Portrait and biographical record of the state of Colorado, containing portraits and biographies of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 158

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

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May 28, 1884, Mr. Clatworthy was appointed postmaster of Fort Morgan, under the post- master-general, W. Q. Gresham, and this office he held for nine successive years. During that time he was elected town trustee and served for two terms. In April, 1898, he was honored by his fellow-citizens with the election to the mayor's office, which he is now ably filling, having been re-elected in April, 1899. Since 1877 he has been connected with the Odd Fellows and is a charter member of the lodge at Fort Morgan. He is also connected with Oasis Lodge No. 67, A. F. & A. M., of Fort Morgan; and Silver Lodge No. 60, K. P.

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The marriage of Mr. Clatworthy took place at Baraboo, Wis., May 11, 1882, and united him with Miss Kate M. Baker, daughter of George R. Baker, agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, and an extensive grower of cranberries in Wisconsin. Three children were born of their union, viz .: Nina, born April 4, 1883, died May 20, 1894; Harry, born June 17, 1886; and Leah, December 17, 1892.

Y EV. EDMUND LEY, pastor of St. Igna- tius' Roman Catholic Church in Pueblo, 2 was appointed to his present parish in Sep- tember, 1890, but owing to illness was unable to enter actively upon his duties as rector until January of the following year. Since accepting the position he has labored indefatigably to pro- mote the welfare of his parishioners, and with the self-sacrifice which has ever been dominant in his character, he has labored constantly for the good of others, finding in this his greatest hap- piness. His church, which is the oldest in the city in his denomination, has the usual sodalities that furnish avenues of work for the members. It has a boys' parochial school presided over by the Sisters of Loretto, and a girls' school at Lo- retto Academy. Since he became pastor the par- sonage has been erected, and other improvements have been made.

The father of our subject, Sebastian Ley, set- tled in Ohio at a period so early that there were but few Roman Catholic churches in the entire state, and he assisted in starting the first in that part of the state in which he lived. He was a native of Alsace-Lorraine, France, a descendant of a long line of French ancestors. When twelve years of age he emigrated to America. He was married in 1832, in Tiffin (then Fort Ball), Ohio, where he conducted a hotel, braving the dangers of pioneer life at a fort. Afterward he settled upon an unimproved farm in the depths of Ohio forests, and therefrom evolved a farm (now Lan- deck, Ohio). He died in 1883, when seventy- five years of age.

Our subject's mother was Magdalene Burton, who was born in France, but was brought to America at four years of age. Her father, John Lewis, who was an officer in the French army under Napoleon, married Barbara Müller, a daughter of a celebrated German musician and composer. With his family in 1817 he took pas- sage on the ship "Bubona" from Amsterdam.

On reaching this country he settled at Fort Ball (now Tiffin), Ohio, where he followed the car- riage-maker's trade. There he remained until his death. On the 4th of July, 1840, he was di- recting a local celebration, when a cannon ex- ploded and a piece of a shell struck his forehead, killing him. His daughter, Mrs. Ley, is now eighty-six years of age, and makes her home in Delphos, Ohio. Of her seven sons and three daughters we note the following: Louis died in Ohio; Joseph is living in Minster, that state; John died in Delphos in 1872; Edmund was fourth in order of birth; Philip James lives in Middlepoint, Ohio; Francis makes his home in Gas City, Ind .; Marcellus died in Oregon; Mrs. M. Catherine Davis resides in McMinnville, Ore .; Mrs. Cecelia Kalsch makes her home in Hillsboro, Ore .; and Elizabeth is with her mother in Del- phos.

Father Ley was born in Tiffin, Ohio, in 1845. He was educated in the grammar and high schools of Delphos, St. Louis College at Lewis- ville, Ohio (where he completed the classics) , St. Michael's College at Toronto, Canada (where he studied philosophy and theology), St. Mary's Seminary in Cincinnati, and St. Meinrod's Ab- bey in southern Indiana, where he completed his preparation for the ministry. In February, 1882, he was ordained in Fort Wayne, Ind., by Bishop Dwenger, and soon after he took up his work in Colorado, to which field he had been assigned. After a short time as assistant to Father Robin- son in Leadville, in the fall of 1883 he went to Boulder, where he was pastor of the church, also pastor of the churches at Erie and Longmont, and in the latter city paid off the indebtedness on the church. In the early part of 1884 he engaged in missionary work at railroad points from the Kan- sas line westward, and was then assigned to Sil- verton in the San Juan country. He rode on horseback to his new field of labor, making his way, with saddlebags and other equipments, through the deep snow, at times passing by gulches where the drifts lay fifty feet deep. When he passed mining camps during his jour- ney he stopped and held services. Reaching Silverton he established his headquarters there and completed a church at that place, but in ad- dition to that pastorate he had charge of the con- gregations at Animas Forks, Lake City, Ouray (where he purchased a house of worship), Tellu- ride and Ophir. This occupied a field of five counties, where now four priests minister to the

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spiritnal needs of the people. At that time there were no railroads in that section of the state, ex- cept the road to Silverton. In going from one mission to another much of the year he traveled on snow shoes, and at night, wrapped in his blankets, slept in the snow. To minister to the wants of the dying, he frequently made long aud lonely trips. On one occasion of this kind he started Saturday night, in the dead of winter, and did not arrive at his destination until Tuesday morning. Each night he camped out in the snow, and in the morning could see the tracks of the mountain lions that had wandered near in the night. On many of his trips he was obliged to carry provisions with him for several days. Many of these trips were exceedingly hazardous, but never once did he refuse to accept a request for help, and the gracious Father in heaven, to ad- vance whose work on earth all his labors were carried on, most mercifully carried him, un- harmed, through perils by storm, through perils from wild beasts, and through dangers, known and unknown, that surrounded him.

In 1887, after having been in Silverton for three years, Father Ley returned to Leadville, where he was assistant to Father Robinson for five months, and afterward served the Georgetown church (St. Mary's) for two years, during which time he built an addition to the church edifice; and put in the handsome Roman Cathedral win- dows, also paid off a portion of the indebtedness. Afterward he was assistant in the cathedral at Denver, but in September, 1890, was stricken with typhoid fever, and compelled to cease tem- porarily from work of any kind. On recovering his health he came to Pueblo, where he has since given his time to advancing the interests of St. Ignatius Church, and ministering to the spiritual welfare of his large congregation.

D YRUS MILLER. The Amethyst mine, of which the firm of Carver & Miller are the lessees, is one of the best known, and also one of the oldest, in the camp at Creede. Its tunnels, shafts and drifts have a total length of twelve thousand feet, its longest tunnel, the Happy Thought, being one thousand feet. One of the first mines developed, it was for some time the most extensive and important mine in the entire camp, and the company operating it paid its miners, on contract work, $5 and $6 a day, this being the highest wages received by any miners here. To conceive an idea of the richness of its

ore, it might be stated that the mine paid $52,000 of dividends in one week to its owners in 1892, notwithstanding the fact that it had to be packed on burros and conveyed to Upper Creede.

In 1896 B. F. Carver and Cyrus Miller leased the Amethyst, since which time they have suc- cessfully operated the mine and have reaped a fair profit. While the lease was only for one and one-half years, the privilege of indefinite exten- sion was granted. Silver, gold and lead are pro- duced, the greatest output being of silver. The ore is conveyed by tramway to Upper Creede, a distance of nearly nine thousand feet. All mod- ern facilities for mining have been introduced, and the equipment is complete in every respect. In the future of the mine Mr. Miller has the great- est faith. His thorough knowledge of it causes him to predict for it a great future, and he is con- fident that it will again be as great a producer as it was in its earlier days. This result will, in part, be accomplished by the completion of the Nelson tunnel, which will drain the lower workings, and then work, which has been abandoned on account of water, will be resumed.

Mr. Miller was born in Bavaria, Germany, March 9, 1866, a son of Ulrich and Ursula (Schmidt) Miller, the former a farmer and cabi- net-maker in Bavaria, where he still lives. The family consisted of ten children, of whom seven are living. Narcissus, who came to America be- fore our subject, is now shift boss of the Galena mine at Central City, Colo .; Athanasius is con- nected with placer mines at Granite, Colo .; Jos- eph is a miner and blacksmith at Robinson, Colo .; Benjamin, or Balthasar, is connected with the Amethyst mine. The other members of the fam- ily are Cyrus, the third youngest of the sons, and Theodor and Sylvester, both of whom are miners in Bavaria.

When fifteen years of age our subject began to work in coal mines. At the age of twenty-one he came to America and joined his brother in Central City, where he remained from September until April. From there he went to Leadville, where he engaged in mining for three years. In Winfield, Colo., June 27, 1888, he married Annie Kainer, who was born in Germany and grew to womanhood within six miles of our subject's birthplace, but they did not meet until he began to work in Winfield. Afterward, while working at Gilman, Colo., he met with a serious accident from the premature discharge of a blast, and from the effects of this accident he was unable to work

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for six months. On recovering, he went to Ouray County, in the San Juan district, and for two years mined at Ironton. In January, 1892, at the commencement of the Creede boom, he came to this camp, where he has since remained, with the exception of a short time at Carson, and ten months at one time, and two months at another, spent at Cripple Creek. He was at the latter camp during the great strike, and while he took no part in it, he was arrested by both the officers and miners, and had some unpleasant experiences there.

Forming a partnership with B. F. Carver and Isaac May, in 1895 Mr. Miller leased the apex of the mine, which they operated for seven months, making some over $3,000. When the ore gave out he resumed work for the company, but in May, 1896, leased the mine from the fifth level up, which he has since operated, and in which he employs about twenty men. In this rugged mountain camp he has met with success, and is now well-to-do. His wife and daughter, Elsie, reside on a farm he purchased eight miles west of Denver, on which place he erected a com- fortable and commodious farın house. In poli- tics he is independent, supporting the man rather than the party. He is a member of Columbian Lodge No. 87, K. P., and is also connected with the Sons of Herman.

ENRY C. SHERMAN. As owner and pro- prietor of the Sterling Weekly News, Mr. Sherman is well known among the people of Logan County. His attention, however, is by no means limited to the publication of his paper, but is occupied partly by other important inter- ests. Much of his business is in the nature of farm loans, warrants and bonds. He was presi- dent of the Sterling Mercantile Company until January 1, 1899, when he became sole proprietor. He is interested extensively in an irrigation com- pany at Fort Bridger, Wyo. In spite of these diversified and important interests, he finds time for the indulgence of his "hobby," his love for fine horses. He was the breeder of the famous trotting horse "Jim Blaine," and has owned, at different times, other fast horses and fine stock. While Sterling is a town with many pretty homes, his residence is without doubt the finest in the place, and is admired not only by the towns- people, but by visitors from other points.

A son of Harvey W. and Louisa (Ferry) Sherman, the subject of this sketch was born in

Palmer, Mass., October 10, 1830. He is the only survivor of five children. His father, a na- tive of Connecticut, born in 1800, accompanied his parents in childhood to Palmer, Mass., and there grew to manhood, married and settled upon a farm. In 1847 he removed to the Connecticut Valley, but shortly afterward settled at Chicopee Street, Hampden County, where he continued to reside until the time of his death. He was an exceptionally successful farmer. He was familiar with the subject of agriculture in all of its phases, and believed that a small farm well tilled, would prove far more remunerative than a large farm poorly tilled. He was a strong supporter of the old Whig party and did much to advance its suc- cess in his county. For several terms he served as assessor of Hampden County, and for years was a member of the school board of his district, whose educational interests he fostered. His death occurred at Chicopee Street in 1887.

In common schools, the academy at Munson, and the State Normal School at Westfield, Mass., the subject of this sketch gained a good educa- tion. At twenty-one years of age he began his career. His first employment was that of clerk iu a general store at South Hadley Falls, where he remained for eighteen months. Afterward he rented a farm and began gardening on quite an extensive scale, supplying most of the vegetables sold in the town of Holyoke, Mass. This busi- ness he continued for three years. In 1856 he removed to Waterloo, Iowa, where he built a residence, took up a tract of land, and afterward accepted the management of a general store for its owner. His prospects were very flattering there. However, his parents insisted that he return to Massachusetts. He did so in 1857, thereby sacrificing excellent prospects; but, being the only son, he felt it his duty to accede to their request. They had offered him the use of a small farm in the Connecticut Valley as long as he wished to remain upon it. He settled there, be- ginning with but a few hundred dollars, but when he left, at the end of fifteen years, he had $15,000 clear. His greatest success on the farm was in the breeding of fine Jersey cattle and much of his money came from that source.

In 1872, with eight head of the finest of his registered stock, Mr. Sherman came to Colorado and settled at Evans, Weld County, where he found few improvements and a sparse population. For the sake of his children, he abandoned the idea of farming and established himself in the

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mercantile business at Evans. In 1887 he sold his interests there and removed to Sterling, where he had established his present business some five years before; and, the latter having outgrown the business at Evans, he determined to give his whole time to it. I11 1895 he became proprietor of the Sterling News Company, which publishes the Weekly News and is the leading journal of Logan County. Since 1897 he has served as president of the horticultural board of Logan County. Two years after coming to Colorado he was nominated for county treasurer, but, upon considering the matter, he decided to decline the nomination. For years he has been a member of the town board. In 1889 he was appointed by Governor Cooper to fill an unexpired term in the office of commissioner of Logan County. Frater- nally he is connected with Sterling Lodge No. 54, A. F. & A. M.

The marriage of Mr. Sherman to Miss Martha J. Richardson, a native of Springfield, Mass., occurred in 1853. Two children were born of their union. The son, Albert H., is deceased. The daughter, Anna L., is the wife of Charles Davis, an attorney of Fort Collins, Colo., and for- merly professor of chemistry in the State Agri- cultural College. Mrs. Sherman is the daughter of Rudolpho and Anna (Gibbs) Richardson, na- tives of Southbridge and Sturbridge, Mass. Mr. Richardson was a machinist by occupation and a thorough master of his trade. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman are strong advocates of the temperance cause and of all movements for the welfare of humanity and the uplifting of the race.

R ICHARD M. GARRETT owns five hundred and sixty acres of land lying on La Jara River, in Conejos County, and here he is engaged in stock-raising and farming. A native of Schuyler County, Mo., born in 1851, he is a son of Mancil and Sarah Garrett, the former a native of Kentucky, who removed to Missouri at twenty-one years of age and engaged in stock- raising on his farm of twelve hundred fine acres. Thence he went to Iowa, later to Nebraska, and afterward to Texas, in each state carrying on the work of a stock-grower. In 1874 he'came to Colorado and took up a squatters' claim on La Jara River, where he followed his chosen calling. On his ranch he established the postoffice of La Jara, which was the second postoffice in Conejos County, and here he kept a waysideinn. A pio- neer of this section, he has witnessed its growth

and contributed to its welfare. After a life of eighty-four years, he is still active and robust. He maintains his interest in local affairs and na- tional issues, and supports the Democratic party. After having made his home on his ranch for years, in 1896 he ceased active manual work and went to make his home with his son, our subject.

The mother of our subject, who is now sev- enty-five years of age, was Sarah Ann Fulcher, of Boone County, Mo. She was a daughter of Thomas Jefferson Fulcher, who went to Missouri about the time that Daniel Boone removed there; he settled in Schuyler County, where he died. As early as 1830 he made two trips, with pack animals, to Santa Fe and Taos, N. M., car- rying freight, etc. Of the twelve children eight are now living, and our subject is the eldest of the sons. His early years were spent in the vari- ous states (Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Texas and Kansas) where his parents resided, and he re- ceived a practical education in common schools. At twenty-three years of age he accompanied his father to Colorado and has since engaged in the stock business and general ranching. For a time he also mined and prospected in Ouray and Leadville, but did not meet with sufficient suc- cess to encourage him to continue there. In 1886 he went to California, where he spent two years in Oakland. Since his return to Colorado he hasresided on the ranch he now owns. He is a stockholder in the Union Ditch Company and took an active part in the construction of the ditch.

Though liberal in his views, Mr. Garrett sup- ports the silver Democratic party. In 1879 he was a candidate for county assessor. He has served as a member of the board of directors in school district No. 1, and has been active in educa- tional matters. He has not married, but has cared for his parents and has given them a happy and comfortable home with him.

ANDY ALLEN HUGHES, M. D., presi- dent of the board of pension examiners and head physician of the Pacific jurisdiction Woodmen of the World, hasresided in Denver since 1867, and during a considerable portion of this time has engaged in the practice of medicine. After a three years' course of study in the St. Louis Med- ical College, he graduated in 1883, with the degree of M. D., and at once opened an office in Denver, where he has since built up a large private prac- tice. In 1888, during the first term of Governor

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Adams, he was appointed a member of the state board of medical examiners, and served six years. In 1896 he was again appointed by Governor McIntire and is still filling the position, having been secretary during the larger part of his connec- tion with the board. Under President Cleveland, in June, 1893, he was appointed upon the board of examining surgeons for United States pensions and has since been president of the organization. Actively interested in the establishment of the Woodmen of the World, he now has the distinc- tion of being the oldest member in the Pacific jurisdiction. In 1890 he was made head consult- ing physician of the order, and three years later was promoted to head physician of the jurisdic- tion, with six hundred physicians under him, his duty being to pass upon all the applications for membership in the order. He is local surgeon for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and chairman of the Prudential Insurance Company of New Jersey. In Denver Lodge No. 41, K. P., he is examining physician. He is connected with both the Colorado State and American Med- ical Associations.

I. N. BUNTING, editor and manager of the Daily Sentinel, of Grand Junction, was born .. in Pottstown, Pa., in 1862. His father, S. M. Bunting, in 1850 established the S. M. Bunt- ing Hat & Fur Company, one of the oldest firms in Pennsylvania, and of this he continued to be the proprietor until his death, in 1885. During all these years he built up a wide acquaintance in the business world, while at the same time he became well known in social circles. By his mar- riage to Hannah Slonaker, who was born in Pennsylvania, of German descent, and is still living in Pottstown, he had the following-named children: John A., who succeeded to his father's business; Howard S., who represents the Kelley- Goodfellow Shoe Company of St. Louis, and in 1887 served as a member of the Kansas legis- lature; William W., who is teller of the National Iron Bank of Pottstown, and treasurer and man- ager of the Keystone Agricultural works; Anna M., wife of W. H. Maxwell; and Isaac N.

The subject of this article was educated in the Pottstown schools and at Pennington (N. J.) Seminary, from which he graduated in 1882. Afterward he was employed as traveling sales- man for the Dunham Manufacturing Company, of St. Louis and New York, and for Dodge & Seward, confectioners, of St. Louis, for four

years. In 1886 he went to Kansas and embarked in the cattle business and merchandising, as a partner of his brother, Howard S., with whom he remained until 1890. In the latter year he came to Grand Junction to take charge of the Daily Star, an Associated Press newspaper, which he managed until 1893. He then organized the Daily Sentinel, with Howard T. Lee as partner, Mr. Bunting assuming full charge of the local and business departments and latterly the edito- rial. His paper has become very popular, and its subscription list shows a constant growth. Through it he has always advocated the tenets of the silver Republican movements. His part in political affairs, both local and state, has been an active one, and his paper has proved a promi- nent organ of his party. Positive in his opinions, he is fearless in their declaration, and under all circumstances possesses the courage of his con- victions.

Mr. Bunting is past chancellor of Grand Junc- tion Lodge No. 55, K. P., and a member of the grand lodges of Pennsylvania, Kansas and Colo- rado. He is also actively identified with the Woodmen of the World. In 1886 he was united in marriage with Miss Maude Stanley Wilson, of Pennsylvania, and they have a family of three children, Helen S., Mark R. and H. Margaret.

ILLIAM W. HUNTINGTON, a well- known mine operator residing in Gilman, Eagle County, Colo., became connected with the mines of Leadville in January, 1879, during the great boom in that camp. He was connected with the Leadville Consolidated Min- ing Company and the Small Hopes Mining Com- pany until the spring of 1884, when he removed to Gilman, and since then he has acted as super- intendent and manager of the Eagle Bird mines, . the Eagle River and Tunnel Mining Company, the Ground Hog Tunnel Mining Company, and has had charge of the mines owned by D. H. Moffat, at this place.

Near Cooperstown, Otsego County, N. Y., Mr. Huntington was born in 1853. He represents the eighth generation of an old English family in this country. His grandfather, Samuel, who was born in New York state and spent his entire life there, taught his son, William S., the trade of a last-maker, which both father and son fol- lowed as long as they lived. Both were faithful adherents of the Presbyterian Church. Will- iam S. was a Mason in fraternal relations and a

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Republican in politics. He died in New York state in 1891. His wife, Mary, was a daughter of William Walker, a prosperous farmer of New York state, where she still makes her home. She had but two children, our subject and Frederick W., who is now professor in one of the high schools of Brooklyn, N. Y.

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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 158

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