History of Colorado; Volume III, Part 77

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

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Mr. Hanley has various connections with business men's organizations. He was the secretary of the Denver Association of Accountants in 1904 and 1905 and he is a member of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants. He was a member of the Denver Office Men's Club from 1906 until 1911. He is a member of the National Geographic Society and has long manifested a keen interest in the arts, including the dramatic and musical arts. In 1894 he was a member of the Denver Comedy Company and participated in many local theatricals for several years thereafter. In 1897 he was a member of the Enterpean Musical Club and Quartette and in 1899 of the Apollo Club, while for many years he was a member of St. John's Episcopal Cathedral and Trinity Memorial choirs. In 1905 he was bell ringer of St. John's Cathedral chimes. Along those lines which have more directly concerned public welfare he has also been active. In May, 1909, he was a candidate for school director of the Denver public schools and in 1911 he was secretary of the Denver Public School League and in 1911 and 1912 official representative of the Denver Patriotic League. He is likewise a member of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association and formerly served on its legislative committee. It would be tantological in this connection to enter into any series of statements showing him to be a man of the broadest public spirit, for this has been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. He attacks everything with a contagions enthusiasm that produces results and no effort for the public good with which he has been actively identified has failed to recognize the value and worth of his service. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has been active in all campaigns since attaining his majority, attending all city, county and state conventions as delegate.

CHARLES ROWLAND DUDLEY.

The great public library of Denver is a monument to the efforts, ability and zeal of Charles Rowland Dudley, and as long as the city exists his name should be honored as one who has made valuable contribution to its progress. In many other ways he has contributed to its intellectual advancement and since 1888 lie has been a member of the board of regents of the University of Colorado. He was born in Easton, Con- necticut. on the 26th of June, 1853. a son of the Rev. Martin and Sarah ( Rowland) Dudley. The father was born in Guilford, Connecticut, and traced his ancestry back to the year 1639, when the first representative of the name came to the new world. He prepared for the ministry of the Congregational church and devoted his life to that

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holy calling, acting as pastor of the church at Easton, Connecticut, for many years. He died in 1892, but his memory remains as a blessed benediction to those who knew him. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Rowland, was a native of Windsor, Connecticut, and was a daughter of Alva and Deborah (Gillett) Rowland. To the marriage of Rev. and Mrs. Dudley were born three children, but Edward Martin Dudley, the brother, has passed away. The sister is Mrs. Mary C. Willcox, the wife of the Rev. Charles H. Willcox. of Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

In the acquirement of his education Mr. Dudley attended the academies at Easton, Connecticut, and at Monson, Massachusetts, after which he entered Yale and completed a law course in the university as a member of the class of 1877, at which time the LL. B. degree was conferred upon him. He was then admitted to the bar and engaged in active practice at Monson, Massachusetts, for five years. In 1882 he came to Colo- rado, establishing his home in Denver, and in December, 1885, he was appointed to the position of librarian of the public library of Denver and served in that capacity for a quarter of a century, remaining in active connection therewith until February, 1911. He purchased the first book and built up the great library to its present proportions, making it an institution of which the city has every reason to be proud. The interests of the library were thoroughly organized, the selection of books most carefully made and there is scarcely anything that has come from the press that is of value along literary or scientific lines that cannot be found in this great institution, which stands as a tangible expression of the intellectual force and the public spirit of Mr. Dudley. He has also done most important work as a member of the board of regents of the University of Colorado, to which position he was first elected in 1888. He has served in that capacity twenty-two years. For twenty-nine years he was the secretary of the State Historical Society of Colorado and there is perhaps no one better informed con- cerning the events which have shaped the annals of the commonwealth.

In 1893 Mr. Dudley was united in marriage to Miss Rose A. Smith, of West Spring- field, Massachusetts, and to them have been born three children: Eugenia Helen, who was born in 1894, and is now secretary of the board of charities at Quincy, Illinois; Marian, now Mrs. Thomas J. Darell of Belle Plain, New Jersey; and Sarah Rowland,

Mr. Dudley gives his political allegiance to the republican party, is connected with the Plymouth Congregational church and a charter member of the University Club-associations that indicate much concerning the nature of his interests and activi- ties. He turns for rest and recreation to golf and recognizes that an even balance must be maintained between the physical. mental and moral nature of man if the greatest power is developed.

HORACE TENNENT DODGE, M. D.

Dr. Horace Tennent Dodge, an able and most successful physician and surgeon of Denver and a well known contributor to the literature of the profession, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, October 17, 1856. His father was the late Rufus Dodge, a native of the old Bay state and a representative of one of the colonial families of Massachusetts, the ancestral line being traced back to Sir Peter Dodge, who came to America in 1620 and settled at Beverly. Among the ancestors of Dr. Dodge was Abra- ham Dodge, a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Rufus Dodge, as well as his paternal ancestors, lived and died in Massachusetts, near Newburyport, where he conducted a successful business as a contractor and real estate dealer. He was a devout Christian man and a lifelong member of the Belleville Congregational church, in the faith of which he passed away in 1877, when forty-seven years of age. His wife bore the maiden name of Caroline B. Smith and is a direct descendant of the Duke of Portland. Mrs. Dodge is still living and is now residing in New York city at the age of eighty-two years. By her marriage she became the mother of six children, four sons and two daughters, five of whom still survive.

Dr. Dodge, the eldest of the family, began his education in the public schools of Newburyport, passed through consecutive grades to the high school there and after- ward pursued a more specifically literary course in Boston. Later he took up the study of chemistry and pharmacy in that city and in 1878 he left New England for the west, with Leadville, Colorado, as his destination, believing that the new but rapidly develop- ing section of the country would offer him better business opportunities and advan- tages than he could secure in the older and more thickly settled districts of the east. At Leadville he conducted a pharmacy from 1880 until 1883 and then went to San Francisco, California, where he took up the study of medicine, being graduated in

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1887 from the Homeopathic Medical College of the Pacific, which is a department of the University of California. He then located for practice in San Francisco, where he remained for two and a half years, after which he returned to Colorado, once more taking up his abode in Leadville, where he practiced his profession for more than two years. He then sought the broader field offered in the larger city of Denver and has since been in active and continuous practice at the capital. In 1898 he returned to New York, where he pursued post-graduate work. For two years after his return from the east in 1899 he was lecturer on materia medica in the Denver Homeopathic Col- lege and for six years was professor of materia medica. He has won wide reputation as an educator and writer and for one year was professor of pharmacology in the Westminster University Medical College and for one year was professor of therapeutics in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Denver. He is the author of a standard work on materia medica and has been a frequent contributor and at one time editor of a medical publication. He belongs to the American Institute of Homeopathy, was formerly a member of the American Pharmaceutical Society and has membership in the State Homeopathic Medical Society and in the County Homeopathic Medical Society. He was a member of the staff of the Park Avenue Hospital. In addition to his pro- fessional interests he is the secretary and treasurer of the Arboral Chemical Company of Denver. During the early days in Leadville he devoted a great deal of time and money to mining operations and was well known among the old mining men of the state.

Dr. Dodge is identified with the Colorado Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Central Presbyterian church. He is one of the honored old-time residents of Denver. He was married here to Miss Elizabeth F. Wormington, a daughter of the late Henry and Hannah (Hopley) Wormington, and they became the parents of twin sons, Horace Edmund Rufus and Eugene Wormington, who were born October 21, 1901.

Dr. Dodge has made for himself a most creditable position in professional circles. Throughout his entire career he has kept in touch with the latest scientific researches and discoveries and his marked ability is attested in the liberal patronage which is accorded him and, more than that, in the regard of his colleagues in the profession, who recognize in him an able educator and valuable contributor to the literature of the profession.

EDWIN LEE CROSIER.

Edwin Lee Crosier, who follows farming in Weld county. four miles north of Greeley. is conducting a profitable business as an extensive dealer in live stock. He was born in Monroe county. West Virginia, September 10, 1880, and is a son of George W. and Agnes ( Duncan) Crosier, who were natives of West Virginia and of Virginia respectively. The father was a merchant at Willowbend. West Virginia, and conducted business there for many years. For four years lie was engaged in active military service during the Civil war. He died in 1884. while his wife survived for about a year, passing away in 1885.

Edwin Lee Crosier was reared and educated in West Virginia. He was only five years of age when left an orphan and was therefore reared by his grandparents. His grandfather was a farmer and E. L. Crosier continued to work for him and for his uncle until the 1st of March, 1899, when he left West Virginia and removed to Mound City. Missouri. There he was employed at farm labor for two years, after which he continned his westward journey. with Weld county. Colorado, as his destination. He worked as a farm hand in this state for three years, at the end of which time he began farming on his own account by renting land. For a year he cultivated a farm in part- nership with his brother, Everett, and then rented the Farr place, three miles from Eaton, or four and one-half miles north of Greeley. This place comprises two hundred and ten acres of land, which he has since cultivated. He also is a part owner with Mr. Farr of two hundred acres three miles sonth of Eaton, a place which has to some extent been improved, and Mr. Crosier is further developing it. He rents that place at the present time. He is a stockholder in the Lucerne Produce & Elevator Com- pany of Lucerne. Colorado. Upon his farm he makes a specialty of feeding sheep and cattle and is regarded as one of the prominent stockmen of his section of the state.

On the 9th of February. 1910. Mr. Crosier was united in marriage to Miss Virginia May Graves, and to them have been born four children: Robert Lee, who was born April 30. 1911: William, who was accidentally run over and killed by a team in Sep-

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tember, 1914; Clarence F., who was born January 16, 1917; and a twin of Clarence, who died in infancy.

Fraternally Mr. Crosier is connected with the Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Crosier belongs to the Baptist church. He votes with the republican party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, but does not seek nor desire office as a reward for party fealty. His has been a useful and active life, guided by principles which will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the west, for he has here found the opportunities which he sought, and in their utilization has made steady progress along business lines.

MRS. IDA ALICE MILLER WARREN.

The earliest recollections of Mrs. Ida Alice Miller Warren are of looking out upon the stars while lying in her mother's arms as they journeyed in a prairie schooner to Colorado. She was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, a daughter of James Alison Miller and Mary Sophia (Powell) Miller, both of whom were natives of the state of Ohio. Her father's business was that of carrying provisions and arms to the various government posts and Indian agencies throughout the west and he decided to take his family to Colorado. Mrs. Warren's next recollection was of the child who was carryng her and who was told not to go far beyond the door as "the Indians might get you." Her remembrance of the Indians was that they came to the settlement to trade or exchange wares consisting of leather leggins, moccasins, bead and feather work-a keen-eyed race of people, stern and solemn looking, but their glance would soften if they saw the humorous. To the little girl it appeared a strange sight to see the squaw mother carrying her papoose strapped to a board upon her back. Mrs. Warren has always remained a resident of Colorado save for the period which she spent in Cincinnati, where she attended college, and brief travel trips.

In 1900 she became the wife of Dr. Frederick E. Warren, who was a physician of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is now deceased. Mrs. Warren says that the pioneer spirit is in her veins as her grandfather. James Hosea Chessman Miller, a physician, joined a party of trappers and camped where Cherry creek joins the Platte. They remained there during the winter of 1821-22. Dr. Miller was a soldier of fortune, having taken active part in the revolutions of various countries through which he traveled and finally participated in the Civil war as a surgeon, after which he retired to the private practice of medicine, continuing therein until his death. His ancestors had come from England in 1638, while the ancestors of Mrs. Warren's grandmother in the paternal line came from Scotland, in 1669, heing of the family of Carpenter. Her mother's people crossed the Atlantic with LaFayette and settled in northern Ohio. They were from France and were of the same noble and patriotic stock as General Lafayette, whose memory is revered and cherished by all American people.

When Mrs. Warren made her way to the west Denver was a little village which might almost have been called a trading post. She has seen it grow into a beautiful city, well named the Queen City of the Plains. Lying a mile above the sea and nestled at the foot of the Rockies, with the azure sky above it, it is one of God's earthly jewels. Here Mrs. Warren has resided from infancy, exerting considerable influence over the social life and to no little extent over the public welfare of the city. She is a charter member of the Woman's Club of Denver, also of the Woman's Press Club, the Round Table Club and the Territorial Daughters of Colorado, in all of which she has held office of honor, and she is likewise a member of the Alumni Asso- ciation of Wolfe Hall.

A. M. SWARTZ.

A. M. Swartz is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits in Pueblo county, his valuable farm being located near Avondale. A native of Ohio. he was born in Highland county. that state, October 15, 1845, and is a son of Reason W. and Delilah ( Keplinger) Swartz. The father was a wheelwright hy trade and was one of those who in 1849 participated in the gold rush to California. For seven years he subsequently resided in Iowa. whence he removed to Johnson county. Kansas, where he remained for five years. Thence he went to Topeka, Kansas, and in that city he passed away at the age of fifty- four years. His widow survived him and continued her residence in Topeka until her

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demise, which occurred at the age of seventy-eight years. In their family were five daughters and two sons, of whom A. M. Swartz was the fourth in order of birth,

A. M. Swartz was reared under the parental roof and received his first lessons in life under the guidance of his parents, attending the rural schools of the neighborhood in order to obtain an education. His opportunities along this line, however, were very meager, as much of his time was taken up by assisting his father with the work of the farm. He continued in that way until his father's death. For seven years Mr. Swartz was engaged in farming and stock raising in Kansas, but in 1872 made his way west- ward and located upon a farm about ten miles from Avondale. There he continued for some time. but about seventeen years ago removed to his present place. He has made many improvements and installed modern facilities upon the property, besides erecting suitable buildings. His land is in a high state of cultivation and valuable crops are garnered each year, ensuring him of a gratifying annual income. In 1912, in company with his wife, Mr. Swartz took a trip to lower California and Old Mexico with the idea of establishing a home in those states, but search as he might he could not find a place which in every way proved as satisfactory as the beautiful farm in the Arkansas valley of which he is the owner. He expects to spend his remaining days upon this property, which under his able management and through his untiring labors has become one of the most valuable farms in the valley. He also gives considerable attention to stock raising and is interested in property in Avondale, including a hotel there. His farm comprises eighty acres, all under cultivation.

At the age of nineteen. in 1864. Mr. Swartz was united in marriage to Miss Martha J. Evans, whose father was a minister of high standing in the Baptist church. In their family are six children, Charles E., Mary D., George W., Nora R .. W. S. and J. F. There are thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

In his political affiliations Mr. Swartz is a republican and has always taken a deep interest in promoting the cause of his party although he personally has never cared for office. His religious faith is that of the Universalist church. He is not a club or fra- ternal man, finding his greatest pleasure with bis family at his own fireside. In the course of years he has not only attained prosperity, but by developing one of the best farm properties in the Arkansas valley has largely contributed to the development of the section of which he is one of the oldest settlers. There is much credit due him for what he has achieved, for he is a self-made man and such success as has come to him is the result of his own labors.

DAVID C. HALL.

David C. Hall, whose successfully managed business affairs won him the name of cattle king of Colorado, made his home near Colorado Springs. He was born at Meadville, Pennsylvania, on the 15th of August, 1858, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hall, who were natives of the Keytsone state. In 1863 they removed to Colorado and, settling in Colorado Springs, David C. Hall there acquired his education. He was reared amid the scenes and environment of frontier life and while still in his teens started out in business on his own account, turning his attention to cattle raising. Successfully managing his interests in that direction, he became one of the leading cattle men of southern Colorado, earning for himself the title of cattle king. For a number of years he was associated with John R. Sellington, of Colorado Springs, and they owned large herds which were pastured on the ranges of that section of the state. Mr. Hall also purchased land and at the time of his death was the owner of eleven hundred and eighty-five acres, of which four hundred acres were well irrigated and under a high state of cultivation and development. He early recognized the possibili- ties of the county and utilized his opportunities to the best advantage. As the years passed his business assumed extensive proportions and he was regarded as authority upon cattle raising in Colorado.

In early manhood Mr. Hall was united in marriage to Miss Nora B. Atterbury, a daughter of Benjamin T. and Mary (Hindrich) Atterbury. Mrs. Hall is a native of Missouri and acquired her education in the public schools near her home. By her marriage she became the mother of nine children. William H., the eldest, born January 20, 1890, is now a member of the Three Hundred and Forty-first Field Artillery in active duty in France. Theodore Tuttle, born December 19, 1892, has also responded to the call of the colors and is with the navy. Buncie, born October 29, 1894, is the wife of F. D. Davidson, of Colorado Springs, and they have one son, Floyd Hall, who was born April 20, 1914. Mr. Davidson was with the Davidson Dairy Company of

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Colorado Springs and is now in the ambulance corps in France, while his wife and little son are with her mother and brothers on the ranch. Jack, born March 3, 1897, is upon the home ranch and is acting as manager of the business. Edward B., born January 16, 1899, is also a member of the navy. Catharine, born October 14, 1905, Bennie, March 31, 1909, James G., March 23, 1912, and David Earl, born October 14, 1915 are the younger members of the family. All of the sons who are old enough for service are with the colors with the exception of Jack. who is doing important work in farming, thus being among the "producers" of the country. The family record is one of which the mother certainly has every reason to be proud. The family home is one of the attractive places in the vicinity of Colorado Springs. The broad acres furnish excellent range for the cattle and other live stock produced upon the place and the cultivated fields annually bring forth rich harvests.

In his political views Mr. Hall was a democrat and fraternally was connected with the Masons and was also a charter member of Colorado Springs Lodge, No. 115, B. P. O. E. He was likewise a charter member of the Pike's Peak Club of Colorado Springs. He had many attractive social qualities which made for personal popularity and at the same time his business ability placed him in a position of leadership among the cattle men of the west. He passed away May 20, 1916.

WILLIAM HENRY DAVIS, M. D.

Among those who have always held to the highest professional standards in the practice of medicine and surgery in Denver is Dr. William Henry Davis, whose ability is attested by the liberal practice accorded him. His experience has been long and varied and throughout his entire career he has kept in touch with the latest advance- ment and discoveries of the profession, his service rendered, therefore, being of a most efficient character. Dr. Davis is a native of Indiana, his birth having occurred in Jennings county, that state, on the 28th of November, 1848. His father, P. L. Davis, was also a native of Indiana and was of Welsh and French descent, the family, how- ever, having been founded in America prior to the Revolutionary war. There were five brothers who settled in New England, the progenitor of this branch of the family having been Charles Davis. P. L. Davis became a successful architect and builder and was killed at the Indiana State Fair & Exposition by an accidental explosion of a steam boiler, several others meeting death at the same time. He was then forty-nine years of age. During the Civil war he had acted as general superintendent on the construction of the United States Arsenal building at Indianapolis and had in this and other connections rendered valuable aid to his country. His political allegiance was always given to the republican party and his religious faith was evidenced in his membership in the Christian church, to the teachings of which he was ever most loyal. He married Sarah Campbell Percy, a native of Indiana and a representative of an old Kentucky family of English descent, the ancestry being traced back in England to Duke Percy, whose ancestral estate was in the northwestern part of the country. In America the family was represented by General Hugh Percy, who was an officer of the British army in the Revolutionary war, while to the same family belonged George Percy, second governor of Virginia. Representatives of the name intermarried into some of the oldest and most prominent Virginia families. Mrs. Davis died at the home of her son, Dr. Davis, in Denver in 1913 at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, By her marriage she had become the mother of six children, of whom one died in infancy. They numbered five sons and a daughter.

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History of Colorado; Volume III, Part 77

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