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HON. ANDREW MORROW.
Hon. Andrew Morrow is representing the third district of Wyoming in the state legislature and is thus taking active part in framing the laws of the state. For some time he has been a recognized leader in the ranks of the democratic party in Wyoming, laboring earnestly at all times to secure the adoption of those principles which he firmly believes are the most effective agencies in good government. In business connections he is well known as a representative of the Blyth-Fargo-Hoskins Company of Kemmerer, in which city he makes his home.
He was born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, March 18, 1879, a son of Mathew and Elizabeth ( Dollar) Morrow, who were also natives of the land of hills and heather. In the year 1886 the father brought his family to the new world, settling at Almy, Wyoming, where he engaged in mining for a considerable period, but is now living retired, enjoying a well merited rest. His political endorsement has always been given to the democratic party and he has been much interested in its success and in the upholding of democratic standards. He served for many years as county commissioner of Uinta county and he is now chairman of the democratic central committee. He has exerted much influence over public thought and actions, especially along political lines. In a business way, too, he has made for himself a creditable name and position, becoming one of the successful men of his community.
Andrew Morrow was the seventh in order of birth in a family of thirteen children. Ile acquired a public school education in Almy, having been a little lad of but seven years when brought by his parents to the new world. He started out to provide for his own support as a youth of fourteen and was originally employed in the mines He followed mining for ten years and then turned his attention to commercial pursuits, for in the meantime he had care- fully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought to him
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sufficient capital to enable him to embark in business for himself. He then purchased a stock of groceries and conducted his store for three years, at the end of which time he sold the business. For the past three and a half years he has been connected with the Blyth-Fargo-Hoskins Company at Kemmerer and thus continues an active factor in commercial circles in the city.
In 1905, in Evanston, Wyoming, Mr. Morrow was married to Miss Selina Heward, a native of Almy and a daughter of L. and Elizabeth Heward, who were pioneer settlers of Wyoming. The father was at one time a member of the state legislature. He is still living, but the mother has passed away. To Mr. and Mrs. Morrow have been born four children, Berenice, Howard, Ethel and Dale. The family occupy an enviable social position, the hospitality of the best homes of their section of the state being freely accorded them.
In politics Mr. Morrow has long been a stalwart democrat and one of the active workers in party ranks. In November, 1916, he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature and he has been instrumental in introducing and securing the passage of a bill providing for two terms of court for the third judicial district. He also framed various labor bills which are still pending. He has served as a member of the city council and has done everything to advance municipal interests and welfare. He is president of the central labor council, which office he has filled for the past three years. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of Rock Springs and with the Knights of Pythias lodge at Diamondville and the family are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Morrow belongs also to the Chamber of Commerce of Kemmerer, of which he is the second vice president, and he cooperates most heartily in all of those projects put forth by the organization for the benefit and upbuilding of the city. While advancing his individual interests in a business way he has ever found time and opportunity to cooperate in all those interests which are of worth to the community and is a most valued citizen, enjoying the friendship of his fellow townsmen in Kemmerer and in Lincoln county and the high regard of all with whom he has become associated through legislative con- nections.
H. RASMUSSON.
It is a trite saying that there is always room at the top, but few young men seem to fully comprehend this, or else they lack the perseverance and determina- tion that work for advancement and success in a business way. Realizing the opportunities that lay before him, H. Rasmusson has steadily progressed in his business career until he is now numbered among the leading merchants of Raw- lins, where he is conducting a well appointed furniture store. In addition he carries on an undertaking and embalming business and in both branches is meet- ing with well merited success.
Mr. Rasmusson is a native of Denmark. He was born November 21. 1851, his parents being Ole and Katherine Rasmusson. In 1888 the father came to the new world on a visit, but afterward returned to Denmark, where he was engaged in the building business, devoting his attention to that pursuit until called to his final rest in 1889. For two years he survived his wife, who passed away in 1887. They were the parents of four children, Martin, Peter, Ludwig and H. Ras- musson of this review, who is the eldest.
At the usual age H. Rasmusson became a pupil in the public schools of his native country and he remained a resident of Denmark until early in 1872, when, having attained his majority, he bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed for America on February 29th, attracted by the favorable reports which he had heard concerning business opportunities in the new world. Landed at Portland, Maine, from one of the old Allan Line of steamers, he made his way across the country to Chicago, where he was employed at cabinet making, continuing his residence in
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Chicago and at South Bend, Indiana, until 1881. That year witnessed his arrival in Wyoming, at which time he took up his abode in Laramie, where he entered the employ of the firm of Holliday & Stryker, with whom he remained until his removal to Rawlins on October 10, 1881, when he embarked in business on his own account as a furniture dealer and undertaker. He is today one of the oldest furniture dealers of the state in years of continuous connection with the trade and is also the oldest undertaker. His furniture business in volume as well as in age exceeds that of almost any similar enterprise in Wyoming. He carries an extensive and well selected stock of goods, representing the leading manufacturers of the country, and his reasonable prices and straightforward business methods have won for him a patronage which is most gratifying and substantial. He has concentrated his attention largely upon the management and control of his busi- ness and has always maintained the highest standards in the personnel of the house, in the line of goods carried and in the character of service rendered to patrons. The undertaking department of the business is in every way up-to-date and its equipment is second to none in the state, whether it refers to mechanical appliances or the highly competent and capable service of the attendants. Mr. Rasmusson has other important interests, being president of the Pine Grove Live Stock Company, of which his son is manager. This company was incorporated in September, 1909, and is entirely controlled by Mr. Rasmusson and his family. While he acts as the president, Mrs. Rasmusson is the treasurer, the daughter, Mabel F., the secretary, and Arthur H., the manager. The corporation controls close to ten thousand deeded acres and it also makes use of six thousand acres under lease, its land being mainly located in Carbon and Sweetwater counties.
In April, 1885, Mr. Rasmusson was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Alice Haigh, of Chicago, Illinois, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Haigh, of that city. Three children have been born of this marriage. Mrs. Alice Firestone is the wife of W. S. Firestone, by whom she has a son, Henry Winfield, born March 31, 1918. She was born in Rawlins in 1889. Arthur H. was born in Rawlins in 1891 and is now manager of his father's ranch. He married Edna, daughter of Edward M. Tierney, of Rawlins, and has a daughter, Kathryn Alice, born November 4, 1917. Margaret was born in 1895, and is clerking for her father. The children were provided with liberal educational opportunities, attending the high school of Rawlins.
Mr. Rasmusson has long been a valued citizen of Wyoming and has been identified with many events which have had to do with shaping the policy and directing the interests of his community and of the state. Since attaining his political franchise by becoming of age Mr. Rasmusson has been a stanch democrat, having cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley. Ever since he has ably and resultfully supported his party, having taken a very active part in the political life of his section. For six terms he served as mayor of Rawlins, his long continuance in the office being proof of his marked capability and the trust reposed in him. He was also for one term county treasurer. The last time that he was a candidate for office there were only three democrats elected in the entire county, of whom he was one. He served as city treasurer for five terms and his official service has ever been characterized by the utmost devotion to the general good. No one has ever questioned his integrity in public office, and although they may disagree with him in political opinion they recognize his fidelity to the trusts reposed in him. In the year 1903, at the time of the great mine disaster at Hanna, in which one hundred and sixty-eight miners lost their lives, Mr. Rasmus- son was called upon to take charge of the work of bringing the bodies to the surface and preparing them for burial. It required six months before the last body was recovered. It nearly resulted in the death of Mr. Rasmusson but the work was ultimately accomplished, although it proved a most nerve racking experience.
Mr. Rasmusson was appointed by Governor Carey a member of the state board of embalmers and was reappointed to the position by Governor Kendrick. In 1916 Mr. Rasmusson was elected secretary of that body and he now fills this
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position. He has been the president of the Wyoming Funeral Directors Associa- tion since its organization and is a member of the National Funeral Directors Association of North America and a member of its executive committee. For thirty-seven years he has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. He also is identified with the Woodmen of the World and is a charter member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church, to which all of his family belong and of which he is a very loyal adherent, being liberal in his contributions toward the support of the organization.
His entire life has been actuated by high and honorable principles and all who know him speak of him in terms of warm and enduring regard. He is one of the pioneer merchants of the state and an honored citizen, well meriting the confidence and goodwill his fellow townsmen so freely accord him.
MARTIN HALSTEAD HARTUNG.
Martin Halstead Hartung, who since 1907 has been engaged in the land business in Wyoming, handling farm lands and ranches under the firm name of the Hartung Land Company, with office in Cheyenne, was born on a farm in Benton county, Jowa, December 1, 1870, his parents being Martin and Martha ( Halstead ) Hartung, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, whence they removed westward, becoming pioneer settlers of Iowa.
Under the parental roof Martin H. Hartung was reared and his education was acquired in the schools of Des Moines, lowa. In his boyhood days he lived upon the home farm, meeting with the usual experiences that fall to the lot of the farmbred boy. Shortly after completing his school work in Des Moines he secured a position in the Cedar Rapids (Ja. ) National Bank, with which he was connected until he resigned to engage in the book, stationery and wall paper busi- ness in Des Moines. Having always been interested in live stock, he at length disposed of his commercial interests in Des Moines and removed to Wyoming to become secretary and manager of the Camp Stool ranch, fourteen miles east of Cheyenne. He resided thereon until the settlers began coming in from the east in considerable numbers and proved that farming was a success on what had been previously considered only grazing land. Recognizing the great opportunity for the development of this region as a farming district, he then turned his attention to the land business about 1907, organizing the Hartung Land Company, under which name he still continues to handle farm lands and ranches. He has negotiated many sales which have made his business a large and profitable one and through this agency he has done much to develop the agricultural possibilities of his section of the state.
In Des Moines, Iowa, on the 27th of November, 1895, Mr. Hartung was united in marriage to Miss Christine Gilcrest, a daughter of J. K. Gilcrest, a pioneer lumberman and capitalist of Iowa, who became the founder of the Gilcrest Lumber Company of that city in the year 1856. To Mr. and Mrs. Hartung has been born a son, Kirk Gilcrest Hartung, who is now being educated at the Colorado School of Mines at Golden, Colorado, where he is pursuing a mining engineer's course.
Mr. and Mrs Hartung are very active in the social and club life of Chevenne. Fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. In politics he is a stalwart republican of the standpat variety, giving unswerving allegiance to the principles in which he believes. He was elected to represent his district in the state legislature, becoming a member of the ninth and tenth general assemblies and occupying the position of speaker pro tem, during his second term. The Wyoming Tribune stated that: "The name of Martin H. Hartung and dry farming are so closely associated that to mention one is to suggest the other, and this is not only in the fact that Mr. Hartung was chairman of the board of control of the National Dry Farming Congress, but that he is also the author
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of the dry farming appropriation bill, which, together with a bill compelling railroads to fence their rights of way for the better protection of the stock and range, were notable features in the ninth general assembly." This quotation indicates something of the important work which Mr. Hartung did as a member of the state legislature.
He has closely studied the possibilities of Wyoming for agricultural devel- opment, and becoming convinced that its lands are necessarily rich and pro- ductive, he has done much to bring about the settlement of the section of the state around Cheyenne and convert it into highly cultivated fields, from which are annually gathered extensive crops. While he has prospered in his under- takings, the public has been a large and direct beneficiary of his labors.
GEORGE E. BRISTOL, M. D.
Dr. George E. Bristol, who is actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Evanston and is also proprietor of the Bristol Hotel, belongs to that class of representative citizens in whose enterprise and progressiveness are found the basis of the city's development and progress.
He was born September 11, 1851, in Panton, Addison county, Vermont. His father, the late Philo Bristol, was also a native of the Green Mountain state and a representative of one of its old families of English lineage, founded in America soon after the Revolutionary war. Philo Bristol during his early life devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits and in later years engaged in merchan- dising. While on a visit to the west he invested heavily in Colorado properties and purchased the E. W. Whitcomb ranch in that state together with other properties which were well known as valuable and desirable holdings. He died in 1884 at the age of seventy-one years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Prudence Rugg, was a native of Massachusetts and was a representative of one of the old families of that state, of English lineage. Her ancestors settled in the old town of Deerfield, Massachusetts, which was destroyed by the Indians, and some of the representatives of the family were massacred by the red men. Mrs. Bristol passed away in the year 1895 at the advanced age of eighty-two years. She had become the mother of nine children.
Dr. Bristol, who was the eighth of that family, obtained a public school education at Vergennes, Vermont, and was graduated from the high school of that city. A review of the broad field of labor determined him to prepare for the practice of medicine as a life work and with that end in view he matriculated in the medical department of the University of Vermont at Burlington, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree as a member of the class of 1880. His early life to the age of sixteen years had been spent upon the home farm with the usual experiences of the farmbred boy, after which he was employed at clerical work in Pittsford, Vermont, acting as bookkeeper in a mercantile establishment there for four years. During the succeeding seven years he engaged in the drug business at Essex, New York, and it was this connection that constituted his initial step toward choosing the practice of medicine as a life work. It awakened his interest in the profession and he accordingly pre- pared for the important duties and responsibilities that devolve upon the physi- cian. Following his graduation from the University of Vermont in 1881, he removed westward, establishing an office at Fort Collins, Colorado, where he entered upon the private practice of medicine, there remaining for eight years. He next went to Laramie, Wyoming, in 1889, ill health having forced him to leave Colorado. He remained in Laramie until 1898, when he took up his abode in Evanston, where he has since remained in active and successful prac- tice, being today recognized as one of the capable and able physicians and surgeons of Uinta county. He holds to high professional standards and is most careful and earnest in the diagnosis of his cases, so that his judgment is seldom if ever
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at fault. He studies and reads along the lines of scientific investigation and modern research and he further keeps in touch with the trend of professional thought and activity as a member of the Wyoming State Medical Society. He was formerly a member of the Colorado State Medical Society and at one time was president of the state board of medical examiners in Colorado. In addition to his practice Dr. Bristol also conducts the Bristol Hotel, a modern hostlery, where comfort and good cheer are ever found.
In 1872, at Port Henry, New York, Dr. Bristol was married to Miss Anna Gilligan, a native of Vermont and a daughter of Dominick and Katherine (Haley) Gilligan. The former, who was of Irish birth, is now deceased. The mother belonged to one of the old families of Vermont. Dr. and Mrs. Bristol have become parents of two children: Armond A., who is a resident of Mont- pelier, Idaho; and George A., also living in Montpelier. Both are railroad men. All of the relatives of Dr. Bristol have passed away except his elder sister, Adalaide, who is the wife of George E. Stone and is a resident of Ver- gennes, Vermont.
In religious faith Dr. Bristol is a Presbyterian and loyally adheres to the teachings of the church. His political endorsement is given to the republican party. Fraternally he is a Mason, having joined the order in Essex, New York, in 1876, while he is now affiliated with Evanston Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M. In his life he exemplifies the spirit of the craft and is constantly reaching out a helping hand to someone who needs assistance. His social qualities as well as his professional ability have made him popular and he has a circle of friends in Evanston and Uinta county that is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.
FRANK A. CASHIN.
Frank A. Cashin, proprietor of the Mission News Shop and recognized as one of the representative and progressive business men of Evanston, dealing in stationery, news novelties and similar lines, was born February 20, 1889. in the city which is still his home. The family name is closely associated with the history of development and progress in Evanston, where his father, the late William J. Cashin, settled at an early day.
He was a native of England and was brought to America by his parents during his infancy, the family home being established in Highland Falls, New York, where he was reared and educated. The opportunities of the west attracted him, however, and in 1882 he made his way to Wyoming, becoming a resident of Evanston at that time. Here he entered commercial circles as a partner of Newell Beeman and they established the Beeman & Cashin Mercantile Company, beginning business in a comparatively small way but developing their interests until they were at the head of the leading establishment of the kind in their section of the state. Mr. Cashin concentrated his efforts and attention upon promoting the growth of the trade, and recognized the fact that satisfied patrons are always the best advertisement. Accordingly he put forth every effort to please his customers and always carried a line of goods that was satisfactory to the public taste. He remained an active member of the firm up to the time of his death, which occurred in Evanston, February 19, 1911, when he had reached the age of sixty-one years. His demise was deeply regretted by many friends, for he had proven himself a citizen of worth in his community. In politics he was a stanch democrat and was recognized as one of the local leaders in his party. He stood for everything that tended to prove of value along civic lines and he was at the same time an active and earnest member of the Roman Catholic church, doing everything in his power to advance its interests and growth. He married Ellen McAuliff, a native of Middletown, Connecticut, and a representa- tive of one of the old families of that state of Scotch lineage. She is still living
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and by her marriage she became the mother of thirteen children, eight of whom survive. The family numbered five daughters and eight sons, of whom Frank A. was the fifth in order of birth and is the third among the living.
Frank A. Cashin, spending his entire life in Evanston, acquired his early education in the public schools and afterward attended All Hallows College, a Catholic school at Salt Lake City, from which he was graduated with the class of 1907. After leaving school he was employed by the Utah Light & Railway Company at stenographic work and later was with the firm of Beeman & Cashin as bookkeeper. At a subsequent date he became secretary to Senator Clark in Washington, D. C., and there remained until 1911, when, upon the death of his father, he returned to Evanston and shortly thereafter became connected with his present business, in which he has since engaged, winning substantial success as the years have gone by. The Mission News Shop is a thoroughly attractive establishment in which is carried a large line of stationery and news novelties. The store is pleasing in its arrangement and in the line of goods handled and the business is steadily increasing.
On the 12th of June, 1917, Mr. Cashin was married in Aberdeen, Washington, to Miss Valeria La Chapelle, a native of Evanston, Wyoming, and a daughter of the late Clement La Chapelle, who was one of the early settlers and promi- nent residents of Cinta county, where he engaged in ranching. He was of Canadian birth and of French descent.
Mr. Cashin was reared in the Catholic church and holds membership in St. Mary Magdalene church at Evanston. He is also connected with the Knights of Columbus and has membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of The Maccabees. His political endorsement is given to the republican party, and while he has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking, he is now serving on the school board and he cooperates heartily in every plan and purpose to upbuild the city and improve the conditions which here exist.
HARRY E. HOLDREGE.
Harry E. Holdrege, filling the office of sheriff of Hot Springs county and making his home in Thermopolis, was born in Smith Center, Kansas, July 31, 1882, a son of L. A. and Nellie ( McConville) Holdrege, the former a native of Wisconsin, while the latter was born in Illinois. They removed to Kansas in 1882 and afterward took up their abode in Nebraska. In 1887 they became residents of Colorado, where the mother passed away in the year 1905. The father survives and now makes his home in Idaho. In their family were six children who are yet living, while two have passed away.
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