History of Colorado; Volume II, Part 66

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

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Charles W. Hood, the youngest of the family, began his education in the public schools of Georgetown, Colorado, continued his studies in Decatur, Illinois, and afterward at Denver, Colorado. He started out to earn his own livelihood when a youth of eighteen years and was first employed as a bookkeeper and stenographer, following those lines of business activity for about three years. He afterward engaged in quartz mining, to which he devoted the succeeding five years of his life, and later he became connected with the Denver Omnibus & Cab Company, being thus engaged in business for two years. In 1901 he entered into active connection with the coal trade as a representative of the Northern Coal & Coke Company and remained with that firm until 1911, acting as sales agent for three years, during which time he represented the company upon the road as a traveling salesman. In 1911 he became assistant general sales agent for the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company and in 1913 was given entire charge of the company's business, which he has since successfully and continuously conducted. He is thoroughly conversant with every phase of the fuel situation in Colorado and has done much to further the interests of the corporation with which he is associated.

Mr. Hood has been married twice. In 1896, in Golden, Colorado, he wedded Miss Bessie Stanley, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Stanley, who were members of a prominent family of the Hawkeye state. To this marriage were born three children: Lucille and Helen, both of whom have passed away; and Charles, who is a resident of Denver. The wife and mother was called to her final rest in Denver in 1902, when twenty-four years of age, and in 1906, in Denver, Mr. Hood was again mar- ried, his second union being with Miss Fannie May Bridges, a native of Iowa and a representative of one of the pioneer families of that state.

In his political views Mr. Hood is a republican where national issues and questions are involved and locally he casts an independent ballot. He belongs to Harmony Lodge, No. 61. A. F. & A. M., and was made a Mason in 1917. 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. His chief diversions are fishing and other phases of outdoor life. The record of Mr. Hood is one that has been marked by steady progress. Without aid or influence to assist him in any way, he has worked steadily upward through determined purpose and individual effort and now occupies a very prominent position as general sales agent of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. His record should serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what can he accomplished through per- sonal effort and laudable ambition when guided by sound judgment.

HON. CHARLES RAYMOND STRAIN.

The office of mayor of the town of Lamar is ably filled by Hon. Charles Raymond Strain. He is a man of vision yet not a visionary and has realized many ideas which have proven of great benefit to the general public. A number of improvements have been undertaken since he has entered upon his official duties and in many ways he is looking after the welfare of his fellow citizens. He was born near Bloomington, Indiana, February 11, 1878, his parents being George and Luzenia (Lucas) Strain. The father has followed agricultural pursuits throughout his life and came to this state in 1908, our subject having preceded him about nine years. He and his wife had seven children, six sons and a daughter.

Charles, R. Strain received his education in the public schools near his father's farm located in the vicinity of Bloomington, Indiana, and subsequently attended the normal school at Danville, that state. He then made good use of his acquired knowledge by teaching, but followed this occupation for only a short time, coming to Colorado in 1899 and locating at Lamar. Here, in partnership with a brother, he engaged in various business enterprises, being largely interested in an ice plant in which about fifty people are employed. He also conducts an ice plant at La Junta and has another business establishment at McClave, Colorado. He also owns an alfalfa mill, which he

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operates successfully, and is interested in five farming properties. In April, 1917, he was elected to the office of mayor, the public readily recognizing his business ability and administrative force. He has since given much of his time to the duties of this office although he supervises his business and financial interests.

On September 24, 1902, Mr. Strain was united in marriage to Miss Lillian L. Lynch and to them was born one child, Shirley Hortense. His political support is given to the republican party, in the local circles of which he has been very active, and he has been a delegate to various conventions, his word always carrying weight with his political confrères. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order, in which he has attained the chapter degree, and is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. As a member of the Young Men's Business Association of Lamar he has taken a laudable part in the proceedings of that organization and has spared no effort in order to promote the business growth of the city. He is fond of outdoor life and is a lover of horses. He displays true-blooded American patriotism as chairman of the county chapter of the Red Cross and he also is food administrator for Prowers county and a member of the War Council. There is much honor due Mr. Strain for what he has achieved, for he has not only attained prosperity for himself but has taken a prominent and helpful part in bringing about intellectual, moral and material develop ment in his section of the state.

JUDGE JEFFERSON McANELLY.

Judge Jefferson McAnelly, attorney at law practicing at Fort Collins, who has won his title by service upon the county bench, was born in Hancock county, Ohio, Novem- her 3, 1845, a son of Moses and Mary (Roller) McAnelly, who were natives of Pennsyl- vania. The father was a farmer and school teacher, following the profession of teaching in early manhood, while later he concentrated his efforts and attention upon agricultural pursuits. He went to Hancock county, Ohio, in 1835 and there taught school for a number of years. He hecame a prominent and influential resident of that state and was called upon to represent his district in the lower house of the general assembly for four years. So excellent a record did he make in that connection that he was elected to the state senate, in which he also served. for four years. His business affairs were wisely and carefully conducted. He purchased land which he improved and developed and throughout his remaining days successfully carried on general farming. He died in October, 1852, when a comparatively young man, and was long survived by his widow, who died in March, 1898.

Judge McAnelly was reared and educated in Hancock county, Ohio, and completed his public school course in a high school at Findlay, Ohio. Later he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware and subsequently became a student in the Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana, where he pursued his law course and was graduated with the class of 1872. Prior to that time, however, he engaged in teaching school, following the profession in Indiana in 1868 and 1869. Three times he tried to enlist during the period of the Civil war but was uot accepted on account of his youth. After he had qualified for the bar he located for practice in Findlay, Ohio, and entered into partnership with a Mr. Johnson in 1872. The following year he removed to Brazil, Indiana, where he practiced law for three years and in the meantime he was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of the thirteenth Indiana circuit. Later he received appointment to the position of county auditor, in which capacity he served for two years. In 1881 he removed to Loveland, Larimer county, Colorado, where he practiced for three and a half years. He was then elected county judge and removed to Fort Collins, serving for six years on the bench. His record as a jurist was in harmony with his record as a man and citizen, being distinguished by a masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution and by the utmost devotion to the public welfare. His decisions have ever been strictly fair and impartial and his course upon the bench was one which reflected credit and honor upon his constituents and upon the pro- fession. At his retirement from judicial service he resumed the private practice of law, in which he is still engaged. His connection with Colorado dates back to pioneer times, for while a young man he and others left St. Joseph, Missouri, with Halleck's wagon train in the year 1865 and started for the west with Fort Laramie as their destination. They followed what was known as the St. Joe trail to Marysville, wheer the trail merged with the Fort Leavenworth trail. They struck the Platte river about twenty miles east of Fort Kearney and arrived at old Julesburg on the 14th of July, 1865. They then went on to Fort Laramie, which point they reached on the 28th of

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July. They carried supplies for the soldiers. It was a dangerous trip, for Indians were often very hostile at that time, but the supplies were safely delivered and they returned to Nebraska City by the same overland route. Judge McAnelly made just the one trip and returned home, but it gave him a good picture of pioneer life and experiences in that early day. Throughout the greater part of his residence in the state he has successfully followed his profession and is accorded a very extensive clientage.

Judge McAnelly was united in marriage to Miss Sarah E. Leonard in October, 1872, a daughter of Abner and Phoebe (McClung) Leonard, who were natives of Columbiana county, Ohio. Her father was a farmer and stock dealer of that state for many years and they became pioneer people of Colorado, arriving in the west at a very early day. Mr. Leonard represented Weld county in the first legislature that convened after Colorado became a state. He resided in Evans, to which place he re- moved about 1874. Finally he purchased a flour mill in Loveland, which he operated throughout his remaining days or until his life's labors were ended in death in 1899. His wife has also departed this life. To Judge and Mrs. McAnelly were born six children: Alice, the wife of Lou Stimson, a resident of Greeley; Emmet C., postmaster at Fort Collins, mentioned elsewhere in this work; Gertrude, who died in June, 1908; Nellie, who is a trained nurse in the military service of the United States with Base Hospital No. 29, who is now in France; William, an irrigation engineer who at present is superintendent of the Water Supply & Storage Company of Fort Collins; and Sarah E., the wife of Albert M. Lane, a farmer living eighteen miles north of Fort Collins.

Politically Judge McAnelly is a democrat and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, while fraternally he is connected with the lodge, chapter and commandery of the Masonic order and also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is widely and favorably known in Fort Collins, where for so many years he has made his home and where his record reflects credit and honor upon his profession, which has always been regarded as the conservator of the rights, privileges and liberties of the individual.

HERBERT M. STOLL.

Herbert M. Stoll, vice president, treasurer and general manager of the great Joslin Dry Goods Company of Denver, displays that spirit of progressiveness and initiative which has been the dominant factor in the upbuilding of the west. He is thus active in directing the policy and promoting the interests of one of the leading commercial estab- lishments of Denver, a house devoted to dry goods, carpets and furnishings, with J. Jay Joslin (q. v.), ninety years of age, as president; F. A. Joslin as secretary; W. J. McDowell as superintendent; and Herbert M. Stoll as the vice president, treasurer and general manager. This establishment is situated at the corner of Sixteenth and Curtis streets and enjoys a very extensive patronage and Mr. Stoll is a very large contributing factor to its continued success. He was born in Quincy, Illinois, June 19, 1864, and is a son of John and Martha (Kimball) Stoll. The father, a native of Pennsylvania, is now deceased. The mother was born in Quincy, Illinois, and is living in Denver.

Herbert M. Stoll attended the public schools of Quincy but at an early age put aside his textbooks to enter business circles and has since been dependent upon his own resources, working his way steadily upward through persistent effort and reaching a most gratifying position. Step by step he has advanced and each forward step has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. After leaving home he went to Omaha, Nebraska, where he remained for a time and then in 1887 came to Denver. For two years he was with the Daniels & Fisher Stores Company and later became con- nected with the Joslin Dry Goods Company as a salesman. This was twenty-nine years ago. Steadily he has progressed, working his way upward through intermediate posi- tions to his present place as general manager of this great establishment, which is one of the largest and most popular department stores of Denver, occupying the busiest corner of the city. Its attractive display windows, the fine line of goods carried, the business methods of the house and the earnest efforts put forth to please patrons are all substantial features in the growing success of the institution.

In 1900 Mr. Stoll was united in marriage to Miss Lucile Havekorst, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and they have one son, Herbert M., Jr., who is twelve years of age and is now attending school.

Fraternally Mr. Stoll is connected with Albert Pike Lodge, No. 117. A. F. & A. M .; Colorado Chapter, No. 29, R. A. M .; and Denver Commandery, No. 25, K. T. He is like- wise a member of El Jebel Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and he has membership in the

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Denver Athletic Club, the Denver Country Club and the Lakewood Country Club. He is an active member of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association, is chairman of its members' council and is doing other important work in that connection. He is likewise a member of the Retail Merchants' Association and is a member of the Tourists' Bureau, having been appointed by the Civic and Commercial Association to furnish aid and information to travelers and tourists. He is a very capable executive, quiet, modest in demeanor, and his dignity and worth gain for him the respect and loyalty of hundreds of employes as well as of his many friends. Mr. Stoll is regarded as a forceful factor in the community in which he lives. He is fortunate in that he possesses character and ability that inspire confidence in others and the simple weight of his ability and char- acter has carried him into important relations.

THOMAS C. WINBOURN.

Thomas C. Winbourn is one of the substantial citizens of Colorado. He laid out the east side of the town of Fort Lupton and is today its largest taxpayer. For many years he was extensively engaged in farming and in dealing in horses and his business affairs have been always been wisely, carefully and successfully conducted. He is num- bered among Colorado's pioneer settlers, having arrived in this state in 1862, when a lad of but ten and a half years, in company with his parents, W. G. and Mary ( Wisdom) Winbourn, who were natives of North Carolina. The father was a farmer, which occupa- tion he followed in Alabama, while for a time he also engaged in merchandising in Ten- nessee. He came to Colorado in 1862, arriving in Denver on the 6th of June of that year, and soon afterward he secured a homestead claim two miles south of Fort Lupton. He also purchased land and continued the improvement and development of his farm prop- erty to the time of his demise, which occurred in October, 1900. He had for five years survived his wife, who died about 1895.

Thomas C. Winbourn, who was born at Gurleyville, Madison county, Alabama, Sep- tember 13, 1851, was reared and educated in Denver, having been only in his eleventh year when brought by his parents to Colorado. He also attended Jarvis Hall at Golden, this state, for a time, and he continued under the parental roof until he attained his majority. He then took up a homestead south of Greeley and engaged in punching cattle on shares with his father, keeping three hundred head. In 1876 he removed to Peckham, four miles south of La Salle, and here he preempted eighty acres. He also bought land, which he further developed and improved and continued its cultivation until 1884, in which year he removed to Fort Lupton. He owned part of the town site and eighty acres adjoining. His father laid out the west side of the town, which was originally Fort Lupton, and Thomas C. Winbourn laid out the east side of the town and is today its largest taxpayer. He still owns a large amount of the town site and from his property interests derives a gratifying annual income. He also is the owner of excellent store buildings, residences and town lots and has been very successful in all of his undertakings. For fifteen years he engaged extensively in dealing in horses and sold the last of his horses-four hundred head-in 1891. His property interests still include two farms, of two hundred and forty acres, from which he derives a substantial annual rental. He is perhaps the oldest living resident of Weld county in years of continuous connection with this section of the state and also of Fort Lupton. In fact, he is the father of the town of Fort Lupton and no project or plan for its upbuilding and development has been carried forward without his aid and cooperation. He was appointed postmaster of the town under President Cleveland in 1885 and served in that position for about five years. His public service has also included the presidency of the penitentiary board.

In October, 1874, Mr. Winbourn was united in marriage to Miss Emma Jackson, of Petersburg, Virginia, and to them were born four children: W. J., who follows farming in Weld county; T. Hugh, who is agent for N. C. Keeney & Company, wholesale seed merchants of New York, his territory covering Colorado; Hon. R. E., who is an attor- ney of Greeley and is serving as state senator; and Mary, the wife of H. R. McDonald, residing with her father. Mrs. Winbourn passed away March 15, 1916, after an illness of ten years.

Mr. Winbourn belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, the Knights of Pythia's and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His religious faith is that of the Christian church and his daughter is a member of the Episcopal church. In politics he is a democrat and he had the honor of being the first mayor of Fort Lupton, and in fact it was through his efforts during his second term's administra- tion as mayor that the city was incorporated. He continued to act as its chief executive

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for three terms, giving to the city a businesslike and progressive administration, which wrought largely for its upbuilding and progress. His memory goes back to a most inter- esting period in Colorado's history when as a cowboy he rode the range and his activities have compassed the period of later development and progress which have made this one of the most progressive and prosperous states of the Union.

JOHN HERSCHEL EAST, M. D.

Since 1902 Dr. John H. East has engaged in the practice of medicine in Denver, making a specialty of electro therapeutics and applied methods. He was born in Elvira, Clinton county, Iowa, December 14, 1857. His father, Thomas East, was a native of Scotland and came to America in 1857, first settling in Chicago where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land where now the Chamber of Commerce is situated, in the very heart of the city. He sold this property about a year later at a profit of five thousand dollars and removed to Iowa, settling in Clinton county, where he pur- chased a farm, and throughout his remaining days he devoted his attention to agricul- tural pursuits there, becoming one of the representative and well-to-do farmers of that region. In politics he was a democrat and his worth and ability led to his selection for several local offices, including that of county assessor. He remained active in politi- cal and civic affairs for many years. He came of a family noted for longevity, his father having lived to the age of one hundred and eight years, when he died as a result of a broken hip. The death of Thomas East occurred in Elvira, Iowa, when he had reached the age of ninety-seven years, nine months and twenty-seven days. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Anna Killam, was also a native of Scotland, having been horn in that country just over the line from England. She came to America with her husband and to them were born three children, two sons and a daughter. The eldest was Thomas East, now a resident of Bridgeport, Washington, and John H. was the second of the family, while the daughter is Alma, who became the wife of John E. Kellogg and resides at Santa Ana, California. The wife and mother passed away in Tarkio, Missouri, at the home of the daughter Mrs. John E. Kellogg in 1895, being at the time eighty-five years of age.

Dr. East of this review pursued his early education under the direction of his mother. He afterward spent two years in school at Carthage, Illinois, and two years at Ames, Iowa, and then, entering the University of Iowa as a medical student, won his professional degree in March, 1883. His early life was spent upon the home farm, with the usual experiences that fall to the lot of a farmbred boy, his time being divided between the task of acquiring an education, the work of the fields and the pleasures of the playground. He took up the profession of teaching before reaching the age of seventeen years and after graduating from the State University he entered upon the practice of medicine at Rising City, Nebraska, where he remained until 1902, when he removed to Denver, where for the past sixteen years he has made his home. During this period he has continuously and successfully engaged in active practice, specializ- ing in electro therapeutics. He keeps in touch with the trend of modern professional thought, research and investigation and employs the latest discoveries which he be- lieves will prove of practical value in the treatment of disease. During the period of his residence in Nebraska he held the position of health officer for fifteen years. On September 21, 1918, Dr. East was elected vice president of The American Association for Medico-Physical Research at the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, and on September 18th vice president of The American Association of Orificial Surgeons.

In 1884, in Marshalltown, Iowa, Dr. East was united in marriage to Miss May Emerson, who was horn at Stratford, Iowa, and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi P. Emerson. The father was a real estate dealer, banker and broker of that locality and was of a very prominent and infinential family there. To Dr. and Mrs. East were horn the following named. May, born in 1885, became the wife of Harvey Hart and died in September, 1915. Ethel Maude died in infancy and was laid to rest heside her mother in Rising City, Nebraska. John H. is connected with the Chile Explora- tion Company, being safety engineer in charge of all explosives for that company in South America. The wife and mother passed away in Rising City, Nebraska, and on the 14th of December, 1917, Dr. East was again married. His present wife was Miss Mame Esther Sanford, before her marriage, a native of Sundance, Wyoming, her father being a well known rancher of that state.

Dr. East is a prominent Mason, belonging to Arapahoe Lodge, No. 130, A. F. & A. M .;

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King David Chapter, R. A. M., of David City, Nebraska; Commandery, No. 25, K. T .; Rocky Mountain Consistory, S. P. R. S .; and to El Jebel Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and with the Knights of Pythias lodge in Denver. He is well known in club circles as a member of the Denver Athletic Club, the Kiwanis Club and the Denver Civic and Commercial Association. He is likewise connected with the Manufacturers Association. His politi- cal allegiance is given to the republican party and he is well informed concerning the questions and issues of the day but has never sought or desired office. Without special advantages at the outset of his career, he has worked his way steadily upward in professional connections, while the sterling traits of his character have gained him the high regard, goodwill and confidence of all those whom he has met in social and club relations.

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History of Colorado; Volume II, Part 66

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