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Mr. Maupin was united in marriage to Miss Lily J. McClure, the only daughter of John McClure, one of the pioneers of Fremont county, the marriage being celebrated in
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Denver in 1888. Mrs. Maupin is a highly educated and cultured woman, prominent in all great social movements. Moreover, she is a native daughter of Canon City. She has been a member for Fremont county of the Woman's State Council of Defense, ap- pointed by Governor Gunter. Both Mr. and Mrs. Maupin have been untiring in war activities, their example setting the standard for much that has been done in this connection.
BENJAMIN I. PRICE.
Dr. Benjamin I. Price, a distinguished oculist who has made valuable contribution to the profession in the invention of the instrument known as the Price ophthalmatic lensometer, which enables the individual to take most accurate and scientific measure- ments for the eye and upon which he holds valuable patents, was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in August, 1858, a son of Thomas H. and Elizabeth (Dannahauer) Price. The father was born on an ocean steamer while his parents were en route to this country from Europe. The mother was born in Pennsylvania and belonged to one of the prominent old families of that state. Mr. Price engaged in the jewelry trade and in railroad work. He came to Colorado in his later years and while in this state lived retired from active business, passing away in Denver in 1915, when he had reached the ripe old age of eighty-six years. His wife died in 1913 and was also eighty-six years of age at the time of her demise.
Dr. Price was the third in order of birth in their family of ten children. For a short period, or until he was thirteen years of age, he attended the public schools of Pennsylvania and then left home to start out in the world on his own account. He went to Kansas, where he was variously employed in ways that would yield him an honest living, and with the money which he saved from his earnings he paid his tuition for a course in the treatment of the eye. He then entered upon the practice of the profession and in course thereof he began studying toward evolving some instrument which would meet professional needs. As a result of his study and experimenting he invented the instrument known as the Price ophthalmatic lensometer, the value and worth of which was at once acknowledged by the profession and which has now come into wide use. He came to Denver in 1885, passed the required examination giving him the right to practice in the state and in 1888 rented the office which he now occupies and which he has retained through all the intervening years. He is con- sidered an expert on the treatment of diseases of the eye and fitting of glasses, possessing pronounced ability in these directions.
In December, 1880, Dr. Price was married to Miss Margaret M. Neyhard, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Neyhard, the former a well known surveyor, who served as county surveyor of Columbia county, Pennsyl- vania. Dr. and Mrs. Price have two children. Dr. Evelyn B. Price, who was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the Denver Homeopathic College and is now physician for the insane at the State Insane Asylum at Pueblo, Colorado. Helen Irene, born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the high school of Denver.
Dr. Price is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is of the Protest- ant faith and in politics he maintains an independent course, supporting men and measures rather than party. His professional prominence has made him widely known and he is recognized as one of the eminent professional men of Denver.
WALTER E. TUCK.
Walter E. Tuck, devoting his time and energies to general farming near East- lake, was born in England on the 23d of November, 1871, a son of Alfred and Maria (Woodingham) Tuck. The father came to Colorado in 1880, making his way to Black- hawk, where he resided for a few months, and in the spring of 1881 he removed to Golden, where he homesteaded. He has one hundred and sixty acres in Arapahoe county and has carried on general farming. He has also engaged in preaching the gospel as a minister of the Methodist church for fifty years, in addition to his farm work, and his pastoral labors have been attended with excellent success. For eleven years he has been the minister at Wesley Chapel. To him and his wife were born four children: Frances, the wife of John Alderson; Emma, the wife of John Evans; William A .; and Walter E.
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The last named is indebted to District School No. 3 in the Arapahoe district for his educational opportunities and when his textbooks were put aside he concentrated his efforts and attention upon farm work, in which he has since engaged. He now has sixty acres of land in the vicinity of Eastlake, which is devoted to the production of beets, alfalfa and grain. His business affairs are wisely and carefully managed. His early experience well qualified him for the conduct of farming interests in later life, and his practical and progressive methods are bringing him very abundant crops.
Mr. Tuck was married in Adams county on the old homestead farm on the 14th of October, 1896, to Miss Louise C. Beigel, a danghter of Henry and Augusta Beigel. She was born in Minnesota and passed away in March, 1909. The eight children born of that marriage are Maude, Henry, Eva, Albert, Robert and Ruth, twins, Grace and Amelia. On the 17th of September, 1916, Mr. Tuck was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Dena Evans.
Mr. Tuck is an independent republican, for while he usually supports the men and measures of the republican party he does not hold himself bound by party ties. He has served as school director in his district but is never ambitious to occupy public positions. He belongs to the Grange and is an active and earnest member of the Congregational church, in which he is serving as trustee, while of the Sunday school he is acting as superintendent. His work in this direction is far-reaching and beneficial. He does everything in his power to promote the growth of the church and extend its influence, and his labors have been a potent element in promoting the moral progress of the community.
ALLEN J. CUMMINS.
Allen J. Cummins, of Arapahoe county, is one of the prominent lumbermen of the state, who for the past seven years has been manager of the Deertrail Lumber Com- pany, one of the thirty yards of the Sterling Lumber & Investment Company. He also has other business interests which make him a prominent figure in the development and upbuilding of his section of the state. He was born in Clarinda, Page county, Jowa, September 2, 1876, a son of Joseph W. and Lucina Cummins. He traces his ancestry back to one of the old established American families. Christeon Cummins and his brother Daniel came to the new world in September, 1741, as passengers on the ship Mollie, and landed in Philadelphia. Christeon Cummins took up his abode upon a farm at Asbury, Warren county, New Jersey, and from Christeon Cummins, who was born March 16, 1716, the line of descent is traced down through Philip Cum- mins, born August 15, 1750, Christeon, born Jannary 2, 1774, Isaac, born April 29, 1814, and Joseph W., born March 30, 1846. The last named, the father of Allen J. Cummins, was born in New Jersey, and having arrived at years of maturity, was married in Page county, Iowa, to Lucina Muckey. They became parents of four children, Allen J. being the eldest and the only son. The daughters are Huldah. Emma and Catharine. In the year 1887 the father came to Colorado and was bridge foreman on the Rock Island Railroad. In 1888 the family home was established at Arriba, but in later years Joseph W. Cummins turned his attention to the live stock business and in 1903 removed to Missouri.
In the public schools of Colorado, Allen J. Cummins pursued his education and during his youthful days became a cowboy, being thus employed for several years, while later he conducted business as a ranchman. For the past seven years, however, he has concentrated his efforts and attention upon the lumber trade as manager of the Deertrail Lumber Company, one of the thirty yards of the Sterling Lumber & Invest- ment Company, and has an interest in all these yards. He is splendidly qualified to conduct the important and growing business under his care and has made of it a profitable undertaking. He is also president of the Alfalfa Farm Company, which is incorporated for fifty thousand dollars.
At Arriba, Colorado, on the 5th of April, 1903, Mr. Cummins was married to Miss Ollie M. Lowell, a daughter of George Lyman Lowell, who was born in Wisconsin in 1856 and removed to Buffalo county, Nebraska, with a colony that settled in that dis- trict. He made the trip with his mother, his father having been previously killed in the Civil war. In 1886 Mr. Lowell came to Colorado and was here engaged in the rais- ing of sheep and cattle. To Mr. and Mrs. Cummins has been born a daughter, Elenor C. Lowell.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Baptist church, to the teachings of which they loyally adhere, taking an active interest in its work and contributing
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generously to its support. In politics Mr. Cummins is a republican and gives stalwart allegiance to the party but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking, as his undivided time and thought are given to his business affairs, which have been carefully directed and which in the course of years have gained him a place with the substantial and representative men of the state.
FRED W. MCINTYRE.
Among the popular officials of Akron, Colorado, is numbered Fred W. McIntyre, the postmaster of his city, who in the discharge of his duties has made many friends and is widely and favorably known for the efficiency with which he administers the office. A native of Canada, he was born in St. John, New Brunswick, in March, 1865, his parents being Joseph and Ann (Foster) McIntyre, natives of Ireland, who came to America in an early day and located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Later they removed to Boston, Massachusetts, and thence to St. John, New Brunswick, where the father worked at his trade as a ship joiner. He enjoyed a high reputation as an expert in his work and his services were always in great demand. He died in March, 1904, having survived his wife for eleven years, her death occurring in 1893.
Fred W. McIntyre was reared and educated in the Dominion and after completing his school work went to Boston, where for four years he was employed in drug stores. In 1882, when only seventeen years of age, he removed to Denver, where he passed his examination as a registered pharmacist, and afterward continued work in connection with the drug business in Denver for one year. He then removed to Ouray, Colorado, and there was engaged in the same line of business for a number of years, after which he returned to Denver. He also was connected with the drug trade in Leadville and resided in Brighton for a number of years, being engaged in business on his own account in the latter place. There he was deputy county clerk for four years, at the end of which period he returned to the drug business, continuing in that line in Brighton until 1908, when he went to Yuma, Colorado. In that city he remained only five months, coming at the end of that period to Akron, Washington county, where he worked as a drug clerk until 1913. In that year he was appointed to the position of postmaster and administered the office with great ability and to the satisfaction of the public. However, he resigned his active duties in April, 1918, on account of his health, although he still holds the position officially. At this writing Mr. McIntyre is a candidate for member of the state legislature on the democratic ticket and his qualifications well entitle him to election.
On April 25, 1892, occurred the marriage of Fred W. McIntyre and Johanna O'Don- nell and to them have been born four children, of whom three daughters are living, namely, Margaret, Anna and Katherine. A son, Fred, died in November, 1900.
Mr. McIntyre is prominent in democratic circles of his section and for a number of years has served as chairman of the democratic county central committee. He stands strongly for the principles of his party, always supporting its platform and candidates. His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church and fraternally he is a member of the Woodmen of the World and also belongs to the Knights and Ladies of Security. In many measures undertaken for the benefit of the public Mr. McIntyre has participated with gratifying results and he is a valued citizen of his section of Colorado, standing for progress and advancement along material, moral and intellectual lines.
I. J. NOE.
I. J. Noe is senior partner in the firm of I. J. Noe & Son, proprietors of the Eagle Mountain ranch, and in this connection is engaged in raising pure bred shorthorns and registered Berkshires. He has gained a creditable position as one of the leading stock raisers in the vicinity of Greenland, where the Eagle Mountain ranch is situated.
Mr. Noe was born in Clark county, Indiana, in 1850, a son of Isaac W. and Martha (Richards) Noe, who were reared in Kentucky. The son acquired a common school education and devoted his life to farming in Indiana until 1878, when he made his way to Colorado and for fourteen years thereafter managed the Greenland ranch at Green- land, this state. He next purchased the ranch of eleven hundred and twenty acres
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whereon he has resided since 1904. This place is pleasantly and conveniently located two miles west of Greenland and is devoted to live stock. He raises pure bred short- horns, his herd being headed by Villager's Baron, No. 509,109, by Imp. Villager, dam White Hall Laura, by White Hall Baron, by White Hall Sultan. His herd of registered Berkshires is headed by Master "C" 3d, No. 183,688. He thus raises stock of the highest grade and has reached a most creditable position as one of the leading stock men of this section of the state. He has an excellent farm upon which are good build- ings, prepared for the scientific care of his stock and his crops. He has closely studied progressive methods of breeding and stock raising and his stock has ever commanded the highest market prices.
In 1876 Mr. Noe was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Kane, who was born in Virginia but was reared in Indiana. They now have one living child, Charles Fred, who was born October 15, 1885, and was educated in the common schools and a business college of Colorado Springs. He also attended the Wallace Business College of Denver. He married Jennie K. Higby and to them have been born five children: Fred W., Frank C., Charles L., Richard C. and Jennie C. The son is in partnership with his father in their ranching and stock raising interests.
In politics they are republicans where national questions and issues are involved but at local elections cast an independent ballot. For more than forty years I. J. Noe has been a resident of Colorado and therefore a witness of much of its growth and development. He has indeed seen many changes since he came to this state and he can relate many interesting incidents of the early days. As the years have passed on he has borne his share in the work of progress and improvement and his labors have been productive of excellent results.
CHARLES M. DENNISON.
The printing industry and publishing business in the state of Colorado has one of its foremost representatives in Charles M. Dennison, vice president and general man- ager of the Rocky Mountain Bank Note Company of Denver. This great enterprise, which with its associate companies, does a business of over a million dollars a year, has greatly expanded under the able management of Mr. Dennison, who has proven an executive of great ability. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in July, 1873, he is a son of Charles M. and Emma (McFarlan) Dennison, both of whom were natives of the Empire state. For several generations back members of the family have resided in New York. The father of our subject was reared and educated in that state and there he grew to manhood, was married and resided until his death, which occurred March 31, 1917, in Brooklyn. He was well known in the profession of lithographing, for many years conducting a large lithographing plant on his own account in Brooklyn. Mrs. Dennison was also reared and educated in New York and she is still a resident of Brooklyn, living in the old family home. To them were born nine children, of whom Charles M. Dennison of this review is the third in order of birth.
In early life he attended the public and high schools of Brooklyn, after which he entered Pratt Institute of Technology but left there before graduation. He then took a position in the business of which his father was one of the owners in 1891. No favoritism was shown him but on the contrary he was treated just as any other em- ploye would have been and in fact received the lowest salary of the whole force, which amounted to the magnificent sum of three dollars per week. He soon rose to a more responsible position, however, through his own efforts and continued with the firm un- til 1904, when he went to New Mexico. During the thirty years in which he was con- nected with the firm of Dennison & Bown he learned every phase and detail of the lithographing business and had become an expert in his line. After spending a few months in New Mexico, he came to Colorado, locating at Colorado Springs, where he entered the lithographing business independently and successfully conducted his estab- lishment for several years. Recognizing the advantages of cooperation and the advan- tages which large establishments have over smaller independent shops, he in 1907 effected a merger of four or five of the largest lithographing plants between Omaha, Nebraska, and the Pacific coast, the general offices and headquarters being established at Colorado Springs under the firm title of the Rocky Mountain Bank Note Company. Mr. Dennison gave his undivided attention and energy as well as his vast knowledge and experience to the promotion of this enterprise and developed the same very successfully. Later he removed to Denver to take charge of the business here and the
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business in this city has now assumed large proportions. In fact since he has taken charge it has grown to over twenty times its former volume. The manufacturing establishment and sales rooms are located at Nos. 1828-1840 Stout street and today this plant is one of the most modern in point of equipment and one of the most reliable and prompt in point of service in the west. The force of employes in the Denver branch alone amounts to between fifty-five and sixty and all of them are expert work- men. The latest machinery bas been installed and the most modern processes in lithography are used in the manufacture of their products. It is therefore but natural that the business has grown so rapidly, especially as it fills a long felt want in the west, where the people now can fill their orders through a home enterprise instead of patronizing establishments farther east. Its success in very large measure is due to the untiring energy and buoyant enterprise of Mr. Dennison, who, moreover, brings to the business expert knowledge, based upon thorough experience. An idea as to the extent of business done by the Denver branch alone is indicated in the fact that in the year ending June, 1918, the output amounted to three hundred and sixty-seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five dollars.
In February, 1894, was solemnized the marriage of Charles M. Dennison and Miss Florence Stuart, of New York city, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart, and to them have been born four children, two sons and two daughters. Charles Stuart, born in New Jersey in 1895, is a graduate of the East Denver high school and the Colorado Agricultural College and is now serving his country as a lieutenant in the Three Hun- dred and Sixth United States Infantry. Markham McFarlan, born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1896, is a graduate of the East Denver high school and until January, 1917, was a student in Harvard University, where he was well known for his athletic powers, but is now fighting the battle for democracy in France. Margaret, born in 1897, is also a graduate of the East Denver high school and a student in Denver University, being a member of the Gamma Phi sorority. Eleanor, born in Brooklyn in 1900 and like- wise a graduate of the East Denver high school, is a member of the National Woman's League of Defense whose patriotism has led her to make herself practically useful by driving a truck in Denver. The record of the family stands as an example of lofty American patriotism and all are ready to do their best in order to serve their country at this crucial hour.
Mr. Dennison is independent in his political views, voting for such candidates as he considers best fitted for the offices to which they may aspire, irrespective of party affiliation. He is thoroughly imbued with progressive ideas and is ever ready to lend a helping hand in making better and greater his adopted city. He readily cooperates with the plans and projects of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association, of which he is a member, and by his services as a director of the Retail Merchants Association. In closer relation to his business interests, he is connected with the Printers Trades Association and the Newspaper Association, of which organization he serves as a director. Military life has always held an attraction for him and when a young man he served as a member of Company A, Twenty-third Regiment of the New York National Guard. To the commercial growth of the state Mr. Dennison has immensely added by his business activities and is therefore to be counted among those men who are the real builders of the commonwealth. While he has attained prosperity as the result of close application and tireless industry, he has never lost sight of the public weal and is ever ready to put forth effort in order to make Denver a greater, better and more beautiful city. In social circles the family stands very high and the hospitality of the best homes of the city is extended to them. Many are the friends whom Mr. Dennison has made here, both in business and private life, and all unite in the single-minded opinion of his value as a citizen, his ability as a business man and his high and laudable qualities as regards the moral and intellectual advancement of the human race.
GEORGE WILLIAM BALVIN.
George William Balvin, who passed away in December, 1918, was the owner of one of the finest farms in Elbert county. His birth occurred in Chicago, Illinois, November 13, 1880, his parents being Albert J. and Lillian (Krinick) Balvin. The father still survives and resides on the Elbert county farm which was the property of his son.
George W. Balvin was reared in his native city and pursued his education in its public schools. Leaving Chicago about 1905, he removed westward to Colorado and took up his abode upon the farm near Elizabeth, in Elbert county, whereon he made his home to the time of his demise. As the years passed he added to his possessions until his
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holdings embraced five hundred and twenty acres. He had a fine grove of cedars upon his land and a splendidly improved property. Upon his farm he built one of the most beautiful homes in the county. There are also large and substantial barns and out- buildings furnishing ample and adequate shelter for grain and stock, and he was successfully engaged in raising cattle and in dairy farming. His brother, Harry K. Balvin, is now with the United States army in France, one of the victors whose achievements turned the tide of battle in favor of the allies and won the glorious vic- tory with which the world thrills today. The untimely demise of George W. Balvin was deeply regretted by all who knew him, and Elbert county lost an esteemed citizen and representative ranchman.
CLIFFORD C. COLE.
Among the enterprising citizens who are contributing to business development in Boulder in the field of real estate operations is Clifford C. Cole, who has spent his entire life west of the Mississippi river and is imbued with the western spirit of progress and enterprise. He was born upon a farm in Harrison county, Iowa, in 1872. His father, Enoch Cole, was a native of New York and in 1855 removed westward to lowa, becoming one of the pioneer settlers of that state. He arrived in Boulder, Colorado, in 1907, and spent his remaining days in that city. He was married in Iowa to Mrs. Mary Hogue, who still survives her husband and yet makes her home in Boulder.
Clifford C. Cole was largely reared in the town of Missouri Valley, Iowa, where he pursued his education in the public schools. After putting aside his textbooks he spent twelve years in the railroad service in Iowa, making steady advance during that period, and then seeking a broader and what he hoped would be a more profitable field of labor, he came to Boulder, Colorado, in 1904. Here he soon entered the real estate business, with which he has since been identified, and through the intervening period of twelve years he has negotiated many important property transfers in Boulder. There is no man more familiar with real estate values in the city and his clientage has become extensive and important.
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