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Mr. Viox was married in June, 1879, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Miss Josephine Leutner, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leutner, the former a Civil war
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veteran, serving under General Franz Sigel. He was a cooper by trade and followed that pursuit in order to provide for his family. To Mr. and Mrs. Viox have been born seven children: Mrs. Mayme Kidd, who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, March 17, 1880, and is now a resident of Green River; Charles A., who was born in St. Louis in December, 1882, and there attended school, but now resides in Green River, where he is married and has two chil- dren, Josephine and Mary; Mrs. Alice Wilson, who was born in St. Louis in 1885, is now a resident of Cheyenne and has two children, Charles and Marie ; Mrs. Ida Nolan, born in St. Louis in 1887, has one child, Norman Nolan ; Frank I., born in Green River in 1888, is married and has one child, Francis; Eleanora, born in Green River in 1890, is a graduate of the high school of that city: Mrs. Lois Gillum, born in Green River in. 1892, is a high school graduate and by her marriage has become the mother of two children, Louise and Robert.
Mr. Viox and his family are adherents of the Roman Catholic church. He is a republican in his political faith and for twelve years he filled the office of councilman, doing important public service in connection with the general wel- fare, his aid and influence being always given on the side of progress and improvement. Fraternally he is identified with the Woodmen of the World. He ranks with the representative residents of his state and belongs to that class of men who are self-made. Unassisted he has worked his way upward and through his business discernment and wise investment he has become the owner of considerable property in Green River.
CHARLES FRANCIS MOORE.
Charles Francis Moore, a well known stock man of Shoshoni, has lived in Wyoming since 1896 or for a period of twenty-one years. He was born at Fort Dodge, Iowa, on the 16th of September, 1874, his parents being Byron B. and Etta (Vaughn) Moore, both of whom were natives of the state of New York and later established their home in Iowa, where the father passed away, while the mother is still living. They had a family of four children, two of whom have departed this life.
Charles Francis Moore spent the period of his boyhood and youth in Iowa. largely devoting his time to the acquirement of a common school education, which qualified him for life's practical and responsible duties. He continued his residence in his native state until 1896, when at the age of twenty-two years he left the mid- dle west and made his way to Wyoming, settling in Fremont county, where he engaged in the stock business. In 1905 he began sheep raising and has since concentrated his efforts and attention upon that industry. He is also identified with the oil business, having invested in oil lands. He is likewise the vice presi- dent of the Shoshoni State Bank, which he aided in organizing, and he is president of the Warehouse Association. In a word, he is actively and prominently con- nected with various business concerns which have had to do with the upbuilding and development of this section of the state. His plans are well defined and promptly executed and he carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. In his vocabulary there is no such word as fail and year by year his progress has advanced him on the highroad to fortune.
In December, 1914, Mr. Moore was joined in wedlock to Miss Hazel E. Howard. a native of Wyoming. They became the parents of two children, but death entered the household and both little ones died in infancy. Mrs. Moore is a member of the Congregational church.
Mr. Moore belongs to the Masonic fraternity, having membership in Windriver Lodge No. 25, A. F. & A. M., in which he has filled all of the chairs. He has taken the degrees of the York Rite up to and including the Knight Templar degree, being now identified with Hugh DePeyen Commandery. He is a loyal adherent
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of the craft, true to its teachings and in hearty sympathy with the purposes of the order, which is based upon a recognition of the brotherhood of mankind and the obligations thereby imposed. Mr. Moore votes with the republican party, is inter- ested in its success and is recognized as one of the active local workers in its ranks. He is now serving as a member of the city council and as such is putting forth every effort in his power to advance the interests of the community in which he lives. His has been a progressive career, attended with excellent results, and the value of his activity in business circles is indicated in the fine residence which he owns in Shoshoni and which stands as a monument to his enterprise and sound judgment.
CHARLES CARLSON.
Charles Carlson, well known in Newcastle and that section of the state as one of the prominent stockmen of Weston county, is proprietor of the A U 7 ranch, one of the oldest ranch properties of northeastern Wyoming, and is thereon engaged in handling sheep and cattle. He deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, as his success has come as the direct reward of persistent energy and indefatigable industry intelligently directed. He was born in Sweden on the IIth of October. 1864, and is a son of John and Matilda ( Johnson ) Carlson. The father died in 1900 in Sweden, and the mother passed away in the summer of 1917 also in that country.
Their son Charles was educated in the public schools of Sweden and then came to the United States when a youth of sixteen years, arriving in 1880. He located first in Boone, Iowa, where he worked as a farm hand during the summer months, while in the winter seasons he attended school, being thus anxious to improve his education and gain a knowledge of the English language. He spent five years in Boone and Greene counties of Iowa, working for wages, and afterward passed a year in Miller. South Dakota, after which he removed to Rapid City, South Dakota, where he was identified with railroad construction work for two years. He next came to Wyoming in 1887 and was employed on the construction of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad into Cheyenne. In 1892 he became identi- fied with the sheep industry as an employe of Dr. Wilson, of Douglas, for the Platte Valley Sheep Company, with whom he continued for two years, when he began dealing in sheep on his own account. He has since been connected with the industry, his original operations being in the Douglas territory. In the spring of 1900 he removed to Weston county and since that time has made Newcastle his headquarters. In 1906 he organized the Carlson Sheep Company, of which he is the president, and under that name he has operated extensively. In 1915 he also took up the cattle industry and is now handling both sheep and cattle. His in- terests are extensive and his business affairs have placed him in the front rank among the representative citizens of Weston county. In 1917 he was one of the organizers of the Newcastle National Bank and has become well known in financial circles, for he also aided in the organization of the Citizens State Bank of Upton. With both of these institutions he is connected as a member of the board of directors.
In 1901 Mr. Carlson was united in marriage to Miss Bessie A. Clark, of Tabor, Iowa, and to them were born two children, a daughter and a son. The son is deceased but the daughter, Elsie Matilda, is attending the normal school at Spear- fish, South Dakota.
Mr. Carlson votes with the republican party, which he has supported since becoming a naturalized American citizen. Fraternally he is identified with New- castle Lodge, No. 13. A. F. & A. M., and he belongs also to Newcastle Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. He is appreciative of the social amenities of life and enjoys the comradeship of his many friends, while his strongly marked character- istics make for personal popularity among his associates. He certainly deserves much credit for what he has accomplished.
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Native born citizens, it often seems, conte by the privileges of American life too easily to appreciate them in the fullest degree. At least some of those who have sacrificed and suffered to obtain them value these blessings more highly than those to whom they come as a matter of course. Mr. Carlson had to sever home ties in order to enjoy the benefits of American life and opportunities and, de- pendent upon his own resources from the early age of sixteen years, he has steadily worked his way upward, achieving success as the result of sheer merit and ability.
DENNIS RYAN.
Dennis Ryan is numbered among the well known pioneer settlers of southern Wyoming, where he has conducted business for many years as a successful cat- tleman and rancher. He makes his home in Laramie and at the present time is filling the position of chairman of the board of county commissioners. He is one of Wyoming's broadminded and far-sighted citizens whose efforts have been beneficially effective and whose cooperation can at all times be counted upon in promoting the development and upbuilding of the state.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, February 29, 1860, a son of David and Mary A. (Sullivan) Ryan. The mother came to America with her par- ents when a little maiden of but five years, the family home being established in Boston, in which city she was educated and married. The father was a lad of but twelve years when he made the voyage across the briny deep with his parents, who also settled in Boston, where he learned the iron business. After his marriage he removed to Portland, Maine, where he followed his trade for a number of years, but eventually sought the opportunities of the west, remov- ing to Laramie in 1875. There he secured employment in the rolling mills, and in this connection he continued up to the time of his retirement from active business. He was a man of wonderful endurance, a giant in physical strength, and at the age of eighty-four years was still well preserved, strong and powerful, retaining all the vigor of young manhood. He passed away in 1912 after reaching the eighty-fourth milestone on life's journey. He was a devoted and loving husband and father, who reared his children to ever be respectful, honorable, truthful and kind. Those were the lessons which he was constantly impressing upon their minds, lessons which have borne good fruit. His wife passed away in Laramie in 1908 at the age of seventy-three years. In their family were five children, two of whom have departed this life, one daughter having died in infancy, while Miss Annie Ryan died in Laramie. Those who are still residents of Laramie are: Dennis, of this review; Barry, who is engaged in the cattle business with his brother Dennis and who was formerly an iron worker, having started in the iron business with his father at a wage of fifty cents per day and rising to a position of boss-roller which paid him twenty dollars per day and was filling that position at the time when the mills were burned; and Helen, who was born in Laramie and is acting as housekeeper for her brothers in their beautiful home at 268 North Second street, which they built.
In his boyhood days Dennis Ryan attended the country schools of Portland, Maine, and also continued his education in a night school under the tutelage of Mrs. Boyd, of Laramie. Later he was employed in the Laramie Rolling Mills first at a salary of one dollar per day, which was increased to as high as seven dollars and fifty cents per day, and by close attention to business and wise economy he was enabled to purchase ranch property in connection with his brother about three miles north of Laramie. They made the purchase while still employed in the rolling mills and began raising cattle upon their ranch, which is today' one of the finest properties of the state. Enough fodder is gathered each summer to feed the cattle through the entire winter and there Vol. II -- 27
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has been erected substantial shelter for the stock. Various outbuildings have been put up so that they have space for storing three hundred and sixty-five tons of fodder-an amount which was harvested in the year 1917. The brothers continued their work in the rolling mill until the plant was destroyed by fire and was not rebuilt. They have since concentrated their energies upon the further development of their ranch property and the conduct of their cattle raising interests. They now have one of the finest homes in Laramie, presided over by their sister, and they are widely and favorably known in the city where they have so long resided and where they have been so closely identified with industrial activities. They are members of the Roman Catholic church and Dennis Ryan is a democrat. He has always given his allegiance to the party and is now serving as chairman of the board of county commissioners. making an excellent record in office.
JOHN McCALLISTER FADDIS.
Wyoming owes her upbuilding and prosperity primarily to her live stock interests, but with the utilization of the ranges for cattle and sheep raising other sources of wealth sprung up and it was soon recognized that Wyoming was rich in its mineral deposits and especially in its broad coal fields. Then was instituted the work of developing the mines, a work that was pushed forward largely by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, which organized the Union Pacific Coal Company. In this connection Mr. Faddis has become prominent as superin- tendent of the mines of the Union Pacific Coal Company at Cumberland, a position of responsibility which he adequately fills to the satisfaction of the corporation which he represents, while among the miners he is held in high respect and esteem, for they recognize his justice and his ability.
Mr. Faddis is a native of Dumbartonshire, Scotland. He was born on the 5th of December, 1857, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Trainor ) Faddis, who crossed the Atlantic to the new world in 1871, when their son John was a lad of thirteen years. The family home was established at Coalville, Utah, and the father, who for many years had been connected with mining interests in Scotland, retired from active business life, spending his remaining days in well earned rest. He died at Coalville in 1879, while his widow survived him until 1887. she, too, passing away in that place. They had a family of ten children.
John McCallister Faddis was the eighth in order of birth and in early life he attended the public schools of Scotland but when only nine years of age began working in the mines and since that time has been connected in one phase or another with the development of coal fields in various places of the old and of the new world. In 1874 he removed from Coalville, Utah, to Wyoming, but remained for only a short period at that time. He then returned to Utah, but again came to Wyoming in 1886, locating at Almy, where he continued until 1894. He then again went to Coalville, Utah, where he resided until March, 1001, when he removed to Cumberland, accepting the position of mine foreman of Minc No. I, and in Mav, 19to, he was advanced to the superintendency and has since had charge of the entire Cumberland district for the Union Pacific Coal Company. His long experience has made him thoroughly qualified for the duties that devolve upon him in this connection. He is familiar with every phase of coal mining, from the work with pick and shovel and the sorting of the coal until it is placed upon the market. As superintendent he directs the labors of the many miners at Cumberland and his work is proving entirely satisfactory to the corporation which he represents. He carefully guards its interests and at the same time is fair in his dealings with the miners, and excel- lent conditions exist in the Cumberland district.
On the 2d of April, 1877, Mr. Faddis was united in marriage to Miss Isabel Sim, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sim, the former a miner, who was
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born in Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Faddis have become the parents of six children who are living, and they also lost four children in infancy. Those who survive are: Mrs. Elizabeth Bagnell, who was born at Coalville in 1878 and who by her marriage has four children, Viola, John, William and Robert; David T., who was born at Grass Creek, Utah, in November, 1880, and is married and resides at Frontier, Wyoming, where he is rearing his family of six children, Florence, Edna, Henry, Hazel, Margaret and Clara; Robert S., who was born at Coalville in 1885 and is at home; James P., who was born in 1888 at Coalville and is married and lives at Cumberland, where he is rearing a family of three children, James, William and Alexander, while one child, Gordon, has passed away; Mary Essie, who was born in Almy, Wyoming, in 1891 and is the wife of John Keller, of Manti, Utah, and the mother of four children, Leah, deceased, Phyllis, John and Elizabeth; and Velma, who was born in Coalville in March, 1901, and is now a pupil in the high school at Coalville.
Mr. Faddis is a republican in his political views and has filled the office of justice of the peace for six years. He has served as president of the school board for sixteen years and has made a most excellent record by the faithfulness and capability with which he has discharged his public duties. His fraternal relations are with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, his membership being in the lodge at Rock Springs. His religious faith is that of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints.
Starting out to provide for his own support when a lad of nine years, Mr. Faddis has indeed won the proud American title of a self-made man. What- ever success he has achieved or enjoyed is attributable entirely to his earnest labor and it has been through his unfaltering industry, his persistency of purpose and his laudable ambition that he has worked upward. His life has been a busy and useful one and he is now at the head of important interests in connection with an industry that has been a most valuable contributing factor to the growth and prosperity of the state.
JAMES BAGULEY.
James Baguley, one of the first men to locate on the present site of Evans- ton, arrived in 1874, making his way direct to this section of the state on com- ing to the new world from England. He is one of the few remaining pioneer settlers, for many have passed on, but with the work of development and im- provement he has been closely associated through all the intervening years and his connection with public affairs here enables him to speak with authority con- cerning the upbuilding of the city.
He was born in Manchester, England, August 8, 1843, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah (Stofford) Baguley, who were also natives of England, where they spent their entire lives. The father was engaged in the business of hat manufacturing and was one of the pioneers in the silk hat industry. Both have now passed away. Their family numbered seven children, of whom James was the fourth in order of birth.
At the usual age James Bagnley became a pupil in the public schools of his native country but when still quite young began work and since that time has depended entirely upon his own resources for financial advancement. He was employed in various lines and ultimately took up the carpenter's trade, which he followed in his native country until 1874. He then determined to try his fortune in the new world and made his way to America, with Evanston, Wyo- ming, as his destination. On reaching the west he began work as a contractor and builder and continued to follow the carpenter's trade, his business con- stantly growing in volume and importance. He assisted in building the present courthouse at Evanston and has erected many of the finest residences and business blocks of the city. He was also employed for a time at the shops of
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the Union Pacific Railroad Company in the locomotive woodwork department, but in 1879 he began contracting and building on his own account and no man in Evanston has erected as large an amount of the buildings of the city as he. In a word Evanston in substantial measure stands as a monument to his business enterprise and activity.
Mr. Baguley was married in 1865, to Miss Nannie Stone, of Manchester, England, who died in Evanston, Wyoming, in 1900. They had a family of eight children, of whom four are yet living. Mrs. Sarah Knight, who was born in Manchester, England, and resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, now has four children. Mrs. Mary E. Sims, also a native of Manchester, England, re- sides in Salt Lake City. Clements, born in Manchester, England, died in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Elizabeth Oswell was born in Evanston, Wyoming, and makes her home in Salt Lake City, having a family of five children. William born in Evanston in 1887, is married and makes his home in his native city. He is now owner of the Lincoln Garage, located on his father's property in Evanston. By his marriage he has become the father of three children: Frank, Clements and Philis. The other three children of James Baguley died in infancy.
Mr. Baguley owns a fine residence and other valuable real estate in the city in which he has now resided for more than forty-three years. He is a member of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints, is identified with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Labor and the Trades Union of Denver. In politics he has never been active nor has he sought or desired office, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business af- fairs, which have been wisely and carefully directed and have brought to him substantial success.
DAVID F. CROUT.
David F. Crout is one of the progressive merchants and business men of Encampment, where he is engaged in dealing in implements and farm machinery. He was born in Brooklyn, Michigan, October 14, 1861, and is the only child of William and Melissa (Bryant) Crout. The father, now deceased, was a native of New York and was descended front Scotch and Dutch ancestry, the family having been founded in the Empire state in pioneer times. Removing westward, William Crout became one of the early settlers of Laramie, Wyoming, making the trip to this state as a United States soldier in 1866, being assigned to duty as guard to the stages on the overland trail. He participated in Indian fighting upon the frontier and assisted in the building of the early forts. He also estab- lished the first hotel in Laramie, known as the Frontier, and this he successfully conducted until 1881, after which he removed to Carbon county in 1884, taking up a ranch on Beaver creek, which he conducted until his death. He passed away in 1894, at the age of sixty-nine years, and in his passing Wyoming lost one of its most valued citizens-one who had taken a most active and helpful part in bringing about the pioneer development and progress of the state.
The settler of today cannot realize the hardships and privations which the early pioneers had to meet. Cut off from the civilization of the east by the long stretches of sand and the mountains of the west, they had to depend upon their own labors and resources for all that they could secure; and besides, there was the constant menace of Indian attack. It required much personal bravery to meet such conditions and aid in planting the seeds of civilization upon the western frontier. With this work Mr. Crout was closely connected and the state owes to him a debt of gratitude for what he accomplished in the work of general improvement and advancement. His wife was born in Steuben county. New York, and represented one of the old families of the Empire state of French and Irish lineage. They were married in Michigan and Mrs. Crout passed away in that state in 1897, at the age of sixty-eight years.
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David F. Crout of this review removed to Laramie on the building of the railroad. He crossed the Missouri river at Omaha on the ferry and proceeded by Union Pacific Railway westward to his destination, reaching Laramie in the fall of 1860. He completed his education in the schools of Laramie, and at the age of twenty-one years started out in business on his own account. He took up a homestead and desert claim on Beaver creek, which he at once began to develop and improve. He carried on general farming and also engaged in raising stock there until 1912. In 1914 he became associated with W. E. Tilton, of Saratoga, Wyoming. in the establishment of the implement and farm machinery business in which they have since been engaged.
In 1902, in the city of New York, Mr. Crout was united in marriage to Miss Etta Brown, a native of Illinois and a daughter of the late George R. Brown, who was one of the early residents of Rock Island, Illinois, where Mrs. Crout was reared and educated.
Politically Mr. Crout is a republican and served as the first water commis- sioner of District No. 7, being connected with the office for seven years. He was also a member of the school board and served in that capacity until 1917. acting as treasurer of the board for a number of years. Fraternally he is well known as a representative of the Masonic order, belonging to the blue lodge and to the chapter, having been made a Mason in Encampment Lodge, No. 19. F. & A. M. He is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of The Maccabees, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Yeomen. He stands for advancement and improvement in all things relating to the public welfare and the work which was begun by his father in pioneer times is being carried forward by the son, who has ever recognized his duties and obligations as well as his privileges of citizenship and has labored to advance the welfare of the community and the state in which he lives.
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