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COLONEL CHARLES A. WHITE
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stead Plains on the 14th of September for Washington, D. C., where they arrived two days later and went into camp on East Capitol Hill, where they remained for two weeks, when the entire brigade, commanded by General E. L. Veilie, started for Annapolis. After a brief period there passed the regiment embarked for Hampton Roads, Virginia, where the expedition was to assemble, and on the 29th of October anchor was weighed and the troops started on their way to an unknown destination. While off Cape Hatteras they ran into a terrific storm and three vessels were lost and the fleet so scattered that the steamer Atlantic turned about and gave notice to the vessels belonging to the fleet to keep as well closed up as possible. On the 3d of November the expedition began to arrive at Port Royal, South Carolina, where the ships came to anchor, the entire fleet there assem- bling. On the 7th of November the navy began its attack on Fort Warren, on Hilton Head island, also on Fort Beauregard, opposite Fort Warren, circling around and firing on Fort Beauregard. About 2:30 in the afternoon hoth forts were evacuated and by the 9th all of the troops had been landed on Hilton Head island. Before arriving there Colonel White had been acting as orderly for General W. T. Sherman. who commanded the expedi- tionary corps. The army service in South Carolina was confined to Hilton Head, Pinck- ney, Edisto, St. Helena, Chisholm, Johns, James and Morris islands, and Colonel White participated in the entire siege of Morris island from July 10th until December, 1863. He was in the charge there on the 10th of July, when the troops gained a footing on the island, and was also in the charge on Fort Wagner. On the night of the 18th General Strong's brigades, consisting of five regiments, of which the Third New Hampshire was one, made a charge with heavy losses. The Seventh New Hampshire on that occasion lost more officers in killed and mortally wounded in a single engagement than any other regiment in the whole Civil war. The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts lost two hundred and seventy men and officers, including Colonel Robert G. Shaw, who was killed and buried among his men, a monument having been erected to his memory near the state house in Boston. On the night of the 21st of August, 1863, what was known as the Swamp Angel, a two hundred pound gun mounted on a fort over Vincent creek, was fired on Charleston, but on the thirty sixth round the breach blew off perpendicularly to the rein- forcement, without disturbing the stone.
In the spring of 1864, General Grant took command of the entire armies and the Tenth Army Corps left for Gloucester Point, Virginia, on the York river, opposite York- town, General Grant having issued orders to all commands on the 4th of May. The Army of the James left Gloucester Point and landed on the 6th of May at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, on the James river, and took part in the attack on Petersburg and also in the attack on Richmond. From the 11th to the 16th of May, on the line from the James river to Drury's Bluff, the force engaged with the Tenth and Eighteenth Army Corps. Grant's troops participated in the severe battles from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor and later the troops proceeded to the south of Petersburg, where a heavy siege was carried on. During that summer and winter, when it was readily seen that Lee could not stand a much longer campaign, in order to draw off some of the force to Weldon Railroad, Gen- eral Hancock was sent with the Second Army Corps over on the peninsula near Deep Bottom, and an attack was made there on the morning of the 14th of August. The next day the armies moved up in the direction of Strawberry Plain and on the 16th of August an attack was made by General Hancock, of the Second Army Corps, and the two divi- sions of the Tenth Army Corps, General Terry commanding the Tenth. Victory was won and the Union troops retired, and with the withdrawal of Hancock's division, which was placed on the north side of the James river, drew off a force from Lee at Petersburg. In a few days General Warren of the Fifth Corps took the Weldon Railroad as Grant had planned.
Colonel White was severely wounded at Deep Bottom on the 16th of August, 1864, being shot through the right arm, the ball then passing through the right lung and making its exit below the left shoulder blade. He was unconscious for fourteen hours and had no recollection of what was taking place. When he regained consciousness he was. near the James river and later was placed upon the hospital ship Delaware and sent to Fortress Monroe, where he arrived on the 18th. He was then put in Ward 6 of the Officers' General Hospital and was an invalid for six months, but afterward returned to duty. He was made headquarters commissary by General Terry and fed many of the refugees that were on the march from Wilmington to Raleigh, North Carolina. When Richmond fell, Gen- eral Terry was sent to Richmond by the war department to take command and General Adelbert Ames was placed in command of the Tenth Army Corps, while Colonel White was retained in the same position. His regiment was mustered out at Goldsboro, North Carolina, on the 22d of July and Colonel White was placed in charge of all regimental and company records en route to Concord, New Hampshire, where the troops received their final discharge. He entered the service as a private and was mustered out as a
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captain, while later he was brevetted major and lieutenant colonel for bravery and meri- torious conduct on the field of battle.
After the war Colonel White entered the auditor's department at Washington, D. C., where he remained for five years. On the organization of the Greeley colony he joined it and arrived at Greeley, Colorado, on the 20th of January, 1871. He here turned his attention to masonry and to farming, which pursuits he followed for a number of years. He was also made judge of the first and second annual elections of the Greeley colony and he was appointed postmaster by President Arthur, hut was removed from office by Grover Cleveland ten months before the expiration of his four years' term. James Bene- dict, a Greeley hanker, received the appointment as collector of internal revenue and R. H. Johns was appointed to succeed Colonel White. At the same time A. P. Written- house was appointed district judge by the governor of the state of Colorado. The Greeley band serenaded Benedict and Writtenhouse and then one of the members of the band asked, "Will we serenade Johns?" The reply was: "No, but when Colonel White turns over the office to Johns we will escort him home and serenade him." Colonel White made a short speech to them, thanking them for the honor they had conferred upon him and saying that he considered it a greater honor to leave the office than to occupy it under Grover Cleveland.
Colonel White was married March 9, 1864, to Caroline P. Foster, who has passed away. Their children are Dorman E., Almira, Augusta W. and Emily F. The eldest and the last two are married. Colonel White maintains a nice residence in Greeley, but spends some of his time with his daughter and grandson in Denver. He has lived to witness remarkable changes in this section of the state. When he arrived, land was worth three dollars an acre. Today it has been converted into gardens that have sold as high as five hundred dollars per acre, while farm lands have brought from two to three hundred dollars per acre. Colonel White is still interested in a farm of eighty-seven acres, from which he secures a good rental. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. His public activity has covered service as chief engrossing clerk in the senate during the general assembly of 1883. He was appointed brigadier general by Governor Pitkin of Colorado and was placed on the retired list. More than eighty-two years have been added to the cycle of the centuries since Colonel White started upon the journey of life and there have been indeed great changes which have come through this period. He has lived to witness the building of the railroads throughout the greater part of the country, the establishment of the telegraph and the telephone and the introduction of inventions and improvements which have revolutionized trade and commerce. He participated in the most sanguinary conflict that has ever occurred on American soil and he is now interested in watching the outcome of the great conflict which is being fought on the western front of Europe, in which allied nations are striving to make the world safe for democracy that national honor and individual rights shall be protected.
ROBERT GLASGOW.
Robert Glasgow is the manager of The Cross Boot Shop Company of Denver and an early pioneer settler of Colorado. For many years he has been an honored and respected citizen of Denver and throughout the period of his residence here he has done his full part in making Denver the Queen City of the Plains. His life has never been self-centered but has reached out along helpful lines for the benefit and upbuilding of public interests as well as for the advancement of his individual fortunes. Mr. Glasgow comes to the west from Adams county, Ohio. He was born on the 8th of April, 1843, and is a son of William and Ellen (Montgomery) Glasgow, who were likewise natives of that state, where they always resided, the father there devoting his attention to the occupation of farming. Both have long since passed away.
Robert Glasgow was the younger of their two children. In early life he left home and went to Illinois, where he attended the public schools of Monmouth until 1862. He then removed to Galesburg, Illinois, where he accepted a clerkship in a shoe store, and with the knowledge gained through several years' connection with that business he came to Denver in 1871. He then secured a position with the shoe house of Haywood & Company and remained with that firm for five years, proving most loyal to their interests and contributing in considerable measure to their success. He was ambitious, however, to engage in business on his own account and carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought to him sufficient capital to enable him to carry out his plans in 1878. He then opened a store at No. 300 (old number) Fifteenth street,
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where he succeeded in building up a profitable business. In 1881 he and Thomas Keese organized the Glasgow & Keese Company and the business was thus continued until the partnership was dissolved in 1891. Mr. Glasgow retired at that time but did not long remain inactive, for indolence and idleness were utterly foreign to his nature and he could not remain content outside of business circles. Accordingly he assumed the man- agement of The Cross Boot Shop Company and has since built up the business to large proportions, having today one of the leading establishments of the kind in Denver, on Fifteenth street.
On the 14th of April, 1874. Mr. Glasgow was married in Denver to Miss Henrietta Smith and they have become parents of four children: Mrs. Agnes Foraker, of Denver. who has one child, William Foraker; Clyde, who was born in Denver and is now a resi- dent of Wyoming: Mrs. Zoe Allaire, a native of Denver, where she still makes her home; and Robert Glasgow, Jr., who was born in Denver and is now married and makes his home in Marshfield, Oregon.
Mr. Glasgow has membership in the organization known as Sons of Colorado Terri- torial Pioneers. He has long made his home in the west and his entire life has been actuated by the spirit of western progress and advancement, a spirit that has resulted in the successful achievement of whatever he has undertaken. That his life has been well spent is indicated in the fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the present time.
SAMUEL J. RANDALL, M. D.
Dr. Samuel J. Randall, a physician and surgeon of Pueblo, specializing in the treat- ment of chronic diseases, was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the 30th of March, 1858, a son of Samuel and Nancy ( Hall) Randall. The father died during the boyhood of his son Samnel J., and the mother has also passed away. Dr. Randall is their only child and in the public schools of Fond du Lac he began his education, which was con- tinued in the Northwestern University at Chicago and in the Appleton University at Appleton, Wisconsin, but he had to leave that institution before completing the course. Later he took up the study of medicine and became a student in Rush Medical College of Chicago. He afterward entered the Pulte Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the class of 1880.
Dr. Randall located for practice at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where he remained for four years, and then removed to Chicago. At a later period he established his home in Dubuque, Iowa, where he followed his profession until 1902, when he came to Colorado, first settling in Denver. There he continued for sixteen years but on the 1st of February, 1918, removed to Pueblo, where he is now located. Although he has been a resident of this city only a brief period his practice is steadily growing, for his reputation as a skillful physician and surgeon had preceded him. He has specialized to a large extent in the treatment of chronic diseases and his work in that connection has been most successful. He has studied abroad in the hospitals of Europe more especial at St. Paul's in Paris, Queen's Hospital in London and also in Berlin.
On the 18th of December, 1895, Dr. Randall was united in marriage to Miss Mary Boder, who passed away in 1897. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity, also with the Modern Woodmen. the Knights of The Maccabees. the Foresters of America and the Fraternal Union. He is a man of genuine personal worth, respected and esteemed by all with whom he comes in contact, and as a citizen he is public-spirited, deeply interested in the development and progress of city and state.
STEPHEN S. ABBOTT.
Stephen S. Abbott, a well known Denver attorney, was born in Bethel. Oxford county, Maine, February 17, 1859, a son of Jonathan and Eliza (Chase) Abbott, who were also natives of the Pine Tree state, and for many generations both the Chase and Abbott families have been represented in New England. George Abbott was the first of the name to come to America and landed at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1632. Lyman Abbott, the well known writer and divine, is a direct descendant of this George Abbott. Both the Abbott and Chase families were represented in the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Abbott spent their entire lives in Maine, where the father engaged in
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farming and stock raising. He was born August 7, 1808, and died in Oxford county, Maine June 29, 1887, while his wife, who was born in 1822, passed away October 6, 1886.
Stephen S. Abbott of this review was the seventh in order of birth in their family of nine children. In his youthful days he attended Gould's Academy of Oxford county, Maine, and later became a student in the Wesleyan University at that place, completing his university course by graduation with the class of 1885. He then entered upon the study of law, reading in the office and under the direction of Judges Enoch Foster and Addison E. Herrick, the latter probate judge of Bethel, Maine. Mr. Abbott was admitted to practice at the Colorado bar in 1887 and has since remained one of the attorneys of this state, winning a place of prominence in professional circles. From 1889 until 1892 he was deputy district attorney under Isaac N. Stevens and held the same position under Mr. Stevens' successor. Robert W. Steele from 1892 until 1895. He was appointed to the office of city attorney by Allen B. Seaman, serving for one term. He later received the appointment to the position of police judge, in which capacity he continued for one term, when he was again named for the position of assistant to the district attorney and filled that office from January, 1899, until 1902. In the preparation of cases he has been most thorough and his analytical mind enables him to readily understand both the weak and strong points in an adversary's position and in his own. He is clear in reasoning, logical in his deductions and the strength of his argument seldom fails to win the verdict which he desires.
On the 1st of September, 1891, Mr. Abbott was united in marriage to Miss Kate H. Locke, of Bethel, Maine, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Locke, representatives of a prominent family of the Pine Tree state long represented in New England. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott have become parents of a daughter, Katherine E., who was born in Denver in 1907 and is now a public school pupil.
In his political views Mr. Abbott has always been a republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, to the Woodmen of the World and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In the last named organization he was grand master for four years and was chairman of the law committee of the Su- preme Lodge of the United States for four years. He also has membership with the Sons of the Revolution, showing that he is descended from ancestry represented in the struggle for national independence. In 1891 Mr. Abbott erected his residence at No. 1708 Gaylord street, this being the year of his marriage. There he has resided continuously since. At that time there were few houses in this section of the city but it is today one of the most attractive residential parts of Denver, not far from beauti- ful City park. His pronounced personal characteristics are those which win for him warm friendship and kindly regard, while his professional ability has placed him in an enviable position at the Denver bar.
PHILIP O. GROVES.
Philip O. Groves is one of the partners who own the Capitol Hill Grocery, a leading retail grocery house of Denver. In this undertaking he is associated with his brother, Wilbur F., and the two have won for themselves a representative trade among the most substantial residents of the city. Mr. Groves was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, February 1, 1868, a son of W. W. and Fidelia ( Hardy) Groves. The father is a native of Platts- burg, New York, while the mother's birth occurred in Canada, whence she came to the United States in early life, the family home heing established in Plattsburg. where she was afterward married. In the year 1873 Mr. and Mrs. Groves removed westward to Denver, Colorado, and he is numbered among the early pioneers still connected with the city-a number whose ranks are fast being decimated. He has for forty-five years been an interested witness of the growth and progress of Denver and an active partici- pant in business activities which have contributed to the npbuilding and development of the city. For a long period he engaged in mercantile pursuits and in farming but since 1917 has lived retired, he and his wife occupying an attractive home in Denver. Their family numbered four children: Wilbur F., who is associated with his brother Philip in the conduct of the Capitol Hill Grocery; Elbert E., living in Denver; Philip O., of this review; and one who died in early life.
Philip O. Groves, the eldest member of the family, in his youthful days was a pupil in the schools of North Denver, while later he attended the Central Business Col- lege, from which he was in due time graduated. He subsequently went to Cripple Creek, Colorado, where in connection with his brother Elbert he engaged in the wholesale produce business. He was also active in mining operations there and retained his resi-
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dence at Cripple Creek for five years. After disposing of his interests in that locality he once more became a resident of Denver and in connection with his brother, Wilbur F .. engaged in the grocery business at Clarkson and Nineteenth avenue, remaining there until 1914, when they opened the Clayton Grocery in March of that year. This has since become one of Denver's leading retail grocery establishments in the fashionable Capitol Hill district, numbering among its patrons some of the leading families of the city. The brothers are members of the Retail Grocers Association and Philip O. Groves is one of its directors and a trustee.
On the 3d of July, 1911, Philip O. Groves was united in marriage to Miss Eva Bullis, of Denver, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Bullis, and they have two children: Ida Lucille, born in 1915; and Irma M., born in 1917. Mr. Groves votes with the repub- lican party but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his commercial interests, which have been gradually developing under his wise direction and as the result of his progressive methods until he is now well known as one of the proprietors of a leading retail grocery house, with a trade which in volume and importance indicates the correctness of the business methods employed by its heads.
LEE RAMSEY.
Lee Ramsey, popular and well known in real estate and land loan circles of Denver, was born in Chatham, Virginia, a son of Isaiah and Matilda (Krider) Ramsey, both of whom were natives of Virginia, where they spent their entire lives. The father was a well known tobacco planter, owning an extensive plantation in that state. Their family numbered six children.
Lee Ramsey, who was the fifth in order of birth, spent his early life as a pupil in the schools of Laurel, Delaware, and afterward attended the Sunnyside high school in Bedford county. Virginia, while later he became a student in Yadkin College of North Carolina. He then took up the profession of teaching in the Old Dominion but after being thus engaged for a short period his health failed and he sought the benefits of a change of climate in Colorado, removing to Elbert county, this state, in the year 1879. There he soon regained his health in the excellent climate and outdoor life of the west and again took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for a short time there. He also took up the study of law and after thorough preliminary reading was admitted to the bar in 1882. He was then immediately appointed to the position of deputy county clerk and clerk of the district court of Elbert county and filled both positions to the entire satisfaction of the general public. He held the office of deputy county clerk for a year and was then elected to the position of county clerk and served in that capacity for ten years, when he refused to longer remain the incumbent in the office. He then removed to Cañon City, Colorado, but resided there for only a few months, when he decided to remove to Denver and in 1895 took up his abode in the city which has since been his home. Here Mr. Ramsey has branched out into the line of banker and financier. His has become one of the leading firms which furnishes money on dry farm mortgages, and he does business along similar lines, and is also interested in a number of prosper- ous banking establishments. He has closely studied the dry-farming situation and is thoroughly conversant with the subject, so that he is enabled to conduct his affairs along most profitable lines. Moreover he has, by rendering timely and appropriate aid, greatly contributed to dry-farming development in the state. He gives his attention most unfalteringly to the conduct of his business, and his close application, his energy, his foresight and his intimate knowledge constitute the basic elements of his growing success. He is also a director of the Capitol Hill State Bank; is president of the Eliza- beth State Bank at Elizabeth. Elbert county; and is interested in the Elbert County Bank and a director of the Kiowa State Bank of Elbert county. His investments have been judiciously made and the wisdom of his judgment is demonstrated in the success which has attended his labors.
In November, 1907. Mr. Ramsey was married to Miss Grace Bradley, of Denver, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Bradley, of Jeannette. Pennsylvania. She was a successful teacher prior to her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey have an interesting family of three children. Lee, born August 29, 1908, could read his lessons at the age of four years and now, at the age of nine years, is in the first grade in the high school and displays notable proficiency in all of his studies. Margaret Helen, born in Denver, March 5, 1911, started to read when three and a half years of age and is now in low fourth grade. Virginia Grace, born March 28, 1912. began with lessons when two and
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a half years of age and is now in the high third grade, being regarded as one of the brightest pupils in the public schools of Denver. In fact the family is notable for the precociousness of the children in their school work. The acquirement of education seems to them a genuine pleasure and everywhere their notably bright intellect elicits comment and praise.
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