History of Colorado; Volume II, Part 106

Author: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, 1833-1920, ed
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Chicago, S. J. Clarke
Number of Pages: 944

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In April, 1910, Dr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Augusta M. Ferstel, a daughter of John B. Ferstel. Prior to her marriage she had been a governess and teacher. Their honeymoon trip was spent abroad. For six months they traveled in Africa and Asia, visiting Egypt, Palestine and other lands in those continents, and also made an extended trip in Europe. Upon their return they took up their abode in Ault, where they have since made their home, and their circle of friends in this section of the state is very extensive.

Dr. Anderson is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America and he gives his political allegiance to the democratic party, but he has never sought nor desired office, preferring to concentrate his efforts and energies upon his professional duties, which have constantly increased in volume and importance. He is a man of liberal education and of innate culture and refinement. When he came to America he was handicapped by a lack of knowledge of the English language, but he resolutely set to work to acquaint himself with the English tongue and to adapt himself to the different methods and customs of the new world. Actuated at all times by a laudable ambition, he has steadily and persistently worked his way upward and his place in professional circles today is an enviable one.

HON. FRED FARRAR.

Hon. Fred Farrar, a prominent member of the Denver bar and general attorney for the Colorado Fuel & Tron Company, who moreover for two terms served as attorney gen- eral of Colorado, was born in Evans, this state, on the 15th of November, 1877, a son of John H. and Agnes I. (McCain) Farrar. The father, a native of England, came to America in early life and settled in Colorado, where he engaged in raising sheep and cattle, while later he turned his attention to mining in Leadville and in Summit county, with which districts he became identified during the boom of 1879. His last days were spent in Omaha, Nebraska, where he passed away in 1898, at the age of forty-six years. His widow survived him for an extended period, her death occurring at Denver in 1917. In their family were two children, the younger, being a daughter. Frances, now a resident of Denver.

Hon. Fred Farrar was the only son and attended public school at various places in the state, and later was a student in the Denver high school and then, determining upon the practice of law as a life work, entered upon preparation for a professional career as a student in the Law School of Denver University, from which he was graduated in 1900. He commenced the practice of law in Fort Collins in 1901 and there he continued in active practice until 1913. In 1912 he was elected attorney general of Colorado and removed to Denver to enter upon the duties of his position. So excellent a record did he make during his first term that he was reelected in 1914 and continued in that responsible and important position until January, 1917, leaving the office with the con- fidence, goodwill and high regard of all who know him. After his retirement from public office he formed a partnership with J. Foster Symes under the firm style of Symes

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& Farrar, and they had an extensive and very important clientage, acting as counsel for many large corporations, specializing in the field of corporation law. Quite recently Mr. Farrar was appointed general attorney for the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company and entered upon the duties of his position on July 15, 1918, retiring from active par- ticipation in the work of the law firm of Symes & Farrar. In addition to filling the office of attorney general of Colorado, Mr. Farrar served as a member of the board of pardons under Governor Shafroth from 1908 until 1912. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party and he has been a close student of the vital problems and questions of the day.

On the 12th of February, 1907, Mr. Farrar was united in marriage to Miss Mary H. McMenemy, a daughter of Charles and Mary McMenemy, of Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Farrar have become parents of two children: Frederick M., who was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1912; and Elizabeth M., born in Denver in 1916.

Mr. Farrar is an Episcopalian in religious faith and fraternally he is connected with the Masons and with the Knights of Pythias. Along the line of his profession he is a member of the Colorado State and the American Bar Associations. He is widely and prominently known throughout Colorado and his interest in her welfare and progress is pronounced. In public regard he stands very high and the respect of his fellowmen is justly merited.

CARL REED BLACKMAN.

Carl Reed Blackman, of Colorado Springs, interested in oil and mining properties, was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1885, a son of Alfred A. and Louise (Reed) . Blackman. The father, born in New Haven, Connecticut, is now a successful practicing physician of Colorado Springs, where he took up his abode in 1898.

Brought from New England to the west when a youth of thirteen years, Carl Reed Blackman attended the public schools of Colorado Springs and in 1910 was graduated from the Colorado College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He afterward devoted two years to the study of medicine in the University of Colorado at Boulder but did not complete the course. He then went to New Mexico and was engaged in gold mining at Jicarilla, remaining for a year in that state. Thereupon he returned to Colorado Springs and has since been identified with the oil business and mining, having large investments in oil properties in Wyoming, Texas and Oklahoma. He is the vice presi- dent of the Elby Oil & Gas Company of Okmulgee county, Oklahoma.

In 1914, Mr. Blackman was married in Navasota, Texas, to Miss Lucy Gibbs and they have one child, Lucy Wilson. Mr. Blackman gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is a Chapter Mason and also belongs to Phi Gamma Delta. He is also a member of the El Paso Club and the Winter Night Club of Colorado Springs and a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Club of New York. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the First Methodist Episcopal church. A resident of Colorado Springs for twenty years, he is widely and favorably known here, his business ability and his personal worth gaining him a place in the ranks of the leading residents of the city.

BEN B. BESHOAR, M. D.

Dr. Ben B. Beshoar is an active and successful physician and surgeon of Trinidad, his native city, and is an able successor of an honored father, Dr. Michael Beshoar, of whom extended mention is made elsewhere in this work, and of Anna E. (Maupin) Beshoar, a lady well fitted to be the life companion of an eminent physician, able journalist and progressive citizen. Dr. Ben B. Beshoar was born in Trinidad, January 19, 1882. At the usual age he became a pupil in the public schools, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school, after which he continued his studies in the University of Colorado at Boulder. He next entered the Kansas City Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1903. He then entered upon the active practice of his profession in Trinidad in connection with his father, an association that was maintained for four years or until the father was called to the home beyond. Dr. Ben B. Beshoar has since continued the practice and occupies a most enviable position in public regard by reason of his high professional attainments. At all times he keeps in touch with the trend of modern professional thought and investi-

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gation and is thoroughly conversant with the latest discoveries brought to light through scientific research.

Dr. Beshoar was married in September, 1906, to Miss Fay Shanley, of Trinidad, and to them have been born three children. Dr. and Mrs. Beshoar occupy an enviable social position, the hospitality of the best homes being freely accorded them.

Dr. Beshoar is a democrat in his political views and has been an active party worker and one who has been accorded a position of leadership in connection with the activity of his party. He was a candidate for lieutenant governor but failed of election. He was also a candidate for the state senate running against Senator Barela. The vote resulted in a tie but the latter was seated by the house. Fraternally Dr. Beshoar is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Woodmen of the World. He is identified with various medical societies and is now filling the position of county physician. In the Colorado State Medical Society he has been honored with a vice presidency and he is regarded by the public and by the profession as one of the most promising young physicians of his section of the state. He is serving on the local exemption board and is putting forth every possible effort to aid his country in this hour of crisis. He is using wisely and well the rich talents with which nature endowed him and is making his life count for good in the world's work.

WILLIAM SHAW HADFIELD.

The life history of William S. Hadfield is closely associated with the development of Sterling and the upbuilding of Logan county. He became the first permanent resident of Sterling, although others had cattle camps in the vicinity but did not remain. Mr. Hadfield arrived in 1871 and through a very extended period was closely associated with cattle raising in his section of the state. He is now living retired, for he has advanced far on life's journey, having been born in Derbyshire, England, December 1, 1838, his parents being John and Anna (Unwin) Hadfield. He came to the United States in 1863, when a young man of twenty-five years, and for two and a half years thereafter resided in Wisconsin. He had been educated in the schools of England and when his schooldays were over was employed in the cotton mills of that country as a weaver. He worked in this country on the farm of his brother in Wisconsin and subsequently removed to the west with Colorado as his destination. He then entered the employ of Bruce Johnson, of Greeley, being employed on a farm on the Big Thompson. In 1871 he came to Sterling, where he took up the business of raising sheep and cattle, which he successfully followed for twenty-five years, at the end of which time he sold his herds and flocks and retired from active life.

There is no phase of pioneer life or experience with which Mr. Hadfield is not familiar. When he attended the Masonic meetings in Greeley he had to go on horseback a distance of one hundred miles. He is acquainted with every phase of Indian life and methods and many times narrowly escaped from Indian attacks. About thirty-five years ago he was taking care of some cattle for Bruce Johnson and was camped on Crow creek, when Mr. Johnson told him he had better move his camp and advised him to go up the Platte river. About that time the Indians came down Crow creek for the purpose of stealing stock and one day a man by the name of Brush and two companions were feeding cattle, when the Indians came down, killed them, took their horses, cut their saddles. secured their pistols and left. There was an old man, a friend of Mr. Hadfield, who had two squaws living with him, and these Indian women gave the alarm by setting the prairie on fire. A number of Mr. Hadfield's men secured their horses and went after the Indians but could not overtake them. On another occasion an Indian came during the night to steal from the Hadfields and their neighbors. These early settlers usually, how- ever, had a sentinel on duty during the night and the sentinel discovered the Indians attempting to break into the stable for the purpose of stealing a horse. He then shot the Indian dead and those who were in the camp got up, scalped the Indian and threw him into the Platte river.

Mr. Hadfield has the distinction of being the first white man to settle in Sterling, for while Bruce Johnson and Mr. Brush had cattle camps in the neighborhood they did not become permanent settlers. When he was living near Sterling there was a tribe of two thousand Sioux Indians camped across the river about three miles from the site of the town and they came down past his place every morning. He had to get .his breakfast before they arrived because they would have stolen his food. He had a cellar under his house and a door leading from the rear of his home. One morning three Indians came and

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were looking into his cellar with the intention of stealing. Mr. Hadfield, however, knew various members of the Ute tribe, who were hostile to the Sioux, so when he saw the three Indians looking around his cellar he shouted, "Utes! Utes!" whereupon the Sioux looked around and later ran away. In less than a half hour they brought back with them about a hundred of their tribe on horseback all painted up in war paint. The chief of the trihe came and asked Mr. Hadfield where the Utes were. When told there were none the chief would not believe him and with his men went to a hill a few yards from the Hadfield home. From the hilltop they watched the rest of the day but when evening came went back. About two weeks later Mr. Hadfield was at a ranch not far from his home when a number of Indians came from the hills and took five hundred head of ponies. Sitting Bull and his squaw dined with the Hadfields on several occasions and Mr. Hadfield was also friendly with Chief Red Cloud. His acquaintance among the white men is equally wide and, as he says, much more desirable. In fact, he counts among his friends many of the most prominent and distinguished citizens of his section of the state.

In 1878 Mr. Hadfield was married in Sterling to Miss Charity Sanders, who came from Mississippi and with whom he traveled life's journey happily for many years, but they were separated in the death of the wife in 1915. For thirty five years Mr. Hadfield has been a member of the Masonic lodge. He is a stockholder in the Logan County Bank and is serving on its board of directors. His has been an active life in which he has rendered valuable contribution to the development and progress of Logan county and of the city in which he now resides. Sterling numbers him among its most honored pioneers and the record of his career, if written in detail, would present a most interesting' and ofttimes thrilling picture of pioneer life and conditions when Colorado was a frontier state in which the work of progress and development had scarcely been begun.

HENRY JAMES STOOPS.

Henry J. Stoops, who now lives retired in Brush, followed agricultural pursuits throughout his active life and employed his labors to such good purpose that he ac- quired a competency which now permits him to enjoy all the comforts of life. He was born in Jefferson county, Illinois, in the town of Mount Vernon, March 13, 1840, a son of Washington H. and Cynthia E. (Carter) Stoops, natives of Ohio. The father was a tailor hy trade and followed that occupation for some time. His youth was filled with hardships, for his mother died when he was born and he was hound out to other people. His father passed away when he was only six years of age. In the '30s he made his way to Jefferson county, Illinois, and for two seasons followed shipping on the Mississippi but later turned his attention to farming in Iowa, first in Clayton county and later in Fayette county, cultivating a farm in the latter section for about ten years. Upon the outbreak of the Civil war he joined the Union army, mustering into the Sixth Iowa Cavalry and serving until his death. He contracted severe illness through exposure and in 1863 died at Fort Benson, his wife having passed away in 1856.

Henry J. Stoops was reared and educated in Iowa and at the age of twenty-two also enlisted in order to defend the Union cause. He joined Company M, First Iowa Cavalry, and served his country for two years and ten months, his years of enlistment covering from 1862 to 1865. After the conclusion of the conflict he returned to his home for a time but then removed to Nebraska, where he took up a homestead in Lancaster county, upon which he made improvements and which he cultivated for twenty-three years. A man of progressive ideas, he was not slow to make use of the latest dis- coveries and inventions in agriculture and soon brought his land to a high state of cul- tivation. Selling out profitahly, he came to Colorado on April 15, 1888, locating in Morgan county, which at that time was a part of Weld county. He took up a preemp- tion and a timber claim and subsequently added to his holdings, so that at one time he owned eighteen hundred acres of land, part of which he improved and most of which he run to sheep for nineteen years. He operated this place with great success until 1914, when he retired and took up his residence in Brush. In the evening of life he now enjoys the fruits of his former labors and is well satisfied to leave the active work of the fields to others. Success has come to him as the result of unfaltering industry, unflagging energy and close application, added to common sense, which has guided him in all of his enterprises.

In January, 1869, Mr. Stoops married Rehccca Prey, a daughter of John D. and Margaret (Gibson) Prey, the father a native of Scotland and the mother of Ireland. Mr. Prey came to America in 1820 and located in New Brunswick, later removing to New York. For a number of years he was engaged in slate roofing. He then went to

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Wisconsin, where in 1842 he bought land which he cultivated until 1856, when removal was made to Lancaster county, Nebraska, where he devoted his energies to the operation of a farm for the rest of his life, passing away in 1872. His widow survived him until 1878. Mrs. Stoops was born in Wisconsin in November, 1845, and she became the mother of eight children: Effie; Frank; Hugh; Carrie; Elmore and George, twins; Rebecca; and Verni. All are located in Morgan county, Colorado, except Hugh, who is ranching in Oregon.

The religious faith of Mrs. Stoops is that of the Presbyterian church, to which she gives her earnest support. Politically Mr. Stoops is independent, although he is inter- ested to a considerable extent in matters of public import, preferring, however, to give his support to measures and candidates irrespective of party issue. However. he was a delegate to the state convention called under the augury of Theodore Roosevelt, being strongly in favor of the progressive measures advocated by this great leader. He is an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic and fraternally belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. The agricultural development of Morgan county has been stimulated through his activities and particularly the sheep industry has been benefited by his labors, for he is to be counted as one of the first men, if not the first man, to ship sheep fed on corn from Morgan county. There is much credit dus Mr. Stoops for what he has achieved, as he has succeeded entirely unaided and has gained prosperity and an honored position in life entirely through his own efforts.

SAMUEL FABRIZIO.

Samuel Fabrizio, who in 1917 was appointed by the governor to the position of state probation agent and liquor officer and who makes his home at Pueblo, was born in Italy on the 3d of March, 1876, a son of Peter and Mary (Crivelle) Fabrizio, both of whom are yet residents of Italy. In the schools of that country Samuel Fabrizio ac- quired his education and when sixteen years of age came to the United States, attracted by the chance of better opportunities for business advancement in this country. He made his way first to Pennsylvania, where he was employed as a laborer, and in 1898 he. arrived in Colorado. After a year spent in Denver he removed to Pueblo and for eight years was employed in connection with smelter and steel work in this city. He was called to public office in 1901, when appointed police officer, in which capacity he served for three years. For ten years he was connected with the sheriff's office as deputy, after which he engaged in the clothing business for two years, but on the ex- piration of that period sold his furnishing goods store and was appointed to the office of probation agent and liquor officer by Governor Gunter on the Ist of April, 1917. He has since served in this capacity and has made an excellent record by the prompt and able manner in which he has discharged his duties.

On the 7th of May, 1900, Mr. Fabrizio was united in marriage to Miss Mary Porreco and to them have been born five children, Peter, Ernest, Angelo, Elena and Lucy. Mr. Fabrizio and his family are communicants of the Catholic church and he belongs to the Knights of Columbus, in which he has attained the third degree. In politics he is an active democrat, doing everything in his power to promote the growth and advance the success of the party. He is greatly interested in the state and its development and is a public-spirited and highly respected citizen whose activities in behalf of public progress and improvement have been far reaching and resultant.

CLYDE L. STARRETT.

Clyde L. Starrett, a prominent and successful attorney of Colorado Springs, was born in Lancaster, Missouri, in 1871, a son of Aaron Sylvester Starrett, who was born in Urbana, Ohio, in 1844, and a grandson of John Starrett, a native of Pennsylvania, while his parents were natives of Germany. John Starrett devoted his life to the occupation of farming and spent his last days in Missouri. Aaron S. Starrett also followed general agricultural pursuits throughout his entire business career and passed away, August 25, 1918, in Springfield, Missouri. He was married in that state to Josephine Beedy, who was born in Illinois and who died in Lamar, Colorado, in 1910.

Clyde L. Starrett acquired his education in the public and high schools of Lancaster, Missouri, pursuing his course to the age of eighteen years, after which he taught school in his native state through two winter terms. While thus engaged he devoted his leisure

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hours to the study of law and in 1890 he was appointed special court stenographer for the twenty-seventh judicial district of Missouri and so served for ten years, making a most excellent record in the office and gaining much valuable knowledge which has proven of great worth to him in his professional career. In 1900 he came to Colorado Springs and in January, 1902, was appointed clerk of the district court of El Paso county, Colorado, and so continued to serve until 1908. The following year he was admitted to the bar and entered upon practice in Colorado Springs. Through the inter- vening period of nine years he has made an excellent record as an able lawyer whose developing powers are hringing to him a wide and important practice. He was a most popular official in office and made an extensive circle of warm friends.

On the 6th of June, 1894, in Lancaster, Missouri, Mr. Starrett was married to Miss Lillian Maude Mitchell and their children are: Mary Adelaide, the wife of James H. Gardner, of Colorado Springs; and Elizabeth Josephine. The parents attend the Metho- dist Episcopal church and Mr. Starrett is also identified with the Masons and with the Elks. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party hut he has not sought or desired office aside from the positions which he has filled along the line of his profession. He concentrates his efforts and attention upon his law practice and has attained to a creditable position in the ranks of the legal fraternity in his section of the state.

HENRY JEROME FALK.

Henry Jerome Falk, a certified public accountant and industrial engineer of Denver, who is recognized as a leader in his profession, was born in New York city on the 7th of January, 1885, a son of Frank and Mary (Treuman) Falk. The mother died when he was eighteen years old but the father is still living in New York but has retired from active business.

Henry J. Falk was educated in the schools of New York city and attended the New York University School of Commerce, Accounts, and Finance, from which institution he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science. At the university he took the specialized course on scientific business management, covering such sub- jects as: accounting; auditing; systematizing; commercial and corporation law; in- dustrial and corporation organization and management; finance, husiness efficiency, etc.

In his freshman year at the university, he was elected president of his class and in the junior year his class started the "Commerce Violet" (an annual yearhook, cover- ing only the activities of the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance of New York University), of which he was the advertising manager, raising sufficient funds through selling advertising space thereby insuring the financial success of the "Commerce Violet." Another one of his activities in the junior year was the organization of the Efficiency Bureau, as an experiment for the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, but which proved so successful that it has been continued and is now recognized as one of the most important departments. During the senior year his class inaugurated the senior hop and he was chairman of the committee that made this the most successful event of the schoolyear and established the senior hop as a permanent annual event.

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History of Colorado; Volume II, Part 106

Author: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, 1833-1920, ed Publication date: 1918 Publisher: Chicago, S. J. Clarke Number of Pages: 944

Author: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, 1833-1920, ed
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Chicago, S. J. Clarke
Number of Pages: 944