History of Colorado; Volume III, Part 26

Author: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, 1833-1920, ed
Publication date: 1918-19
Publisher: Chicago, S. J. Clarke
Number of Pages: 844

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marriage to Miss Isabella Duff Robertson, by whom he had two children, Helen E. and Fannie A. The wife and mother passed away on the 9th of October, 1915.

Fraternally Mr. Tenney is identified with Franklin Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M., of Lebanon, New Hampshire, which he joined on the 25th of June, 1866. He has been an active member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen for over twenty-seven years and served as the first master of the local lodge. On the 22d of June, 1867, he was mustered into the Grand Army of the Republic at Chariton, lowa, and since 1890 has served as adjutant of Geo. H. Thomas Post, of Fort Collins, Colorado. In 1874 he was chosen a member of the school board of District No. 5 in Fort Collins and in the years 1893 and 1894 he held the office of water commissioner. He also kept a weather record for the Smithsonian Institution from 1871 until the State Agricultural College took over this work. For some time he served as president of the Pioneers Society and he is indeed one of the honored early residents of the state. He has now passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey, enjoying his declining years in well earned rest after a career of marked activity and usefulness.

PAUL MALTBY CLARK.

Paul Maltby Clark, who is a member of the firm of Owen & Clark, well known attor- neys of Denver, with offices in the First National Bank building, is classed with Colorado's native sons, his birth having occurred in Greeley on the 20th of September, 1882. His father. Horace Greeley Clark, is a native of Wisconsin and upon his removal to the west became identified with irrigation projects, in which connection he has contributed in large measure to the substantial development and upbuilding of the state. He married Ruth Maltby, a native of Indiana, and they are now residents of Denver.

Paul Maltby Clark was a young boy when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Denver and in 1901 he completed a course of study in the East Denver high school. Later he spent one year as a student in the University of Denver and then went east for his law course, having determined to make the practice of law his life work. He matriculated in Columbian University (now the George Washington University) and there won his LL. B. degree upon graduation with the class of 1905. He has membership with Phi Delta Phi, a legal fraternity, and also with Beta Theta Pi. He is well known as a member of the Denver Bar Association and also of the Colorado State Bar Association and he enjoys the high regard and confidence of his colleagues and contemporaries in the profession, for he is loyal to its high standards and has ever been careful to conform his practice to its most advanced ethics. While he has continued in general practice, he has largely concentrated his efforts and attention upon that branch of the law which has to do with irrigation projects and irrigation development. In that department he is thor- oughly versed and has conducted litigation of notable importance. He entered into part- nership with Judge James Owen, a distinguished member of the Denver bar, and is now practicing under the firm style of Owen & Clark, with offices in the First National Bank building.

In 1908 Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Miss Grace Grall, of Cleveland, Ohio. He has an attractive country home on Windermere road, Littleton, Colorado, and greatly enjoys country life. One of the interesting features of his place is his kennel of wire- haired fox terriers, of which he is very proud. Mr. Clark belongs to the University Club and is a member of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association. His interests are broad and varied and his activities have touched many lines which have to do with general welfare and with public progress and improvement.

WILLIAM L. REES.

William L. Rees, who is successfully engaged in the real estate and insurance busi- ness in Pueblo as the junior partner in the firm of Hoffman & Rees, is numbered among the honored pioneers of Colorado, the period of his residence here covering thirty-seven years. His birth occurred in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on the 2nd of September, 1857, his parents being Lewis and Sarah ( Morris) Rees, both of whom have passed away. The father died while on a visit to Pueblo in 1885.

William L. Rees attended the public schools of his native town but began providing for his own support at the early age of nine years, obtaining work in the mines, while subsequently he was employed in a steel mill. It was in 1881, when a young man of

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twenty-four years, that he determined to try his fortune in the west, believing that he might have better opportunity for business advancement in this section of the country. Accordingly he made his way to Colorado and after learning the bricklayer's trade turned his attention to contracting. He first worked on what is known as the Philadelphia smelter at Pueblo and continued active in his trade until elected to the position of county commissioner in 1894. He continued to serve in that capacity for six years and made a most creditable record, establishing the county poor farm and promoting other valuable work in his official connection. After leaving that position he was identified with the post office department for a year and then entered the revenue department, in which he remained for twelve years. He also held a state position for about two years and in these various connections won an enviable reputation for efficiency and fidelity. In February, 1917, he embarked in the real estate and insurance business as a member of the firm of Hoffman & Rees and has since gained a most gratifying measure of success along those lines. Alert, enterprising and progressive, he has accomplished what he has undertaken and in his vocabulary there is no such word as fail.

On the 12th of April, 1882, Mr. Rees was united in marriage to Miss Margaretta Rees, who though of the same name is not a relative. They have two daughters: Ida, who is the wife of Earl Litz, of Chicago, Illinois; and Gertrude, a public school teacher.

In his political views Mr. Rees is a republican. Before Bessemer became a part of Pueblo he was a very prominent factor in its public life and in fact was largely instru- mental in its development and upbuilding, the improvements there instituted being di- rectly attributable to his efforts. He is now a member of the Local Draft Board No. 2 in Pueblo and is widely recognized as a most loyal and public-spirited citizen. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, while in religious faith he is a Protestant. He has witnessed the growth and development of his adopted state from early times to the present and Pueblo numbers him among her most highly respected and valued pioneer citizens.

HARRY BEECHER MCCORKLE, M. D.

Dr. Harry Beecher MeCorkle, who since 1910 has engaged in the practice of medicine in Colorado Springs, making a specialty of tuberculosis, was born at Osage Outlet in the Indian Territory, in 1870. His father, James F. McCorkle, a native of Huntington, Virginia, now West Virginia, was born in 1835. He enlisted in the First West Virginia Cavalry in 1861 as a defender of the Union and served for four years, during which time he was captured twice. On one occasion he escaped from Mosby's command. At another time he was incarcerated in Libby prison for two months, at the end of which time he was exchanged. He proved a brave and valorous soldier and when on the battle line was wounded in the neck. With a most creditable military record he returned to his home and in 1868 he was married in Buckley, Ohio, to Miss Philomelia Tullis, a native of Kentucky. The following year they removed to Osage Outlet in Indian Terri- tory, and subsequently became residents of Independence, Kansas, where the death of Mr. MeCorkle occurred in 1902. He is still survived by his wife, who is now a resident of Portland, Oregon.

Dr. McCorkle was reared at the place of his nativity, which is now a part of Kansas, and in the acquirement of his education he attended the Kansas State University at Lawrence, from which he was graduated in 1895 with the degree of Ph. G. Later he took up the study of medicine and won his M. D. degree upon graduation from the Marion Sims College of Medicine at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1898. He then located for practice in Billings, Oklahoma, where he remained until 1910, when, seeking a still broader field of labor, he removed to Colorado Springs and has since won a liberal patronage in the treatment of tubercular cases. He has made a close study of that disease and his pronounced ability is recognized by all. He has likewise become interested in business affairs as president of the Broadway Oil & Gas Company.

On the 24th of February, 1899, in Jefferson, Oklahoma, Dr. McCorkle was married to Miss Edna Viola Becker, a daugher of Peter. A. Becker, of New York, who enlisted from that state for service in the Civil war in defense of the stars and stripes. After the close of hostilities in the south he was sent to Fort Larimer, Kansas, in 1865 as a government scout and was so engaged until 1871. To Dr. and Mrs. McCorkle have been born three children, Cora Gertrude, Helen Viola and Jack Becker, the last named born on the 8th of May, 1910.

Dr. McCorkle holds membership in the Christian church and loyally adheres to its teachings, while Mrs. McCorkle belongs to the Episcopal church. He is a republican in

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his political views, strongly endorsing the principles of the party since reaching adult age. Fraternally he is connected with the York Rite of Masonry, also with the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a most loyal adherent of the Masonic order and exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft, being in thorough sympathy with its purposes and teachings. Following its precepts, he is constantly extending a helping hand where aid is needed, at all times recognizing the brotherhood of mankind.

FRANK EUGENE WIRE.

Frank E. Wire is a prominent representative of the investment business in Denver and various corporate interests have profited by his cooperation, his keen discernment and his enterprise; and yet to speak of Frank E. Wire merely as a business man would be to give but a one-sided view of his career. While his course has been prompted by a laudable ambition, he has never made the attainment of wealth the sole objective of his life. On the contrary he has been actively interested in many movements which tend to advance local progress and improvement, which work for the uplift of the individual and which take cognizance of economic, sociological and political conditions with a view to advancing general welfare and his efforts in these connections, as in business, have at all times been strongly and beneficially resultant.

Mr. Wire is numbered among the native sons of Iowa, his birth having occurred at Cambridge, that state, on the 21st of October, 1870, his parents being Elijah and Eliza Anne (Hubbard) Wire. He acquired his education in the public schools of his native city and started upon his business career as an operator with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company at a salary of forty dollars per month in 1897. In 1899 he became station agent with the Great Northern Railway Company and afterward entered the United States mail service, making the run between Chicago and Minne- apolis from 1899 until 1909. While thus engaged he devoted much of his leisure time to the study of law and acquired knowledge that has been of the greatest benefit to him in his later business career. In 1909 he located in Chicago for the purpose of conducting a stock and hond business in that city, in which he continued for about two years. Believing, however, that the west furnished broader and better chances, he came to Denver in 1910 and opened an office for the conduct of business in connection with oil and mining investments. He is today one of the best known brokers in the Intermountain states, specializing in high class stocks, honds and investments of merit. He believes that the interests of clients should be most carefully safeguarded and he puts forth every effort to this end. He is now officially connected with a number of important corporations, being the president of the Mid-West Metal Mining & Holding Company, secretary of the Denver-Boulder Tungsten Production & Development Com- pany, secretary of the Mutual Cooperative Mining Company, secretary of the Central Consolidated Tunnel Mining & Milling Company and vice president of the Automatic Safety Spark Control & Accessories Manufacturing Company. In his brokerage business he represents the Capital Petroleum Company of Colorado, the Automatic Safety Spark Control & Accessories Manufacturing Company of Denver, Colorado, the Mutual Co- operative Mining Company, the Vindicator Consolidated Gold Mining Company, the Mid-West Metal Mining, Oil, Reduction, Development & Holding Company, the Golden Cycle Mining & Reduction Company, the Denver-Boulder Tungsten Production & De- velopment Company, the Iron Blossom of Utah, the Midnight Oil & Refining Company, the Central Consolidated Tunnel Mining & Milling Company and the Peerless Printing & Stationery Company.

On the 24th of May, 1895, Mr. Wire was married to Miss Mamie W. Weeks, a daughter of James M. Weeks, of Delavan, Wisconsin, and they have become the parents of four daughters and a son. The family residence is maintained at 100 Grant street in Denver. Mr. Wire is devoted to the welfare and happiness of his wife and children and counts no personal effort or sacrifice on his part too great if it will promote their interests. He is a member of the Denver Motor Club and he has taken all of the degrees of Masonry save the honorary thirty-third degree. He is likewise connected with the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of America and the National Order of Cowboy Rangers. He is a charter member of Union Court, No. 2, Tribe of Ben Hur; a member of the Knights and Ladies of Security, and scout master of Troop No. 13, North Denver Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the Colorado State Automobile Association, of the Denver Manufacturers Associa- tion, of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association and of the American Mining Con-

FRANK E. WIRE

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gress. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party but he has never been an aspirant for office. He has membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and has long been teacher of the "Whatsoever Class," an ideal class for women, in Trinity church in Denver, and "is also teacher of the men's class in the Millison Mission church. He is interested in many of those movements which have their root in Christian service, belonging to the Anti-White Slave Association, of which he was president for four years, the Colorado Public Welfare League, in which he is chairman of the finance committee, and the Young Men's Christian Association. He is secretary of The Right-Living, Character-Building Boys' Club of Denver, of which he was the prime factor in organizing. This organization is the pioneer of its particular kind in America and while it has only heen in existence a few years its helpful influence and wonderful work along lines suggested by its name reflects great credit on those who direct it. In him the subjective and objective forces of life are well balanced. While prompted by a laudable ambition that has resulted in intense activity and successful accomplishment in the world of business, he has ever recognized his duties and obligations toward his fellowmen and is constantly reaching out in one field or another to aid in the uplift work and to promote those interests which result in the attainment of higher standards of manhood and of citizenship.

EDMUND L. MULLEN.

Edmund L. Mullen is a member of the Denver bar, but turning his attention into other lines of activity, is now senior partner in the firm of Mullen & Ingersoll, proprietors of an automobile garage in Denver. Their business in this connection has grown to such an extent that Mr. Mullen is now practically retired from law practice, while his undi- vided attention is being given to the garage business. He is one of Denver's native sons. He was born November 24, 1893, and is a brother of Charles V. Mullen, in connection with whose sketch on another page of this work will be found mention of their parents.

Edmund L. Mullen pursued his education in the Sacred Heart College and was graduated therefrom with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. He afterward attended the law school of Georgetown University in the District of Columbia and he won his LL. B. degree upon graduation with the class of 1915. In December of the same year he successfully passed the required bar examination, standing first in the class, and entered upon the practice of his profession in connection with his brother. Charles V. Mullen, under the firm style of C. V. & E. L. Mullen. Their partnership has been maintained to the present time and the firm has enjoyed a good clientage but at a recent date Mr. Mullen purchased an interest in the Johnson Garage and Auto Sales Company and since the beginning of the year 1918 the business has grown to such magnitude that he has practically given up the law in order to devote his undivided time and attention to auto- mobile sales and to the conduct of the garage business, which is now being carried on under the firm name of Mullen & Ingersoll. Their establishment is known to motorists throughout the state. They conduct a very extensive business and have a Goodyear service station. They represent the Dwyer, Mullen & Johnston Tire Company and their trade is now very gratifying.

In December. 1917, Mr. Mullen was married to Miss Mary A. Thomas, of Denver, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Thomas. Their religious faith is that of the Roman Catho- lic church and they are communicants at the cathedral. Mr. Mullen is a third degree Knight of Columbus, having membership in Denver Council. No. 539, and he belongs to the Sacred Heart Alumni Association and also to the Denver Athletic Club. His interests are broad and varied and his well directed activities are bringing to him a substantial measure of success. Improving his opportunities, he is advancing step by step. and while he has practically retired from his profession, it was to enter upon a successful career in connection with the automobile business.

JOHN WAULER MAHAN.

John Wauler Mahan, secretary-treasurer of the Mahan Jewelry Company of Colorado Springs, was horn in Paoli, Indiana, in 1867 and comes of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His father. Samuel Mahan, was also a native of Paoli, Indiana, born in the year 1826, and in the place of his nativity he was married to Miss Sarah Dougherty. a native of that place.

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She died in the year 1901 and is still survived by her husband, who yet resides near his native town.

John Wauler Mahan was reared in the vicinity of Paoli, Indiana, upon the old home farm, and attended the country schools. Between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one years he took up the profession of teaching, which he followed in the rural schools. but on attaining his majority he turned his attention to commercial pursuits by learning the watchmaker's trade in Paoli and since 1889 he has been continuously engaged in the jewelry business. He arrived in Colorado in 1895, at which time he took up his abode in Boulder, and a year later he removed to Leadville, where he opened a store, continuing there until 1902. In the latter year he became a resident of Pueblo, where he worked at his trade for two years, and in 1904 he removed to Albuquerque. New Mexico, where he was employed at the jewelry trade for one year. On the expiration of that period he became a resident of Ouray. Colorado, where he lived for a year, and in 1906 he made his way to Colorado Springs, where he worked for the Johnson Jewelry Company until 1914. He then bought an equity in the business and the firm name was changed to the Mahan Jewelry Company, with Mr. Mahan as secretary, treasurer and manager. He is now active in control of the house and the business is one of gratifying and.extensive propor- tions. He is thoroughly familiar with every phase of the business and of the work connected therewith and is well qualified to assume executive control over the under- taking. He is likewise secretary and treasurer of the Elliott-Johnson Investment Com- pany of Colorado.

On the 25th of February, 1889, at Paoli, Indiana, Mr. Mahan was united in marriage to Miss Ella Hollingsworth and to them have been born four children. Dwight Hollings- worth was born in 1891 and was an instructor in military service at Austin, Texas; he was commissioned second lieutenant, having in eleven months risen from the rank of private and is in the aviation branch of the service. The others are: Judith, born in Brandenberg. Kentucky, in 1893; Frank W., who was born in Leadville, Colorado, in 1901; and James Samuel, born in Pueblo, Colorado in 1904.

Mr. Mahan's military service covers connection with the Reserve Watch of Colorado. He affiliates with the Presbyterian church and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and is interested in all of its projects for the general good. His has been an active and useful life marked by steady progress, bringing him to a prominent position in commercial circles of Colorado Springs.

FREDERIC E. POST.

Frederic E. Post is the proprietor of the Post Studio, one of the finest photographic establishments of the state. It is located at No. 1132 Fifteenth street in Denver and the artistic work turned out by Mr. Post is the basis of his constantly growing success. He was born in East Haddam, Connecticut. September 25, 1865, and is a son of the late Captain William M. Post, who was a United States naval officer during the Civil war and after the close of hostilities followed the sea. He was descended from an old Con- necticut family of English origin, the progenitor of the American branch of the family being Stephen Post, who came to the new world in 1623 and settled originally in Essex. Connecticut. One of the family in colonial days was a major in the English army, but since the establishment of the American republic the Posts have ever been most loyal to the interests of their native land. Captain William M. Post was reared and educated in Essex, Connecticut, and came to Colorado in 1870 with the Greeley colony, settling at LaPorte. There he engaged in farming and made his home at that place and at Fort Collins throughout his remaining days. He was born December 13. 1823, and passed away December 10, 1915. so that he lacked only three days of reaching the ninety-third milestone on life's journey. In politics he was always a stanch republican and pro- gressive citizen. He served as alderman of Fort Collins and took the deepest interest in civic matters, doing everything in his power to promote public progress and improve- ment. He served as a member of the school board and the cause of education ever found in him a stalwart champion. He married Emeline Emmons Jones, a native of Connecti- cut, who was born at East Haddam and was a representative of one of the old families of that state, of Welsh lineage. founded in America at an early period in the colonization of the new world. Mrs. Post is still living, and now makes her home in Fort Collins. By her marriage she became the mother of two children, the daughter being Lillian, the wife of H. H. Griffin, now a resident of Fort Collins, Colorado.

Frederic E. Post whose name introduces this review was educated in the district

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schools of Pleasant Valley and in the State Agricultural College of Colorado. His early life was spent upon the home farm to the age of seventeen years, when he started out to provide for his own support, entering upon an apprenticeship at the machinist's trade which covered four and a half years. He next took up the study of photography and in 1888 he established his present business. From the standpoint of time it is the oldest established photographic studio in the state and is one of the largest and best equipped, while in artistic workmanship there is nothing superior. He maintains the highest pos- sible standards, utilizes the latest improved processes and his work is one which indicates the highest attainment in photographic art.

In September, 1891, Mr. Post was united in marriage at Golden, Colorado, to Miss Purnie C. Bellinger, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bellinger. Mr. and Mrs. Post are well known in the city where they reside and enjoy the hospitality of many of the most attractive homes of Denver.

In politics Mr. Post maintains an independent course at local elections but where national issues are involved casts his ballot with the republican party. He is well known in Masonic circles, holding membership in Berkeley Lodge, No. 134, and he has also taken the degrees of chapter and commandery. He is now high priest in South Denver Chapter, No. 42, and junior warden in Ascalon Commandery, No. 31, K. T., and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Post belongs to the Sons of the American Revolution, also to the Sons of Veterans and the Sons of Colorado and he has membership in the Denver Civic and Commercial Club, being interested in all the projects put forth by that organization for the benefit of the community. He belongs likewise to the National Photographic Asso- ciation and keeps in touch with the trend of onward progress in his art. In a word, his entire life has been actuated by the spirit of advancement and indefatigable energy, and strong purpose, combined with high ideals, have brought him to an enviable position not only as a foremost photographer but also as a representative citizen who cooperates earnestly and heartily in all plans and movements for the general good.

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History of Colorado; Volume III, Part 26

Author: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, 1833-1920, ed Publication date: 1918-19 Publisher: Chicago, S. J. Clarke Number of Pages: 844

Author: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, 1833-1920, ed
Publication date: 1918-19
Publisher: Chicago, S. J. Clarke
Number of Pages: 844