Portrait and biographical record of the state of Colorado, containing portraits and biographies of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 73

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

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In Ottawa, Kan., Mr. Jones married Miss Lola Campbell, who was born in Ohio and by whom he has a son, William Robert. He was made a mason in El Paso Lodge No. 13, with which he is identified. He is also a member of Colorado Springs Chapter No. 6, R. A. M .; Pike's Peak Commandery No. 6, K. T., Colorado Consistory, El Jebel Temple, N. M. S. Politically he votes the Democratic ticket. He is a well-known member of the Pike's Peak Club. Though not a member of any denominatiou he contributes to the support of Grace Episcopal Church, with

which his wife is connected. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Colorado Springs. His mining ventures have met with success, for they are backed by his persevering energy and excellent judgment, and the experience which he has gained makes his opinion valuable in matters relating to mining.

RTHUR PECK has made his home in Colo- rado Springs since June, 1872, and is a L stockholder in the Portland and Anchoria- Leland mines, two of the most remunerative min- ing properties in the Cripple Creek region. While he is now successful and prosperous, he has gained success only after years of apparently unrequited toil. For thirty-six years he strug- gled, in the face of financial reverses, and the ill health of himself and family. His connection with the two mines named marked a turning point in his fortunes, and from that time he has enjoyed the smiles of prosperity.

The Peck family was founded in America by three brothers who emigrated from Wales and settled in New England. Jason Peck, who was born in Massachusetts, removed to Steuben Coun- ty, N. Y., and remained there until his death, when almost eighty years of age. His son, Erastus, who was born in Massachusetts, became a farmer in Schuyler County, N. Y., and also engaged in building at Anderson settlement on Seneca Lake. At the time of his death he was forty-one years of age. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Lydia Bailey, was born in Massachusetts and in childhood accompanied her parents to New York. At the time of her death she was seventy-one years of age. Of her six children that attained mature years all are living but one daughter, who died in New York. The others are: Joel S., a farmer living in New York; Martin H., a suc- cessful farmer of Altay; Mrs. Nancy Jackson, of Canisteo, N. Y .; and Ann Eliza, Mrs. Winters, living near Altay, N. Y.

Near the head of Seneca Lake, in Schuyler County, N. Y., the subject of this sketch was born April 5, 1835. He attended the district schools, Dundee Academy and a seminary, but poor health prevented the completion of his edu- cation. In 1856 he went to Peoria County, Il1., and settled in the town of Jubilee, but afterward removed to El Paso, Woodford County, where he engaged in farming. However, his experience in El Paso was not enjoyable, for twice cyclones destroyed his property and in one of these storms

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he was severely injured. In 1868 he removed to Clinton, De Witt County, where he carried on a meat market. In 1872 he came to Colorado, hoping that this climate might benefit himself and wife. As soon as he was able to engage in business, he opened a meat market on Tejon street, and this business he continued, at inter- vals, as his health permitted. Since 1869 he has been interested in mines, his first venture being in the Gunnison district, after which he was in Leadville, and finally bought stock in Cripple Creek mines.

In El Paso, Ill., Mr. Peck married Miss Lucinda D. Nay, who was born in New Hampshire, a de- scendant of the famous French general, Marshal Michel Ney. Her father, Gardiner Nay, was an early settler of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Peck have an only son, Frank G., who is secretary and treasurer of the Portland Gold Mining Company. Politically Mr. Peck is a firm believer in the sil- ver cause, and supports that branch of the Re- publican party. In the fall of 1872, shortly after he came to this city, he assisted in organizing a Baptist Church and so great was his interest in the work that he generously donated one-third of his entire property for the building of the house of worship. Of those who assisted in the formation of the church he alone survives, and, as a charter member and active worker, he has borne a part in every plan for the growth of the congregation and the enlargement of its work.

ON. JAMES CASTELLO, a pioneer of Colorado, was born and reared upon a farnı in Pennsylvania and in early manhood re- moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he had mer- cantile interests. Later he engaged in lead min- ing at Mineral Point and vicinity. He was mar- ried in Wisconsin in 1838 to Catherine Hughes, a native of Ohio and in girlhood a resident of Illi- nois. In 1840 he returned to St. Louis, where he engaged in farming near the city. A man of prominence in his community, he was elected county sheriff in 1857 and at other times held various local positions.

During the summer of 1858 one of Mr. Castel- lo's sons had come to Colorado and in 1860 he crossed the plains, intending to settle in the west. Going to Nevadaville he engaged in mining for one year, after which he was similarly interested in Fairplay, Park County. At the same time he carried on a hotel business there until 1868. His family had joined him in 1863. I11 1870 he re-

moved to El Paso County, where he founded the town of Florissant, named in honor of his former home town in Missouri. There he started the first store, which he conducted in connection with farming.

For one term, during his residence in Park County, Mr. Castello served as county judge. In 1865 he was a member of the first state senate of Colorado, which met in Golden in December of that year, and then adjourned to meet in Denver. However, the proceedings of the convention were not ratified by President Johnson, and hence were rendered null. In 1868, when the United States land office was established at Fairplay for the district now included in Leadville, he was ap- pointed by President Johnson receiver for the same and continued in that capacity until 1872. His death occurred May 18, 1878. His wife died at Florissant October 27, 1898, in the eight- ieth year of her age. They were the parents of nine children, six of whom attained mature years.

RED ALLEN YOUNG, whose residence in Colorado Springs dates from December 10, 1876, is one of the successful stockmen of this section of the state. From his original purchase of two hundred and eighty acres he has, by the pur- chase of adjoining tracts, become the owner of six- teen hundred and sixty-twoacresin Elbert County, on which he raises large quantites of hay, as well as sheep and cattle. The land is enclosed by substantial fencing and is watered by the East Bijou or Beaver Creek. For some time he gave his attention largely to the raising of graded merinoes, but since 1896 he has been interested in the cattle business. Besides this place, which lies in Elbert County, near Ramah, El Paso County, he owns ranch property south of Gran- ada, Colo. While necessarily much of his time has been spent in the country, he has had his family in Colorado Springs, in order that the children might receive the excellent educational advantages offered by this city. The residence is at No. 528 East Boulder street.

The subject of this sketch was born in Warren, Knox County, Me., which was also the birthplace of his father, Allen, and grandfather, Allen, Sr. The last-named improved a farm, which became the family homestead. During the war of 1812 he served on the Atlantic coast. Allen, Jr., who was a farmer, died at seventy-three years of age, having spent his entire life on the home place.

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He married Matilda Briggs, who was born in Knox County and died there at fifty years of age. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812 and with three brothers and his father, took part in the battle of Plattsburgh. One of her brothers, Ambrose, served in the Mexican war; she had three half-brothers in the Civil war, two of whom lost their lives in the service, and the third was seriously wounded.

The family of Allen Young, Jr., consisted of nine children, and all of these are still living. They are: Fred Allen, who was born August 5, 1847; Matilda, who lives in Rockland, Me .; Estelle, of Sharon, Mass .; Mary, whose home is in Attleboro, Mass .; Chester and Emma, of Granada, Colo .; John C., who owns a portion of the homestead; Lewis, also of Warren; and George B., residing in Boston, Mass.

At eighteen years of age our subject left home to learn a trade. For nine years he worked as a carriage blacksmith in Rockland, and other towns in Maine. In the latter part of 1876 he came to Colorado. On the morning after his arrival in Colorado Springs, he went to the head of the Big Sandy, where he was employed on a ranch until June, 1877. He then embarked in the sheep business. Later he bought the Tib- bitts ranch, which he has since cultivated and improved, increasing it to its present acreage. He has never been active in politics, but is a pro- nounced advocate of the Republican party. Fra- ternally he is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

At Gorham, near Portland, Me., Mr. Young married Miss Caroline Mckinney, who was born in Scarboro, Me. They are the parents of six children, namely: Florence Mabel, Alice Maude, Pearl Blanche, Grace Eveline, Russell Earl and Raymond Everett.

JOSEPH DOZIER, who came to Colorado Springs in the early part of 1873 and is now engaged in contracting and building, was born in Moyock District, Currituck County, N.C., April 18, 1842, and descends from French ances- tors who were among the early settlers of Vir- ginia. His great-grandfather, Willis Dozier, was a native of Princess Anne County, Va., and spent his entire life upon a plantation in that state. The grandfather, Jacob Dozier, also a native of Princess Anne County, removed to Currituck County, N. C., where he engaged in farming until his death at sixty-two years. He was a

soldier in the war of 1812. His wife, who was born in Currituck County, bore the maiden name of Mary Lee, and was a daughter of Daniel Lee, a planter of North Carolina.

Daniel Lee Dozier, our subject's father, was born March 8, 1816, in Currituck County, where he engaged in farming in early life. Removing to Chestertown, Md., in 1857 he embarked in the mercantile business, but two years later returned to Moyock, N. C., where he had a general mer- cantile store until the outbreak of the Civil war. Afterward he engaged in farming. In 1867 he removed to St. Joseph, Mo., and has since lived in retirement, in that city and in Colorado Springs. His wife, Mary, was born in Currituck County, but was reared in Tennessee, to which state she had accompanied her father, Dennis Dozier, a native of Currituck County. She died in North Carolina in 1852, at the age of thirty- five years. Of her six children four attained years of maturity, namely: Joseph; Romulus, who resides in Colorado Springs; Willoughby, an architect, who died in Kansas City; and Mary, living in Colorado Springs.

Until fifteen years of age our subject lived in North Carolina. He then removed to Mary- land, and in Millington was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, under Thomas C. Ringgold. On completing the trade he went to Baltimore, where he remained from 1864 to 1867, and then went to St. Joseph, Mo., where for six years he was in the employ of Bright & De Clue. In May, 1873, he came to Colorado Springs and secured employment with W. S. Stratton, then engaged in contracting and building. In 1874 he bought out his employer and has since engaged in con- tracting. Among the contracts which he has had are those for the main wing of Colorado Col- lege, the Congregational Church, Gazette build- ing, Midland block, the old postoffice and numer- ous residences. He also erected ten buildings for himself, which he afterward sold. In the early days of Leadville he was interested in min- ing there, and now owns interests in the Cripple Creek district. His business location is in Ex- change Place.

The marriage of Mr. Dozier united him with Miss Martha A. Devinney, who was born in Louisville, Ky., and was a daughter of Hamilton Devinney. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and is a lady whose many noble qualities have won for her the esteem of acquaintances. Their family consists of seven

ALBERT M. SAGER.

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children, all at home, namely: May Ioue, Louisa, Martha A., Dixie Lee, Marion, Joseph J. and Dorotha Devinney.

Politically Mr. Dozier is a Democrat. At onetime he was connected with the Knights of Honor and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and was also active in the work of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. He is now identified with El Paso Lodge No. 13, A. F. & A. M.

A LBERT M. SAGER, who is well known as a successful and extensive breeder of Here- ford cattle, and is one of the influential citizens of Laveta, Huerfano County, carries on a lage stock business in partnership with his brother, Henry B., under the firm title of Sager Brothers. He was born in Benton County, Ark., August 8, 1851, and was a small child when his mother died. His father, Christian C. Sager, who

was a native of Germany, but spent his life prin- cipally in the United States, was a pioneer of Kansas City, Mo., and later a farmer and stock- raiser in Benton County, Ark., dying there in 1870. There were three sons in the family: Fred- erick W., Albert M. and Henry B. In the sketch of the last-named, which appears in this work, the family history is given quite fully.

Coming to Colorado in 1872, our subject has resided here almost continuously since. In 1876 he engaged in herding cattle for a large com- pany, the cattle range occupying the present site of Durango. He remained in that locality for two years, after which he went to Utah in the interests of the same company. He remained in Utah until 1884. The following year, in partner- ship with J. F. Sibley, he embarked in the cattle business, commencing with one thousand head, for which a high price was paid. The partners operated together for five years, making their headquarters at Grand Junction and meeting with success.

Finally selling his interest to his partner, Mr. Sager came to Laveta, and joined his brother, Henry B. He bought some property located one and one-half miles east of Laveta, and here he has since engaged in stock-raising and general ranching. Much of his land has been improved and cultivated, which makes it quite valuable. He now owns sixty head of pure-bred Herefords, and is meeting with conspicuous success in the breeding of high-grade cattle.

Mr. Sager is a typical westerner. He is a worthy representative of those pioneers who have

assisted in transforming this country from the barren wilderness of early days to its present wonderful state of development. Especially does he deserve credit for his progressiveness in the cattle business, by which he has not only gained individual success, but encouraged others to embark in similar enterprises. A reliable, upright and enterprising citizen, his sterling character is recognized by all who know him and his friends are many in this section of the state. He is unmarried, and makes his home with his brother. Political affairs have never received much attention from him, although he keeps himself posted concerning the questions before the people; yet his tastes not being in the line of public activities, he has devoted himself almost exclusively to his business pursuits.

HOMAS J. WRIGHT, a successful con- tractor and builder, and a highly respected citizen of Colorado Springs, is a descend- ant of an old and honored Pennsylvania family, some of whom were pioneers of the Susquehanna and Wyoming valleys. The first of the name in this country settled in Connecticut and later re- moved to New York, where, in Tioga County, both the father and grandfather of our subject was born. The former, who was a carpenter by trade, settled in Scottsville, Pa., where he engaged in contracting and building for many years. His death occurred in that place at the age of seventy-two.

The mother of our subject was Ellen, daughter of Robert Comstock. She was born in Luzerne County, Pa., near the line of Wyoming County, and died in Laceyville, the latter county, at the age of about sixty-eight. Her father was a mem- ber of a Connecticut family, but spent his life principally in Pennsylvania. He married a sis- ter of Frances Slocum, who was captured by In- dians, at Forty Fort, Pa., when a small child and takeu by them to Indiana, where years afterward she was found by her relatives.

The family of T. J. Wright, Sr., and his wife, Ellen, consisted of eleven children, nine of whom attained mature years, and eight are now living. All, except two brothers and a sister in Colo- rado, remain in Pennsylvania. Three of the sons took part in the Civil war. C. J., who enlisted in Company B, Fifty-second Pennsylvania In- fantry, was wounded at Fair Oaks and honorably discharged on account of physical disability; he died at Manitou, Colo. G. D., who enlisted in

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Company B, Fifty-second Pennsylvania Infantry, is now a stone-dealer at Laceyville, Pa. D. M., of Colorado Springs, was a member of Company B, Fifty-second Pennsylvania Infantry, and served from the opening to the close of the war.

The birth of our subject occurred February 23, 1850, at Scottsville, Wyoming County, Pa., on the Susquehanna River. In boyhood he attended the district and private schools of his home town. Learning the carpenter's trade, he assisted his father nutil 1872, after which he engaged in farming at Jane Bend, Wyoming County. In 1874 he came to Colorado, intending to locate permanently in the state, but without a definite plan as to what location to select. He came to Colorado Springs and was so well pleased with the city that he has never cared to remove from it. For six years he was employed as foreman for Joseph Dozier, but since 1880 he has been contracting for himself. His shop and office are at No. 2212 North Nevada street. Among his con- tracts were those for W. S. Stratton's residence, the Telegraph building and other fine structures. He built the residence at No. 1414 Lincoln ave- nue, which he owns and occupies. Politically he is a Democrat, and fraternally belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and El Paso Lodge No. 13, A. F. & A. M. By his marriage, in Denver, to Miss Mary Corcoran, who was born in Anamosa, Iowa, a daughter, Lillian, was born.

OHN E. HUNDLEY came to Colorado Springs in 1878 and was one of the origina- tors and builders of the carriage road to Pike's Peak, which, until the building of the railroad, was the only means of reaching the summit of that famous mountain. In 1880 he opened a livery stable on Pike's Peak avenue, and eight years later built his present barn, the largest in the city, being 50x190 feet in dimen- sions, with three floors. His stables, which are known as the Antlers, are not only the finest in the city, but probably in the entire western country. He was awarded a special prize at the festival of the mountain and plain in 1897.

Hon. John B. Hundley, our subject's father, was born in Nashville, Tenn., aud was a son of William Hundley, who emigrated from Scotland to Tennessee and died upon a plantation there. In 1840 the former removed to Albany, Mo., where he taught school for a time, later engaged in the mercantile business and was postmaster, also held public offices, including those of county

treasurer, county clerk and representative. Re- moving to St. Joe in 1864 he engaged in the wholesale boot and shoe business, as a member of the firm of Hundley & Buck, on Fifth and Felix streets. In 1870 he entered the wholesale firm of Hundley, Kemper & McDonald. For some time he was president of the Merchants' Bank and vice-president of the First National Bank, also a director in the Saxtou National Bank. Many of the local industries of St. Joe received encouragement from him, notably the glucose factory. From boyhood he was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His gen- erosity was shown in the erection of the Hundley chapel, on Frederick avenue, which cost him $40,000. He continued in business until his death, which occurred August 1, 1896, at seventy- five years. Afterward the business was continued at the same location, under the title of the Hundley & Frazer Dry Goods Company.

The mother of our subject, who is still living, was a descendant of an English family that settled in Virginia in a very early day. She was born in that state and bore the maiden name of Tabitha Whitten. In her family there were teu children, eight of whom are living. Of the four sons, Harry and Woodson continue their father's interest in the dry-goods company, of which the former is president and treasurer; Eugene lives in Leavenworth, Kan. Our subject, who was the oldest son, was born in Albany, Mo., May 10, 1858. In 1864 he accompanied his parents to St. Joe, and in 1876 graduated from the high school of that city. Beginning at the lowest position in his father's business house, he was promoted by successive degrees, and at nineteen years was a traveling salesman, having Kansas and Colorado for his route. In 1878 he came to Colorado Springs and opened a shoe store on Tejon street. During that time, with W. C. Bradbury as a partner, he started a stage line to Leadville, running a coach through from each place every twenty-four hours, and carrying ex- press and United States mail. At the close of a year, he sold out his shoe business in order to give his entire attention to the stage line. In 1880, when the railroad was built, the continua- tion of the stage was unnecessary.

With James Carlile as a partner, Mr. Hundley built the Pike's Peak carriage road, which was seventeen miles in length and was considered the best mountain road in the world. During the three years he carried on this business he was

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very successful. He ran a stage line into Cripple Creek, but sold out when the Midland was built to that point. This was considered the most re- markable stage route in the world. Eight thou- sand pounds of express were carried almost daily, while if there were not at least four hundred passengers, the proprietors considered business dull. Fifteen six-horse stages were used daily for the transportation of passengers, express and mail. Mr. Hundley is interested in the mines of Cripple Creek, is president of the Acacia Gold Mining Company and a stockholder in many other mines. He was one of eight men who organized the Colorado Springs Driving Park Association, and has served as its president from the first. The Association bought the grounds one and one-half miles north of the city, and on the tracks there they have some of the most interesting races in the west. He was a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce, in which he was a director until 1897. During the active operation of the Board of Trade he was also identified with it. He is a charter member and president of the Pike's Peak Club and a member of the Country Club. In national politics he is a Democrat, but in local matters votes indepen- dently, favoring the men whom he deems best qualified to represent the people.

In this city Mr. Hundley was united in mar- riage with Miss Carrie Atherton, who was born in Austin, Minn. She is a daughter of John F. Atherton, who was an early settler of Colorado Springs and is now living in San Diego, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Hundley have one son, John B.

AMES B. GIBSON, M. D., a specialist in the treatment of diseases of the eye and ear, is one of the most successful physicians in Colorado and has built up a reputation, in the line of his specialties, that is not limited to the state. He is of Scotch descent. His great- grandfather, Rev. James Gibson, was a Presby- terian clergyman and for some time held the po- sition of principal of the Lanark high school in Lanarkshire, Scotland. His son, William Gibson, M. D., engaged in the practice of his profession in Lanark, and the lady whom he married was also the daughter of a physician. Their son, John B. Gibson, M. D., was born in Lanark, and graduated from McGill University of Montreal, after which he engaged in practice. He was one of the founders of the College of Physicians and

surgeons in the province of Quebec and for years held office as one of its governors. For a time he was vice-president of the Canadian Medical Association. He continued in practice at Dun- ham, Quebec, until his death, in the fall of 1897. Fraternally he was a Mason and in religion a member of the Episcopal Church.

The mother of our subject, Lucy S., was born in Dunham, Quebec, and was a daughter of Will- iam Baker, a native of Vermont. Her father, who owned large tracts of land in Canada, served as a member of parliament for many years, and died in Canada. He was a son of a Vermont farmer, who removed to Canada. The Baker family came from England and settled in New England. Mrs. Gibson died in 1882, leaving four children. One of the sons is a practicing physician in Huntingdon, Long Island; a daugh- ter is the wife of a physician in Cowansville, Quebec; another son, John G., is a graduate of the Royal Military College at Kingston and is now engaged in the real-estate business in San Francisco, Cal. The youngest of the children was our subject, who was born in Dunham Octo- ber 15, 1863. He was educated at Dunham and entered McGill University, where he con- tinued in the literary department for a few years. He then took up the study of medicine and in 1886 graduated with the degree of M. D., C. M. Afterward for two years he was resident surgeon of the Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, Vt., and for a similar period he was resident sur- geon of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Afterward he engaged in practice, as an eye and ear specialist, in the city of New York, and at the same time lectured in the New York Post- Graduate Medical School and College, and was an instructor in the eye and ear department in the University of the City of New York, also held an appointment as attending ophthalmic surgeon to Bellevue Hospital, and attending sur- geon to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

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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 73

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