History of Colorado; Volume II, Part 18

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

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Mr. McGregor maintains an independent political course. Fraternally he is con- nected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and he has attained the fourth degree in the Knights of Columbus. He is likewise a member of the Caledonian So- ciety and of the Life Underwriters' Association. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has made steady progress, being today at the head of a very substantial business, which has been thoroughly organized and built up through his indefatigable effort, enterprise and laudable ambition.

HON. ROBERT E. WINBOURN.

Hon. Robert E. Winbourn, a member of the Colorado bar, practicing at Greeley, was born in Weld county, near where Peckham now stands, on the 2d of July, 1882, a sun of Thomas C. and Emma J. (Jackson) Winbourn, the former a native of Ala- bama, while the latter was born in Petersburg, Virginia. The father came to Colo- rado with his parents in 1863, the family home being established on the Platte river at Fort Lupton. The mother came to this state when a young maiden, in 1872, the Her Jackson home being established in connection with the Green City colony.

father took up land and devoted his attention to ranching and to the raising of horses. Thomas C. Winbourn also devoted his attention to ranching and live stock interests and was thus busily and actively engaged until about 1908, when he retired and now resides at Fort Lupton, Colorado. He has been a very prominent and influ- ential citizen of his community. He was the first mayor of Fort Lupton, which town his father had incorporated, and through all the intervening years the family has been actively associated with its development and progress. The death of Mrs. Thomas C. Winbourn occurred at Fort Lupton, March 15, 1916.

Hon. Robert E. Winbourn of this review was reared and educated in this state. He attended the Greeley high school and for a short time was a student in the Den- ver University Law School, after which he entered the George Washington Univer- sity at Washington, D. C. In 1908 he was graduated from the law department of the last named institution and afterward acted as private secretary to Hon. Robert W. Bonynge, who was for four years congressman from Denver. He later spent one year as prosecutor for the government on public land frauds and in 1910 he began the practice of law in Greeley, where he has since remained. In the intervening period of eight years he has won for himself a very creditable position at the bar of Weld county, his persuasive eloquence, the logic of his arguments and the strength of his position being potent factors in winning notable success. He is faithful to his cli- ents, fair to his adversaries and candid to the court, and in the trial of various cases which he has handled he has exhibited the possession of every faculty of which a lawyer may be proud-skill in presentation of his own evidence, extraordinary abil- ity in cross-examination, persuasiveness before the jury, strong grasp of every fea- ture of the case and ability to secure favorable rulings from the judge, combined with unusual familiarity with human nature and untiring industry. For two years he filled the office of county attorney of Weld county. He has also been called upon for other public service, acting for one term as a member of the state senate to fill a vacancy in that body. Aside from his profession he is interested in farming in Weld county and is the owner of a ranch.

On the 28th of November, 1913, Mr. Winbourn was married to Miss Catherine Kehl, of Savannah, Illinois. Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias,

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the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Masonic lodge. Politically he has always been a republican. He stands for all those forces which work for the uplift of the individual and the betterment of the community at large and is a progressive, public-spirited citizen whose activities in behalf of Weld county have been farreaching and resultant.

JUDGE TULLY SCOTT.

Judge Tully Scott, associate justice of the supreme court of Colorado and a resident of Denver, was born July 12, 1857, in St. Paris, Ohio, a son of David and Mary J. (Lippincott) Scott. His grandfather in the paternal line was Tully Scott, a native of South Carolina and of Scotch descent. He became an early resident of Kentucky, where his father, David Scott, had received a grant of land. He afterward removed to Ohio. David Scott, the great-grandfather, served his country as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and for his services received this grant. Henry Clay Scott, a brother of the father . of Judge Scott, was killed at Kenesaw Mountain while serving as a soldier in the Civil war. In the family of Tully Scott, Sr., were four sons, including the Rev. David Scott, father of Tully Scott of this review. He, too, was a Civil war soldier, holding the rank of first lieutenant in General Garfield's regiment-the Forty-second Ohio Infantry. He re- signed a pastorate to enter the service of the country in defense of the Union and assisted Garfield in raising his regiment, but after eleven months' service he had to resign on account of ill health. He was a Baptist minister and devoted the greater part of his life to the task of teaching the gospel. He married Mary J. Lippincott, a daughter of Henry Lippincott and a representative of the old Lippincott family of Pennsylvania. Her father was the founder of the town of Lima, Ohio, and she was the first white child born in Allen county. Her mother's brother, William Wood, was General Harrison's chief of scouts and was at the battle of Tippecanoe. It was in the year 1874 that Rev. David Scott removed with his family to Mitchell county, Kansas, where he took up a homestead and followed farming in connection with his work in the ministry. Much of the labor of the fields, however, was performed by his son Tully, while the father devoted his attention to pastoral service. To him and his wife were born nine children, only three of whom are now living: Judge Scott, of this review; David, who is a resident of Kerman, California; and Lochiel W., who is a prominent merchandise broker of Kansas City, Missouri.

Judge Scott was the eldest of the family of nine children and was a youth of sixteen years when his parents removed to Kansas, where for some time he concentrated his efforts and attention upon the development of the homestead. He taught school in the winter months and thus was able to meet the expenses of his college work and professional training. For a time he engaged in freighting between Waterville and Beloit, Kansas, a distance of one hundred miles, prior to the building of railroads in that section of the country. He took up the study of law under the direction of the firm of Cooper Brothers, of Beloit, Kansas, and had studied in the Kansas State Agricultural College. In 1880 he was admitted to practice at the Kansas bar and opened an office in Beloit. Later he was appointed receiver of public moneys at Oberlin, Kansas, by President Cleveland and occupied that position from 1885 until 1889. He removed to Cripple Creek, Colorado, in 1901 and since that time has figured prominently in connection with public affairs and legal interests in the state. He was always accorded a large and distinctively representa- tive clientage and his marked ability ultimately won for him high judicial honors. In the meantime he became associated with legislative work in Colorado, having been elected a member of the state senate, in which he served from 1907 until 1911. In the latter year he was appointed presiding judge of the Colorado court of appeals and served for two years, while in 1913 he was elected associate justice of the supreme court of Colorado and has since occupied a place upon the bench, proving himself the peer of the ablest members who have sat in this court of last resort.

Judge Scott has been married twice. On the 15th of July, 1885, he wedded Miss Emma J. Kempthorme, a native of Beloit, Kansas, and a daughter of James and Jane (Thompson) Kempthorme, of that place. Mrs. Scott passed away at Oberlin, Kansas, in 1888, leaving a son, Kempthorme Scott, who is now in the naval service of the gov- ernment as an instructor, having served for four years prior to the outbreak of the war against the central powers. In 1891 Judge Scott was again married. his second union being celebrated at Pana, Illinois, when Miss Harriet I. Hunter became his wife. She is a native of that state and a daughter of John W. and Martha (Vermillion) Hunter, who were very early settlers of Illinois. To this marriage has been born a daughter, Mira,

JUDGE TULLY SCOTT

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now the wife of Dr. Lorenz W. Frank, a prominent physician of Denver; and a son, Jack Garrett, a graduate of Colorado State University and now also in the naval service of his country.

Judge Scott was long a prominent figure in political circles in Kansas and served as a member of the state central committee. He is a Mason, belonging to the Knight Templar commandery and the Mystic Shrine, is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and with the Knights of Pythias. In the last named he has served as grand chancellor in Kansas and was a member of the supreme lodge of Knights of Pythias for six years, while for a decade he served as a mem- ber of the supreme tribunal and otherwise has been very active in that order and in Masonic circles as well. His efforts and attention, however, have largely been con- centrated upon professional interests and duties, and his logical grasp of facts and principles of the law applicable to them has been a potent element in his success. His career is characterized by a masterful hold of every problem presented for solution.

CHARLES B. GRIFFITH.

Charles B. Griffith is one of the enterprising young business men of Denver who has already made for himself a creditable position in financial circles, having a large clientele as an investment broker. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, June 30, 1893. His father, Charles D. Griffith, was for many years a shoe manufacturer but is now living retired in his native city of Terre Haute. He has figured quite promi- nently in trade circles and was president of the Manufacturers' Association there. He was also one of the founders of the Traffic Club and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. In political affairs, too, he has exerted considerable influence and from 1901 until 1903 he represented his district in the state senate of Indiana, having been elected on the democratic ticket. Fraternally he is a Knight Templar Mason and in his life has exemplified the beneficent spirit of the craft. He married Jessie Barrick, who also survives, and they have reared a family of three children, Grace, Helen and Charles B., all of Denver.

Charles B. Griffith pursued his education in the schools of Denver, in the Culver Military Academy of Culver, Indiana, and in the Lawrenceville School at Lawrence- ville, New Jersey, following which he entered the University of Colorado, from which he was graduated with the class of 1915. He made his initial step in the business world by entering the bond department of the International Trust Company, with which he remained for a year and a half, after which he became associated with the bond house of Gregg, Whitehead & Company. He has become well known as a bond broker of the city, recognized as a young man of marked energy and enterprise, and he is rapidly building up a most desirable clientage.

In June, 1917, Mr. Griffith was united in marriage to Miss Virginia McCrea, of Denver. He belongs to the chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon in connection with the University of Colorado. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Christian Science church. He turns to literature for recreation and recognizes the fact that there is no keener joy in life than that which comes through intellectual stimulus. Western business enter- prise finds in him a worthy exponent and that which he has already achieved in finan- cial circles foreshadows the possibilities of the future.

EARL T. SNYDER.

Among the younger attorneys of Greeley is Earl T. Snyder, who for about seven years has been established in this city. He has been connected with a number of interesting and important cases and has well demonstrated his ability to cope with intricate legal problems. It is therefore but natural that his practice has increased from year" to year and today he enjoys a gratifying income from his professional labors. He was born September 29, 1885, at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, his parents being Dr. Z. X. and Margaret E. (Smith) Snyder, the former a native of Pennsylva- nia and the latter of Indiana. For a number of years the father was engaged in the hardware business in Greensburg and later became superintendent of schools of that city and also of the schools of Reading, Pennsylvania. He subsequently was president of the State Normal School at Indiana, Pennsylvania, but prior to this served as

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superintendent of public instruction for that state. It is therefore evident that his qualifications as an educator have been very high. In 1891 he came to Greeley, Colo- rado, having accepted the position of president of the State Teachers' College. In fact, it was he who was responsible for the establishment of this important school. At first instruction was given in a small rented building, but through his indefatigable energy he built up the institution to what it is today, one of the largest of its kind in the country, which has two thousand students. Mr. Snyder remained as president of this great school until called to his last reward, his death occurring November 11, 1915, when he had reached the age of sixty-five years. His widow survives.

Earl T. Snyder was reared under the parental roof and received his education in Greeley, being about six years of age when his parents took up their residence here. He graduated from the State Teachers' College in 1904 and then entered the State University, graduating from the liberal arts department in 1907. Upon this prelim- inary literary education he built his professional learning, entering the law department of the State University in 1909 and graduating in 1911. He then came back to Greeley and here he has ever since been engaged in law practice. He started out in partnership with H. F. Bonnell, so continuing for some time, but Mr. Bonnell is now located at Loveland, Colorado. As Mr. Snyder became better known many important cases of litigation were entrusted to him and he has built up a reputation as a man who goes through with his cases. He demands the entire confidence of his clients, but he also merits that confidence and makes the interests entrusted to him his own. He is eloquent in court, a quick, logical thinker, and readily makes his point before court and jury. He prepares his cases well and is ever ready to meet his antagonist. He is learned in the law and has been very successful in the application of precedents to cases which he has handled. In short, he achieves results and the public has come to know that he gives his best in order to uphold his client, yet he always enjoys the highest regard of his colleagues, as he holds to the highest stand- ards of professional ethics.

On the 17th of September, 1913, Mr. Snyder was united in marriage to Miss Cora C. Broman and they have become the parents of two children.

Mr. Snyder is a republican in politics and upholds the principles of that party. He belongs to the Masonic order and is a member of Occidental Lodge, No. 20, A. F. & A. M. His father was also a member of this order, having held very high office in the same. He belonged to the Denver Shrine and also to the Scottish Rite and was in possession of the honorary thirty-third degree, which was bestowed upon him in Washington, D. C. Mr. Snyder maintains his law office at Suite 313-14 Opera House building, and the family residence is located at No. 1730 Seventh avenue, Greeley. Both he and his wife are popular in the younger set of the city and their hospitable home is often the meeting place of their many friends.

JOHN A. EWING.

John A. Ewing, attorney at law, prominently known in professional connections in both Denver and Leadville, maintaining his summer home and an office in the latter city, was born in Kittanning, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1857, his parents being James H. and Eleanor (Rhea) Ewing, both of whom were natives of the Keystone state and were descendants of old American families, whose ancestors came from the north of Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania during the early part of the eighteenth century. James H. Ewing was a successful farmer and merchant, hav- ing conducted mercantile interests in Kittanning for many years.

John A. Ewing was educated in the common schools of his native city and in the Saltsburg Academy, after which he attended the Indiana Normal School and also pursued a special course under private tutorship. Having determined upon the practice of law as a life work, he directed his reading and study in that direction and was admitted to the bar at Indiana, Pennsylvania, in 1880. Two years after- ward he determined to try his fortune in the west and removed to Colorado, settling first in Leadville, where he has since maintained an office. However, in 1903 he established an office in Denver, where his family is located, and during the years of his practice he has specialized largely in mining and corporation law, being particularly proficient along those lines. In fact, he has won a place among the leading attorneys of the state and his clientage is large and of a distinctively representative character. while colleagues and contemporaries attest his worth in the profession and his marked devotion to its highest standards of ethics.

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In 1898 Mr. Ewing was united in marriage to Miss Georgia M. White, a daughter of the late George G. White, of Leadville, who was a member of the Colorado constitutional convention from Jefferson county. Mr. and Mrs. Ewing have one child, Eleanor Eileen. Fraternally Mr. Ewing is connected with the Masons as a member of the lodge and chapter and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft, which is based upon a recognition of the brotherhood of mankind and the obligations thereby imposed. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the west, for here he found the opportunities which he sought-opportunities which are con- stantly broadening with the rapid growth of this section of the country. With ability to utilize such opportunities, he has made steady professional advancement and is today regarded as one of the foremost representatives of the Denver bar.

EDWARD D. QUIGLEY.

Edward D. Quigley is a prominent mining man and early pioneer of Colorado, widely known in the state, so that his history cannot fail to prove of interest to the general public. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, May 15, 1843, a son of Michael and Julia (Donohue) Quigley, who in 1849 came to the United States, crossing the ocean on the sailing ship Bodecia, which was nearly three months on the voyage, and settling at Jamestown, New York, where the family resided until 1856. They then removed west- ward to Wabasha county, Minnesota, where the father engaged in farming.

Edward D. Quigley was the second child born to his parents. In early life he attended school in New York for a few months and afterward became a pupil in a country school of Minnesota. He was a youth of eighteen years when the Civil war broke out, and in 1861 he responded to the call of his adopted country for aid, enlisting in the Third Minne- sota Volunteer Infantry under the command of Colonel Henry C. Lester. He remained at the front for three years and two months and participated in many prominent battles of the Civil war, including the engagements at Fort Donelson, Willow Springs and Mur- freesboro. In the last named he was taken prisoner, and following his parole he returned to Minnesota, where he took a prominent part in the Indian campaign, the red skins having massacred many of the early settlers, destroyed much property, and had stolen and driven away the stock. They had also captured far over a hundred women and chil- dren, and the latter were taken along by the ruthless band and held captives while the Indians fought the soldiers at Woods Lake and Camp Release. At length the Indians gave up the fight, after many had been killed and wounded. About five hundred Indians were taken prisoner and one hundred and fifty women and children were then released. This put an end to the Indian outrages in that period and locality.

In 1865 Mr. Quigley removed to Colorado and homesteaded on the land where the city of Greeley now stands. After he had perfected his title to the claim he sold the land for thirty-eight hundred dollars to Colonel Greeley, who laid out the present city. Mr. Quigley then went to Golden, Colorado, where he became deputy sheriff, and made many sensational arrests while discharging the duties of that position. He was very prompt and fearless and succeeded in apprehending many criminals of that district. In 1867 he went to Central City, where he conducted a wholesale flour and feed business, and there he remained until 1870, when he came to Denver and engaged in the real estate and land business. He devoted a decade to that undertaking, and in 1880 he erected the Granger flour mill, which he operated until 1882. He was deputy sheriff of Denver at the time Judge Elliott was on the bench. He afterward returned to Central City, Colorado, where he had some valuable mining property, and later he went to Idaho Springs, where he developed the famous Brighton mine, also the Bellman mine, and last but not least, he became president of the Hoosic Tunnel & Mining Company, in which he still owns the greater amount of the stock. He is still conducting extensive operations under that name, and he is likewise engaged in the real estate and loan business. He owns a number of valuable mining properties in Colorado, and his investments have been most judiciously and wisely placed.

He resides at No. 1275 Lincoln street, in Denver, and the years have brought to him a measure of success that enables him to enjoy all of life's comforts and many of its luxuries. There is scarcely anyone living in the city today who is more familiar with the history of pioneer progress and development in Colorado than Mr. Quigley. In fact, his is a notable career, in which have occurred many thrilling incidents. The story of the Civil war is a familiar one to him, from his active experience on southern battle- . fields. Enlisting when but eighteen years of age, he loyally did his duty until captured and paroled. He then aided in the protection of the settlers against Indian outrage and

EDWARD D. QUIGLEY

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depredation, after which he heard and heeded the call of the west, hesitating not before the privations and hardships of pioneer life in Colorado. He now is a member of Lincoln Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He is thoroughly familiar with everything that has gone to make up the mining history of the state, and he has been connected with many projects and enterprises which have been of the utmost value in the development and upbuilding of the commonwealth.

FRED G. CARPENTER.

Fred G. Carpenter, son of LeRoy S. and Martha A. (Bennett) Carpenter, whose interesting life record is given on other pages of this work, is a well known representa- tive of agricultural interests in Weld county, living on section 30, township 6, range 65, not far from Greeley. He is a native son of the county in which he still makes his home, his birth having occurred on the 15th of August, 1881. He was reared in Colorado and after pursuing his early education in the district schools of Weld county continued his studies in the Greeley schools. He remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority and then went to the state of Washington, where he remained for six months, after which he returned to Colorado and took up a home- stead near Barnesville. He proved up on the property in January, 1911, and still owns the place but has rented it since. In 1911 he returned to the old homestead and leased it, since which time he has given his attention to its further development and improvement. He has erected a nice bungalow upon the place and has a pleasant and attractive home, while concentrating his efforts and attention upon the cultivation of the crops best adapted to soil and climate. The farm is pleasantly and conveniently located near Greeley.

On the 11th of September, 1917, Mr. Carpenter was married to Miss Fern Taylor, a daughter of Joseph E. and Flora (Knowlton) Taylor. The father is an engineer on the Chicago & Great Western Railroad in Iowa and the mother is now living in Greeley. Mr. Carpenter is a republican in his political views, while his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. The sterling traits of his character are such as commend him to the confidence and goodwill of those with whom he has been brought in contact and he has a large circle of warm friends in this part of the state.

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History of Colorado; Volume II, Part 18

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