History of Colorado; Volume II, Part 80

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

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On the 9th of October, 1900, Mr. Morris was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Eppstein, of Denver, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Eppstein, well known and promi- nent residents of this city. Two children have been born to them: Clarence, whose birth occurred on the 8th of January, 1903, and who is now attending the Manual Training high school of Denver; and Bertram, who was born in 1908 and is a pupil in the Wyman school.

Mr. Morris is widely and prominently known in various connections and relations. He gives his political allegiance to the democratic party but is not very active as a party worker. In July, 1918, the democratic assembly of Colorado nominated Mr. Morris as regent of the University of Colorado and in the same month and year he was appointed by Governor Gunter chairman of the County Council of Defense for the city and county of Denver. He is a Master Mason, belonging to Denver Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M., and he is also connected with the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. He finds recreation and deep interest in wide study and research work and he was secretary of the Denver Philosophical Society, a position which he held for ten years, while for one year he was president of the society. In 1913 he was honored with the presidency of the Denver Bar Association and is now serving on the executive committee of the Colo- rado State Bar Association for the year 1917-18. He is a director of the Civic and Com- mercial Association of Denver and is vice chairman of the members' council of that organization. Mr. Morris also is on the board of trustees of the National Jewish Hos- pital, these positions indicating the prominence which he has attained and the wide recognition of the worth of his work.

DAVID E. APPEL.

David E. Appel, merchant tailor, is one of the best known residents of Denver, where he arrived when the city had a population of less than ten thousand. He has been continuously connected with the merchant tailoring business here since 1871 and has contributed much to Denver's well deserved reputation as being a city of well dressed men. His patronage throughout all of the intervening years has been extensive and his trade has brought a very gratifying financial return. Mr. Appel comes to the west from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his birth occurred March 20, 1853. He is a son of Simon and Anna (Greenwald) Appel, who were also natives of Philadelphia, where they spent their entire lives, the father being engaged in the tailoring business. During the Civil war he enlisted for active service in a Penn- sylvania regiment and two of his sons were also in the army, namely, Colonel Daniel M. Appel, now deceased, and Colonel A. Hurst Appel, who is a retired United States army officer, living in New York city. The wife and mother passed away in Phila- delphia in 1876. Their family numbered altogether five sons and one daughter.

David E. Appel of this review, who was the second in order of birth, pursued his education in the public schools of Philadelphia and after his graduation from the high school entered into business with his father, thoroughly learning the tailoring trade, in which he developed skill, becoming an expert workman in that direction. He thus brought wide experience and comprehensive knowledge of the business to aid him when he started out in Denver in the spring of 1871. He secured a stock of materials and established his present business, soon winning a very substantial trade. His workmanship has ever been of the highest order and through all the

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intervening years he has numbered among his patrons thousands of Denver's leading citizens. He is an expert in judging of cloth and other materials and his opinions in this regard are never seriously questioned. He now employs a large force of skilled workmen, while he gives his attention to the sales end of the business. He is without doubt the oldest and best known merchant tailor of the state, having been continuously in business in Denver for forty-seven years. Many of his patrons have been with him through a very extended period and feel that it would be impossible for them to have their clothes made in any other establishment. Another feature of his continued success has been his straightforward dealing, for in no business transaction is his integrity ever called into question. He expects soon to retire from active business and turn over his interests to his son.

It was on the 25th of July, 1877, that Mr. Appel was united in marriage to Miss Belle Foreman, of Chicago, Illinois, who passed away in Denver in 1908. They had become the parents of three children. Walter M., born in Denver, was graduated from the University of Colorado, completing both a general course and a law course. He is now a prominent attorney of Denver and he stands very high in the legal pro- fession. He married Miss Rose Spiesburger, of Omaha, Nebraska, and they reside in Denver. They have one child, Dorothy. Hannah, the next member of the family, was born in Denver, was graduated from the high school and is the wife of Robert Lewis, of Denver. Leslie I., born in this city, was graduated from the high school and is now in business with his father. He married Miss Irene McCarthy, of Denver, and they have one child, Barry Edward.

Politically Mr. Appel follows an independent course and has never consented to accept public office. He is a member of the Denver Whist Club, which indicates something of the nature of his recreation. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and is also connected with the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. He ranks as one of Denver's most representative business men and citizens. In early life he was prominent in social and fraternal associations and was also well known in club circles but in later years, since the death of Mrs. Appel, who was his constant com- panion, he prefers the quiet of the home when the day's work is done and leaves social and club interests to the younger generation. He is a man of the highest personal worth, honored and esteemed by all who know him and most of all where he is best known. No history of Denver would be complete without extended ref- erence to him and his active career, as one of its leading merchants.

J. STEWART JACKSON, D. D. S.

Dr. J. Stewart Jackson, a distinguished representative of the dental profession in Denver, where he has practiced for twenty-eight years, being also one of the prominent educators in that line, was born in Colchester, New York, November 4, 1860. His father, Adam Jackson, was a native of Scotland and came to the United States when a lad of twelve years, becoming a resident of New York city, after which he went to Delaware county, New York, where for many years he followed the occupation of farm- ing. At the time of the Civil war, however, he put aside all business and personal considerations and responded to the call of the country, enlisting for service in the Light Artillery. He became a member of Fitch's Eighth Indiana Battery, with which he did active service at the front. He married Barbara Stewart, a native of Scotland, and both have passed away. Their family also numbered two daughters, Elizabeth and Nettie, who are yet living.

The only son of the family, J. Stewart Jackson, supplemented his primary education, acquired in the district schools of Delaware county, by study in the Delaware Literary Institute, in which he completed his course in 1882. He afterward engaged in teaching school for a year but regarded this merely as an initial step to other pro- fessional lahor and when opportunity offered became a student in the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery at Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in 1885 with the degree of D. D. S. He then located for practice at Franklin, Delaware county, New York, where he remained until the fall of 1890, when he removed westward to Denver, seeking the broader opportunities offered in this growing western city. He has since successfully practiced his profession here. His ability soon won him recog- nition as a most able dentist and as the years have passed his practice has constantly increased and has long made heavy demands upon his time and energies. He has ever held to the highest standards and has been most careful to conform his practice to the most advanced professional ethics. Thoroughly familiar with all the scientific

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principles which underlie his work, he believes that the utmost efficiency should be attained by everyone who attempts to win success in this field and he became one of the organizers of the College of Dental Surgery of the University of Denver, in which he has since been a director and lecturer. His pupils bear testimony to his efficiency in imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge which he has acquired and in awakening deep interest in the profession.

In 1892 Dr. Jackson was united in marriage to Miss Florence Lambie, of Hammond, New York, and to them have been born three children: J. Stewart, Jr., seventeen years of age, who is attending the manual training high school of Denver; Melvin Lambie, fourteen years of age, in the junior high school; and Florence, a maiden of ten, who is in the public schools of Denver.

Dr. Jackson belongs to Psi Omega, a dental fraternity, and is also connected with the Masons having membership in the lodge at Franklin, New York. His religious faith is evidenced by his membership in the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is now a trustee and is serving on the official board. He takes an active interest in the work of the church and all that tends to promote the moral progress and uplift of the community. That he is appreciative of the social amenities of life is indicated in the fact that he has membership in the Denver Athletic Club. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he is a stalwart champion of its principles but has never been an office seeker. He is a member of the Colorado State Dental Association which he has served as president and to which he has con- tributed generously of his time and labor for the good of the profession. He is also a member of the National Dental Association, thus keeping in touch with the trend of modern thought and progress in his profession, and in his practice he exemplifies the most advanced discoveries and methods.

All movements tending towards the uplift and betterment of the community find in Dr. Jackson an earnest advocate. He has long been a member of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association and has done much service as a member of many of its important committees.

JOSE J. CORDOVA.

Jose J. Cordova, filling the office of county commissioner of Las Animas county, is a worthy representative of that class of substantial citizens who come of Spanish an- cestry and who have been closely identified with the development of the southwest. He was born in Taos, New Mexico, on the 18th of December, 1855, and is a son of Higinio and Maria Luz (Garcia) Cordova. The father was a farmer and stockman, devoting his life to those pursuits. In 1869 he removed to Colorado, settling at Tercio, where he engaged in farming. He has now passed away.

Jose J. Cordova is indebted to the public school system of Colorado for his educa- tional opportunities. He pursued his studies in the schools of Trinidad and after putting aside his textbooks began assisting his father in the further cultivation and develop- ment of the home farm. In 1878 he began sheep raising on his own account and engaged in that business for five years, or until 1883, when he turned his attention to commercial pursuits and for seven years carried on mercantile interests at Abeyton. He then resumed active connection with farming and stock raising, in which he is still engaged, and he ranks with the representative agriculturists of his section of the state, controlling im- portant interests in this connection and manifesting in his business affairs sound judg- ment and unfaltering enterprise.

In 1878 Mr. Cordova was united in marriage to Miss Elena Abeyta and they have become parents of a family of four sons and four daughters and now have six grand- children. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and Mr. Cordova is identified with the Sacred Heart Society. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he has been an active worker in its ranks, serving as delegate to various county and state conventions. In 1897 he was elected county commissioner for a three years' term, was reelected in 1900 and in 1916 was again chosen to that office. In the meantime he had served as constable and as justice of the peace and in all public positions has been most loyal to the general good, putting forth every effort to uphold law and order, and advance the public welfare. He is one of the county commissioners of the largest county of the state and has been very active in establishing good roads and in other ways promoting public improvement through the exercise of his official prerogatives. He is indeed a public-spirited, loyal and progressive citizen and is doing splendid work as a member of the Red Cross committee, being particularly active among

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the people of Spanish descent in winning support for cooperation in the war. His labors in this connection have been far-reaching and resultant and he has secured generous support for the Red Cross.

CHARLES H. SCOTT.

Charles H. Scott, president of the Record Abstract Company of Denver, was born in London, England, January 28, 1852, his parents being Charles W. and Harriet (Paice) Scott, both of whom were natives of England, where they spent their entire lives, the father being registrar of the colonies in London. Both he and his wife passed away there. They had three children.

Charles H. Scott, who is the only surviving member of the family, attended the Mercers school and afterward became connected with mercantile lines. He arrived in Denver in 1873 and afterward went to Hall's Gulch, where he engaged in bookkeeping for a mining company until 1874. He then returned to Denver and occupied the position of deputy recorder until 1884, when he was elected to the position of recorder and served until 1888. In that year he organized the Record Abstract Company and since that time has conducted one of the leading business enterprises of the character in Denver. He has continuously served as president of the organization.

In January, 1888, Mr. Scott was united in marriage to Miss Anna M. Collins, of Denver, a daughter of John Q. and Isabella (Smock) Collins, of Fairfield, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Cooper, who was born in Denver in 1893 and was graduated from the Denver high school.

In his political views Mr. Scott has always been a stalwart republican but never an office seeker. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church and fraternally he is connected with the Masons, the Elks and the Woodmen of the World. In the first named he has attained high rank as a member of Denver Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M .; Denver Chapter, No. 1, and Colorado Commandery, No. 1. He has also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Denver Motor Club and also to the Real Estate Exchange, of which he was treasurer for ten years, and is regarded as one of the alert, energetic and enterprising business men who by reason of individual effort, stimulated by a laudable ambition, has won a notable measure of success. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he has found the business opportunities which he sought and has made steady advance in their use.

FREDERICK W. DYER.

For ten years Frederick W. Dyer has figured in financial circles in Denver as a representative of the brokerage business and his broadening acquaintance and develop- ing powers have placed him at the head of a business of extensive and gratifying pro- portions. He was born in Union county, Kentucky, December 25, 1881. His father, James H. Dyer, likewise a native of Union county, was a prosperous farmer in early manhood and later followed merchandising at Sturgis, Kentucky. The family was established in Kentucky in pioneer times, the grandfather, John Dyer, having been born in Jeffer- son county, where the great-grandparents lived during the period of early development in that section. The family name has figured upon the pages of Kentucky's history almost from the time when the state was known as the dark and bloody ground, and with the passing years representatives of the name have borne important part in develop- ing the agricultural and commercial interests of the state and in upholding its legal and political status. In the maternal line Frederick W. Dyer also comes of ancestry honorable and distinguished. His mother bore the maiden name of Emma Funk and was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, being, however, a representative of one of the old families of Virginia. To Mr. and Mrs. James H. Dyer were born five sons and five daughters and of this large family two of the sons have passed away, while the others are all yet living.

Frederick W. Dyer is indebted to the public school system of his native county for the educational opportunities which he enjoyed in his youth. His early business training was received in a dry goods store in Sturgis, where he remained for several years. His residence in Colorado dates from February, 1908, at which time he arrived in Denver, where he started in business on his own account as a broker. At the same time he

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attended law school, realizing the value of a knowledge of law in any line of business. He matriculated in the University of Denver as a law student and won his LL. B. degree as a member of the class of 1914. He afterward practiced for a year but returned to the brokerage business, in which he has won substantial success. On starting out in Denver he specialized in one hundred dollar bonds on the partial payment plan for the purpose of introducing that kind of investment. Later he entered the general security and gen- eral brokerage business, handling all kinds of local securities. He has a most com- prehensive and accurate knowledge of the value of commercial paper and financial investments and has thus been able to most wisely care for the interests of his clients, who have steadily increased in numbers as the years have passed by.

In May, 1916, Mr. Dyer was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude May, a daughter of Frank May, of Rogers, Benton county, Arkansas, and they have one child, Frederick W., Jr., who was born March 14, 1917. Mr. Dyer is a member of Phi Alpha Delta, a law fraternity. He was at one time a member of the National Guard, having served in Company K under Captain Philip Van Cise. His religious faith is that of the Christian church, to the teachings of which he is most loyal. He has been actuated throughout his entire life by high ideals, while his business has been characterized by a laudable ambi- tion that has enabled him to overcome difficulties and obstacles in his path and make steady progress toward the goal of prosperity.

PRESTLEY H. HERRIOTT.

Among the enterprising business men of Evans is numbered Prestley H. Herriott. It is true that he is now living retired but for many years he was actively and promi- nently identified with agricultural and commercial interests in this section of the state. His present rest is well deserved and has been worthily won. He has now passed the seventy-eighth milestone on life's journey, his birth having occurred in Ohio, March 7, 1840. His parents were George and Mary E. (McClusky) Herriott, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The father was a farmer by occupation and from Pennsylvania removed to Ohio, where he continued to further develop and cultivate a farm throughout his remaining days, being numbered among the representative agriculturists of his com- munity. He died in November, 1888, having for more than a quarter of a century sur- vived his wife, who passed away on the 20th of September, 1862.

Prestley H. Herriott spent his youthful days in the Buckeye state and is indebted to the public school system of Ohio for the educational privileges which he enjoyed and which qualified him for life's practical and responsible duties. When his textbooks were put aside he began working as a farm hand in Ohio, thus making his initial step in the business world. In 1860 he left the Buckeye state and removed to Tazewell county, Illinois, where he leased three hundred and twenty acres of land and began farming on his own account. He was thus engaged at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war, when he put aside all business and other personal considerations and in response to the country's call for troops enlisted with the "boys in blue." He became a member of Company H of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois Infantry, with which he served for three years and two months and during the course of his service he was wounded. He proved a brave and valorous soldier, never faltering in the performance of any duty assigned him, whether it called him to the firing line or stationed him on the lonely picket line. With a most creditable military record he returned to the north after the close of the war. Making his way back to Ohio, he there began work on the Pan- handle Railroad, with which he was thus connected for two years. He next removed to St. Louis, Missouri, where he was employed as a stationary engineer, giving the next decade of his life to business of that kind. He spent four years also in Mississippi and six years in Greeley, Colorado. In April, 1872, he took up his abode at Evans, Weld county, which was then the county seat and was even larger than Denver at that time, and there followed engineering for six years, after which he purchased land near La Salle and engaged in agricultural pursuits for about a decade. On selling his farm he again took up his abode in Evans and for six years was connected with the mercantile house of George Young but on the expiration of that period retired from active business and has since enjoyed a well earned rest. He also figured in community affairs as post- master of the city for sixteen years and made a most excellent record in that connection.

Mr. Herriott was married on the 16th of April, 1872, to Miss Amanda Ellis and to them were born three children: Margaret, who died on April 27, 1889; George, a resident farmer of Weld county; and Mary, the wife of Frank Martin, a conductor on the Union Pacific Railroad. Mrs. Herriott was a sister of D. S. Ellis, of La Salle, Colorado, and passed

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away in 1885. On the 9th of September, 1889, Mr. Herriott was again married, his second union being with Elizabeth Imbrey.

In addition to his service as postmaster of Evans, Mr. Herriott has filled other public offices, acting as clerk and also as recorder of Evans for two years. He belongs to the Presbyterian church, and gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, thus maintaining pleasant relations with his old military comrades. In days of peace he has always been as true and loyal to his country and her best interests as when he followed the nation's starry banner on the battlefields of the south.

WINFRED NEWCOMB CLARK.

Among the enterprising citizens of Cañon City is Winfred Newcomb Clark, man- ager of the Mountain division of the Arkansas Valley Railway, Light & Power Company, who was born in Paxton, Illinois, October 13, 1875, and is a son of Abraham L. and Sarah E. (Foster) Clark. Throughout his active business career the father engaged either in merchandising or farming. He was a native of Maine but spent many years in Illinois, in which state he died. The mother is also deceased. In the family were three sons and three daughters and Winfred N. Clark is the third in order of birth. His early education was acquired in the public and high schools of Paxton and he later attended the University of Illinois at Champaign, where by application he got three years' credits and was then graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1898 as an electrical engineer.

Since starting out in life for himself Mr. Clark has given his attention largely to electricity. He went to the San Juan country and electrified the Silver Lake mines and operated a three-phase hydro-electric light plant in that section for some time. He next went to Cripple Creek, where he was in the employ of various electrical companies, and when these were absorbed by the Arkansas Valley Railway, Light & Power Com- pany he came to Cañon City in 1912 and took charge of the company's interests in Teller and Fremont counties, having fifty men working under him. He thoroughly under- stands the profession which he follows and has met with excellent success in his under- takings since coming to this state.

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History of Colorado; Volume II, Part 80

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