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GEORGE H. SIMPSON was born January 6th, 1848, in Jennings county, Indiana; went with his parents to Page county, Iowa, in 1858, and was educated at College Springs academy; learned the plasterer's trade in 1866, which he still follows. In 1870 he was married to Lizzie J. Blair of Bell- fontaine, Ohio, and seven children were born of the union, six of whom are still living; moved to Jewell county, Kansas, in 1874, and took up a homestead,
moving thence in 1890 to Loveland, which continues to be his home. His wife died February 17th, 1890, and on July 5th, 1894, he married Mrs. S. D. Cathers, widow of George S. Cathers, a pioneer stage driver. Mr. Simpson resides at 330 East 7th street, and expects to spend the rest of his days in sunny Colorado. Mrs. Simpson, when she was Mrs. Cathers, resided many years in Fort Collins in the early days, and still has a goodly number of old-time acquaintances in that city.
HARRY HALE HARTMAN
HARRY HALE HARTMAN, Larimer county's gentlemanly and very efficient Clerk of the Dis- trict Court, was born June 1st, 1872, at Indianola, Iowa. He attended the public schools and grad- uated from the Indianola High school when 15 years of age. He then attended Simpson college, three years, when his health failed, and he was com- pelled to leave that institution. Later he spent a year in the study of the law at the University of Minnesota, and graduated from the law depart- ment of the University of Iowa with the class of 1900. On October 9th, 1901, he married Ora Talbott and from this union three children have been born, to-wit: John Dixon, Lucile and Ed-
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gar Watson, all of whom are living. Mr. Hart- man came with his family from Iowa to Fort Col- lins on June 13th, 1904, and has since been an influential and highly respected resident of that city. After leaving school, he farmed about two years and then engaged in the abstract, loan and insurance business in company with his father for several years. After being admitted to the bar he practiced law at Indianola until he removed to Fort Collins, and has been admitted to practice in Colorado. Mr. Hartman is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Fort Collins; director of Fort Collins Y. M. C. A .; charter member of the chamber of commerce; is an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias and a member of insurance orders, and also of the Phi Delta Phi law frater- nity and the Delta Tau Delta college fraternity. His father, E. W. Hartman, a native of Ohio, settled in Iowa while it was still a territory. He was a lawyer by profession. His mother, Mrs. Sarah (McKee) Hartman, was of southern descent but a native of Indiana.
THOMAS LEE MOORE .- The subject of this sketch, a direct descendant of General Light Horse Harry Lee of Revolutionary fame, was born June 19th, 1846, in Jefferson county, Ohio. His edu- cation was obtained in the public schools of his native county and at Franklin and Hopedale col- leges, in Ohio. He enlisted on August 18th, 1862, in Company H of the 126th Ohio volunteer Infan- try and was honorably discharged June 25th, 1865, at the close of the war. He participated with his regiment in 28 battles, including such bloody fights as took place at the Wilderness, Cold Har- bor, Cedar Creek, Petersburg, Winchester and others. From the 5th of May until July 1st, 1864, his regiment lost 508 men in battle. On April 1st, 1868, our subject arrived in Fort Collins in company with K. P. Pew, the two walking in from Laporte where they left the Cheyenne-Denver stage. On the ride down from Cheyenne, Mr. Moore had the famous scout and guide, Kit Car- son, for a seatmate. Two years later our subject went east and on November 13th, 1870, married Ella S. McCain, who bore him three children; James M., Frank W., and Carrie L., who is now Mrs. T. K. Seaton. James Moore is a druggist in Greeley, and Frank W. Moore is the present County Treasurer of Larimer county. Mrs. Sea- ton's husband is a druggist at Delta, Colorado. The children were all born in Fort Collins. Soon after the wedding our subject returned to Fort Collins
with his bride where he has since resided. His wife died June 10th, 1882, and on September 20th, 1883, he married for his second wife, Hannah M. Thompson, who was born in New York City. One child, a daughter, Ione, was born of this union. Mr. Moore helped to build the City hotel on Jef- ferson street and conducted it seven years, selling it then to engage in the livery business, which
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he followed for 22 years. He is now living a re- tired life. He has represented the 2nd ward in the city council eleven terms and is a member of Geo. H. Thomas Post G. A. R. and was Post Com- mander in 1908.
JAMES MCEWEN .- One of ten children, all born in Scotland, our subject made his appearance on this mundane sphere on the 3rd of October, 1829, and, though well past the 80th milestone in life's journey, he is still active and vigorous, looking after his business affairs as keenly as a man half his years might be expected to do. He was a splendid type of physical manhood when he came to Fort Collins nearly thirty-seven years ago, tall, straight, with a hardy, well knit frame, covered with good sound
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flesh, he was not one that many cared to pick a quarrel with under ordinary circumstances. He received his education in the common schools of the period and lived in his native town until he was 24 years of age. In 1855 he emigrated and settled on a farm in Canada, near London, where he re- mained until 1874, when he came west and settled at Fort Collins, which has since been his home. He
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engaged in farming and stock raising; conducted a butcher shop and meat market in Fort Collins a few years and then went back to the farm again, meeting with fairly good success in most of his undertakings. He sold his farm in the Boxelder valley a few years ago and moved to Fort Collins where he now resides. Since retiring from the farm, Mr. McEwen has bought, sold and fed cat- tle, doing a large business, some years feeding and fattening as many as 2,000 head. He is an excel- lent judge of cattle and no man can deceive him in the weight or value of an animal. He was one of the pioneer butchers of Fort Collins, supplying many of the old timers with their meats, fruits and vegetables. In 1880, Mr. McEwen married Mrs. Salina Hughes, widow of Peter Hughes who was
killed by being thrown from a fractious horse early in 1879. Mr. and Mrs. McEwen have a cosy home at 418 Washington street where, without children, they are spending a quiet peaceful old age, surrounded by every comfort and many ad- miring friends.
EDWIN A. SCHLICHTER .- Opportunity in the west for the intelligent young man who seeks a name, fame and fortune, is always present, and Colorado is the mecca which attracts so many of that class to its borders. Here, he who would climb the ladder of success must have the ability to do, the will to make good and the progressive spirit as necessary adjuncts; combined, the climb is easy in spite of any obstacle. Because of these winning traits of character, Edwin A. Schlichter now holds the responsible position of District Manager of the Northwestern Mutual Life In- surance company. Realizing the great opportunities
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for advancement in the west, he left his home in Bethlehem, Indiana, where he was born, Novem- ber 14th, 1879, to cast his fortune in Colorado. He reached this state in April, 1902, and was given
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a position as school teacher in District No. 11 in this county. Mr. Schlichter was educated and graduated at Borden Institute, in Indiana, and taught school for four years previous to his coming to this state. He was married to Miss Ida O. Gil- kison, June 30th, 1904, in Fort Collins, where they now reside. Their home has been blessed by two visits of the stork; Thelma, a little girl now five years old, and a little son, Irwin, three years old, are evidences of its burden.
FRED W. STOw .- Among the attorneys of Fort Collins, Mr. Stow occupies a position of honor and influence, a position that has come to him not through luck or any accidental combination of favorable circumstances, but as the result of diligent study, close application and a deter- mined will. Since coming to Fort Collins in 1902 to begin the practice of his profession, he has established a reputation for clear and logical thinking and a correct conception of the law. Mr. Stow was born November 20th, 1877, at Hamburg, Fremont county, Iowa, and is a son of Hon. Washburn A. Stow, an eminent member of the Omaha, Nebraska, bar, who died at Lincoln, in October, 1887, being stricken with a fatal illness immediately following an argument before the Supreme Court of Nebraska. His father was a native of Vermont, born in 1842. He came west when a boy and was studying law when the Civil war broke out. He enlisted in the 8th Iowa cavalry, remaining with his regiment until the close of the war when he resumed his studies and was admitted to the bar in 1866. From Hamburg, Iowa, he removed to Omaha in 1882, which was his home until he died. His wife died in 1886. Our subject was educated in the public schools of his native town, at Omaha and at the University of Colorado, graduating from the last named in- stitution in 1902, with the degree of LL. B. On June 9th, 1902, he began the practice of his pro- fession in Fort Collins, associated with F. J. Annis, with whom he remained about six years. Since that connection was dissolved in 1908, he has been alone. Mr. Stow is an influential member of the Colorado State Bar association and also of the Larimer County Bar association. He was united in marriage with Miss Fona R. Woods, July 25th, 1906, at Hamburg, Iowa, and they have one child, Richard W. Stow, who is still in his infancy. Mr. Stow came from Hamburg, Iowa to Fort Collins in 1899, and at once matriculated in the law de- partment of the University of Colorado at Boulder,
graduating therefrom as stated, in 1902. Reared in the democratic faith, Mr. Stow is staunch in his allegiance to the principles of that party and in his support of its candidates. Though often impor- tuned to accept political honors at the hands of his party, he has steadfastly declined for personal rea- sons, finally consenting however, to accept the ap- pointment of City Attorney for Fort Collins, an office he still holds.
CAPT. JOHN C. ISH
CAPT. JOHN C. ISH was born October 26th, 1839, in Holt county, Missouri. His father, Judge J. G. Ish, was a wealthy farmer and slave owner. Our subject enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 and was discharged as Captain at the close of the war in 1865; wounded in battle seven times and spent several months in the Federal prisons at Alton, Illinois. At the battle of Pea Ridge he was shot through the groin and lingered between life and death for six months. In 1866 he drove a herd of cattle from southern Texas to Independence, Kansas, blazing a trail that is still known as the Ish trail. In 1869 he came to Larimer county, driving 150 carefully selected heifers across the
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Plains and these formed the nucleus of a large herd which he ranged on the Buckhorn. The Indians on the Plains were never worse than when he came west, and wagon trains ahead and behind were attacked and drivers and occupants massacred, but the captain with his little party of five, arrived safely at the foot of the Rockies after 90 days of running the gauntlet of the warring Sioux and 90 nights of anxious vigil. From 1875 to 1890, he followed farming in the Little Thompson valley but moved his cattle to North Park in 1881, clos- ing out his herds in 1910. His home has been in Fort Collins for about 20 years.
JULIUS F. SAMPSON was born January 25th, 1856, in Appleton, Wisconsin, son of Rev Wm. H. Sampson, who settled in that state in 1842; came to Nebraska in 1878 and married Eliza Gute, October 23rd, 1884, at Orleans, Nebraska; learned the drug business in Hartford, Conn .; came to Wray, Colorado, in 1886; to Denver in 1890; Akron in 1897; Platteville, Colorado, 1899; and to Berthoud, Colorado, October 15th, 1903; em- ployed in Foresman & McCarty's drug store. Mrs. Sampson was born in Zurich, Switzerland, May 21st, 1865. . Mr. and Mrs. Sampson's children are named Albert H., Carl E., and Jay F. Sampson.
JAMES STRANG was born September 11th, 1849, in Clydesdale, Scotland, and received his educa- tion in his native town and in the city of Glasgow. He is a descendant of an old and distinguished Scottish family and can trace his ancestry back 400 years. Many of his ancestors were eminent in their day in theology, the law, arts and agriculture. One of them, James Strang, for whom our sub- ject was named, was for years Principal of the Uni- versity of Glasgow. Another, Christopher Strang, was beheaded in 1666, during the Covenanter trouble. After attaining his majority, our subject represented a large wholesale woolen house of Glas- gow as traveling salesman, for twenty years, which kept him on the road all the time and enabled him to become thoroughly conversant with the customs, habits and conditions of the people in all parts of Scotland. In 1874 he married Jane Warnock, of Lanarkshire, who bore him two sons, Christopher and James W. Strang. She died in 1879. Ten years later he married Annie R. Meikle of Stran- raer-Wigtownshire, Scotland, who has borne him one son, Robert M. Strang, of Timnath, Colorado. Mr. Strang came from Scotland to Fort Collins in 1888, and settled first on a farm near that city, moving in 1890 to his present home near Tim-
nath, engaging in farming, and cattle raising in which he has prospered. He is an ardent admirer of Robert Burns, the poet and his works, and in 1888 was instrumental in organizing a Burns Club, of which he was made the first President. The club is now known as the Caledonian Club, and it meets annually on the 25th of January
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and St. Andrews day to commemorate the anni- versary of Scotland's famous bard. Mr. Strang's hobby is music and art, and he is also a great lover of a good horse. In his youth, he was noted as an amateur athlete, there being but few better in all Scotland. He paid a visit of several months to his old home in Scotland in 1910, and was royally entertained while there by the friends of other days. He is one of the most genial and companionable of gentlemen, generous and hospit- able to a degree, a student of history, has traveled much, and is a good raconteur and his companion- ship is much sought after.
GEORGE E. TOOMEY was born October 17th, 1873, in Americus, Kansas; attended the public schools; was a student at Baker University from
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1890 to 1895; came to Denver in 1895; graduated from Denver University in 1898 with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Oratory; took post graduate work at Northwestern University; came to Fort Collins in 1900 and on June 19th, 1901, married Lineta L. Crandall, daughter of Prof. Charles S. Crandall of the Department of Botany
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and Horticulture, Colorado Agricultural college. Mr. and Mrs. Toomey have one child, Catherine May Toomey, born Dec. 26th, 1910. He was instructor at the Colorado Agricultural college from 1900 to 1901, then engaged in the hardware business, which he followed for a season and then took up real estate, loan and insurance; served Fort Collins as city clerk from August, 1910, to April, 1911. In May, 1911, he was appointed under sheriff of Larimer county, a position he still occupies. Our subject's father was born in Mil- ford, Perry county, Pa., and is of Scotch-Irish descent. His present home is in Americus, Kansas, where he is engaged in the grain and elevator busi- ness. His mother, Catherine J. (Ickes) Toomey was born in Newport, Perry county, Pa., and is of German descent.
Mrs. Lineta L. Toomey, wife of our subject, was born April 19th, 1883, at Harbor Springs, Michigan, and was a member of the senior class at the Colorado Agricultural college at the time of her marriage. She is an educated and cultured lady, and a favorite in social circles. Mr. Toomey is a vocalist of much prominence and his well trained tenor voice is often heard in public gather- ings. He is withal a faithful, conscientious and very efficient public official who discharges his duty without fear or favor. He is a Master Mason and member of Collins lodge No. 19 of Fort Col- lins, and of Larimer lodge No. 101, K. of P.
FRANK H. MILLER, Manager of the State Mer- cantile company's immense establishment in Fort Collins and one of the reliable and successful busi- ness men of the city, was born February 23rd, 1878, in Towanda, Pennsylvania, and was educated in Stroudsburg, his native state. On October 27th, 1903 he was united in marriage with Della Craw-
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ford at Detroit, Michigan, and one son, Frank H. Miller, Jr., has been born of the union. Gide- on H. Miller, our subject's father, was a native of Hope, New Jersey. The subject of this sketch
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came with his family from Pennsylvania to Colo- rado in 1905, and two years later he was appointed Manager of the grocery department of the State Mercantile company, which had then opened a store in Fort Collins. On January 1st, 1910, he was made Manager and given charge of the com- pany's business in that city. He became a stock- holder of the company in May, 1911. Coming here a young man, with his position in the busi- ness world and his fortune yet to make. Mr. Miller has steadily advanced towards the goal he had set before him, and now enjoys the realiza- tion of the dreams of his boyhood days. This result was not achieved without the exercise of all his talents and strict attention to business and to the needs of the patrons of the large and pros- perous establishment placed under his manage- ment.
HON. JEFFERSON MCANELLY, an ex-County Judge of Larimer county and a leading lawyer and prominent citizen of Fort Collins, was born Nov- ember 30th, 1845, on a farm in Hancock county, Ohio. The foundation for his education was laid in the public schools. He then attended the Union schools at Findlay, Ohio. After teaching school several years, he spent two years in study at the Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, and, in 1872, graduated from the law department of the Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana, and was admitted to practice in the courts of Ohio and Indiana, including the supreme courts of those states. On October 14th, 1872, he married Sarah E. Leonard at Findlay, Ohio. Soon after the wed- ding, he located in Brazil, Indiana, and practiced his profession there for several years. From 1874 to 1877 he served as assistant prosecuting attorney for the Thirteenth Indiana circuit, and was then appointed County Auditor, serving two years in that position. In 1881, Judge McAnelly moved his family from Indiana to Loveland, Colorado, where his wife's parents and a brother lived. Here he practiced law until he was elected County Judge in the fall of 1883. In October, 1884, he moved his family to Fort Collins and that city has since been his home. He was reelected County Judge in 1886, and served the people in that capacity for six consecutive years. His service on the bench gave excellent satisfaction, very few appeals from his rulings and decisions having been taken and in these few he was sustained by the appellate courts. Since retiring from the bench in 1890, Judge
McAnelly has devoted almost his entire time to the practice of his profession in Larimer and adjoining counties. He takes high rank as a lawyer and ad- vocate and is a member of the Larimer county Bar association. Judge and Mrs. McAnelly have five children living, two sons and three daughters, all well situated in life. The two sons are civil and
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irrigation engineers and the eldest, E. C. McAnelly has served Fort Collins as City Engineer and Lari- mer county as County Surveyor for several years.
EDWARD F. SUITER, a son of the late Peter Suiter, one of the pioneer farmers of the Harmony neighborhood, was born November 21st, 1865. In 1873, when our subject was seven years of age, the Suiter family came to Colorado and after stopping a couple of weeks in Greeley, moved on to a piece of raw land situated in the Harmony district, about six miles southeast of Fort Collins. Here the fam- ily lived for many years and in the public schools of school district No. 17, our subject obtained the rudiments of an education, which, supplemented by a three years' course at the Colorado Agricultural college, fitted him for grasping and solving many
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of the various problems of life. He made good use of his opportunity, making a diligent and con- scientious study of the theory and practice of irri- gation, which has since stood him well in hand in the construction, operation and superintendency of canals and ditches. He is a recognized expert in this line of work and his services have been much in
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demand. He is also a leading contractor in cement construction work. On November 16th, 1887, Mr. Suiter married Luella C. Fredericks, a boy- hood schoolmate, and they have five children; Flora E., Henrietta A., Gladys E., Harlan L. and Rol- land E. Suiter, all at home. For two successive terms he was elected alderman from the first ward of Fort Collins to represent that ward in the city council, where he rendered faithful, efficient and satisfactory service. He is at present employed in the Government reclamation service in Montana in charge of ditch work. For nearly two score years, Mr. Suiter has been a resident of Larimer county, during which time his life has been like an open book to be read by all with not a scratch or a blurr to mar the page. His record as a man,
a citizen, a public official and as a husband and father is without blemish.
JAMES H. SWAN .- Many still believe that Con- necticut people made a business of manufacturing wooden nutmegs, palming them off on unsuspect- ing purchasers for the genuine article. Neverthe- less, Mr. Swan claims that state as his native heath, and the exact location being East Haddam, where he was born June 11th, 1843. Mr. Swan has been twice married. His first wife was Julia M. Doane, to whom he was wedded in Connecticut. She died May 18th, 1883, in Fort Collins. His second wife's maiden name was Minerva A. Harned. His sons are Herbert Ely, and Walter F. The daughter's name is now Mrs. Sylvia G. Bellairs. He first located in Pleasant valley in 1871, com- ing to Colorado the previous year, and followed farming and stock raising until he made his resi- dence in Fort Collins in 1882. For many years
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Mr. Swan filled many important offices, always in a faithful and most satisfactory manner, enjoy- ing the confidence and respect of everyone. For seven years he was the able assistant to the post-
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master at Fort Collins. In 1891 he engaged in the hotel and general merchandise business at Liver- more, taking up his residence there, and serving as postmaster. In 1894 he was elected a county' com- missioner, representing the mountain district. His administration of county affairs was marked by keen discernment and superior judgment in the ex- penditure of public funds. His unobtrusive man- ner and genial disposition have made him many loyal friends.
ELIJAH HORNER was a native of New Jersey, born September 28th, 1850, at Mullica Hill. He was reared on a farm and educated at Harrison- ville, New Jersey. On February 21st, 1873, he was united in marriage with Eliza C. Edwards at Woodstown, New Jersey, and four children were born to them; Elbert, Oliver J., Jacob and Mrs. Elsie K. Medlock. Mr. Horner followed farm- ing in his native state until August, 1878, when
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failing health admonished him to seek a dryer and less rigorous climate and he came to Fort Collins near where his brother, Asa M. Horner, had lived for several years, and who had been greatly bene-
fited by the change. Our subject purchased a farm situated about four miles southeast of Fort Collins which he improved by adding new buildings, fenc- ing and by setting out an orchard and which he cultivated until an unfortunate runaway accident in 1886 shortened the life of an enterprising farmer and excellent citizen. He died at the family home in 1896, mourned by all who knew him. After her husband's death, Mrs. Horner and her young .sons carried on the farm with success for several years, and in 1905 she married Herman Strauss, a brother of G. R. Strauss, one of the earliest set- tlers of the Cache la Poudre valley. Mr. Strauss is a successful farmer and stock feeder, and Mrs. Strauss a leader in church work at Timnath. Mrs. Horner was born, educated and reared in New Jersey. Her father was of Welsh descent, his an- cestors coming to America in Colonial times, and her mother was American born.
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