair-. I'.oth be and hi- wife were m-
of Maine. In hi- nati f I 'tall J.i
M. Tolman grew to manhood and \\.t- educated.
There, i. i the business of life on
lint, mining and farming for a num-
ber of years uiihin it- limits, then, in iSS7_ mov-
ing to 1'inta i'oiint\. W\oming. This -tale hi^
n his home, among h< r people be ha-
liveil. among them labored with a--idnon- eni
and indu-tr\. carrying on at the -ame tim<
942
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
own private business as an enterprising and pro-
gre-;Mve farmer ami stockbreeder, except during
an absence of several years while be was on a
church mission to i (regon and Washington. In
1 90 1 he sold his interests in Uinta county and
moved to the Bighorn basin, purchasing there
seventy acres of excellent and highly improved
land near Otto, on which he has since made his
home. His stock and farming business is well-
managed and prosperous ; the church affairs of
this neighborhood, which are largely in his
charge, are flourishing, expanding with gratify-
ing steadiness and vitality. He is a high priest in
the church and the superintendent of the Sunday-
school at Otto. In 1891 he married in Utah with
Miss Maggie Erickson. a native of Denmark,
who came to the Mormon state when she was
young. They have seven children. Myra, Beat-
rice, Warren, Clementine, Emery, Laura and
Foster. Wherever Mr. Tolman has lived he has
made warm friendships and won public esteem,
and at every change of residence he has left be-
hind him the memory of time well-spent in the
service of his fellows, being possessed of genial,
courteous, entertaining and stimulating compan-
ionship, and also being a high example in self-
denial, reliability and devotion to duty.
WILLIAM VAX FATTEN.
Descended from old Colonial families, who
brought to the New World from their native
Netherlands the enterprise, love of liberty and
progressive ideas of that favored and freedom-
loving land, William Van Patten, now a prom-
inent and resourceful stockman and farmer, liv-
ing about three and one-half miles north of Lan-
der, has every incentive in the lessons and exam-
ples of his ancestry for the best citizenship, and
he has exemplified in his own career the qualities
of self-reliance, elevated manhood and produc-
tive energy for which they were distinguished.
He was born in Peoria county, Illinois, in 1849.
a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Collins) Van
Patten, the former a native of New York and the
latter of Kentuckv. The father was a successful
farmer and stockraiser, who died in 1860, aged
thirty-eight years. The mother is yet living in
Illinois. Both the Van Patten and the Collins
families have borne conspicuous parts in the
civil and military history of the United States,
members of the various generations fighting for
the cause of their country in every war and dig-
nifying with their ability and by their high char-
acter the annals of public and private life in the
quiet days of peace. Col. John B. Van Patten,
the brave commander of a New York regiment,
gained renown for gallantry in the Civil War,
reflecting the luster of his bravery upon his
nephew, William, and his other relatives, and
a grand-uncle, Benjamin Collins, dared death in
the hottest of the fight under General Jackson
at New Orleans in the War1 of 1812. William
Van Patten received only a limited education
in the public schools of Illinois, being called early
in life to take his share of the work on his fa-
ther's farm, and soon after, in 1876, led by his
ambition to do something for himself in the
same line, he left the prairies of his native state
and sought a foothold on the frontier in south-
western Missouri, where he passed two years in
following the vocation of the patriarchs of Holy
Writ. From Missouri he removed to Colorado,
where he worked in trie stone quarries and
freighted to Leadville until 1883. In that ye.-ir
he came to Wyoming, and, locating at Lander,
began farming and stockraising operations, fa-
voring graded Durham. Herefords and Polled
Angus in his breeds of cattle, and keeping his
horses up to a high standard in breed. He also
does freighting from Casper over the Rattle-
snake Hills to Lander. His ranch consists of
160 acres of the best meadow land in this fa-
v< >red section, being also highly improved and
skillfully cultivated. It yields abundant crops
of cereals and hay and a prolific growth of gar-
den vegetables. Mr. Van Patten is a man of
liberal and progressive views, who gives an in-
telligent and helpful attention to every public
enterprise. He is an active member of Wind
River Camp, Woodmen of the World, at Lan-
der, and has been of great service in building up
PROGRESSIVE ME\ OF ll'YOMl
'J43
and popularizing the organization. < MI January
-'4- i^/".v 'u' wa-< united in marriage \vitli Miss
Margaretta Stct/k-r. a daughter of George and
Mary (Root) Stetzler, natives of Pennsylvania
and descendants of old Colonial families, who
came over from England in tin- Mayflower in tin-
Colonial period of our history. Her father, who
was a skillful carpenter while in active busil
is still living at Lander, having reached the ad-
vanced age of eighty-five years. His wife died
in Illinois, on January 25, 1877. aged sixty--
Six children have come .to their marriag.
whom four died in infancy. Those living are
Lulu Maude, wife of Charles Tease, of Fremont
county, and Charles \ i-eder, who still resides
under the paternal roof. Mr. \ an Patten has
been especially active in educational matters.
A. L. YEITCH.
\\ e have had fre<|iien; occasion to speak of
that Scotland has made to the Great \\Yst. men
the valuable contribute ms < if her very w< >rth\ si ins
whose intelligence, integrity, good morals and
industry have been sterling factors in the build-
ing of ne\\ communities, tilling, a-* they usually
do, places of mark in the professi, ,nal. commer-
cial and industrial departments of the states or
territories where they have made their homes.
One of these sturdy sons of "auld Scotia," \\ho
occupies a prominent place in the estimation of
the citizens of the neighbor!) 1 and conn;
his residence, is A. I,. \Yitch. a native of Mid
Lothian, Scotland, boi reli 22, 1X43. tin-
son of Andrew and Flizabeth (Esplen) \'<-iteli.
both nati\cs of I Vebl.-.xlnre. where thei-
ive families have long beei ! in farming.
Tin- subjecl of tins sketch, the youngesl of ti\<
children, bad the i , ,||Mi fai
lad. I Ie attended xcho, ,| in the intervals of labor.
carl\ acquiring, fn ui iUS life • 'f agri-
culture, a vigi nstitntion and developing
great of . ndurance. I I, was Iat.-i
gaged in agricultural pursuits f, ,r some vears in
the vicinit) of F.dinhurg and I.ritb. in iS;-,, emi-
grating, an.l easing in his lot with America.
Mercer count \ . 1'a., \\as his tirst American resi-
dence, and here he tarried four years, after which
he proceeded to J'.ooiie county, Io\va, and there
illy in fanning for lift.
being prospered in his undertakings ami winning
man\ friends. I luring the cxciuuient attending
the great -old discoveries at I.eadville. Colo., Mr.
\ eitch joined in the stampede thither, where he
our years in mining operations. In 1889
he sold his Iowa interests and f, ,r t\\,,
thereafter was located in South Dakota, thence
coming, in iSni. to \V\oining. and. finding a |
opportunity, engaged in M, .ckrai.sing. near 1 '
'here continuing for four years, when he re-
•1 to Xatrona county, and has since con-
ducted there the raising of cattle of a superior
quality, meeting with the goo,': naturally
ling to the diligent and industrious husband-
man \\lio conducts his operations with wise care
and careful discrimination. His eligibly !•
and tinelv equipped ranch is situated nine miles
r, and here he ranges an excellent
herd of about 500 finely bred cattle. lli-
cessful labors are certain to result in even a much
legree of prosperity than lie now enj
as the success of this department of the si
greatest source ..f revenue is cumulative, year
by \ear adding to the number of the magnificent
animals running . >n the extensive range. A-
his brother stockmen and associates, n.. . .tie is
in higher regard, lie has enjoyed the min-
gled sorrows ami blessing,, ti1;i( COme to a \\ell-
assorted and happy marriage union, for in 1X70
occurred the ceremony uniting him and Miss
Agnes Mclntosh in wedlock. She is the daugh-
ter of \Villiam Mclntosh, a \\ell-to-do farm,
Forfarshire. Scotland, who still abides on the old
homestead in his native land. Mr. and Mrs. Yeitch
had th. se children : Andrew, deceased : Ag-
nes, deceased; William. n..\\ engineer at the coal
mines at < ilenn.ek : Robert, engaged in ranching
near Casper; F.dith : Mabel; Ine/. In all of the
relatio -f life, tl cial and
tin- eivil. Mr. Yeitch stands as an exampl-
the highest ,|ypi . Fver true to his convictions, be
is a worthy member of tin- Republican political
944
'GRESS1VE MEN OF WYOMING.
party ami of UK- Preslu terian church. Xo one in
a wide extent lias the friendship of the people
in a greater derive, while his hospitable home is
a place of enjoyment for his numerous friends.
FRANK II. VIRDEX.
In the free, wild regions of the West a cer-
tain lawlessness at times is prevalent, for here
thieves, bandits ani rers have a wide range
••ninhahited country in which to secure and
form hiding places; oftentimes thinking them-
selves entirely safe from the hands of the law,
and being correspondingly defiant and arrogant.
It is well, then, that in such a country that the
office of sheriff should be filled with men of
great personal courage, untiring health and vig-
orous constitutions, men who are as fearless as
the criminals who would escape punishment, and
as relentless in pursuit of them as a sleuthhound.
Such a one is Frank H. Virclen, who has, with
great capability and firmness, filled the office of
sheriff of Converse county. Wyoming, for two
consecutive terms of two years each. He is cred-
ited with the delivery of more cattlethieves at the
state penitentiary than any other sheriff in the
state, and he has been at all times uncompromis-
ing in his pursuit of wrongdoers and a fearless
official, ever being actuated by a just sense of
the rights of the people and of his duty as a
maintainer of law and order. On one occasion,
he followed two horse-thieves 400 miles, at last
capturing them in Montana, returning alone with
them, and making the trip of 800 miles in seven
days and nights. In his official career, from 1892
to 1896, he captured several murderers, his cour-
age and keen detective ability rarely ever prov-
ing at fault. These are but samples of his in-
tense activity as a preserver and conserver of
peace, and never had Converse county a more
faithful, diligent or effective official. Mr. Vir-
den is a native of the state of Delaware, where
he was born on February 22. 1864, the son of
Joseph B. and Elizabeth F. (Rust) Yirden, the
father being the son of 'Mitchell Yirden. and the
mother the daughter of Peter Rust ; all being
natives of Delaware, as were their ancestors from
( 'c'lonial da\s. their predecessors generally pass-
ing their lives in quiet agricultural pursuits, but
being always law-abiding and law-preserving cit-
izens. Peter Rust attained the patriarchal age
oJ eighty-seven years, and many others of the
family have been very old at their deaths. The
father was always a resident of Delaware, pass-
ing from earth in 1893, the father of eleven chil-
dren. Frank H. Virden was the fifth child of
the fainiK. and, at the expiration of his school
days, he served an apprenticeship of six years,
but. coming to Wyoming in January, 188". he
worked at ranching, first for wages, until 1891,
when he started in business for himself by buy-
ing an interest in Box Elder Park, and engaging
in the raising of stock. Here he remained, suc-
cessfully conducting his special line of husbandry,
until 1901, when, selling his property there, he
purchased his present home, the Charles George
ranch, situated fourteen miles west of 'Douglas,
and here he is still conducting stockraising in an
unpretentious way, Hereford cattle being his
specialty, and of which breed he is running now
about 200 head. His memories of Delaware were
so pleasant, that, in 1896, he returned to that
state on a visit, and, (hiring his stay there, in De-
cember, 1896. he wedded with Miss Sallie Black,
a lady of culture, executive ability and grace,
who returned with him to aid him in his life's
activities. They have one child, Thomas Virden.
PETER YAXDERVOORT.
Although a resident of Wyoming but little
over a decade of years, Peter Vandervoort, now
of Meeteetse, has been actively and serviceably
connected with the growth and development of
the portion of the state in which he has been
living, and has added materially to its agricul-
tural, commercial and social importance, by pre-
cept and example stimulating its activities and
turning them to new fields of operation. He
was born at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on March
15. 1867, his parents being Peter and Maria
(La Grange) Vandervoort. When he was six
PRO WYOMi
years of age his parents beca: '.dents of
Minnesota, nine b • >ving to
South Dakota, where he reached -tate
and finished his education. In 1887 he sought
an opportunity to make his o\\ n wa\ in the v.
in a new territory and in a different
from that so long conducted by hi
four years he lived in .Montana, a portion of the
time at Helena and the rest at Kalispell, and,
in 1891, he came to Wyoming. once
in the Bighorn hasin near Otto. He raised th •;-••
the first crop »f grain ever grown on tin I'.ur-
lin^ton Flat, having gradually prepared his land
for it by judicious and careful attention. In
1901 he sold his interests in that neighbor!
and bought a ranch of 480 acres on Spn
Erom which as headquarters he runs fine herds
of cattle, numbering at least 150 head, and he
occasionally handles a number of horses. With-
in the same year he opened a meat market at
Mectcet.se. and from that time forward h.
steadily increased its trade and raised the si
ard of its merchandise. He is also a one-half
, wni '" Of the Vandervoort \- llolliday liver
feed barn one of the most popular establish-
ments of its kind in this part of the county. For
a number of years Mr. VandervOOrl has been a
valued and serviceable member of the Mod.-rn
\\oodnien of America, and In- is a married man.
the ceremony making him one occurring at II !
ena, -Mont., in 1890, when hi- wedded
rie Clark, a native of Mr umily
circle contains their two children. Murre!!
Glad)-, who add life and ^un-liine to their |
ant home, \\liich is an attractive report tor mul-
titudes of frien
II VRVEY I.. PERKII
1 |ar\. I Perkins, Jr.. a leadi n and
prominent stockgrower and farmer of Ki-horn
ity, with a tin.- ranch of ;-• of excel-
lent land and »1irs of -lock near i Mio. j>
alto-, -tlier a producl of the \orthwest. and
sentialh a n-pn -M nt.itis <• of it- b,--l elements of
dti/eiiship. II'- was born in I "lab in iS;X.
Incatcd in California, bring mar-
ried in I 'tali, while hr ha- li\id and labored in
other this region. His whole life, so far,
lias 1,,-,-n passed in the \\rst. and all the inter-
i sis :n bis life's activitir- are c, ntered
in th n of the country. ither i»>r-
lu- ilirectlv owe anytliing for what he
i> or what lie has accomplished. His p;:
Harvey I., and l-'.li/alu-th I 1'arke ) 1'erkins.
nt tul lives Will be li 'llild
wher work.
of Illinois and his motln-r of Missouri. \Yhen
he \\ old the\ nio\ iifornia. there
1 to manh' in, 1 and t his education,
there also br h(.-g;m the battle of life by ind
onsly laboring on a farm. In iSSi he i
di". and. locating land in i
tied douii to the independent, but tryin
r and fanner. 1 hiring ' nee
in that state be \\ . -narsbal for two -
and for two \ears \\-|s ;. .lej.i- d for
t w . years sherilY of tlu • eornty. lu lS')7 he cl
out his interests in Idaho and cami to \\'yoniing.
rn county, on a portion of the-
land ii' i\\ included in I.
1 '.nil Uuer. in the neigh-
borl; Mto. Here he has dwelt since his
arrival in the state, steadily engaged in improving
In- property, raising tl. • an advance.!
rtilit\ and prodr . and earrxii
in \\hich
lie lian.iles hoi-s, 5, cattle and sbreji in considerable
numl
tie, near! 'u-ep.
His business
him in large returns for his ,f money
and labor. I'm be is u, .[ \\holK absorbed in it.
nor full'. 1 with its i '.,-in-
the so],- or cl
•i of pulilir spirit, and is earnestl
, to tin pro-res- and improvement of his
•unty and state, and. i ibeir
advaiieeiin-nl and the promotion of their best in-
ts, is i 'ii f bi-h imporlance
and chief concern with him. 'I •no\,-meiit
teiidin- to th, ir advantage In- : -I en-
ent. and bis timely aid ; In hi
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
•unsel. his zeal and energy in action \\herever
tlk' public interest is involved, as \vell as by his
upright and useful life, high character and genial
ami accommodating disposition, he has won the
\\ann regard and the full confidence of the people
all around him ami throughout the county. He
was married in I'tah in 1878 to Miss Victoria
Parkf. a native of Nevada. They have eight
children. Ralph !>., Andrew L., Ila M., Alice,
Earl and Beryl (twins), Ella and Leona.
J( >HX 1'.. WADE.
A man of unbounded energy and conspicuous-
ly connected with many exciting experiences in
the early pioneer epoch of this state, John B.
Wade, now a successful operator in horses and
cattle, three miles west of Lucerne, Sweetwater
county. Wyoming, is a man of whom much could
be written. He was born in Springfield, 111., on
January 7. 1842, a son of James A. and Sarah
( Elliott) Wade, the father being a Virginian by-
birth and the mother a native of New York, they
long conducting the hotel at Springfield, which
was the boarding place of "Abe" Lincoln when
he was a member of the Illinois Legislature. The
father was a stirring member of society and a.
recruiting officer for the U. S. army in the time
of the Mexican War, and accompanied Captain
(afterward General) Grant in his service in Mex-
ico. Mr. Wade removed with his family from
Illinois to L'tah in 1850, stopping at Fort Bridg-
er, where they arrived on September 16. Here
the father engaged in boring for oil, and, later,
built the first house erected in Evanston. In
1851 he received the appointment of U. S. mar-
shal of Utah, and, in connection with the duties
of that office, conducted blacksmithing, which he
carried on until his death at Evanston, in Sep-
tember, 1881. he surviving his wife, who died
in .November, 1880. John B. Wade was thus
early familiarized with pioneer nfe and received
the education of the schools of Salt Lake City,
studying during the winters and working in the
summer months, early leaving school, however,
to engage in the practical life everywhere sur-
rounding him. He graphically relates that he
was as a youth identified with the Indian trad-
ing outfit of "Jim" Bridger and "Pike" Vascus,
whose trading post was located at Bridger. .md
of his captivity by the Utes, who took him to
L'inta. where for two years he was in their sole
society, then escaping from them and returning
to Bridger. Thereafter he was engaged with the
pony express until 1861, riding the trail from
Eort Laramie to Salt Lake City, making both
the first and last trips of the company. In 1861,
when the pony express was superseded by the
stage line, for a short time he was a driver on
the daily line, soon going to Salt Lake City,
where he purchased the stock for the stage route
from Camp Floyd to Virginia City, Nevada, for
the California Pioneer Stage Co., thence going
to Montana, in the fall of 1862. with a freighting
outfit, and he was with the party who made the
first discovery of gold in Alder Gulch. Continu-
ing successful freighting operations for five
years, in 1868 Mr. Wade returned to Wyoming,
where he secured construction contracts on the
line of the Union Pacific Railroad, his work in-
cluding that portion of the road passing through
the present town of Green River. He returned to
Montana for the winter, then located in the stock
industry on Henry's Fork, near Lone Tree, soon
thereafter removing to Bear River, where he
successfully followed the raising of horses and
cattle until 1875. when he located at his pres-
ent scene of operations, where he has since re-
sided, being prospered in his undertakings, and
owning 320 acres of valuable land, on which he
has placed good improvements, where he is run-
ning fine herds of stock. Of the numerous thrill-
ing adventures recounted by iMr. Wade, the fol-
Jowing are notable examples. The lone horse-
back rides of the pony express service were
fraught with constant danger and escapes from
hostile Indians, the exciting experience of that
historic Christmas morning when he was the
guide of General Connor's troops to the bloody
battle with the Indians on Bear River, and his
arrival at Fort C. F. Smith, in 1863, a few hours
after four companies of U. S. troops had there
been killed by the savages. After a life of such
excitement, the quiet life of peaceful ranching
!l'L Mi. WYOM1
<J47
iiui.st lie 1» ah restful and cnj' .yablc. i >n Septem-
ber 17. iSS.}. in S;ilt Lake City. Utah. .Mr. \Vadc
was joined in mairiniom with Miss Carrie- V
Adams, of Evanston, a dan-liter • . and
Charlotte i Chiffcll ) Adams, In ah < >f I nglish
age, the father's birth occurring in \ \hilc
the mother was horn in Australia. I lu\ have
iniir children : < ''liver J.. Gr; Iward J..
Sarah May. Grover i ;. Lucy, i\;u!
Pearl.
EDWARD J« >1I\S( )N.
From the close and < ' life of the nian-
ufactiirin. n <>f a ^rcat Eastern <
wide freedom and Congenial >•' > :;panionship of
nature on the unbounded steppes of the ;_;reat
Northwest, from tin- incessant \\hirr of wheels
and the monotonous rumbling of machim i
the |ilaciil scenes and harmonious \ • nat-
ural life in the country, is a lonff distance in
and environment, but it is one that many have
taken to their own advantage and comfori
also for the ff 1 of the country in which
have settled. Among the number of civili/iiiL;
and productive forces that the older states hav
.yivcn to tin ne\v. and that the citii -iven
to rural life, none is more entitled to favorable
consideration and extended mention than
\\ard Johnson, of Horsi Cr< Snake River.
south of Jacl m, in i 'inta county.
Wyoming. lie was horn in 1'hiladelphia. I 'a..
<>n July 4, |S4<). a son of Roberl ami Llizabeth
I I lutterui .rill ) J. .lin--' .n. the father a n.itr
the -, and the mother
died when lie \\ as Inn tli; . old, and thus
left to thi • if his fat In r. u ho \\as a I
\voo] niaiiuf.icliir. T in I 'in l.i, l.-|| >hia, and H
health was not rohiisl. It
w iib ratl
mi ntal training, but w itli stron d endo\\'-
• their pri >per use.
In |S'>7 his father died and In was apprenticed
to thi Mvini; pi
pi' led a O f instruction at l;n , land Semi-
nary, in his na i' . In i ime \\est.
and. afli-r spi -ear at
.uinecr in the I '. S. c|tiaricrnia-ter'- dejiarti
and another one at l-'ort Shaw, under Colonel
n, in the san . he located in V.
I ha- since b . in the stock-
industry. Ill lSi;S he took Up ill.
on which he now lives, ami 'lure
,rain
and in producing superii >r brei ds ni
ivrn hilils. If fp \\lii ill;, ti i the
is ivali/iiiL; the legitimate fruits of his dili-
.. itii .n in bn-ine-
rty. ui-T d \\ith |
\ell-
'n to a lr dtivalioii.
LEWIS A. \VKIir,.
A \\"yomin,!^ pioneer of iSSi.. in which ;
he settled in \vhat is now Johnson county,
the ]i own of Ma\o\\(irtb. Lewis A. \Yebb
has \viine»cd the transformation of this section
from a wilderness into something like
and has contributed hi- du bringing;
about the change. lie tirst saw the 1 iff lit of this
" J_'. iS;t. in Louisiana,
where his parents. John and Zada A. Webb.
1 and were living at the
of his birth. \\'heii lie wa< tiv< years
they retii. ived tO 1 ' ' 'Ursc
of time tbev died and were laid He
is farm. and. following the
ciist.im of the country, after '. '. l:c
'
inff and raising them for the
In [886, i.'wer
;r\ \\illi its \\ider and more van
and ' lition. he came t. . \
miiiL: witi i on
1 )ntch i !n . k. \fter selli s he eit-
i the em;
faithfnIK for the Corp. .rat-i tli.-n
lioiiffbt cattle and litH-
for hir 'lin^ ..,1 a r> the
land which he no lie now
I, \\ilh .n QO head of rattle.
I b has p 'in his business. QW it
11SSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
MI]H nent and capacity in conducting it,
and has become one of the substantial men of
< 'inn \ , 1 uiving potency in more than one line
of commercial and industrial activity, and finan-
cial standing of weight and influence. He is a
stockholder in the Stock-growers' Bank of Buf-
falo. Wyo., and has personal connection with
other institutions of enterprise and usefulness.
Mr. Webb married, in 1898, in Bighorn county,
Wvo.. with Miss Jeannette M. Mercer, a native
of Oregon. They have two children, Zada M.
and Anita. The head of the house is a member
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, be-
longing to Buffalo Lodge, No. 44, and in poli-
tics is an ardent working Democrat. He has
helped materially to raise the standard of cattle
in his part of the state by breeding from thor-
oughbred Herefords, giving to this line of activ-
ity, as he does to every other, the best ener-
gies of a mind well trained by experience.
C. C. P. WEBEL.
There is nothing more interesting in the
whole range of human literature than the life
history of a self-made man, who, by force of his
native cin r"ies, tireless exertions, keen percep-
of purpose and integrity of char-
acter, united with even-day common sense and
a resistless will, has attained a leading position
in any one -of the world's departments of profes-
sional, industrial, political or commercial activi-
ties. So, in collating the records of the sons
of Wyoming, we find that the career of Mr. We-
bel distinctly indicates what a potency his in-
dustry and participation in the business affairs
of the commonwealth have been exercising dur-
ing all the years of his residence within her bor-
ders. He was born in Pittsburg, Pa., on No-
vember 29, 1852, the son of Philip and Katharine
(Beerhauers) Webel, both of whom were born
in Germany, descendants of ancient families of
that great country. The father first came to
America in 1836, and, during the war with Mex-
ico, he gave valiant service as a captain under
the celebrated Gen. Zacharv Taylor. The war
over, he returned to Germany, but, in 1849, ne
again came to the New World, making his home
in the city of Philadelphia, later removing to
Pittsburg, there erecting a large brewery. In
1853 he practically retired from business, and,
fixing his residence in Chicago, 111., resided there
until his death. C. C. P. Webel, the second child
in a family of five children, received the superior
educational advantages of the Chicago schools,
and, upon the close of his educational discipline,
took his departure for the distant wilds of Wyo-
ming, arriving at Cheyenne on May 2, 1878. His
novitiate in the new business activities of the
territory was as a range-rider, and, in 1879, he
was employed by the Seawright Bros, in the same
capacity, they having driven cattle from Oregon
and Washington territory on two trips, the first
trip being immediately subsequent to the great
raid of the Bannock Indians, who had taken the
warpath., Continuing in their service until 1882,
Mr. Webel went to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where,
at the celebrated Eastman Commercial College
he took a course of technical instruction in the
laws of business and the principles and methods
underlying a successful commercial career, and
after his graduation, he returned to Cheyenne, ful-
ly fortified and equipped in the ethics and knowl-
edge of practical business, but he again entered
the employment of the Seawright Bros., whose
base of operations was on a ranch located on the
Platte River, thirteen miles northwest of Cas-
per. He did not long continue here, owing to his
refusal to do some irregular branding, and he
was thus taken from a vocation in which he
might never have developed to the extent his
present operations indicate, as, on his way to
Cheyenne, he stopped at Fort Fetterman and
purchased the mercantile house of E. Tillson &
Co., and engaged in trade at that place, taking as
his partner in the venture, H. Altaian, now of
Cheyenne, thus forming the firm of Altaian &
Webel, which did a most prosperous business
from the first. In 1884 Mr. Webel sold his in-
terest to his partner and engaged in lumbering
operations at Laramie Peak mills, at La Bonte,
from the mills furnishing lumber under contract
PROGRLSSH'L MEX OF ll'YOMIXG.
for the U. S. government fur two years and
ing money. He then located on his present r
on the Hii;- Muddy I 'reek, thirteen miles from
Casper, and here he now is the owner of 5,000
acres of eligihK Wat<d land, much of it
under effective irrigation and has a fine h.nl of
over 500 head of thoroughbred Hereford cattle.
He continued the activi -upervision of its opera-
tions until about ten years ago when he
iracti-
cally retiring from active hnsiu.
favored his earnest and well conceived efforts,
the result being unr\-:mipled prosperity "from
start to finish." Tn iS<;S Mr. "\Yebel. in associa-
tion with his brother-in-law. G. \\". M
gaged in merchandising in an extensive manner
at Casper, forming the \Vcbel Mercantile Co., of
which Robert Taylor is now the president, G.
\\'. Metculf, secretary, and C. C. P. Webel, man-
ager. Tn' their elegant and capacious two-storied
brick store they carry a stock of strictly first-
class goods, equal to. if not superior to. that of any
other mercantile house in the I conduct
a bnsines- < if e< 11 ins. Mr.
YVebcl is one of the pioneers of Casper, a member
of tb nment. and, to a great exten1.
the prominent pi rsi mal fact ir in its
growth. Hi was the organizer of and is a large
holder in the Saw Creek Land \- 1.
Co., of which urer. the company
owning a suitably improved ranch of several
and acre-, with a magnificent range, on
which they are running from 15.000 to j,
i. <>n January 14. iShS. Mr. \\Ybel was
united in matrimony with Mi-s Louii
of Wittenberg any. Tlieir children are
I Charles C. P. Webel, Jr. Mr. \\
mplifies the characteri-tu--
'iown in hi-- b life and '
A Inch he believes will e\-eiitnate in the b
with thi . the
and (hi- ['uited \Yorkniell. Ill tllis
n we will mention that, while rc-
i the time of the great lire -,f i S;- 1 ,
the store in \\hich he was tlu-n employed shared
,'ate of thi 1 city and was swept entire-
ly away by the relentless torrent of fire that dev-
astati n. A short time later he was one
of the organizers of the Fir.-t Regiment of Illi-
X'ational Guards, one of the "crack" military
orga- of America, holding in this the
rank of lieutenant when he came \\
JOIIX \YKBKR.
The German Fatherland has many creditable
- in the Xe\v \Yorld. and. whei
fi lund, thi • ted t'1 >r intelligence, thrift
\n honorable representative of th>s
elemenl is found in John \\"eber. the subject of
this sketch, a man who has achieved success m
civil life, and who. during the darkest period of
the b erica, did loyal service for his
adopted country as a soldier in the Southland.
John \Yi ' born in the kingdom of
varia. Germany, on June 17. iS.V». the son of
Adam and Catherine Weber. Adam AY
a farmer in the Fatherland from childhood un'.il
liis death. Hi- son, John, \\-as reared on the
i \ and Hi ibilitv i if h. mesl toil. II.
od education in the schools of his n;
1 his father with the work of
the farm until .attaining his majority, when he
he I "uited States, reaching this country
national aim mur-
ky by the appnachiii: civil
uar. Landing in \\-\v York harbor in iS'n. Mr.
\\ebrr made his - i\ to '-' \". \.. where
he remained van. ntsly \ hen
-; ii-t« d in Co. C, 1 th U, S. Inf.i-
with which or^anixatioii h. Miitil the C
v il \\'ar in the Army of the I1, -tomac.
In th
enli-: •:\\\\ l SS i . -pending the
•
the I'iftb I'. ilry. I>nrii:g the interim
between the < ,:ul the •
of hi- l.-i-t eiib-tineut. ' .in,! tr:i\
.' the \\
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
service. I [is troop of cavalry was transferred
ort Kn>-ell. Wyo.. in 1870. thence to Fort
Laramic, at which place In received his discharge
five years later. < hi quitting the service, in 1881,
Mr. Weber took up a ranch, situated three miles
to the east i if Fort Larainie. on the Platte River,
and turned his attention to cattleraising. He
remained in that locality until 1888, when he
moved in the ranch, five miles further to the
which he has since owned and on which he
IM w lives. Coming to Laramie county in a
comparatively early day, Mr. Weher had a fine
opportunity to make a judicious selection of
land, ami that he was guided hy excellent judg-
ment in his final choice, is attested by the splen-
did location of his ranch, it being in one of the
finest valleys and richest grazing belts in this
part of the state. He has made a number of val-
uable improvements on his place in the way of
buildings, and how has a comfortable and at-
tractive home, abundantly supplied with the com-
Forts and conveniences calculated to make ranch
life pleasant and agreeable. From a moderate be-
ginning, he has gradually added to his stock, and,
by judicious purchase, as well as by sound judg-
ment in his sales, he has met with a success such
as few attain. Mr. Weber devotes his. attention
exclusively to cattle and horses, and is consid-
an authority on all matters pertaining to
their raising. He is an excellent judge of these
animals, and freeh/ imparts his knowledge for the
benefit of others engaged in the same business,
which he has so long and so successfully fol-
lowed. Ranking with the leading stockmen of
his section, he has done much to promote the in-
dustry in Laramie county, while in many other
ways, he has contributed to the development and
prosperity of this part of Wyoming. Enter-
prising and public spirited, he takes an active
interest in county affairs, using his influence and
means to further any legitimate movement hav-
ing for its object the general good of the country
and the improvement of the people, socially <>r
morally. He is a true American citizen, having
the best interests of his adopted country at heart,
as was demonstrated by his long period of severe
military service. Mr. \Vcber married in Rochester,
X. Y.. "ii N-ptember 2, 1862, with Miss Marv
Trimmel. a native of Germany and a daughter
of Michael and Elizabeth ( Flory ) Trimmel.
These parents came to America in 1849 an'l set>
tied in the western part of Canada, where Mr.
Trimmel followed agricultural pursuits until his
death. Mrs. Weber was young \\hen brought to
the New World and spent the greater part of her
single life in Canada. She possesses many ex-
cellent qualities of head and heart, is well versed
in matters of business, and has ably cooperated
with her husband in carrying on the industry in
which he is now engaged. Not a: little of his
success is due ^to her wise counsel and judicious
advice. She is a lady of beautiful character, and
spared no pains to instil into the minds of her
offspring those principles of rectitude, which bore
fruit in correct lives and exemplary conduct.
This worthy married pair have had se*ren chil-
dren. Mrs. Elizabeth Hauser ; Mrs. Amelia Quin-
lan : Mrs. Mary Cook ; John, who died on Feb-
ruary 24. 1901, at the age of thirty-three years;
-Mrs. Catherine Barnes; Jacob: Margaret, now
the wife of William F. Lawyer. Mr. Weher and
family subscribe to the Catholic faith and are
devoted members of the church.
JOHN H. WARD.
t
Among the energetic, prosperous and public
spirited citizens of Cumberland, Uinta county,
Wyoming, stands out conspicuously John IT.
Ward. He has won prosperity by his own ef-
forts and has acquired a large following of per-
sonal friends, being also a self-made man. whose
counsel and advice are often sought, not only in
the everyday business transactions and opera-
tions of life, but in society and political circles
as well, he having shown a clear insight into pub-
lic matters of a local nature, a fertility of re-
search in the devising of ways and means to ac-
complish symmetrical results and having held
most capably offices of distinct trust and re-
sponsibility. Mr. Ward is a native of Iowa, hav-
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
951
ing been born in Allamakee count \. on April 5,
1X57, a. son of John and Annie I ). i < >'l>onnell)
Ward, natives of Ireland, who emigrated from
thai country in 1854. eventually making their
home in Iowa, still later removing to Dal
\\lirre occurred both of their deaths, that of UK-
mother on December 25, 1898, and that of the
father in i8c)<j, when he was sixty-nine yeai
age. During the dark da\> of the ' ;\il \\'ar.
John Ward showed his patriotic loyaltv to his
adopted country by gallant service in the ['ni»u
army as a member of the Sixth Iowa Cavalry,
while, subsequently to this, he engaged with his
old-time bravery in contest against the hostile
Indians of the \Yest. After an attendance at the
common schools of Iowa Mr. Ward cngag
railroad construction work, finally becoming a suc-
cessful contractor in Nebraska. ( 'olorado. Wyo-
ming and Idaho, his ;iilvent in \\ \ oniiii- i ii-enrring
in iSSo. In iSSdhe was a resident of I'inta coun
ty, \\here his bold and fearless character, and other
marked qualifications for the portion, attracted
such atlrntion that he was nominated and elei ted
to the responsible office of sheriff, holding this
In successive reelections for the unusually long
term of fourteen years. During this period, and
since, he has been an active factor in all public
matters, his advice being often sought and
followed. At thr conclusion of his dntirs as sher-
iff. Mr. Ward located at Cumberland, and en-
i in ihr saloon business, \\hich hf is now
successfully conducting. He has valuable real-
estate intiTrsts in Evanston, his former home,
ircluding the opera house and a line resid
of modern archite<-tnre and improvements, Ib-
is also fraternally connected in L\ans|on \\ili
\ni-ii-nt Order of United \\"orkmen and with
the r.i-nevolent Protective < >nl<T of Kll.-, ,-it Salt
Lake City. Thi- rites of hol\ matriniom urn-
immated between Mr. \\'anl and Miss Mar-
garet l',\rne at Evanston, Wyo., on January 17.
iXSX. Her fatlu-r was lames l'.\ rue and both i.f
hi-r parents were natives of the Lmerald
'I heir only child, i'.ernard. died in l-.vans|nn .it
the a-e of six years. Since he left home at
thirteen \ears of age Mr. Ward ha- tr.i
in all of the western states and in Ilritish Colum-
bia and Mexico, meeting many adventures and
some thrilling cxperieiK.
< IM \S GUNST< )X.
Living in retirement from tn pursuits
of life in peace with all mankind on his biaiitiful
ranch in the picturesque and fertile section of
Wyoming, through which tin- Lori ' reek
\vinds its doubling course, owning there some
1,200 acre- of line land, besides having under
from the I'nion I'acitic Railroad several
thousand more. Thomas I iunston is seeure from
the fro\\iis ,,f fortune, well established in the high
regard of his fellow men to \\hos, -nent
in moral, intellectual and material lines h.
ttiall) coiitribuieil by his busy and useful ca-
reer. His home is twenty-live miles west of
enne, its location and attractive natural fea-
pnlar resort for tourists, and he
is now associated with Kastern capitalists and
friends in an enterprise for the erection of suit-
able ae.-oimnodatioiis f, ,,- the large number of
people who seek the inviting shades of his
-hment in summer. He is a native of Wilt-
shire. Lngland. where he was born on April 7,
iXsO. the son of Matthew and Mary A. (Hill)
Gunston, also natives of that place. His father.
the n of a lar-e estate in Wiltshire, re-
mained tlu-ri until his death in [£ - ''mother
is still living at the advanced age of ninet\-t\\o
years, and yet resides in the house in which she
born. 'In Wiltshire Mr. < imiston grew to
manhood and received his earh education, re-
maining at home until he wa en, then.
' the \oiee within him demanding
unities and i;reatir freedon
nent. in [869, h. left the storied land of his
birth and took up his abode in the I'liii*
In Massachti-' -aplo\nunt as eii-
, mill, and a \ear later a better
lion as engineer in a briek\ard at Tanntoii. In
the fall \\lien the \ards wet d, h. \\ent to
Suffolk. ( omi.. and found \\ork in the employ
of a tohaer. . liuver until spring, then remo\ed to
am. Mass.. took a position as engineer on
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
running on : cut River,
two months "1" arduous \\ork in this ca-
-ht hand and
aken to a hospital in Boston for treatment,
r making his home with a friend, L. L.
Whitman, until he \vas aide to go to work again.
Men went into tin- t-mploy of Edward Waldo
son, a son of the great philosopher, Ralph
do Emerson, and passed the next two years
at his home at Concord, Mass. During the suc-
;ng two years he conducted a farm for a
friend on shares. In April. 1879, ne came to
'ining in the service of Hay & Thomas, and
worked for them at their Lone Tree ranch until
the autumn of that year. Then, after a visit to
his mother, four brothers and five sisters in his
old home in England, he returned to Wyoming
and secured a position in a government survey
among the sand hills in the northwestern portion
of Nebraska, where he had many thrilling expe-
riences with Indians, bears and other wild ani-
mals of the new country. From this time until
the spring of 1886 he passed the summers and
falls in Wyoming engaged in various occupations,
in merchandising, now in cattleraising, ship-
ill--, [or different firms, in the winter bask-
ing in the smiles of cordial friendships in the
Eastern cities. In 1886 he purchased and lo-
cated on his present ranch, in July of that year re-
ceiving a visit from his devoted friend, L. L.
Whitman, of Springfield. Mass., who remained
with him more than two months, and who had an
impressive memorial of his arrival in Cheyenne
by losing his valise and overcoat by the fire which
destroyed the Union Pacific Hotel within two
hours after he had registered as one of its guests.
In 1887 Mr- Gunston bought out his partner, and,
until 1893, divided his attention between farm-
ing and cattleraising on the one hand, and ship-
ping cattle to the Eastern markets on the other,
but from 1893 until his retirement from active
business he devoted his entire energy to cattle-
raising and ranching operations, in which he was
eminently successful. In 1902 he leased his ranch
and gave up active business. On December 7,
1887, Mr. Gunston was united in marriage with
Miss Eleanor E. Fairley, a native of England
of Scotch ancestry. Her maternal grandfather
was heir by right of birth to a large Scottish es-
latt and also t.> ihr title of Lord Lochinvar, Vis-
count of Kenmore, but the estate and title were
lost to the family before Miss Fairley's mother
was born. It is said the income from the estate,
£80 a day, goes into the Bank of England, having
no one at present to claim it. But one of the Gun-
ston children, Gordon Fairley Gunston, who bears
the surnames of his mother and grandfather, in-
tends to attempt to recover the estate when he
becomes of age. Tne other child of this family
is Edna Lenora Hattie Gunston. Their father
and mother were married at Camp Copeland,
near Braddock, Penn., at Mrs. Gunston's father's
homestead, which is a part of the bloody and his-
toric battlefield of Fort Duquesne, where, in an-
te-Revolutionary days, the British General Brad-
dock was killed. Mrs. Gunston is a daughter of
George Samuel and Fannie (Gordon) Fairley, na-
tives of England. The father was long engaged
in the iron business in Pennsylvania, dying there
highly respected in 1898. Mr. Gunston is an ar-
dent Republican but is not an active partisan and
has never sought political preferment. He is an
earnest, enterprising and progressive citizen, al-
ways interested in the welfare of his section of
the state and the good of his fellows. The family
are zealous members of the Episcopal church,
prominent in every good work in church circles.
FRED COOK.
For many years an industrious and a hard-
wi irking miner in the mines of the old and the
new world, and now the popular restaurant keep-
er of Fossil, Wyoming, Mr. Fred Cook has wit-
nessed many experiences and changes in the less
than half-a-century of his existence. He was
born in South Wales, Great Britain, in the year
1855, the son of George and Jane (Painter)
Cook. The father was born in South Wales in
1826, and, after a more than superficial educa-
tion, he became a foreman on the line of the Lon-
don & Great Western Railway of England, and
is now living a retired life, passing the close of
an eminentlv useful life at his residence at New-
PR( UVE .MEX OP U'YO.Mi
in S< .nth V, nty-seven
Famil) tradi
from tlu- celehrau -<\ Captain Cook, \vhosc '
ical death in the Hawaiian Islands i- a matl
historic note. Thi '1 grandfather of
Cook was Archibald Cook, also of South Wales.
Mrs. lane ( PainUT i * bol same
romantic portion oi the British Isk-s in 1826, a
daughter "f < . fane fainter, who were
ve agriculturists. 1>y their thrift and in-
rj acquiring a fortune. She i.s now living
in the eventide of a charming life of
virtues and Christian activity as a leading V
itist church. Fred Cook passed his
boyhood and youth in his native country, where
the prevailing industry is the mini
connected with th . nsive coal mines of that
section, and where these oit'i r tlattcring promises
of remuneration to aspiring and energetic youth.
Is it not strange that at the age of si Fred
was obtaining fair pa\ for a man's work in the
mines. He continued to be thus employed until
he had arrived at the age of twenty years, when
1 into effect a plan, that he had !
contemplating, by bidding farewell to the home
and El I -f his youth and crossing the Atlan-
tic to the land of mightier possibilities on its
ern shores. Three years tivity
came to him in the coal mines of Pennsyl-
vania, and, s lently to this labor, he took
"Westward Ho !" for his and. making
\Vvomiug tlu objective poinl of his journ
terminated il al Umy. Here he was successfully
identified with mining for three more years, in
iSS; changing entirely the nature of his industrial
activities by locating on homestead and
. i -il. his ]>i
come
and gone with ever increasing prosperous condi-
tions and
brand, while, in
recentl) established a
,!,,! institution in the way of a restau
he i< receiving a steadily
increasing pal mifesting th<- <|ual-
:-. \|] public and local
matters of importance to the o>mmunit\ tind in
Mr. Cook an earnest cham] -tin
the 51 , ''• ''.v
If. In 1877 Mr. '
d in UK"
a da1 '• Mary Da-
living in Soiuh .here
her marriage was
irated. Their chi' h, Mary,
I'atheniu . (',<
ara, both of v
in Pennsylvania, wher ried. As
a npical represcntativ
I r. Cook
horn his
n him the
nnately. hi " his
qualities of hi rt and. lii ss in
JOHN" WKRLIX.
The subject of this sketch is a prominent
rancl i Dal"
las. in Fremont comity . \\ He is a na-
tivt. ,,f t; !1inois. having been born in
Will county, in that stati nber 27,
i'. and Mary Wer-
lin- i,, itzerland. who were among
ii Valley. He was
'..nrth of a familv of eight children, of whom
.till Hviiu' ' to manhood in his
native state of Illinois, he received his ednc.it hn
in th.
upon the completion 0 ncation he learned
the trade oi" haniesMuaker. and followed that OC-
tion in tlie citv of ("hica-". At the time
,,f ,|. . the rivil \\'ar. 1
an artisan and :
during the four years oft! ;. \t the
Of llie war he located in Joliet. 111., and there
• inner pursuit and
in .contracting foi '" 'he canals then in
process of co n. Sul dis-
d ,.f his business interests in Joliet and re-
movi the citv of St. 1
uhere he remained until the spriiu At
that time he went to the uewlv disi
PROGRESS! I'E MEN Ol: IV YO MING.
ntim ntana, and. for a lime, was engaged
in mining and freighting at di Ik-rent places in
that tcrrit.. r\. He had mining interests al German
liance Gulch and French Gnlch and
at Silver l'.o\v Junction. In 1870 he bought and
sold cattle and entered upon freighting operations
Benton at the head <>f navigation
.111 the Mi»ouri River. Montana and Last Chance
Gulch, where the city of Helena is now located.
He continued in this business with considerable
success until 1875, then came to the territory of
\\ yi miing, where he continued in freighting, and,
in 1877, located tile place which has since then
been his place of residence. Here he engaged
in ranching and stockgrowing, in which opera-
tion,-, he has remained up to the present time
3.) He is interested quite extensively in
cattle, horses and sheep and has met with marked
success, being now the owner of a fine herd of
graded Hereford cattle, and holding large tracts
of land under lease from the state in addition to
his own extensive holdings. He is one of the
ers of the First National I lank of Lander,
W\<>.. and one of the representative property
owners and business men of his section of the
state. On September 22. 1877. Mr. \Yerlin was
united in marriage with Miss Josephine Acker-
man, a native of Illinois and a daughter of Jo-
seph and Elizabeth Ackerman, natives of Al-
sace. -Their four children are, Josephine M.,
Louisa F., Helen and Florence A. Mrs. Werlin
parsed away from life on December 13, 1887,
and was buried at Joliet, 111. She was a superior
woman, deeply devoted to her husband and chil-
dren, as well as to the charities of the community
where she resided, and her loss was sincerely
mourned, not only by the members of her im-
mediate family, but by a large circle of friends
and acquaintances. In addition to his other busi-
ness interests Mr. Werlin is largely interested in
the Diana mine, at Atlantic, Wyo., which prom-
ises to become one of the most valuable mining
properties in that section. Fraternally, he is af-
filiated with the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, being a member of the lodge at Green Citv.
and takes an active part in the social and fra-
ternal life of the community. He is held in high
. M mi by all classes of his fellow citizens, con-
sidered as one of the leading business men.
JOHN WESTOX.
\Ye now make a record of the life and activ-
ities of one of the unostentatious citizens of
Uinta county. Wyoming, who has ever been an
industrious, hard-working and valuable citizen of
the communities of his residence, who is held in
high esteem by his many friends and acquaint-
ances as a man of correct life, sterling integrity
and undeviating industry. John Weston was
born in County Middlesex, England, in 1831, the
son of Richard and Anna (Willis) Weston. His
father pursued the quiet, uneventful life of a
prosperous English farmer, until his death, and
the mother is still residing on the old home-
stead. Receiving slight advantages in an edu-
cational direction, at the age of sixteen years Mr.
Weston individually began business by learning
brickmaking, engaging in this strenuous method
of obtaining a livelihood until he came to this
lountry in 1885. He had established a home
of his own in 1869, when he was united in mar-
riage with Miss Emma Rouse, daughter of Sam-
uel Rouse, of Kirkbyfolly. England, and a wo-
man of unusual mental and religious attributes,
taking great delight in her domestic duties, and
also being active and prominent in the various
departments of the activities of her church, the
Methodist, and a highly valued member of that
religious denomination. She died on April 4,
1883, aged thirty-seven years, and awaits the
resurrection in the quiet rural cemetery of her
English home. Her four children are Edward,
Henrietta, Minnie and Anna. Mr. Weston on
leaving England came directly to Almy and for
the long period of thirteen years he was con-
nected with mining at that place, four years ago,
however, retiring and making his residence on
his little ranch in the vicinity of the brisk and
progressive town of Almy. Mr. Weston is a
Republican in his political affiliations, but has
never sought office.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
955
RICHARD WHALOX.
TluTr arc fe\\ \\h" can more justly claim the
]>n nid American title of self-made man than the
well-known subject of this review, who, at the
tender age of twelve years, was thrown up'.n
hi- nwii resources with a limited ' cducai
training, and no especial Illness or :
the cares and responsibilities oi life.
industrious, determined, ambitious and resolute,
however, and these, with other admiralile quali-
ties. -|,,«id him in stead of fortune, enabling him
t'i overcome difficulties and obstacles in bis path
and work his way steadily upward to the plane
where success places the laurel upon the vic-
tor's brow. From ..irly boyhood to the pi
lime, his life has been replete with incident and
adventure, and. were it put in permanent form
upon the printed page, hi- career would make
3 volume of rare and absorbing inicrcsl. Rich-
ard \Vhalon is a nati\e of Pennsylvania, horn in
lion county in 184-', his parents being Rich-
ard and Julia (Campionj \Yhalon, ua;i\i- of
Ireland, but for man) years n »f Penn-
sylvania, both clyini; in that state. I'.v occupation
the father was both a brick and a stonemason, and
earned more than local repute as an il and
successful workman and builder. As stated in
tlii- introdiict' iry lines. Richard Wha'on was a
the introductory lines. Richard \Vhal< >n v,
mere lad when he started in the \\orld to make
courage him or to give him prestige, and. with
no capital but a naturally bright mind, a strong
will, a deli-niiiued purpose and a am-
biti.m to make the mosl of In- ";'p«rl unities, he
left ill- 5i • • bildh 1's home at th>
<>i" twelve years, then accepting the p"siii,,n of
pantry bo\- i m a r, pl\ ing be-
tween New York. and ports of the southern .
states. After s, rving in tin's capacit) for a pi
rioil of ti\ 'i his
employers and the good will "I all the ofl
and liands ah. >anl the vessel, he resigned his po-
sition, and. returning to- I'einisylvaiiia. worked
I", if two il mines. In iSoi h.
mining and \\ enl t< ' \Ya-hingt' >n. I '. C., \\ here h<-
\\ith ihe I". S. government as a team-
ster, continuing to serve as such almut three
. during the greater |iart of which time he
\\as d with the lel< graph de]iartment.
At i! the Civil \\'ar Mr. Whalon re-
turned to Pennsylvania, but did not lung P
tin re. starting \vc.-t in \Ht>$. witli Leavenworth,
Kan., as his objective point. ReaclmiL:
tination in d • iged a- a
l< . fri ighl • the plaii • \ i r. mak-
ing his First through trip in the fall of [86
ing the ensuing winter and spring, lie remained.
iu Denver, variously employed, and then b
freighting to different points in the northern and
\\estern territories. In this way lie spent two
seasons, meeting with many interesting and thrill-
ing experiences, proving himself an industri-
careful and faithful employe. Mr. \\~halon
:dil his first load of freight to ! "ft 1 .aramie
in iSfiS. and lie has practically made- this section
iiintry his base of operati"iis ever since, l-'or
1 lime between
freighting and cattleraising. and. at the end <>t
thai time, located |iermanently in the latter i
ness. I le resided on i r I 'reek from
until 1^77. and. in the Litter year, brought his
to bi- present ranch, \\hich lies about ten
miles northwest of pi.rt I .aramie. and here lie
activelv in raising cattle and
5( ut time. 1 li- ; mist-
ing of ;< 10 acres • • i/ing land, is
mirably situated for general stock purp>
taining a plentiful supply of water and an abund-
of the luxuriant, nutritious urass, s for which
the valleys i : '""g
iinted. I'.eing the first actual settler in the
valley. Mr. Whalon had the "pick and eh
of local i> .-ninu llie
i-oiintr\. and comparing the merits and advant-
of the different parts, he did ii"t long liesi-
he nucleus of his i state, a
piirtion nf tin- beautiful and tin
embraced within the limits of : vl ranch.
iade temporary improvement- on the ]
before settlers v, itled I"
this ; the tcrritorv or the land openeil to
SIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
5 s< veral tim bj the
idanl al ! • 've his be-
, vacate the ranch. With a persistency
ristic "i" the man. he refused to hearken
to these preempting demands, hut stayed on, fully
"izanl of the fact lhal he was laying himself
. , !. to Eorcible i jection,
at the hands of the militan. For some reason
he \vas not molested, and, from that time to the
present, he has remained in an undisputed pos-
.1 while complying \vilh the legal re-
i|uirements necessary to secure permanent right
rnment land. During the first few
his lonely life in the valley, he was fre-
iii danger of being driven out or mur-
d by UK' Indians, especially when the savages
mi the Chugwater tried to steal or run off his
eattle. To protect himself and his stock from
e marauders, he was obliged to hire a number
of men to watch the ranch, and this, too, at no
little expense, for several years elapsed before
the valley was safe from these thieving and mur-
'is incursions. In due time, however, the red-
skins were driven to other parts, a tide of immi-
gration set in and all available grazing lands
were soon taken up by stockmen, who made per-
manent settlements. Mr. Whalon is one of the
most experienced cattlemen in the West, as his
long and varied experience on the range abun-
dantly proves. In the course of his experience
he has traversed the greater part of nearly every
western state and territory, coming into contact
with all classes and conditions of people, and, by
personal experience, learning all about the busi-
ness that is practically worth knowing. His sue-
since locating on his present place has been
most marked, and today he is financially one of
the strong and reliable stockmen of the Fort Lar-
amie section, owning one of the best ranches in
the country, which he has abundantly stocked
with the finest grades of cattle and horses. Not
only has he been successful in stockraising, but
in outside affairs he is considered one of the lead-
ing men of his section, being recognized for his
sound and far-seeing judgment and respected for
his good character and sterling worth. Mr.
Whalon is a splendid specimen of the intelligent,
enterprising and progressive western men. In-
hcritin:; from his immediate ancestors the vivac-
ii\, generosity, and the spirit of wit and humor,
for which the Irish people have long been justly
celebrated, he is the life of any company into
which he may be thrown, and his personal popu-
larity is only bounded by the limits beyond which
his name is not familiar. Notwithstanding the
numerous hardships and rough experiences
through which he has passed, he is still strong,
hardy and well-preserved, full of life and spirit,
and makes his presence felt wherever he goes
and among all people with whom he mingles. In
his relations with his fellow men, in business or
otherwise, his dealings have been above the sus-
picion of wrong and his name is synonymous
with all that is honorable and upright in citizen-
ship. The name is also indelibly fixed in the
geography of this part of Wyoming, "Whalon
Canyon" having been so called in compliment to
him, as was also "Whalon Station," a village on
the railroad. Mr. Whalen reads much and keeps
himself well informed upon the great questions
no\\ before the people, especially those relating
t< i state and national legislation. From the be-
ginning, his career has been a checkered one, and
it forcibly illustrates what a boy, properly en-
dowed, can accomplish in the face of obstacles
calculated to discourage the strongest heart and
most determined will. Throughout all Mr.
Whalon has been directed and controlled by cor-
rect principles, and his life, measured by the high-
est standard of excellence, presents little to criti-
cise and much to commend. There is nothing
small or intolerant in his nature, for, belonging
to that class of men who believe politics to be a
matter of principle, and religion largely a mat-
ter of conscience, he has little patience with
the bigot, and is ever ready to accord to others
the rights he claims for himself. He is appre-
ciative of whatever is honorable in man, and rec-
ognizes in every being, however humble, the
spark of divinity which bespeaks a heavenly or-
igin and a noble destiny. In closing this review,
it is not too much to say for Mr. Whalon, that
no man in his section of country has exerted a
greater personal influence or enjoys a greater
ESSWE MEX I
decree i if pi .pularity.
the success he lias achieved, and of tl
teem in which he is held.
AXTH< )NY WILD]
I .aramie o amty has iis due c
uiterprisint; and progressive bu u
inent an i. .11 is the skillful n
ful stoekraiser and representative citizen. \
name introduces this -ketch. Anthony Wilde is
a native of Pennsylvania, horn in tlu
I'ittshurt; on Xovemher _'S. iS^j. II:., jiarents
John anil Catherine I'. Wilde, mention of
n may lie fount! , me in
•ii \vith the sketch oi I l"n-
til fifteen i ithi \> iih
parent-., meanuhile attending the public
in \\ Inch he ac'i'.iired a fair •
When liftceii lie entered np»n an apprenticeship
Making, and served !i
tson be-
n fficient and skillful workman. lie
wed his trade until he was tvvenl ears
n hile thus empl< . '.he last three
- in Colorado, to which si
1X70. In 1873 In- turnt-d hi- aitfiitit ni to mining
illiiiL;-. folk '\\ ing bol
until iSSt). \\heu lie came to \\ yoming in i
ged in the live -i ,ck business on the 1. aramie
ei • ; ' Fi >rt 1 .aramie. \Vhile
his cattle interest >. Mr. \\ art of
his time in mining at Smith I 'as,, where li
ealed several ! silver p
]irnp, king sevei
in In : late
Since iSiji he has been qu ivel\ en^a^eil
in miniiiL;- in • i-\ i'le
larg ;old, iron a ' ns, \\hich
rapidl) .le\elnpin^ uith mosl em
prospects of i ins at iM far distant day.
HI i uiploys a Iaru;c nnmlier of men. \\lin. iii'der
liis i 1 direction, are makiiiL; suhstantial
to be < mi oi ihi
pri'1 itir mineral regions in this ,ertimi i .1 the 3l
.Mr. Wildi p hi, pr nch, \\lnch i.
1 'hand, in
and, in connection \vith mining, he is largely in-
iainint;- n
aii'l he has taken much inte' ng his
Ful and attractive in all • i' :
a business man, lu is shi
and ig, the su i 1 he-
-i"ii ' 'i •inl^nieiit and
ripe \s a citizen lu
e :n 1" i
he material iiitere-t of lii, county and
spar:
condi .,nity in which
dr. \Vildi- has heen twice married.
first time, mi June 10. 1X70. with M
A. I lari-'an. • ' • iuri, wlu . .
r jo. (897, leavine; four chi!
William J., Ma^ie. !,
ond i
with Mrs. l.uella Kinsey, of fowa, tlcm^hi.
Tame- M. \,l;mi-. and thej havi i-hild.
; A.
1. T. WILS< IN.
This ])ro.,perous. intelligent and hi-h1
teemed -eiulcman. is i ' from oltl Mary-
land and Kentucky famili.
iueiit in tho ''uahle in
their contribt the history
of thi He is : r of iSSj in \
. and has. on her soil, exhih;'
spirit of productive enterpri-e that his forefath-
ers e'a\e evidence "f mi the fertile lands of the
tes in which they lived, lie was horn
. .Mis,on-
nd Margaret Wil-on. tin
•ml and tile I;
of keiituckx. His childhood and youth were
I at Independence. MO., and in the sd
of th.-n cit hi rt cei\ed lii, academ ition.
' farminij. after K hot '1. and.
after following thi, \ocation a few
. which he conducted with varying
nil lie was called up. tllr
1 \ OF WYOMING.
leading banks as a clerl keeper. His dose
attention to whatever business he had in hand,
his superior capacity Eor an; 1-ind ot business,
him standing in tlu- community, and he was
appointed a depiiiy sheriff of the county, holding
the position for four'years. In iSSj, having seen
something of the cattle industry, and with clear
vision perceiving the opportunities it afforded for
profitable business employment, he organized the
\Yilson Cattle Co.. and selected, as the base of
its active operations, the ranch on which he now
lives on \Yood River, lying not far from Sun-
shine postoffice. For a number of years the com-
pany flourished and carried on an extensive busi-
ness. Rut the time came when it was deemed
expedient to close its operations, as the members
had other interests which claimed the major part
of their attention, and Mr. Wilson bought the
ranch and has continued the business on his own
account. The ranch comprises a large area of ex-
cellent land, which has been highly improved and
thoroughly prepared with a complete equipment
for the stock industry, and is one of the choice
places for this purpose on the river. Mr. Wil-
51 n's herds are made up mainly of well-bred
Polled-Angus and Hereford cattle, and he zeal-
ously labors by careful attention and breeding
to elevate his standard year by year. In 1900 he
settled his family on the ranch as a permanent
residence, and since then it has been their home.
Mr. "\Yilson has been prominent in the Masonic
order for many years, and has also been known
far and wide, within its boundaries, as an en-
thusiastic devotee of the "mystic tie." He was
married at Independence, Mo., in 1870, with
Miss Xannie J. Stone, a native of that place.
They have two children, John A. and Natalie,
now Mrs. H. J. Robertson, Jr., of Kansas City.
"JAMES M. WRIGHT.
The gentleman whom we now have the pleas-
ure of reviewing in a brief record of himself and
ancestry, is not only a representative stockman
of Uinta county. Wyoming, but has the higher
and far greater distinction of being one of the
country's brave defenders in the great War of
l86i-iS<>5, he being a valiant soldier and receiv-
ing well-earned promotions in the field. He was
born in 1832, in Rensselaer county, N. Y., the
son of Chester and Alice (Mosher) Wright, the
father, also a native of New York, following
there his trade of shoemaking until his death,
in 1858, at the age of sixty-two years. He was
a son of Bernard Wright, also a New Yorker.
A Democrat in political faith, he was often hon-
ored by the people with offices of trust, and was
a sterling citizen. His wife, who died in 1855,
aged fifty-eight, was a woman of deep religious
principles and inculcated them in her every ac-
tion in life, being a kind and loving mother and
a general favorite of the people. James M.
Wright was the youngest of the seven children
of his parents, and, after availing himself of
the public schools of his native county until he
was sixteen, he commenced the activities of life
on his own responsibility. In 1862 he was in
La Salle county. 111., and his love of country
caused him to enlist in Co. G, One Hundred and
Fourth Illinois Infantry, and with its record of
gallant bravery, and long years of marching,
countermarching and fighting, he was closely
connected until the close of the Civil War. He
displayed the qualities of courage, coolness and
intrepidity, arid rose by his gallantry through
successive promotions from the humble rank of
private to that of first lieutenant. The record of
his service is the calling of the roll of numerous
and historic battlefields, but among others, we
will specify his participation in the especially
historic battles of Duck Creek, Chickamauga,
Lookout Mountain and the long march of Sher-
man from Atlanta to the sea. his military life
having a fitting ending in the grand military re-
view at Washington, succeeding the surrender
of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Mr. Wright passed three
years in Illinois after peace came to the people,
then, in 1868, engaged in agriculture in Missouri
for six years, then cultivated a Kansas farm in
Kiowa county, thence coming to Wyoming in
1880, here taking up both desert and homestead
claims on Hams Fork, four miles north of Kern-
PROGRESSIVE MJ-.\ (}!•' WYOMING.
merer, being the pioneer settler nf the district,
ami where he is now engaged in stockraising. \
l\i publican in bis political tvlatii in-. Mr. Wright
lo\all\ support- the candidates of his party. His
marriage to Mi-- \nice \. Robinson, a bright
daughter of the I liven Mountain state, was con-
summated in 1.^55, and this union ha
nieist harmonious one. she being a valuable and
cherished helpmeet, and extending; to their nu-
merous friends a truly western hospitality. Their
children are J. ( >.. Walter C., Hattie |.. Emma,
Cora, and Eva and ( tlivc. deceased.
Z. WILSON.
Z. Wilson, one of the nio-i e: and
most enterprising and progressive stockmen of
tin.' r.ighorn basin of Wyoming, whose residence
and excellent ranch of 200 acres is located not
far from I'.onanza. is a native of Wc-t Virginia,
where he was Imrn on February -'5. ie">v His
parents, Kcrkett and Xancy (Mason) Wilson,
were natives of Pennsylvania, \vho removed to
\\'est Virginia early in their married life.
were prosperous farmers in theirnew home, and on
the farm which they cultivated with suctv-s their
Son, the subject of this review, was reared, and
in the school- of the vicinity he was educated.
When he reached man's estate he en n the
occupation followed for m n.Tations by his fore-
father-, at lirst in his native state, where hi
mained until 18X7. then in the vicinity oi
Colo., he carried on the same pursuit until tS'ii.
liii- that \\ ill bettei
portunities for financial reinforceinent in his en-
ar la-t named be came le
;red title to a home on her prolific -oj] by
taking up the rancl) which he now own-, v
ha- been much impro\-cd b\ hi- as-idnom :
malic lal« >r.
tie. horse- and i.noo sheep. All of these fmr
animals show the lienlits of judiciou-
'ioii and the \\ isdom of lii lection in
•ling. 1 le ha- al-< ' S( tiled, in a n .
the oft-di-cns-ed and still moot (|iie-tion
of \\hether -heip and rattle will thrive together.
especially when hor-es are added to the prob-
lem: for all his stock are thriving and appear to
-ilv kept in good condition without unu-ual
• MI account of the combination. .Mr. Wil-
son was married in \Ye-t \ irijniia in 1878 to a
native of the state. Miss Margaret I'arker. They
have seven children. 1'ernietes F... Mida. May,
-t. Ina.. l.e-ter and another. The head of
the familv is a member of the Junior ( in!
\merican Mechanic-, useful and much
in the order, lie is an enterprising citizen, pos-
.ood ])iiblic spirit, with an intelligence t"
apply it for the benefil of thi i-ommunity and
in aid of all movements for the advance •
people, among whom he stands high as a pro-
gressive,, enterprising and representative man of
broad view- and excellent character.
IX A. WYMER.
That great beehive of industrial, agricultural
and commercial activity, the commonweal;.
l'eim-\ Ivania, has contributed to the
meiit of the Xorthwi - hrift and
diligent application, of resolute spirit and re-
sourceful self-reliance, that ha- made its mark-
wherever it has settled an to work. To
this element belong- lolin A. Wyiner. a pro.
.iii.l enterprising farmer and stockman
ney, in Sheridan county, who
born in that great -late in September. 1.^47.
Hi- par. nt-. Josiah and Kathcrhic ll.ehnart)
\\"ymer. were also na -\l\ani.i
. trj . \\ hen be was tin
old the\ removed to ( >hio .'^ed ill fnrm-
iiiL; on a fine farm in one of ( ihio's fertile val-
wbere he u;rew to m;e ' had
the opportunity, he attended the district schools
of hi- neighborhood. \- soon as he was old
i nouiji. i the I "niou army
a- a member Infantrv,
and llie end ' ivil War. At its
close be returned home and. after a short
there, came \\e-t to Iowa, where he rein
until iS'rf.. in that year -oin; iinty,
Mis-oiiri. where 1 until
OF WY( '
iS-i. He then removed to Boulder, Colo.,
in that city conducted a livery business until
. when he came t'> \\ as a member
of the Colorado colony and settled in Sheridan
• ing up homestead and desert
claims, and he conducted a vigorous and profit-
able fanning and stock industry on this land
until 1900. In that year he sold his ranch and
lit the one on which he no\v lives, which
comprises 280 acres of excellent hind and is lo-
I'inev Creek. Here he has a fine herd
111" superior cattle and is actively and success-
fullv engaged in a stock business of increasing
volume and value. His well-improved and high-
ly cultivated farm, and all the evidences of en-
terprise, thrift and comfort about it, proclaim
him to be both an excellent farmer and a thor-
oughgoing business man ; while the public es-
teein in which he is held shows that he is true
to all the best elements of good American citizen-
ship. He is active and zealous in behalf of the
improvement of his county, giving to every en-
terprise looking to this end his hearty and sub-
stantial support. In 1902 he was elected a jus-
tice of the peace and is filling this important and
trying office with general acceptability. Frater-
nally, he is connected with the order of Freema-
sons and gives serviceable attention to the affairs
of his lodge. Mr. Wymer was married in Colo-
rado, in 1877, to Miss Estella Faro, a native of
St. Paul, Minn. She died in Sheridan county,
Wyo., in 1894, leaving two children, Lula, now
the wife of William Trasper of Butte, Mont., and
Charles, who is living with his father.
JOHN W. WRISIXGER.
A successful ranchman and stockgrower of
Albany county, Wyoming, who is residing about
two and one-half miles east of Laramie, is John
W. Wrisinger, the subject of this memoir. A
native of Lawrence county, Indiana, he was born
in 1851, and is the son of Francis Wrisinger, his
father being a native of the state of Ohio, and his
mother, whose maiden name was Trader, having
received her birth in the state of Marvland. His
father, who was bom at Dayton, Ohio, in i8_>S,
was engaged in farming in his native state and
he Mil»ei|uently removed to Indiana, where he
continued in the same pursuit up to 1859. In
that year he disposed of his farm and property
and removed his residence to Missouri, where
he established his home and still continued in
the same calling. He was the son of John and
Millie (Bunker) Wrisinger, the former a native
of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. John
Wrisinger, the grandfather of the subject of
this sketch, was a pioneer farmer of Ohio, where
he resided up to the time of his death, which
occurred in 1879, at the age of eighty- four yi
The grandmother also passed away from earth
in the same state, in 1888, at the age of eighty-
eight years. The mother of our subject died dur-
ing his infancy, and was the daughter of John
Trader and wife, oldtime farmers and respected
citizens of the state of Maryland. She was the
mother of three children, namely, George; Ra-
chel, deceased; John W. Wrisinger, who grew to
manhood in Lawrence county. Ind.. and there re-
ceived his education, such as his limited oppor-
tunities permitted in the public schools of the
vicinity. At the age of fifteen years he was com-
pelled by circumstances to leave school to com-
mence to earn a livelihood. Leaving his home
at Lawrence, he secured employment in driving
a team and in lumbering on the Ohio river. He
continued in this pursuit for thirteen years and
then disposed of his property in Indiana and re-
moved his residence to Missouri, where he en-
gaged in farming and there remained, following
that occupation for about three years, and, in the
spring of 1880 he came with his family to Albany
county, in the then territory of Wyoming. Here
he purchased his present ranch property, situated
about two and one-half miles east of Laramie,
and engaged in the combined vocations of ranch-
ing and stockraising, in whioh he has continued
to operate until the present time. He has been
successful in business and is one of the leading
citizens of this section of the county. In 1877 Mr.
Wrisinger was united in the holy bonds of wed-
lock with Miss Julia Adams, a native of Ray
PROGRESSIVE .MIL\ i
961
count}-. Mi>., and a daughter of Giles and Eliza-
beth (Copp) Adams, respected residents of that
county. They have an adopted child, Leroy
Wesley Wrisinger. The family are highly re-
spected in the community where they man
their home. Mr. Wrisingcr has heen elect-
a justice of the peace by the favor of his fellow
citizens, although against his own wishes, he
preferring to devote his entire time to his busi-
ness affairs. He is a public spirited citizen
has done much to promote the welfare of the
c»unty where he resides.
WILLIAM O. YOUNG.
This highly educated gentleman and now suc-
cessful stockman, having his ranch home on Bear
River, twenty miles smith of Evanston, I
comity, Wyoming, was born in Summit county,
Utah, on August 14. 1861, a son of Hans O.
and Henrietta G. (Homer) Young, natives of
Norway, who came to the United States about
iS;- or iS^i), and settled in Summit county,
Utah, in rS6o, where Hans O. Young has since
faged in mercantile trade, with the ex-
ception of one year -pent in Europe. Han- ' I.
Young. beside In i ecessful merchant, has
a very prominent public man and office-
holder ever simv lie came to America. I i
• 1 Summit count}' in the State Legisb
of 1 'tab in i8<;4. and has
couiity assessor and collector. II
high in the Church of the Latter Day Saint-
ing the bishop of Parlor's 1'ark ward. His \\ife
whom be married in Summit count}-, was
very active in the work of the church
'arlor's I 'ark. I 'tab, on November 27, 1900,
at tli years, her remains b
La] i 'it_\ . \mong the chi
of the marriage of 1 l.-ms ("). Yonu :
etta G Homer are the i'< -1 \\ illiam < ).,
who- 'hi. .graphv ; Ji ihn, who is
-cd and was buried in Alder Gulch. Mont.;
1 lenrietta Marie. \\ id' >w of I )
. I "tali: Minnie P.. wife of Willia-
Wallace, also of Park City ; Andrew H., m trrii d,
and i nan of tlu- (Juincy mini : Piv<'
L., married, and living in B rl L.,
ity, Utah.
William O. Younv reci -mentary
i in the chools of I "tab. 3
at Ann Arbor at the
University of Michigan. He then i r live
in the pubi ' Salt Lake
and he was likewise the <
ilili caused his retir. i
from tlu
rs, he de-
voted himself to HUT 'g in Park <
;ien disposed of his mercantile interests, and
to Qinta comity. \\'yo., in iS,,j, entei
tract of i1'!' acres of land from the government
and also purch
i acres into a cattle ranch or range,
on which he breeds and run> cattle and h
Mr. >'i ning I- likewise largi-h
milling, . in five mines on 1 hick
Creek, in Nevada, and in oil lands his in1
covers 8,OOO acres in Uinta count}-, \\~\n. Will-
iam < '. Voting was united in marriage in
I "tali, on < i-;. iSS;v with Miss Mary
L M"c. \llister, daughter of Richard \Y. ami Eliz-
abeth yiister, both natives of P
sylvania. l\icharii W. '
Eliza Me. \lli-
n diildreii. Maimctta. William W..
Wesl ' '.. Minii
and i J
, ARD S. Ml RRAY, M. 1 >.
The medical l'raternit\ of S\\cet\\ater comity.
\\"> , . .il'!\- re;
Murray. M. 1).. who, thou-h com-
jiaratixei lion
•i da nt
Will:. ' ra; bis fathi r. In 'rn in
stud-
i>f the cit\ in \\bicb he
\l'ti '
17 FE ME \ ' '/• /i J OMLVG.
he died in the prime of his physical and
mental powers, departing thi- life in 1860 at the
thirt) -eighl • . Kllfii ( Shoemak-
! uri-ay, wife of \Villiam A.Murray, Esq., aixl
oi Doctor .Murray, was a daughter of
ircl and Alar ker, In r father being
ITS a prominent real-estate dealer of
Peims\ Ivania. His father. Samuel Sho.emaker,
was a sun of. the Samuel Shoemaker who was
ed mayor ol i 'hiladi Iphia when the town was
first incorporated, being the first and one of the
ahlesi of the Ion-- line of distinguished men who
have held that office. Edward Shoemaker lived
to the age of eighty-seven, his wife dying when
tty-seven wars old. The family is an old
and an eminent and a distinguished one, very
prominent in Catholic circles. Airs. Murray, who
is still living, makes her home in Rock Springs,
being, like her ancestors, a devoted Catholic and
ily interested in religious and benevolent
work. Doctor Murray was born in Pennsylvania
in 1X57 and received his literary education in St.
Vincent College. Early deciding to make the
medical profession his life \\ork lie began prepar-
ing himself for it by a preliminary course of
reading under the direction of competent in-
structors, thus acquiring a solid technical and
scientific foundation for his special collegiate
medical and surgical instruction, which he re-
ceived at a noted medical college, from which he
was duly graduated with the class of 1885 as
M. D. Soon after receiving his degree he came
to Rock Springs, Wyo., established himself as a
physician and surgeon and has since practised
his profession with most gratifying success, win-
ning a conspicuous place in the confidence and es-
teem of the public, a representative patronage
and a reputation for skill and success in both the
medical and surgical branches of the profession.
Doctor Murray brought lo his practice a mind
well disciplined by intellectual and professional
training and, studious and thoughtful, he keeps
in close touch with the trend of modern profes-
sional thought and never suffers himself to be-
come absolute in any phase of his calling. He
is familiar with the latest discoveries in both sur-
gery and medical science, is proud of his pro-
fession and aspires io he \\hai every physician
should become, a true healer of men. Though
ranking with the leading physicians and surgeons
in this section of the slate, the Doctor is one of
the most unassuming of men, making no osten-
tatious display of his success or attainments. This
becoming modest}- has made him friends and
among his patients are many of the best people
of the town and adjacent country. Politically,
Doctor Murray is a pronounced Democrat, and,
while not a partisan in the sense in which the
term is generally used, he has always manifested
interest in political affairs, especially in questions
and issues pertaining to state and national legis-
lation. He was elected to the General Assembly
in 1888 and served one term, making a creditable
record as a legislator. He has no desire, how-
ever, for public distinction or trust, or for the
honors and emoluments of office, preferring to
devote his time and attention to his profession
and to be known simply as a loyal citizen. The
Doctor belongs to the various medical societies
of his county and state and' is widely and favor-
ably known among his professional brethren. He
takes a pardonable pride in the growth and cle^el-
opment of the thriving town of his residence, has
faith in its future and lends his influence to all
measures for the public good. Doctor Murray
and Miss Louisa Miller, a daughter of William
H. and Elizabeth (Scott) Miller, were united in
the bonds of wedlock in 1890, the union being
blessed with five children. Josephine, Edward,
Thomas, Louisa and Gertrude. Mrs. Murray
was reared in Wyoming, and her father was
prominent among the pioneer settlers of the ter-
ritory. Fraternally, the Doctor 'holds member-
ships in the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks,
the Modern Woodmen and the United Workmen.
WILLIAM McXEIL.
\Vherever the sturdy Scotch race has planted
its unyielding foot and set up its family altars,
there has been marked improvement and develop-
ment. Natural resources have come forth at its
command and given themselves up to the serv-
ice of man. Through its influence commercial
PROGRESSIVE M. 'NG.
ami industrial enterprises have taken on m-u pow-
er ami multiplied their forces ami their acli\i-
tics. l-'allou fields ha\c iloueivd ami fruited 1111
dcr lltcir curt-fill ami vigorous hn.shamlr\ . while
ni'iral. social .iml educational eK mcnts have com
mingled for the ucneral weal. The beni h'-ial in
thience i'l this race is widespread ami in::
felt ill the ile\ el. .pnii ill of OUT own COUlltr} and
untie is MI churlish as to dcn\ the lael. Al
the Sciittish i. migrants \\-hn have till"- he
material service to the I'nited Slates must In-
named William McNeil, nf illenrock. Converse
county, \V\oniini;, who was born at l-'alkirk in
the land "f Scott and I'.iirns on Ma\ _'d, iS^X.
Mis parents were Jnlm and Charlotte I Me<
<iri McN'eil. hnili Scotch by nativity, belonging
to families which had liveil and llni:ri>h
Scotland from time immemorial. They were iili
ers i't the sod, with modest competencies, but
lar-e in spirit and in anihitinn. \\'lu-n \\'illiain
uas twelve years old lie came with his p-irenis
1' i the I'nited States. They sett led at Young town,
' ihin, where the father eiis^a^ed in mining, and.
where, a fur a short time, \Yilliani also was thus
employed. Mis education was necessarily lin
ami it was almost coinpletecl in his natue
In the mines his progress was ra|iid and at the
age of nineteen he was foreman. In 1877 he
came wist to l tolorado, and. locating at \\'ilh
lii'i-^-. in Fremonl county, he was made foreman
for the Santa I-'e Coal Co. Three years later hi-
parents also came to Colorado ami his fath, r
went to work in the mines. The parents n
mainecl at \\'il!iamsl>nr^ until their ileath. lint,
after six \iar> of serxire for the Saul;1. \-\ '
Co., \\illiam removed to KnY. in ih. tate,
where, in company with his hrotlur-. |ohn and
l 'harles. li, x,-|.]k ;i shaft and opened a coal
\\hich iln-\ j roceedcd to develop ami \\ork p:
peroijsh lor a time \\hen thi \ ^olil it to
advantage, ft was then early in thi md.
aftir the sale of the mine. Mr. .\lc\eil .-'eci-pte 1
the posiiion of superintendent of the I'nitid
Co., with lu-adi|narters at \\'illian ' This
he tilled acceptably for si\ years, at the >]\ \
' >\ \\ bicli lime the <•' impain
name beins; changed to (lie \orlli
.\l r. ' I the siijH rin; . •
ii n fi .r li\e \ . ars, then,
n in-
nri x-'k. in
this
ii MI u hieh 1 has held e- .n
•ill credit aihl prol'ii to hi:
;md •
in I SS ;
1 \\as built p
if the product and
The
vein is li^n i i md the mine has tun
[i .\\ n nn 'r. mile, th.-
- laving been opened since Mr. .\lc\eil look
charge. The coal is a particularly lim- domestic
liiL-.li rank in the market. A
ne\\ ' tailed n> ' ' i b\ the
of merit in machin-
1 r. McNeil's management
. the
.'iisnrate with
expended, b. -th in volume and value. < >n July }.
i, Mr. McNeil uas united in i, with
Miss Marian Marnard. a native of Anstintou n.
( )hi". ll idren : Charlolt>
f John Kalisl :> nn.ek ;
and
Mart;: ret, li\in^ at home. Mr. McNeil
the ^ ork and i ] ,. | K has taken
thin • 'I the M \ sit -i
of tli- Shrine. 1 U is also an » >d<l l-'ellow
nd has tilled the chair-
of his |, „!-,- in 1,, ,th tlu-s, ,,nK |-s. | |,- •
to \\ I.i-'li hi !-' R iican
in politics, i
•
any length of time, lie uas m.i\or , ,f \\ dlianis
•1 in
n : and, diirini; hi-
in that s|.,|, . Ii,
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IGRESSIFE MEN OF II'YOMING.
In i ii ,-i delegate {<> both ilu county convention and
In tin- stair a invention of his party, rendering
good service to his constituency in liotli. In busi-
ness he is shrewd and capable, in social life Den-
ial ami companionable, and. physically, he is a
fine specimen of the Scotch athlete, taking pan
many times in the Scottish Barnes and winning
a good share of triumphs therein. He is highly
esteemed by all who know him.
K< IBERT McPHILLAMEY.
< in a farm in Sullivan ronnty. X'ew York, not
far from the border of that other threat eastern
State, Pennsylvania, the useful life whose salient
points nf interest are here recorded, began on
October S. iS4_>, and on this farm Robert Mc-
Phillamey passed through school clays and up to
the verge of maturity, when the clarion call to
arms in defense of the Union in August, 1861,
transferred him to other and more stirring scenes
of action, and, during our awful Civil War, he
was kept in continual and strenuous exertion in
field and camp and on the march under the great
commanders of the Army of the Potomac. lie
is the son of James and Margaret (Johnston)
McPhillamey, the former Irish by nativity, the
latter born and reared in New York. The family
was essentially a part of the rural population of
the section where it lived and throve, bnnelv
bearing its lot in that department of the people
who are the hope and salvation of every country
in every crisis. The father was a well-to-do
farmer, who remained connected with the agricul-
tural interests of his county until his death. The
son had much the usual experiences of country
boys in his class and neighborhood, he worked
on the farm and attended the public schools of the
vicinity as he had opportunity. In August, 1861,
\\hen he was not yet nineteen, fired with the pa-
triotic ardor which had always distinguished his
people on both sides of the house, he enlisted a
a member of the One Hundred and Forty-third
Xew York Infantry, and soon thereafter fonn I
himself in the Army of the Potomac, undergoing
that rigid discipline enforced by General McClel-
lan. which made that department of the Union
forces one of the greatest lighting bodies of men
known to human history. He served through
the war in the Department of the Potomac and
saw all its hardships and its glory. And. while
never wounded in the service, he was in all of the
leading engagements of that army, conducting
himself at all times and in all circumstances with
manliness, brave endurance and gallantry in ac-
tion. At the close of the contest he returned to
his native state and entered the employ of the
Erie Railroad, remaining in its service for two
years. In 1867 he came to Kansas, from there
drove cattle to Texas, returning at the end of
his mission to Burlingame in the former state,
where he located and where he devoted the next
twenty-three years of his life to farming and rais-
ing stock. He became well and widely known and
rose to influence and consequence in that portion
of the country. In addition to his farming and
stock industry, he did a large amount of contract
work on the Santa Fe Railroad in Kansas. In
1890 he sold his interests in Kansas and came to
northern Wyoming, where he engaged for two
years in contract work on the Burlington Rail-
road. Since then he has done a large amount of
business as a contractor on roads, bridges, ditches
and other local works of construction. In 1891
he took up the ranch which he now occupies, situ-
ated on Tongue River, ten miles north of Sheri-
dan. This he at once arranged to irrigate and
there started extensive improvements, with a view
to making it his permanent home and the seat of a
cattle industry which he has since been conducting
with vigor and enterprise. He has also a desir-
able residence at Sheridan, where he lives with
his family a portion of the year. For the last few
years he has given his entire time to his ranch and
cattle industry, in this being associated with his
son, Jesse, who also has an interest in the busi-
ness. In politics Mr. McPhillamey is an unwav-
ering Republican, throughout his mature life giv-
ing a loyal and active support to the policies, prin-
ciples and candidates of that party. In fraternal
relations he is a Freemason, holding membership
in the lodge at Sheridan. He was married on
December 21, 1869, at Burlingame, Kan., to Miss
Maggie llrockway, a native of Indiana. They
PROGRl SSI I I l// \ OF WYOMING.
- ,. is
have six children living, Jesse, lames, |nlm \\"..
[•'rcdcrick ( i., Mat^ie and William. . \nothef
daughter. Grace, died on February 13. K>OI. In
all tile relations nf life .Mr. AlcPhillamex has lived
acceptably, and. wherever he has dwelt, he lias
won tin- unqualified esteem and confidence of his
fellows. Ills influence has been potent for ^ood
in may ways, and his example should prove an in-
citement to yoinio- men strn^lin^ on the
to prosperity, pregnant as it is with the lessons of
duty faithfully performed.
CALAMITY JANE.
Calamity Jane was a noted female scout of the
western frontier from 1870. her daring intre-
pidity, her rapidity of movement and her deadly
1 skill with firearms, as well as the qualities she
di.-played as a rider, causing the Indians to con-
sider her as possessed ol supernatural powers.
She was ^ivcn her doleful name in 1872, by Cap-
tain K^an. then commander of the C. S. army
post at (loose Creek, whose life she saved. The
captain was shot in an Indian fit; lit and was in
danger of death, when the brave female scout ap-
peared on her horse, shot the Indian nearest the
captain, and. picking up the wounded and un-
conscious officer, she placed him in front of her
on the horse- and carried him to the fort, unin-
jured by the shots of the other hostilcs. When
( aptain Kj^an learned of his rescue, he said to his
preserver: "Von are a sjood person to have
around in time of calamity and 1 now christen
you Calamity Jane, the heroine of the plains."
i "]. \v. p. i ,,,K , I'.ulTalo I'.illi tells this story,
which we u;i\e to illustrate the character of this
bra\e woman, who did so much for the safctx of
the whites in pioiuvr days. She was onl\ titled
lor a wild and adventurous life and closed her
in her laM sl,-i-p in the summer of I'M.}." In
1*7(1 ibis bold and daring \\oinan, by a ino-i
courageous action saved the li\is of six passen
on a stagecoach traveling from Deadwood.
S. I)., to Wild liirch, in tin I'.l.icl, Hills country.
rhe Stage \\as surrounded by Indians, and the
driver. Jack McCaul, was wounded by an arrou.
Although the other six passengers were men. not
one of them had nerve enough to take the ribbons.
Seeing the situation. |;nu nioiinteil the driver's
scat without a moment's hesitation, and brought
the sta^'e safely and in i^ood time to Wild I'.irch.
Jack' Mci'aul afterward recovered, and some time
later, while in Dcadwood. he assassinated Wild
Kill, one of Calamity Jane's best friends. The
murder was a cold-blooded one, and it was the
general opinion that lynching was only too mild
for him. Calamity lane was in the lead of the
Kuchini;- party, and it was she who captured the
desperado. She had left her ritle at home, but
with a butcher's cleaver she held him up, and a
very few minutes later Mcl'aul's body uas
swini;in^ from a cotton\\ 1 tree and his soul
had passed Over the 54' real divide." All old-ii
cherish her mcnion, as well they ma\.
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