HON. HIRAM R. BROWN.
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HON. HIRAM R. BROWN.
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Ida May Baty. Three children were born of their union, but only one survives, Jessie May, who was born in Chicago.
While in Indianapolis, Mr. Falkenburg took an active part in politics, favoring the Republican party. He is not an office-seeker and has declined many opportunities to become a candidate for office. His membership is in the Cameron Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, which he serves as a trustee. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic fraternity, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Ancient Order of United Workmen, besides the Woodmen of the World and Fraternal Union of America, already alluded to.
ON. HIRAM R. BROWN. In 1874 Mr. Brown settled upon his present farm, two and one quarter miles northeast of Arvada, Jefferson County, where he had purchased one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land some two years before. Here he has since resided, having in the meantime added to his landed possessions until his farm now comprises two hundred and thirty-five acres. As a Republican he has been closely identified with public affairs of his county. In 1889 he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature; two years later he was elected to the state senate and served in the eighth, ninth and tenth general assemblies. During his term in the senate the Australian ballot system was introduced, the police system of Denver was enacted and the woman suffrage was carried.
In Bedford, Lawrence County, Ind., the subject of this sketch was born December 13, 1836. He was one of nine children, five of whom are still living: Caroline P., widow of Elisha McMillan, and residing in Berkeley, Arapahoe County; William B., also of Berkeley; Hiram R.; Richard T. who lives in Lincoln, Neb.; and Sarah E., wife of P. W. H. Miller, a retired farmer living in Tecumseh, Neb. The father of this family was John Brown, a native of Virginia, but reared in Kentucky, and after his marriage to Mathilda Board he moved to Indiana, settling in Bedford, where he secured employment as clerk in a bank. After filling this position for twenty-two years he removed to Lee County, Iowa, where he purchased an extensive tract of land and laid out the town of Franklin, now a flourishing village. After a number of years he removed to Mount Pleasant and there died. In political life he was prominent and served for one term as a member of the legislature. He was a member of the committee chosen to locate the state capitol when it was changed from Iowa City to Des Moines. He was a stanch advocate of Republican principles and contributed largely to his party's success in his locality. He was well situated financially, being the owner of large tracts of land. By observation and reading he became the possessor of a broad education that made him an entertaining companion.
After having completed the studies of the common schools, our subject entered the Iowa University at Mount Pleasant, and there completed his education. Afterward he taught one term of school in Pike County, Mo., and two terms in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. In 1862 he came to Colorado, making the journey down the river in company with another man, and landing at Louisiana, where he took a steamer up the Missouri to Leavenworth. There he hired out to some parties to drive ox-teams across the plains. On the 4th of July he arrived in Denver, with fifty cents in his pocket. With a desire to mine, he went to Tarryall Gulch, South Park, where he worked in the mines, and from there he went to Montgomery and worked in a lead mine. In the fall of the same year he went to Colorado City, where he was appointed deputy county clerk and deputy postmaster. While there he organized the Colorado Town Company and secured from the government the title for the town site. During this time the Indian troubles came up and a company was organized for service, but the government refused to permit them to act as an independent regiment, and they were mustered in as United States troops, our subject being quartermaster-sergeant of Company F, Third Colorado Cavalry. When the quartermaster-sergeant of the regiment was taken ill shortly afterward, Mr. Brown was detailed to fill his position, in which he afterward served. He took part in the battle of Sand Creek.
Shortly after his return from the Indian fights, Mr. Brown was appointed provost-marshal and assigned to Park County, where he served for nine months. In 1866 he came to Denver, where he engaged in the mercantile business with a brother-in-law for two years. When the Union Pacific Railroad was in process of construction to
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The maternal grandfather of Mr. Haynes, Col. E. H. Neil, of Skowhegan, Me., was one of the prominent citizens of that state, and stood high in the respect of all. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and also held many positions of trust. About 1820 he was colonel of the militia of his locality. By his marriage to Mary Fletcher four children were born, who attained maturity. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Francis F. Haynes, of East Farmington, Me.; one of his daughters married Timothy O. Howe, who was a member of the United States senate for eighteen years, and who died while serving as postmaster-general.
Silas B. A. Haynes, the father of our subject, was a man of prominence. He was educated in Maine, and read law under one of the most prominent attorneys there, Mr. Abbott, afterward a leader of the Boston bar. At the outbreak of the Civil war, in 1861, he was appointed paymaster with the rank of major, and served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged with the brevet commission of lieutenant-colonel. For many years afterward he was clerk of the United States senate committee on claims. In 1872 he came to Colorado, where his ability was soon recognized. He served as county judge of Weld County, and was state senator in the first and second general assemblies. By his marriage to Harriet C. Neil five children were born, of whom the oldest living son is Harry Neil.
Born at Green Bay, Wis., November 29, 1853, the subject of this sketch, when in his teens, went to Skowhegan, Me., and made his home with his grandfather during his father's sojourn in Washington. In 1872 he graduated from the high school, and the next year entered Colby University at Waterville, Me., where, as a junior, he received the first prize for composition and delivery, and in 1877 graduated as an A. B. with honors. In the catalogue he was given special mention for general work outside of the regular course, and received special honors for scholarship. His interest in college societies he has maintained, having held the highest office in Chi Chapter of the Zeta Psi Fraternity, from which he was a delegate to the Grand Chapter in Philadelphia in 1876. Since his graduation he has joined the noted alumni society, to which only graduates of high scholarship are admitted, the Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to entering college he had read law with Hon. Stephen Coburn, of Skowhegan, who was a member of congress in 1859-60. After graduating he came to Greeley, where he read with Haynes & Dunning, later with Symes & Decker in Denver.
Immediately after his admission to the bar in May, 1879, Mr. Haynes located at Fort Collins, where he resided for four years. In 1880 he entered his father's firm, the name of which was changed to Haynes, Dunning & Haynes, with offices in Fort Collins and Greeley. From Judge Elliott he received appointment as referee for irrigation district No. 3, the oldest and most thorough irrigation district in the state. His atten-
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tion to that trust was generally commended. In 1882 he removed to Greeley, and upon the retirement of his father in 1883, the firm took in Frank J. Annis, and was afterward known as Haynes, Dunning & Annis. Since 1887, when this partnership was dissolved, Mr. Haynes has practiced alone. The success attendant upon his conduct of many important cases has given him the prestige that assures him of all the business he can attend to. While engaged in general practice he has also given much attention to irrigation matters, and has the reputation of being one of the foremost attorneys in the state in this important branch of law. He has been connected with the majority of the prominent irrigation cases, and his judgment is much sought in these matters. He has had cases reported in all of the reports from the Fifth Colorado down. One of his most important cases not connected with irrigation was that of Allen vs. Glenn, in the thirteenth judicial district, in which he was counsel for Judge Allen in the supreme court. His services are in demand, not only in Weld County, but also in Arapahoe, Larimer, Boulder, Logan and Morgan Counties, as well as in the court of appeals and the supreme court. He has served as county attorney of Weld County and attorney for the city of Greeley.
Fraternally Mr. Haynes is connected with the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World. At the Pueblo session of the Woodmen in 1892 he was elected one of the head managers of the head camp of the Pacific jurisdiction, and has been twice re-elected, at Portland, Ore., in 1894, and at Helena, Mont., in 1896. During this time the order rapidly increased from three thousand to thirty-five thousand. He was a member of the board having control of the finances, which distributed $35,000 per month. He is also legal counsel for the head camp. He declined to be candidate for re-election as head manager at San Francisco, in 1898.
A member of the State Bar Association, Mr. Haynes is a member of its committee on legal education. He is interested in educational matters, and a member of the school board of Greeley. Politically he has always been a Republican, but not a politician in the ordinary usage of that word. His name was prominently mentioned for judge of the court of appeals, and in 1896 he was the nominee of the Republicans for state senator, and ran two hundred ahead of his ticket. He is a member of the University Club of Denver, and the Denver Chess, Checker and Whist Club. An admirer of chess, he is one of the best players of that game in the state. He attends the Congregational and Unitarian churches and contributes to both.
June 3, 1882, he married Anna E., daughter of Ovid and Anna (Miles) Plumb, of Greeley, a niece of ex-Congressman Frederick Miles, of Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes are the parents of two sons and three daughters, namely: Florence I., who is a student in the Greeley high school; Rhoda N., Rollin Fletcher, Dorothy Plumb and Harold Douglas.
ESSE S. GALE, president of the Union Bank of Greeley, is one of the leading business men of northern Colorado, and occupies a foremost position among the prominent financiers of the state. Genuine success is not likely to be the result of mere chance or fortune, but is something to be labored for and sought out with consecutive effort. Ours is a utilitarian age and the life of every successful man bears its lessons and as told in contemporary narration perhaps is productive of the greatest good. Mr. Gale has not only made a wide reputation as a most capable financier, but occupies a position of no little prominence in connection with the political affairs of the county, although he has never sought or desired political preferment. His life demonstrates what may be accomplished through energy, careful management, keen foresight and the utilization of the powers with which nature has endowed one, and the opportunities with which the times surround him.
Mr. Gale was born in Heath, Franklin County, Mass., September 16, 1845, and traces his ancestry back to three brothers who came from England in the seventeenth century and located in that state. His parents were Otis and Martha (Henry) Gale. The father, who was born in Massachusetts, in 1806, was a drover by occupation, selling his stock principally in Boston and Springfield before railroads had been built, and also owned and operated a farm. In religious faith he was a Unitarian and in political sentiment a Whig. He died at comparatively an early age, when our subject was ten years old.
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. His father, Luther Gale, spent his entire life in Massachusetts, and being one of the most prominent and influential agriculturists of his community, he was called upon to represent his district in the state legislature. His death occurred in Heath, Mass.
Our subject is the ninth in order of birth in a family of ten children, the others being: Edward H., deceased, who came to Colorado and was extensively engaged in the cattle business with our subject; Catherine, who died at the age of fifteen years; James, who was formerly interested in the cattle business in Colorado, but is now living retired in National City, Cal.; Martha, wife of Charles Coburn, of Hartford, Conn.; Prudence, who died in early life; Hanson, who died at the age of eleven; David H., who was formerly president of the Farm and Investment Company, and Savings Bank of Greeley, and died here September 6, 1894; Emma L., wife of Albert Bowen, proprietor of the Bowen Hotel of Boulder, Colo.; and Mary, who died in early womanhood.
Jesse S. Gale spent the first eighteen years of his life in his native town, acquiring his education in the common schools, the East Hampton schools and the Williston Seminary. He commenced his business career as a butcher, later spent one year as a marble cutter, and then engaged in the meat business at Shelburn Falls and East Hampton, Mass., in partnership with his brother, Edward, until coming to Colorado in 1881. They located in Greeley and under the firm name of E. H. & J. S. Gale extensively engaged in cattle ranging. In 1883 their brother, David, also became interested in the business and the name was changed to Gale Brothers. They became the most extensive cattle grazers in the state, having from six to ten thousand head at one time, branded with P.O. Edward died in January, 1890, and David in September, 1894, but our subject continued the business until 1898, when he sold out, carrying on operations in company with Walter J. Parr, under the name of Gale & Parr. In 1897 they had forty thousand head of sheep. In 1886 Mr. Gale became interested in the Union Bank of Greeley as a stockholder, later was elected vice-president, and has served as president since 1893. In 1897 the charter expired, it being one of the oldest banks in the state, but it was renewed under the name of the Union Bank of Greeley. Our subject is also a director in the Farm and Investment Company of Greeley, the Savings Bank and the Electric Light Company, and as a promoter of these enterprises has done much to advance the interests of the city. Besides his valuable town property he owns seven hundred acres of land in Weld County, four hundred of which are under cultivation, and he personally superintends its operation. As a business man he has been enterprising, energetic and always abreast of the times, and the success that has crowned his efforts is certainly well deserved,
At Wilmington, Vt., in 1866, Mr. Gale was united in marriage with Miss Jennie V. Morse, daughter of Gideon and Betsy (Mann) Morse, of that state, and they have become the parents of one son, Edward, the present cashier of the Union Bank. Politically Mr. Gale has always been a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and was president of the National Republican League of Weld County, and served as alderman from the second ward in Greeley in 1893-94. Fraternally he is a Royal Arch Mason, holding membership in Occidental Lodge No. 20, A. F. & A. M., and Greeley Chapter No. 13, R. A. M., of which he is past high priest. Formerly he also belonged to the Knights of Pythias.
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