Portrait and biographical record of the state of Colorado, containing portraits and biographies of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 155

Author: Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1530

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In 1888 Dr. Guthrie married Miss Emma Hayes, of Columbia, Mo., the daughter of Titus and Mary Hayes. He has two sons, Paul Roy and Robert Lee. In politics he is a Democrat, but has not identified himself actively with local affairs, preferring to give his attention to his pro- fession. He is a member of the local lodges of Masonry and Odd Fellows.

AMES E. SMITH. The world instinctively pays deference to the man who has risen above his early surroundings, overcome the obstacles in his path and reached a high position in the business world. This is a progressive age, and he who does not advance is soon left far be- hind. Mr. Smith, by the improvement of oppor- tunities by which all are surrounded, has steadily and honorably worked his way upward and has attained a high degree of prosperity.

This worthy citizen of Pueblo County is a na- tive of Virginia, born in Montgomery County in 1834. His education was obtained in the com- mon schools. At the age of eighteen he began the battle of life for himself by learning the black- smith's trade, which he later followed in Vir- ginia, Kentucky and also in Richardson County, Neb., for two years.

In 1860 Mr. Smith came to Colorado, which was then still called Jefferson Territory. At the time he crossed the plains, and subsequently, when engaged in mining in the mountains, the Indians were very troublesome and at times exceedingly dangerous. The pioneers of those days were ever on the alert for their treacherous foes. Constant watching on the part of Mr. Smith and his as- sociates prevented sudden surprises. He there- fore received no personal injury from them, but his life and property were never secure until the time came when the redmen were gathered into and confined within the reservations pro- vided by the government. The party accom- panying Mr. Smith across the plains consisted of

ten persons, who traveled by ox-team, but before and behind them wagons, well equipped, were strung out along the plains for many miles, so that the danger was not imminent, although some skirmishing took place a short distance ahead of our subject's party. Indians were spread over the prairie in every direction, and nothing but the strength of the white party held them in check.

On arriving, July 4, 1860, at California Gulch, near where Leadville now stands, Mr. Smith and five others formed a party for the purpose of hunting gold. They started off, full of hope and expectation, willing to endure the hardships and dangers of pioneer life in the mountains. They were actually with the party that discovered the Putnam lode and others, but he never realized the expectations with which he started, and was not sorry eventually to return to the comforts of home and the plains. After spending some time in placer mining and prospecting near Leadville, he went to Canon City, and prospected in the moun- tains for a year. In 1863 he settled at Pueblo, which then had only about ten houses, and they were small shanties. He opened a blacksmith shop, the second in the place. There he carried on business for eight years. In 1871 he removed to a ranch fifteen miles southeast of Pueblo, and to the improvement and cultivation of this place he has since devoted his attention. The ranch comprises four hundred and eighty acres, through which the railroad runs. He has a fine orchard on his place and raises fruits of all kinds, also deals extensively in horses and cattle. Besides the ranch, he owns some valuable property in Pueblo.

In 1863 Mr. Smith married Miss Catherine Rowe, a native of Iowa, daughter of Adam and Catherine (Miller) Rowe, both natives of In- diana. To Mr. Smith and his wife have been born six children, four sons and two daughters, namely: Adam Rayburn, at home; Hugh M., who is married and lives in Pueblo; J. E., Jr., and Charles Franklin, both at home; Clara Ellen, wife of Frank Conway, of Pueblo; and Dora J., wife of Edward Mitchell, of Pueblo.

The Democratic party has always found in Mr. Smith a stanch supporter of its principles, and he has ever taken an active interest in political af- fairs. He has most creditably and satisfactorily served as a member of the school board and jus- tice of the peace for many years, and has assisted in building¿many of the school houses of his lo-

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cality. He is prominent in Masonic circles, being a Sir Knight, a member of Lodge No. 17, A. F. & A. M .; Chapter No. 3, R. A. M .; and Com- mandery No. 3, K. T., all of Pueblo. He is widely and favorably known throughout the county. In the early development of the city and county of Pueblo he bore an important part, and is always acknowledged to be one of the most public-spirited and enterprising citizens of his community.

OHN GRAYBEAL. The well-appointed ranch of this gentleman is pleasantly located near Rye, Pueblo County, and to its improve- ment and cultivation he has given his close at- tention, with results which can hardly fail to be satisfactory to himself. He has made a specialty of stock-raising, and in his undertakings has been uniformly successful.

A native of North Carolina, Mr. Graybeal was born April 19, 1826, in the northwest corner of that state, between the Blue Ridge and Stone mountains, on the border line between Tennessee and Virginia. There his early life was spent and he was educated in the schools near his boy hood home. His father, David Graybeal, was a farmer of North Carolina, and spent his entire life in the same locality. On leaving the old homestead our subject continued to engage in farming in his na- tive state until 1866, and then removed to near Paola, Miami County, Kan., thirty miles south of Kansas City, where he followed the same oc- cupation for about seven years. In 1873 he came to Pueblo County, Colo., and first settled four miles above Rye, but soon after located on his present ranch near Rye. He has made all of the improvements upon the place, including the erec- tion of a good two-story frame residence, large barn and other outbuildings, has fenced and ditched it, and has also made a lake upon his land. He keeps a fine grade of stock and has met with marked success during his residence here.

In the year 1850 Mr. Graybeal was united in marriage with Miss Jane Perkins, also a native of North Carolina, and to them were born seven children, four sons and three daughters, name- ly: Granville, who is engaged in the dairy business in Pueblo; Wyler W., who was acci- dentally killed; George Roby, who is married and lives near our subject; Troy D., at home; Joysa, wife of Maj. D. L. Sheats, register of the land office in Durango, Colo .; Laura, wife of

C. C. Gaines, a resident of Pueblo; and Cora, wife of Edward Ptolemy, who lives in Mancos, Colo. The mother of these children died after coming to Colorado in October, 1873, and Mr. Graybeal subsequently married Miss Eva C. Young, a very intelligent woman, who was born in Virginia.

The Republican party finds in Mr. Graybeal a stalwart supporter of its principles, and he cast his last presidential vote for Major Mckinley. Being a great reader, he is well informed on polit- ical affairs, as well as all points of general inter- est. Fraternally he is a member of the Grange, and for years was identified with the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, until the lodge was removed from Rye to Pueblo. He is a most hos- pitable, genial and pleasant gentleman, who is widely and favorably known, especially by the early settlers, and stands deservedly high in the estimation of his fellow-men.

AREY K. FLEMING, M. D., professor of gynecology, abdominal surgery and clinical midwifery in Gross Medical College, is one of the prominent and successful specialists of Denver. On coming to Denver in 1889 he en- gaged in general professional work, but he now limits his practice to gynecology and abdominal surgery, and, in addition to his private practice and college professorship, he is attending gynecol- ogist to St. Anthony's Hospital. In the organiza- tion of the Denver Clinical and Pathological So- ciety he took a very active part and is now presi- dent of the organization. He is secretary of the local committee of arrangements of the Western Surgical and Gynecological Association, a meeting of which was held in Denver in December, 1897. At the meeting of the American Medical Society, held in Denver in 1898, he was chairman of the committee on exhibits. At one time he was sec- retary of the Colorado State Medical Society and also served as chairman of its executive commit- tee. He has also been secretary of the Denver and Arapahoe County Medical Society, of which he is an active member. His name is prominently associated with the Rocky Mountain Inter-State Medical Association, of which he is a charter member.

In addition to his other duties in Gross Medical College he is assistant secretary of the faculty and. chairman of the dispensary committee. He is also assistant surgeon (with the rank of captain) to the Colorado National Guard, this appoint- ment having been tendered him by Governor

GEORGE I. TUTTLE.

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Adams. The department of gynecology and obstetrics in the Western Surgical and Medical Gazette is edited by him. He is a member of the Alumni Association of Northwestern University, is connected with the University and Overland Park Clubs of Denver, holds membership with the Sons of the Revolution, and in religious con- nections is identified with Central Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a silver Republican.

G EORGE I. TUTTLE, one of the most ex- tensive stock-growers of northeastern Colo- rado, and president of the Washington County Stock Growers' Association, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., February 26, 1848, a son of William and Lydia (Carr) Tuttle. He was one of six children, of whom three besides himself are now living, viz .: Sarah, wife of A. Shanks, of Nebraska; Perry, of Idaho; and Ed- ward, whose home is in Washington state. His father, who was born and reared in New York state, engaged in business in Steuben County as proprietor of a meat market. About 1851 he re- moved to Fond du Lac, Wis., where he established his home upon a farm. Eight years later he re- moved to Linn County, Mo., and from there, in 1864, went to Nebraska, where he engaged in railroad contracting. For two years he was en- gaged in contracting on the Union Pacific road from Omaha west. Afterward he engaged in farming in Gage County, Neb., where he con- tinued to make his home until his death, in 1884.

The education acquired by our subject was such as local schools afforded. At nineteen years of age he began to work for himself. He assisted his father during the latter's contract work on the Union Pacific, after which he took a contract to furnish wood for the same road. In 1870 he went to Iowa, where he engaged in farming in Potta- wattamie County. After two years he returned to Nebraska and settled in Gage County. For fourteen years he was interested in the stock business, with which he became familiar in all of its branches and in which he prospered. A chronic asthmatic affection caused him to remove to Colorado, the climate of which he believed would prove helpful. In the fall of 1886 he came to Akron. On his arrival here he took up a pre-emption of one hundred and sixty acres eight miles northeast of town and resumed the stock business, in which he had previously, and with success, engaged. The following year he home-

steaded a quarter-section of land adjoining his ranch, which increased his property to three hun- dred and twenty acres.

During the early days of Akron Mr. Tuttle contributed toward the development of its inter- ests and the enlargement of its resources. At the same time he has fostered plans for the pros- perity of Washington County. He is numbered among the most substantial residents of the county, as well as one of its most enterprising stock-raisers. He has rapidly developed his stock interests, and now has eleven hundred head of cattle on the range. Not without reason he believesthat this section of the state is well adapted to cattle-raising. The fact that he himself has been successful is an indication that, with good judgment and energy, others could also succeed here, and gain competencies in the business.

The marriage of Mr. Tuttle to Miss Jane Jones, a native of Indiana, occurred in Mills County, Iowa, on the last day of the year 1866. The children born of their union are named as follows: Frank, a cattleman of Washington County; Emma and Clyde, both deceased; Perry, who is engaged in the cattle business in this county; Pearl, Minnie and Jenett, at home. Mr. Tuttle is a member of Akron Lodge No. 74, A. F. & A. M. At the time that Washington and other counties were separated from Weld County he was appointed sheriff of the newly organized county, and at the first election was regularly chosen for the office. At the expiration of his terin, he was re-elected to the office and served a second term, after which he refused to permit his name to again go before the people until 1895, when he was again elected sheriff, serving two years, and making a total of six and one-half years in the office. In his political faith he is a stanch adherent of the silver wing of the Repub- lican party.

STEPHEN GREGORY, owner of the granite and marble works at No. 123 North Maple street, Trinidad, was born in St. Catharine's, Canada, Jannary 5, 1837, a son of Noah and Lu- cinda (Hackett) Gregory, the former of Scotch extraction, the latter of English birth. Born in Connecticut, Noah Gregory spent much of his early life in New York, where he followed the trade of a stone-mason and cutter. After a few years in Canada, in 1838 he moved to Albion, Calhoun County, Mich., and there remained until his death in 1843.

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When our subject was eighteen years of age he suffered a great affliction in the loss, by accident, of both feet above the ankle. He had just com- pleted his apprenticeship at the marble cutter's trade. Supposing he would be obliged to give up manual labor, he decided to complete his edu- cation and prepare himself for professional work. However, after he had been in the Albion school for a few weeks he was offered the supervision of a marble works in Marshall, Mich., and ac- cepted the position. In that city he became ac- quainted with Miss Jennie West, who was born in Syracuse, N. Y. They were married in 1856, and soon afterward removed to Vermont, Fulton County, Ill., where an uncle of his wife resided. The business outlook being unfavorable there, he returned to Michigan and opened a business of his own at Jonesville, where he was successful, accumulating property valued at $10,000. How- ever, he lost much of his money afterward through an unfortunate stone quarry venture.

Compelled to start anew in life, Mr. Gregory went to California, in search of a suitable location, There he found no favorable opening and so came further east, reaching Trinidad in 1887. Through the treachery of a friend he had lost what little had remained of his fortune, so that he com- menced in Trinidad with an indebtedness of $1,800 hanging over him. His honesty and straightforward manner of doing business won him friends from the start, and by the pursuance of an upright course in every detail of business, he has attained reasonable success, and is again in prosperous circumstances. In his special line of work he is recognized as a man of superior ability, and receives many orders of a most im- portant nature. Not only has he erected monu- ments for deceased residents of his own town, but orders have come to him from Colorado Springs and other towns in the state. For superiority of work he has received many diplomas, and also has in his possession two silver medals, given him by the Michigan State Agricultural Society in 1867 and 1869, for superiority of his exhibitions, these being the only medals ever bestowed by the society for similar exhibitions.

In 1894 Mr. Gregory erected a residence in one of the desirable locations in Trinidad. Politi- cally a Democrat, he was upon that ticket elected county commissioner in 1898, receiving a fair majority. Fraternally he is connected with Trin- idad Lodge No. 17, I. O. O. F. As a pioneer in the stone business, he is well acquainted with

every detail connected therewith, and is consid- ered an expert in his chosen vocation. In 1871 he furnished the stone from his Michigan quarry for the Times building, on the corner of Washing- ton street and Fifth avenue, Chicago. His suc- cess is commendable, especially when it is remem- bered that he has overcome many obstacles and . labored under many disadvantages. In his fam- ily there is one son, Robert S., who for seven years has been bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Trinidad and is a young man of excep- tional business qualifications, respected and hon- ored by all who know him.

EORGE H. ADAMS. One of the most re- markable instances of the adaptation of Col- orado to the cattle industry may be found in the business career of Mr. Adams, who is promi- nent among the citizens of Denver. Embarking in business as a stock-raiser in 1869, he then bought the two first thoroughbred Shorthorn bulls ever in the San Luis Valley. He has been a pioneer in the introduction of Herefords, to which exclusively his ranch has been stocked since 1878, and he has paid as much as $2,200 for a bull and as high as $1,500 for a two-year-old heifer of that breed. The Adams Hereford ranch covers more than four townships of land, em- braces twelve and one-half miles, and in extent comprises one hundred thousand acres, watered by eleven streams and lakes, and bordering on the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo Range. The entire tract is fenced in pasture with eighty miles of substantial fencing, while one hundred and forty miles of ditches furnish water for the ir- rigation of hay and the range. The herd consists of four thousand head of pure-bred and high- grade Hereford cattle. From the ranch cattle are sold and shipped to Old Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, New Mex- ico, Idaho, Kansas and Nebraska for breeding purposes.

Mr. Adams was born in Milwaukee, Wis., the only child of George and Agnes J. (Lace) Ad- ams, natives of Rochester and New York City respectively. He was educated in the schools of Milwaukee. In January, 1863, when only sev- enteen years of age, he enlisted in the Union army as a private, and later served as first ser- geant and sergeant-major until September, 1865, when he was honorably discharged at Nashville.

Returning to Milwaukee, Mr. Adams became money receiving clerk for the United States Ex-

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press Company, which, in 1867, sent him to wounds received at Chickamauga; Catherine, de- ceased, married David Nelson, who for thirty years was a merchant of Carroll County; Mary E. married William Barker, a contractor and builder living at Lyons, Iowa. Kansas as messenger between Kansas City and Fort Ellsworth, the terminus of the Kansas Pa- cific. In the spring of 1868 he returned to Mil- waukee, where he was superintendent of the Goodrich Express Company until 1869, when he When a boy of fifteen years our subject ac- companied his father to Illinois. His education was completed in the high school of Mount Car- roll. Attwenty years of age he started out in life for himself, and at first was agent for the Illinois Central Railroad at Amboy. Later he was employed in the construction of the Hanni- bal & St. Joe Railroad, and after its completion be- came a conductor on the line. At the opening of the Civil war he enlisted in the Fifteenth Illi- nois Infantry as a private, and was assigned to the western army, which later became the Army of the Tennessee, and he participated in all of its battles. In October, 1865, he was mustered out as major, having received promotion in recogni- tion of meritorious service. resigned to come to Colorado. The trip to the west he made via Cheyenne to Denver and from this city went to California Gulch (now Lead- ville), where he engaged in prospecting for two months, but in December went to San Luis Val- ley. A pioneer in that section, he entered one hundred and sixty acres on Rio Alto Creek and embarked in the stock business. In 1871 he en- tered the employ of a cattle company as foreman on Baca Grant No. 4, and later became proprie- tor. In 1878 he brought to his place eighty full- bred Hereford bulls and has since devoted his attention to the raising of pure-bred and high- grade Herefords. He has been a director in the American Hereford Association, is a member of the Colorado Cattle Growers' and National Stock Breeders' Association, and, under appointment by Governor Pitkin, served for eight years as a member of the State Cattle Inspection and Round- up Boards. In April, 1895, Governor McIntire appointed him president of the board of trustees. the Vandalia Railroad in Illinois. Afterward he of the State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, to serve for six years. .

M AJOR A. V. BOHN, one of the well-known mine operators in Leadville, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1835, a son of Judge Valentine and Susan (Strickler) Bohn, natives of Franklin County, Pa. His father who, was an attorney, moved to Ohio in 1833 and for some time held. the office of judge of Stark County, after which he served as judge of the district courts. In 1850 he moved to Carroll County, Ill., of which he was soon elected county clerk; and later became county judge. At the time of his death he was sixty-four years of age. He was a member of an old Pennsylvania family that came to this country from Germany. His wife, who died in young womanhood, was a mem- ber of the Dunkard society and had a brother who was a prominent preacher in that sect; her father, Henry Strickler, was a farmer in Pennsyl- vania. Of her children, Adam was engaged in the mercantile business in Illinois and moved from there to Iowa, where he died; John H., an attorney, was an officer in the Ninety-second Illinois Infantry, and died from the effects of

Returning to Ohio, Major Bohn entered a com- mercial college at Dayton. For two years he taught in that institution. In 1868 he went to Missouri, where lie engaged in the coal business in Kansas City, and later purchased coal mines on located in St. Louis, engaging in the coal business. During his stay in St. Louis he started to build a railroad extending from Cape Girardeau to the in- terior of Missouri, but after eighty miles had been built the crash of 1873 came and he and his partner sank beneath it. He remained there for three years, later went to Alabama and opened up coal fields in that state, where he remained three years, then, in 1878, came to Leadville, Colo. Here at first he was connected in a small way with the mining interests of the district, but this connection has grown more important with passing years. He has for years been mana- ger for the Tabor and owns the Bohu mines in the city. The formation of the land in this section he has carefully studied and lias located many mines of great value.

While in the army, in 1864, Major Bohu mar- ried Miss Emma Kneisley, member of a promi- nent family of Dayton, Ohio, and daughter of John Kneisley, who was a large manufacturer of flour and owner of a distillery. Their marriage has been blessed with three sons, who are u11- usually intelligent and talented. The oldest, Arthur K., is chemist for a Mexican firm in Sierra Ma Jada, Mexico; Jolin W. is chemist for the

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British Columbia Consolidated Mining & Smelt- ing Company in Roslyn, British Columbia, and is married, his wife being a daughter of Admiral Howell, of the United States navy; Charles A. is a chemist for the Bimetallic Smelting Company, of Leadville. Since voting for Fremont in 1856, Major Bohn has always supported the Republi- can party. He is past commander of Garfield Post, G. A. R., and in 1885 served as department commander of Colorado and Wyoming.

ACOB KOLLE, one of Colorado's pioneers and a substantial ranchman of Park County, was born in Markbronn; Wurtemberg, Ger- many, October 14, 1833, a son of George and Barbara (Lohrinen) Kolle, of whose eight chil- dren he is the sole survivor. His father, who was also a native of Markbronn, there engaged in teaming for many years, and he also filled the office of sheriff there. He continued to reside in his native place until his death, which occurred in 1840.

At the time of his father's death our subject was but seven years of age. At the age of four- teen he began to earn his own way in the world, his first occupation being that of a farm hand. In 1856 he determined to come to America and early in the year took passage on a sailing vessel for this country, arriving in New York about the middle of May. Thence he went di- rect to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where he secured work in the coal mines. Directly after his ar- rival he met with a great misfortune; his travel- ing bag, which contained $20 in gold and all of his personal effects, was stolen from his room in the hotel, and he was forced to begin life in a strange country, penniless and with no clothes save those he wore. He worked in the mines at Wilkes-Barre for a year and then went to Scran- ton, where he was employed at general work. In 1858 he went to Independence, Mo., where for two summers he worked in a brickyard, during the winter months following any occupation that offered.

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Portrait and biographical record of the state of Colorado, containing portraits and biographies of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 155

Author: Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, pub Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1530

Author: Chapman Publishing Company, Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1530