Portrait and biographical record of the state of Colorado, containing portraits and biographies of many well known citizens of the past and present, Part 96

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

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It was in 1895, also, that he reported on the Gold Coin and advised the purchase of the treasury stock at from five to ten cents per share, and it was subscribed for four times over. The mine is now producing one hundred and twenty tons per day and the stock is selling at $1.50.

His connection with the Good Will tunnel is well known. The bore is 9x9 in the clear, and he pushed it in at the rate of eleven feet per day.

In years past he advised the purchase of both the Vin- dicator and Elkton, but his advise was not heeded. Last fall he reported on the Pinnacle Company's property, re- sulting in large blocks of the stock being purchased at low figures, which have since been sold out for ten cents. His last report on the Damon resulted in the purchase of three or four hundred thousand shares at from two to five cents, with the result that is already known. He pre- dicted that the ore would run in shipping lots fifty dollars per ton, and the returns show that he missed it only by eighty cents per ton. He has made a vast num- ber of other reports, some thirty in all, in Cripple Creek alone, and the success of them is due not to luck, but to a close application and constant study of his profession.

C HARLES C. REED. In 1880 Mr. Reed bought three hundred and twenty acres 011 section 14, township 17, range 65, near the postoffice of Buttes, El Paso County. Afterward he added to the property until it now embraces four hundred and eighty acres, and upon this he has made various improvements that increase its value and its desirability as a homestead. With all the details of farming, which has been his life occupation, he is thoroughly posted, and is just- ly regarded as one of the most enterprising and capable farmers of his county.

A son of Samuel and Eliza (Cummings) Reed, natives of Massachusetts and New York, respect- ively, the subject of this sketch was born in Sheboy- gan County, Wis., August 11, 1854. His boy hood years were spent in the schoolroom and upon the home farm, where he was early trained to a knowledge of agriculture. When he was twenty- two years of age, his health being poor, he left his home and started west, hoping to find a climate that would prove more healthful. After spending about a year in Kansas he came to Colorado in 1878. Here he soon secured em-

ployment as a ranch laborer, working for wages for five years. His earnings were carefully saved, until he was finally able to invest in property, and he then bought the farm where he has since lived.

July 16, 1883, Mr. Reed married Miss Ella Wheeler, their union being solemnized in She- boygan County, Wis., where she was born, a daughter of Henry and Helen (Gardner ) Wheeler. Three sons bless their union, Henry, William and Chester, all of whom were born on the home farm in El Paso County. Having given his at- tention closely to the management of his farm, Mr. Reed has had no time to engage actively in political and public affairs. He cast his first presidential ballot for R. B. Hayes and has since uniformly supported Republican candidates, but has not sought office for himself, nor taken an active part in local matters.

The father of Mrs. Reed was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., and spent his boyhood days in that locality. He was married to Miss Gardner in Jefferson County, N. Y., of which she was a native. Soon after his marriage he removed to Wisconsin and settled in Sheboygan County. He still makes his home in Plymouth, that county, where he is highly esteemed by his large circle of acquaintances. His wife died there in 1884. Mrs. Reed was given the advantages of a public-school education and was carefully trained in girlhood for the responsibilities of life. She is a lady of amiable disposition, and with her husband shares the esteem of friends and acquaintances.

I SAIAH DENNESS, a retired merchant and ranchman of Rocky Ford and one of the pio- neers of what is now Otero County, was born in Oxford, Ohio, January 25, 1819. When fourteen years of age he accompanied his parents to Schuy- ler County, Ill., and settled on a farm, where he continued to reside until 1850. Then, going to McDonough County, Ill., he purchased a raw tract of prairie land, which he improved and cul- tivated. For years he continued to reside there, meantime meeting with fair success as an agricult- urist.

In 1875 Mr. Denness came to Colorado and took up a soldier's homestead near Rocky Ford. Two years later he opened a general store, and this he carried on for three years, during which time he rented his land. He also engaged to some extent in building, and is now the owner of seven dwelling houses that he rents. While he

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has not become the possessor of a large fortune, he has honestly and honorably gained a compe- tency, and is recognized as one of the well-to-do and prosperous citizens of Rocky Ford. Now, having retired from active business, he devotes himself to the oversight of his interests and the investment of his capital, which leaves him sufficient leisure for the enjoyment of his home and intercourse with friends.

The marriage of Mr. Denness united him with Miss Esther Bruner, of Illinois, whose death in 1896 was a heavy loss to her husband. She left a daughter and son. The former, Adaline, is the wife of John Hushaw, of Rocky Ford. The lat- ter, Charles, is superintending his father's farm in McDonough County, Ill.

Politically Mr. Denness is a Republican. For about ten years he served as a justice of the peace, and he has also been school director. In 1861 he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry, and served until the fall of 1864. Among the engagements in which he took part were the following: Shiloh (where he was wounded in the left thigh), siege of Corinth, Hatchie River (where he received a flesh wound in the left arm), sieges of Vicksburg, Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta. For one year he served in the quartermaster's department, for one year in the engineer's department and in the provost- marshal's office in the tenth district of Illinois until the close of the war. This, with his first service of eighteen months in the infantry, brought his term of service up to four and one- half years. He is now a member of Wadsworth Post No. 93, G. A. R., of Rocky Ford.

OSEPH W. BOOTH. About three miles from Pueblo lies a well-improved farm upon which fruit and general farm products, as well as stock, are raised. Here, since 1867, Mr. Booth has lived and labored, making all the valuable improvements now noticeable on the place, including the substantial two-story brick residence, the barn and extensive orchards. During the long period of his residence on this property he has seen the many wonderful im- provements made in this section of the state, has witnessed the growth of Pueblo from an insig- nificant village to a populous city, and has aided in developing the agricultural resources of Pu- eblo County.

In Columbus, Ohio, near the site of the Columbus Buggy Company shops, Mr. Booth

was born November 7, 1825, shortly after the death of his father, Joseph Booth. The family is descended from Sir Richard Booth of England, who came to America and remained here until his death. A man of great wealth, a portion of his fortune belongs to the branch with which our subject is identified, but the genealogical record not being complete, the money could not be se- cured. Joseph Booth was born in Connecticut and removed to Columbus, Ohio, where he had the contract for the erection of the first Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as contracts for other early buildings there. He followed the carpen- ter's trade until he died. His wife was Abigail Patterson, who was born in the western part of Berkshire County, Mass., the daughter of a farmer and a descendant of English and Scotch ancestors. In her family there were three sons, of whom Ezra is deceased, and Joseph W. and Henry are living. The latter, a resident of Columbus, Ohio, was for years a prominent car- riage manufacturer there, in partnership with his brother Ezra, but he is now living retired.

When a boy our subject accompanied his mother and step-father, Mr. Hubbard, to Pickaway County, Ohio, where he attended the public schools. When seventeen years of age he returned to Columbus, and there learned the carriage-mak- er's trade under his brothers, E. and H. F. Booth. Immediately after learning of the discovery of gold in California in 1849, he went to the Pacific coast, and for four years engaged in mining. Returning to Columbus in 1853, he was married on the 7th of November, the same year, to Laura Denman, a native of Erie County, Ohio. One year later he removed to Iowa and settled in Franklin County, where he engaged in farming until 1860. The discovery of gold in Colorado led him to remove to this state. In 1860 he ar- rived in Denver, and from there proceeded to Golden, where he engaged in gardening and ag- ricultural pursuits, at the same time devoting considerable attention to mining.

When the Indians became troublesome in Colo- rado, Mr. Booth enlisted, in 1864, as a member of the Third Colorado Cavalry, Company K, under Captain Shock and Colonel Shoup, and fought the redmen on the frontier. Among the engage- ments in which he took part was the battle of Sand Creek, and there he was in the midst ofthe fight, but escaped uninjured, althought the bridle was shot off his horse. In 1866 he came to Pueblo County and after spending one year on

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Turkey Creek he settled on the ranch where he has since made his home. For years he has been an official member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he favors Republican prin- ciples.

Mrs. Booth was a daughter of John Denman, a native of Kent County, England, and an early settler of York state. In an early day he walked the entire distance from New York to Ohio, car- rying a sack of apple seed on his back. He settled upon a farm in Erie County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, sheep-raising and fruit- growing, and was a pioneer in the latter indus- try in that state. He built the first house (a log structure) in the town and also set out the first fruit trees there. He was a man of good judg- ment and was well-to-do, for those days. His wife was Miranda Black, from near Buffalo, whose father was a captain in the war of 1812 and who witnessed the burning of Buffalo. Mrs. Booth received excellent advantages in girlhood and for several years was a student in Oberlin College, where she graduated. By her marriage one son and three daughters were born. The son, William Tell Booth, who is a prominent furniture dealer in Cripple Creek, at one time served in the state legislature, and has been president of the board of trade in his town. The daughters are: Mrs. George Myers, of Arizona; Mrs. Della Rossbach, of Cripple Creek; and Carrie May Booth, who is cashier and bookkeeper for the Booth Furniture Company of Cripple Creek. There are ten grandchildren, of whom the grandparents are justly proud and to whose welfare they are de- voted.

Among the farmers of Pueblo County Mr. Booth is one of the most successful. His suc- cess is largely due to industry and sound com- mon sense, coupled with determination. In the possession of these sterling qualities, the problem of success is easily solved, and through them he has gained prosperity and a competence.

A USTIN HUTCHINSON, senior member of the firm of Hutchinson & Sawin, of Mani- tou, and a resident of Colorado since 1869, is a member of a family whose first representative in this country came from England to Massachu- setts. His father, Timothy, the son of Samuel Hutchinson, a farmer at Norwich, Vt., was born and reared there, and engaged in farm pursuits throughout his entire life, dying at Norwich when

eighty-four years of age. He married Cynthia Burton, member of an old family of Massachu- setts, but a native of Norwich, Vt., where she died. In their family were six children: Will- iam, who was a member of a Vermont regiment during the Civil war; Alonzo, captain of Compa- ny B, Sixth Vermont Infantry, who was hon- orably discharged after having been severely wounded, and died in Iowa in 1869; Mrs. Luella Cobb, of New Hampshire; Franklin, of Manitou, Colo .; Frederick, whose home is in California; and Austin, the youngest of the family, who was born in Norwich August 9, 1842.

After having received a fair education in the public schools and Thetford Academy in Ver- mont, the subject of this sketch went to Iowa in 1864 and engaged in farming in Jefferson County, where he entered and improved a raw tract of land. From there in 1869 he removed to Colo- rado, making the journey by team overland, and settling in Fountain, El Paso County. In 1872 he removed to Manitou and formed a partnership with Walter D. Sawin, with whom he has since engaged in the livery business. He bought the first horse for the Pike's Peak business and also bought the first lot sold in Manitou, and on this he erected a barn. He began in business with six ponies, and the head of one of these ("Jim") he now has, mounted, in his barn. So rapidly did the business grow that it soon became neces- sary to secure more adequate accommodations. The firm then built a barn, 100x100 feet, three stories, with stalls for one hundred and twenty- four horses. As they had the entire trade for the Pike's Peak road they were obliged to work more than two hundred horses, but since the comple- tion of the cog-wheel railroad the horse line has of course been discontinued. For some years the firm owned the El Paso stables in North Cascade avenue, Colorado Springs, but sold out that busi- ness in 1893. The Manitou business was for some years known as the Manitou stables, oper- ated by the El Paso Livery Company, but they are now known as the El Paso stables, and are situated on Manitou avenue, where vehicles of every description are kept for the accommodation of the public.

Politically Mr. Hutchinson is a Republican, and for two terms he served as an alderman in Manitou. Fraternally he is connected with the Odd Fellows. His marriage, whichi took place in Colorado Springs, united him with Miss Juni- ata Haycock, who was born in Keokuk County,

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Iowa. They are the parents of three daughters: Mrs. Clara Seigfried, of Manitou; Josephine, a student at Wolfe Hall, Denver, and Eva.

OHN C. HINCH is engaged in farming and stock-raising on the Sweetland farm, situated one and one-half miles north of Fountain, El Paso County, where he leases over one thousand acres of land. He was born in Grundy County, Ill., January 11, 1865, a son of J. W. and Agnes (Fulton) Hinch, who are still living in Grundy County. His father was a native of England and his mother of Scotland, the latter being a distant relative of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat. They came to America when young, he when ten and she at twenty years, and at the time of their marriage were living in Illinois.

Besides the advantages such as were afforded by the common schools, our subject attended the normal school at Morris, the county-seat of Grundy. For a short time he engaged in teach- ing school. In 1886 he came to Colorado, join- ing a brother who had come three years before and who was working at Colorado Springs. His first work was the carrying of freight, in which he engaged for two years, afterward turning his attention to the carpenter's trade, which he had learned in Illinois. September 10, 1892, he married Miss Lillie Sweetland, daughter of Will- iam and Emma (Dawson) Sweetland, who were pioneers of Colorado. Mr. Sweetland was born in East Wallingford, Vt., and there grew to man- hood. For five years he made his home in Bos- ton. In 1859, at the time of the excitement caused by the discovery of gold in Colorado, he crossed the plains to the mountain regions of the west. A few years later Miss Dawson, who was born and reared near Indianapolis, Ind., came to Colorado, and they became acquainted here and were married in May, 1866. Buying a claim he homesteaded it and in time became the owner of about eighteen hundred acres of land. In 1895 he and his wife moved to Morgan Hill, Cal., where he owns property. Of their children Mrs. Hinch is the eldest. The older son, Walter I., resides in Oregon, while the three youngest chil- dren, Edith, Ralph and Helen, are with their parents in California.

In 1892 Mr. Hinch homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in Saguache County, where he still owns a well-improved ranch. In 1895 he moved from there to the place where he now re-

sides. He is engaged in general farming and stock-raising and has between fifty and one hun- dred head of cattle. In religion he and his wife are active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Fountain, which he serves as trustee. They are the parents of three daughters, Hazel, Helen and Sarah, who were born on the present homestead of the family. While he was reared in the Republican faith, Mr. Hinch has never been active in politics, nor mingled with politi- cians in local affairs; but he is a public-spirited citizen and takes an interest in measures for the benefit of the community and the advancement of its interests.

ILLIAM H. SANDERS. With the prog- ress of Pueblo County, and more especially with the development of its agricultural resources, the subject of this sketch is intimately identified. His occupation is that of farming, and for several years he has operated a tract of land near Nyburg, on the Arkansas River. Through industry and perseverance he is meet- ing with success and is becoming prosperous. His entire attention is given to its cultivation, and he is making improvements that will mate- rially increase its value.

The birth of Mr. Sanders occurred near Marion, Williamson County, Il1., in 1864. He was a son of Silas Sanders, who spent his entire life as a farmer in that locality and died at about the age of seventy-five. The wife and mother also died when comparatively young, and our subject, who was then a small child, was cared for by an older sister until seven years of age. He was one of a family comprising three sons and two daughters, the others being: J. W., a farmer in Illinois; H. Louis (a twin of our subject), who is a paper- hanger and painter in Pueblo; Cynthia, wife of James Leach, a farmer in Illinois; and Letitia, deceased.

At the age of eleven years our subject was taken to Missouri, where he attended the public schools for a short time. When seventeen years of age he came to Colorado and for four years was employed on a ranch, making his home with J. H. Krenshaw, of Pueblo County, who had reared him from the time he was seven years of age. From the age of twenty-one until twenty- four he worked with his brother in the paint busi- ness in Pueblo, and has resided on his present ranch since 1896. Politically he is a Republican. In 1895 he married Rosa, daughter of William

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Taylor Johnson, and they have one son, Ralph. His success in life is due entirely to his own efforts, for he was left an orphan without money at an early age, and without aid from anyone has gained a place among the enterpris- ing farmers of his county.

] M. DUTCHER, a well-known citizen of Pueblo County, residing near Beulah, on the Pueblo and Beulah road, is recognized as one of the most energetic men and skillful farmers of the community, who, in connection with the rais- ing of grain, has also given considerable atten- tion to stock breeding. He is pursuing the even tenor of his way as an honest man and good citi- zen, furthering the interests of his community as he has opportunity and enjoying the respect of his neighbors.

The early home of Mr. Dutcher was near Lake Champlain, in Fort Ann, Washington County, N. Y., where his birth occurred in 1833. His parents, Dillis and Hannah (Cline) Dutcher, were also natives of the Empire state. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, came with our subject to Colorado and died here. One of his sons, Edwin, was a member of an Ohio regiment in the Civil war.

J. M. Dutcher was only three years old when the family removed to Erie County, N. Y., where he was reared and educated, and at the age of nineteen he went to Ohio, spending the following eight years in that state. His next home was near Iowa City, Iowa, and in 1872 he came to Pueblo, Colo., where he worked for Steven Wally for seven years. He resided in South Pueblo for twelve years, and at the end of that time located on a ranch near the mountains, where he lived for seven years. Nine years ago he purchased his present place, to the cultivation and improve- ment of which he has since devoted his energies. Here he owned three hundred and sixty acres of valuable land, and after having given one hundred and sixty acres to his daughter, he has a quarter-section left. All of the improvements upon the place are the work of his own hands, and stand as monuments to his thrift and enter- prise. The place is also well stocked with a good grade of horses and cattle. While a resident of Pueblo he built the seventh house on the mesa.

In 1857 Mr. Dutcher married Miss Olive Clem- ings, a native of West Virginia, who died thir- teen years ago, leaving five children, namely: James Karl, at home; Frank, who lives with Dr.

Walters; May, wife of Robert Baty, of Man- zalona; Nora Gertrude, wife of Charles Croggs, who lives near our subject; and Adelaide, at home.

In early life Mr. Dutcher was a supporter of the Republican party, but for the past few years have voted the Democratic ticket. He has well performed his part in upholding the intellectual, social and moral status of the community, and has gained the respect and confidence of all who know him.

S. SUTHERLAND. Prominent among the representative citizens and respected men of Pueblo County is the subject of this biographical notice, who is engaged in farming and stock-raising on Fountain Creek, about ten miles from Pueblo. This is well improved and highly cultivated, and shows conclusively that the owner has not mistaken his calling in adopting agriculture.

Mr. Sutherland was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1843, and spent his boyhood and youth in that city, being educated in the common schools. He accompanied his parents on their removal to Wis- consin, and when the Civil war broke out he en- listed, in 1862, in the Twenty-eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He was at Helena, Ark., and was engaged in a battle at that place at the time of the fall of Vicksburg. He participated in the battle of Pine Bluff, and in all of the engage- ments in which his regiment took part. They assisted in the bombardment of Spanish Fort, opposite the city of Mobile. They remained in Texas and the south most of the time, and took an active part in all of the important battles of that section. At the close of the war they were in the grand review at Washington, D. C., and were then honorably discharged.

After being mustered out Mr. Sutherland came to Pueblo County, Colo., and located upon his present place, where he has since made his home. This property he has transformed into a fine ranch, improved with a good two-story resi- dence, substantial outbuildings and fences, a good orchard and ornamental trees, which add beauty to the place.

In 1875 Mr. Sutherland was united in marriage with Miss Amelia E. Talbott, of Marengo, Ill., and to them were born three children: Lanie, who died in infancy; Jesse H. and Charles J. B., both at home. In his political views Mr. Sutherland is a free silver Republican. For the past ten

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years his wife has served as postmistress of Daw- kins, the office being in their residence. Fra- ternally he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. The success that he has achieved in life is due to his own unaided efforts, and his life has ever been such as to gain for him the confidence of all who know him.

OL. IRVING W. STANTON. Few citi- zens of Pueblo have won the unqualified esteem and warm friendship of their fellow- townsmen to so great a degree as has Colonel Stanton. Coupled with his acknowledged ability as a professional man and exceptional qualifica- tions as a citizen, are qualities of manhood that endear him to many, and render a sketch of his career interesting to all. He is a descendant of a pioneer family of Connecticut and a grandson of Col. Asa Stanton, who removed from that state to Wayne County, Pa., in 1790, having pre- viously served as a privateer in the Revolutionary war and endured all the hardships of imprison- ment in an old prison hulk, while afterward, during the second war with England, he held the rank of colonel. Love of country and patriotic devotion to its interests belongs to the present generation, by every law of inheritance.

Near Waymart, Wayne County, Pa., the sub- ject of this review was born January 6, 1835. At the age of sixteen he secured employment on the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company's Gravity Railroad, and a year later was made conductor of a train, continuing in that capacity until he was twenty, when he went to Kansas. Those were early days in the building up of the great west. Settlements, aside from military posts, were very few. Already, however, Kansas was beginning to draw settlers to it, as the agitation regarding slavery became more fierce within its boundaries. He went to Pawnee City near Fort Riley, and en- gaged in wood cutting and building. He assisted in building a structure in which met the first legislature of Kansas. While in Fort Riley he was taken seriously ill with fever and for weeks his life was in danger. His restoration to health was almost entirely due to the skill and devoted attention of his physician, Dr. William A. Ham- mond, then surgeon of the military post of Fort Riley (now of Washington, D. C.), and in this way was formed a friendship that has continued through all the intervening years. Afterward, and during the war, Dr. Hammond was made surgeon-general of the United States army, but

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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 96

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