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CLAY WELTON DANIELS.
Clay Welton Daniels is well known as a successful furniture merchant of Colorado Springs, where he carries an extensive stock of attractive furniture, for which he finds a ready sale on the market. His business is conducted under the name of the C. W. Daniels Home Furnishing Company and in the conduct of his interests he displays the enterprising spirit that has been the dominant factor in the rapid upbuilding of the west. He was born on a farm near Beverly, West Virginia, in 1863, a son of Solomon Welton and Mary Jane (Gum) Daniels. The father was born in Beverly, Virginia, now West Virginia, in 1826, and the mother was also a native of the Old Dominion. The father died on his farm near Beverly in 1892, while his wife survived until 1894.
Clay Welton Daniels was reared in his native city, where he remained to the age of twenty-four years and his education, acquired in the public schools there, was supple- mented by one term's attendance at a business college in Lexington, Kentucky. The year 1899 witnessed his arrival in Colorado, but he did not follow in the business foot- steps of his ancestors. The family had been founded in America by four brothers of the name who came from England, one of these being William Daniels, his great-grand- father. He was the father of Jacob Daniels, who was born in the same house in Beverly, West Virginia, in which occurred the birth of Clay Welton Daniels. The great-grand- father, grandfather and father of the last named all followed the occupation of farming, but Clay Welton Daniels determined to devote his attention to other pursuits and on coming to Colorado in 1899 settled in Pueblo, where he established a furniture business, in which he engaged for ten years. In 1913 he removed to Colorado Springs, where he opened a furniture store under the name of the C. W. Daniels Home Furnishing Com- pany. He carries an extensive stock of goods and is meeting with well earned success in the conduct of his enterprise. In fact, he has one of the leading commercial estab- lishments of the city, carrying a large stock of furniture ranging from low to high priced goods so as to meet the demands of all classes. His business has now reached most gratifying proportions and his close application and undaunted energy have placed him in the front rank among the successful merchants of the city.
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On the 2d of October. 1885, in Beverly, West Virginia, Mr. Daniels was married to Miss Jessie B. Baker, a daughter of the late Eli Baker. They have one son, Mentor Byron Daniels, who was born in 1886 and who was married in Pueblo, Colorado, to Katherine Taylor, by whom he has one daughter. Anna Margaret Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Welton Daniels are members of the First Presbyterian church of Colorado Springs and he is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party but he has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to concentrate bis efforts and attention upon his busi- ness affairs, which, wisely directed. have brought to him most gratifying success. He has never had occasion to regret the fact that he stepped aside from the business path in which his ancestors had trod and sought new fields in which to put forth his en- deavor, for as the years have passed he has so directed his labors that excellent results have accrued, and today Colorado Springs numbers him among her foremost merchants.
JOHN H. TILDEN. M. D.
Dr. John H. Tilden was born in Montgomery county, Illinois, January 21, 1851, a son of Joseph Goodrich and Ann Williams (Hill) Tilden, the former a native of Ver- mont, while the latter was born in Kentucky. They removed westward to Illinois in early life, the mother becoming a resident of that state during her childhood. while the father took up his abode there in 1844. He became a well known physician and practiced in Illinois for many years. During the period of the Civil war he was a stanch supporter of the Federal cause and was the only republican in his precinct. He was born in 1809 and passed away in 1886, while his wife died in 1905 at the age of eighty- six years. In their family were nine children.
Dr. Tilden, who was the fifth in order of birth, was a pupil in the public schools of Litchfield, Illinois, where he attended the grades and the high school. He after- ward became a student in the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, which is now the Eclectic Medical College and from which he was a graduate in May, 1872, with the M. D. degree. He then located for practice at Nokomis, Illinois, where he remained for nearly eight years, after which he spent a year in St. Louis, Missouri, being one of the lecturers of the American Medical College of that city. He then spent five years in Litchfield, Illinois, and on the expiration of that period removed to Wichita, Kansas, where he remained for about four years. In 1890 he came to Denver, where he took up the practice of medicine and surgery, and through the intervening years he has built up a practice of large extent. He established the Tilden School for Teaching Health which has grown to be an institution of importance and is the only one of its kind in America. if not in the entire world, being patronized by patients from all parts of the globe, most of whom have left the institution with enough health education to know how to live and have health. Dr. Tilden is well known as a writer on health subjects and is the editor and publisher of a number of books and pamphlets and also a maga- zine called "Philosophy of Health," successor to "A Stuffed Club." It was started as a magazine of protest, against superfluous surgery and the use of drugs, and has had a wide circulation all over the country for the past nineteen years.
Dr. Tilden's School for Teaching Health is an institution equipped with furnished apartments for patients to care for themselves, everything being in a most sanitary condition. and the work accomplished there has added much to the fame of the founder throughout the country. Dr. Tilden was a member of the state board of health while still practicing the drug system.
In 1873 Dr. Tilden was married to Miss Rebecca Maddox, of Hillsboro, Illinois. They had two children: Edna T., the wife of Edward Rostermundt, of Omaha, Nebraska; and Elsie, who died in childhood. Both children were born in Nokomis, Illinois. Mrs. Rostermundt has two children by a former marriage, Tilden Dixon and John Henry Dixon, For his second wife Dr. Tilden married Miss Mary A. Alexander, whom he wedded in Salt Lake City on the 7th of January, 1898. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Alexander, of Sussex, New Brunswick.
Dr. Tilden's methods of treating the sick are unique and original and, what is more. they are effective. He teaches his patients how to cure themselves. He protests that doctors can't cure disease; that disease is caused by wrong life and the doctor's pre- rogative is to teach the patient how to get well, and the patient must cure himself. He has fearlessly combated medical error and is still at it. He has fouglit a successful fight for his ideas are being adopted by lay and professional people all over the world.
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which certainly proves the truth of his theories. The Doctor's personal appearance indi- cates that he practices what he teaches-that he takes his own medicine.
His methods are strictly dietetics and hygiene. Dr. Tilden lives in his home at 837 Sherman street. His Health School is on the north side; at present consisting of office building; a ward building, and an apartment building, a modern structure standing in the midst of an entire block of ground at Fairview and Thirty second streets. In addition there is a large greenhouse in which flowers and vegetables are grown. He is also the owner of the Lincoln apartments at 1045 Lincoln street. He has not only shown good professional judgment, but he has displayed good sound business sense in his real estate investments. The material prosperity which he has achieved is well earned.
A. HERMAN PETERS, M. D.
Dr. A. Herman Peters, who for twenty-one years has devoted his attention to the practice of medicine in Colorado Springs, was born in Whiteside county, Illinois, in 1875. His father, George Adelbert Peters, was born in 1849 and was married in White- side county, Illinois, to Miss Mary Hamilton, a native of that state. They traveled life's journey together until 1907 and were then separated by the death of the husband and father. The mother still survives and now makes her home in Prophetstown, Illinois.
In the acquirement of his education Dr. Peters attended the public schools of his native county and continued his studies in Fulton College at Fulton, Illinois, where he was a student for two years. He then determined to enter upon the practice of medicine and surgery and with that end in view matriculated in the Keokuk (Ia.) Medical Col- lege, from which he was graduated with the class of 1900. Coming to Colorado Springs, he has through the intervening years followed his profession in this place, ranking now with the well known and successful physicians of El Paso county.
Dr. Peters was married in Rock Island. Illinois, in 1897 to Miss Ella Cain and they became the parents of two children, Harold and John H., the latter now a corporal in France. In 1915 Dr. Peters married again, his second union being with Edith Cravill.
Dr. Peters is a Master Mason and belongs also to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and in 1915 he was appointed to the office of county physician of El Paso county, in which capacity he still serves. He keeps in touch with the trend of modern scientific research, investigation and advancement and his professional duties are promptly performed.
JAMES EDWARD MALONEY.
No history of Colorado would be complete without extended and prominent reference to James Edward Maloney, who is now chief engineer of the state highway commission and who has been connected with the prosecution of some of the most important engi- neering projects not only of this state but of the entire middle west. His work places him among the foremost representatives of the profession and his well earned reputa- tion has made him known throughout the length and breadth of the land. Mr. Maloney comes to Colorado from the eastern seaboard. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on the 8th of September, 1863, a son of James Edward and Mary (Monas) Maloney, the former a native of Will county, Illinois, while the latter was born in New York city. The father devoted his life to contracting and building and both he and his wife have now passed away. They reared a family of nine children, four sons and five daughters, of whom three are yet residents of Brooklyn.
James E. Maloney, spending his youthful days in the public schools of his native city. mastered the branches of learning therein taught and afterward promoted his knowledge by attending a New York Evening high school. He then turned to engi- neering work and was active along that line for two years. Realizing the value of scientific and technical training in that field, he then became a student in the science and art department of Cooper Institute and was graduated therefrom in 1888 on the completion of a five years' course, winning the degree of Bachelor of Science. After completing the course in civil engineering, he turned to the broad west with its limit- less opportunities as a field of labor. He first made his way to Indiana, where he engaged in railway work, and later went to Illinois, where his attention was devoted
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to engineering projects in connection with the construction of railways, waterworks and other public utilities. He was identified with the building of the drainage canal between Chicago and Joliet, being for years an engineer in connection with that im- portant project. In 1899 he came to Colorado and took charge of the construction of the Cheesman dam, which is the largest in the United States with the exception of the Roosevelt dam. Of this project he was made resident engineer of construction, a fact which indicates the high position which he has attained in professional circles. He had previously demonstrated his ability to solve important and intricate engineering problems and his efforts in connection with the Cheesman dam made him known throughont the entire country. He remained with the Denver Union Water Company until 1910 and later turned his attention to miscellaneous work in the line of his pro- fession until he was appointed to his present position as chief engineer with the state highway commission. His work in this connection is one which is of vital worth and importance to the state. He is closely studying every question which bears upon the development of the highway system of Colorado and has put forth many progressive ideas in connection therewith which are being embodied in the state work and are proving of marked value.
In 1898 Mr. Maloney was united in marriage to Miss Margaret G. Flynn, of Brooklyn, New York, and they have become the parents of nine children, of whom the second in order of birth is deceased. Those living are: John Monas, who is nineteen years of age and is now in the United States Navy; and James, Catharine, Elizabeth, Mary, Martin, David and Edward, all of whom are attending school.
The religions faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and politically Mr. Maloney maintains an independent course. He makes his home in Littleton, a town near Denver, and in 1918 he was elected mayor of the town, in which capacity he is now serving. He is interested in athletics, to which he turns for recreation. He belongs to the Cooper Union Alumni Association and in professional circles is widely aud prominently known, having membership in the American Association of State Highway Officials, in the American Society of Civil Engineers, in the Western Society of Civil Engineers and in the Colorado Society of Civil Engineers. He is constantly reaching out along broadening professional lines, study and experience promoting his efficiency until he stands with the men of eminent learning in the field of engineering projects of the west.
CHARLES TARBELL.
Charles Tarbell is the vice president of the Saguache County Bank and is thus actively and prominently identified with the financial interests of Saguache, Colorado, where his activities constitute a feature in business development and progress. He was born in Keokuk, Iowa, and is a son of Edward and Rebecca Wells (Lyons) Tarbell. At an early age he moved with his parents to Des Moines. In the paternal line he traces his ancestry back to Thomas Tarbell, who came from Scotland in 1647 and settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. He is also a descendant in the eighth generation of Rebecca Nurse, who was one of the martyrs of that black chapter in American history known as the Salem witchcraft. He is also a great-great-grandson of William Tarbell, who was called out as one of the minutemen by Paul Revere on the 18th of April, 1775, as he rode from honse to house aronsing the Americans with the news that the British were march- ing, preparatory to opening the first engagement that plunged the country into the Revolutionary war.
Edward Tarbell, the father, was born in Camden, Maine, removed westward to Iowa and came to Colorado in 1872, making his way to Denver. Soon afterward he be- came identified with business interests of Golden as a contractor and continued a resident of this state until his death, which occurred in 1901. He had served his country as a soldier of the Civil war, having been a non-commissioned officer with an lowa regiment. His wife died in 1885. They had a family of eight children, of whom Charles Tarbell is the eldest. His living brothers and sisters are: Edward F., living in Aspen, Colorado; Harry, who is a resident of Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Elizabeth Moffat Hartman, of Pueblo, Colorado; and Winfield S., of Denver. The family had known David H. Moffat in Des Moines, Iowa, and Mr. Tarbell's sister, Mrs. Hartman, was named for Elizabeth Moffat, a sister-in-law of David H. Moffat.
Charles Tarbell began his education in the public schools of Des Moines, Iowa, and continued his studies in Colorado, having been a young lad when in 1872 he accompanied his parents on their westward removal to this state, the journey being
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made with team and wagon from Des Moines, Iowa. En route he assisted his brothers in driving the stock which they brought with them to the west. After his textbooks were put aside Charles Tarbell turned his attention to merchandising in Saguache and through all the intervening period since 1874, when he made his initial step in the business world, he has been closely identified with the commercial and financial development of the city in which he now makes his home.
In 1880 he assisted in the organization of the Saguache County Bank, in which undertaking he was associated with Isaac Gotthelf and Leopold Mayer. He was cashier of the bank for a number of years and was then elected to the vice presidency, which position he still fills, and from the beginning of his official identification with the institution he has contributed in substantial measure to its growth and upbuilding. He with the Gotthelf estate owns the Gotthelf & Tarbell Mercantile Company and his labors have been an important element in furthering the material progress of city and county.
Mr. Tarbell was united in marriage in Des Moines, Iowa, to Miss Ella McBroom and to them has been born a son. Robert R., who married Etta O'Neil. Mr. Tarbell belongs to the Masonic fraternity and also to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party since age conferred upou him the right of franchise and lie was an alternate to the national republican conven- tion which was held in Chicago in 1908. He is much interested in the vital political problems and questions of the day and belongs to that class of American manhood who, holding strong political views, nevertheless place citizenship and the country's welfare above partisanship. His activities have at all times been intelligently directed. whether for the public benefit or the advancement of his individual business interests, and in fact his business affairs have contributed to public progress as well as to individual success.
AARON ROOD.
Among the farsighted and energetic business men of Pueblo whose enterprise is a factor in the substantial commercial development of the city is Aaron Rood, the president of the Rood Candy Company, in which connection he has built up a trade of substantial proportions. He comes from the Atlantic seaboard, his birth having occurred in Wind- ham county, Counecticut, on the 1st of June, 1845, his parents being Jesse and Permelia (Brainard) Rood. The mother is still living at the very venerable age of ninety-five years, but the father has passed away.
Aaron Rood was quite young when the family home was established in Illinois, where he acquired his education in the public schools. In fact, he was only two and a half years of age at the time of the removal, so that he has been reared in the west and has become imbued with the spirit of western enterprise and progress. He com- pleted bis public school course by graduation from the high school of Byron, Ogle county, Illinois, and he started out in the business world as an employe in a dry goods store of Rockford, Illinois, but soon after he entered commercial circles the country became involved in civil war and he could no longer content himself to remain quietly at home while other young men were battling for the Union on the soil of the south. He joined the army, becoming one of the boys in blue of Company B, Ninety-second Illinois Infantry, under command of Kilpatrick. He joined the army on the 23d of February. 1864, and was connected therewith until the 23d of July, 1865, serving as corporal at the time of his discharge.
Following the close of hostilities Mr. Rood returned to his home with a most creditable military record and was engaged in the hardware business in Illinois for a few years, retaining his residence in that state until 1872, when he removed to Colorado. He at first located at Boulder, where he resided for thirteen years, and then became a resident of Pueblo, where he has since made his home. He was at first connected with the cracker manufacturing business but sold out to the American Biscuit Company. with which he remained as Pueblo representative for nine years. In the meantime tlie Union, American and National Biscuit Companies were consolidated and have since done business under the name of the National Biscuit Company. Mr. Rood was thoroughly acquainted with every branch of the trade and wisely and successfully controlled the interests of the corporation in Pueblo. Severing his connection with the National Bis- cuit Company in order to engage in business on his own account, he organized the Rood Candy Company in 1900 and has since developed a business of extensive proportions, his being one of the important productive enterprises of the city. Something of the volume of his trade is indicated in the fact that he now employs one hundred people and makes
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shipments all over the country. He holds to the highest standards in the excellence of his product. The company occupies a large brick plant which is thoroughly equipped and Mr. Rood, familiar with every branch of the business, gives general supervision thereto, and his careful management, his spirit of enterprise and his comprehensive knowledge of the trade have heen the salient factors in the growing success of the under- taking.
On the 1st of January, 1869, Mr. Rood was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Sanford, who passed away on the 1st of May, 1904, leaving a son, Jesse A., who is the secretary and treasurer of the company.
Mr. Rood belongs to the Central Christian church and he also has membership in Pueblo Post, No. 8, G. A. R., thus maintaining pleasant relations with his old military comrades, with whom he delights to meet and recall incidents connected with the Civil war. He was commander of Pueblo Post for two years and was senior vice commander of the department. He has been closely associated with the development of Colorado for many years, and his memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present. He is justly accounted one of its honored pioneers, its representative citizens and progressive business men of the present day.
FRANK FREDERICK WULFF.
Frank Frederick Wulff is president of the Wulff Shoe Company of Colorado Springs and throughout his entire business career has been identified with the shoe trade, so that his knowledge of the same is comprehensive and exact, his experience proving a splendid basis for his present success. He has also become an investor and official in other enterprises which constitute him a leading factor in the business life of the community.
Mr. Wulff is a native of Nebraska, his birth having occurred at Blair, that state, in 1876. His father, Claus H. Wulff, was born in Kiel, Germany, in 1823, and came to the United States in 1852, attracted by the opportunities of the new world. He made his way first to Moline and Rock Island, Illinois, and in 1859 removed to Washington county, Nebraska. Before leaving Moline he was married to Miss Kathrina M. Schneider and with their removal to Washington county, Nebraska, he secured land and concentrated his efforts and attention upon the occupation of farming, in which he actively continued until 1893, when he retired from business, spending his remaining days in the enjoy- ment of a well earned rest. His religious faith was that of the Lutheran church, and his political allegiance was given to the republican party. He died in the year 1897 at Blair, Nebraska, where his widow still resides.
Frank F. Wulff was reared upon the old homestead farm in Nebraska, his experi- ences and environment being those of the usual farmbred boy. He attended the country schools to the age of fifteen years and afterward continued his studies in Blair, while for four years he was a student in the Wesleyan University at Lincoln, Nebraska, there completing his education. He worked his own way through school after leaving the district school and the determination with which he provided for his education indi- cated the elemental strength of his character and foreshadowed his success. In 1899 he entered a shoe store in Lincoln. Nebraska, in which he was employed for three years, and in 1902 he removed to Colorado Springs and became manager of the shoe department of Kaufman's department store, with which he continued for fifteen months. He afterward became manager for the R. A. Handy Shoe Company of Colorado Springs and so continued for two and a half years, at the end of which time he purchased the business. In 1911 the firm name was changed from the Wulff-Sullivan Shoe Com- pany to the Wulff Shoe Company, under which style the business is now carried on. He has a large stock of goods, his store is well appointed in every particular, and he enjoys an extensive trade, while his standing among business men of the city is with the fore- most, all speaking of him in terms of high regard by reason of his enterprise and the integrity and thorough reliability of his methods. He is also the secretary of the Wyoming-Colorado Oil & Drilling Company, having thus made investments in oil properties.
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