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PROGRESSIVE MEN
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THE STATE OF WYOMING
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\ | eople vvlm tal.i- no priJe in the nnHe achievements <>t renmte ancestors, will never achieve anything worthj to b '• nembered with pride by remote generations.— MAI \ii\v.
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^'of kindred and Uic xenealogit's of the ^Ancient Families deseroeth the highest puiisc— LORD BACON.
WYOMING.
The whole land is old. People, phut-, animal-, of strang ainl
< livi -] here when the world was new. They died. Long the land lay deflate.
i. Then cami bold heroi s of a strange white color, the latest of
many tribes who had crawled over its wrinkled face. They came with " with rhythmic shouts and \ell>, with the sharp talk nf strange instruments that
.thed smoke and fire. They ran t« and I'm. They hunted to the death the wild men who had come to the land ages upon ages after tin- first - I hey killed, in the vig"V <>i their keen enjnyinent, the shaggy beasts that covered the plains even like great swani> of bees. The.) di:g up the ground. Thev dug greal ditihes. Their fat kine and their wool-covered l>east> everywhere sur- r.iiiunted the low hills and plains and ran in the vallevs, and the white men waxed 1'at. Tint ever the\ were tilleil with unrest and ran l<> and fro. They found vasl
'th in the land and in their lalmrs; hut ever they enntimied in run ti > and fro; and. to this day. they ar< ed MIL; mi ire :^:iin. seeking more \\ealth:
e\'er running to and fro. And the fame of this land hath encircled the earth.
There is no heroic poem in 11ie -world bill is at the bottom the life of a man. — SIR WALTER SCOTT.
TO OUR PATRONS.
The struggle and accomplishment, the unrest and labors, the depriva- tions and pleasures, the failures and successes of the founders of the Mate, and of ilk- present Progressive Men of "Wyoming, are much better told by themselves tha.i thev could be by others in main ponderous volumes of elaborate historical disquisitions. These men of activity, who have in this volume given the unpre- tentious annals of their lives, will, at no far-distant future day, receive a nation's reverence as a race of heroes, "the demi-gods of the dawn of time," the creators of civilization in a desert wilderness, swarming with wild beasts and with wilder men. They will be held in distinctive honor as the founders , ,f families, then equaling in ability, in prominence ami in wealth, the most distinguished of those established in the Colonial days of American history by the Cavaliers of .Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas, the (Juakers of Pennsylvania, the Knickerbockers of Xew York and Xew Jersey, the Pilgrims and Puritans of Xew England. The short and sim- ple annals, which, taken down from their own lips, are here presented to the reader, •will, in the extended course of time, be considered as a priceless heritage by the de- scendants of these "men of mark." In centuries to come this volume, containing their tales of the new land, the unformed but progressive Wyoming, will hi j value to all American*, which we. practical men of to-day, cannot fully realize.
It has been well said that the custodians of records, who place their knowl- edge, concerning useful men of preceding generations and their descendants, in M' luring, puservable and accessible form, perform a valuable public service in thus rendering honor to whom honor is due, and by thus establishing reliable fam- ily histories, which loyal descendants will take a just pride in continuing for the . lit of other generations of their descendants in the centuries yet to come. To this work the publishers and their assistants have earnestly applied themselves, in this volume presenting the results of their faithful labors. The\ desire to exp: their thanks to those progressive citizens of the state whose laudable enterprise has rendered pi **ible the pnhlieation of this memorial volume. Their grateful acknowledgment* are also extended to those whose important and valuable services have been given in aid of the compilation of ibis work — men of brains, of thought. of sagacity, possessing pride in their u;loriou* commonwealth — and of the many courtesies e: tended to them b\ the Press of the entire state. ( hie i *i the heartiest D ii i) » fa tors in their labors, the late ( ',«\ crn. ir Richards, the greatest man in this land of great men. gave here his latest information and has passed on to the Silent Land, mourned and reverenced by the people of the whole nation.
The engravings scattered through this volume add much to its charm value. It is to be greatly regretted that other* of the prominent citizens of the state' are noi thus represented, but. not fully recogni/ing the value thereof, which
11 will make more apparent, the-, have not in this manner operated with the publisher*, often, indeed, failing e\en to give the necessaf)
i memoir. ( n many of the oldtime •.\orthies. there, even ii"\v, "remain- track nor trace." Trusting that the rc*nlt of their arduous labors will meet a i dial gn cl be fully appreciated, the publishers now hand the ' .on.
Ye sett/no- ilcucii of \\- events in ye life of a person, should with great care be ctceomplislied. They make up ye record whereof future men shall judge him. — OLD WRITER.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Abbott, .1. H 34
Adams, A. E 535
Adams, J. D 307
Aiiuins, \\". T
Agee, J. \V 730
Alexander, E 739
Alger. H. C :;ns
Allan, R. P .",7s
Allamand, M. J 714
Allen, C. J 602
Allen, C. Z 604
Allen, H. C 35
All. n. J. \V 535
Alsop, Mrs. M. F 309
Alston, F 737
Amoretti, E., Jr iSa
Anderson, C. ^40
Anderson, D 310
Anderson, L 73:i
.son, Mary J 742
Anderson, O. F 740
Anderson, T. J 741
AiHn'ws, H. A 742
Ank' ny, D. E 743
Arnold, II. M ...
Arnold, \V 74.",
. li. H 37
. \V. H 36
Avont, C GO :
Avery, \V. S 136
Atrhi.soll, \V
Austin. H. II 746
Ayres, A. \V 626
Baker. N 312
. !•'. A 37
Baily, Mrs. L. M 311
in, Mrs. J HIM
Baldwin. M. X ll:<
Baldwin, R. A
Banks. A. 0 74S
Banks. H. \V 564
Barber. A. W I.","
Barnes, J. F 749
Barrow, M. C ll'H
Barry, S. F 608
Bath, F. C 60G
Bath, H I is
Bath, P. H ::i l
Ham-urn, A. P 1!'2
Bawker, I. S 71^
Bawker, J. T 750
Beehler, J. G 751
Beeman, N 98
Belknap, C. C 750
Bell, G. A 752
Bel!. T :;*•
Beltz, E. T 315
Benedict, G. A 753
Bennett, G 605
Benzon, J 7.v~>
Bergerson, B 40
Bess, J. L 726
Bilkox, J 537
Bird, C r.4 n
Bird. T 606
Black, J. A 40
Blackham, S 31:;
Blake, C. C 60^
Blake, M. J 755
Blakesley, L 608
Blight, ' J 609
lUyih, T 463
Blydenburgh, C. E 610
Hoggs. A 41
Bo! In, <; 316
Bond. F 454
Booth. \V. J 7.",6
Borner, J, G 538
Bowers, \v. W 455
Boyce, \V 317
11. J. B 725
Boyer, J. B 318
Bramel, C. \V 162
r.r:ui(lli'y, K .1 751
Brenning. H. L 12
Bresnalif-n. L. R 322
Bright. J. N 319
Bristol, A. \V 7.~.s
I. X. S 320
Briiiitin. II i::
Brooks. B. B
Brooks, l.. II 324
Brookiu;m. I > 43
Brough, S. It i:>2
Brown \ E i:'6
Brown. .1 I
111 own. .1. !•' 761
Brown, .1. H ' 76:>
Hi-own. M. F 612
''. C 162
Bnmdage. \V. II 612
'•• • uuin, C. K
Budd. D. C 71.j
Buechner, H. E 44
C. t-:
B , A i' 64i
Bull. F 566
Bullock. H. M 542
Bullock. I tr.T
' \ 7';o
Bunce. U. R 7>:i
Bunn, J. G '. 46
Burch. G. \V 62
Burdick. C. \V 461
Burdick, D. C [6
ss, J. H
Burg, G. A 17
Burger. J
Burke, C. E 761
. M
Burkhalter, C. C 772
Burkhalter, G. H 767
Burleigh, O. W 766
it. F. G ;
Burns, H -. 4S
B J. C 76\
Burton. A. F 61::
Burton, T. F 714
Bu i rfield, B. S L92
Butterfield, C. \V l!'l
Butterfield, G. r li'2
Butterfleld, \v. H 192
: - , J. W
B: i ne, .1. P
Byrne, M i.'.i;
Call. A. V 616
Call. J. H 771
... n i-;i
Calls ay, n. i,
R
.l:iii"
on, .1 ".l
d, .1. A 771
m, T 77.",
i X 775
Card, H. B 326
.1. M 27
.11111. C. E 828
77ti
iter, \v. S inr,
Xll
Carr, .). A
•Carr. !•'. I'
i ai ra.nliiT. .1
Carroll. \v. I1
Cartel. .1. V. A
Carter, Mrs. M. E. . Carter, Hon. \V \.
c'arriithiTs. 1C
Casey, J. G
Cashin. \V. J
Casto, I. F
Casto, \V. C
Cave, S. G
Cazier, C. D
Chalice, A. T
Chamberlain, A. D. Chapman, G. F. . . . Chapman, J. W. . . .
Chatfield. E. E
Chatterton, F
Cheeseman, H. E. ..
Cheney, S
Christensen, I
Christmas, H. E. . .
Clark. A. T
Clark. C. F
Clark. F. L
Clark. G
Clark, H. D
Clans?. J. H
Clegg, E
Cltmmons, C. P. . . Cienclenning, H. M .
Coates, F. W.-
Coble, J. C •
Cockins, E. V
Cockins. S. H
Cody, W. F
Coffey, W
Cole, H
Cole, J
Coleman, A. L
Collett. F. K
Collett, S
Collins, C. W
Collins, M. R
Collins, W. J
Collins, \V. S
Conant, A. A
Conley, J. T
Connelly, W. L
Connors, T
Cook, A. D
Cook. C. H
Cook, F
Cook, J. C
Cooney, M
Copman, W. R
Corbett, J. F
Corn, S. F
Cornelison, J. M. . .
Corn well, R
Corson, S
Cotner, S
Cotner, S., Jr
Cowhick, D. R
Coy. W. B
Crawford, J. E
Crawford, S. A
Creswell, G. W
.779-
111 : ron, .1. A (H
77!' < Yniiipion Bros
in Crook, \V. \\
I:;M Cro , G H 471
586 (Yoiii. I). F
,,i . . \. H r,s
:,n Cnnninnliam. II. B 7!'4
77, Curtis, K. K 200
:,i; Curtis, \V. <;.,
:i27 Cusack, E r.'7
540 Daly, J. H 'il
I Xi Daniels, A. B 62
r.4 1 I lanielson, C 548
780 Davidson, J. C H">
nis Davies, E. I? ''2
330 Davis, 15. K. 64 I'M, Davis, C. A "2 I
Davis, E ?16
7V, Davis, G. \V 96
22 Davison, J 63
617 Davis, W. R 645
567 DeVall, S. G 796
619 Dean, J 339
56 Dean, S 205
ins De jne, J. W 798
329 Decker, C 621
53 DeGraw, F. C 207
472 Delaney, P. J 797
7S1 Deloney, C 2ml
543 Deming, W. C 466
782 Denebrink, F 340
482 Dereemer, C. A . . . 727
717 Dewey, J. C 572
783 Dibble, A. D 69
57 Dickey, J. H 70
614 Dickey, S 341
754 Dickinson, A. L 800
82 Dickinson, I. J 622
653 Dickinson, P. P 204
203 Dickinson, W. H 799
785 Dickson, T. C 67
787 Dinneen, M. P 342
755 Dinneen, W. E 342
2nd Dinwiddie, E. R 343
507 Ditlinger, J 798
331 Ditto, S. D 800
619 Dodd, W. H 343
789 Dodge, J. T • 70
568 Dolan, W 345
467 Dolar, J. W 72
790 Donahue, J 549
543 Doty, S 4/4
465 Dougherty, J 71
467 Downs, A S03
952 Draper, W. F 623
542 Drury, E. S 73
618 DuSault, P. E 75
791 Dudley, Mrs. E. M 74
792 Duling, J. E 346
469 Durnford, Mrs. E 347
332 Durnford, G. T 347
793 Early, C. J 801
333 Early, J 544
620 Eaton, E 546
620 Ecker, J. B 624
334 Edwards, C. H 674
58 Edwards, C 570
793 Edwards, M 803
473 Elder, B. 75
336 Ellingson, E 209
Ellingson. S. J 208
Emge, .1. I' 625
.1. .M 805
Erdei : E C 211
KrirkKun, A 76
K. Al 804
.1. E 2H!)
Fiiddics, R 807
Paddies, .1. \V 806
r.-mvliild, J. E 84
Fiiuviiihl, J. E., Jr ,>f>
Fakl.T, D. A Sin
Farlow, E. J r,2:i
Farlow, J. N . I'll
Faust, E G25
Fuu-t, W. C 717
i awcett, F. B 79
Ferris, G 575
Ferguson, I M^
Fenner, Mrs. S. H 78
Fenton, J. J 577
Fenton, R i;27
Fiero, J. G 386
Fnvsione. W. S -Jl:>
Fisher. E. E 568
Fisher, J. W 347
Foote, F. M 475
Forbes, G. A 631
Foster, J. H 86
Foster, L. B M2
Foster, T. J 349
Fox. G. A 630
Franc, 0 628
Francis, J 813
Francis. T. A 809
Frank. M 350
Freaney, T 352
Freel, Mrs. E. H 351
Freel, J. H 350
Freeman, W. C. C 77
Frevert, F. W 811
Frost, J. M S13
Fulmer, H 352
Fye, A. H S14
Fye. B. M 744
Gadfoy, J 815
Gaines, A 213
Gambell, A. D 786
Gamble, C. T 815
Garlock, H. C 89
Gerber. J. A. . . 213
Gerber. J. F 87
Gerdel, P. H 476
Giessler, L. L 817
Gilford, Van L 816
Gilchrist, A 355
Gildersleeve, A. M 361
Giltner, M. V 819
Gleaver, J. B 819
Goddard, D. E 353
Godfrey, A. C 214
Godfrey, F. E 357
Godfrey, H. M 820
Good, W 88
Goode, A. M 81
Goodman, J. S 21fi
Goodman, J. C 358
Goodrich, G. T 477
Goodrich, \V. D 821
Gordon. P 88
INDEX.
XIII
rt
ii
Gotwals, A 634
Gould, .1. V S22
Gnuld. \V. B
am, J •
Graham, J. R 632
Graham, W - 1 r.
Granim, O liii
G ra ni . D i >
(Jrant, G. C 91
Grant, L. R '•'••
Greene, s. I) 90
Gregg, M. D 821
Gregory, C. M 90
Gregory. H. J 4S1
Giviili. .1 92
Griffin, G. N. .- 545
Griffin, J. H 80
Griffin. J. \V . 4S4
Griggs, N. \V 546
Grimmett, 0 370
Grinnell. C. H 530
Groshon, M 483
Gross, C. .1 834
Grimily, C. J S2::I
D ey, C. A isi;
Guild, C 360
Guild. G. T 362
Guild. J. A :.T4
Guild. .1. H 823
Guild, J. P 487
Guild. \V 217
Gunning, J. C 824
in') ton, T :'." i
Haddenham. H 71 S
Hadi'.! nham, .1 71S
v, .!. F 633
I ) X 547
0 488
Hall. I'. .1 489
Hall. R 490
Hall. T 363
Hamilton, 0. A 93
Hamilton. R. R 838
Hamilton, \V. F 363
Hammond, F. D 828
llamm-r, A. D '.» I
Haniia. O. P 218
I tanner, I). \V 635
! urn. J. C 634
• ii. H din
Hanson, H. S 22::
Hardee, O. P 832
Hardin. S. H 221
Hardman, J 222
Harper, .1 591
Haip -i. K. A 97
Harrison. F 364
Harrison, H. II 224
Harsi-h. P 830
Hart, K. F 825
- , \V 833
Hartley, G 841
arvard, H. r 636
arvey, G. P 365
ey, R. B 22:,
Harvey, \V. H i:H
Hiit.tl.-lil. \V. K 835
Bauf, o 96
HaupliiitT. .1. .1 492
Ha\i ken, A. E M7
Ha-.vken. A. G 847
Hawkeu, C. R sir,
Ha\vken, H. O sti;
Hawken. T. R 846
Haw kins. .1. T s:,s
ey, J. R 225
Hay. H. G 231
Hays, G. V 828
Haygood, A. \V 366
Hecht, H. K a<
Heder, A. G MH
Heder, G 839
Hegge, F. J 368
H.-nh-ieh, C 842
Held. H 232
Heller. J 827
Helraer, F. D 833
Holms. H 636
Hemler, A. A !i!i
Hellrh. .1. M 368
Henderson, A. C s-l 1
Henke. O. R 100
Hepp. C. J 233
Hi rsehler, J. H 234
Hersey, G. P 101
Hewitt, Mrs. A
Hicks. T. B 37]
Higgins. J. E S2H
Hill, A 829
Hinkston. M. A 637
Hinton, \V 493
Hocker. W. A l<>2
Hodgin. H. E ::72
Hoge, A 843
Hoge, J. M 72s
Holden, C. W 235
Holt. T. I) 494
Holliday. W. H 373
Homer. H 550
Ho ker, W. A m2
Hopkins. J. D Vis
Hopkins. M 840
Hornecker, J. M 831
Hoskins, A. D 103
Hosack, .1. S 495
Horr, C. \V :;7t;
Howe, M. G 496
Hudson, E. B 236
Huff, J. T 549
Hufford, V 841
Hughes. \V. S 836
llunsini:i-r, 0 581
Hum. It. C 573
Hunt, W. F 638
Hunt. \V. H 72H
llunti-r. .1 837
Hunter, .1. G
Hiintun, .1 : .
Hyatt, S, \V 551
Hyde. II .v'-i;
Id. •!!. Mrs. A H4
[den, s A 514
[redale, .l«>lm 639
i redale, Joseph 2:;:i
Irvine. \V r, |n
I. .1. I' MS
Iv.-s. C '.H
.hi. Itson, r !•' 369
on, \v. E 504
.lames. I-'. II !
I , T. O
Jenne, .1
lings, H. B 1"!
C. K
Jensen. G :
Jensen. .1 7 1 '.'
Jensen, P
Jesurun. M
Johnson, C. \V
Johnson, J 1"7
1 nson, L. K '
..son. O :
Johnson. \V. G 2
Johnson. \V. \V 849
. i in, J. L .""::
Johnston. J. R ."."L'
John ton '>! R 3
Jones. C. H '•<>:<
Jones. D. J -M
Jones, H. R 552
Jones, J 381
Jones. J. T 851
Jordan, H-. . . 660
Jii'lsun, C. E 382
Kane. R 852
Kastor. 1 383
Kastner. J 853
Keas, A. M 383
Kearns. F
Keister, S. A. D 242
Kelley. .1. L 641
Kelly. W. T 21:!
K'Miast. F ' -
Keninston. W. H 855
K.-ndall, A t08
Kennedy. J. H :
Kennedy, It. .\l :',V,
Kershiicr. A. A
's. rshner. c. I! 580
Kerslmer, G. \\' 719
Kessler. J. A 21!
Keyes. \V. L
Kilpatriek. R. .1
Kilpatriek. S. D r,<«;
Kilpatriek, \V. II
Kimball. E. H •
Kimhall. \V. S
Kime, .1 :.i;2
Kinney. J. R 859
Kitmey. 1'. J 387
Kipping. P L'ti;
Kirkpat riek. .1 Ill
Kirkpalri, i,. J. \V
Kise. s 858
Mass n. H
Knight. J
Knittle. It. II .Ml
Kmdis. A -
Kriiuss. 1 Mil
Krllget, .1 D. c 217
Kuenj ' i \ 2is
Kuiit/.iiian. G 112
Kuyki-mlall. \V. 1 1 I :.
Kuykendall, H 1 !
Lacey, J. \v 21
C 86B
Lane, A. i> 21-.'
l.aiinen. \V :>s
n. H. .
XIV
>!:\.
O 390
C. 10
r, \V. F
Li'hmlji'i-s:. A
i . I
Leifer, <> 17^
, D. \V :;:u
Lester, II
B
Lewis, .1. K
' K J II ••:!
Lewis. .1. I
R. H
y. .1. .1
Lippoldt, H
Logan, G 723
863
Lord, G
•*, J. D
..an, .1 25]
i. .1. A 290
Loveday, 1 807
Low. 6 724
i i • . B. F 251
Luce. W. \V 450
Luikin, C 663
Luman. A 194
Luman, .1 910
Lund, J 254
Lundie. F
Lusk, F. S 117
. .1 <'i3
McAllister, D 118
McAuley, R 555
McAvoy, J. A 255
McCaffrey. B 256
McCallum. D 397
McCarell, J. J 661
McCannel, D. C 662
McCorniick, J. J 721
McCoy, J. L 402
McCreary, L 869
McDonald, D 257
McDonald, K 113
McGee. T. H..: 512
McGee. T. L ST1
McGinnis, W. J 575
McGrath, M 261
McGraw, J. A 870
\! quhara, J. J 120
McLennon. D 665
McLaughlin, J. R 666
McLoughlin. J 513
McNay, 0. W 664
McNeil. \V
McNiven, J 664
McXish, J 264
McPhee, H. M 121
McPhillamey, R Ml
McReynolds, W 498
McWhinnie, C. H 122
MacFarlane, W. F 260
Maghee, G. H 730
Maghee, T. G 210
Magoon. J. H 123
Major. S. T 265
Manley. M 515
Mann, E. W 516
Manorgan, J. A 517
ng, \V. F 871
Marclii'ssauli. A. R
laky, M
.\liiri-in, .1. J 556
.ill. i; s72
.Martin. A. J 667
Martin. L. E 518
Martin, S 121
ton, C. A 668
Mason, A. H 125
Mason. I. G 669
Mason, M 875
Mass, P 146
Mathi ws, F. M 398
intihcws, J. B 873
Matthews, T. X 2»;:;
la . yell, \V S74
May, J. 1 558
May, J. M 127
R 731
tfead, G. S 670
Mt-pks, C. D 876
Megeath, E. Y 877
Megeath, J. G 877
Megeath, T. A ^77
Mellor, W. H 131
Melloy. A. R 127
Mendenhall, W. H 529
Merrill, G S78
Merrill, J. L 879
ill, G. W 520
Meyer, Mrs. B 560
Meyer. J. S 559
Middaugh, I. 0 519
Miller, A. L 398
Miller, C. F 403
Miller, G 669
Miller, H. G 880
Miller, H. E 880
Miller, J. M 560
Miller, J. W 884
Miller, R 2G5
Miller, R. A 723
Miller, W. H 399
Mills, S. A 133
Mitchell, F. S 518
Mitchell, G 521
Mondell. F. W 646
Moody, S. Y 883
Moore, J. R 129
Moran, J 405
Morgan, O. C 565
Morgareidge, C. W 267
Morsch, W. J 523
Morton, J 400
Morris, D. M 561
Morris, W. E 671
Morrison, C. A 134
Morse, R. A 670
Moslander, C 722
Moss, W. H 401
Mott, J 135
Mover. C. A 136
Murphy, M. H 405
Murphy. M 802
Murray, E. S 961
Muria, F. J 724
Muzzy, F. H G59
A 571
\
. \V. S 672
E. .». 354
. G. H 355
Jl, L 883
Neel, S. R 137
in, A 266
on; R
on, T. F 673
Neuber, A. F 139
• inier, E 140
il. F. M 524
Newell, G. H 106
Newell, H. J 268
Xcwll, M. A : 4n7
• i an, J. M 338
Newman, R. L 140
Nichols. M 142
Xii-kerson, H. G 114
Niekerson, 0. K 269
Nicol, F 882
Nietfeldt. H 885
Nihart. F. L 143
Niland, W 886
Nisbet, A 411
Noble, E. R •
Noble, F. F 27o
Noble, J. M 579
Noble, W. P 'M
Noble, Z. T 5il!i
Norton, E. D 4o9
Norwood, C. C 408
Nottingham, W. W 272
Nowlin, D. C •- .. 866
Nylen, C. W 410
O'Brien, J 886
O'Brien, J. D 144
O'Donnell, W. H 887
O'Flynn. T. D 412
O'Neal. C 38
Olsen. P 827
Packard. W. H 889
Padget, J. W 270
Padgett, W. H 890
Pahlow, R 891
Painter, J. R 672
Palmer, C. C 271
Pardee. G. B 275
Parks, S. C 732
Partridge, C. E 145
Patten, J. 1 582
Patzold. 0. A 148
Paul, H. R 4 SI
Paulson, P 432
Paxton, G. E 433
Payton, J. W 892
Pearce, W. H 894
Peay, W. W 676
Pease, W. D 433
Pearson, J 147
Perdue, E 148
Perkins, B. F 43
Perkins, H. L., Sr
Perkins, H. L., Jr
Perry, H 437
Peters, E. E 150
Peterson, G. H SOS
Petersen. H 897
INDEX.
Petty, J 4:ls
. C,. F 441
3, S. E 1:71;
Phillips. A. \V !:;:•
Phillips. .1. B 4:::i
Phillips Bros 139
Plckett, \V. D 897
:. W i.-.n
Pollard. C. A u::
Pollock, (I. x l.-.i
. <>y. R. R 273
1'orath, F 277
Porter, A 895
! on- i. (',. Al 899
Porter, W. I |>:>I
Potter, C. \ 4.1s
Pmvll, C, 153
in
rs, T. G 900
ey, J 153
Preator. R. I. 676
J 902
. J 152
Putnam, A. L 442
Quealy, P. J
Rae, R
Ragan, A. E !io3
Ralston, W. H i;,7
Ralli. P. A 904
Rath, R. E 678
Rathbun, D. B 154
Rawhouser, R 905
Reals, C. A [43
it (liiian, c
\. H 27*
Keel. Mrs. S. E 27*
Reese, D. H 27:<
Reid, C n-l
.1 i;77
.1. M s:,n
Mrs. E 44.1
olds, \V. .\1 7:;s
lt>n in, \V. H 280
aice, C 155
Richards, DeP 19
Richards, J. DeF 145
Richardson, A
Richardson, J. B 156
Hideout, E. N :m7
C. F Mi7
Him r, .1. A 26
Ilipley. A. L 908
Ritterling, H IMI
RoadilVr, \V i;s]
\ :,s::
Roberts, F 909
i H 2M
! tson, A. B iA2
' ' F 11 x
A 1 .". 7
RohinsoD. B 683
on, u. n 911
\V '.' 1 L'
B c; i;,s:t
. \V 158
•aunii. !•:. P in:
i >. . . .'•>:'
Rose, J ."is:;
: . D. C 117
. I.; nds, \V 913
Rowlands, Mrs. K :'H3
1 584
Itiisscll, C,. H 914
eo. S I;T:I
Rutherford, A l.'.s
'
Rutledge, T. J
Ryan, .) 910
itt, .1. 11 411
Sackett, Mrs, U. A in
Safely, G 41?,
lie, F 770
Salmela. J 916
i cock, H. A 415
Sandrivock, T. B
r. I. B
Sawin, M. L 282
:i. Eli 2M
.i, Mrs. M. H 284
1 ining, F •'
uniaker, C 911
Schuneiiian. .1. \V 416
Scott, (I. \V
Si-oit, N. H 585
Scully, D. T 684
Seaman, J > M
Senff, F. L 735
Senff. Mrs. P 736
Si i! •-• -Aii -k, J 589
Ilia er, P. \V n;n
Shaw, C. E 'MI
, J :n:;
Shaw, J. C 587
•in. J. I-I !i21
.ml. P. A 163
Sherlock, J 588
Shi flock, P. R 588
Sill, \V. L 161
Simmon i, A 163
Simmons, Mrs. E. L 164
922
Simpson, J. P '.r_>2
;on, J. S L'N.",
A". L I;M;
Sims, ,T ' irjii
Slack, E. A 2211
Slaughter, J. R L66
Sliney, G. M 7i»;
Small. S. C
Smallpy, E. J 41 1;
Smiley, E. !•: 2:1
Smith, A H;.~.
Smith, A. \V 212
h, C 687
i- 2s:i
Smith, I. N 1C7
, G. II 2s.;
Smith, II 287
Smith. II. F :c_'|
Smith. J. R M7
i T. 11 I'.ss
Smith. (). <• Ms
Smith, .1. .1
Smith. 1.. I r.v.i
Smith S ils'.i
Smith. It 2^7
R. C
Smith. \V. F 17u
i, W. .1 927
Smyth, (J. .1 417
Sneddon, T
Snow, G. W 4l;i
J. T 2!>2
Solliday, \V. H 172
Soclergreen, C. F 171
S< i, II. J 928
i, W L75
Spencer, G. W .- 17::
Spem - . .1. C 174
Spinner. B i;:i_-
Spinntr, K 173
T
i:. T
Stable, J 120
A. A 590
C
Stitzer. F. A 30
Stoll, G
Stoll, \V. R
3tOl . E. \V ::2
Stoner. .]. \V 292
Storrie, J
L
. \\'. .1
Stricklcr, S
Strong. :'. S 697
.;. F. W 526
Strong. .1. 10 176
Strong, .1. H. W
Sullivan. .!. H
Sulliv;,' i1 527
Summers. \V. A I r,!2
Sutherland. A
Sutherland. (',. A 698
Sattou. 10 176
Swan. L. J 528
I'
Sv.anson. C 179
IK
U
. T. P 531
Tait. R 122
r. C. B 42::
lor, H. J. B
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G
tier, .1. 1).. ,lr
D
Thayer, l>. M 177
i er, R. L r.i'2
Thayer, \v
i. \V. H 293
Thomas, C. S
'i homas, I >. i: 593
.1 .1
Thomas, !.. R 179
1M
' <>
A
Thraus, .1
:. \V 7:. I
Tidhall. I.. C LH'7
Tisc h. II 21' I
Tisch, <>
XVI
INDEX.
.1. AI
Trinnn T. T. S. fiqq
Tun,. ,. I'
Turpin. B .... J.) j
T""i''. K. U- •'•'. ... . '. . '. '. . '. . .'. '. :>]*,
Twit.-iii.l. J
Twitchel E
Van Hyk,., [.;. K ,;-.,
Noy, T. I '_ ' ' ' 940
Van Orsdel, .1. A. . ••••!
Van Patten, w ' ',]'-,
irvoort, F ;, n
Vanoni. V 7MM
ii. A. L. 943
Venter. E 881
tinii-n. F. H :,| ;
Wade, j. B '_
WaRstaff, A. . I . •
waii, j ;;;;; ; V)7
Wallace, D. D g50
Wallace. Mrs. J
Wain. R. A... -,,,
Wain. \V. S i" '534
Waltfi-.--. .1
ward, j. H ;;;;; ,: :
Warner, M. H 7,,-.
Warren, F. E 226
Warren. J. B. . . . 734
Waters. I. U .' . '703
Watson, J. D '.'.'m ,;;,'-
li. S. .
Webb I \
C. P
'. .1
W. I' 71,;.
er, .1. T. ...
\v' intz. .1 .' .704
h, J. M ,
WHIi'r. I) 7('|S
in i . F .'....'.'.'. 297
Wdriior. J. C •",'
ndt, H
W'-rlin. J
Wcrnli. \V. .1
\\'( Sldll, J
Wlia!on. X. H ' . . .'
Whslon, R
\\'hc eler, \v. 1
Whimsy. J. AI '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 300
WicUmire, B. F 599
Wilcox. J. F..
wiide, A ::; ; '-,-
Wilde, J t-_-
Wilkinson, A 258
Wilkinson, J ~>-\
Willadscn, AI 31,1
Willey, J. \v .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' '.' .' 428
Williams, A gi"o
\\'illiams, F. O . 593
Williams, F. M 705
Williams, H. H ' '134
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Williams. Airs. M 303.
\\"illianis. W. R -,,^
Willson Bn 188
\\'il' . : i ; i ...s
Willson. G. ] .].. iss
Wilson. .1. AI .'.' |LM,
Wilson. Airs. M nun
Wil 'I... Tin
\vMson. K ;;; 303
in, S. T .,-, ,
m, 7. 959
ol, M 490
' C |'s7
Wolff. J. JI 71ll
Wood. L 594
Wood. N. D 818
•i ruff. D. P. -],,
Wright, .1. Al .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 958
""'.•is-'inxh-r. .1. W :M;H
Wyman, W. H 186
Wymer, J. A '.'.'..' '. 9
Vomit. H. S .' 7ii
Yensen. S.- 71;;
Youmans, H. M '.'.'.'.'.'. 306
Young. E 602
Y°ung, J 305
Young, W. O gel
Yoder, H. Z. . . . ;;n |
Yoder. P. J ...'.'.'.'.'.'I." 185
Zummaek, C 153
Allan, R. P 57g
Ayres, A. W ,, .,,
Borner, J. G " 53g
Bpeman. N ,
Bresnahen, L. R _ 322
Bramel, C. W ' ](";o
Bucknum, C. K... C'IM
Carroll. W. P ' ' '. ,'•;.,
Carter. Judge W. A '.'.'.'.'. '• ,,
Clemmons, C. P 439
Cody, W. P 82
Deming W. C '466
Early Life in Wyoming. .. :,n;
Edwards, Chas. H. .. • 674
Ferris- G 575
Piero, John G 38g
Gramm. Otto ' 66
Grimmett. 0 379
Gross, Chas. J $34
Hansen, H. . . . 610
Held. H .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 232
Held, Mrs. Henry
Iden, Mrs. Alice ;, i 'j
Iclen, S. A ' 514
Kime, Jas gg2
Leifer, Otto. . .' 17g
Luce, \Y. w '" ' | 450
Luce, Mrs. W. W '.'.'.'. 450
Luman, Abner 194
Maghee, Thomas G .'.'.'.'. 1'1 M
Mass, Philip J^,;
McCoy, John L 400
Mondell. F. W .' ' ' .' "' .' ,;;,"
Moslandei-. Charles
Murphy, M
e, E :....'.'.' .' 354
Newman. J. M 335
Noble. W. P 434
Nowlin, D. C 866
Quealy. P. J [\ 654
Reynolds. Win 735
Richards, DeF 19
Roberson. C. F 418
Sliney, Geo. M . .. .706
Smith, A. W .' 242
Summers, Wm. M 642
Tibbets, Geo. W .' 754
Warren. F. E ' 226
Wilkinson, Anthony ' 258
Wilkinson, John 074
Wood, L '.'.'.'.'. v.M
Mrs. M. J 594
Youmans, H. M . 306
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PROGRESSIVE MEN
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THE STATE OF WYOMING
<;<>Y. Di !•( IRKST RICHARDS.
When 'in April 28, 1903, the tolling hells in- dicated the departure from its mortal tenement of the ethereal essence "f the late Gov. Del-' Richards, a great commonwealth was enshrouded in gloom. A threat man had passed from earth. Tlie chid' executive of a vigorous, important and progressive slate had no longer anything to do with the stirring activities in which he for SO i period had home a most conspicuous part, and the mighty commonwealth felt crushed and paralyzed under the loss of one of its most ar- dent champions and strongest friends. All over the In-.. ad land th. inlands upon thousands of peo- ple f,-lt a personal anguish, not only in the loss ... the governor of the state, hut from the thought that one of the strongest and truest personal friends iif the people of the who!.- State had i. that his loving words of welcome would no more givii them, that his simnv smile would never again heam on them, that his earn ndeavors would never again hattle for the piople's cause. Xew Kngland has contributed many notahle men to the C'.nntn \\est of the Mis sissjppi River. The' stnrd\ spirit which re Xew K'lgland from the \\ilderness and the sav- age, and made it the cradle of civih/ation on the
western hemisphere, lias to a large extent built up the stati lie new West. The most ener-
getic and adventurous of the sons of Xev\ Kug- land, having in their veins the hlooil of cen- turies of 1'nrilan ancestry, have left the hillsides of their native Kast and have come to the rolling plains of tin- \\e-t. hearing with them the trolling spirit of free institutions which was
•dit over hy the Pilgrims in the .Ma\ll They have planted here in the outposts of civ- ilization the seeds of full freedom, have heaten hack savagery and laid the foundations of j and (prosperous states. A line t\ pe of the stalwart sons of Xew Kngland who have written so large a page, not onl\ in the hi \merica, hut
.ii die world, was lion. IVKorest Richards. governor of \\ \..ining. \'o man in the state was
r to the hearts of the people and no man In n. r deserved th. lion and respect,
ernor Richards was a large man. phvsicalh mentally, and he possessed all the sterling traits • if characti r * >t .< \( >ng line < 'f the besl New Kug- land ancestry. \ native of ( 'harlest, ivvn. X. 11.. where he was horn mi \ugiist i ,. i S (o. his aii- cestors have borne an honored and prominent
ni the business .m.l public life of Xew ! land for man1 ii >ns. The original A;
Can emigrants of the Richards family arrived at
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•..RliSSIVE MEN Or WYOM1
id, Mas.-., in H>,i<>. only irn years after the historic landing <>f the Pilgrim fathers at Ph mouth and his maternal ancestors, of the well- known Jarvis family, came to the Massachusetts I'.ay o I ••:••. .ihout 1640. No history of Xe\v Eng- land can be written without frequent reference •merits of members of these two farn- ilic-- during early Colonial times or during the sti irniy ]>eriod culminating in the Revolution. The great-grandfather of Governor Richards, Dr. Charles Jarvis, was an intimate friend and close political associate of Samuel Adams, John Han- cock, John Adams and Gen. Joseph Warren, and of others whose achievements are a noble part of the story of mankind's struggle for liberty. In the contest with the tyranny of King George, the ancestors of Governor Richards were prom- inent among those who bore the heat and burden of that momentous day and won immortal fame in the patriotic service they rendered to man- kind. The maternal grandfather of Governor Richards, William Jarvis, a son of Dr. Charles Jarvis, was one of the leading men of Massa- chusetts for many • years, being appointed by President Jefferson in 1802 as consul to the city of Lisbon, Portugal, and acting charge d'affaires to that kingdom. A man of progressive ideas, always planning to benefit his own country and the industries of her people, it was entirely through his efforts that the first Merino sheep were brought to America from Spain. This great service to the sheep and woolgrowing in- dustries of the nation has been fittingly recog- nized and acknowledged in the reports of the agricultural department of the government. In the report of 1892 occurs this statement : "Con- sul Jarvis was successful in his efforts to amelio- rate the trouble to which our shipping was sub- jected, so that at the commencement of the Peninsular War he secured the immense neutral trade of the armies engaged in that conflict. It was fortunate also that he possessed a mind com- prehensive enough to see the great advantage to his country of the acquisition of the Merino sheep, and the energy of character necessary to secure them. There can be no question that his example in securing some of the best sheep in
Spain, not .inly for himself, but for others, was a great incentive to the trade in them that im- mediately followed, by which so manv thousand sheep were transferred to this country to increase her wealth and encourage her manufactures of fine woolen goods." The father of Governor Richards was J. DeForest Richards, a Congrega- tional minister and one of the leading educators of the l.'nited States. In later life he was the president of the Ohio Female Seminary, at Col- lege -Hill, Ohio, and afterward president of the Alabama State University at Tuscaloosa. The Governor's mother, whose maiden name was Harriet Bartlett Jarvis, is still living at the ad- vanced age of eighty-three years and is a woman of strong character, whose faculties are as clear as in her younger days. During his early life, his parents removed from Charlestown to Weath- ersfield, Vt. This place is situated on the Con- necticut River, just below the old town of Wind- sor, where in 17/7, the independence of Ver- mont, then known as the New Hampshire Grant, was originally declared. Young Richards early entered the Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, N. H., where he pursued a thorough course of study and was graduated with distinction, later becoming for one year a student of the well- known Phillips Andover Academy of Massa- chusetts. In youth he gave promise of the strong and manly character he became in later years. Thorough in his studies and devoted to his books, he was yet first in all manly sports, ex- celling both in the classroom and on the campus. Even when a lad he was noted as an athlete and his devotion to outdoor sports laid the founda- tion of the vigorous health he enjoyed up to recent years. At the close of the Civil War, in 1865, he accompanied his father to Alabama, where on the father's plantation in Wilcox county he engaged in raising cotton. After getting the enterprise fairly started, the father left the plan- tation in full charge of his son and returned to his northern home. For three years young Rich- ards ably conducted the plantation, with varying success. The father in the meantime had re- turned to Alabama, and was at the head of the State University for several years, dyirr ,, howev-
PROGR1 • MEN OP WYOMING.
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er. at Mobile in iS-j. Hi- estate was found t<> be so badly involved that llu-rc was practically nothing left for the heirs, hi 1867, jusl
.•itained his majority, DeForest Uicliards was
-d a member of the first state legislature of Alabama under reconstruction. In iSnS lie was the sheriff of \\'ilc«x county, and served as such f« in r years, lie was then elected ci unity treas- urer and served two trnns in that capacity. He then retired from politics and engaged in the 3 tannery, in which he became heav- ily involved in debt through no fault of his own. \\ iili his sterling honest] he determined to meet In- obligations in full, resolnteK set about a re- organi/ation of his bn-iiu ss and after working day and night at the shoemaker's bench for two enabled to pay his debts in full and have Si, 500 as a capital with which he en- in merchandising at Camdcii, Ala., where by his indtistry, [)er.-everance and good judgment he built up a large and profitable trade. In 1885 he nove his residence ti> Nebraska and
IOUS tn his leaving Camden, the mayor and city council of that place tendered him a ban- quet, at which they presented him with a marble suititetti , suitably engraved, with expressions of their n-grt-t at his departure and good wishes Eor his future welfare. I'pon coming to Nebras- ka, he established himself in both merchandising anil banking at ('hadnm. and in 1886, he organ- i/ed the First National Hank of Douglas. Wyo. '. lected president of tbc latter institution,
position which he held until ]\\- death. Sub-
•eiitly he was elei b urer of die ci unity
of Dawes, Neb., and upon the expiration of his
of that office, he removed to Douglas, uliriv he has since made his home. Governor
Richards became largely nth-rested in extensive livestock :i";! mercantile operations at Douglas, nnd \\as die owner of mercantile < -lablishments isper also and other points in northern \\'\ i lining. He was the p of the Matte
Vallex Sheep < ompanv and of ihe Lander Transportation Co., \\hieh conducts ver) i sive fiviglitmg and transportation. emplo\iiu eial bundred teams and a large number of men. and during \",n\ handled over six million pounds
of wool. Fi •' rious financial enter-
fortune came to him in no unstinted i nre. Governor Richards \ - a stanch ad-
lierent of the Republican party, one of the ablest and most trusted of its leaders in the
stale-. lie W3.S a mOSl ell H unpii HI of
Republicanism in both -> Na-
tion, i in the advoi .rable
measures calculaied to pro - tl re of
that political organization. During his • in \\"yoming. Governor Richards held many posi- tions of honor and trust, lie was the may Douglas for one term, from 1891 to 1894 he was the comn fficer of the State National
Guard, be was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of the state, anil a mem- ber of the State Senate in 1892 and 1893. In 1898. he was first nominated and elected governor of Wyoming, this term of his exalted office ex- piring on iiu -first Mon,la\ of January, 1903. At the time of his lamented death be was sei in his second term of office as governor, having been •• ember, H)02. In 1871. Gov-
ernor Richards was united in marriage at Engle- wood, X. J.. with Miss Klisc J. Ingcrsoll, a na- tive of Alabama. \\ho is ,,f Puritan and Hugue- not descent, her father having been born in field. Mass., a member of the famous Xew Kng- land family of the name, and her mother I a representative of a distinguished llugiu-noi fam- ily of the Carolinas. She received her educa- tion at ( "amden l-Ymale Institui- selecl educational institutions of the sou children were born of this n The son, I. DeFon i Richards, resides at I ' las. Wyo., the vi lenl of the First Xa-
tional I'.ank. The daughter is married and re- sides iii ('alifonf nior Richards \\ .- honored member of the M -;ity. He was worshipful master of the Mas
ir not or"i i red upon
•them man in that state. In \Y\oming be has Mid master of the I irand I
and belonged to ' • nsisl
ory of Scottish Rite .md to that Ma-
sonic club, the Mystic Slirine. His funeral ser-
, eoiiducted hv the Masonic fraternil v.
PROGRESSIVE MEN OF WYOMING.
the nu ist impressive ever held in 'Wyoming. lict- ter than any words of ours, the utterances (if those Wyoming people who h;ive known the late Gover- nor long and well, will portray his nature, charac- ter and the position he occupied in public and pri- vate1 life and in the hearts of the people. The Cheyenne Tribune voices public sentiment in the followin.tr words: "Governor Richards is gone. This great man, who has done so much for Wyo- ming, has passed beyond, yet how truly it can be said : 'His works will follow him.' The loss to the state of a man of such sterling worth is indeed a public calamity. That loving hand which was ever extended to aid the deserving is for- ever helpless, yet how sweet will be the remem- brance of those who have been blessed by that hand with deeds prompted by the noblest of hearts. In the death of Governor Richards Wyo- ming has lost one of its most ardent champions. Not only within its borders have his good words, deeds and influence been felt, but in his travels, which have been of wide scope, the state of which he was chief executive was ever brought to the front ; and how unselfishly he performed his good work, spending his time and money in trav- ersing the country to tell the people of its great resources and advantages. He loved success, and what an example of success his life has been. Beginning in a humble way, he fought life's bat- tles manfully, and how beautifully he has shown to the world what crowning there is in honest, steadfast, noble effort, backed by unswerving character. As a friend Governor Richards was loyal, ever. No truer friend ever lived. One of the gems in his -lovable character was his loyalty to his friends against all possible influences. This is one of the grandest tests of manhood. All hearts are sad, very sad, today." The following was written by an individual fully competent to justly estimate the life, services and character of the distinguished gentleman who so courteous- ly and ably filled every station in life to which he was called, domestic, civic, social, state or national : "The state mourns. Death has re- moved its chief executive, but the grief, which is felt as keenly in the remotest hamlet as in the capital city, springs not so much from the ti-
dings that the Governor is dead as from the real- ization that DeForest Richards is no more. The people's grief is that of friends for a friend, to those who knew him the greatness of this man as director of the commonwealth palls before the nobility of his life as a private citizen ; in the hour of his soul's departure we grieve for DeFor- est Richards, who honored, was not honored, by the title of chief executive. Death has taken him away, but the memory of his beautiful char- acter can not die. As governor he was a states- man, a rare combination, but his character as a man was rarer still ; he was one of the few of each generation who love, and are loved, by all mankind. Death came to him softly while his devoted wife and daughter were at his side. His son, himself sick in a city a thousand miles away, was unable to be present."
HON. FEXIMORE CHATTERTOX.
This honored gentleman, who fills with dis- tinction the high office of secretary of state of Wyoming, and by reason of the lamented death of Governor Richards is now the acting gover- nor, is a typical representative of the choicest element of New England manhood, although not of New England birth. He comes of an old Vermont family, the lineage of which goes back to an early period of that commonwealth. He in- herits in a marked degree the sterling mental characteristics for which his ancestors were long noted. Rev. Germon Chatterton, the father, was a native of the Green Mountain state and for many years filled' the chair of literature in Middlebury College. Later, in Oswego, N. Y., he practiced law for some years, subsequently retiring from that profession for the purpose of pursuing the theological course in the Auburn Theological Seminary, one of the leading Pres- byterian educational institutions of America. He became an able and scholarly divine, filled a number of prominent pulpits and earned an en- viable reputation as a leader of religious thought in his denomination. A man of wide culture and varied attainments, he impressed his personality on every community in which he lived, winning
PROGRESSIl'l. MLLX Ol: WYOMING.
a permanent place in religit >ns. educational and professional circles. After a long and useful ca- reer, he resigned his pi"' >i'ess, >rship, relinquished ministerial labors and is now living a life of IK in. Teil retirement in the state of Xe\v York. Leverel Chatterton, the paternal grandfather ol ihe niie of whom we now write, was burn in Rut- land coiintv. Vt., and passed all his life within tin- confines of his native state, lie served with distinction in the War of iSi_> and lived to a ripe old age, dying in 1874. Ama Mazumon, wife of Ccrmon ChaUcrton and mother of the Hon. Fenimore Chatterton. was also of Vermont birth and died in 1867. Fcnimorc Chatterton was born in the city of ( Iswego, X. Y.. on July 21. 1860. "When he was but a young child his parents moved to Washington. 1'. C., in which city he spent the years of his childhood and youth and also received his preliminary discip- line in ihe schools of the national capital. The training thus acquired was supplemented by a full course in Columbiana college, from which in- stitution he was graduated with an houorabK ncord as a student. Finishing his intellect u:d education. Mr. ('hatterton took up the study of law in Washing!* ui. I). C.. but was not admit- ted to the bar until some years later, breaking oil' his professional research in 187* foi- the pur- pose of seeking his fortune in the West. Tn that \car he came to Wyoming and accepted a clerk- ship in the poststore at Ft. Steele. in which capac- ity he continued until purchasing the stock and becoming sole proprietor some time later. He conducted the business with encouraging finan- cial results until 1888. when he disposed of ilu , i iblishmenl ti < < nter upon his duties as pro bate judge and treasurer of Carbon county, to \\ hull , iffices In was elected in the fall of thai year. Mr. Chatlcrton discharged his dual func- tions until [890, when he resigned both positions and took his -eiiaior in the first session
of the State Senate. II. served \\ith credit in tint body, was a careful and conservative mem- ber and his name was associated with the im- portant committees, rendering much valua-blc ice to his o •nsiitneiits and to the state. I h- si rvcd three terms in the Senate and his
as a lawmaker fully met the high cxpectai of the people, who honon <1 him with this sig- nal mark of their o mfidence and favor. Actr. by a laudable desire to strengthen and enlarge his legal knowledge, Mr. Chatterton in 180,2 en- ured the law department of Michigan Univer- sity, from which he was graduated the following year. Meantime he had been admitted to bar and. opening an office at Rawlins, he soon \\on a respectable standing among the successful practitioners of Carbon county. Shortly after his election as secretary of state he associated with himself L. E. Armstrong in this legal prac- tice and the partnership thus constituted still ex- ists, and it is needless to say that this firm i high rank at the bar of the state. It is not mere partisan praise or adulation, nor is it ovi timation. to say that Mr. Chatterton is at the present time one of the most scholarly and best- equipped barristers of the bar where he practices. As a lawyer, he is sound, clear-minded and well- disciplined, intellectnalh and professionally. The limitations which are imposed by Federal i ers are well understood by him. With the long line of decision's tnun Marshall down to Fuller. b\ which the constitutions ha\ • pounded,
he is familiar as are all thoroughly skilled law- yers. He is at home in all the departments of the law. from the minutiae of general practi. the greater topics, wherein are involved consid- eration of the ethics and philosoplu of jurispru- dence and the higher concerns of public p I'.nt he i- not learned in the la\\ alone, for he has studied long and carefully the subjects that an to the man • the g reatest im-
port, ihi- questii in of fi tance and p omy. in which he has kept abreast of the besl thinking men of the state. In th. incut
of cases he is actuated by the best interest of his client, being feliciioii ar in statenu
legal principles inv.ilvcd. forcible and thoroughly earnesl in argnnunt. full of vigor of coin: never abusive of adversaries; al\\a\s imbued with \ei a foe worthy the
steel of ihi ahl< -I < ippi men). From I Si i | to 1 S' >' ' Mr. Chatterton served as count, attorney and in iSiiS WES elected by the Republican |rirt\ of
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•ining to the high office he now holds, sec- ivtary of state. His previous intellectual discip-
in one of the most noted educational insti- tutions in the land, and his training in the intri-
- of the la\v, both, combined with a natural aptitv undertaking-; requiring abilities
of a high order, ha\e iniiiliarly fitted Mr. Chatterton for the very important station with which his fellow citizens have so honored him. His administration of the office has demonstrated the wisdom of his election and it is safe to affirm that the state has never had a more capable, obliging or popular public ser- vant. For some years past Mr. Chatterton, with others, has been largely interested in the min- ing industry. He was instrumental in organiz- ing what is now known as the Kurtz & Chatter- ton mine in the Grand Encampment district and about 1900 he organized the Kurtz and Chat- terton Mining Co., and erected works for the de- velopment of a large area of valuable mineral property. He has also interests in various other mining enterprises and has become one of the leaders of that industry in Carbon county and elsewhere. In politics Mr. Chatterton yields an unwavering allegiance to the Republican party and has served as chairman of the central com- mittee of his county at different times. He is public spirited in all which the term implies and has done much to advance the material and in- dustrial interests of both his county and state. All enterprises having for their object the intellec- tual and moral good of the body politic find in • him a zealous friend and a liberal patron and he keeps in close touch with the trend of thought fin all the great questions of the day, national and international. In a fraternal way he has advanced to high degrees in the ancient and noble order of Freemasonry, having attained the Thir- ty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. From 1894 to 1896 he was the grand master of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming, in addition to which exalted position he served as potentate of the Mystic Shrine and as deputy grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Wyoming: Mr. Chatterton's fidelity to the high duties of citi- zenship has been signally manifested in every re-
lation of life in which he has been placed. His is a broad meiiialiiv, his a strong, loyal, and sym- pathetic nature, and his aim ha^ been unmistak- ably to live as nearly to his possibilities and ideals as has been in his power to do, both in private and public life. Such men deserve much more than a modicum of respect and honor, and that these have not been denied to Mr. Chatter- ton is evident to one who has marked even in a cursory way the leading facts in this brief record.
HON. JOHN W. LACEY.
Hon. John W. Lacey, ex-chief justice of Wyoming and for a number of years a distin- guished lawyer of the Cheyenne bar, was born in Randolph county, Indiana, on October 13, 1848, the son of Rev. Henry J. and Elizabeth (Thompson) Lacey, the father being a noted Methodist divine who passed a long and eminent- ly useful ministerial life in the Hoosier state and is now living in a superannuated relation in the county of Randolph. William Lacey. father of Henry J., was a native of Georgia, but in an early day he moved to Wayne county, Ind., where he passed the greater part of his life, dy- ing there a number of years ago. The Judge is one of a family of four sons and three daugh-
. ' if wh' :m three of the sons are living. In his youth he enjoyed such educational privilrges as were afforded by the public schools of the different places where his father was station •<!. but, being of a studious nature and a great lover of knowledge, he determined to prosecute his in- tellectual researches under more favorable condi- tions. Accordingly he entered De Pauw Uni- versity at Greencastle, Ind., where he made a creditable record as a student, completing the prescribed course in 1871. After graduating Mr. Lacey turned "his attention to teaching, but a limited experience in that calling induced him to choose some other profession for his lifework. Having early manifested a decided taste for the law he began preparing for the legal profession by a course of preliminary reading under the direction of Isaac Van Devanter, of Marion. Ind., whose office he entered in 1875 and with whom
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he continued his studies until his the bar the following year. Prior to 1875 he t inten als in the office i >f \\'illi;uii of Xoblcsvillc, lint his most substantial progress was made in the later period. I
gan legal praetiee at Marion, Intl., and > ''lose application and conscientious fidelity to nterests of his clients soon won a conspic- uous |)lace among the successful lawyers of the inty bar. For ability, as well as for suc- :"'il effort, he wa> excel in 1 by few of his professional brethren, as the large annumi of which came to him attested, lie con- tinned at Marion with a constantly incre clientele until 1884, when President Arthur ap- pointed him chief justice of Wyoming, in which high office he served with eminent ability until the latter part of 1886. In November of that i.ed his office and resumed the prac- tice of law at Cheyenne, efi'i cting a copartnership with \V. \Y. Corlett and Judge Riner under the firm name of Corlett, Lacey & Riner, which as- sociation lasted until the death of Mr. Corlett four year> later. Messrs. Lacey and Riner con- tinued to practice as partners until the latter's intnient to the district judgeship in 1890, af- ter which Judge Lacey was alone until he be- came associated with Mr. Van Devanter, tlu firm of Lacey & Van Devanlcr laMiiiv, to the m time. Judge Lacc\ has ever been a close Studenl of his profession and his management of a case at once demonstrates Ins c-'rcful and pai ki ''reparation and his thorough mas- tery of the situation, !• '1 -grounded in the underlying principles of jurisprudenci and ing the ability ami tacl to apply his tht
ledge to prat-tic',, be is quick to notice eak pi linl in the argum< nt i >\ an < >pp< ineni - with aviditv < \ er) detail and its i • . In iwever, 1>
M ir an instanl of 1 • -riant pi lint 3 upi >n
, : I'mallv turns, •vhetids with little or no effi irl lion anil dcpendci < • gr iups ' '
;'ile him lo il 'inbincd fi
]ioint they lend |i . pro\ e. Ju<! L
• .f the i ' ' chief
ce and his record while in t' not
added to his reputan an able jurist,
him distinctive prestige with the bar itighout the state. At the present time the firm of \\hicli he is a member has a practice of and wide scope, his name ap- pearing in connection with nearly every hnpor- in the courts of Laramie county. He is frequently retained as counsel in cases of large moment in other parts of Wyoming, his fame as a scholarly and erudite lawyer i
n in every county of the state. In addition to his professional and judicial career Judge Lacey has a military record, having served as a soldier during the latter years of the Civil War. He first enlisted in i Si ,.;. -oining Co. F. One Hun- dred and Thirty-seventh Indiana Infantry, but did not long remain with that command, being mustered out before the expiration of the year. In 1864 he enlisted in Co. B, One Hundred and Fifty-second Indiana Infantry, with which he ed until the close of the war. mciit
principally doing guard duty in various parts
irginia. Turning to the domestic pag. the story of Judge Lacey's life we find that he was happily married at Marion, [nd., in 1878 with Miss Elizabeth Van Devanter. a native of i bat state and a daughter of his former precep- tor in the law, Isaac Van Devanter. and of their felicitous union six children havt t>i Herbert \ .. Walter M.. Ruth. Elizabeth, I and Margaret. Tn politics Judge Lacey has always been a pr , d Republican, e;1:
and unwavering in the support of his poll 1 1 mvictii ins. A poti ntial factor in loi ll state affairs, be has contributed much to his par-
UCCi 3 • ' ad\ isor. plain
• >rker in the ranks. 1
prominent in the Ma -•> mic Fraternil •• . ha (lie Thirty-second di
to the commandery. '! be Judge is ,i public spirit interested in eA er) thin- pertaining ' • the fare of his , .n a
r in inangni
nl completion various public improvements. His life has been ; — l and Wyominj him in mam line
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PROGRESSIl I. MEN OF WYOMING.
IK IN. JOI1X A. RIXEK.
In mi profession is there a career more open In talent than in that <>!' the law and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful appreciation of the ethics of life or of the un- derlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and privileges. Unflagging appli- cation, an intuitive wisdom and a determination to utilize fully the means at hand are the neces- sary concomitants which insure personal success and prestige in this great profession, which stands
• as the stern conservator of justice, and into it none should enter without a recognition of the obstacles to be overcome and the battles to be won, for success does not attend all persons who enter the competitive fray, but comes only as the sequel of capacity and unmistakable ability. The subject of this review is one who has won dis- tinctive precedence in the legal profession and whose abilities and attainments have placed him in some of the most distinguished official positions within the gift of the state. Hon. John A. Riner, a son of John and Mary (White) Riner, was born in Preble county, Ohio, in 1850. The father, a millwright by trade, was also a native of Ohio, but left that state in 1868, emigrating to Butler county. Iowa, where he passed the remainder of his life, clyL-ig in 1899. His father, whose name was also John, was born in Virginia but moved to Ohio in an early day. being one of the pioneers of Preble county. Mrs. Mary Riner, the mother, was of New Eng- land birth and when young she was brought from her native state of Vermont to Preble county, Ohio, where she grew to maturity, mar- ried and reared a part of her family, thence re- moving to Iowa where she departed this life about 1897. The youthful life and discipline of Judge Riner was similar to that of the average boy reared in country or town. He assisted his par- ents as long as he remained at home and attended the public schools, in which was laid the foun- dation of the broad and liberal intellectual cul-
- ture which he gained in later years. He con- tinued to be thus employed until attaining the age of young manhood, when his quickened am-
bition prompted him to select for a lifework the profession in which so ninny of the world's great- est men have achieved distinction. After a pre- liminary course of reading of legal textbooks, Mr. Riner entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated with the class of 1879, the same year beginning the legal practice in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Inheriting a decisive and reliant nature, it was not long until he forged to the front and built up a remunerative busi- ness. In 1881 he was elected city attorney, the duties of which he discharged satisfactorily to all concerned until the expiration of his term, meanwhile attending closely to his constantly growing private practice. When it became ne- ivssury to fill the office of U. S. district attor- ney for Wyoming, Mr. Riner was one whose talents and success caused him to be prominentlv mentioned as in every way fitted for the position. Accordingly in 1884 he was appointed to the place and immediately entered upon the dis- charge of his official functions. He acted in that capacity for one year and in 1886 was elected by the Republican party to the upper house of the General Assembly, where he made an honorable record as an able and discreet legis- lator. He introduced a number of important bills which, becoming laws, had a decided bear- ing in promoting the interests of the state in many ways, and he also served as president of the body during the session. He labored faith- fully for the welfare of the people, for with him patriotism has always been above party and loy- alty to his constituents paramount to every other consideration. Retiring from the legislature. Judge Riner resumed his practice, which in vol- ume, scope and importance at that time was sec- ond to none in the state. Ever a forceful factor in public affairs, he was elected in 1889 a mem- ber of the constitutional convention, in the delib- erations of which he took a deep interest and act- ive part, serving on the judiciary committee, where his eminent legal talents were of especial value. One year later he was again elected to th State Senate, but resigned before the legisla- ture convened, in order to accept a place upon the
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I . S. district bunch, to which he was appointed 01: September 23. 1890. His career on the bj more than met the high expectations of hi- friends and the public, for he so discharged the duties of his high office as to receive the warm and hearty approval of the bar and all who had business to transact in this court. His rulings were fair and characterized by depth oi k-gal knowledge, attesting a familiarity with the law, while but few of his decisions ever suffered re- versal at the hands of the Suprenir ( 'oiirt. The Judge was married in 1882. with Miss May Jil- lich of Ohio, and they have four children, Ida \\.. (iertrude, Dorthra and John A. Fraternally, fudge Riner has long been prominent in Ma- sonic circles, having risen to the Thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, being also an active worker in the Commanclery. For some years he has been affiliated with the Pythian Krother- hood in the lodge ot Cheyenne. Judge Riner has been associated in the practice of law with va- rious prominent and eminent members of the ( heyenne bar. among them being Judges Potter and Lacey and \Y AY. Cork-It, the last named dying in 1890. For a period of seven years he was an attorney for the I'nioii Pacific Railroad, in which capacity he demonstrated abilities of a high order, discharging the often eomplu ited duties coming within his sphere in such a way a- io add to his already firmly established repufili . i'i 33 one of the state's leading k gal minds. The Judge possesses high intellectuality, broad human sympathies and tolerance, and is imbued \\ith fun- sensibilities and clearly defined principle-. Honor and integrity are synonymous \\itli his name and he enjoys the respect, ontli- dence and high regard of the people of his adopt ed cit\ and state. Hi- eminent success in the line of his profession offer- the be-t evideno oi his intellectuality and mastery of his chosen call- ing. In his political adhcrcncy the Judge has been a lifelong Republican. A- a member of the state central committee his council and leader- ship were effective in promoting harnionv and strength and giving the part) a prestige which resulted in victory in more than one campaign, Mis fame is secure as a patriotic citi/cn.
MOX. J< iSKPII M. CAREY.
Upon the magnificent roll of the foundi and builders of the prosperity and existence ol the young stale of \\'yoming -land- no more con- spicuous or worthy name than that of lion. Jo eph M. Carey, whose services to the territory and stile have been o| most distinguished order, whose prominence and power in public, civic and industrial circles have been far-reaching and distinctive from early pioneer days until the present. It is not our desire to enter into a pro- lix encomium upon tin- -terling. symmetrical, many-talented man, but to record in plain and concise form the statement of bis life to serve as memorial and incentive in a Her \ears. as a portion of the just history of ('heyenne and the state. Senator Care) descended from the old- time English family of that name, its residence on .American soil, however, dating back to an early period in the settlement of the Old Domin- ion, where it soon attained position and standing. The ancestors of ex-Senator Carey inclined to merchandising and agriculture and became mer- chants of Delaware, where his grandfather. Jos- eph Carey, was born and passed his life in mer- cantile and agricultural pursuits. He died in 1838. The father of th< e\-Senator Carey. Rob- ert H. Carey, born iSi I. died iScji. succeeded to the merchandising interests of his father and conducted successful business in Sussex conntv. Del., in which state he also passed hi- life, mar- rying there Miss Susan I'. Da\is. burn iSi -. iSXi. also a member of an old Colonial family, and rearing four sons and two daughters. The subject o| tin-, sketch was born on ]anuar\ I o. 1845, in Sussex county. Del., and here h. ceived his early educational training at public and private schools. Following these advan- tages he bei tm< i -indent at the Fort Hi1,-.
I \. Y. I I bllegi lie Institute, \\herc lie was titled for Cnion College, locate. 1 at Sclu'iectady. X. Y., where he was in diligent -lnd\ from iSi>3 until 18(15. This college made him an hoii' chancellor in |S.,| and conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of l.a\\. Me began the tech- nical siud\ of the law in the office of i'.cnjamin
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pie in I 'hiladelphia, Pa., thereafter con- tinuing instruction inn! lirection of \\". L.
that city, it of the I ui
ai [uitl • hin eH with ing graduated therefrom in 1867. lleing thus well fortified and equipped for his chi'M1!! proiV.ssion, he was • in legal prac-
tice in Philadelphia until 1869. During this pe- riod he had an admirable preparation for his sub- sequent useful career in \Yyoming, as by active practice and attention to a ness matters in Phil- adelphia he was well educated for western life. When he was a student in the lawyers' offices in Philadelphia and after his admission to the bar In made ; • ih'tical speeches and canvassed portions of 1 V'in-vlvania and Xe\v Jersey. In May, iS'«i. Wyoming was organized as a terri- tory. Mr. Carey becoming the first U. S. attor- ney for the new territory and he took an active Hterest and part in bringing order out of chaos.
\ as well qualified for the position. He pros- ecuted violators of the law in all the counties of the new territory. His official labors were dis- charged with ease, promptly and always with satisfaction to the people and the government he represented. In recognition of his ability and services, in 1871, when he was less than twenty- eight years of age, he was again honored by Pres- ident Grant by an appointment as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the territory. This office he held until 1876, fidelity to his du-' tits and an appreciation of their tv.-ponsibilities marking his full term of office. The centen- nial year witnessed the retirement of Judge Carey from both judicial office and the practice of law, his energies thereafter being expanded in the development of the state's great industrial enter- prises. He was one of the earliest to realize the
liaustible resources of Wyoming as a stock- growing state and he was one of the leaders in this field of wealth, in company with his brother. R. Davis Carey of Philadephia, in 1871 he en- gaged in stock raising, their operations being- large and while they were interested in sev- eral large companies, among these the Penn Cattle Co. and Carey Co., their chief business
has i" • n • • nducted under tin nami < >f J. M. Ca-. re) c.V l!ro.. which linn still has very large live- stock interests in \Y\oiuing and the Dakotas. The citizens of Cheyenne honored themselves, as well as Judge Carey, when in iS<s<> they i-lectcd him thi or of their progressive cilv, increas-
ing this honor in iS8j by his second election to the same official station, while in 1882 they
ned their action by choosing him as mayor \\ithont opposition for the third time. In the
>ralty he inaugurated and carried to com- pletion important improvements, constructed valuable water and sewer sytems and placed the young city casilv at the front of cilus of similar size and importance in the Northwest. In 1884 he was chosen the delegate of the territory to the Forty-ninth Congress, serving with such clear-sighted statesmanship that he held the of- fice by successive reelections through three eventful terms, it being his hand that drew up and introduced to the favorable consideration of Congress the important bill which created the state of Wyoming. It is very easy to see that, following services of this momentous and ac- ceptable character, that, in 1890. at the first ses- sion of the state legislature, the distinguished delegate of the state should receive still further honors in his election as Wyoming's first U. S. Senator. In the dignified body of the country's leading statesmen Senator Carey 'took his seat as to the manor born, discharging the duties in- cumbent upon him to the certain welfare of his state, dignifying the commonwealth by his con- ceded ability and holding the honors of this ex- alted position until 1895. His record here is surely an enviable one. Among other measures of vitnl importance to the great West he intro- duced and brought to successful passage the leg- islation entitled the Carey Arid Land Law, the first existing declaration of Congress upon this important question. He also was successful in obtaining the necessary legislation under which several government buildings were constructed ir» Wyoming, including the magnificent struc- ture in Cheyenne, and in securing the establish- ment of four of the goverment land-offices in the state. But to recapitulate his accomplishments
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i:i tlu U. S. Senate would In- t<> write a vol e it to s; !| here as • '
laurels.
of tllr Ljnld
lard, anil in this ci iid b
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life in Ch< state, Senator Carey has ever been an • ip
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the honored president, He was also the denl of tlie \Yhe;uland Roller Mill Co. or-
' 3| r. the \\"heatland Indli-1 and with dier kindn d enterprises lie has
ily and usefully firm. ]. M. Carey \- Bro., erected the
in Cheyenne in 1*7''. the Delaware block 883, the opera house block in iS'jd. purchased and rebuilt the Davis block in "I he\ have t>oni iS~'"> almost ever ('ear added he citv iii the \\ aj <>\ the erection i
of which the citizens iin- proud. Vs a i:i r of the Republican p irl \ tbe Jiukv sh»wn an ' icing 1 er oJ
live years the chairman nf the l\e]iublie , ' nittee, whi
• ' i the
Rijiublicnn X:iti»u:d Comniitlee. < >n S -'"• '^77- J'1' Carried .\li-s 1
d, a nath • \\ [i la daugh-
, Edward C. and ! >avi<l. nativ • •
\i-v lire and i. The fainil
Cheyenne in i i the
tl of the V territory . Tw> ch : • bm-n to i
11 id. The ' ild i-- a gradual
hi cl oi [i iinw
ted at
1 at Yale I 'ni-
ity. \\'e have 'heiv -i\rn -i brief ^vnnpsis
the iiniisn ill' full li fe i if this n ili/eii i o
inning. His cl 'tis public
and luisii '.ily indi-
life it h : the
mpath • ' , binding hii.
tii ; to his t'.i
bi 'tii • latii nis hi- has st»od tinv,
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[ILEY.
( >ne of the leading educator- of the V. >ne \vho^. E fu-
the presi-
of (he \
man of liberal vi I largi humanitarian-
ism, he is a profound scholar and a line i , \ecn-
ited to his vvi irk, havinjj the Is nf life both in prix-ate place and public
i n< \nieriean aiio .TC of
1 i nt, a stock which itrib-
nli'd so many distinguish' Xmerican
i ttl.-d tii-si in ;, , ire in
[727. The familv to, ik an a-
in public
i if Xe\v ! ti history am
activ ts in tin- Revolutionary \\"ar.
' minute man. and • the battle of !',ir.;ker Hill. Dnrir-; the late Civil
- i if the o inlliei . bul the pan til ident Smiley were patriotic adherents to the
\iiL;ust His
' Imirei • • h, the
lion leader \\lio was kill '
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dliant future.
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PROGRESSIVE MEN Ol: WYOMING.
sent to tlir . . it brated < >nonilaga Academy, win-re hr pursued a thorough preparatory course of sludy. and was graduated as the valedictorian of the ela-ss of '79. \t tin- same academy, founded a- early a-, 1X1:;. Thurlow Weed and lloraiio SeMiloiir received their earl\ education, and inany other of its sons have hornc honored part in their country's history. After completing his course at the academy he engaged in pedagogic laliors for a time and then matriculated at the famous Syracuse University, where he entered upon the full classical course. Although com- pelled by circumstances to suspend his studies from time to time for the purpose of teaching in order to earn funds to meet living expenses, he pi r-evered in his ambition to acquire a thorough education and was graduated with the degree of A. 1'... as a member of the class of '85. From his previous experience in teaching he was en- abled to .secure a good position and at once be- came the principal of the East Bloomfield Free . \cademv in western New York. He continued in that position for two years and met with con- spicuous success. He then tendered his resigna- tion to take a post-graduate course in the Se- mitic languages at Yale University, under the instruction of Prof. William R. Harper,- then one of the leading professors at Yale and now pres- ident of the Chicago University, At the end of a three-years' course of study he received the degree of I',. D., with special honors. Having decided to enter the ministry, he remained an- other year at Yale and pursued a course in the- ology, philosophy and sociology. He soon ac- cepted a call from Vancouver, Wash., where IK became the founder of the Pilgrim Congrega- tional church. He was very successful in this chosen work and acquired a high reputation as an eloquent preacher. In 1894 he received a call from the First Congregational church of Chey- . Wyo.. which he accepted, and then removed his residence from the city of Vancouver. For many years this church had been distinguished by the able and eloquent men who had occupied' its pulpit, among others being the Rev. T- D. Davis, D. D., now of Doshisha College, Japan, and the Rev. Josiah .Strong. D. D., author of
"i Mir Country," and the In-h standard of excel- h nee which they had established \vas continued during the administration of Doctor Smile}. In iSijS. he was elected to the presidency of the State University of Wyoming, and resigned his pastorate for the purpose of accepting that re- sponsible position. Since he has been at the head of the State I Imversit) that institution has had a remarkable advance- in power and inllu- no :md is rapidh becoming one of the leading educational institutions of the West. His man- agement has been characterixed by ability of a high order and its influence for good has been largely extended throughout the state. On June 17. 1891, before coming to the West, Mr. Smiley wa.s united in marriage with Miss Edith Con- stance House, of Lysander, X. Y., and his wife has been a great help to him in his lifework. be- ii g 'i woman of strong character and of marked literary tastes, ability and high culture. To their union have been born two children, Hollis B. and Dean F.. two bright lads who give promise of being worthy successors of their father. The home of President" and Mrs. Smile}- is the center of a gracious and refined hospitality, which they take pleasure in dispensing to their large circle of friends. Doctor Smiley is comparative!} young and is evidently destined to have a long anil distinguished career of usefulness. The honorary degree of A. M. has been conferred' upon him' by Yale University and the degree of Doctor of Divinity by his alma mater. He is one of the strong men of the educational world and his future career will be watched with in- terest.
GEX. FRANK A. STITZFR.
Distinguished as a soldier in one of the greatest struggles in the annals of warfare, equally prominent as a civilian and as an official, filling worthily positions of honor and trust, Ad- jutant-General Stitzer has won a prominent place among the public men of Wyoming. He was the tenth in a family of thirteen children born to John and Sarah ( Sticknor ) Stitzer, natives of Pennsylvania, and dates his life from August
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28, [840 Mi1 first saw tlu1 light of day in I'.erks county, I 'a., ami for a verv limited period only attended such schools a- his neighborhood ai forded, being thrown upon his o\vn resources a* a very early age. lie earned his first money b\ driving a team on a canal, and al'ler fol- lowing- this means of livelihood for several years, he engaged with a party to learn paperhanging, ii, which he soon became an efficient workman. Tie was thus employed when the ominous clouds of impending Civil War darkened the national h"ri/on and threatened the destruction of the Cnion. \\'hen the conflict broke out and the President appealed to the lo\al sons of the Xorth for volunteers, he was one of the first in his pan of the country to respond, enlisting early in [86l. Kntering- the service as a private he was soon made first, sergeant of his company and by suc- cessive promotions rapidh rose to the ranks of first and -econd lieutenant and captain, while la- ter in flu1 same year he was commissioned major of a Pennsylvania regiment and with this rank- he participated in several noted campaign-, dis- tinguishing himself in a number of bloodv bat- tles, among1 which were South Mountain. Hull Run and Antietam. He served four years and lour months without receiving an injury and retired from the army with a record for bravery and gallantry of which any soldier might well feel ppiiid. At the close of the war Captain Stitxer resumed paperhauging and decorating, contin- uing in that line ot \\ork until iSiuj. \\hen lie ac cepted a clerical positimi with the Lehigli Yallc\ Railroad. After tilling that place for some time In- resigned and for sixteen years then-after, he served as fj. S. deput\ revenue collector \\ith headquarters at Easton, Pa. At the expiration of that period lie came to \V\oniing in the same ca- pacity, having received the appointmenf in this state through the instrumentality of the collector for Colorado, and continued to discharge the duties of the po-.il ion during the ensuing
In lSij<> he was appointed adjutant-gen- eral of \Vyoining. which office he has since held with credit to hinisi-lf and to the entire faction of the people of the state. In connection \\ith his dmies as adjutant general he h.>ld- the
important position of superintendent of the State Soldiers' Home at Che\cnne, \\"vn., to \\hich he was appointed on \ugu-l ij. 1X05. In this, as in other official relation--, he has dcin- onstrated a wise judgment and a far-reaching sagacit} of a high order and acquired a reputa- lion -econd to that of none other of the state's public men. Since he was old enough to wield the elective franchise he has been an ardent supporter of the Republican party, earnest in the defense of his convictions and active in promot- 11 g the interests of the cause in local, stan national campaigns. He has proven himself an able and an efficient organi/cr and an untiring > ' irker, and \\ bile o >ntributing ti > his partv's suc- cess in not a few campaigns, his con i poli- tician has always been honorable and free from the methods to which so many pro! par- tisans resort, lie is identified with several fra- t. rnal organi/:ili»n-. notably tin1 Ala- Pythian orders, belonging to the Cniform Rank in the latter, the ( irand Army of the Republic and l.oyal Legion of the I nited State-. \- a gallant and intrepid officer on some of the blood- ie-t battlefields of the Southland he proved his loyalty to the government, in public and prixate life he commands unusual respect and esteem, while as a neighbor and a citi/eii his name ha- long been synonymous with integrity and h able, conduct. (ieiieral Stitzcr is a self man, and as such easily ranks with the most en- terprising and public spirited o| bis compeers. It is not too much to sa\ for him that no man in the cit\ of his re-idence elljov s a gn gvee of popularity and. as he is still in the prime of life, his friend- look for him to • still further honors, although he can well afford to list on the laurels already earned. ( >n January i. i Si .I., -it Cressona, Pa., Captain Stit/er and Miss Joseplmii ll.in-e. .1 daughter of Petei I I. and Hannah ll.m-e of thai state were united in the bond- of \\edlock. the union resulting in three children, Pdgar P.. who holds a position in the I '. S. CUStom-hoUSe at \eu V irk Cit\ : flank P., engaged in the in-uranee bii-iti' Cheyenne: Kmilv |).. a ] IP >h '--ional sicn. pher i if ( 'heyenne.
UVE ME\r OF WYOMi
EDWARD W. STONE.
Public honors as well as financial success 1 tlir career of tlie substantial busi- iiaii anil representative citizen wh< >se name Uirrishes the caption of this biographical re- view. For a number >>! vears prominently iden- \vith the commercial business of his own other towns and also having mineral interests in various sections of the state, he has been a nircefiil factor in the industrial develop- \Vyoming, besides taking an active part in political and public affairs as a leading poli- tician and as an official empowered with honor- able trusts. Edward W. Stone is a native of Ohio, a state which doubtless has furnished the West more clear-brained men of of definite pur- pose than any other section of the American commonwealth. He was born in the town of Belpre, Washington county, on February 8, 1862, being the only child of Loring and Joanna Stone, natives of Ohio and Indiana respectively. By occupation Loring Stone was a miller, in connec- tion with which trade he also carried on the mercantile business in Belpre. He was a man of considerable local prominence and the success which marked his business career shows him to have been the possessor of judgment, discretion and capacity of no mean order. At the proper age Edward W. Stone entered the public schools of his native town and in due time completed the full course, graduating from the high school with an honorable record as an industrious and consecutive student. Actuated by a desire to prosecute his studies still further, he afterwards entered Oberlin College, where he pursued the higher branches of learning for two years, thus laying a substantial foundation for the active and successful career which followed in due course of time. At the age of twenty he began working in his father's flouring mill at Belpre and after spending one year in that capacity, came west, arriving at Cheyenne, Wyo., in Jan- uary, 1884. where he soon became bookkeeper for Mr. J. S. Callins, one of the city's leading bus- ness men. Mr. Stone continued in the employ of . that gentleman about five vears. when he be-
came • ited in the grocery business with Pitt Covert, the firm thus constituted lasting un- til Mr. Slime sold "in to his nartner and ef- hi ird a business relationship with John F. \ ret land. The well-known business house of Yrec- land i\ Stone is still in exi being one of
the lariM--! and mosl successful commercial firms of Cheyenne, with a branch store at the town of I \a. which carries on an extensive trade in that section of the state. While meeting with success in his business a li'airs such as few merchants at- tain, Mr. Stone has by no means devoted all of his time and attention to private interests. Mind- iul of the duties which every true citizen o\\ the community in which he lives, he early began taking an active part in the public affairs of his city and county, and in recognition of valuable services rendered to his party, as well as by rea- si -11 of his eminent qualifications for the office, In- was elected in 1889 the treasurer of Lara- mie county. This was the first election under the present constitution, consequently to Mr. Stone belongs the honor of serving as the first 'dian of the public funds after Wyoming was admitted to statehood. In the fall of 1898 he was elected on the Republican ticket a mem- ber of the upper house of the General Assem- bly and his senatorial experience was character- ized by a faithfulness to his constituency that won him the high regard of his district and, when he retired from that body he carried with him the good will of the people, irrespective of polit- ical affiliation. His career as county treasurer was also above reproach, for he discharged the duties of that office with a fidelity to the interests of the public, which earned him the reputation of being one of the ablest officials byv whom the county was ever served. Mr. Stone has ever main- tained an enviable standing among the busim •-„ men of Cheyenne and by a course of conduct beyond adverse criticism has proven himself emi- nently worthy of the high esteem in which he if held. He is a true type of the successful self- made man, having risen to his present place in business and political circles with no assist- ance beyond his own talents and well-directed energies. In the true sense of the term he has
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"tin- architect of his own fortune" and. i tired hv tin- O . : imhnl of sii lis life
affords mam lessons, which, if properly sti: canii' ; he highway \,
ultiniah LV':|1 is position and o unpetency. Mr. a Tliirt\ second degree Vlason and oc- uous place among ill.
bers nf the fraternity throughout \\ * 111 has also held distinguished positions in the ! '\thian order, having been grand chanrellor ; be- sides in oth'T capacities eomrihutiug to \\^ cess of the loi -.- with which he is identi-
Mr. Stone is a married man, having a conn md attractive home in Cheyenne,
where he delights to meet his many friend- dispense a generous hospitaliu \\hich bespeaks the large mind, warm heart and liberal hatnl.
.vife. whom lie man-Jed at I'.elpre. Ohio, in January. iSSS, was formerly Miss Mary Harri- son, the accomplished daughter of Capt. Jack- son Harrison, [or so man) years a popular Steam- boat man. pl\ ing the ' ihio ati<l other rivers.
I1EXRY M. ARNOLD.
llenrs M. Arnold, the subject of this sketch. is 'ii' of tlu tew pioneers' of the Great \Yesi
aining to weave the thread of personal in- cident inio the historical fabric of the past, and he has led a life of great activity rep with interesting experiences at times borderm- adventure and dangers. Henry M. Arnold is a scion of an old Colonial family that came to America a immber of years prior to the \\"ar of Independeiiee and settled if the Atlantic States. The\ were t iermaiis and when the Revolutionary War broke out si < ii the famih ji lined the \n •• i ni\ and
loiight hravely until independence ired.
:- i ithers distin^ui-bed them the \Yar
ol iSi 2, and uln n tin . if ih,- I
thn atened by the armed hosl si cessi< m,
foseph I I \inoM. HI,- subject's father, re- sponded to the eall for \-olunteers a:nl ^a\-e up his life while defending the flag. In an • da\ Mr. Arnold's grandparents moved to In
•liana and later to |o\\a. in which
I I. Ann ild v. • , ih 1. '
married .Martha i Isburn, ' . and
made a livi-lihi ,i nl b\ cultural pursuits. I b
mil of the Civil \\';ir. eiilistint;- in the l'"irst Iowa ( a\alry. and, i;i iSiq. \\hile taking
St. Joe from Si. Louis, captured at ('entralia. .Mo., by a hand rillas under the notorious I'.ill Anderson and the whole company, beinv, unarmed was lined up and shut, but one succeeding in making
pe. Shorilv after her husband's death Mrs. Arnold went to ( >hio where she lived for about twent) years, removing to VTork, N'eb.. where now is her permanent home. Henry M. A: was born in i lunty, towa, on January
^o. i Si ID, and when i|ttite \oung he wa- taken by his mother to < >hio and remaine<l in that slate until the fall of 1^75 \\hen he returned i" lo\Va to li\e with an uncle, a phxsician of
•icil I'lluffs. lie \\as in the emplo) of this relative for a peril ne-half \-ear<.
meantime supplementing his early educational discipline by attending the public schools of the al>o\v city. In March. iI-'Vo. Mr. Arnold left Iowa and came to \Y\,>ming, pa^sm- s time thereafter prospecting in the vicini: the Raw I tide Buttes and riding tin- that and other localities. In July of ih. louitiL; year be drove cattle to Montana and after his return, resumed prospecting until tin- spring of iSS4. when he engaged in gardening "M the Raw Midi-, -pending one summer at that vocation. Subsequently in company with Charles Young, afterwards hi- partner, for thir- teen years Mr. Arnold traveled Over l! part of \Y\oming and Montana in the cattle
m iSSi. became a C «<k on a ranch, leaving Mr. N. ik after
stoek in;, esl He passed "ing
Montan 'lu"h
and in ihe fall i if 'Sij; went to where his partner had gotten together quite a number of cattle, spending th din-
winter in that state, The following spring partnership was diss,.l\,-d, alt<r which Mr. Arnold broif'bi hi> -ba-i of the .
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W\oining and put them on land on the 1'lattc Valley which he had pre\ ii >nsl\ leased, lie ran stock there until iS<iS when he purchased a ranch one mile easl of T< (hinglon. where lie has since remained. meaim hile improving his land and building up a very prosperous stock business. \\'hen Mr. Arnold took possession of his place a considerable part of the land was comparatively bare and of little value for grazing purposes, but by a successful system of irrigation it has been rendered very fertile and productive, and by reason of this and other improvements the ranch is now one of the model properties of the kind in his part of the country. It embraces an area of 480 acres much of which is devoted to the raising of hay, which Mr. Arnold has found quite a profitable industry. He also keeps a fine lot of high grade cattle, and everything to which he addresses himself appears to prosper. As stated in the initial paragraph Mr. Arnold is one of the few old range men left in this part of the state, and by reason of long residence and extensive travel he is widely and popularly known throughout \\ "voming and the greater part of Montana. He is a fine example of the wide-awake, enter- prising Westerner and has done much for the material improvement of Laramie county and the promotion of the cattle industry in this and other sections. Mr. Arnold is a single man and appears to enjoy his independent life of bachelorhood. He enjoys the confidence of his friends and neighbors and all with whom he has relations speak in high terms of his in- tegrity and honorable business methods.
JOHN H. ABBOT.
One of the leading commercial men and mer- chants of Carbon county, a resident of Hanna, "Wyoming, John H. Abbot was born in Massa- chusetts, having been born in 1855, the son of Ezra and Caroline (Lincoln) Abbot, both na- tives of that state. His father, a native of Es- sex county. Mass., was born in 1807^ and was graduated from the medical school of Harvard University, and practiced his profession at the
town of Canton, Mass., attaining a high repu tation and standing, until his death in iS~i. He \vas the son of Ezra \hhot and his mother's maiden name was Hannah Poor, a member of the well-known family of Massachusetts. The M.liot family resided on land originally granted to a great-great grandfather of the subject of this review by ("ieorge TTT. and he took an active part in the colonial life of the old commonwealth. The mother of John H. Abbot was born in 1837 and passed away from earth in 1879, being the mother of four children, of whom he was the second. She was the daughter of Abraham and Martha (Howard) Lincoln, the former a native of Massachusetts, and the latter of Maine. Her father early made his home in Bath, Maine, and one of his sons, Frederick Lincoln, was at one time mayor of Boston. John H. Abbot grew to manhood in Massachusetts and received his early education in the public schools, after which he pursued a course of study in pharmacy and was graduated in 1876, then removing to Omaha, Xeb., where he obtained a position in a drug store and remained in this employment for about three years, thence removing to Osceola, where he engaged in the drug business for about two years. He then sold out the drug store for the purpose of engaging in merchandising in the western portion of the state. He continued in that business for about fourteen years, then dis- posed of his interests and property in Nebraska, and removed to Wyoming, where he established himself at Hanna, Carbon county, where he was first a clerk in the L'nion Pacific Railway Com- pany's general store, and was soon appointed as manager of the local business, in which capacity he has continued since that time. He has been successful, and is ranked as one of the leading merchants of this section of this state. In 1885 Mr. Abbot was united in marriage with Miss Jessie Gunnell. a native of Illinois, and the daughter of O. and Harriet (Mitchell) Gunnell, well-known and highly respected citizens of Il- linois, who subsequently removed to Nebraska, where the father was for many years one of the representative business men of his section, but is now retired from active business, and residing
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at Osceola. Nt-1). '!'<> Mr and Mr-. Abbot have been born four children. Amy ( i.. Harriet M.. George and |<>lm, all n<>\\ living except John. who <lu-d iii iSij-i. Mr. Abbol is a stanch mem- ber of tin1 Republican part\. one of the trusted o\ tin1 leader- of ihai political organization in Carbon countv. Popular. progressive, and highly med hy all classes of I'i- fellow i-iii/rns, he might, if In- so desired, !»• the recipient of pnhlic honors in the state. He is one of the valued citixen- of the community in which he maintains his home.
HFXRY C. AI.I.F.X.
Intimately associated with the professional life of the thriving city of Rock Springs, and taking a prominent part in the public affair- of the county, Henry ( '. Allen lias not been under- estimated by a people who have learned to ap ate his true value as a forceful factor in the bod} politic. Hi- father, Hon. Henry X. Allen, horn in Rochester. X. Y., in 1847. rcadiug irly admitted to the bar and within a oMtiparativelv .-hort time became one of tthe brilliant and successful ttien ,,f the pro fe--iim in \\"e.-tern Xew York, lie was elected time to time to various high official po- sitions, notably among- them being judge of the 1 court of Rochester, and he ado M ion he was called to fill. For several he was a political leader, and wa- a -hrewd Campaigner and an eloquent speaker, and be- fore June- and up. m the hn-thigs he had Few lls. I lad it not been f«r his iiremalm > death enecl by exposure while delivering an on in the campaign of iSSt he doub '•I have achieved national distinction as s er, orator and publici-i. lion. llenr\ X. Allen wa- the son of I >r. \e\\ell \llen. a native if \e\\ I lamp-hire and for main- years a lead- and -nrgenii of • r, X. Y.
Hide i I lall I Allen, wife of 1 >OCtOr Mli'll. rn in the -late of Xe\\ York, and is re- in of -triMig mentality and varied and cultured attainmeiiu. She made a
ial study i .f scientific - and lie.
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noted as a chemist, and in tin- way \\a- a val- uable assistant to her lui-band in hi- prof,--ional work, her knowledge of maleria medica having
extensive and profound. She was i iron- phv-icallv. as well a- mental] ndid
men of symmetrically de\'eloped woman- hood and lived to the age oi eight years.
The maid' n name of the mother of I I. < . \llen was l;annie \'an . \l-hne. She wa- born in Albany. X. Y., in 1851, the daughter of X. J. and Sarah (Pease) \ an Al-lyne. both pat
if the Empii 'utch
descent. Mr-. Allen is still living, a cultured and refined lady, and ha- long been active in re- ligious and charitable work, i. devoted !ier of the O ional church. Henry C. Allen was bom in Rochester, X. Y.. on Jan- nary 24. iSj.v \fter acquiring a knowledge of the elementary branches in the excellent schools of Rochester, he prosecuted the highe- i if -indy in the I 'niver-it\ I -\lvama. in l8()_> was graduated with honor- from the law department of that in-tin ion 'here- after going to ("olorado, \\bere he opened a law- office at .Montrose. and during the ensuing
built up a lucrative practice and took high rank as an attorney. Meanwhile he took an active interest in public and political affairs and .1 as chairman and sei .f the Repub-
lican Central ('oinmittee. and also held the of city attorne) for three term-, and served one term as deputy district attorney, hi the spring df KPH Mr. Mien located at Rock Spring-, \Vyoming, where he has since been active!
ed in legal practice, hi- abilities winning him .1 conspicuous place among the leading lawyers of the Sweet lint) bar. At tin- tune he
ir the >'
f. .' \ariou- nd is the
retary of the I'.u-ines- Men'- 1 . \- a
lawyer he i- -neee--fnl and ha- a practice wide in -co]ie and remunerative. He i- \\cll-groiinded in the underlying principle- of inn-prude:
and rel '
with the greate-t care and -pare- neither time nor pain- in ' after inlere-t- intrn-l
him. I b . ntlc man of pleasing
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tine Nicial (|iialities and undoubted integrity. Stu.lii'us and attentive in matters of business, he •i unmindful of his duties to the community as a citizen, consequently his name appears in connect!, in with nearly every enterprise having for its object the material, intellectual and moral welfare of the city of his residence. Fraternally he belongs to the Elks Lodge at Rock Springs and politically supports the Republican party. Mr. Allen and Miss Helen Cobb, of Philadelphia, were united in the bonds of wedlock in 1896. Mi-.-. Allen is the daughter of Mark Cobb, for many years editor of the Philadelphia North American and a noted figure in Pennsylvania journalism. He served as chief clerk of the United States Senate during the latter years of the Civil War and was also private secretary of Hon. Simon Cameron when that distinguished statesman was at the head of the war depart- ment in President Lincoln's cabinet.
W. H. ASHBY.
The buoyant life and daring energy which so unmistakably is shown in the development of the Great West springs in large measure from the coming hither of the bravest people of all nationalities, who bring the best elements of their respective countries and localities, form- ing a composite civilization of the highest value. This is notably shown in the young, pro- gressive state of Wyoming, and in this volume, especially dedicated to the "Progressive Men of Wyoming," such men demand consideration. Among this number in the county of Converse we must particularly give attention to W. H. Ashby, who, a native of England, has cast in his lot and given his mental strength and physi- cal abilities to the task of aiding in the re- deeming of the state from its primitive condi- tion of unproductiveness by replacing the wild beasts with domestic animals and thus ex- ploiting the numberless resources of the state in the interests of civilization. Mr. Ashby comes of an oldtime sterling family of England, his birthplace being in Northampton, where he was born on June I5th, 1848. a son of George
and Mar\ \. (Starmcr) Ashby, his maternal grandfather William A.-hl>\. being a shoemaker, while on the paternal side his grandfather was a farmer, as was also his father, who continued in that honorable vocation all the days of his life. The eldest of the seven children of the family, Air. Ashby early had great conceptions of the advantages presented in the wonderful land of America, and at the early age of four- teen crossed the mighty ocean and made his residence in the scenic city of Ottawa, Canada, soon however crossing the international line, he passed two years in New York occupied with freighting, at the termination of this em- ployment migrating to Iowa, being there in- dustriously engaged for two years, thence re- moving in 1868 to Wyotning, then in the first period of pioneer occupancy. Cheyenne was but a small town of tents, but here Mr. Ashby found congenial friends, and employment for a time on the Union Pacific 'Railroad and later in the dangerous life of a freighter. The In- dians were then roaming in numbers over the vast- plains and frequently made hostile demon- strations on the freighting outfits they con- sidered they could easily overpower, and in this connection Mr. Ashby had manifold adventures. In 1872 he engaged in range riding, continu- ing this life of intrepidity and excitement until 1890, thence going to Grant, Oregon, and en- gaging in distilling for three years, when a mighty flood swept away, not only the distil- lery, but the entire town. Returning to Wyo- ming, for eighteen months he was in charge of the Van Tassell cattle outfit, thereafter com- ing to the La Prele valley and purchasing the interests of George La Vassar on the upper La Prele, where he is building a most attract- ive home and conducting a fine stock business, having 320 acres of well located land, a por- tion being under effective irrigation, and rais- ing large crops of alfalfa, etc. His residence, barns and other accessories to good husbandry are creditable additions to the estate, and the whole form a most desirable home. For a num- ber of years Mr. Ashby was the efficient fore- man of the Bridle Bit outfit of the Union Cattle
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i ... running 35,000 head on the 1'luUe River. Miss Mona Furnall ami Air. Ashby were mar- ried on January i, 181/0. She is a native of Ohio, where her father has long been con- nected with coal mining.
FRANK A. HAILEV.
A varied career has been that of Frank A. Bailey, now residing at Laramie, in the state of \\ \ i >ming. A native of Orange county, N. Y., he was born in 1847, tne son °f Harrison and M.-iry ( Randall) Bailey, both natives of that state. His father responded to the call of his country for defenders during the trying times of the Civil 'War, in iS(>i enlisting in Co. C, One Hundred and Tenth New York Regiment. In the sanguinary battle of Gettysburg he was killed and was buried at Florida, X. Y., being i son of Silas and Sarah (llarrisoin P.ailey, both natives of New Jersey. Silas Bailey followed thr occupation of blacksmithing during his life time, and died in TSYifi at the age of eighty- two years, also being buried at Florida, N. Y. Sarab i Harrison i Bailey, the paternal grand- mother .if Frank A. Bailey, was the daughter of George A. Xater, a native of Germany and a citizen of the state of \'e\v York. The mother of Mr. Bailey was the daughter of John and Sarah Randall, oldtimc residents of Xew York state. In early life Mr. Mailev was practically without any school privileges what- and being compelled to commence to earn his own livelihood at the early age of ten years hi b driver on the Erie Canal for two
seasons. He then went into a machine shop at Pittsburg, Pa., as an apprentice to learn the trade of machinist. He remained in this em- ployment fur about six years and then in 1873 enlist,,] as a private in Co. B, Eighth I 'nited States Infantry, and in the following year he was -i, -moiied with his regimen! Wyo., and subsequently lie uas trails to Fort Sannders and still later to Fort l.ara mie. where he remained for about eight month-. and was then ordered to ( 'alii'ornia, where he wa- mustered out of the service at A-
island. He then secured employment on a cattle ranch in California, for the purpose of acquiring a practical knowledge of the cattle business, with a view to entering upon that pur- suit. He remained in California for about four . then came to Oregon and later to Idaho and Montana. In iSSS he purchased a ranch on the Powder River in Johnson count}-. \Y;<>.. and there engaged in ranching and cat- tle raising, four years later disposing of his ranch and cattle interests to good advantage, when he accepted a responsible position on the 1'nion Pacific Railroad. He has remained in this employment up to the present time 11902). Air. Bailey has n- u married. He is a
highly esteemed citizen of the community where he maintains his home.
HEXRY D. ASHLEY.
Among the leading business men of the city of Encampment. Wyoming, Henry D. Ashley is one whose enterprise and public spirit have done much to build up that young city. He was born at Acushnet. I'.ristol county, Mass.. on May 3, i8<i_>, the son of Calvin and Rebecca (Davis) Ashley, both natives of that state. His father was born at Lakeville, Mass., and early established his home at Acushnet, where he engaged in farming and was also interested to quite an extent in the whale fisheries, his home being adjacent to Xew Bedford, formerly the great center of that industry in America, and he remained tlur. until his death in 1868. He left a family of six sons and four daughters and after the death of his father. Henry D. . \shl< v removed with the other members of the family to Tanntoii in the same state, where he grew to manhood, received his early educa- tion in the public schools and learned the trade of wood-turning, at which he .ployed in
Taunton until iSoo when he removed to [OWA. where he located at Sioux City, and continued to work at his former occupation for about four years, \t the end of that time he reiv to Des Moines and en-aged in the bakerx busi- ness for two years, \\hen he sold out and i
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west in Colorado Spring. Colo, lie made his homo at this place for about one year and in January. iScjS. came to Encampment , Wyo., where he has since made his home, being one of the pioni ers <>f the place, then in its infancy. From his first arrival here he has been uni- formly successful in business. He first engaged in conducting a lodging house and continued successfully in that pursuit up to the spring of 1902. In 1901 he engaged in the real estate and insurance business, associating himself in busi- ness with Mr. Leo Davis under the firm name of Davis & Ashley, the former attending to the mining brokerage department and the latter giving special attention to insurance and real estate. On May 3, 1884, Mr. Ashley was united in marriage at Taimton, Mass., with Miss Min- nie F. Moxon, a native of Massachusetts, and the daughter of Frederick and Emma A. Moxon, well-known and respected citizens of Taunton. Her father was a native of England who came to America in 1850, and established his home in the city of Taunton. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley are the parents of two children, namely : Jennie M. and Carleton H., both of whom are still living, and their home is one of the most hospitable in the city of Encampment. Mr. Ashley is largely interested in the Vulcan Cop- per Mining Co., of which he is vice-president. This company has valuable mining claims situ- ated within a few hundred feet of the celebrated Ferris-Haggarty copper property, and gives promise of being equally valuable. He is also the secretary of the Grant Copper Mining Co., located at Pearl, Colo. He is the representa- tive of several of the leading insurance com- panies, among others the Liverpool, London & Globe, the Providence Washington Insurance Co., the Phoenix Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn., the Niagara Insurance Co., of New York, and the Fire Association of Philadelphia. Although engaged in business but a short time he has won the confidence of the business com- munity by his energy, industry and attention to all the details of his business, and he has been steadily adding to it from month to month. He is one of the leading business men of the
locality anil has dune much to build up the new city of Encampment, lie was a mcniber of its first citv government ;fnd was reelected in KJIIJ. He is also a member of the school board and prominent in all matters that affect the public welfare or promote the general 1 of the community.
TH< >M \S I1KLL.
The subject of this sketch is a native of the Dominion of Canada, having been born at 1'ort Xettf. on November _>o. 1803. He is the son of Peter and Elizabeth (Webb) Hell, the former a native of Scotland, and the latter of Liverpool, England. His father came to Canada from his native country when a young man, and remained there until the year 1867, when he removed to Colfax county. Neb., where he engaged in farming and stock rais- ing operations up to the time of his decease, in 1877. He was a man of education and one of his brothers is at the head of one of the- •leading educational institutions of Edinburg, Scotland. The mother is still living at Nor- folk, Neb., at the advanced age of seventy-nine years. She was the mother of fifteen children, of whom Thomas was the eleventh. His boy- hood days were passed in Colfax county, Neb., and there he received his education until 1878, when he left Nebraska, came to Wyoming and located at Cheyenne, and se- cured employment as a range-rider. He fol- lowed this occupation for many years, and ac- quired a thoroughly practical knowledge of the stock business. A considerable portion 'of this time he was in the employ of the Swan Cattle Co., one of the largest concerns in Wyoming. He began business for himself in 1894 and pur- chased the Node ranch situated about twelve miles east of Lusk. He shortly afterward also purchased the Handson property and is now the owner of about 3,000 acres of land, well stocked and improved, and is conducting a suc- cessful and profitable business. His cattle are principally Herefords crossed with Shorthorns, and he has a fine herd of 4,000 head, which
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is being :nldi-(l to from year to \ear. ( In ccmhcr 7. iSijj, Mr. Hell married with Miss ( ora L. Root, a native of \Yniiont and the daughter of I'.. A. Root, a well-known and highK respected gentleman. no\v residing at Lnsk. To their union have been horn five chil dren. l.ioiu-1 Lvcrard, Thomas Llovd, Floyd Cecil, .\la\\\cll Keith and ( 'ora Irene. Their home is one of the most hospitable in the state. Fraternally, Mr. Hell is affiliated with the Ma- sonic order, having attained the Thirty-second decree of the Scottish Rile, and he is also a member of the Independent ( >rder of < >dd Pel low*. He takes an active interest in the fra- ternal and social life of the community where he maintains his home, and is looked upon as one of the solid busines, men and substantial property owners of Converse county, being held in high esteem by his fellow citizens and \\ c irllu > 'f their confidence.
WILLIAM ATCIIlSi )N.
< >ne of the best ranches in Laramie county. \Y\oming, is that belonging to William Atchi- son and situated on the Laramie River eleven miles west of the Fort, where he has been liv- ing since iS()S. IK- was burn in Williamstown, Indiana, on February 21, iS^o, a son of Waller and Margaret (Craigmyle) \n bison, natives of Kentucky. The Atchison family is an ancient Fnglish one, representatives of which came to rica in earl\ ( 'olonial days, the descendants latei making their home in < >hio. \\hence the\ scattered, to various parts of the country— Atchison, Kansas. tvcei\ing its name from David Atchison. a relative of William. The Craigmyle ianiih is of Irish extraction, and the immediate maternal ancestors of William Ale bi- son were also early settlers in America. Waller Atchison. father of William, was a merchant in Xioiisville. Boone C,OUnty, Ind.. \\here lie was quite prominent and lived until |S(.S, when lie \\enl lo Minnesota and shortly afterwards tO loua. where he settled on a farm si\ miles from DCS Moines. where he followed agricultural pur suits until his lamented death in August. iSSi.
his remains being interred in 1'olk county. I fis \\ido\\ still resides in lies Moines and makes her home with a daughter. William Ate! received his education in Indiana and at the age of seventeen years went to Minneapolis, .Minn., and there worked at the carpenter's trade for two \ears. becoming an expert in this handicraft. In the fall of i Si ,S he \\ent with his father to Iowa and assisted him on the farm until the latter's death in iSSi. In De- cember. iSSi, he came west with his wife and
up his residence in Colorado to FCCUpi his health, which had become impaired. Here he purchased a ranch about five miles from Fort Collins and embarked in the cattle busi- ness in combination with farming, in which he continued until March. iSS-. when he sold out and came to Wyoming, and here was cmp! on the T V ranch with the people on Chng- \\ater until iSoS. in the fall of which year he purchased his present ranch, where he has since been most siicccssfnllv engaged in cattle rais- ing. This ranch is one of the best managed in the couiitN and his duelling of the most modern construction. William Atchison was unit, marriage at I Vs .Moines. Iowa. «>n September 15, 1875. with Miss F.sthcr I-'.. Kitchel. a na- tive of Indiana, anil the accomplished daughter of John and Esther (Peck) Kilchel. uati\e- of Xew Jersex and Xew York. Mr. Kilchel. a farmer in Indiana, removed to |o\\a. becoming a pioneer of Warren count}, and was there en- gaged in farming until his death on March ,}. iSi.o. his remains being interred in Warren county. Mis widow. no\\ eight v-cight yeai age. lives \\ith a dau-hler in I'age county, [owa. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. \tclli- soii has been blessed with three children. Nellie L.. now Mrs. Roach : Clara M.. imw Mrs. Clmi- ser. and \\alur !\ The family \vorshi]i at the Methodisl church and are classed wiih the best ill of Laramie comity and of the state, be ing foremost in moral and religions work. \ a citi/en. Mr. \tchisoii is -ed as a Re-
publican and a ITlOSl Useful en i SHlUCh as
lie is ever among the foreiiiosi tO contribute touanl public improvements and to
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their introduction when their necessity becomes apparent. Recognition of the ability of Mrs. Atchison to successfully administer public af- fairs has been made by the United States gov- ernment in her appointment as postmaster of Grey .Rocks postoffice, the duties of this office being discharged with great acceptability and the satisfaction of the postoffice department and the patrons of the office, with whom she is distinctively popular.
BERT BERGERSON.
The young state of Wyoming owes much to her citizens of foreign birth, those men of rugged type who have brought to their new homes in the West those admirable traits of industry, economy and thrift which they learned in the homes of their childhood beyond the sea. Prominent among this class in his section of the state is Bert Bergerson, who is a native of Nor- way, having been born on October 14, 1855, the son of Berger and Carrie (Thoreson) Berger- son, both natives of that country. His father followed the occupation of farming until his death in 1887, and now lies buried amid the scenes of his active life. The mother resides at the old home in Norway. Bert Bergerson grew to man's estate and received his early education in the schools of his native county, afterwards following the occupation of farm- ing with his father, until he was twenty-six years old, then the limited business opportuni- ties of his home and the reports which had come to him of the splendid possibilities in the new world across the Atlantic Ocean influ- enced him to seek his fortune in America. Therefore, in June, 1882, with such small sav- ings as he had put aside from his years of toil, he took ship and sailed away to the land of promise in the West. Arriving in America in due course of time, he proceeded first to Fayette count}', Iowa, where he had acquaintances and secured employment as a farm hand, and re- mained in that vicinity engaged in that pur- suit, until the spring of 1886, when he went to Cheyenne county, Neb., and took up a home-
1 claim, and entered u]»>n the business of fanning for a year when he came to Cheyenne, Wyo., where he remained for about one year
then secured employment at the ranch owned by Andrew Gilchrist, xon South Crow creek, where he continued for a number of
>, returning, however, each spring and fall to his homestead entry in Nebraska until he had fully complied with the requirements of the laws of the United States and had acquired a government title to the land. In the spring of 1895 he made an extended trip through Montana, Oregon and Washington, to find a desirable location to engage in ranching and stockraising, but he was unable to find any that equalled Wyoming. He therefore returned and in the fall of 1895 secured a lease on his present ranch situated on Middle Crow creek, about twenty miles west of Cheyenne. Here he has since remained engaged successfully in the business of raising cattle and doing general ranching. He is still the owner of his home- stead in the state of Nebraska and his wife is also the owner of a ranch on the table lands near Pine Bluffs, Wyo. On June 13, 1900, Mr. Bergerson was united in matrimony at Salem, Wyo., with Miss Xathalia Anderson, a native of Sweden ami the daughter of Lars and Katie Anderson, both natives of Sweden. This esti- mable married pair are members of the Lutheran church, and take an earnest and sincere inter- est in all works of religion and charity in the community where the}' maintain their home. They are the best type of citizens, honest, in- dustrious, law-abiding and devoted to the in- stitutions of their adopted country. Politically, Mr. Bergerson is identified with the Republican party, and as every good citizen should, takes an active and patriotic interest in all matters calculated to affect the public welfare.
HON. JOSEPH A. BLACK.
A resident of Wyoming for nearly a quarter of a century and occupying during much of that time a position of commanding influence in the civil and political councils of the territory and
VE MEX UP WYOMIXG.
, Hon. Joseph A. I'.lack, of the Big Piney section »f the country, has been a potential in tin.- scttlcm
the state, and has exhibited in his work here the sell-reliance. strength <>f mind, and general resour. - he ac-
•d in a varied and eventful experience else- where. ()n AUL: 1853, in the state of Indiana his life began as the son of B. F. and Louisa (Matthews) Black, the former a native (if Kentuckv and the latter of Indiana, both g children of ministers in the Christian church and prominenl men. The father
,i minister of that faith and a veteran of the
1 War. in which he served as muster of
trans] on in his command. They were
the parents of eight children, five boys and
[s, of whom six are pel living. Joseph
A. I Hack was educated in the public schools of
Indiana and at ; ible private school in
!. whither his parents had removed before
he was of age. In 1873 he sought the free and
ads eiuun ms life of the plains in Texas where
he rode ihe cattle ranges and followed trail
work, continuing this in every state and tcr-
ritory west of Missouri until t8qo, a part of the
time serving as foreman in charge of extensive
In i^Si he came, to \Vv miiing and
within her promising and rapidly improving
hounds In -In- since re irrying on a pros-
iis and e: '. industry on a tract
"f ;_>o acres of land which he owns and has
v> ell improved, and on which he has fine herds
of graded !!• ttli and on which lie has
'Utinuoiisly since 1890. Mr. I'.lack is
i belonging to Evanston ( \\ ••-. \'o. i -t 3 grivit inter
in it }, rdthough SO situated that he is
••rcmu-nt lodge attendant. He
Wyoming '
lalnrc in moo and wa ["in 190 I li>
course iu the body vva s highly commend, d and his service^ to his constituents were of great and appreciated value. Although a l\i publi-
n pi ilitics, he is fi . ship and sees tin- int. ' his county with
ith of view and in an enterprising spirit.
lie was married on January i, 1887. with Miss Mary Jaycox. a native of Illinois, at the time of ili. marriage living in Wyoming. The;, have
children, Ida, Orline, Edna, Joseph A. ami Mary. Mr. Black is one of the leading citizens of the state and takes an active and in-
•nt interest in all her affairs. lie has 1 :dent of \\ yoming since 1880 and has made substantial contributions to her development and improvement.
ALKXAMJER BOGGS.
A successful ranch and stockman of Albany county, Wyoming, is the subject of this sketch, Alexander Boggs. whose residence is at Pol- lock, in that county. A native of Indiana, he
born in 1848, a son of Matthew L, and Amanda iStackho . both natives of
Pennsylvania, where the father was born on , March 4, 1813, and followed railroading in his native state as a conductor on the first railroad built in the state. He later established his h in Shelb) county, Indiana, where he engaged in farming, in 1857. disposing of his farm he- removed to Illinois, and continued agricultural pursuits in Coles count}- until 1878. when he removed to Kansas, when- he was occupied in
ame pursuit up to the time of his wife's death, then he sold his farm and now makes his \\iih his children, lie was the son of Alexander and Magdalinc iShafcri !'.<• both natives of Pennsylvania. Alexander Boggs. the grandfather, passed all his lifi Pennsylvania, living to the age of 8< > \ears. his wife Magdaline living to the rci of IO< ' 'i her i if the SU ihis
writing was horn in i8_'7, was married in i and died in Kansas in 188(1, lieiitL1 the mother of eleven children. I'niir boys and seven ^irls.
rt attained man's
in Illinois and there received his early education in the public scIinoU. \i ih eight' en he was c. impelled b
health to lea\ and eni^a^e in busr
for himself, first following the occupation of farming in Illinois, later removing to Mimii
PROGRESSIVE \l I \ Of WYOMING.
and still later to Kansas, o mi inning in farm- ing and >tc ickgn i\\ -ing < ppcrations until 1880, making hi- residence in the count v i >i Rooks. In tlu- -print;- of 1880, he came to the territory of \Y\oniing and settled on a ranch in the vicinity of Laraniie and devoted his full energy to the business of raising cattle. In this pursuit he has mei with success, increasing- his holdings both of land and stuck from year to year since that time, and he is now the owner of a fine ranch, well fenced and with good improvements, suitable buildings and surroundings for a suc- cessful ranching and cattleraising business. In 1890 he was united in holy matrimony with Miss Delia Eychaner a native of New York and the daughter of Milton and Magdeline 1 1 hunm) Eychaner, of the same state. The father of Airs. Boggs is still living, engaged in farming in Iowa, but the mother passed away in 1870. at the age of forty-six years. She was the mother of nine children and was the daugh- ter of John and Mary (Sawyer) Hamm, both natives of Germany. To Mr. and Mrs. Boggs four children have been born, namely. Fay. Pearl, Ethel and Roy, all of whom are living. Politically Mr. Boggs is identified with the Re- publican party and takes an active and patriotic interest in public affairs. He has never sought or desired political position, preferring to give his time and attention to the management of his business interests. He is one of the most respected citizens of the community where he resides.
H. L. BRENNING.
In every flourishing community there are certain men, who, by their enterprise, straight- forward business methods and public-spirit, maintain the prosperity and progressiveness of the place, and. when to these qualifications we can add the mechanical and technical skill of an architect and builder, we can see how forms of beauty in wood and brick will arise to beautify the town and by its improved appear- ance attract a desirable element tQ|become its citizens. These reflections arise when consider-
ing the eminently uselul lite and labor*, of Henrj \.. I'.rcnning. the popular architect and builder of 1 )otiglas, the monuments of whose architectural skill are everywhere patent to the observer. Mr. Brenning was born in the old tcwn of Norwood. Ala--., on March 25, 1851. the son of Thomas and Catherine (Hitchins) Bren- ning. natives of Norwood and Xew Hampshire. His paternal grandfather came from (Juebcc to Massachusetts, becoming a lifelong resident of the state, his son Thomas following farming in Norfolk county and raising a family of eight sons and three daughters. Henry L. nrenning \\as the \oungest child of this family, and after receiving an excellent education he thoroughly learned the trades of carpenter and bridge builder in the extensive car shops at Norwood, there applying himself to labor in these lines and the acquisition of technical instruction in this connection until 1879, when he was carried to Leadville, Colo., on the wave of excitement over the rich mineral discoveries in that camp, there engaging in profitable employment as a bridge builder on the line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, in 1880 making his home in Denver. Not long thereafter he came to Boulder, Wyo., where he passed two years, thence removing to Cheyenne, and engaging in contracting and carpenter work in the construc- tion of dwellings, etc., continuing in that city until 1880 when he was attracted* .by the pros- pective advantages of the new town of Douglas and removed thither as one of its very earliest settlers, his wife being the first woman resident of the town. From that time to the present Mr. Brenning has been one of the busiest men of the place, having been the builder of every structure constructed of brick erected in the city, the first one of importance being the at- tractive building containing the First National Hank, since which construction his services and ^ skill have been in constant requisition, erect- ing many business houses and numerous resi- dences costing from $10,000 upwards. He has just completed the fine high school building of three stories. 35x104 'feet in size, which was commenced in 1887, and is now giving atten-
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linn 1" ilk- erection of the elegant I'nity Tem- ple, which is 75\IJ(i feet in si/c and cil" I wo
stories, constructed »i pressed lirick. These- ami Other IK iiahlc specimen-, of his handiwork \\'\\\ long stand as monuments |,, |-,js artistic taste, his work being of solid and enduring char,i< tei ami his industry and painstaking strongly mani- fest. .Mr. P.rcnning belongs to hoth the .Ma- sonic and < >dd I-'cllows fraternal societies and lie is connected with Wyoming's leading indus- try as one of the three associates in the Table Mountain Sheep Co. lie \\as married on I >e ceniher i, 1X75. at Fremont Temple. I'.oston. Mass.. to Miss Annie K. Davis, a native of (Juincy, .Mass., and a daughter of Ilcnjaniin Long Davis, a descendant of carls and honor- able families of the 1'lymouth and Massachusetts colonies. Their family consists of an adopted SOn, l\oy 1'". Among the people of the section none stand in higher repute or have more numerous friends than Mr. and Mrs. P.rcnning.
IIAk.MOX I'.klTTAIX.
A frontier farmer and stocks-rower, a valiant \imrod in these \\-estern wilds when they were not as yet much broken to civiliza- tion and game- was plentiful, with an excellent record to his credit in each capacity, and a secure and enviable place in the regard of his fellowmen, Harmon I'.rittain of near I)a\ton in Sheridan county. \V\ommg. can look upon his life in both prospect and retrospect witli a large measure of satisfaction, having always mel its responsibilities with a manly and cour- iUS spirit and having' at hand and before him enough lit \\orldlv wealth and coi sideration to gi\c safety and sunshine to his declining years. II' was born in Indiana on March 7. iS^o. his l>arents. \\'illiam and Rachel (McReynolds) I'.niiain, nali\es of Kentucky, having s.-tiled in that stat,' in earl) limes. Tin-re \\lien he was six years old his moihcr died, and ten years later, in 1X411, his father mo\ed to Iowa and in iSss ivnioud hi- familv to ( ,rnnd\ count). Mo. After a residence of some \cars in that coiintv he settled in B iint\ in the same
state and there in I SX< > in the fulness of years he died and was laid to rest. Harmon I'.rittain grew to manhood and uas educated in Missouri, and for more than a i|iiarter of a century was there engaged in farming. In iXSi. he removed to \\ \oming and, locating on i '. ek in
Sheridan county, prosecuted a vigorous and profitable stock industry, handling and raising
s, until iXtjj when he removed his l>a • operations to Johnson county, thirty miles south of I'.utt'alo, where he carried on the same enterprise. In June. [902, he came to Dayton and purchased a ranch adjacent to the town of t6o acres oi superior land, highlv improved and in an excellent state of cultivation, where lie lias a fine herd of Shorthorn cattle and also nearly joo horses of good breeds. A sp leal tire of his ranch and the industries thereon conducted i- an apiary of unusual proporp value and productiveness. It is one of the best in ibis section oi the country and has atti"' the attention of men interested in lice culture in main places. ( >n his land he raises large crops of alfalfa and other farm products, and his beau- tiful residence is one of the ornaments of the neighborhood. .Mr. l.rittain was first married in (iruml) county. Mo., in lSu>. with Miss Julia I-'.. Leonard, a Kent iickian. \\lio died OD mber _>7, i<ioo, leaving two children. 'Wil- liam ]•"., the postmaster at Sheridan, and Sarah ( .. now wife of Arthur ('. issit of I 'ass i 'reek. (>n lanuarv i. IMOJ. he was again married, on this occasion to Mrs. Xettic Shadduck. a na- live of Pennsylvania, the marriage being solem- nized at I'.ulTalo. In his career as a hunter Mr. Brittain has Killed twenty-two bears and and elk. He still pursues the sport with all the ardor if not all the vigor of his carh da\s and brings home many trophies of his skill and prowess.
1) \\ ID P.k( K »KM.\X.
This well-known gentleman is one of Wyo- ming's honored pioneers, h.uing been actively identified \uih the industrial hisiory of the Great Wesl I'n.m iSi.,-. He is an \merican by
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:ng a native' of luigland where his liinh occurred in iS-'J. His father John
>kmaii. was a blacksmith for the greater part nf his life residing in the city of Newport, England, where he enjoyed the reputation of and skillful mechanic. The mother died when David was two years old after which he lived with a sister, Mrs. Griffins, for some years, later making his home with an aunt, also a Mrs. Griffins. When still young he began to learn blacksmithing, in which he soon acquired more than ordinary efficiency and skill, work- in u;" at his trade in various places and carefully husbanding his earnings with the thought of emigrating to the United States, of which coun- try he had read much and heard many favorable reports, and in 1849 he took passage on a vessel bound for the New World and in due time reached his destination, where he entered
. a new career under conditions radically different from those of England. Being master of an honorable and useful calling, from the time of his arrival until 1861 he worked at his trade in Pennsylvania. When th" Civil War occurred Mr. Brookman was one of the first young men of the place of his residence to ten- der his services to the government, enlisting in [861 in Co. D, Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania Regi- ment, with which he shared the fortunes and vicissitudes of war for three years and three months, taking part in the noted campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, demonstrating his loyalty to the flag of his adopted country in some of the bloodiest battles known to history, prominent among them being the great battle of Gettysburg, where his hearing was per- manently impaired. In all the trying scenes through which he passed he never shirked a responsibility, however onerous, nor shrank from duty even though its performance were attended by danger and the immediate prospect of death. At the close of the war Mr. Brook- man returned to Pennsylvania and engaged in mining until about 1867, when he came to Wyo- ming. The year following his arrival he passed in Carbon and then changed his abode to Rock Springs, with the industrial growth and de-
velopment of which he was for many years
aciiveK identified. He has been largely in-
ited in mining and was one of the pioneers
of tin- industry in Sweetwater comity. He has
seen the industry grow from an insignificant
• Tit mammoth proportions
and not only has he been a witness of the re- markable development but he has been largely instrumental in bringing about the results which have made this part of Wyoming foremost among the rich mining regions of the west. In all material improvements which have marked the last quarter century of the county's growth, he has left the impress of his strong individu- ality upon public and private institutions as well as upon the industrial developments. In a large measure he has paved the way that others might follow, having been a pioneer in many avenues, as well as an early settler. For a number of years Mr. Brookman took a lively interest in politics and was one of the Republi- can leaders in Rock Springs and Sweetwater county, but has never been an aspirant for po- litical honors, although called from time to time to local offices in which his course was marked by duty ably and conscientiously discharged. Since 1898 he has been living in honorable re- tirement, enjoying the fruits of his many years of honest toil. His home in Rock Springs is presided over by an amiable wife and devoted helpmeet to whom he was united in wedlock in 1894. Mrs. Brookman 's maiden name was Elizabeth Buchanan ; she is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hazleton) Buchanan, na- tives of Ireland and at the time of her marriage to Mr. Brookman was the widow of Robert Harvey, who departed this life in the Emerald Isle in 1890.
HUGO E. BUECHNER.
"Earn thy reward : the gods give naught to sloth," said one of the ancient sages, and the truth of the admonition has been strikingly exemplified in human affairs throughout the ages. The gentleman to whose life story the reader's attention is here invited, has by cease-
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•nil and endeavor attained a marked sue- in the business \vorld. hein- n of tile representative men of Che' where he lias maitnan
Hu i ] Bui chnei
irei children
it mint;- the family of William and Louise i Hermann i I'.nechner. and he \\a> born on toiler .v. I ^40- He attended the schools of his natii or live years and then eanie to the
Unit. 5, reaching this countr eptem-
Durin- the ensuing three years he received instruction in the public schools and in Tune. iS'i.v entered an establishment at XVw- \". |., wL ianufacturei
.urpose of learning this trade, rnuainin- 'inn . if l;iel,l cv ( 'o. for a little over ears, during which time he beeani.'
i all branches of the bus: and earned a reputation second to no
ill workman. In 1^7; .Mr. Bui ' . ame
nm and accepted a p. »ition i ;ry house of Josl; ; ark, with \vhom he
•ned two and g his
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him-.. -If. and in partnersliiji \\ith i'.
m, under ihe firm nai' Zehner, ' . started
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of the industry in \V\omin-. Tli part-
nership la-ted until IS*/ when the name 0 firm was change I ti Zehr lui .-hner & G . by which it CO ' MI until
\\hrii Buechner \ - ame proprii
Under l; ried . .n. the he i inly ma:'-
of tine jewelry in the Mate and it is
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fully meeting th. sanguine expectations
of tho-e interested under the -killfnl mai ment of Mr. I'.ueclnu-r, wl -e atten-
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Ih.' business increased in
nitude i if . iperati m . he estab-
lishment runniiiL;- at its full capacity in o eet the constantly in. demand-
their hitdi-iTade yoods. and calls conic from all their exquisite \vorkman- ;n enirraving and chasing. ^Fr. B
only succeedeil to a hiuh ]>lace in the business circles of Cheyenne and the state but nally prominent in the social and political i the city. In iSSj he was elected to r. Laramie county in the Seventh Territorial :iid, when \\'yon:: lifted
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to the Re|iublican party and has been prominent ,-al and 'fairs. He is also public
spirited and lonable pride in the
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perity of the city. Mr. riuechner has been suc- •itl in the accnmulai: ealth and is
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in the \
He owns a beautiful hi d his domestic re-
lations ai ible. the
family nmvinsj: i'i ihe :iety circles of the
city. !;raternally he is a member of th. lent Protective ' Irder of l''.lk-. enthus
the jirineiples of that nix.atioii and active in carrvin^ on- work in. i under its an- Mrs.
•liner wa- formerh Mi-s Lena Sel Xewark. X. }., in which city she m;tiTie husband ir 187 • imioti h:
liter, namely ; 1,-v ( ,.. In- Father's partn man
of excellent b;>
me, wife of I'Vederick I. McKie. and \u Instils, uho hold- an important position with the linn hner \- Son, and who will
join in the partnership and tread in the
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steps (if liis father, with ;i full km i\\ led^r of the jewelr\ business. Air. liueehner is to he congratulated in having two suns who so well adapt themselves in the business, lie has now spent forty years in an active service at the jeweler's bench.
JOHX G. I'.UXX.
lohn G. Bunn, of Meriden, \\ yoming, is a native of Otsego county, X. Y., and was born on January 13, 1860, a . son of John P. and Sarah (Bard) Bunn, both natives of New York state. His father was engaged in the occupa- tion of farming in Otsego county and later re- moved to the county of Delaware, where he still resides, following the same occupation. The mother passed away during the residence of the family in Otsego county and lies at rest be- neath its sod. Mr. Bunn received his early edu- cation in the common schools of Otsego and Delaware counties. X. Y.. and remained with his father on the farm until he had attained tin- age of twenty-one years. He then engaged in business for himself and worked for wages as a farm hand in New York until 1882. He then resolved to seek his fortune in the West and came to Nebraska, where for three months he worked on a farm, and then secured a position or, the Union Pacific Railroad as a member of a repair crew on the line of that road as far as Ogden, Utah. In the fall of 1882 he returned to Cheyenne and was employed in the construction of railroad shops at that place, remaining in that employment until the spring of 1883. He came then to Lagrange. \Vyo.. and secured employment on the ranch of Mr. R. Martin, which adjoins his own home prop- erty. Here he remained for one year and ac- quired a thorough and practical knowledge of the stock .business from that best of all schools, the school of experience. In the spring of 1884 he tools up the ranch where he now resides on Bear < reek, about thirty-one miles east of Chugwater. Here he has since made his resi- dence and is engaged in the profitable industries of cattle and horseraising. and he possesses
one of the finest hay and stock ranches in his section of the state. lie owns 320 acres of patented land and has a tract of range land which he holds under lease from the state. His business is being steadily increased from year to year, and from small beginnings, by hard mirk, perseverance and close attention to de- tails he has built up a successful ranch prop- erty and also won the highest respect of the community where he resides. On November iH. iSS(), Mr. liunn was united in marriage with Miss Anna Fletcher, a native of Iowa, a daughter of William and Martha (Ewers) Fletcher, both natives of Ohio. Her parents early emigrated from their native state to Iowa, settling first in Jefferson county, and thev were among the very earliest of the pioneers of that section, where they followed the occupation of farming, later removing to the county of Decatur where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Bunn have six children, William, Walter, Ralph, Elsie, Arthur and Archie. They are all still living. Mr. Bunn is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, being affiliated with the lodge at La- grange. Politically, he is a stanch member of the Democratic party, giving unswerving and loyal support to that organization, although he has never sought or held a political office.
DELWIX C. BURDICK.
Delwin C. Burdick, of Meriden, Laramie county. Wyoming, is a native of Walworth county, Wisconsin, having been born in that section of the great Middle West on Decem- ber 27, 1856, the son of Edwin and Mary (Carpenter) Burdick, both natives of New York. His father was a physician who emigrated from the Empire State in 1840 to the Badger State, and settled in the city of Walworth and en- gaged in the practice of his profession. He was one of the very earliest of the pioneers of that section of Wisconsin, and took a prominent part in the upbuilding of that fron- tier country. He remained at the beautiful lit- tle city of Walworth in an active medical prac-
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tice ii]) to the time of his <lruth in 1870. The mother passed away from earth at Walworth in iS^S, when IHT son Delwin was only two years of age and both his parents were buried in \\'al worth county. Mr. Burdick remained in attendance ii|ion the ])iiblic schools of Walworth county until the death of his father in 1870, when at the age of thirteen years he removed to .Minnesota and lived with relatives in that state for t\\o years, going then to Rock county, Wis.. where he attended the public schools, but being compelled to leave school at an early age, he secured employment in a feeclmill for four years, but in 1880, desiring to engage in busi- ness for himself he left Wisconsin for the Black Hills of South Dakota, where he engaged in mining for about one year with little success. The following year he returned to his early Wisconsin home and again secured employment in a feedmill and remained engaged in that business for about two years. In the spring of the year of 1883, having determined to enter upon a field of endeavor where there- would be suitable rewards for his industry and effort, where he would have an opportunity to estab- lish himself in an independent business and to acquire a competency, he proceeded to the ter- ritory ot Wyoming, where amid the more favor- able conditions of a new country he hoped to acquire a fortune. Here he took up the ranch which he still owns and occupies, on F.ear Creek, about fifty miles northeast of Cheyenne, and at once embarked in the business of cattle rais- ing. Beginning in a small way he has added to liis operations from year to year and by careful attention to business and persistent effort he has overcome every difficulty which he en- countered, and is now ihe owner of a fine ranch .if 4X0 acres of patented land, which is well stocked and in a prosperous condition. On November, ji), iXXij. at the city of Chcyemn-. Wyo.. he was united in marriage with Mrs. Lilly A. Burke, a native of Coimecticn! and the daughter of the \\< \ . W. \. I )nn ham, a naii\ e of Vermont, but no\\ residing in the cit \ of • •line. Wyo.. having been a resident there since iX<jX. M,-. Bunlick is a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America, being affiliated with the lodge at Lagrangc. while Mrs. Bur- dick' is an active member of the I'rotestant Episcopal church, most earnest and devoted in all matters connected with church and char- itable work.
GUS A. BURG.
A representative Swedish- American citizen who has prospered in the land of his adoption. is i .us A. Burg, a prominent resident of Wood's Landing, in Albany county, Wyoming. Born in 1844, in Sweden, he is the son of Jonas Burg, his parents both being natives of the same country. His father was born in 1801 and fol- lowed the occupation of farming in Sweden up to the time of his demise, which did not occur until he had arrived at the advanced age of ninety-five years. The mother was born in iSn and passed away within two 'lays of the death of her lifelong companion and they are buried side by side near the scenes oi their lives' activity. Gus V Burg grew to man's es- tate in Sweden and he there received his cation, attending the public schools and availing himself of every opportunity at his command for the purpose of acquiring knowledge in early life. When he had attained to the ig twenty-one years he began life for himself, on a farm near the paternal home, where he re- mained for about one year, then came to America to ascertain the whereabout < of an elder brother, who had been a soldier in the Civil War in this country and had not since been heard from. In America hi' engaged in \arious occupations in different localities in the eastern states for about one year and then came to ' Miiaha. N'cb.. where he remained for aboul one year, thence coming to Laramie, in the territory of Wyoming. In iXuX he engagi railroading, on the I "nion Pacific Railroad. • tinning in tli.it employment up to 1874. when lie located the ranch he now occupies, \\hen- lie has since been en .raising
first lie entered in a small way in shccpra
ing. but subsequent!) he changed
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hi> stock and has since devoted his energies to cattleraising, in which he is now engaged. Starting' with two hundred and eighty acres of unimproved land he has added to his hold- ings, both of land and stock from year to year, until he is now the owner of a fine ranch con- sisting of over 1700 acres of land, well-fenced and improved, with modern buildings and all ap- pliances and convenience's for the successful con- ducting of the cattle industry, being one of the prosperous and thrifty property owners of the county. In 1884 he was united in matrimony with Miss Anna C. Matson, a native of Sweden. To their union have been born two children, Ames Oliver and Leonard C., both of whom are attend- chool in Omaha, Neb. Politically Mr. Burg i> a stanch adherent of the Republican party, and for many years he has been active in the coun- cils of that political organization and taken a leading part in the public affairs of the com- munity where he maintains his home. Deeply interested in the work of the public schools, he has served as a member of the school board of his district, and has contributed liberally of both his time and means to the promotion of every worthy measure calculated to advance the best interests of his section of the state. He is widely respected as a successful, enterprising and public spirited citizen.
HUGH BURNS.
Hugh Burns, of Inyankara, Crook county, Wyoming, was born in County Donegal, Ire- land, on February 24, 1830, the son of John and Mary (Carr) Burns, whose forefathers had lived in the Emerald Isle for many generations, tilling the soil and bearing the burdens of their lot with patience, fidelity and cheerfulness and doing what they could in their unostentatious way to advance the interests of the community. In 1842, when he was twelve years old, Hugh Burns was brought to America by his parents who settled in Greene county, N. Y., and there in the midst of the picturesque and historic Cat- skill Mountains they pursued the peaceful voca- tion of their fathers until death ended their la-
bors. Their son Hugh began his education in his native land and completed it in his new home, win-re he remained until he was twenty- four years old aiding in the work on the farm. In 1864 he sought a new country for his hopes and aspirations, and removing to Leavenworth, Kan., engaged in freighting operations between that city and Fort Laramie, Wyo. He con- ducted his operations to various cities and camps in Wyoming until 1867, and then halted at Cheyenne, then only the promise of a town and mainly composed of tents. From there he went to Fort Saunders and was there when Laramie was founded. He worked on ranches and at other occupations in that neighborhood until 1883 when he removed to his present ranch in Crook county, seventeen miles south of Sun- dance, where he was one' of the first settlers and saw much of the real hardship and priva- tion of pioneer life, his very ranch being part of a battlefield on which whites and Indians had fought desperately for the mastery and civiliza- tion had triumphed over barbarism in 1875. Since then nature has covered the wounds of that struggle with her greenest tapestry, and skillful husbandry has transformed the wilds into fruitful fields periodically white with the harvests of systematic industry, so that now what was at Mr. Burns' settlement an ahm i>t unbroken wilderness is one of the thickly popu- lated and highly cultivated sections of a great and growing, although still youthful state, and it owes its development and progress largely to his thrift, enterprise and influential spirit of advancement. He and his two sons, who have ranches adjoining his, have as fine a body of land as the county contains, and carry on one of the most active and profitable stock indus- tries in this portion of the state. In all the af- fairs of his locality Mr. Burns has taken a great interest and a leading part. He is the post- master at Inyankara and is looked up to as a man of commanding influence in all lines of civil and commercial life in the community. On January I, 1878, at Laramie, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. McCall. a native of Ireland, where her parents. Terence and Jane
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MeCall. were also born of ancestry that had been resident there from time immemorial. Her father was a prosperous slioe merchant in [re- land, and both of her parents have died and been buried there. Mr. and Mrs. Burns have two children, both sons, Charles and John. Ml the family are members of the Catholic ehntvli. and it is but just to say of the sons that they are exemplars of the business thrift and energv. the sterling worth and all the amenities of life for which their parents have been distinguished from their youth.
JAMES CARRAGHER.
A prominent rancher of Spring Hill, Wyo- ming, is fauns Carragher. who is one of the leading citizen- of Albany county. He was burn on June 12, 1854, in Livingston county. X. Y.. the son of John and Catherine (Carney) Carragher. both natives of Ireland. His father was a mason by trade and followed that occu- pation in Livingston county for many years and up to 1861, when he enlisted in Co. G. Eighth Xew York Cavalry, and went to the front in the great Civil War. At the battle of the Wil- derness he \\as captured and taken as a prisoner of war to Libbey prison and died there in 1804. The mother remained in the New Yrork home and at this writing makes her home at Cale- donia in that state. James Carraghrr grew 1" man's estate in Livingston county and received his early education in the public schools of Cale- donia. After having completed his education, he remained at home with his mother and followed farming until he had attained to the age of twenty-four years. In tin- spring of 1870. he rmined to seek his fortune in the country farther to the west, came \<> Omaha. Neb., ac- cepted a position in the machine shops of the I'nimi Pacific Railroad and remained there for alxmt one year. In iSSo he removed to ( 'olo rado. \\here b •. d in prospecting and min-
ing in the county of Gunnison with varying SUC-
For about fi air years. He then ah.-m.i the business of mining, and came to the city ot Denver, in the state of Colorado. lie then
again entered the emp!o\ o) the Union Pacific Railway and went to the territory of Idaho, where he was employed as a st> >n. After I his engagement in Idaho he returned to Denver, where he remained a short time, and then went to Chi where he was as a stone-mason, securing employ- ment on a ranch near that city, he rema three years. In the fall of 1887 he came to Albany county, and in the spring of the follow- in u; year he located a ranch on Hear Creek, about fifty mile- snuth of Douglas. Wyo.. and there engaged in the business of raising cattle. He continued here in the cattle business with considerable success up to i';«o, when he dis- posed of his ranch to good advantage and pur- chased his present place on Trail Creek, a tribu- tary of Horseshoe Creek, in Horseshoe Park, one of the most desirable ranch locations in the state. He has since that time continued to side on the latter ranch, and has met with suc- cess in his chosen industrv, being now the owner of 480 acres Q] 'and. well fenced and impr' • with a modern residence ami all suitable 1 mild- ings and conve'niences for the carr\in^ on of a "eneral cattle business. His success i> due to his own effort .s and to the energy, ability and good judgment he has shown in the manage- ment of his ranch and stock interests. [Te is one of the mosl respected citizens of Mbany county, and has the warm friendship and es- teem of all who know him. On November 17. 1899, Mr. Carragher was united in man ,-it Cheyenne, Wyo., with Miss Margaret Mncy. a native of Wyoming and the daughter of Jack- si Hi and ' i M 1\ I M>n< • . thi fi finer
a native of Kentucky and the latter of Ohio. The father of Mrs. ( 'arragher was long en- d in tin- business in Wyoming, hav-
ing a ranch , ' ' !heyenm I hir-
ing the early days before the advent of tlu railroad, he was ,1 in freighting from
Missouri River po • the country farther
to the west, and was a:i active and prosp, • business man for manv \ears in Wyoming and one of tl ol the i
Ib- passed a\\a\ m March. I S. r .. and lies buried
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in Cheyenne. The mother died in 187^, and lies by tlio side of her husband. Mrs. Carraghcr is a de\out iiK-mber of the 1'rotestant Kpiscopal church and IHT husband is a member nt the Roman Catholic church, lint both take active- interest in all works of religion and charity in the community where their home is located. Politically. Mr. Carragher is identified with the Democratic party, a conscientious be- liever in the principles of that political organiza- tion, although never taking a partisan position in local politics.
Jl'DGE WILLIAM A. CARTER.
Judge William A. Carter was born on April 15, 1818, at Pittsylvania, Prince William county, Virginia, a son of Wormley and Lucinda (Washington) Carter, and the plantation of his birth had been for generations an ancestral heritage. The Carter family is one of the old- est and proudest on the roll of Virginia's earliest settlers, the first American ancestor, John Carter, the emigrant, coming to the col- on}- in 1641) and acquiring landed possessions and making his residence at Corotoman in Lancaster county. He soon became a man of importance and wealth, and in that troublous period of the Old Dominion's history his record is that of loyalty, good judgment and conserva- tive influence. . His son, Col. Robert Carter, at- tained a higher position than his father and his wealth was far in excess of his father's for- tune. In 1730 Lord Fairfax conveyed to him 63,000 acres of the great "northern neck" of \ irginia, and a historian writes that "on this tract, around the present village of Millwood, settled numerous friends and relatives of the proprietor, bringing with them the traits of the lowlands." In this attractive country (one American writer called it "the New Arcady." i the Lowlanders located their families and serv- ants : erected the "Old Chapel" church which still nestles under the lofty sycamores and here their descendants remain to this day. Be- fore 1727 Col. Robert Carter, who had filled various important offices with dignity and capa-
bility, was advanced from the high position of "president of the council" to the highest office in the colony, that of governor, in which office he was succeeded by William Gooch. His name is perpetuated by numerous descendants, identified in a marked manner with various places of the state, as it has been conferred on mountains, rivers and other localities. At the time of his death he was considered the wealth- iest man of the state. Judge Carter was a direct descendant in the fifth generation from Col. Robert Carter, but was early left an orphan, his father dying when his son was but seven years of age and leaving a widow and five children. William remained near his birthplace until he was seventeen, waxing strong and vigorous amid the pleasant rural surroundings and in the beautiful country air, receiving the educa- tional advantages of the country schools. While yet a lad his heart was filled with thoughts of the future and the ambition to be a leader among men, and it was no wonder that his adventurous spirit caused him to enlist in the U. S. army for services against the Seminole Indians at the above mentioned age. His manly bearing and strong personality impressed themselves upon his superiors and he was soon appointed sergeant in Co. A of the Second U. S. Dragoons. His term of service was faith- fully served, and after his muster-out he had no difficulty in obtaining the appointment of sutler or posttrader at a number of the U. S. military posts in Florida. The official roster of the commissioned officers serving in the Seminole War continued some later prominent names, and during Mr. Carter's residence in that locality he formed strong friendships with the young officers who, later, in the Civil War, acquired distinction as Generals Harney, Ord and Sherman. The privations and sufferings they endured together in the Everglades tended to bind more closely the bonds of unity, it be- ing particularly so in the case of Harney, and it is pleasing to note that that celebrated In- dian fighter passed one of the last summers of his life at Judge Carter's home at Fort Bridger. In 1842, after recovering from a severe at-
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lack (if yellow lever, he returned to Virginia and. in 184;,. with his brothers, John and Rich- ard, William A. Carter emigrated to Missouri, where he purchased a farm seven miles from Columbia in P.oone county, and engaged in agriculture. Mere he married on November 2,
iS|S, Miss Mary E. Hamilton, who had just come to Roone county from Virginia with her mother's family. Their acquaintance had ex- isted since childhood and had ripened into love. The young couple resided on the homestead near Columbia for over two years. Mrs. Car- ter was a daughter of Robert and Ann F. (Carter) Hamilton, natives of Virginia and de- - . I'dants of early English, and Scotch emi- grants of the Colonial days, while members of both branches of the ancestral line participated in the Revolution as ardent patriots. Her father was a son of John and Susannah (Beale) 1 Familton. Judge and Mrs. Carter were parents of six children, of whom we here enter brief record. \da, wife of Joseph K. Corson, a sur- geon in the I". S. A.; Anne F., married J. Van-
\. Carter (now deceased); Lulie L. married .Maurice ( in »hc >n ; \Yilliam A., married Miss Kate Chase of Omaha. Xeb.. and lives in Den- ' olo. ; Roberta H., wife of \V. TT. Camp of Alamcda,' Cal. : Edgar X., superintendent of the I'. S. fish commission, who married Miss Povdie Faulkner, daughter of Senator Faulk- i W< i Virginia, and maintains his home- in St. Johnshury. Yt. The glittering reports k-oughl from California contrasted too strongly with the quin pastoral life of Missouri and again tin- adventurous spirit was awakened in Mr. Carter. In April, 1850, leaving his wife to the care of relatives h. Mailed on the long and dangerous o\erland journey across the plains and mountains for the bewitching land of ••»M. and with him went his brother Richard and In-other in-law Richard Hamilton. A severe illness resulted in partial loss of sight caused his earl\ return to Missouri. Wild and danger- ous as was the trip to California, the return was far more difficult. The constant to p.'siil.'Htial miasmas and the sleepless vigi- rei|iiired to circumvent the sa\age men
and dangerous animals to be contended with in the intricate swamps of Nicaragua soon sap- ped the constitution of the returning miners, hundreds of whom there found their last rest- ing place. His strong mind dominating all physical discomfort, Mr. Carter reached Cuba in August, 1851, immediately after the capture of the filibuster Lopez by the Spanish govern- ment. All arrivals in the island, especially of Americans, were considered those of filibuster tendencies, and Mr. Carter narrowly escaped confinement and death, but finally reached his home in Missouri, where for some years he conducted agricultural operations. When the military expedition against the Mormons in Utah was decided upon. General Harney of- fered Mr. Carter the post-tradership of one of the posts he, as commander of the department, was about to establish. JTarney was soon suc- ceeded by Gen. Albert S. Johnston, and under his administration Mr. Carter became post- trader at Fort P.ridger, W\ inning, his opera- tions commencing in the winter of 1857-8 in the camp establish' d two miles above the place where the fort was to be erected. In 1858 the site of the fort was located and work begun on the buildings. The poststore and trader's resi- dence occupied a square adjoining the officers, and here was Judge 'Carter's home, which in time became known throughout a wide area as the center of a bounteous hospitality. This title of "judge" came to him from his appoint- ment as I*. S. commissioner, in which judicial capacity he had frequently to examine and often commit for trial by the Federal court at Salt T.ake City, the lawless and dangerous men then frequenting this wild section. He was a firm and Fearless official, never swerved from duty li\ threats or attempted intimidation. Tn August. iSiti, the exigencies of the Ci\il War Oi ' away the garrison al Forl P.ridger. < lain Clark of the quartermaster's department with one pri\ left in charge of the gov-
ernmi nt pri ipei i \ until the • when
lu- too wa 1 east. At his urgent request
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dcrtaking required forty wagons and besides arming each driver a guard of twenty selected men accompanied the train. From Denver Judge Carter hastily returned to Fort Bridger where the departure of the troops had left no security for the safety of life or property. Bands of Indians were committing outrages and there was nothing to check their ravages. Millersville, the station east of Fort Bridger, was burned, herds of horses were stolen and fears were entertained for the safety of the fort. To meet this emergency Judge Carter organized a company of sixty men from the set- tlers and employes of the Overland Stage Co. and himself, and purchasing arms for the outfit at his own expense he converted a portion of his store building into an armory and drill room and daily drills were initiated. Although having no governmental authority, the installa- tion of this company maintained order and peace, and safely protected both private and public property until the arrival of a company of California volunteers in December, 1862, ended the necessity of its existence. General Conner, commander of this military department, under an erroneous impression reported to the \\"ar Department that Judge Carter was actuated bv selfish and mercenary ends in this matter, but on visiting the field was convinced that the action was a patriotic and praiseworthy one, became one of the warmest friends of the judge, and becoming convinced that the stories of Indian depreciations sent him by Judge Carter did not magnify the danger, in the spring of 1863 organized an expedition to punish and conquer the savages. At this time, and through the whole of the Civil War period, Judge Carter was in constant and dangerous activity. He was then a special agent of the U. S. P. O. department for the inspection of the handling of the mails, his duties calling him frequently over the wild route of the Overland Stage Co., and sometimes to the Pacific coast. As the stages were not infrequently attacked by Indians, he had his share of excitement and often numerous escapes from death. But his cool and undaunted courage never faltered and
not ;i duty was iiegleru-d and his entire course was heartily approved by his supp<>riers. Fore- seeing the departure nf ihe troops Judge Car- ter had disposed of nearly all of his goods prior to that event, realizing that in such an emer- gency as then confronted him an intelligent business man should so arrange his property as to make it come under adequate protection, and had invested in other fields and enterprises. As early as March, 1867. he had begun to locate mining claims and was successful in obtaining valuable properties in the rich mineral region of South Pass, still keeping Fort Bridger as his home and base of operations. When peace was declared, immigration again commenced into the west, the various branches of indus- trial activity took on new life and in this prog- ress and development, especially in the region around about Fort Bridger, Judge Carter was a forceful agent. On the discovery of gold at South Pass, he fitted out and equipped a num- ber of prospecting parties ; when oil was dis- covered in a spring in Uinta county not far from Fort Bridger he utilized this product, with a small still producing and refining enough oil for illuminating purposes at the fort before the advent of the Union Pacific Railroad. He was the first person to engage in the manufacture ot lumber in Western Wyoming. He engaged extensively as a pioneer in cattleraising and was one of the earliest to note and take ad- vantage of its wondrous possibilities. In many other and widely varying fields of commercial activity he demonstrated his faith in the capa- bilities and productiveness of his part of the western territory and success crowned his ef- forts in a high degree. His plans were far reaching, wise and sagacious. Although cool, carefid and conservative, whenever his judg- ment approved a business venture he gave to it the whole force of his energetic nature and persistently carried it to a successful comple- tion. He took a prominent part in the efforts made to organize the territory of Wyoming, and, from his opportunities and the character of his extensive acquaintance, was largely re- sponsible for its establishment. At that time
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his winters were passed in Xe\v York and Washington and his personal connection with prominent public men and statesmen stood in good stead in the carrying out of this wise de- sign, which meant so much in advancing the progress of civilization in this land of his adop- tion. During the winter of 1867-8 he devoted his time and means freely to acquainting mem- bers of Congress with the true conditions of the land, and the rights of the people of Wyo- ming to a representation in the councils of the nation. His labor was successful and when the boundaries of the territory were established his efforts located its western line. He was so prominently connected with the formation of the territory that President Grant offered to commission him as its first governor, an exalted honor, which he declined, as the duties would deprive him too much of that domestic life that was to him the highest charm of existence. Although his successful business operations were extensive and multitudinous, they were so systematically arranged that during his later \ears he devoted himself largely to the enjoy- ment of the wealth his ability had produced. His greatest pleasure lay in lavishly entertaining the numerous friends with whom he was united as with bands of steel, and in his hospitable resi- dence at Fort Bridger many of America's most prominent people have enjoyed the pleasant society of the Judge and of his excellent wife, wln> ably seconded and aided her husband in his undertakings, dispensing a hospitality as bountiful as that of royalty. Among their friends and visitors were the distinguished sci- entists, 1'rofessors Leidy. Marsh and Cope, ( .enerals Hartley, Sherman. < >rd and Cook, and the great railroad magnates and financiers, John \V. and Robert Carrel t of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Jay Could and Sidney Dillon. With such friends and companions life passed pleas- antly and usefully until November 7. iSSi. when, in his sixty-third year, htdge Carter was called from earth to those activities that have- no weariness and mourning rested upon all the people. < >l" southern birth Judge Carter deeply sympathized with the South in the troubles
antedating -and accompanying the \Yar of
Secession, but his haired of negro slavery and love of country united him with the most ar- dent supporters of the Cnion. Always in politics a strong supporter of the Republican party and deeply interested in public man yet his ardent love of domestic life caused him to decline all nominations to office or elective public trusts. His moral courage, tried in many occasions, was never found wanting. Neutrality was impossible to him, for he never shirked a duty or an issue. . His latent resources under the stimuli of difficulty and opposition were always equal to the demands made upon him in meeting weighty responsibilities and bearing the heavy burdens involved. He possessed the fine feelings so characteristic of Virginia birth and breeding and was intensely loyal to his friends. As there is an inspiration to others in the achievements of such men. we gather this review of the salient points of the life of Judge Carter and lay it as an honorable record where its influence may descend with helpful strength to other generations. His memory will long be cherished and his life is a part of the history of the state.
FRED L. CLARK.
After years of wandering and working in various places, pushing one enterprise after another with characteristic energy and winning success from many hard conditions through clearness of vision and resoluteness of purpose, I 'red L. Clark of near Invankara. Crook county. \Yvoming. at length halted his wear} Feel in one of the most pictures, |Ur and desirable sections of his last ado] .led state and is there engaged in a profitable and extensive business, raising cattle in large numbers and of superior grades, constantly enlarging his herds and improving their qualitv. Mr. Clark's life began OH cember 22, lS;>). in Lake COUnty, < >hio. where his parents. Nathan and Margaret (Tinml Clark, passed the years of their maturity, the mother d\ing in [866 and the father in up to which time he carried on a high-grade
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merchant tailoring establishment, .doing busi- ness in Cleveland, although residing at \Yil- loughby, a beautiful lake town about twenty- five miles distant. Here their son Fred attended school and after finishing his education he clerked in stores, living with his father until ho was twenty- four years of age. In 1882 the love of adventure, a spirit of independence and a thirst for larger opportunities and a freer life attract- ed him to the far west, and he came to Hailey, Idaho, and collecting there a fine herd of milch cows he opened a dairy business which he con- ducted through the summer, taking his cattle to Boise City in the fall and disposing of them at that place and turning his attention to the stock business, handling blooded horses and cattle, later entering a general store as a clerk until the summer of 1889, when he came over- land to northern Wyoming and located a home- stead in Crook county fourteen miles south of Sundance, where he remained engaged in stock- raising until the fall of 1899, when he sold the ranch and bought the one on which he now lives, eighteen miles south of Sundance, at the foot of Mt. Kara. Lying among the hills with a pleasing and advantageous succession of up- land and plain, it is well watered, produces large crops of hay and grain and has an unusually fine body of grazing ground. The home place contains 480 acres and Mr. Clark controls about 800 more, all of which are under tribute to his extensive cattle business, which is one of the largest and most renowned in that part of the state. In addition to its natural beauty and interest, the section of country in which Mr. Clark's ranch is located has historic associations and suggestions of value. What is known as Custer's trail runs by the ranch, marking the route of the distinguished but unfortunate gen- eral when in pursuit of the Indians. His name is cut in bold letters on the bald rock far up the mountain side, and it is said that inscription was the cutting of the general's own hand. April 18, 1889, witnessed the marriage of Mr. Clark to Miss Ollie Thompson, who was born in Colchester, 111., in 1870, the ceremony being performed at Soda Springs, Idaho, and the
bride was a daughter of Michael S. and Nancy (Dunsworth) Thompson, members of pioneer families in the great Prairie State, who settled in Idaho in 1884 and went to ranching near Boise City, where Mr. Thompson now resides, his capable wife having passed into the Eternal Silence in 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have had four children, Nathan S., John V., Delia B., de- ceased, and Ethel L. Politically Mr. Clark af- filiates with the Republican party, but is more concerned for the advancement of the com- munity than party triumphs and he is held in high esteem throughout a large scope of country.
JOHN CAMERON.
Enjoying distinctive prestige as one of the representative farmers and stockraisers of Laramie county, Wyoming, and standing as a leading citizen of the community in which he resides, Mr. John Cameron owes his success entirely to his own efforts and is clearly en- titled to the proud American appellation of self- made man. The story of his life is easily told, for into his career have entered no thrilling ex- periences, his every action standing open to the closest scrutiny and most critical judgment of men, not an eventful life, but one that has not been denied a goodly harvest. John Cameron hails from far-away Scotland, and is a notable example of the wholesome influence which the sturdy Scotch element has exercised upon our industrial and national life. His father, James Cameron, was a forester of Perthshire, dying in Scotland in 1884. The maiden name of the mother was Elizabeth McAntish : she also lived and died in Perthshire, where her son John was born, on May 14, 1856, and he received his early educational discipline in such schools as his neighborhood afforded, growing up amid the bracing air of outdoor life, strong of body and independent of spirit and until his eighteenth year he remained under the parental roof, con- tributing his share to the family's support. In 1874 he was enabled to carry out a desire of long standing and bidding farewell to the ro- mantic scenes of his childhood he turned his
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Eaci to tin' new world and entered upon a new destiny. Reaching the United States after an uneventful voyage, young Cameron proceeded at nnce to San Francisco, Cal., thence to Los Angeles, near which city he soon secured em- plovment on a cattle ranch. After remaining on the Pacific coast until 1880, he went to Lari- mer county, Colo., where he followed agricul- tural pursuits about six years, thence removing to Wyoming, of which state he has since been an honored resident. On coming to Wyoming Mr. Cameron made a judicious selection of land on the North Platte River, twenty miles east of !•'< irt Laramie, taking up and buying 564 acres, admirably situated for agricultural and graz- ing purposes. He has reduced a part of his ranch to successful cultivation, besides making a number of valuable improvements, his place and the buildings in general comparing favor- ably with the leading properties of the kind in this part of the state. He has made commend- able progress in the stock industry, and from ihe beginning his career presents ;i series of continued successes until he stands to-day among the leading cattle men in the county of Laramie, being a practical man of progressive ideas and supervising with the greatest of care- bis large interests. He bears the highest repu- tation for enterprising methods and is widely med by the stockmen of this section and all other classes of people with whom he has relations. He manages his affairs on strictly business principles, is systematic and methodi- cal and close attention to details, capability and fair dealing have brought to him not only a high degree of success, but the confidence of the public. Mr. Cameron has read much and is a close undent of current and political <|iiestioiis, especially those bearing on state and national legislation. He is the recognized 1 )eniocratic leader of the precinct in which he lives and has long been in close touch with the management of the party throughout the county. His deep interest in local and state politics has brought him to the front as a successful party worker and in a number of campaigns he has done
much to promote the success of the ticket. From iScjfi to 1898 inclusive he served as a justice of the peace while for four and one-half years he was the popular postmaster at Tor- rington, holding the office until the railroad was completed, when it was located in a station bearing the same name. In promoting and carrying to successful completion public enter- prises, especially those affecting the material development of the country, Mr. Cameron has been a leading spirit. He helped organize the Torrington Ditch Co., which has proved such a benefit in irrigating and reclaiming a large part of Laramie county, and for ten years has been the secretary of the corporation and one of its largest stockholders. He has assisted to the limit qf his ability other measures for the general good, and his influence is invariably exerted in behalf of any enterprise calculated to improve the moral and social conduct of the people and advance the standard of citizenship. While on a visit to his native land in 1878, Mr. Cameron was initiated in the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masonry and has been an active worker of the mystic tie ever since, belonging to Scotts Bluff Lodge, No. 201. He was reared rather rigidly in tin- strict faith of the Scotch Presbyterian church and has always been loyal to its teachings and precepts. He and wife were members of the church and active in the good work of the congregation with which they are identified. Mr. Cameron entered mar- riage relations at Fort Collins, Colo., on June -'• '88^. with Miss Mary Watson, also a native of Scotland and daughter of John and Jane I.McKcnxic) Watson, both her parents Hung and dying in that country. Two children came to their marriage, Paul and Tanc Mcl\> Cameron. Mrs. < ameron died of consum] alter a lingering illness, on [line ~. 10OJ, and she was interred in West Lawn cemetery at < iering. Scott's I'.lnlT conntv, Xeb., passing to those activities which ha\e no weariness with the cordial love and blessings of an unusually large number ol personal irieiid-. who highly
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HOX. J( MIX G. CASEY.
Hon. John < ,. Casey, mayor of Kemmerer, \\ \ oining. is a native of \\'ati'rti >\vn, \\'is.. born in 1X^4, the son of Matthew and Susan ( Milick) Casey. Matthew Casey was horn in Rosscom- nion comity, Ireland, and was a thrifty farmer. \\ho emigrating from Ireland settled at Water- town. \\ is., where his thrift made farming suc- cessful for him until his death at the ripe age of 76. Mayor Casey's mother was born in the same place as his father, with whom she was married in Watertown, Wis., .where she still resides, both herself and her husband beiii:; devout members of the Catholic church. John G. Casey remained with his parents until his thirty-fifth year, when he went to Laramie, WYO., and opened a saloon, which he conducted until 1890, when he went to Ogden, Utah, and followed the same business there for nine years after which he moved to Kemmerer, Wyo.. where he has since lived conducting the same vocation. His citizenship is so satisfactory to his townsmen that they have made him their mayor and his popularity is ever in evidence and he is a member of the fraternal lodges of the Eagles and the Elks of Rock Springs, Wyo. Mr. Case}- was married in 1882 with Minnie Sutherland, daughter of August Sutherland and a native of Sweden. The couple have had four children : Edward ; George, now deceased ; Har- ry ; Margaret.
COL. HORACE E. CHRISTMAS.
This prominent attorney and citizen of Kemmerer, Wyoming, is a native of England, born in 1857, the son of Charles and Amelia ( Bachelor) Christmas. The father, a capitalist and man of affairs, was born in Hampshire, Eng- land, and came to America in 1873, locating at Grand Haven, Mich., where he lived mostly in retirement but prosperously managed his own business, being a successful financier and hav- ing interests in London, Michigan and Minne- sota. He was a Republican in politics but would never accept public office, though asked
to do SO, dying in iSSjj at the age of /O years, lieiiiL; a member of the Episcopal church and devoted to his home and the education of his children. His father was an English county s(|iiire and capitalist who died at the venerable age of ninetj two \ears and was buried at Lip- book, Kn^land. Mrs. Amelia (Bachelor) Christ- mas was born at Guilfort, England, in which land she was married and died in 1883, at Coopersville, Mich., and was buried at Grand Haven, aged sixty-five years, being a devoted member of the Episcopal church, in whose af- fairs she took an active part, and a model wife and mother, who left four sons and four daugh- ters, her own parents both dying early in life. Horace E. Christmas was educated at Ackender College. Hampshire, England, where he was graduated in 1873, thence coming with his par- ents to Grand Haven. Mich., where he was en- gaged in the lumber business for about three vears, after which he accepted a position as cashier of the American Express Co., at Grand Haven and remained in it until iSSi. when he went to Omaha. Xeb.. with S. R. Callaway, the general manager of the Union Pacific Railroad, and took up the duties of clerk in the purchas- ing and supply department of the road, in which he continued until 1884 when he was made chief clerk of the coal department under D. O. Clark. This position he held until 1891 when he became the assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Rock Springs, Wyo., and so continued until 1895. Meanwhile having studied law, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme and Dis- trict Courts in this year. Law was now his busi- ness and profession, and after a short practice of it at Rock Springs he moved to Kemmerer and has since resided there. Colonel Christmas is a Republican and has always refused to stand for any elective office, but was appointed post- master at Kemmerer. His fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World and the Eagles. He received a military training in England and has alwav- been actively interested in military affairs. In Michigan he took a prominent and important part in the Second Regiment of the Michigan,
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National i iuard. later organizing the First Xa- tional ( iuard of Wyoming of which he was colonel fur five years. lie held command (by courtes; < oi the Seventh and Eighth I'nited States Infantry at Fort Logan and Fort Mil- sell, \Y\o., and has alwa\s brought enthusiasm as well as knowledge and skill to his military work, being a man of fine bearing and cour- teous and pleasant manners. Colonel Christ- mas married in iSSo. with Margaret ). Leggat. i native of < ir.-nd Haven, Mich., daughter of Roberl and Cornelia i. \verv) Leggat, Her lather has large mining interests in Bmie, .Mont., and her mother, no\v deceased, was buried at Crand Haven. Seven children enlarge and brighten this family circle, Robert, Charles \.. John A.. Frank M.. Marian, Margaret and Marjorie.
J( )ll\ C. COI'.LE.
i hie of the most successful stockmen of \lham county, whose address is Bosler, \Y\o- ming, is the subject of this sketch review, and a native of Carlisle, I'a., his birth occurring on Imii- j, iS;S, the son of John and Hettie (\YH- liainsi ('ol)Ie. prominent and highly respected citizens of that slate. John C. Coble grew to man's estate at Carlisle, there received his early education in the public schools and suhse i|uently attending Duffs College, also Cham- bersbnrg Academy at Pittsburg, also Dickinson College, al i arlisli Pa., and pursuing thorough courses ni study at these institutions, being graduated in the class of '~(>. Desiring to avail himsi-lf of more favorable business conditions than he found in his native state, he left the home of his childhood and early manhood and wenl to tin \orth Platte valle\ of N'cbraska anil entered upon the business of raising cattle until the following year and then removed his residence to the Powdei River country in John- son coimn, \V\o. Ilere In- contimied the same industry and met with great success, remaining in that locality until 1887. when he removed to Albam i-»uni\, when- he now resides. From small beginnings he has increased his herds and landed p' issessious until he is iio\\ one of tin-
largest property o "ii of the
state. Tlis success and present standing in the community as a prosperous man of business has been due entirely to his own efforts, and to the industry, ability and good judgment with which