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HON. GEORGE LEWIS.
Hon. George Lewis, of Victor, member of the general assembly from the twentieth senatorial district, was born in Rochester, New York. December 18, 1875, a son of George Lewis, a native of Manchester, England. The father was born in 1838 and came to the United States in early manhood, going first to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he re- mained for six or eight years. He afterward removed to Rochester, New York, and for many years was a well known building contractor of that city. He was married in Pitts- burgh to Mrs. Margaret Bentley, a native of Lancaster. England. who passed away in Rochester in the year 1908. The father, however, still survives and yet makes his home in Rochester.
George Lewis was reared in his native city and is indebted to its public school system for his educational opportunities. He continued in the Empire state until 1903, when he went to Denver and engaged in the business of building as a contractor, having previously followed the trade in connection with his father. He continued in Denve.
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until 1907, when he removed to Victor as superintendent of construction for the Portland Gold Mining Company, in which connection he has since continued. His duties are of a most important character and his thorough training well qualifies him for the work that he has undertaken.
On the 18th of October, 1899, in Rochester, New York, Mr. Lewis was married to Miss Sophie Silver, a daughter of the late Robert Silver, who was born in Rochester, New York. Their children are: George Frank, born in 1901; John Philip, born in 1903; Edward Thomas, in 1906; and Margaret Esther.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis hold membership in the First Presbyterian church of Victor, of which he is a trustee. His fraternal relations are with the Elks, the Moose and the Eagles. His political support is given to the democratic party and in 1913 he was elected to the office of representative from Teller county, while in 1915 he was chosen senator from the twentieth senatorial district. His record in the state legislature is a most creditable one, being characterized by marked devotion to duty and thorough study of every important problem that comes up for solution. He has been characterized as a "clean cut, intelligent man who has the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens," -- and what higher tribute could be paid to any individual. In a word, he is using his talents wisely and well, not only for the benefit of himself but for the welfare of the community and the commonwealth in which he lives.
HOWLAND BANCROFT.
Howland Bancroft, though a comparatively young man is recognized as one of the foremost authorities on mining geology. His eminent success can be ascribed in some measure to his initiative and thoroughness and he demonstrates in his career the saying that blood will tell, for he is descended from some of the oldest American pioneer families of the east, members of which wrested this country from the Indians. He is descended from Thomas Bancroft, who settled in Connecticut in 1637. Later branches of the family migrated to Massachusetts and to Pennsylvania. From Massachusetts David Cassius Bancroft came to Denver in 1871. He had served throughout the Civil war, enlisting as a private in the Seventh Massachusetts Volunteers where he served with distinction as a soldier and officer until he was mustered out at the close of the war as a brevet major. His short career in the west was spent as an architect and in Denver he designed various buildings such as the first Union Station and the old Interocean Hotel. He met death in the Black Hills of South Dakota while on an exploration expedition, his body never being recovered. His son, Benjamin Cassius Bancroft had received most of his education in Boston. Having completed his schooling in Denver he engaged in the publishing business, becoming a partner in the Chain & Hardy Company, which concern was for many years the largest publishing firm of the middle west. In the early '80s he married Miss Mary Howland, a descendant of John Howland, one of the Mayflower Pilgrims of 1620. His descendants served their country with distinction in the Revolutionary war. in the War of 1812 and in the Civil war. Some of the family settled in New York state and later moved to Indianapolis, where Mary Howland was born. After her marriage she joined the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution serving as regent for the state of Colorado and as second vice president general of the society. She holds membership in the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and in the Mayflower Society as well as in various other women's clubs in whose social and other activities she has taken a prominent part.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Bancroft had four children: Helen, who married Robert Jordan Thomas, of Cleveland, Ohio; Howland, of this review; Alice, wife of Robert Elmore More, of Denver; and George, who died in childhood.
Howland Bancroft received his early education in the public schools of Denver. Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Detroit. He attended the University of Colorado and later the University of Michigan, from which institution he took his degree. In 1905 he acted as assistant in the department of physics in the University of Colorado and in 1913 was acting professor of geology in the same institution. On graduating from the University of Michigan he entered the United States Geological Survey where he served for five years, or until May 31, 1912, when he resigned to engage in private practice as a consult- ing mining geologist and engineer with offices in Denver.
While a member of the United States Geological Survey, on leave of absence, he visited South America, where he made a study of mines and mining conditions in Peru, Bolivia and Chile. He again visited South America in 1914 since when he has made
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several trips through Chile and Bolivia spending the major part of his time in investiga- tions and explorations of tin, gold and copper properties.
A more intimate knowledge of his experience may be gained from the subjects in which he has specialized, which include the commercial possibilities of metalliferous deposits, particularly of the precious metals, gold and silver, the base metals, copper, lead and zinc; and the rare metals, tin, tungsten, vanadium, uranium and molybdenum. He has made examinations and valuations of mining property in all of the western states of the United States as well as in many parts of Canada. Mexico, Central and South America. He has also been connected with important mining litigation. Among Mr. Bancroft's many valuable contributions to the science of ore deposits may be mentioned the following:
United States Geological Survey publications: Bulletin No. 451, Ore deposits in Northern Yuma County, Arizona. Bulletin No. 478, Ore deposits near Lake City, Colo- rado. (Co-author with J. D. Irving.) Bulletin No. 550, Ore deposits in northeastern Washington. (Co-author with Waldemar Lindgren.)
Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers: Vol. XLVII. pp. 173- 189, The tin situation in Bolivia. Vol. XLIX, pp. 307-309, Dip chart.
Proceedings of the Second Pan-American Scientific Congress: Bolivian tin and its relation to the United States.
Since before the entrance of the United States into the world conflict Mr. Bancroft has been engaged in work on war measures. He has also served as a member of a technical commission formed by agreement between the state department of the United States, the war industries hoard of the United States and the United States bureau of mines. Furthermore, he has prepared, by request, a special report for the war minerals investigation.
Mr. Bancroft is a member of the Mining & Metallurgical Society of America, of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and of the Canadian Mining Institute. He belongs to the following clubs: The University Club and the Cosmos Club of Washington. D. C .; the Engineers Club, the Bankers Club of America and the Beta Club, of New York city; and the Denver Club, of Denver. Politically he is independent, supporting measures and candidates according to his judgment.
Although Mr. Bancroft is connected with local mining enterprises to a limited extent, his most important interests are in South America, where he has spent a number of years. He holds the distinction of being internationally recognized as an authority on Bolivian tin.
Mr. Bancroft married Miss Alice Hannon of Boston, in July, 1914. They have three children: Howland Bancroft, Jr., born in Denver, July 11, 1915; Lindgren Bancroft, born in Valparaiso, Chile, November 9, 1916; and Jane Bancroft, born in Denver, July 21, 1918.
Mr. Bancroft has attained a position in his profession which is truly enviable, not only for what he has achieved and for the gratifying success which is his, but also for the interesting experiences which have come to him in his rather unusual career.
MONROE MARBLE.
Monroe Marble, a partner in the firm of Marble Brothers, took up the carpenter's trade in early manhood and during the intervening years has won a prominent position among the contractors and huilders of Pueblo. He was born in Tipton, Cedar county, Iowa, on the 26th of April, 1863, and is a son of Jerome and Elizabeth (Fralich) Marble. The period of his boyhood and youth was passed in the middle west and he was a young man of twenty-seven years when in 1890 he and his brother came to Colorado, where three years later they were joined by their parents, who passed away in Pueblo. The father was a builder and Monroe Marble learned his trade under his father's direction. He has followed carpentering continuously since 1880, working in that way in Iowa, Kansas and Colorado. As his powers have developed and his ability increased he has made substantial advance in his chosen occupation. Ultimately he entered into partner- ship with his brother, under the firm style of Marble Brothers, for the conduct of a con- tracting business and they have erected the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal church, the North Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, the United Brethren church, the Minnequa school and the Young Men's Christian Association building of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, the Odd Fellows Home at Canon City and also rebuilt the Central high school of Pueblo. In fact the contracts awarded them have been of a very important character and their business has become one of large volume and importance.
On the 15th of June, 1892, Mr. Marble was united in marriage to Miss Estella Thomas.
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His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he is identified with the Woodmen of the World and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Commerce Club, showing his active interest in everything pertaining to the wel- fare and progress of the community, the extension of its trade relations and the up- building of its interests. His cooperation can always be counted upon to further any measure for the public good and at the same time he is one of the busiest and most energetic representatives of industrial activity in the city of Pueblo. In fact Marble Brothers are known as the most active and prominent contractors of Pueblo, being accorded the largest jobs and meeting with excellent success in their undertakings.
W. SHERMAN MARBLE.
W. Sherman Marble is a partner in the firm of Marble Brothers, general con- tractors, enjoying the well earned reputation of standing in a position of leadership in their line of activity in Pueblo. Mr. Marble was born at West Liberty, Cedar county, Iowa, in April, 1866. At the usual age he entered school and mastered the branches of learning therein taught. Experience, too, greatly broadened his knowledge. He after- ward learned the carpenter's trade, taking up work along that line as soon as he liad completed his education. He worked with his father, who had long engaged in building operations, and he was employed in that way in Kansas and in Colorado, coming to the latter state in 1890, at which time he took up his abode in Pueblo. Monuments to his skill and ability are seen in the Young Men's Christian Association building, in the Minnequa school, in the Odd Fellows Home, in the Central high school and other well known structures.
Mr. Marble was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Westbrook and they became parents of a daughter, Nina, who is now the wife of J. W. Biele. Mr. Marble is a democrat in his political views and has been called upon to serve as alderman of his city, also as a member of the school board and is now water commissioner. The duties of these positions he has discharged with marked promptness and capability and his record is a most commendable one. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World and the Knights and Ladies of Security. He is much interested in civic betterment and is a public-spirited man who recognizes and meets his obligations in regard to public service and the support of measures and move- ments for the general good. His sterling worth of character, his progressiveness in citizenship and his reliability in business have made him greatly respected by all who know him.
ORLIN E. HEMENWAY.
Orlin E. Hemenway, president of the Hemenway Grocery Company, under which name he is active in control of one of the important commercial interests of Colorado Springs, was born on a farm in Winnebago county, Illinois, in 1866. His father, Alvaro Hemenway, was born in Illinois in 1845 and at the time of the Civil war responded to the country's call for troops, enlisting in the Ninety-fourth Illinois Regiment, with which he served throughout the period of hostilities, and on one occasion he was wounded. He was married in his native state to Miss Addie Reynolds and passed away in Colorado Springs in 1903, having become a resident of this city in 1880. His widow survives and still makes her home in Colorado Springs.
Orlin E. Hemenway was a youth of fourteen years when the family home was established in the west and he continued his education in the public schools of Colorado Springs. In 1888 he became a factor in its commercial circles by entering the retail grocery business, in which he has since continued. He has developed his business to one of large proportions and in 1910 it was incorporated under the name of the Hemen- way Grocery Company, of which he is the president. The firm conducts an extensive business, the policy of which is largely formulated by Mr. Hemenway, who in all things measures up to the highest business standards.
On the 3d of November. 1886, in Cedar Junction, Kansas, Mr. Hemenway was mar- ried to Miss Louise Florence Schoch, and they now have a daughter, Addie Louise Hemenway, who is a graduate of Colorado College and is now very active in Red Cross work.
Mr. Hemenway and his family are members of the First Presbyterian church, and
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fraternally he is connected with the Scottish and York Rites of Masonry and with the Mystic Shrine. He is very prominent in the Masonic fraternity and his life is an example of the influence which its teachings have upon its members. He is also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In club circles, too, he has a wide acquaintance. holding membership in the Colorado Springs Golf Club and the Winter Night Club. His political views are in accord with the principles of the republican party. He has served on the board of education of Colorado Springs, is vice president of the Colorado Springs National Bank and is a director of the Chamber of Commerce. He cooperates in all well defined plans and measures for the interests and upbuilding of the city and stands high in every way, his fellow townsmen speaking of him in terms of warm regard. Those who know him, and he has many friends, feel that he fully merits the confidence, goodwill and high respect of all with whom he is brought in contact.
CASSIUS R. MANNING.
Cassius R. Manning, municipal judge of Colorado Springs, was born at Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1856, a son of the Rev. John Stewart Manning, who was born in Vermont in 1813 and who was married in New York to Miss Marietta Hammond, a native of the Empire state. The father was a Freewill Baptist minister who devoted his life to the cause of the church and did great good for its upbuilding. He died in the year 1893 and his wife has also passed away.
Judge Manning pursued his early education in Hillsdale College at Hillsdale, Michi- gan, from which in due course of time he was graduated, and later he entered the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, where he completed his law course as a member of the class of 1880. He also has the degree of A. B. from Allegheny College. From 1884 until 1890 he resided in Santa Barbara and in Los Angeles, California, where he was largely engaged in abstract work. In 1891 he became a resident of Colorado and has since made his home within the borders of this state. He first located in Denver, where he engaged in the practice of law until 1896, when he removed to Colorado Springs, where for twenty-two years he has now made his home. Throughout this entire period he has been an active member of the bar. He was admitted to practice in the courts of Colorado in 1894 and he followed his profession in Denver and in Colorado Springs as an active practitioner until August, 1913, when he was elected judge of the municipal court by the city council, which was democratic, while Judge Manning gives his support to the republican party. The fact that he was chosen for the office is an indication of his capability and the recognition of his power and his fitness for the office on the part of his fellow townsmen, notwithstanding his political views were in opposition to those held by all the members of the council. His record has justified the confidence reposed in him, for he has made an excellent city judge, his decisions being fair and impartial.
In October, 1895, in Colorado Springs, Judge Manning was united in marriage to Miss Kizzie D. Highy. He is well known in fraternal connections as a member of the Masonic order and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. In the former he has taken the degrees of the chapter and has served as past high priest of Colorado Chapter, No. 29, R. A. M., of Denver. He also belongs to the college fraternity, Delta Tau Delta.
JAMES DUCE.
James Duce, who on the 20th of April, 1913, entered upon the duties of his present position as state inspector of oils for Colorado, has made a most excellent record during the intervening period of five years and under his direction or according to his suggestion marked advance has been made in the matter of oil inspection with a view to improving conditions under which oils are manufactured, handled and use. Mr. Duce is of English nativity. He was born in Staffordshire, England, on the 19th of August, 1861, and is a son of John and Harriet (Keen) Duce, who were likewise natives of that country. The father was a government small arms manufacturer and both he and his wife are now deceased.
James Duce supplemented his early education by study in the University of London and in Queens College. He became a member of the Institute of Electrical and Mining Engineers and attained considerable efficiency along the lines to which he directed his efforts and attention. At length he determined to try his fortune in the new world and in 1896 crossed the Atlantic to Canada but did not tarry in that country. He made his
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way direct to Colorado in the same year and was engaged in newspaper work in this state for some time, residing at various locations, where he also engaged in coal mining. Thus varied business interests claimed his energies and attention until the 20th of April, 1913, when he entered upon his present position as state inspector of oils. Since then he has issued biennial reports showing prevailing conditions in the state having to do with the production, use and sale of oils. This work includes the inspection of many millions of gallons of oil annually, with an understanding of every phase of the trade and use of oil products. Recommendations that he has made for safeguarding life and property by a closer inspection and a more rigid enforcement of the law concerning the standards of oil used have been incorporated into legislative proceedings and thus found their way to the statute books of the state, resulting in much excellent work being done and many improvements made.
In 1890 Mr. Duce was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Terry, a daughter of James Terry, and they became the parents of four children. James Terry is a graduate of the University of Colorado and later became an instructor in the geological department of that university. He has also acted as assistant professor of Washington University in St. Louis and served as secretary of the state bureau of mines. At present he is under orders from the government in the chemical division of the United States Army. Kath- erine is a graduate nurse, having received her certificate from the Minnequa Hospital of Pueblo. She subsequently attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she remained including her junior year, and is now connected with Base Hospital No. 29 of the American Expeditionary Forces. Harold Taylor, the third in order of birth, is a sophomore at the University of Colorado in Boulder, being a student in the mechanical engineering department. R. Stanley, the youngest, is attending the public schools.
Mr. Duce is a Mason in his fraternal relations, loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church and in political belief he is a democrat. He is serving as industrial education secretary of the Colorado Labor Educational Association and he is interested in all those forces which work for higher intellectual and moral standards and for more advanced ideals of citizenship.
EDWARD F. NISBET.
Edward F. Nisbet, connected with mining interests and also engaged in the real estate business in Denver, was born at Sparta, Randolph county, Illinois, July 27, 1859. His father, Robert J. Nisbet, was also a native of the Prairie state and belonged to one of its pioneer families of Scotch descent founded in America by Samuel Nisbet, who was a Mexican war veteran and became one of the early residents of Illinois, where he devoted his time and attention to general agricultural pursuits. He lived to the advanced age of ninety-three years and seventeen days. His son, Robert J. Nisbet, became a live stock dealer and farmer of Illinois. He dealt quite extensively in horses and mules, which he took south and sold to planters. He was a Civil war veteran, doing active duty in defense of the Union as a member of a company in an Illinois regiment of infantry until killed in battle at Nashville, Tennessee, when fifty-four years of age. In early manhood he had married Sarah Adams, a native of that state and a member of one of the old families of Tennessee. She was a relative of John Quincy Adams. Her death occurred on a farm three miles east of Sparta, Illinois, in 1870. In the family were eight children, four sons and four daughters. The eldest of the family was Martha, who became the wife of John Watson, and both have passed away. The second of the family is H. B. Nisbet, now eighty-seven years of age, and living in Chester. James Nisbet, who organized a company for service in the Civil war and became its captain, participated in the entire struggle for the preservation of the Union but died at its close in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1865. Sarah A. Nisbet became the wife of William C. Craig. John Quincy Adams Nisbet makes his home at Coulterville, and was seventy-four years of age on the 18th of February, 1918. Malissa, who is usually called Millie J., is the widow of Andrew Muir. Edward F. is the seventh of the family and the youngest is Carrie, the wife of J. F. Livingston, a resident of Mexico.
In the district schools of Randolph, Illinois, Mr. Nisbet of this review began his edu- cation hut on account of the death of the mother in 1870 the family was broken up and he joined an elder brother, J. Q. A. Nisbet, of Coulterville, Illinois. This brother was engaged in merchandising and also in the operation of coal mines and Edward F. Nisbet spent two years with the brother, after which he joined another brother, H. B. Nisbet, at Chester, Illinois, where he was engaged in the commission business. He continued with this brother until 1878, when, at the age of eighteen years, he determined to strike out in
EDWARD F. NISBET
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the world for himself and emigrated westward. He made his way direct to Denver, where he arrived an entire stranger on the 22d of February, 1878. The following year he re- moved to Leadville, where he entered the real estate and insurance business, but after a time ill health compelled him to return home. After recovering from his illness he made his way to the southwest, locating in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he secured employment as a salesman in a furniture and crockery store. There he continued for eight years, after which he returned to Colorado, settling at Trinidad. He was here employed for four years by the Rich Brothers, pioneer furniture dealers of Trinidad, and he afterward went upon the road as a traveling salesman and manufacturers' agent, representing a number of leading manufacturers in the crockery and glassware trade. He continued in that business successfully for a period of five years. He then came to Denver and established the Queen City Cigar Company, which he incorporated, becoming secretary and treasurer. He then continued in the cigar mannfacturing business for five years, after which he resumed operations in the real estate field and also took up mining. Along these lines he has since remained active and his business affairs have been profitably conducted and managed.
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