JAMES E. GARRIGUES.
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JAMES E. GARRIGUES.
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their lives residents of the United States. Her father died in Utica, and her mother in Denver when lacking only one month of ninety-five years.
As a pioneer of Colorado Major Anthony has always been intensely interested in its progress. He remembers the state when it was thinly populated, with little appearance of its present population and prosperity. The gradual growth of the years he has witnessed, contributing thereto not a little by his energy and ability. While Denver has been his home for years, yet he has been a traveler and has spent considerable time in visiting other parts of the world, thereby gaining a cosmopolitan knowledge that makes him a delightful companion. He has traveled in every country and visited every city of importance on the globe. He spent two and one-half years in making the tour of the world, during which time he traveled from the northernmost point of Europe to the south of New Zealand. Like all men who have traveled much, he has liberal views and maintains an interest in the progress of the entire world.
AMES E. GARRIGUES, a well-known attorney-at-law in Greeley, Weld County, was elected in the fall of 1888 to the office of district attorney for the eighth judicial district of Colorado, and at the close of his three years' term was re-elected, for a similar period. When his official term had expired for the second time he was put in nomination for the judgeship of this district, his opponent being Jay Boughton of Fort Collins, who headed the Populist ticket. That party, sweeping everything before it, came off victor in the ensuing election, Mr. Garrigues being defeated by a small majority, some sixty-five votes. He carried Weld, Larimer and Morgan Counties; but Boulder County, with its large Populist numbers, turned the tide. Mr. Garrigues practices in all the local and state courts, and enjoys the esteem and respect of the bench and bar.
Born October 6, 1852, in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Ind., the subject of this article is a son of James M. and H. (Tuttle) Garrigues, natives of New Jersey and Ohio respectively. The father removed to Indiana in his early manhood (about 1830) and there engaged in farming and teaching up to the time of his death in 1894. James E. has in his possession an old certificate entitling his father to teach, dated September 28, 1840, and signed by Jesse L. Holdman, father of Hon. William Holdman, present congressman from Indiana. The great-grandfather of our subject, James Garrigues, and his brother John, were French Huguenots, who came to America, the land of liberty, in colonial days, and both fought in defense of that liberty, when it was endangered in the war with the mother country, at the close of the last century.
The eldest brother of James E. was Henry Garrigues, who enlisted during the Civil war in the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, and lost his life in battle in Mississippi. Amzi, the next brother, is a farmer of Dearborn County, Ind. Dr. Dayton, is a practitioner of Cedar Grove, Ind. Fannie, the elder sister, is the wife of Charles Carpenter, of Bloomington, Ind.; and Harriet is a teacher of the public schools of Greeley.
The boyhood and youth of our subject were passed on his father's farm, his education being acquired in the common schools and Moore's Hill College. When he had finished his studies he began teaching, and was principal of a school in Delaware, Ind. Subsequently he went to Trenton, Ill., where he had charge of a school and later read law in the office of J. G. Van Hoorebeck. For one year he held the principalship of a public school in Malvern, Iowa, and in 1887 was admitted to the bar at Glenwood, Iowa. He established an office for the practice of his chosen profession in the town of Malvern, remaining there for eight years.
May 6, 1880, Mr. Garrigues married Clara L. Boehner, daughter of Matthew Boehner, both natives of Maine. In February, 1883, our subject removed to Colorado, owing to the failing health of his wife. For a time she seemed to be benefited, but March 25, 1896, she was summoned to her reward. Helen, the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Garrigues, graduated from the Greeley high school and is now a student in the Denver University. Georgia, the next child, died of scarlet fever when eight years old. The others are, Dwight, Edith, Grace and Edna. The last-mentioned, who was an infant at the time of her mother's death, is living with her grandmother Boehner, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Fraternally Mr. Garrigues is a member of
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ON. LOUIS H. DICKSON, an early settler of Colorado and for years a resident of Longmont and vicinity, is one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Boulder County. In the fall of 1880 he was called upon to represent his district in the third general assembly, and was re-elected in 1884, and served in the fifth session, both times being the Republican nominee. He was the first mayor of Longmont, and acted for three successive terms in that responsible position. Moreover, he has frequently officiated in minor places of trust, and has served as justice of the peace for many years. In 1894 he was appointed water commissioner of district No. 3, and upon the expiration of his term was reappointed to the office, which he administers with ability and zeal in the best interests of the people, whose welfare has always been uppermost in his mind.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania, and an energetic, successful farmer. His son, Hiram, father of Louis. H., was likewise born in the Keystone state, and when a young man he settled in Franklin County, Ohio. There he married Elizabeth Hayward, and carried on a farm. In 1846 he removed to Dane County, Wis., and there departed this life in 1856. Of his six children four are now living, namely: Mrs. Phoebe E. Allen, a widow residing in Evanston, Ill.; Joel, a well-to-do farmer of the state of Washington; Hannah M., wife of Joseph C. Cannon, a prosperous farmer of Wisconsin; and Louis H.
Hon. L. H. Dickson was born in Franklin County, Ohio, January 18, 1834. He was reared to mature years upon his father's farm and when he started out to fight the battle of life he chose the vocation of his ancestors. For three years he rented land in Wisconsin, after which he went into the pineries of that state and engaged in lumbering for a year or more. In 1858, accompanied by his brother Joel, he went to Kansas. After wintering at Fort Riley they started for Colorado, their entire equipment being a wagon, three yoke of oxen and a pony, they proceeded by the Smoky Hill route, and after a forty-four days' journey arrived in Denver. Three days were spent there and then they went on to Boulder, reaching that point May 27, 1859. From there they went direct to Gold Run, and engaged in placer mining for a month. On July 3, with a company of about a dozen men, they crossed the mountains to Middle Park, where they prospected for the precious yellow metal. Then they drifted to Nevada Gulch, and continued to mine in that vicinity until November, when our subject and his brother started for Wisconsin for their families. Saddling two mules, and leading another as a pack or baggage-carrier, they wended their lonely way across the plains. Arriving at Nebraska City they left their animals and walked to St. Joseph, nearly one hundred miles. From that city, then the westernmost railroad station on the continent, they took the train for home. After passing the winter there they returned to Colorado with their families. Arriving in Denver June 12, 1860, they went to Nevada Gulch, and, in a short time, to California Gulch. That fall they returned to Boulder, and the following spring our subject took up a claim of a quarter-section of land four miles east of Longmont, on the St. Vrain River, while his brother settled on Left Hand.
The next few years passed rapidly, as Mr. Dickson toiled to provide well for his little household and to improve his farm. He raised large crops of hay and was successful in his handling of live stock, in addition to which he was occupied in general farming. Then came on the Indian troubles of 1864, and he left his ranch to enlist in Company D, Third Colorado Cavalry, commanded by Capt. D. H. Nichols. Going with them to the seat of warfare, he took part in the celebrated battle of Sand Creek, and when the redskins were quelled he was mustered out of the service. He continued to live on his farm up to 1869, when he decided to go to Oregon. He and his family started with a wagon on the long western journey, and safely arrived at their destination, Oregon City. There Mr. Dickson purchased a farm and settled down to its improvement. In 1873 he rented his homestead there and returned to his old Colorado home. Since 1880 he has lived in Longmont. Two years be-
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fore he had acquired an extensive interest in what was known as the Grange Mill, two miles east of Longmont, and in 1885 became its sole proprietor, this property claimed his attention until 1892, when he sold it.
November 1, 1854, Mr. Dickson married Miss Emily A. Sharp, who was born in Franklin County, Ohio, and was the daughter of Stephen Sharp, a wealthy farmer of that section. For the past three years Mr. Dickson has been adjutant of McPherson Post No. 6, G. A. R. He also belongs to Longmont Lodge No. 29, I. O. O. F., and is a member of Columbus Encampment No. 18. In the Masonic order he is identified with St. Vrain Lodge No. 23, A. F. & A. M.; Longmont Chapter No. 8, R. A. M., and Long's Peak Commandery No. 12, K. T. Columbine Chapter No. 32, Order of the Eastern Star, also claims him as one of its members. With the exception of the last named and the encampment, he has held about all the offices in the several lodges.
ILLIAM JOHN ROTHWELL, M. D. The principal ambition in the life of Dr. Rothwell has been the acquirement of professional knowledge and the acquisition of the classical culture that always marks the man of intellect and broad attainments. Fond of the classics, he has devoted many of his leisure hours to the study of Latin, French and German, and has become so conversant with these languages that he often reads in the original important medical treatises written by men of these several nationalities. During the long trips he has been obliged occasionally to make into Idaho and other states he has one of the classics as a companion, and by thus utilizing his time he has been enabled to acquire a fund of information that few possess.
The Rothwell family originated in England, but removed thence to Ireland, where the doctor's grandfather, Benjamin, engaged in farming. He took his family from there to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where he engaged in farming. During the Canadian Rebellion of 1837 he, with his son, Thomas, bore a part. Thomas Rothwell was a farmer and died in 1896, at the age of eighty-eight. His wife, Catherine, was born near the Vale of Avoca, Ireland, and now resides in Canada. She was a daughter of Peter Tompkins, a farmer, who removed to Canada with his family in an early day.
Six sons and three daughters comprised the family of which Dr. Rothwell was a member, and of these all are living but two of the daughters. One brother, E. J., graduated from the medical department of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor and is now a practicing physician in Denver. Another brother, P. D., is also a graduate of Ann Arbor and a physician in Denver. Benjamin is an educator in Canada, and Samuel and Thomas are farmers there. The subject of this sketch was born near Ottawa, and at the age of thirteen accompanied the family from there to Listowell, County Perth, Ontario, where he attended the public school. He prepared for college at Rockwood, Canada. In 1869 he entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, but after one year, his funds being exhausted, he was obliged to discontinue his studies until he had reimbursed his bank account. Going to Idaho in 1870, he became principal of the Idaho City school, and continued in that position for two years, meantime studying medicine in his leisure hours. In 1872 he entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1873 with the degree of M. D., and for a few months afterward he did hospital work in Philadelphia, having as his roommate Dr. E. E. Montgomery, since prominent as a gynecologist.
Returning to Idaho City in the fall of 1873, Dr. Rothwell opened an office and for fourteen years carried on a general practice in medicine and surgery. While there he was elected on the Republican ticket to the office of county superintendent of Boise County, serving for four years. In the fall of 1887 he located in Denver. His office is in the Cooper building. Immediately after coming here he became associated with Gross Medical College, which had recently been opened. For three years he held the chair of therapeutics, after which he was made professor of physical diagnosis and diseases of the chest, holding the same until the establishment of the chair of mental and nervous diseases, in 1895, when he was elected to that chair. In addition to being an instructor, he has been a trustee of the institution since its establishment. He is a member of the Denver and Arapahoe County, the State and American Medical Societies, and in
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In Idaho City Dr. Rothwell married Miss Clara Galbreaith, who was born in Shasta, Cal., the daughter of Stephen Galbreaith, a native of Hamilton, Ontario, and a "forty-niner" in California. Dr. and Mrs. Rothwell have four sons: William Herbert, a graduate of the Denver high school and a member of the class of 1900 Gross Medical College, and now with the hospital corps at Manila, Philippine Islands; Matthew Thomas, a graduate of the Denver high school in 1895; Walter Peter; and Stephen Gainsford. While in Idaho City the doctor was made a Mason, and he is now a member of Denver Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., and Denver Chapter No. 2, R. A. M. For some time he was grand representative of the state of Pennsylvania for Idaho.
YRON H. AKIN, vice-president and manager of the Akin Live Stock Company and one of the influential citizens of Fort Collins, was born near Joliet, Will County, Ill., November 7, 1857, and is of Scotch lineage. His father, Henry, was born at Johnstown, near Albany, N. Y., and was a son of Abraham Akin, a native of York state and one of the discoverers of salt and owner of the original salt works. After a very successful business life he died in Syracuse.
For some years Henry Akin engaged in farming in Albany County, N. Y., but in 1841 he located in Will County, Ill., between Lockport and Joliet, where he improved a fine farm from the prairie of that section. He became well known throughout that region and acquired the ownership to large tracts of land. In 1874 he removed to Vermilion County and bought the town site of East Lynn, which, in connection with George H. White, he platted in lots. To the sale of his real estate and the cultivation of his land he gave his attention until 1879, when, hoping by a change of climate to obtain relief from asthma, he settled in Larimer County, Colo., and embarked in farming upon a four hundred acre tract that he purchased. He is hale and hearty, showing in his appearance and activity little trace of his eighty years of life.
The wife of Henry Akin bore the maiden name of Eunice Harris and was born in Pine Plains, Dutchess County, N. Y. After a married life of fifty-two years, she died in Colorado in 1896, aged seventy-four years. Her father, Israel Harris, was born in Dutchess County, which he represented in the legislature of New York. He married a daughter of Colonel Barker, an officer in the Revolution. Late in life he went to Michigan, where he died. He had sons who served in the legislatures of New York and Michigan. Ten children were born to the union of Henry and Eunice Akin, of whom seven attained manhood and womanhood, namely: Phoebe, who died in Dutchess County, N. Y; Henry R., a conductor on the Houston & Texas Central Railroad in Texas; Myron H.; Harris, Abraham and William, who are farmers in Larimer County; and John, who is connected with the First National Bank of El Paso, Tex.
After having for some terms attended the public and high schools of Lockport, Ill., the subject of this sketch began railroading at the age of sixteen. He learned telegraphy at Lockport, in the Chicago & Alton depot, and continued as operator there for a year, after which he was with the Lake Erie & Western Railroad at East Lynn, Ill., for five years. Resigning in 1881, he came to Colorado and became operator at Fort Collins for the Union Pacific (now the Gulf) Railroad. He had purchased one hundred and sixty acres three miles southwest of the town while he was still in Illinois and had helped to put a ditch through the land, out of which he evolved a valuable farm. This property he traded for one hundred head of brood mares in 1882, and located at Steamboat Rock, where he took up a ranch and fenced twenty-five hundred acres of fine grazing land that he still owns. His next employment was that of foreman for Jesse Harris, the largest importer of horses in the west, and, as foreman for that gentleman for five years, he traveled through the western states and territories. At the same time he raised horses on his ranch, and these he later traded for cattle. For a while he engaged in the real-estate business, dealing in residence property and farms, and also carried on a cattle business.
Mr. Akin and his brothers were among the first to bring sheep into Larimer County, buying them in New Mexico and feeding them here. November 17, 1895, he formed a partnership with
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