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DR. BASIL B. CREIGHTON
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picturesque watering resort at the foot of Pike's Peak is a literary gem. It may be said of him that his thoughts were ever of Manitou and that he worked continuously to the end that the many might know and benefit by the charms of Manitou and the health renewing qualities of her uniquely tonic climate and mineral springs.
RALPH C. TILTON.
Ralph C. Tilton is the efficient cashier of the Deertrail State Bank of the town of Deertrail and is also extensively identified with stock raising in Arapahoe county. He is numbered among the substantial citizens that Iowa has furnished to Colorado, for his birth occurred in Decatur county of the former state on the 27th of May, 1888, a son of Maynard and Letha (Barr) Tilton, the former a native of Maine, while the latter was born in Indiana. For about thirty years they were residents of Iowa and in 1915 came to Colorado, now making their home upon the ranch of their son. They have but two children and the elder, Arthur, is now serving in the United States army.
Ralph C. Tilton was reared and educated in Iowa, supplementing his early studies by a high school course. He started out in the business world on his own account when a young man of twenty years, going to Nebraska, where he secured the position of assistant cashier in a bank, thus serving for three years. In this manner he gained his initial experience in the banking business and in 1912 he came to Deertrail, Colo- rado, to enter upon the duties of cashier of the Deertrail State Bank, in which capacity he has since acceptably and capably served. He is a courteous and obliging official and his business ability, combined with his genial manner, have done not a little to further the business of the bank and make it one of the substantial financial institutions of this section of the state. On removing to Colorado he also purchased a fine ranch of nine hundred and sixty acres and has since added eight hundred and sixty acres to the original tract. His place is splendidly improved and upon it he runs a large herd of cattle and also many sheep. His live stock interests are extensive and important and in addition to this he makes a specialty of raising alfalfa, harvesting large crops an- nually.
On the 29th of December, 1910, Mr. Tilton was married to Miss Edna N. Brownell, a native of Iowa, and they have become parents of two children, Ardis A. and Helen A. Mrs. Tilton is a member of the Christian church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tilton are highly esteemed in the section of the state in which they make their home, occupying an en- viable position in social circles by reason of their sterling worth of character and their unfeigned cordiality. In all of his business career Mr. Tilton has displayed adapta- bility and keen discernment as well as unfaltering enterprise, and since starting out independently has advanced step by step, constantly gaining a broader outlook and wider opportunities.
JESSE CROOKS.
In the sudden death of Jesse Crooks, on December 9, 1918, Adams county lost one of its best known and highly respected citizens, his demise causing sincere sorrow among his many friends. He owned and occupied the farm upon which he resided from 1907 to the end but dated his residence in Colorado from 1874 and was therefore numbered among its pioneer settlers. He lived for a long period in Jefferson county before removing to Adams county, where he was successfully engaged in carrying on general agricultural pursuits. He was born in Buchanan county, Iowa, June 4, 1855, a son of James and Rebecca Crooks, who were natives of Ireland. Coming to America in early life, the father settled in Ohio and afterward removed to Iowa, where his remaining days were passed. To him and his wife were born ten children, of whom three daughters and one son are living.
Jesse Crooks was reared in Iowa upon the old home farm and early became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the farm-bred boy. He remained at home until he reached the age of nineteen years and then sought the opportunities of the west, coming to Colorado. He took up his abode upon a farm in Jefferson county, there residing until 1907, when he purchased his late place in Adams county, comprising one hundred and fifteen acres, the greater part of which is well irrigated, thus greatly enhancing its productiveness. He annually raised good crops
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and his enterprise and unwearied industry were the salient features in his growing success.
In 1882 Mr. Crooks was united in marriage to Miss Anna Evans, a native of Pennsylvania, and to them were born six children: James; Henry; Marian, who is the wife of P. E. Graves; Viola, at home; Jessie, deceased; and William O.
In politics Mr. Crooks was a republican, having always supported the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, but he never sought or held office. He always concentrated his efforts and attention upon his business affairs and it was by reason of his close application that he won a place among the substantial farmers of Adams county. His untimely end on December 9, 1918, caused by neuralgia of the heart, was a great shock to his family to whom he ever was a loving and sacrificing husband and father. A man of sterling character and endearing qualities he also left many friends to mourn his loss, and with his wife and children, as well as his friends the memory of him will ever remain a blessed benediction.
CARL D. JOHNSON.
Carl D. Johnson, who follows farming and stock raising in Boulder county, was born in Sweden on the 3d of March, 1856, a son of John and Katherine Johnson, who were also natives of Sweden, where the father spent his entire life. The mother afterward came with her family to the United States in the year 1870 and took up a homestead claim in Colorado, whereon her son, Carl D., now resides. She continued to make it her place of residence until she, too, was called to the home beyond. In the family were but two children, the younger being Frank Johnson, who is now living in Routt county, Colorado.
Carl D. Johnson was a lad of fourteen years when he accompanied his mother on the long voyage across the Atlantic and the trip across the country to Colorado. Since that time he has resided in this state and has always followed agricultural pursuits. He now owns the old homestead place, which comprises one hundred and twenty acres of rich and productive land which is all under the ditch. He makes a specialty of dairying and at the same time carries on general farming and annually harvests good crops. For dairy purposes he keeps a large number of high-grade cows and the products of his dairy find ready sale on the market. He leads a busy life and his unfaltering energy has been the basis of his growing success.
In 1887 Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Hilda C. Lett, a native of Sweden, who came to America in that year. To them have been born three children: Ollie, the wife of Robert Etzler; Winifred, deceased; and Ardner F., who is married and farms the old homestead.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are consistent members of the Lutheran church, contribute generously to its support and take an active interest in its work. Mr. Johnson has served for twenty-seven years as a school director and has done much to further the cause of education in his locality. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party. He is a self-made man who, starting out in life empty-handed, is now the pos- sessor of a substantial competence that is the direct reward of his industry and per- severance.
ANDREW HAGUS.
Andrew Hagus, who for many years was a leading and representative farmer of Adams county,' passed away on the 5th of May, 1917. He had been identified with the pioneer development of Colorado, where for nearly sixty years he had made his home, and as the years were added to the cycle of the century he bore his full share in the work of general improvement and progress. He was born in Prussia, Germany, near Cologne, on the 21st of June, 1837, his parents being Joseph P. and Elizabeth (Leasch) Hagus. He was a public school pupil until 1849 and then accompanied his parents to the new world, the family home being established at Galena. Illinois, where the father followed the tailoring trade, which he had learned in his native country. The son acquired a knowledge of the English language in the public schools of Galena and when a youth of fourteen years started out in the business world by securing employment in a nursery. His first wage was four dollars per month. Later this was advanced to six dollars and during the last two years he spent at the nursery he received eight
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dollars per month. In 1857 he became a clerk in a merchandise establishment, in which he remained for two years.
In 1859, attracted by the opportunities of the growing and developing west, Mr. Hagus started for Colorado with three companions, each man driving his own team. They left in March and after two months arrived in Denver. They then proceeded to Deadwood and soon afterward were busily engaged in mining. In June of the same year they made their way to the Gregory mines, where they successfully worked for a brief period and then sold their interests, returning to Denver with the intention of spending the winter there. However, they soon left the city to remove to Brighton and Mr. Hagus began raising vegetables and supplies for the miners. He and his companion were the first to engage in this line of business at Brighton and they found ready sale for their products. They brought the first mowing machine, rake and other farming implements that were ever brought into the locality. In the fall of 1860, however, Mr. Hagus again made his way to the mines, where he made a profit- able discovery, and later he began hauling supplies to the miners in different parts of the mountains. Under the homestead act he preempted his farm in 1863 and secured a quarter section of land, to which he afterward added by purchase until he became the owner of two hundred acres, which he brought under a high state of cultivation. He was interested in all that pertained to progressive agriculture and was largely instrumental in furthering the Fulton ditch, being one of the stockholders and the vice president of the company. He also extended his business activities in other directions, becoming financially interested in the Brighton Mills, and from time to time he invested in Denver property until his real estate holdings were quite extensive.
In 1864 Mr. Hagus was married in Galena, Illinois, to Miss Kate Ziegler, a native of Germany, who passed away in 1883. Their children were five in number: Emma, who became the wife of Frederick Milheim; Henry J., who has devoted his life to farming; Louise, the wife of Albert R. Ritter, of Denver; Katie, the wife of John Barnard, of Steamboat Springs; and Fred, also a farmer. The elder son, Henry J., married Miss Martha Bruhart and has two children, William Louis and Lydia Eliza- beth. After losing his first wife Mr. Hagus was married on the 10th of July, 1885, to Magdalena Baden and they had two sons, Andrew, Jr., and John L., and a daughter, Lucelle.
Mr. Hagus gave his political allegiance to the republican party from the time when he cast his first presidential ballot for Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876. He was never ambitious to hold office, preferring to give his time and attention to his business affairs and family interests. His religious faith was that of the Catholic church, he being a communicant of the Brighton parish. Those who knew him, and he had a wide acquaintance, esteemed him as a man of sterling personal worth and in his life record he illustrated what it is possible to accomplish through personal effort when industry is guided by diligence and determination. The many years spent by Mr. Hagus in Colorado made him a most valued citizen of the state, for he was loyal to its interests and active in promoting its growth and development in the community in which he made his home.
ALFRED W. DULWEBER.
Alfred W. Dulweber is an attorney at law practicing at the bar of Fort Morgan and although one of its younger representatives has already displayed qualities which indicate that his future career will be well worth the watching. He was born in . Covington, Kentucky, on the 10th of April, 1892, and is a son of John and Anna (Linde- mann) Dulweber, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The father engaged in business as a lumber dealer and subsequently removed to Kentucky, where he spent the residue of his life in Covington, remaining an active and progressive business man of that place to the time of his demise, which occurred in December, 1898. His widow is now living in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
Alfred W. Dulweber was reared and educated in Ohio. He also attended private schools in Kentucky and became a student in the State University of Ohio, in which he completed the classical course, winning the Bachelor of Arts degree. He afterward studied in the University of Colorado at Boulder and won his LL. B. degree upon graduation with the class of 1917. He had determined to make the practice of law his life work and after a thorough preliminary course in the State University he located at Brush, Colorado, where he entered upon the practice of law, in which he continued until the 15th of September, 1917, when he came to Fort Morgan, where he has since
ALFRED W. DULWEBER
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Facticed. Here he entered into partnership with F. E. Pendell under the firm style of Pendell & Dulweber, and they are making for themselves a creditable position at the bar.
Mr. Dulweber is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Catholic church. His political views are in accord with the principles of the democratic party. He is a young man, wide-awake, alert and enterprising, interested in public welfare as well as in personal advancement, and gives active aid and cooperation to many movements for the general good.
RALPH EGGLESTON.
Ralph Eggleston is one of the prominent stock raisers of Jefferson county, spe- cializing in pure blooded Holstein cattle and fine Shropshire sheep. He has come to be a recognized authority upon questions relating to this business, and his practical and progressive ideas are manifest in the excellent results which have attended his labors.
Mr. Eggleston is a native of the Empire state. He was born in Dutchess county, New York, April 7, 1868, a, son of James R. and Samantha (Selleck) Eggleston. He pursued his education in his native county and afterward took up railroad grading, which he followed for twenty-five years, doing construction work throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. In 1896 he came to Colorado and made this state his headquarters while still engaged in contract work. About twelve years ago, or in 1906, he purchased a darge ranch in Jefferson county near Morrison and after four years moved to the place, since which time he has continued its cultivation and im- provement. He is now one of the well known, prominent and successful sheep raisers and also specializes in handling pure blooded Holstein cattle. His stock has won vari- ous prizes at shows and his close study of everything connected with the raising of fine stock has made his opinions of value concerning the live stock industry in the state.
On the 9th of August, 1902, Mr. Eggleston was married to Miss Tempa May Rain- water and they have a daughter, Katherine T., and a son, James R. Mr. Eggleston is a Mason, identified with the lodge at La Grange, Illinois. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but has never sought or desired office as a reward for party fealty. He is concentrating his thought, purpose and energy upon his business affairs, which have been wisely directed and have brought to him a substantial measure of success, so that he is numhered among the men of affluence in the vicinity of Morrison.
SQUIRE RALPH GIDDINGS.
Squire Ralph Giddings, proprietor of a garage, dealer in automobiles and manu- facturer of the Giddings beet puller at Timnath, Larimer county, was born in Cameron, Illinois, December 29, 1873, a son of Loren and Elizabeth (Stafford) Giddings, the former a native of Illinois, while the latter was born in Pennsylvania. The father devoted his entire life to farming save for a period during the Civil war, when he was employed by the government at baling hay. He was reared and educated in Illi- nois and when he reached man's estate turned his attention to farming as a life work. He bought and improved land, which he continued to cultivate until 1881 and then removed to Iowa, where he carried on farming until 1883. In the latter year he re- moved to Larimer county, Colorado, at which time Fort Collins contained a popula- tion of but fifteen hundred. He rented land ten miles northeast of the place and there resided for fourteen years. He afterward engaged in farming in Morgan county for two years, after which he returned to Larimer county and devoted his attention to farming near Timnath for a time. Later he retired and bought a nice home int Timnath, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in the spring of 1915, when he had reached the age of seventy-two years.
Squire R. Giddings spent the days of his boyhood in Illinois and lowa prior to coming to Colorado and attended the public schools of both states, while in Fort Col- lins he continued his education until his parents removed with the family to a farm about ten miles northeast of the city. As there was no school nearby, his father and
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others organized a district school and his sister was the first teacher, S. R. Giddings being one of her pupils. Later he became a student in the high school at Fort Collins, riding horseback to and from the town night and morning. He also aided his sisters through high school. He remained with his parents until he reached the age of twenty-two years and afterward learned the blacksmith's trade. He never served an apprenticeship but worked under his brother, who is at the head of the Giddings Manufacturing Company of Fort Collins. At a later period S. R. Giddings removed. to Timnath, eight miles southeast of Fort Collins, and there engaged in blacksmith- ing, conducting his shop until 1915, when he retired from that business. On the 23d of April, 1912, he invented and patented a beet puller, and he had also invented one which was patented on the 23d of May, 1911. He commenced the manufacture of the puller and since retiring from the blacksmithing business has devoted much of his time to manufacturing his invention and also to the automobile business, operating a garage and doing a general motor repair business. He likewise handles the Cole car. He is now having a large sale for his beet puller and he has very strong recom- mendations from the Great Western Sugar Company, which now uses his puller ex- clusively. He has equally commendatory letters from prominent farmers throughout this section of the state. Mr. Giddings expects in a very short time to incorporate his business and enlarge the plant in order to manufacture the beet puller on an extensive scale. Another branch of his business is putting in centrifugal pumps, which are found throughout this section of the country as the result of his labors. He likewise engages in the conduct of a gas and oil business in partnership with E. W. Thayer, a banker, and he is a stockholder in the Timnath Water Company. In all business interests he is actuated by a spirit of enterprise and progressiveness that has accomplished most gratifying results.
On the 22d of February, 1900, Mr. Giddings was married to Miss Edith N. Willis, a daughter of John L. and Luella (Cobb) Willis. They became parents of five chil- dren, two of whom are living: Dora W., born November 26, 1908; and John H., born November 26, 1910. One child died at birth, while Elizabeth L., who was born in November, 1900, and Dorothy are also deceased.
Mr. Giddings is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Fort Collins Lodge, No. 19, A. F. & A. M .; Fort Collins Chapter, No. 11, R. A. M .; and Fort Collins Commandery, No 13, K. T. He is likewise connected with the Woodmen of the World. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and in political belief he is a republican. In all of his business affairs he is actuated by a progressive spirit that accomplishes results which are far-reaching and satisfactory. He has made valuable contribution to the world's work in inventing and manufacturing the beet puller, which is of distinct value to this section of the country, in which the growing of beets has become a most important industry.
HENRY L. WOOLFENDEN.
Henry L. Woolfenden of Denver is the district manager for Allis-Chalmers Man- ufacturing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and has his offices in the First National Bank building of Denver. He came to Colorado from the middle east, having been born in Detroit, Michigan, on the 15th of July, 1874.
His father, Joseph B. Woolfenden, was a native of England and crossed the Atlan- tic to the new world in 1862, at which time he located in Detroit, where he still resides, although he has now retired from active business. He was for many years a member of the firm of Taylor, Woolfenden & Company, prominent dry goods merchants, and occupied a leading position in the commercial circles of the city. He married Eliza- beth Lumsden, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, and was a representative of an old Michigan family of English and Scotch descent. She died in the year 1879 at the age of thirty-three. In the family were five children, two sons and three daughters, all of whom are now living.
Henry L. Woolfenden, who was the third in order of birth, attended the . public schools of Detroit and, after completing his high school course there, entered the Uni- versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He graduated in 1896 with the Bachelor of Science degree, received the Master of Science degree in 1897 and in 1904 the degree of Elec- trical Engineer was conferred upon him. Following his graduation he entered business circles as a consulting engineer and for a time was associated with Gilbert Wilkes, who afterward conducted business under the name of Gilbert Wilkes & Company of
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Detroit, Mr. Woolfenden becoming a member of the firm. In 1901 he came to Denver, and for several years was engaged in the engineering and contracting business.
In 1904 Mr. Woolfenden became associated with the Allis-Chalmers Company. This company manufactures all classes of heavy machinery for power, electrical, min- ing and milling purposes, and its business is one of the largest of the kind in the United States, its plants being located at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Cincinnati, Ohio. As manager of the Denver office, in charge of the principal portions of the Rocky moun- tain region, Mr Woolfenden has been in close touch with much of the important indus- trial and mining development in this section. He is a director in several Colorado corporations and is regarded as a most forceful business man of sound judgment and keen discrimination.
On the 18th of April, 1900, at Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Woolfenden was married to Miss Carrie M. Thomas, a native of Nebraska and a daughter of C. W. and Elizabeth (Hanaford) Thomas, who were early residents of Detroit. Four sons were born of this marriage, two of whom are living: Joseph T., who was born in Detroit, July 2, 1901, and Henry L., born in Denver, November 23, 1906.
In his political views Mr Woolfenden is normally a republican, though seldom voting a straight ticket. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church, and that he is appreciative of the social amenities of life is indicated in the fact that he has membership in the Denver Athletic Club, the Lakewood Country Club, and the Denver Motor Club. He is a member of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical En- gineers, and other national and local engineering organizations.
JAMES L. GOODHEART.
James L. Goodheart, promoter of the Sunshine Mission, devoting his life to the welfare of others, is perhaps one of Denver's best known citizens. At least, he is best known among those who need physical and moral uplift and among those who are interested in the welfare of their fellowmen. Mr. Goodheart is a native of Bloomington, Illinois. He was born August 7, 1871, of the marriage of James and Katherine (Fordyce) Goodheart. The father was also a native of Bloomington and became a contractor and builder, devoting much of his life to that work. He held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and in that faith passed away in 1914 at the advanced age of eighty-four years. It was in Bloomington, in 1850, that he wedded Katherine Fordyce, also a native of that city, and they became the parents of twelve children, six of whom are yet living. The mother has also departed this life.
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