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Joseph S. Hall acquired his early education in the schools of his native state and subsequently attended Eastman's Business College in Poughkeepsie. New York. while later he pursued a course in penmanship at Columbus, Ohio. He remained at home with his mother until 1896, when as a young man of twenty-five years he came to Colorado and here began working as a farm hand for his brother, who had seenred a homestead claim in Weld county. It is this property of which he is now the owner, renting the place in 1897 and purchasing it the following year. To its cultivation and development he has devoted his time and energies continuously since and he has made splendid improvements upon the tract and has recently completed the erection of one of the finest farm homes in the state. His property comprises one hundred and sixty acres of land, for though at one time his holdings were more extensive, he has disposed of all except the quarter section. In the conduct of his agricultural interests he has met with well merited success, for he is a man of excellent business ability, sound judgment and untiring industry. He is one of the directors of the First National Bank of Windsor and was a director in the old Weld County Bank of Windsor, the latter being the first bank in the town.
On the 27th of March. 1910, Mr. Hall was united in marriage to Miss May Law, who was born near Windsor, Weld County, Colorado, May 25. 1876, a daughter of Leonidas and
MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH S. HALL
RESIDENCE OF JOSEPH S. HALL, WINDSOR, COLO., NEAR SEVERANCE
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Nancy (Steinbeck) Law, natives of West Virginia. Her father came to Colorado as a pioneer of 1871 or 1872 and devoted some attention to farming. He has also been a min- ister of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years and he now makes his home at Spencer, West Virginia. During the period of the Civil war he served with a West Vir- ginia regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have become the parents of three children, Reimer. Hugo, and Johnnie Lenore. Mr. Hall gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and fraternally is identified with the Masons, helonging to the lodge and chapter. Both he and his wife are well known and highly esteemed throughout the community in which they reside, their many sterling traits of character having commended them to the confidence and regard of all with whom they have been brought in contact.
H. BERYL WESTOVER.
H. Beryl Westover, deputy collector of internal revenue at Denver, was born in Ogden, Utah, February 11, 1890, a son of Howard and Hattie E. (Critchet) Westover. The father, who was born in Indiana, was a mining man and become identified with the mining interests of the west but has now passed away. The mother was born in Central City, Colorado, and is still living, her home being in Denver.
In the acquirement of his education H. Beryl Westover attended the public schools of Cripple Creek and of Denver, pursuing a course in the Manual Training high school in the latter city. He then became supply man in connection with the city parks and later he turned his attention to gold mining at Cripple Creek, to which he devoted his energies for two years. He was afterward with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in the auditing department for three and a half years and next became connected with the Durable Tread Sales Company of Sacramento, California. At a later period he went to Arizona, where he was connected with the Arizona Copper Company and on the 14th of February, 1914, he returned to Denver, where he became connected with the internal revenue service in the narcotic department and is now serving as deputy collector of revenue.
On the 28th of August, 1915, Mr. Westover was united in marriage to Miss Frances A. Bell, of Denver, who is now working most energetically and zealously with the American Red Cross. It is interesting to note that in the paternal line Mr. Westover comes of Scotch ancestry of the Campbell clan, while in the maternal line he is descended from one of the Pilgrims-Kirk by name-who came to America on the May- flower. The Westover family became identified with Virginia, where they owned Westover Hall. Mr. Westover of this review turns to fishing and outdoor sports for rest and recreation. He is a young man, modest in demeanor but of sterling worth, as is indicated by the large number of friends that he has made during the period of his residence in Denver.
HON. ALBERT M. WILSON.
Hon. Albert M. Wilson is numbered among the leading and influential citizens not only of Manitou but also of the state. At the present time he is serving as a member of the general assembly and his public-spirited devotion to the general good prompts his earnest study of every question which comes up for consideration and settlement in the state legislature. No one questions the integrity of his motives nor ever finds his position an equivocal one concerning any point of vital interest to the commonwealth. Moreover, as the years have passed he has made for himself a most creditable position in business circles and while he has retired from mercantile lines at Manitou he is still the owner of valuable ranch property and also has bank stocks and other interests of importance.
Mr. Wilson was born in Dubuque, Iowa, September 13, 1863, a son of James and Mary J. (Lawrence) Wilson, both of whom were natives of Ohio. Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, he completed his education in the high school, after which he worked upon the home farm with his father until 1885. In that year he removed to Thayer county, Nebraska, and farmed in that district for two years. In 1887 he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in that part of Arapahoe county, Colorado, which Is now Yuma county and began the development of the property but later sold. For four years he traveled out of Denver for the Heinz Pickle Company. and in 1894 he removed to Manitou, where he owned and conducted the leading
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market of the city for twenty-three years. He built up a business of large and sub- stantial proportions and followed most progressive and honorable methods in its conduct. He sought at all times to please his patrons, recognizing that satisfied customers are the best advertisement, and that he did so was indicated by the con- tinued growth of his trade. In 1917, however, he disposed of the market and in a measure is now living retired. However, he is still the president of the Cave of the Winds Company and he is the owner of a thousand acre ranch near Peyton, Colorado, while of the Bank of Manitou he is one of the stockholders, directors and the vice president. Indolence and idleness being utterly foreign to his nature it would be impossible for Mr. Wilson to content himself without some business connections. He is recognized as a man of keen discrimination who readily recognizes the value or the obstacles of any business situation, and overcoming the latter, he utilizes the former to the best possible advantage.
Mr. Wilson was married to Miss Martha French, of St. Joseph, Missouri, and they occupy a prominent social position in Manitou. In politics Mr. Wilson has always been a republican and is now representing his district in the state legislature. Hon- ored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable position in business and financial circles, not alone by reason of the success he has achieved, but also owing to the straightforward business policy which he has ever followed. The same course marks his political career and in the exercise of the prerogatives of his office he places the general good before partisanship and the welfare of his community before personal aggrandizement.
EDWIN B. HEPBURN.
Edwin B. Hepburn, who had passed the age of eighty years when he died on May 12, 1917, at Denver, was one of the distinguished pioneers of the state of Colo- rado, having come to this state in 1860. He was largely connected with mining and his efforts along that line resulted in gratifying returns. He was born in Colton, St. Lawrence county, New York, April 20, 1837, and was a son of Zina and Beulah (Gray ) Hepburn, both of Vermont. The Hepburn family is of pure Scotch ancestry.
Edwin B. Hepburn attended private schools in his native state until he reached the age of fourteen years, when he set out upon his career by taking up work with the Cleveland Plaindealer, this famous newspaper having been established by his uncle, N. A. Gray. In 1858, when twenty-one years of age, he removed from Cleveland to Omaha, Nebraska, and in 1860 he came overland to Colorado. He first set up a grocery business on Cherry street, where he conducted his affairs quite successfully until his store was washed away in the memorable flood of 1864, whereupon he went to work at the Gove gun store. He next went to Quartzville, in Park county, and became a mining assayer, establishing an office at that place. He soon proved himself expert in this line and his ability was generally commented upon. He was then elected county clerk and recorder and served continuously in both positions for twelve years. During that time he made his home in Fairplay. From this point he returned to Iowa, taking up his residence in Madrid, where he remained for three or four years, it being nevessary for him to seek a lower altitude. He then returned to Denver and began mining on Willow creek at Tincup, Gunnison county, Colorado, where he de- veloped lead and placer mines, being very successful in this work. He was widely recognized as an expert on mining development and his success must be attributed largely to his indomitable energy and his careful study of mining conditions and operations. He remained a mining man until his death. His recreation was found in hunting and fishing and among his friends he was known as a true sportsman. One brother, George Hepburn, came with him to Colorado and he it was who started the Pueblo Chieftain.
On July 23, 1871, in Denver, Edwin B. Hepburn was united in marriage to Charity M. James, who was born in Monroe, Wisconsin, a daughter of Robert and Julian ( Hammond) James. She came to Denver on the first train that entered the city in 1870, to find relief from tubercular trouble, and how much the climate has benefited her is proved by her present good health. Mrs. Hepburn is well known and highly respected in Denver as one of the pioneer residents of the city and her friends among the older generation are many. To them were born the following children. Earl R., born September 8. 1873, is engaged in the drug business at Denver. He married Alice Green and has three daughters, Mary Margaret, Francis E. and Genevieve. Mark, born December 3, 1875, died when but two years of age. Edwin D., born October 15, 1880),
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died August 10, 1913. He married Matilda Larson, by whom he had four children. but only two are now living, Earl H. and Mark B., who make their home with their grandmother. Iris and Nina, twins, born August 23, 1882, both died before reaching their first year. Veta D., who completes the family, was born June 25, 1885, and is residing with her mother.
Edwin B. Hepburn died in Denver, May 12, 1917, his death bringing deep sorrow not only to his immediate family but to the many friends whom he had made in the city and throughout the state. Much credit is due him for what he achieved as a pioneer of the state, for his labors not only resulted in benefit to himself but were a means of upbuilding the communities and sections in which he lived. He was ever ready to lend a helping hand where aid was needed and heartily supported measures for the general good. His memory is enshrined in the hearts of all those who knew him and esteemed him for his high qualities of character.
ARTHUR J. SULLIVAN.
Arthur J. Sullivan is the efficient manager of the L. Wolff Manufacturing Com- pany, dealers in plumbing and heating supplies in Denver, and is numbered among the representative business men of Colorado, contributing to the upbuilding of a large wholesale trade. He was born in Topeka, Kansas, June 27, 1883, and is one of the six children of James E. and Hermaline ( Martine) Sullivan, who in early life removed to Topeka, Kansas, where the father engaged in the plumbing and heating business. In 1889 he brought his family to Colorado, settling in Denver, where he became identi- fied with the plumbing and heating supply business as a representative of the L. Wolff Manufacturing Company, of which his son, Arthur J., is manager. He is still con- nected with the business and he and his wife yet make their home .in Denver. The other sons and daughters of their household aside from Arthur J. are Mrs. C. B. Hiester, Agnes, Edward J., Frank and William. All are still residents of Denver but William is now with the national army, in training at Waco, Texas.
In early life Arthur J. Sullivan attended the public schools of Denver and after- ward pursued a two years' high school course, at the end of which time he put aside his textbooks in order to make his initial step in the business world He became con -. nected with the L. Wolff Manufacturing Company in a humble capacity and has risen through various departments and won various promotions until. as the result of effi- cient service, he has reached the responsible position of manager. His identification with the enterprise dates from 1913 and in the intervening period of five years he has steadily progressed until he is now active in the management of a business that employs thirty people. He thoroughly understands every phase of the plumbing business and the company also handles all kinds of heating supplies. Not a little of his success is due to the fact that he has never dissipated his energies over a broad field but has concentrated his efforts along a single line, thoroughly mastering everything that he has undertaken.
On the 12th of June, 1914, Mr. Sullivan was married to Miss Mary E. Baker, of Denver, a daughter of Alfred and Mary S. Baker, of Atlanta, Texas. They are members of the Roman Catholic church and Mr. Sullivan is a fourth degree Knight of Columbus. He belongs to the Civic and Commercial Association of Denver, also to the Lakewood Country Club. He has many friends in the city and the number is constantly increas- ing as the circle of his acquaintance widens. He may truly be called a self-made man. deserving all the praise which that term implies, for whatever he has achieved or enjoyed is attributable entirely to his own labors.
LEWIS S. HALL.
Lewis S. Hall, manager of the Rocky Mountain division of the Occidental Life Insurance Company, with office in Denver, is of Canadian birth. He was born in Ontario on the 28th of September, 1871, being one of the eight children of John and Margaret (Briggs) Hall, both of whom have passed away. The paternal grandfather was from Ireland, but John Hall was born in Canada and there followed the occupa- tion of farming as a life work. To him and his wife were born eight children.
Lewis S. Hall acquired his preliminary education in the schools of Shelburne, (Ontario, and afterward attended high school at Orangeville, Ontario. where lie com-
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pieted his course as a member of the class of 1894. Desirous of using every advantage that would promote his knowledge and thus broaden his efficiency in life's activities, he entered Toronto University and won the Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation with the class of 1897. He then became a student in Knox College at Toronto, where he pursued a theological course, which he completed in Winnipeg, Manitoha, winning the scholarship prize in general proficiency. He was then confirmed as a minister of the Presbyterian church in 1899 and accepted the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church at St. Peter, Minnesota. While he was there serving Governor Johnson of Min- nesota under his teaching was led to accept the Christian faith and become a member of the church and afterward he appointed Mr. Hall to the position of chaplain. After leaving St. Paul, Mr. Hall hecame pastor of the Presbyterian church at Elkhart, Indiana, but his health failed and he was obliged to leave the ministry. He then turned his attention to a business career and became connected with insurance interests, opening an office in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His success was marked from the beginning and soon he was promoted to the position of secretary and general manager at Chicago, where the home office was located. On the 1st of March, 1913, he came to Denver as general manager of the Rocky Mountain division for the Occidental Life Insurance Company and has very successfully managed its interests in this section of the country since that time.
In 1899 Mr. Hall was united in marriage to Miss Ella Marshall, of Hespeler, On- tario, and they have become the parents of four children: Sheldon M., sixteen years of age, who is attending the north side high school; Constance, aged thirteen; Lewis, aged nine; and Robert, a little lad of four summers.
Mr. Hall is secretary of Palestine Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is a worthy follower of the craft. He also belongs to Colorado Chapter, No. 29, R. A. M. In politics he is a progressive republican and was quite active in party work in Indiana and Michigan. He is fond of outdoor sports and displays considerable skill as an amateur tennis player. He and his family helong to the Corona Presbyterian church and at times he does missionary work by filling pulpits where no regular minister is employed. He has ever manifested the deepest interest in those things which are uplift forces in life and his lahors have constituted a potent element in advancing various movements which make for public progress and improvement.
GEORGE W. BACON.
George W. Bacon is now living retired. making his home in Sterling, but for a considerable period was prominently identified with business interests in Fleming, carrying on agricultural pursuits in that locality for a number of years. He was horn in Jefferson county, New York, in the year 1847, a son of Lyman and Sarah (Whitney ) Bacon. The parents were also natives of the Empire state and while spending his youthful days under the parental roof George W. Bacon acquired his education in the schools of his native town, where his father followed the cooperage business in order to supply the needs of the family. When fourteen years of age George W. Bacon left school and when sixteen years of age he enlisted in the Eighteenth New York Cavalry as a private, serving for three years in the Union army in the Civil war. For two months he acted as provost guard in the vicinity of Washington. Later he was sent to New Orleans and participated in the Red River campaign under General Banks, the troops having to march five hundred miles from New Orleans to the Red River. He participated in a number of hotly contested engagements, including the battles of Kane River and Sabine Pass, and on one occasion he was wounded in the leg hy a shell. After recovering he was sent to Texas to assist in taking possession of that state following the surrender of General Lee. He was with Phil Sheridan on the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass, there aiding in defending the border. Later his command was relieved by the Fourth Regular Cavalry and he was honorably discharged in May, 1866.
Upon his return to private life George W. Bacon hecame a sailor on the Great Lakes, sailing on Erie and Michigan. Becoming tired of a seafaring life, however, he turned his attention to the hardware business as a lock fitter and pattern maker and followed that pursuit for about thirty years, when he was obliged to discontinue his efforts along that line on account of failing eyesight. The doctors told him that he had cataract on both eyes. He then engaged in the dairy business in Pennsyl- vania, where he rented a three hundred acre farm, and for four years he continued his abode in that state. In 1907 he arrived in Colorado, settling in Fleming, where he
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homesteaded three hundred and forty acres. He was assisted in the cultivation and development of this property by his son and their business interests were most care- fully and successfully conducted. The present home is ou section 6, range 49, township 7 north. His business affairs have been wisely and carefully conducted and unfalter- ing energy, perseverance and capable management have brought him the success that now enables him to live retired.
On the 24th of May, 1871, Mr. Bacon was married to Miss Evaline L. Atwood. who was born in the town of Bristol, Connecticut, a daughter of George and Rosanna (Hart) Atwood, the former a very successful stone mason. To Mr. and Mrs. Bacon have been born the following named: Edna M., the wife of S. J. White, now of Sterling; Charles W., a decorator of Detroit, Michigan; and Floyd C., a farmer of Fleming.
During his trouble with his eyes Mr. Bacon became totally blind and so remained for two years. He then had an operation removing a part of the eye surrounding the pupil and today he can see better than ever. He is a very intelligent man of pleasing personality and of sterling worth. He has been a member of the Odd Fellows society for many years and has ever been a loyal adherent of its teachings. He belongs to the Presbyterian church. While he is not an active partisan, he leans somewhat toward the democratic party in politics. There have been no spectacular phases in his life but his enterprise and intelligently directed efforts have enabled him to work steadily upward toward success as the years have gone by and at all times he has commanded the confidence and esteem of those with whom he has been brought in contact.
ALBERT AUGUSTUS REED.
High professional standing as a representative of the bar and prominence in bank- ing circles well entitle Albert Augustus Reed to mention among the representative and honored residents of Denver, where since the 1st of July, 1917, he has been vice president and trust officer of the United States National Bank. He was born in Sharon, Litchfield county, Connecticut, February 6, 1868, a son of Elias Baldwin and Miranda (Candee) Reed, both representatives of old and well known families of Connecticut, tracing their ancestral lines to England and France. The Reeds were one of the oldest English families in northwestern Connecticut, being represented through seven generations in Salisbury and Sharon.
Albert A. Reed studied in the country schools of Connecticut and afterward be- came a student in the University of the city of New York, while ultimately he matricu- lated in the Columbia University Law School, which conferred upon him the LL. B. degree upon his graduation with the class of 1887. On his removal to Colorado he enrolled as a student in the law school of the University of Colorado and in 1894 that institution also conferred upon him the LL. B. degree. He was admitted to the bar of New York in 1889, but failing health in 1891 compelled his removal to the west. He resumed the practice of law in Boulder, Colorado, in 1893 and was offered and accepted a chair in law at the University of Colorado in 1895. He remained in active relations with the university until his removal to Denver in 1916 and in 1917 he was appointed by the regents of the university, professor emeritus. During the years of his residence in Boulder, from 1893 until 1916, he was engaged in general law practice and his marked professional ability kept him in the front rank of the leading members of the profession in that section of the state. He was general counsel for many corporations, including the Boulder National Bank, the Mercantile Bank & Trust Company, the Boulder Building & Loan Association and various others. He was also at one time president and director of the Mercantile Bank & Trust Com- pany of Boulder and general counsel and director of the Boulder Building & Loan Association, the Northern Colorado Investment Company, the Enterprise Investment Company and many others. Since 1916 he has been trust officer of the United States National Bank of Denver and ou the 1st of July, 1917, he was also called to the office of vice president of the institution.
On the 7th of August, 1889, in Poughkeepsie, New York, Mr. Reed was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Henchman Howell, a daughter of Charles J. and Mary M. (Du Bois) Howell. The Howell family has been favorably known in New York city for several generations and the family of Du Bois is one of the oldest and most respected of the Hudson River valley. To Mr. and Mrs. Reed have been born four children: Margaret Howell, who was born at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1890; Charlotte
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Baldwin, born in Boulder, Colorado, in 1895; Esther Candee, born in Boulder in 1900; and Frances Du Bois, born in Boulder in 1906.
Mr. Reed is a republican in his political views and was a delegate to the national convention of the party, held in Chicago in 1908. For seventeen years, from 1899 until 1916, he was a member of the board of education of Boulder and for an extended period served as secretary of the board and for a portion of the time was its president. From 1907 until 1909 he also served as city attorney of Boulder. He has membership in the Denver Club, is a member of the executive committee of The Patriotic League of Colorado and has been a pioneer in anti saloon agitation in Boulder county. He was a member and elder of the Presbyterian church of Boulder for many years and since 1917 has been a member of the Central Presbyterian church of Denver, serving at the present time on its board of elders. Mr. Reed is usually to be found in those gatherings where men of worth are met in the discussion of vital problems of the day. He keeps in touch with the trend of modern thought and progress along sociological, economic and political lines. His life has ever been actuated by high ideals and in determining his course in lite he has placed a correct valuation upon the many interests which have laid claim to his attention and directed his efforts in paths leading to the promotion of public welfare. His opinions have long carried weight with those who know him and have constituted a force in the adoption of high ideals of citizenship in Colorado.
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