Portrait and biographical record of the state of Colorado, containing portraits and biographies of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 167

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

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Mr. Lennox is a member of a Scotch family. His father, John, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and there learned the trade of a print-cutter. After his marriage he came to America in 1847 and settled in Iowa City, Iowa, when it was a village with few houses. He entered a tract of land from the government and improved a valu- able farm. Upon selling the place, in April, 1872, he brought his family to Colorado Springs, making the journey by the Kansas Pacific Rail-

road to Denver, and from there by stage to this city. He bought a ranch at Monument Park and continued there until his death, in May, 1880. Actively interested in educational work, he was for years a director of schools. In religion he was a Presbyterian. He was a man of quiet, reserved disposition, whose worth of character was appreciated only by those most intimately associated with him, although his uprightness won for him the esteem of all. His wife, Agnes (Houston) Lennox, who was born in Paisley, Scotland, and is now living in Colorado, was a daughter of Robert Houston, who emigrated to America and engaged in farming in Iowa, but at the time of the Pike's Peak gold excitement came to Colorado. In a short time, however, he re- turned to Iowa, where he died.

The eldest of a family of two sons and two daughters (all living) William Lennox was born near Iowa City, Iowa, on Christmas day of 1850. He attended the public schools and the Iowa State University, but left the latter institution before the completion of his course. On deciding to come to Colorado, he took the regular busi- ness course in the Iowa City Commercial College. Previous to this he had taught three terms of school. In the spring of 1872 he went into the mountains near Fairplay, where he spent three months in prospecting and mining. The follow- ing year he opened a feed and livery business in Colorado Springs, but in March, 1874, sold out and opened a coal yard. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company had established a coal yard here in 1873, and in March, 1874, they appointed Mr. Lennox their agent. When they were succeeded by the Colorado Coal and Iron Company, and later by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, he was still retained as agent, and for years has been the largest coal dealer in El Paso County, but since 1893 has given very little attention to this business, having turned its management over to others.

From the first Mr. Lennox has been inter- ested in mining. He was president of the Colo- rado Springs Prospecting Company, which car- ried on mining operations near Robinson, Summit County, and he still owns a mine there, and is also interested in Gunnison County. In 1891 he bought the El Paso claim, the first claim dis- covered in Cripple. Creek by Robert Womack. Shortly afterward he organized the Gold King Mining Company, Incorporated, which owns about sixty acres and in which he is the heaviest

CARL JOHNSON.

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stockholder. This company shipped the first ore cured employment on the Colorado Midland Rail- from Cripple Creek, and has been very successful.

Mr. Lennox is one of four parties interested in the Strong mine on Battle Mountain, Cripple Creek, and has other mining interests in the same district. He with others bought the Sangre de Cristo tunnel and formed a company that dug a tunnel fifteen hundred feet through Tenderfoot Hill. He is interested in mining at Silverton, where the Cement Creek Gold Mining Company, of which he is president, owns twenty acres. He is a member of the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce. In everything tending to advance the interests of this city 'he has been deeply inter- ested. When he came here, the streets were un- marked save by furrows, and he and his brother assisted in planting the first trees that were set out in the business center of the city. In the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a member, he serves as president of the board of trustees. Fraternally he is connected with the Woodmen of the World.

In Iowa City, Iowa, Mr. Lennox married Miss Belle Cowgill, who was born at Martin's Ferry, Ohio, and accompanied her parents to Iowa in girl- hood. They have four children: Jessie B., who is a student in Mount Vernon Seminary at Washing- ton, D. C .; Loring C., member of the high school class of 1900 in this city; William G., who is also a student in the high school; and Willabel.

ARL JOHNSON, a leading mine operator of Cripple Creek, is the lessee of the Half Moon and Vindicator Mines, botlı well- known mines in this district. He is also the owner of the Nada mine on Gold Hill, which is undeveloped and is located near the Half Moon. To the development of this claim it is his inten- tion to devote himself, upon the expiration of his lease of the other property. The Half Moon is an excellent producer, and, while he worked it for six months before he struck paying ore, he has since made large profits from its operation and may be termed one of the most fortunate mine operators in the district.

The birth of Mr. Johnson occurred in Sweden April 17, 1866. He is the son of Jonas Anderson and Fredreha Johnson. The years of his youth were passed in Sweden. At twenty-one years of age he crossed the ocean on the steamship "Spain," and arriving in the United States pro- ceeded immediately to Denver, Colo. A few days later he went to Colorado Springs, where he se-

road. He continued with the same company for two and one-half years, meantime making Colo- rado City his home. Later he was employed in the glass works for four years. In the spring of 1893 he came to Cripple Creek, and for two years prospected, after which he leased the Kittie mine, in partnership with John Anderson. The partnership was discontinued in April, 1897. He then leased the Half Moon and soon secured the controlling lease of the same. In October, 1897, he again leased the Kittie mine, which he man- aged until December, 1898, when the lease ex- pired. The mine did not prove a profitable one. In spite of some reverses, his mining ventures have in the main been exceedingly fortunate, and he is one of the successful men of Cripple Creek.

Reared in the Lutheran faith, Mr. Johnson has always adhered to that denomination. Jan- uary 29, 1898, he married Miss Emma Nelson, who was then living in Fort Collins, Colo.

AMES R. PATTERSON. Almost the en- tire life of Mr. Patterson has been spent in Colorado. Although a native of Virginia (born in Franklin County, October 20, 1866), his parents removed west in his infancy and for nearly seven years resided in Iowa. He remembers the journey from there to Colorado and the arrival in Longmont on the 4th of July, 1873. From that day to this he has been identified with life in northeastern Colorado, and, reared to a thorough and intimate knowledge of ranching, it is not strange that he selected this occupation for his life work. He is a young man of energetic dis- position, and has already secured a commendable degree of success.

The eldest son of Robert J. and Frances (Wray ) Patterson, the subject of this sketch is of south- ern birth and southern ancestry, but he has been so constantly associated with people of the north and west, that his tastes and characteristics are thoroughly in harmony with theirs. He was given fair educational advantages and graduated from the Sterling high school May 11, 1894. For six years previous to this he had taught in dis- trict schools in his neighborhood, and for a year after graduating lie was similarly occupied in the intermediate department of the Sterling Grammar school. During 1896 he was in the employ of the Greeley Colony Company, having charge of their Sterling office.

October 6, 1897, Mr. Patterson married Miss

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Irene N. Howe, who was born in Illinois and came to Sterling in company with her father, Aaron Howe. One child blesses this union, Ruby Viola, born in 1898. After his marriage Mr. Patterson settled on his present home farm, which he had purchased in July, 1894, and which is situated five miles northeast of Sterling. Upon the two hundred and forty acres comprising the ranch he carries on a growing business in stock and general farm produce. He is a thoroughly up-to-date farmer, and is meeting with success in his undertakings. In religion he is of the Dunk- ard faith. Politically he is a silver Republican.

MMETT N. MC PHERRIN, county treas- urer of Phillips County, was born in Wa- pello County, Iowa, November 12, 1857, a son of Willianı M. and Emma ( McWilliams) Mc- Pherrin. He is an only son and has two sisters, Suella, wife of C. W. Durfee, of What Cheer, Iowa; and Jeannette, wife of James C. McCall, of Sioux Falls, S. Dak. His father, a native of New Philadelphia, Ohio, born in 1825, studied law in early manhood, but after his removal to Eddy- ville, Wapello County, Iowa, in 1853, he for a time engaged in the mercantile business and served as postmaster. Later he was admitted to the bar, after which he disposed of his busi- ness and gave his attention to the practice of law. Ten years were spent in practice, and he then re- sumed the mercantile business, in which he re- mained until his death, July 29, 1878.

The education of our subject was obtained in Penn College at Oskaloosa, Iowa, from which he graduated in commercial law, banking and book- keeping in 1877. When his father died, he had reached his twentieth year. Being the eldest of the family and the only son, he acted as the head of the house. In 1885 he settled in soutli- western Kansas, where he engaged in the real- estate business, organizing the town of West Plain. Some five months later he went to Oska- loosa, Iowa, and established himself in the mer- cantile business. After two years of successful business he came to Colorado, arriving in Hol- yoke September 16, 1887. Shortly after his ar- rival he secured a government contract to carry the mail from Holyoke to Julesburg, over what was known as the Star route. After one year as mail contractor he sold the contract and entered the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank as book- keeper, remaining there for a year. Later he was cashier for a year. In March, 1890, he was

made deputy county treasurer, and continued in that capacity until a vacancy occurred in the office in January, 1897, when he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of one year as county treasurer. At the expiration of this appointment he was candidate on the Republican ticket for the office and received the election by a handsome majority. During his residence in 'Phillips County he has acquired some five thousand acres of land, and since 1895 he has gradually worked into the cattle business. He is recog- nized as one of the substantial citizens of the county, as well as one of its able and trustworthy officials.

On the 6th of October, 1896, occurred the marriage of Mr. McPherrin to Miss Georgie M. Mason. Mrs. McPherrin was born in Dixon, Ill., . a daughter of H. H. Mason, who was for many years a farmer of that locality, but removed to Colorado in 1886 and at the time of his death was serving as clerk of the district court in Holyoke, Colo. Mr. McPherrin has an only child, Helen, boru October 12, 1897. Fraternally he is a mem- ber of Holyoke Lodge No. 81, A. F. & A. M .; Hiram Chapter No. 6, R. A. M., of Oskaloosa, Iowa; Akron Commandery No. 21, K. T., of Akrou, Colo., and Holyoke Lodge No. 38, K. P. C OHN FREDERICK PATTERSON. Among the young ranchmen of northeastern Colo- rado, mention belongs to the subject of this sketch, who is a member of the well-known Patterson family, long inseparably associated with the history of Logan County and honored wherever known. He is a worthy representa- tive of this influential family, and, if the excel- lent start he has made in life is any indication of his prospects for the future, he will certainly he rewarded with prosperity and a position of promi- nence. In addition to his ranch interests he has a threshing machine, which he purchased in De- cember, 1897, and this he now operates in the season1.

During the residence of his parents, Robert J. and Frances (Wray) Patterson, in Marion Coun- ty, Iowa, the subject of this sketch was born De- cember 22, 1870. The family record appears in the sketch of his father. He acquired his educa- tion in Colorado schools. In 1892 he went to the Pecos Valley of New Mexico, where he spent six months in looking over the country. On his re- turn home he continued with his parents until his marriage, which event took place October 8, 1898,

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and united him with Miss Mattie E. Shannon, a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, being a daugh- ter of Robert T. Shannon, who is now a resident of Topeka, Kan.

After his marriage Mr. Patterson took his wife to their present property, where he had built a house, and made a number of improvements. He is a man who enjoys the respect of others and assists in measures for the benefit of his commu- nity. In religion he is connected with the Cum- berland Presbyterian Church. His political opin- ions bring him into affiliation with the silver wing of the Republican party.

ANIEL O'NEIL, who has made his home in the west since early manhood, came to Park County in 1876 and, with a partner, took up a ranch two miles southeast of Como. After a time he purchased his partner's interest and became sole proprietor of the place of three hundred and twenty acres, to which he added from time to time until the ranch now comprises ten hundred and forty acres, devoted to haying and extensive cattle interests. Besides his ranch property he has four connecting mining claims, comprising forty acres, in Pennsylvania Gulch, which are favorable prospects.

The third son of James and Ann (Fullerton) O'Neil, the subject of this sketch was born in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pa., June 9, 1845. He was one of six children, four of whom are now living, those besides himself being John, a business man of Altoona, Pa .; Cecelia, wife of Andrew Buchberger, a contractor of Altoona; and Arthur H. The father, a native of County Derry, Ireland, emigrated to America in young manhood and settled in Philadelphia, where he married. For many years he was a conductor on the Old Portage Railroad, running between Johnstown and Hollidaysburg, and while em- ployed in this capacity he met his death in a wreck. At that time our subject was a small child, and as soon as he was able to work he ap- plied himself to whatever work was offered, that he might in a measure contribute to the support of the family. At eighteen years of age he ap- prenticed himself to the trade of an iron moulder. In 1866 he came west and for a short time worked in a foundry in Leavenworth, Kan. With a de- sire to see life on the plains, he went with a gov- ernment train across the plains to Julesburg, where Fort Sedgwick was then building.

On his return to Leavenworth, Mr. O'Neil re-

sumed work in the foundry. However, he soon left that city and started on another trip across the plains, this time going with an ox-train over the Smoky Hill route, in the employ of Ben Hol- liday. Ou again going back to the foundry in Leavenworth, he continued there until the spring of 1868, when he went to Elizabethtown, N. M. Until the fall of 1870 he engaged in mining and prospecting in that section. He then went to Denver, Colo., where he secured employment in a foundry. In the spring of 1871 he began min- ing at Breckenridge, but soon went from there to St. John's, where he continued mining until late in the fall. From that time until the spring of 1872 he prospected at Galena Gulch. On his re- turn to St. John's he was employed as engineer for a mining company. In the fall of 1872 he and a partner went up on the Arkansas River in Pleas- ant Valley, and, taking up a ranch, they built a cabin, but after two months abandoned the place, Mr. O'Neil returning to Denver. Shortly after- ward he began to work in the mines at George- town and also prospected until the spring of 1874, when he came to Hall's Gulch, and spent the summer prospecting at Montezuma and St. John's. In the fall he returned to Georgetown, where he spent the winter, and in the spring came back to Hall's Gulch. He then took a contract on the Whale mine, where he worked until the spring of 1876. After a short stay in Denver he came to Park County, where he has since been closely identified with ranching and mining in- terests. He has been a hard-working man. His life upon the frontier had its reverses and hard- ships, but he is now well to-do, and can enjoy the fruits of his years of toil and effort. Among the people of Park County he deservedly ranks high.

ON. D. C. BAILEY. As the incumbent of various positions of honor and responsibility, Mr. Bailey has discharged faithfully every trust reposed in him and has won a high position among the public men of Colorado. While a resident of Elbert County, in 1886, he was elected representative on the Republican ticket and during the session that followed he served as chairman of the committee on federal relations and state affairs. On the expiration of his term as representative he became the Republican nominee to represent Elbert, Arapahoe and Bent Counties in the state senate and was elected by a large majority. During his term, from 1888 to 1892, he rendered much able service in behalf of

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his constituents and his influence was always given to measures for the benefit of the people. During the first session he was chairman of the printing committee and the committee on state affairs; while during the second session he was a member of the committee on incorporations and others of equal importance.

Mr. Bailey was born near Coldwater, Mich., September 1, 1858. At the age of about thirteen he began to study telegraphy on the Lake Shore road and afterward was employed as an operator and agent at stations on the road between Toledo and Chicago. Later he engaged in the cattle business with an uncle in Vernon County, Mo. In June, 1879, he came to Colorado, and estab- lished a ranch in Elbert County, where he en- gaged in the cattle business for nine years. In the fall of 1888 he removed to Denver, but still continued the management of the ranch until he sold it some years later. Since 1888 he has been dealing in cattle at the Union stockyards, having handled over ten thousand head per annum.

Frequently Mr. Bailey has represented the Re- publican party as delegate to state conventions. While senator he introduced and was largely in- strumental in the passage of the bills establishing Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Lincoln, Prowers and Otero Counties, the names of which were decided upon by a committee of whole in the senate. In 1888 he gave his influence for Hon. Edward O. Wolcott as United States senator and two years later voted for Hon. Henry M. Teller. Under the administration of President Mckinley he received the appointment of United States marshal for the Colorado district. While residing in Elbert County he was secretary of the county central committee and for years he was a member of the state central committee.

G JEORGE E. GRAY, M. D., has engaged in continuous practice in Pueblo ever since he arrived in this city, September 15, 1881. As a physictan he has met with success in his practice, all of which may be attributed to his thorough professional knowledge, and his energy and industry, backed by a good share of sound common sense. While he has made no specialty among the departments of professional practice, yet probably he has been most successful in the treatment of diseases of women and children, in which he has a reputation for skill and thorough knowledge.

Born April 15, 1852, in Pembroke, Genesee

County, N.Y., Dr. Gray was quite young when his parents removed to Batavia, in the same county. There he was educated in common schools. As soon as old enough to be granted a teacher's cer- tificate, he began to teach school, and this occu- pation he followed, in different parts of Genesee County, for about nine years. Meantime he read medicine during the vacation months and even- ings, studying under Dr. John F. Baker for four years. In 1877 he entered the homeopathic department of the University of Michigan, from which , he graduated July 1, 1880. For a few months he engaged in practice at Tecumseh, Mich., and from there removed to Colorado, set- tling in Pueblo.

Politically Dr. Gray has always voted the Re- publican ticket. He served as county physician in 1884, 1891 and 1892, and for two years was city physician of Pueblo. Fraternally he is con- nected with the Woodmen of the World, Knights of Pythias and Ancient Order of United Work- men. While he is not . identified with any church, he attends the Roman Catholic Church, of which his wife is a member. He married, November 27, 1890, Miss Mary McCarty, of Con- ception, Mo. They have one son, Donald.

C OSEPH B. FARNSWORTH, county clerk of Morgan County, was born in Lower Can- ada May 1, 1867, and was third among six children comprising the family of John H. and Jane (Anderson) Farnsworth. Of the family five are living. Lizzie is the wife of James K. Brown1, who is engaged in the stock business in Morgan County; Louise married G. W. Warner, who lives in Fort Morgan, and is United States land receiver at Akron; John A. is a practicing phy- sician in Fort Morgan; and Sarah is the wife of J. H. Burke, a brick contractor residing in Fort Morgan.

The father of this family was born in Ohio in 1839. When fourteen years of age he accom- panied his parents to Canada, where he grew to manhood, married and engaged in farming. In 1875 he removed to Iowa and for two years car- ried on a farm there. His next place of resi- dence was in Kansas. In 1879 he came to Colo- rado, and two years later settled in what is now Fort Morgan, in Morgan County, where he built the second house in this now thriving village. Here he has since made his home.

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education. In 1884 he commenced to engage in the stock business, in which he continued until 1892. Afterward he was connected with the mercantile house of B. M. Warren, of Fort Mor- gan. In the fall of 1897 he was elected county clerk by a handsome majority, and has since filled this office to the satisfaction of all con- cerned. He is a member of Oasis Lodge No. 67, A. F. & A. M., and Fort Morgan Camp No. 193, Woodmen of the World. April 28, 1891, he married Miss Hattie G. Dershan, a native of Iowa, and daughter of Henry Dershan, who came to Colorado in 1889 and is now living re- tired in Fort Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth have three sons, Everett C., Raymond D. and Chauncey D.

G UY T. NASH is secretary and manager of the Pueblo Hardware Company, owners of the largest hardware establishment in southern Colorado. He came to Colorado in 1886 and the next year bought an interest in the J. A. Thatcher Hardware Company, from which was formed the present company. The location of the store is at No. 402 Santa Fe street, where three floors and basement, 25x180 feet, are occu- pied by general hardware, miners' supplies, ma- chinery for smelters, etc. A large wholesale and retail business is carried on, and in addition to the main store, two large warehouses are filled with the various articles for sale.

Mr. Nash is of historic New England descent. He traces his ancestry to Peregrine White, and also to John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. The first of the White family in America was William White, a native of Plymouth, England, who ac- companied the Pilgrims to Holland, and there followed the trade of a wool carder. He married Anna (or Susanna) Fuller, a relative of Dr. Samuel Fuller. After landing in Massachusetts a son was born whom they named Peregrine, in remembrance of their peregrinations, and he was the first white child born in New England. Will- iam White died the year following his arrival in Massachusetts, and his widow afterward became the wife of the first governor of Massachusetts, Governor Winslow, and their son Josiah was the first American-born governor of Massachusetts.

In 1632 Peregrine White removed to Marsh- field with his stepfather. In 1636, when sixteen years of age, he enlisted in a regiment organized by Miles Standish to fight the Pequods. In 1642 he was ensign-bearer, later was commissioned

lieutenant, and in 1673 was commissioned cap- tain. In 1648 he married Sarah, daughter of William Basset, and of their six children one was Peregrine White, Jr. In 1665, at the request of the king's counsel, the crown granted Peregrine White, Sr., two hundred acres, in recognition of the fact that he was the first America-born Eng- lishman. He was beloved and esteemed, and filled many positions of honor and responsibility. His middle life was very busily passed, but when he became old and his thoughts turned toward

eternity, he recognized the value of the church and the truth of its teachings, and in his seventy- eighth year became a member thereof. He was the last survivor of the famous Pilgrim band.

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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 167

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