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On the 6th of February, 1889, in Illinois, Mr. Dudley was united in marriage to Miss Fannie M. Holroyd and to them have been born two daughters and a son, Marjorie, Donald A. and Dorothea A. The son was graduated in 1917 from Colorado College and is now with the United States army as a member of the Three Hundred and Fourteenth Engineers. The family attend the Unitarian church.
Mr. Dudley gives his political support to the republican party and is thoroughly informed concerning the vital questions and issues of the day but has never been ambi- tious to hold office. In Masonry he has attained high rank. having taken the degrees of the York and Scottish Rites, while with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine he has crossed the sands of the desert. He is widely and favorably known at Colorado Springs, where he has now lived for twenty-nine years, the circle of his friends increasing as the circle of bis acquaintance has broadened. Those with whom he has come in contact speak of him in terms of high regard and he enjoys the goodwill and confidence of his professional colleagues and contemporaries.
WILLIAM M. CROWLEY.
William M. Crowley, state inspector of steam boilers at Denver, was born in Maine, July 23, 1875, a son of Frank J. Crowley, who is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and of Irish lineage. Removing westward, the father became a resident of Denver in 1885. In young manhood he was a coiner in the Boston mint and on his arrival in Denver he took up the work of contracting and building, which he followed successfully for many years. He now makes his home at Needles, California. He wedded Mary Murphy. a native of Ireland, who came to America in young girlhood and took up her abode in Boston, Massachusetts, where she was married. She, too, is living and they have reared a family of six children, four sons and two daughters.
William M. Crowley, the eldest son of the family, was educated in the public schools of Denver and started out to earn his own livelihood at the age of twelve years, being
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first employed as a district messenger. He next entered the Platte River Paper Mills, in which he remained for a period of five years, learning the trade in all of its branches. He later entered upon the business of installing boilers and engines and for eighteen months was with F. M. Davis and for five years was connected with William J. Barker. In that connection he thoroughly acquainted himself with all branches of the steam boiler business and he later spent seventeen months with the firm known as Westing- house, Church, Kerr & Company, installing boilers at their plant. During the succeed- ing year and a half he was deputy sheriff under Hamilton Armstrong and on the expira- tion of that period passed the civil service examination for deputy boiler inspector. This was in March, 1914. He was appointed to his present office by Governor Ammons and served under George V. Cossovoon, remaining in the office until the expiration of the latter's term. He was then appointed state inspector of steam boilers, in which capacity he has since continuously served and has made a most excellent record in this connec- tion. His thoroughness and systematic work has greatly lessened all danger connected with steam boilers and he has held to the highest standards of service.
On the 14th of May, 1901, Mr. Crowley was married in Denver to Miss Margaret E. Flynn, a native of Kansas and a daughter of Owen W. and Mary Flynn, who were pioneer residents of that state. To Mr. and Mrs. Crowley have been born seven children, four sons and three daughters: Charles, Harold, Mary, Florence, Catherine, Raymond and Johnnie.
In politics Mr. Crowley has always been a stanch democrat and has been a most active and earnest worker in behalf of the party and in support of all those plans and measures which are a matter of civic virtue and of civic pride. Fraternally he is con- nected with Silver State Camp. No. 19, of the Woodmen of the World. He belongs to the Democratic Club and is a member of St. Francis De Sales Catholic church. He started out in active life as a twelve-year-old boy and has steadily worked his way upward through persistency of purpose and indefatigable energy. He has wisely used the opportunities which have come to him and his record as a public official, based upon thorough efficiency and loyalty, is a most creditable one.
HARRY C. GOODSON, M. D.
Dr. Harry C. Goodson, physician and surgeon of Colorado Springs, was born in Hopkins, Missouri, in 1882. His father, Benjamin F. Goodson, was a native of Ohio, born in 1850, and the grandfather was also born in the Buckeye state, whence he removed westward to Missouri with his family during the boyhood days of his son Benjamin. He devoted his life to farming and passed away in Tolona, Missouri. Benjamin F. Goodson was reared in the latter state and, having arrived at years of maturity, was there married to Alvina Vernon, a native of Ohio. He had prepared for the practice of medicine and surgery as a student in the Keokuk (Ia.) Medical College, from which he was graduated. He then entered upon active practice and his ability in that connection brought him prominently to the front. He died in the year 1899, while his widow still survives and makes her home in Hopkins, Missouri.
It was in the public schools of his native city that Dr. Harry C. Goodson mastered the elementary branches of learning and passed through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school as a member of the class of 1900. Whether environment, inherited tendency or natural predilection had most to do with his choice of a profession, it is perhaps impossible to determine, but at all events the choice was wisely made. He determined to follow in his father's professional footsteps and to that end became a medical student in the St. Louis University, from which he was graduated in 1904. Prior to the completion of his course he served as interne in St. Joseph's Hospital for six months and thus added to his theoretical training broad and valuable practical experience. In 1905 he opened an office in Hopkins, Missouri, where he continued in active practice until failing health caused him to seek a change of climate and he came to Colorado Springs. Here he recovered his normal health and in April, 1910, he was appointed a member of the medical staff of the Sanatorium of the Modern Woodmen of America, located in El Paso county, Colorado. He continued to serve in that connection until October, 1916, when he opened an office in Colorado Springs and now limits his practice to the treatment of tuberculosis. He has been a most close and discriminating student of the disease and is familiar with every modern and scientific method for its eradication.
On the 26th of April, 1905, in Hopkins, Missourl, Dr. Goodson was married to Miss Alice Edmonds, a daughter of the Rev. Eri Edmonds, a Methodist Episcopal minister,
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and they have one son, Harry C., who was born in Hopkins, Missouri, January 27, 1910. The parents attend the Methodist Episcopal church and Dr. Goodson belongs also to the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Modern Brotherhood and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political endorsement is given to the republican party but he has had neither time nor inclination for office, preferring to concentrate his undivided attention upon his professional interests, and his duties in this connection are discharged with the utmost sense of conscientious obligation.
JOHN DAVID HILTBRAND.
John David Hiltbrand is proprietor of a music store at Colorado Springs in which he carries an extensive stock and is enjoying a liheral patronage. He was born at Thun, Switzerland, on the 29th of March, 1877, a son of David and Emelie (Simon) Hiltbrand, who were also natives of the land of the Alps, the father born July 16, 1820, while the mother's birth occurred August 19. 1841. They came to America in 1887 and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ten years later they removed to Colorado Springs, where both spent their remaining days and were buried. The father became a naturalized citizen and was one hundred per cent American, manifesting the utmost loyalty to his adopted land.
John D. Hiltbrand was educated in the public and intermediate schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, being a lad of but ten years when brought by his parents to the new world. Starting upon his business career, he entered the employ of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of Cincinnati, with which house he remained for five and a half years before his removal to Colorado Springs. He thus had thorough experience in the music trade and upon coming to the west established a music store in partnership with Max Grau, who two years later sold his interest to William Long. Six months afterward Mr. Hiltbrand purchased the interest of Mr. Long and became sole proprietor of the business, which he has since conducted. He carries a large line of all kinds of musical instruments, sheet music and musical merchandise, and his business has reached gratifying proportions, ranking him with the representative merchants of the city.
On the 14th of November, 1906, Mr. Hiltbrand was married to Miss Ethel S. Haden, who was reared in Missouri, and they became the parents of two sons: John David, Jr., who was born February 9, 1908; and Robert Haden, born October 11, 1914. The wife and mother passed away on the 11th of October, 1914, her death being the occasion of deep and widespread regret.
Mr. Hiltbrand is a member of Elks Lodge, No. 309, at Colorado Springs, also of Camp, No. 7226, of the Modern Woodmen of America. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and to the Home Guard. He received his final naturalization papers January 20, 1902, and he has given his political support to the republican party. He belongs to the Christian Science church and has had class instruction in Christian Science. Mr. Hiltbrand is a progressive man of wide vision and liberal ideas, actuated at all times by a spirit of progress that bas made him a substantial business man and representative citizen.
WILLIAM T. MILLER.
William T. Miller, a wholesale produce merchant of Ault, was born in Smithville, West Virginia, May 17, 1872, his parents being John and Henrietta (Tribbet) Miller, the former a native of Belfast, Ireland, while the latter was born in West Virginia. The father was a blacksmith by trade, having learned the business in the Emerald isle, after which he came to America, arriving in the new world about 1850. He settled first in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade for several years, and then removed to West Virginia, conducting a blacksmith shop at Smithville throughout his remaining days. He died in 1901, while his widow is now living in Harrisville, West Virginia, having spent her entire life in that state.
William T. Miller was reared and educated in Smithville and in 1891 made his way westward to Eaton, Colorado. When he arrived in Greeley he had just fifteen cents. He remained in Greeley over night and then continued his journey to Eaton, after which be worked in the flour mills, remaining in that connection for seven years. At that time Governor Benjamin H. Eaton obtained for him a position as irrigation expert in Texas and he spent the succeeding four years in the Lone Star state. He then became a resident
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of Colorado, where he engaged in merchandising on his own account, conducting his store for eight years. He then sold out and turned his attention to the wholesale produce business, in which he has since continued. That Mr. Miller is a man of marked business enterprise, of splendid powers of organization and of notable executive force is indicated in the fact that he is today the largest shipper of produce west of the Mississippi river, shipping an average of one thousand carloads per year. He handles everything that is raised in this country. As time has passed he has developed his business along most substantial lines, constantly broadening the scope of his activities and at all times con- ducting his interests in a most systematic and methodical manner, so that there is no waste of time, labor or material. He thoroughly knows the market and makes advan- tageous purchases and profitable sales and as the years have gone by his efforts have placed him in a position among the foremost representatives of wholesale produce in the west.
In October, 1908, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Lulu Angell. By a former marriage he has a daughter, Zeta May, who is the wife of Harry Chapman, a resident of Portland, Oregon, now president of the Tri-State Tire & Rubber Company.
In addition to his wholesale produce business Mr. Miller owns farming interests in Colorado which he rents out. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights and Ladies of Security. His religious faith is that of the Christian church and lie has ever been a loyal adherent to its teachings. His political belief is that of the republican party and he does all in his power to promote its growth and secure its success because of his firm belief in the efficacy of its principles as factors in good government. In his business life he has been a per- sistent, resolute and energetic worker, possessing strong executive powers, keeping his hand steadily upon the helm of his business, and strictly conscientious in his dealings with debtor and creditor alike. His native justice expresses itself in correct principle and practice and his progressive spirit is ruled by more than ordinary intelligence and good judgment.
CLARE N. STANNARD.
Clare N. Stannard started out in the business world in a very humble capacity and his life record illustrates what may be accomplished through determined purpose intelligently directed. He is today secretary and commercial manager of the Denver Gas & Electric Company and is thus controlling most important interests, in connection with which he closely studies the opportunities for efficient public service and has proven that the attainment of this purpose is not incompatible with the conduct of a profitable enterprise. Mr. Stannard comes to the west from the Empire state. He was born in Friendship, New York, November 13, 1869, and is of English descent. The ancestral line can be traced back to three brothers who came from England to the new world prior to the Revolutionary war. The progenitor of the branch of the family to which Clare N. Stannard belongs was John Stannard, who, loyal to the cause of democracy. participated in the Revolutionary war, which won national independence, and again in the War of 1812, Clarence D. Stannard, father of C. N. Stannard, was a native of the state of New York and engaged in railroad work and industrial lines, largely in the field of building. His career was one of notable success. He started out empty-handed and steadily worked his way upward. He was among the early railroad builders of the west and was associ- ated with the Rock Island Railroad Company when it built its lines from the Missouri river to Colorado. Through his operations in that field he contributed largely to the upbuilding of the west, for the railroad is always the forerunner of an advanced and progressive civilization. He met an accidental death in a railroad wreck at Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1894, when but forty-six years of age. In early manhood he had wedded Miss Velora Nowlen, a native of New York and a descendant of an old New York family of French lineage, numbered among the early settlers of that section of the country. Mrs. Stannard is still living and now resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. By her marriage she became the mother of two sons: Clare N., of this review; and Floyd C., who is living
in Salt Lake City.
The former pursued his education in the schools of Hornellsville and Binghamton. New York, and started out in the business world when a youth of eighteen years, his first position being with the Susquehanna Valley Bank at Binghamton, New York. He engaged in the banking business for two years. The owners of the bank were connected with various public utilities, including street railways, gas and electric light plants and similar enterprises, and leaving the bank. Mr. Stannard devoted seven years to service
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in various departments that acquainted him with street railway management and the operation and development of gas and electric light plants. He did all kinds of work in this connection, from that of manual labor to executive direction and administrative control. He continued with the company until he came to Denver, arriving in this city in 1897. Here he became connected with the Denver Tramway Company in the master mechanic's and auditing departments, continuing with the latter for one year. He was afterward with the Denver Consolidated Electric Company, which later was merged with the Denver Gas Company and afterward with the Denver Gas & Electric Company. He started in a humble position but worked his way steadily upward, each forward step bringing to him more important duties and larger responsibilities but also qualifying him for still further advance. He has served as the commercial manager and secretary of the company since 1906 and is thus prominently identified with the management and executive control of one of the most important public utilities of the city. He is also a director of the Summit County Power Company and is a director and the treasurer of the Denver Tourist Bureau. He is likewise one of the directors of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association and in that connection is continually studying the needs of the city, its opportunities for growth, its possibilities for the extension of its business rela- tions and its chances for advancement along all lines which make for a greater, better and more beautiful city. While he works toward high ideals, his methods are of the most practical character and sound judgment guides him in all of his relations.
On the 6th of October. 1891. Mr. Stannard was married in Binghamton, New York, to Miss Josephine K. Thompson, a native of Brooklyn, New York, and a daughter of Frederick A. and Theodosia (Kellogg) Thompson, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Stannard have become parents of five children. Grace Carroll, born in Binghamton. New York, October 20, 1894, is the wife of Lowell D. Hunt, a resident of Alma, Nebraska. Gladys, born June 27, 1896, in Binghamton, New York. died January 16, 1897. Mary Evelyn was born in Denver, September 24, 1900. Elizabeth K. was born in Denver, December 14, 1906. Kenneth Edwin was born on the 28th of May, 1913. The parents are members of the Central Presbyterian church and Mr. Stannard belongs to the Denver Athletic Club and the Denver Rotary Club. He is appreciative of the social amenities of life, enterprising and progressive in the use of business opportunities and at all times meets his obligations and responsibilities in connection with civic and moral advance- ment.
CHARLES A. YANCEY.
Among the enterprising, wide-awake and alert business men of Windsor is numbered Charles A. Yancey, dealer in horses and mules; but not only along business lines should he be mentioned as a representative resident of Colorado, for in the public life of his community he has also figured prominently and for three years he directed municipal affairs in Windsor as its mayor. He was born in Virginia, March 13, 1863, and is a son of Edward and Fanny (Mauzy) Yancey, who were natives of Virginia. The father was a farmer and continued to engage in agricultural pursuits in the Old Dominion through .. out the entire period of his active life. He served as a soldier in the Civil war and died about 1878. His widow afterward became a resident of Windsor, Colorado, where her death occurred.
Charles A. Yancy of this review was reared and educated in Virginia but his school privileges were somewhat limited, for at the age of twelve years he began working on the railroad and was thus employed for a year. He afterward devoted his time to farm- ing in Virginia for a period, but later learned the printer's trade, at which he worked for a year and a half on the old Commonwealth, a newspaper published at Harrisonburg, Virginia. In 1883, when twenty years of age, he came to Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, and began work as a farm hand on a ranch two and a half miles from Windsor, although there was no town at the time. The railroad was just then being builded from Fort Collins to Greeley. Mr. Yancey continued to work for others for three years, after which he rented land in Weld and Larimer counties and continued its development for four years. He afterward purchased property which he rented to others and about 1888 he removed to Windsor. where he engaged in the livery business, starting with one horse. He has since conducted his livery barn and has utilized as high as thirty-five horses in carrying on the business. At length, however, horse livery became a thing of the past and Mr. Yancey gradually turned his attention to the conduct of a feed barn and harness business. He has sold more harness than any other dealer in Greeley and Fort Collins in the past year. He also buys and sells horses and mules, which he has handled con-
CHARLES A. YANCEY
LIVERY FEED EXCHANGE STABLE
WINDSOR'S FIRST LIVERY STABLE, 1898
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tinuously and successfully since 1888. Altogether he has built up a business of large and substantial proportions and is one of the progressive and prosperous citizens of Windsor.
Mr. Yancey was united in marriage to Miss Flora Davis and to them have been born seven children, namely: William E., who is engaged in the practice of veterinary surgery at Reno, Nevada; Frank L., a resident of California; Charles L., who is a traveling salesman; Thomas M., at home; and two daughters and a son who passed away in infancy. The family occupies a nice residence in the south part of the town, in the Bowman addition to Windsor, and there Mr. Yancey has a corral and keeps his stock. He has con- tributed in most substantial measure to the upbuilding and progress of the town, erecting many of its business houses and various other buildings. He still owns some of these, including the store building which he occupies and which is a two-story brick structure twenty-five by one hundred feet. His property holdings are the visible evidence of his life of well directed energy and thrift.
In his political views Mr. Yancey has always been a democrat and upon that ticket has been elected to public office, serving as mayor of Windsor for three years, during which time the city hall was erected. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He stands at all times for progress and improvement, looking ever to the benefit of the individual and the community at large and he is actuated by the enterprising spirit which has been the dominant factor in the upbuilding of the west.
JOHN J TOBIN.
John J. Tobin is a representative of the agricultural interests of Colorado, living at Montrose. He was horn at Columbus, Wisconsin, on the 10th of October, 1864, and is a son of John and Catherine (Kiernan) Tobin, who were of Irish parentage. Both the father and mother spent their entire lives in Wisconsin and through. the period of his boyhood and youth John J. Tobin remained a resident of that state. He mastered the branches of learning taught in the public and high schools and afterward devoted one year to a university course. Still later he taught for one year in Wisconsin and then removed to Denver in 1882. Again he took up the profession of teaching, which he followed in District No. 4, now the Harmon addition of Denver, for two years. In 1884 he removed to Montrose and was principal of the schools there, contributing in substantial measure to the educational development of that section of the state. It was Mr. Tobin who opened the first graded school in Montrose and he continued his teaching there for four years, his work being characterized by marked ability in imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge which he had acquired. His forcefulness and effective- ness as a teacher led to his selection for the office of county superintendent of schools, in which capacity he acceptably served for six years. In the meantime he and his brother, Bernard Tobin, became interested in agricultural pursuits, purchasing a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres, which they began to further develop and improve. To this they afterward added eighty acres and the ranch is today one of the fine properties in that section of the state. Mr. Tobin has been very successful as a farmer and has brought his fields under a high state of cultivation, while upon his place are to be found all of the equipments and conveniences of a model ranch property of western Colorado.
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