History of the State of Colorado, Volume IV, Part 80

Author: Hall, Frank, 1836-1917. cn; Rocky Mountain Historical Company
Publication date: 1889-95
Publisher: Chicago, Blakely print. Co.
Number of Pages: 791

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he removed to Denver and engaged in the commission business, which he successfully continued for seven or eight years, and then want to Leadville, where the ensuing two years were spent. Returning to Denver he received the appointment of chief of police under Mayor Joseph E. Bates, and his admin- istration of that office won the hearty ap- proval of the public. He subsequently em- barked in the real estate business, continuing until 1892. when he was appointed under- sheriff of Arapahoe county. In Feb., 1895, he was appointed by Governor MeIntire a throat and nose diseases, His gains have member of the fire and police board of the been invested in Denver real property and city of Denver. He has always taken an act- in the mines of Colorado: is also interested in ive interest in military affairs and it is largely New Mexico and Texas lands. He is a mem- to his efforts that the present efficiency of the ber of both county and state medical soci- oties.

HEISER, Herman H., manufacturer, was born in the city of Altenburg, Saxony, Ger- many. June 29, 1836. When eighteen years old. not being satisfied with the prospects for the future which the old country offered him, he obtained the consent of his parents and emigrated alone to America, arriving in New York, in Sept., 1854. After a short stay in that city he went west to Platteville, Wis., and in the spring of 1855 to Muscoda, on the Wisconsin river; in the winter of 1856 to Dubuque, Iowa, and in June, 1858, located andcommenced the harness and saddler's trade in Highland, Iowa county, Wis. By giving too close attention to business, his health failed in the fall of IS63, when, with a friend, he titted out a mnle team for freighting and started for Colorado, arriving in Denver in Dec .. 1863, where they sold the team and freight. After a short stay in Denver ho went to Gilpin county, where, in April. 1864. he located in Black Hawk, started a harness and saddlery shop, and in 1865 established a branch at Central City. He was prominently connected with the institution of Odd Fellow-

ship in Colorado by being a charter mem- ber of the first three subordinate lodges and of the grand lodge. In Jan., 1874, he sold out and in May following removed to Denver, opening there a large harness and saddlery store on Blake street: subsequently succeed- ing the firm of Gallup & Gallatin at the okl stand which he still occupies.

tion to the same line of investigation and prae- In 1872, hoping to benefit his wife's health, tice during the three years following. while en- gaged in the regular duties of his profession. lle subsequently received special instruction in Wills' eye hospital, the eye and car department of the Pennsylvania hospital, and the nose and throat department of the Jefferson medi- cal college hospital, making rapid advance in his chosen special fields, and preparing the way for enlarged usefulness and success in the future. In 1883 he sought a new field for the practice of these specialties in Den- ver. He settled here Dec. 20, 1883, and has since continued in the treatment of eye, car

Colorado National Guard is due. lle is colonel of the 1st Regiment, infantry, and the care and attention he bestows upon his men is best evidenced by their fine military bear- ing and general discipline.

HILL, Charles Miles, proprietor of Windsor hotel, was born in Chicago, Il., Nov. 5, 1857, and was educated in the public schools of that city. In 1877 he came to Colorado Springs for the benefit of his health, which improved so much that he returned to Chi- vago the same year. Later he brought a stock of groceries to Leadville, where he engaged in that trade for two and a half years, when, in company with a party of eastern friends, he went over into Summit county, and established the towns of Decatur and Chihuahua: at the latter he was the instigator and heaviest in- vestor in the construction of the only mill and concentrator in the county, remaining there three years actively engaged in operating this mill and in mining. In 1SS3 he returned to Chicago and engaged in the hotel business the vocation of his father. Robert Hill, who. at the time of his death, in 1877, was the oldest and one of the most successful hotel keepers in Chicago, hav- ing kept and owned the Matteson honse be- fore and after the great fire of 1871). The first experience of (. M. Hill in the hotel proprietorship was at the Pisheotangna house, Lake Geneva, Wis. From there he went to Topeka. Kan .. and conducted successfully for two years, the ohl and historie "Windsor" hotel. Realizing the necessity for a first-class hostelry at Kansas City, Mo .. he organized a company of Chicago capitalists and built the magnificent Midland hotel, at a cost of

HOGLE, A. W., member of the Fire and police board of Denver, was born in Henry- ville, Canada, of American parents, May 19. $1,500,000, including ground and furnishings, 1844, but when four years of age the family and the first in the world to introduce din- returned to the United States and located in ing rooms and kitchen on the top floors. He Illinois, where he remained until 1872, dur- conducted this as proprietor and manager for nearly three years, then sold out to Chl- cago parties, and purchased the Grand hotel. ing which time he was educated in the public schools. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, 76th IH. infantry and served three years, at Cincinnati, Ohio, which he successfully taking part in a number of the more im- conducted-notwithstanding its repeated pre- vious failures for two years. In 1spl he portant battles of the war. At the expiration of his term he returned to Ilinois, and was came to Colorado for the third time and as- elected treasurer of Iroquois county. In sumed charge of the Windsor, at Denver, re-

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viving in the face of great competition, its and New York. Through success in his pro- old time prosperity. Sept. 21. 1881. he was fession, the restoration of his health and the united in marriage to Miss Anna Robbins, profoundest confidence in the future of the eldest daughter of Dr. A. B. Robbins, of Den- city and state, he has become an ardent en- ver, to whom one child, a son, was born Aug. thusiast and a valuable citizen. 11. 1882.

HUSSEY, Warren. See Vol. III. page 158.

HALLOWELL, Charles, financial agent, was born of Quaker parents in the town of Alexandria. Va., Dec. 18, 1843. Being frail and delicate in early childhood. which con- stantly interfered with his education, at the age of fifteen he prevailed upon his father to send him to the country where he could do farm work, and thus develop his health and strength. This experiment proving beneficial, he remained three years in that occupation. graduating, so to speak, with his physical powers well matured. Ile then returned to Alexandria and completed his education. Soon afterward the civil war broke out, when he was sent to Philadelphia to engage in busi- ness. Ilis father had desired him to become a civil engineer, and his educational training up to that time had been in that direction. but circumstances changed the drift .. so that he studied pharmacy and became a druggist instead. During the war he conducted a paying business in that line in Philadelphia and made considerable money. Close appli- cation, however, impaired his health, which compelled him to leave the profession. Shortly afterward he became junior partner in a manufacturing iron business in the same city, which also proved profitable, and for some time he enjoyed a large income. In 1871 began hemorrhages of the lungs, which became frequent and alarming during the next eighteen months. In the summer of 1872 he went to the Adirondacks and camped out in the forest, from which he received much benefit but not a cure. In the fall of that year he came to Colorado, with his wife and family, reaching Denver September 22. The altitude and climate brought immediate improvement, and by the spring of 1873, his health was almost completely restored. He

HUGHES, Thomas P., merchant and mam facturer, was born in England, in 184S, and was brought by his parents, when only one year old, to America. They settled in New York. but, after remaining there four years, moved to Chicago, where he was educated. and learned sanitary plumbing under his fa- ther. In 1869 he began business for himself. Ten years later, while still a resident of Chi- cago, he secured the contract for supplying the Tabor block, in Denver, with gas and plumbing appliances. While in the perform- ance of his labors in the latter city, he became so favorably impressed with its beauty, health and prosperity that he concluded to make it his future home. The following year he moved to Denver, and at once established himself in business, which he continued until 1885, when he became a partner of D. M. Keith, under the firm name of Hughes & Keith Sanitary Supply company, the largest concern of its class in Colorado. Ile first in- troduced lead pipe machinery into the state. and, with Mr. C. T. Harkison, made the first lead pipe out of Colorado material, in 1887.

HUNTER, John B., engineer, was born in Logan county, Ill., Feb. 17. 1857, passed his boyhood days on a farm, and was educated in the public schools. During 1876-77 he clerked in a drug store, then farmed again for a year. and in 1878 came to Leadville, Colo., remain- ing but four or five months, when he re- moved to Denver and entered the county sur- veyor's office. After four months' service in that department he accepted a position in the city engineer's office, where. with the excep- tion of one year, he remained until 1891, when he was elected city engineer and was re- elected in 1993. Tle was one of the most ethicient and upright officers who has ever filled that important position.

HENRY, John J., real estate broker, was settled in Colorado Springs, taking a position horn in New Castle county, Del., Sept. 11, as book-keeper with the Central Colorado Im- 1822. llis father was a sea captain, trading provemont company. Then came the panic with all the chief commercial ports of foreign of 1873, which deprived him of his situation, lands. From early boyhood, until he attained when he went into the cattle business in a his majority, he was almost constantly in limited way. Ilis next venture was in the real estate and loaning business, at Colorado Springs, in 1873-74, Which continued eight years, during which, owing to the general school, the better part of his education be- ing attained at Wilmington. Del., and at Norristown, Pa., closing his course at the Fremont institute in the latter place. After- prosperity of the town, he accumulated con- ward he became a large land owner in Dele- siderable means. In 1881 he sold out and did ware. but ultimately lost his fortune in specu- not resume active business until the winter lation and by the depreciation of real estate of ISS3, when he came to Denver and ro- through the monetary panie of 1873. Origi- nally a member of the whig party, he was, though a slaveholder, an ardent free soiler. In 1856 he assisted in organizing the republican opened in the same line, Imit chiefly loaning for others, which has continued to the present time. llis clients reside on both coasts, and in various states, principally in the North, party in his state and was one of less than though he has quite a number in Europe. 300 to vote for Col. John C. Fremont for the The firm has branch offices in Philadelphia presidency. Although the owner of many

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slaves, he, even in his boyhood, detested the in- No one not bred in the South and under its stitution felt the shame and the wrong of it, peculiar domestie institutions can fully re- the inconsistency of serfdom in a free and in- alize the consequences involved in such a dependent government. When Fort Sumter step. Since 1882 Judge Henry has been an fell he became an outspoken Unionist and honored resident of Denver, chietly engaged supporter of Lincoln's administration, hoisted in an effort to recover something of his lost the American flag at the top of a flag staff in fortune, through transactions in real estate. front of his house, and kept it there till the end of the war. In 1861 he raised a company HARKISON. Charles T., engineer, was born in Center county, Pa., Inne 22, 1542, and edu- cated in the common schools, after which he learned the trade of gas and steam fitter and also that of a hydraulic engineer. At the out- break of the civil war he enlisted in Com- pany F. 114th Pa., volunteers, and served in the 1st brigade, 1st division, 3rd army corps. On the second day at Gettysburg he was wounded, taken prisoner and sent to Belle Island. Here he suffered all the horrors of hunger, disease and want, added to captiv- ity. Subsequently he (with others) was ex- changed, served to the close of the war and was in many of the great battles of the army of the Potomae. He came to Colorado in 1879 and settled in Denver. Having been sent here by the Union Pacific R. R. Co. as hy- draulie engineer, he served in that capacity sixteen years. In polities he is an earnest republican. In 1886 he was elected to the Senate of the Sixth General Assembly and was noted for his candor and earnestness in behalf of the worthy measures brought be- fore that body. The first vote of his man- hood was cast for Abraham Lincoln. He was then with his regiment in front of Petersburg doing his utmost to secure the downfall of that citadel. During his residence in Colo- rado he has been a good citizen, an honest and efficient worker for good ends and is especially devoted to the advancement of our public schools. He was married In 18So, to Miss Mary Comer. of Cheyenne, Wyo. lle is a member of the Presbyterian church in Denver. of young Union men, mainly farmers' sons. 1o protect the homes and property of Unionists, which were threatened with burning and de- struction, and with them patroled the Chesa- peake and Delaware canal, through which 1. S. troops were conveyed to the seat of war. He supported the government by every influ- ence he could bring to bear, and besides com- manding his company for two years, contrib- uted large sums of money to the recruiting and equipment of regiments for the federal army. Ile was an intimate friend, personal and political, of Senator John MI. Clayton, of Delaware, and cooperated with him in his views and plans. In 1863 President Lincoln appointed him minister to Liberia, the first appointment to that mission, but it was de- «lined. In 1873 President Grant tendered him the consulship at Kingston, Jamaica, but this also was declined. He served in the state Senate of Delaware two terms, or four years. In 1875 he was appointed register of the U. S. mineral land office at Leadville, which he accepted, came to Colorado and en- tered upon the duties of that very important position, continuing until the close of his term, and was reappointed in 1879, four years later. Having many important mining cases to decide, out of a great number of appeals to the general land office, only two wore set aside. He was married Sept. 16, 1858, in Philadelphia, to Marietta B. Lusby, daughter of Gideon Lusby. of Maryland, and a niece of Commodore Jacob Jones, U. S. N., who commanded the American sloop of war in the engagement between the Frolic and Wasp. HEAD. Willard R., ranchman and mer- chant. was born in Nauvoo, Hancock county, ill .. the seat of the original Mormon church. Nov. 28, 1812. His family having united with the "church of the latter day saints." Wil- lard, at an early age, was baptized in that faith, though much against his will. They went to Utah among the first colonists. In 1857. when Johnson's army arrived at Salt Lake to suppress an incipient rebellion against the laws of the United States, Willard, He is a man of the strictest integrity and purest morals; finely educated and has a thorough knowledge of public men and meas- ures. Besides filling several places of high publie trust in his native state to the satis- faction of his constituents, he has been hon- ored by Presidents Lincoln, Grant and Gar- field with tenders of important positions. Mr. Henry is a gentleman of the old school, a student and scholar, extremely affable and polite, reminding one of the cultured and then about fifteen years of age, seized the polished men who ruled the stage fifty years ago; wore blue dress coats with plain brass buttons, and were royal hosts in their hospit- able Sonthorn homes. The force of his character is manifest in the bravery he exhibited from = breaking Joose from the great army of slaveholders,

opportunity to sever hls connection with Mor- monism by running away and taking em- ployment as a teamster at Camp Floyd, south of Provo, where he remained one winter, then changed to Fort Bridger. In Sept., ISSS. When discoveries of gold began to be reported, he joined a party and came to Cherry Creek, family and intimate friends, and pro- where Denver now stands. There were a few nouneing by voice and effort for the eman cabins on the west side, occupied by old John cipation of the blacks, for the repression of Smith and others, Soon afterward he sepa- the rebellion and for the republican party, rated from his companions, went to the Little

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Blue, in Nebraska, and became an employé Omaha; Mrs. Jennie Richards of Central City; of the old Hockaday & MeGrow overland Richard Sherman. Miss R. May and Miss Georgia, the three latter residing with their father. His wife died June 21, 1893. She was a noble woman, a true wife, and a de- voted mother. In politics he is a republican, and in religion, a Methodist. He has been a Mason since 1832, and at present is grand prelate of the Knights Templar of Colorado. He is past master of Central Lodge No. 6; past high priest of Central City, Chapter No. 1, and is past eminent commander of Central City Commandery No. 2. Ile has taken an active interest in educational matters, and served several years as a member of the Cen- tral City school board. stage company. Ifere he remained until 1866, then began freighting on the plains, continu- ing until the fall of IS67. when he came to Denver with a load of goods; sold out, farmed for one year on Bear creek, then purchased the New York ranch, on the Georgetown road, which he worked until 1873. ITis next change was to Bradford Junetion, where he engaged in the mercantile business. In 1876 he sold out and again began freighting. When the Denver & South Park railroad was projected up the Platte Canon, he obtained a contract for furnishing ties for that road. In the spring of 1879 he purchased a ranch at Jef- ferson, in Park county, and established a general supply store, both of which he con- ducted many years. In 1889 he was elected a member of the board of county commission- ers for a term of three years. Mr. thead is a well-known citizen of Park county, a snc- cessful ranchman and merchant. Mrs. W. R. Head was born in Canada, Oct. 5. 1847. She came to Nebraska at an early period, and was married to Mr. thead at Beatrice, in that state, March 10. 1867. She came to Colorado on New Year's day, 1868, and has resided here ever since. She is a true type of a Western woman.

HURT, James L., stock grower, was born in Howard county, Mo., May 26, 1854. Ile re- mained there twenty years, in the meantime attending the common schools and complet- ing his edneation in the Roanoke, Mo., high school. He adopted the life of a farmer and stock raiser and followed these pursuits un- til he removed to Texas, where he continued the stock business for five years with good success. At the expiration of that time he returned to Missouri, where he again engaged in farming and stock raising in connection with his brother. In 1SSI he left his home and located at Crestone, Colo., where, in con- nection with Samuel Jewell, he engaged in general mercantile trade with splendid snc- cess until 1885. They then disposed of their interests and engaged in the cattle and sheep business as partners until 1891, when Mr. Hurt purchased Mr. Jewell's interest and has since that time conducted it on his own re- sponsibility. At the present time he is one of the leading cattlemen in the San Luis valley. He also had a store at Parksville, was instru- mental in causing a post office to be estab.ished at that place, and became the postmaster, serving three years, when the office was dis- continued. In the fall of 1892 he was elected to represent Saguache county in the House of Representatives of the 9th General As- sembly. He was a fearless, hard working member, and all measures that commended themselves to his judgment received his un- qualified support.

HARVEY, Richard, clerk of the district court, was born in the parish of Crowan, Cornwall, England, July 9, 1826. He attended school until about the age of twelve years, when he commenced work in the copper and tin mines of his native country, where he re- mained until 1845, when he emigrated to America. Ile first stopped at the lead mines of Galena, Ill., where he labored until 1848. lle was also engaged in the copper mines of Lake Superior until 1852, when he returned to Galena. For two or three years he was employed as a clerk, taught school, and learned the carpenter's trade, but chiefly engaged in mining. Oct. 3, 1863. he arrived in Central City, Colo. From that time until Sept. 1, 1879, he followed the carpenter's trade, and mining also. At that date he was appointed register of the land office located at Central City. Ile was afterward appointed register by President Ilayes, served four years, and was reap- HUMPHREY. A. L., mechanic and legis- lator, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1860. He finished his education with the course of the high school at Maquoketa, Iowa, at seventeen years of age. His entire life may be said to have been passed in railroad work, he having immediately begun to learn the machinist's trade upon quitting school. Early in his ca- reer he was connected with the Union Pa- cific. B & M. and Southern Pacific railways. and so zealously did he apply himself through- out his apprenticeship and the succeeding years he was appointed master mechanic of the Southern Pacific, remaining with it until 1SSS, when he was offered a like position on pointed by President Arthur. serving the same length of time, and was elected a mem- ber of the legislature during the session of 1879-80. In April, 1892, he was appointed judge of the county court to fill a vacancy. continning until Jan. 10, 1894. In 1889 he was appointed clerk of the district court and still holds that position. He has been engaged all his life in mining either in an operative or speculative way, and has acquired an owner- ship in mining property that will ultimately be of value to himself and his posterity. In ISAB he married Miss Rebecca II. McCallis- tor of Council Hill, Ill. They have five chil- dren living, viz .: Mrs. Ella M. Oxman of the Colorado Midland, which he accepted and

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at once removed to Colorado where he has tions of fortune. In 1861 he moved the mill sinee made his headquarters at Colorado City, and the family to Mosquito Gulch, in Park He is a member of the Master Mechanics' as- county, assisted in organizing the mining sociation and various other railroad organiza- tions. The citizens of his county in 1892 elected him to the lower house of the legis- lature. The record he made while a member of that body was so favorable, that at the ensuing election he was returned to the 10th General Assembly where, despite the candi- dacy of one of the most popular men of the session, he was elected Speaker, and probably no one who had preceded him in that office gave greater satisfaction.

HILL, J. D., merchant, was born in Massa- chusetts in 1843 and remained at the place of his nativity until 1861, during which time his education was received in the public schools. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in the 25th Mass. infantry, company H., and served four years, after which he returned to Massachusetts and remained there one year, then came to Colorado. Ile first took a con- tract for entting hay at Ft. Lupton and con- tinued at that for one season, then engaged in freighting and contracting on the line of the Union and Central Pacific railroads dur- ing the period of their construction. In 1872 he opened a general store at Littleton, and by judicious methods has advanced it to a large volume of trade which is steadily profitable.

district of that name, and built the wagon road from the present London Junction to the mines; also in connection with Dr. Pollock and James Cotton, located Pollock district. at the head of Blue river. In the summer of 1844 the author again met Mr. Hurd in Mos- quito, and with him made a pedestrian tour across the Mosquito range down into Cali- fornia Gulch, then a prosperous camp, where large quantities of gold were being taken ont; thence across the upper Arkansas valley to Major 11. 11. DeMary's camp in Colorado Gulch: and thence down the valley to the Cache creek and Granite diggings. At that time Lake county had less than 1,000 people, and all its industries were gradually declin- ing. In the territorial legislature of 1865 Mr. Hurd was elected engrossing clerk of the House. In 1866 he started on an extended prospecting tour to the Chugwater in Wyom- ing and north to Yellowstone Park. ITis party prospected for gold in the famous Black Hills of Dakota, two years prior to General Custer's exploration and report which set the tide of emigration to that quarter, but found no indications of the former presence of white men, and although they discovered rich placers were afraid to work them, owing to the intense hostility of the Sioux. They explored parts of Montana and Wyoming dur- ing two years, but the Sioux and other tribes were on the war path, and made their work extremely difficult and perilous. They had a fight with the savages in the Bad Lands of Wyoming, in which Mr. Hurd was severely wounded by an arrow. In 1868 he returned to Colorado, and in 1869 married Maggie A. Hawkins, dangmer of the pioneer S. Hawkins, settled in Georgetown, and was the first to discover and work with profitable results the rich float ores of Leavenworth mountain. He was one of the party which opened the fam- outs Dives-Pelican mines. He remained In Georgetown until 1878: passed the next two

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History of the State of Colorado, Volume IV, Part 80

Author: Hall, Frank, 1836-1917. cn; Rocky Mountain Historical Company Publication date: 1889-95 Publisher: Chicago, Blakely print. Co. Number of Pages: 791

Author: Hall, Frank, 1836-1917. cn; Rocky Mountain Historical Company
Publication date: 1889-95
Publisher: Chicago, Blakely print. Co.
Number of Pages: 791