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Edward K. Stafford is the only surviving child of his parents. He was born in Aurora, Ill., March 21, 1851, and was educated in the schools of St. Louis principally. In 1867 he went with his father to the south and learned the printer's trade in the office of the Mississippi Pilot. Later he became deputy clerk in the county court of Washington County, Miss., when, on account of poor health, he dropped confining clerical work and engaged in the manufacture of lumber. In 1881 he came to Boulder and obtained a position as bookkeeper for Isaac Berlin, dealer in hardware and groceries, then was employed by Bradley & McClure, dealers in dry goods and carpets, for four years, and later was deputy in the postoffice. At the time of his acceptance of his present position he was already familiar with the duties pertaining to this office, as he had filled the same kind of a position when a resident of Greenville, Miss. While there he was also made a member of the order of Odd Fellows in 1876, and is now a member of Boulder Lodge No. 9, of which he has been secretary for ten years and is past grand and ex-representative. Belonging also to the encampment branch of the order, he has been its scribe for the past eight years and is past chief patriarch. Both he and his wife are identified with Ruth Rebekah Lodge, I. O. O. F. They are members of the Christian Church, and for some years he has served as a deacon on the official board and clerk of the church. In 1880 he was married in Greenville, Miss., to Miss Ida B. Kelley. She is a daughter of James Kelley and is a native of Cambria, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford have three children: Hortense, Frank and Harlow.
EWIS HAGUS, one of the successful and enterprising farmers of Arapahoe County, is a native of the beautiful city of Cologne, Prussia, Germany. He is a loyal citizen of his adopted country, where he has dwelt since he was six years old, and in all ways seeks to uphold her laws and rights. He has lived in Colorado for the past thirty-five years, and is justly entitled to rank among the pioneers of the state, which he has seen developed from almost a wilderness to its present high cultivation. In everything that has affected the growth or progress of the state or county in which he has made his home, he has been actively interested, doing his share toward improvement.
The parents of our subject, Joseph and Elizabeth (Lerch) Hagus, were natives of Prussia, Germany, and both were born in the year 1808. They lived to a ripe age, the father dying in 1891 and the mother in 1893. The last years of their lives were happily passed in Colorado with their children, who dutifully and lovingly smoothed their pathways, and who had sent for them to come west, that they might be cared for as they could not have been at a distance.
Lewis Hagus was born December 30, 1841, and in 1847 crossed the broad Atlantic with the other members of his family who were seeking a home in the new world. The father was a tailor by occupation, and plied his calling in Galena, Ill., for many years successfully. In that pretty little town our subject grew to manhood, receiving the advantages of an excellent education in the meantime. When he was about seventeen years old he accepted a position in a china and crockery store, and continued to give his employers good satisfaction as to the manner in which he discharged his duties as long as he remained with them, which he did for some two. years. In 1860 he went to Bellevue, Iowa, and there soon found a situation as shipping-clerk for a large grain firm. In the spring of 1863 he came to Colorado in hopes of benefiting his health, which was somewhat poor at the time. Desiring to lead an outdoor life, according to the advice of his friends he began working in the mines. This pursuit he followed for two years or more, and was rewarded by gaining his special object, as well as by laying aside considerable money. He next decided that he would invest his capital in cattle and turn his attention to raising live stock. He did so, and met with more than his expected prosperity. Several years were spent by him in this undertaking and he then vent to Denver. In that city he resided from 1880 to 1885, being engaged in the manufacture of brick. In 1886 he purchased the tract of eighty acres on section 18, township 1 south, range 66 west, which he still owns and operates. Since the property came into his possession he has given all of his energies to its cultivation and has made substantial improvements. He is regarded by his neighbors as a man who thoroughly under-
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While living in Iowa, Mr. Hagus made the acquaintance of the lady who became his wife on New Year's day, 1878. She was Miss Josephine Weinschenk, a native of Bellevue, Iowa, and daughter of Xavier and Anna Weinschenk. Three children came to bless the hearts and home of Mr. and Mrs. Hagus, namely: Nelson J., a bright and ambitious young man of about nineteen years; Agnes Louise, who is now six years old; and Florence M., whose death occurred when she was an infant of six months.
EORGE KIRKBRIDE, who for a score of years has been a citizen of Boulder County, is engaged in the real-estate business and is extensively interested in mining. Both he and his wife are actively identified with temperance work, and for some years he has given his support to the Prohibition party. Upon several occasions he has been the candidate of his party for positions as alderman, state representative and state senator, and though he was of course defeated, his political friends being in a minority, his personal popularity was clearly demonstrated.
Mr. Kirkbride was born in the north of England, near the town of Appleby, Westmoreland County, September 28, 1843. His father, John, and his grandfather, Thomas, were both likewise natives of that locality, and were agriculturists. The family originated in Scotland several generations before. John Kirkbride was not only a farmer, but was also interested in lead-mining. He lived to be seventy-two years of age, dying, as he had lived, in the faith of the Church of England. His wife was Miss Mary Law prior to their marriage, she being a daughter of George Law of Westmoreland County. Her ancestors were English as far as they could be traced, and her immediate family were identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. John and Mary Kirkbride were the parents of three sons and two daughters.
The subject of this sketch is the only member of his family in the United States. He was educated in the national school at Ravenstonedale, and from his boyhood worked on his father's farm and in the mines. Later he engaged in the butcher business at Kirkbythore for about four years. In 1869 he came to the United States, and, locating in Crawford County, Mo., engaged in farming and stock-raising. He also superintended some iron mines for a Pennsylvania company.
It was in 1878 that Mr. Kirkbride concluded to come to Colorado, and upon arriving here he located in the Gold Hill district. Later he became the superintendent of the Prussian mine, and engaged in mining on his own account. At present he owns several valuable mining properties in Gold Hill and Sugar Loaf mining districts, which he is actively operating. For a short time he carried on a grocery business at Gold Hill, and in 1890 he removed to the vicinity of Longmont, where he carried on a farm successfully for some four years. Having traded that place for property in Boulder he came to this city. At present he owns some fine business and residence properties. In his various enterprises he has met with deserved success, for he has always exercised good judgment and forethought. Fraternally he is past officer in the Gold Hill lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
In his native land Mr. Kirkbride married Miss Jane Horn, who came from an old Westmoreland County family, and whose parents were William and Mary (Parker) Horn. Both died in England at the old family residence. Four of their eight children are living, but Mrs. Kirkbride is the only one of the number in the United States. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is a great worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkbride has been blessed with six children, namely: Mrs. Mary Parker Boyd, of Gold Hill; Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Bellman, of Boulder; Rachel Agnes, who is a student in the University of Colorado, the class of 1899; John William, now interested in mines near Gold Hill; George Edward, who died at the age of three years; and James Edwin, a student in the preparatory school at Boulder, where the others were all also educated. The central idea of Mr. Kirkbride's life has been theology. In early manhood he had appointments almost constantly
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to preach and lecture, addressing hundreds and sometimes thousands at a time. The following are some of his doctrines: Belief in God, belief in Jesus Christ as a revelation of God; belief in evolution, infinite love being the evolving power; belief that all religion is the result of this motive power; that inspiration is not confined to any age or people; that the power of love is omnipresent and that the highest types of humanity are its clearest revelation; that the Bible is the voice of God thrown upon the canvas by mortal hands; that the most spiritual life is associated with the most spiritual environment; that the ego must forever change from glory to glory as the unknown becomes known, and that to know God is life eternal.
HARLES B. ANDERSON, a very successful contractor and builder of Boulder, is of the third generation of Andersons who have devoted themselves to this line of employment. Nearly a quarter of a century has elapsed since he cast in his lot with the residents of the county seat, and during this period he has erected numerous residences and public buildings, which stand as monuments of his handiwork. He is a conscientious workman, thoroughly master of his trade and entirely reliable. He always makes a point of carrying out, to the letter, every contract he enters into, and his patrons are invariably satisfied with whatever work they entrust to him.
The paternal grandfather of our subject, Sven Anderson, was a carpenter and builder, and a much-respected man in his community in Sweden. His son Andrew, who was our subject's father, was likewise a native of Sweden, and followed the same occupation as his father had done before him. He lived to attain the good old age of four-score and seven years, and his faithful wife lacked but a year of the same age at the time of her death, in 1896. In her girlhood she was a Miss Gretta Larson, daughter of a man who was a farmer and carpenter as well. Andrew and Gretta Anderson were the parents of four daughters and five sons. John, one of the number, died in December, 1873, and the others are still living. August L. is now living in Boulder.
The birthplace of Charles B. Anderson is in Elsborglan, near Gottenburg, Sweden. The date of his birth is September 17, 1848. He attended school until he was twelve years of age and served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade with his father. He continued to work for him for a few years, at the same time studying draughting and the English language, for he had determined to seek his fortune in America, whither many of his young friends were going. For some years; however, he remained with his father, becoming thoroughly versed in everything pertaining to the business, and gaining invaluable experience.
In May, 1869, Mr. Anderson went to Liverpool, England, where he took passage in the good ship "City of Brooklyn," bound for the new world. He landed in New York City at the end of a voyage of eight and a-half days, and soon proceeded to Chicago. There he found employment with the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, at first as an interpreter, and later as a foreman. During the next three years he traveled extensively in eighteen states and three territories of the south and west, and, after all, concluded that Colorado offered the greatest attractions to a young man of energy and ambition. In 1872, therefore, he became a permanent resident of the state and for about three years made his home in Denver. In the spring of 1875 he came to Boulder, where he has since been a citizen. During the first three months of his stay here he was foreman in a carpenter shop, but from that time onward, has been in business alone. He erected the Highland school building, the Episcopal Church, the residence of Mr. DeLong, and many other prominent citizens, and is a director in the Boulder Building and Loan Association. While the wonderful boom was in progress in Leadville and Ward, he was also occupied in building there quite extensively. The first plate glass window that Boulder boasted, that in the Boston Clothing store, was put in place by Mr. Anderson, who has since set many others in various stores, etc.
The pleasant home of Mr. Anderson is located on Arapahoe street, in the eastern part of the town. Here he owns nineteen acres of fertile land, which is planted with two thousand fruit trees. He has been very successful in this enterprise, and has some mining investments as well. In his political affiliations, he is a Prohibitionist. The Swedish mission work, which he started, is in a flourishing condition, and he is the ruling
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OHN G. TREZISE, coroner of Boulder County, is one of the most progressive and enterprising business men to be found in the county seat. Socially he ranks very high, being identified with the Boulder Club and nearly all of the local fraternal organizations. He is secretary of the board of Boulder Cemetery trustees, and is the Colorado chairman of the executive committee and one of the arbitration committee of the State Funeral Directors' Association. In 1893 he was appointed to the position of county coroner by the county commissioners, and in the fall of that year was elected for a two years' term on the Republican ticket. Upon the expiration of his term he was re-elected, and in 1897 was returned to the office, receiving an overwhelming majority. In 1893 his majority was one thousand four hundred and two votes; in 1895 three thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, and.. in 1897 three thousand two hundred and seventy-six, the latter being by far the largest majorities ever given to any candidate for a position in this county. His increasing popularity is also plainly manifested by these figures, and the high regard in which he is held by his fellow-citizens is but his just due, as he is faithful and conscientious to the last degree in the discharge of his duties and always strives to serve the true interests of the public.
A native of England, Mr. Trezise was born in London in 1856, being a son of Edward and Alice Trezise, the latter of whom died when her son was an infant. Another son, Edward W., is in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad at Meno, Wis., as city freight agent. The father was engaged in mining in Cornwall, England, up to 1858, when he went to California. There he was also interested in mining for a few years, after which he went to the Lake Superior copper region, becoming superintendent of the Delaware Company mines. There his family joined him, and in 1871 John O. came to Colorado. The following year his father started in the milling industry in Central City and continued there until 1896, when he took charge of our subject's ranch of one hundred and sixty acres five miles northeast of Boulder. There large crops of hay and grain are grown and fine standard driving horses are raised. The ranch is improved with good fences and buildings, and is a model place.
Having learned the undertaking business with an uncle, Mr. Trezise settled in Central City in 1871, as previously noted. He was not yet seventeen years of age when he started in business on his own account, and now, with perhaps one exception, he is acknowledged to control the most extensive trade in the state in his line. Before many years had passed he had established branch offices in Idaho Springs and Denver, and managed the whole until his health gave way. Besides, he conducted a jewelry business in Central City; owned a furniture store and a livery and grocery as well. For two terms he was an alderman in Central City and served as chairman of the finance committee.
His many ambitious enterprises having undermined his health, Mr. Trezise went to England in 1886 and spent six months in his native land. During his stay there he married Miss Georgiana Tyack, a native of Cornwall. They settled in Boulder upon their arrival in Colorado, believing that the lower altitude would prove better suited to Mr. Trezise. He soon opened an undertaking establishment here and for one year carried a stock of furniture. In 1894 he started a hack and livery business, has two barns, and now has the largest trade in this line in the city. One of the first embalmers in this state, he now attends to a large business in this branch of work. Within a few years he has opened undertaking establishments in Erie, Weld County, and another in Louisville, Boulder County, both of which he carries on.
Formerly Mr. Trezise was a member of Central City Lodge No. 3, A. F. & A. M., and is now connected with Columbia Lodge No. 14, A. F. & A. M., of which he is past master; Boulder Chapter No. 7, R. A. M.; Mount Sinai Commandery No. 7, K. T., and El Jebel Temple, Mystic Shrine. He
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belongs to Silver Queen Lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F. the Boulder Canton of the Encampment, the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, the Knights of the Maccabees, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Red Men, the Fraternal Accident Association, the Fraternal Union and the Foresters. Of the last-mentioned he is a past officer. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he is one of its trustees. The three children of our subject and wife are Bessie, Ethel and Edith.
Several generations ago the founder of the branch of the Jones family in the United States came to these hospitable shores from his native land, Wales. Benjamin Jones, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Massachusetts and removed to Otsego County, N. Y., where his son Richard was born on the old homestead. The latter married Amelia Tuckerman, of the same county, and in 1838 they removed to Hillsdale, Mich. The father had a great task before him in clearing away the primeval forests and preparing his land for cultivation, but it was accomplished in due course of time and an excellent farm was evolved. Later the parents settled in Battle Creek, Mich., where they resided until death, the father attaining the ripe age of eighty-four years. The mother was a daughter of Benjamin Tuckerman, a native of Massachusetts and an early settler in Otsego County, N. Y. He was a hero of the Revolutionary war.
George T. Jones, who was born in Otsego County, N. Y., in 1831, is the only son of Richard and Amelia Jones. His eldest sister, Flora, died in Michigan; the next younger, Mary, is Mrs. Talmadge, of Boulder, and Fannie, Mrs. George McCullom, resides in Minnesota. When he was a child of about seven years the family moved to Michigan by way of the great lakes to Toledo, and thence across the Maumee swamp. In 1848 they located in Calhoun County, Mich., on a tract of heavily timbered land north of Battle Creek, and there the youth grew to manhood. He attended the district schools, where he learned the rudiments of knowledge, supplementing this later by a course of study in Olivet College. He became a first-class farmer, and after his three years' western trip, settled down to a quiet agricultural life in Michigan. He continued to dwell there until after the close of the Civil war, when he took up his residence in the town of Battle Creek, and for fifteen years carried on a butcher's business there. Some eighteen years ago he came to Colorado, and for three years was not actively engaged in business on account of poor health. He gradually gained his accustomed vigor in the bracing air of these uplands, and in 1884, with his two sons, Frank and Walter, started into the cattle-raising business in Middle Park. His large ranch, which is specially adapted for a cattle range, is located on the Grand River about twenty miles below Hot Sulphur Springs. At present the two young men are in charge of the ranch, and are making a splendid success of the enterprise. They have a very large herd of cattle, with a number of fine blooded Herefords among them. Father and sons are loyal Republicans, and are thoroughly patriotic, law-abiding citizens.
The first marriage of Mr. Jones, Sr., was solemnized in Battle Creek in 1856. The lady of his choice was Caroline M. Convis, daughter of Samuel Convis, of New York state, and the first settler in Battle Creek. Mrs. Jones was the first white child born in that locality, and there her entire life was passed. She died May 27, 1872, leaving three sons and a daughter, namely: Frank; Walter; Mrs. Annie Poole, of Nashville,
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AMUEL COPELAND, a worthy and honored citizen of Boulder, is one of the pioneers to whose energy and tireless zeal this county owes its development and progress in the march of civilization. He is and always has been a man of great public spirit and desire to do all within his power to advance and uplift the people with whom circumstances bring him into contact. His first trip to Colorado was made in 1860, and during the next four years he crossed the plains altogether nine times by ox-teams. He suffered the hardships and vicissitudes incident to camp life, and knows from intimate experience what it means to leave the comforts and luxuries of civilization, and instead, subsisting upon the barest necessities of life. He is a very entertaining conversationalist, and delights to recount his recollections of pioneer days on the plains and in the mountains, no less than his auditors are pleased to have him call up the past.
The paternal grandfather of our subject bore the same Christian name, Samuel. He was a New Hampshire farmer in his early manhood, later removing to the neighborhood of Dexter, Penobscot County, Me., where he cleared a farm in the wilderness. His son Royal, father of our subject, was born in New Hampshire, and in his turn cultivated the old homestead near Dexter. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and, following his patriotic example, his son, Joseph T., offered his services in the Civil war years later, and rose to the rank of brigadier-general. He was a resident of Michigan, and for six years lived in Pontiac, while he was judge of the supreme court of the state. He died in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1893, aged eighty years. Royal Copeland removed to Michigan about 1846, and passed the remainder of his life in the town of Dexter, Washtenaw County, dying at the age of seventy-nine years. His good wife, whose girlhood name was Alice Davis, was born in Wicasset, Me., and departed this life in Michigan when in her eighty-second year. Of their seven sons and two daughters but four survive.
Samuel Copeland was born in Dexter, Me., in 1819, and supplemented his public school work by attending the academies of St. Albans and Charleston, Me. When he was but sixteen he embarked in the mercantile business in Dexter and made a success of the enterprise. In 1848, with the rest of his father's family, he went to Michigan, and took up his residence in St. Clair, where he carried on a store. In the autumn of 1852 he went to Chicago, and the following year, on account of poor health, he concluded to pass a few months in Havana, Cuba. Arriving there he devoted his leisure time to various kinds of artistic endeavor, drawing and painting, etc.; much improved in health he returned to Michigan, and, having bought some pine lands in the vicinity of East Saginaw, he proceeded to manufacture lumber, and at the same time ran a store of general supplies. He owned two mills that were in active operation in Bay City, and was interested financially in the company which was then sinking salt-wells and turning out salt by the solar process.
Scarcely five years after his return from Cuba, the varied and arduous business enterprises of Mr. Copeland proved too much for his strength, and he decided that he would try a thorough change of climate and occupation. In the spring of 1860 he started for the Colorado gold fields, and at St. Joseph, Mo., fitted up eleven wagons (besides a spring wagon) to be drawn by twenty-eight yokes of oxen and four horses. This quite extensive caravan carried, in addition to the usual needed supplies and few household treasures, steam-boilers and engines for a sawmill and a quartz-mill. The latter was not of practical value, as it turned out under the conditions prevailing in this state, and that part of the plan of Mr. Copeland was abandoned. Proceeding to Gilpin County, he set up the sawmill, and operated it in what was known as Michigan Gulch until 1863. In the meantime he devoted a portion of his time to mining also.
In 1863 Mr. Copeland moved his machinery into Boulder County, and erected his sawmill about two and a-half miles north of the county seat. He engaged in the manufacture of lumber,
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shingles paid building material, moving his mill from time to time, as the supply of timber became exhausted. At that period he was the most extensive manufacturer of lumber in the county. From 1866 to 1870 he was in partnership with W. A. H. Loveland in the mercantile business in Boulder, in addition to all of his other industries, and he has been more or less interested personally in mining operations. In January, 1898, he sold the old mill that had done him such good service and it has been set up in Boulder. The old boiler is yet actively operating, and the new owners are busily manufacturing lumber. Our subject owns valuable real estate in Boulder, and his cozy home is at No. 1508 Water street. He is a member of the Boulder County Pioneer Association and formerly was identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically he has always been a Republican, and is in favor of a silver standard.
May 11, 1862, Mr. Copeland was married, in Saginaw City, Mich., to Miss Ellen E. Barnard, a native of Gilmanton, N. H., born July 27, 1831. With her father, Timothy Barnard, and the other members of his family, she removed to Penobscot County, Me., in 1832, and in 1859 to Michigan. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Copeland was blessed with three children, Evart B., Melville P. and Royal T. They have all been occupied in the lumber business and in mining ventures, and are bright, ambitious and successful business men of this place. Evart B. is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen; Melville P. belongs to the Woodmen of the World, and Royal T. to the Odd Fellows' society.
The parents of our subject, John August and Fredrica (Seipt) Lippoldt, who were likewise natives of Saxony, came to the United States at the same time. The father was a blacksmith by trade, and worked at that calling during his active life. At first the family settled in Milwaukee, but about a year later removed to Chicago. The father had served in the German army and took part in the Revolution of 1848, for which he was imprisoned a short time. His death occurred in Chicago when he had reached the age of seventy-three years. His wife, who also died in Chicago, was a daughter of August Seipt, a blacksmith, who served under the great Napoleon and went on the famous march to Moscow. Of the six children of John August and Fredrica Lippoldt, four survive. One son, Otto, is timekeeper for the Grant smelters, of Denver.
In his native land Charles H. Lippoldt learned the blacksmith's trade with his father and became an expert workman. After he located in Milwaukee, Wis., he continued to be employed at his trade, and from January, 1865, to August of the same year he lived in Chicago, where he was similarly engaged. Having heard much of the resources of Colorado, and having a young man's love of adventure and outdoor life, he determined to cross the plains. Going to Omaha, Neb., he started with ox-teams for the west, and before he arrived in Denver had had all of the experience in "roughing it" that he required. At points near Pine Bluff and Antelope Creek, his party were attacked by Indians, but succeeded in driving them off, without much loss. Until the spring of 1867 the young man worked at his trade in Denver, and then he joined a prospecting expedition bound for the Black Hills. They explored and hunted to their heart's content, thoroughly enjoying their experiences, and at the end of about two months returned to Colorado.
Mr. Lippoldt then entered the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad, which was then grading and working on the line west of Cheyenne, continuing as their blacksmith until 1868. He then went to Blackhawk, Gilpin County, Colo., and for two years was employed by Captain Tyler, at his trade. In 1870 he returned to Chicago, and started a blacksmith's shop in that city, but six months later his desire for the west overcome all other considerations, and, giving the shop to his father, he came back to Colorado. For nearly
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ten years he lived in Nederland, Boulder County, carrying on a blacksmith's shop, and at the same time being more or less interested in milling operations in Caribou and Russell Gulch. In 1880 he located in Boulder, and bought the livery stable which he has since successfully managed. The building is a substantial one, 50X110 feet in dimensions, and two stories high. The first floor is used for a feed and sale stable and the second floor is reserved for carriages and vehicles. Everything about the place is kept up in first-class style, and the local patronage of the establishment has steadily increased from the beginning of the enterprise.
Fraternally Mr. Lippoldt is connected with several orders, among them being the Knights of Pythias (Uniform Rank), the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and Knights of the Maccabees. In his political belief he is a Republican, with a strong leaning toward the silver standard. He is a charter member of the English Lutheran Church of this place. His marriage with Miss Jennie A. Barr, a native of Alton, Ill., took place in Boulder in 1885. They have one daughter, Genevieve.
The father of the above-named gentleman was Jacob Hankins, a native of Lancaster County, Pa. When he was a young man he removed to Jasper County, Iowa, there to found a home in what was then the far west. He had learned the blacksmith's trade in his youth and followed this calling to some extent after he had attained manhood. He was also occupied in conducting a mercantile establishment for many years and met with fair success. He was honored and respected in the community where he so long made his home and for the period of about twenty-six years he was county assessor. When well along in years, in 1891, he came to Boulder to live, and died here in 1896, aged about four-score, His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Rutter, died when the subject of this article was a child. She was born in Ohio, and with her father, Andrew Rutter, went to Iowa when she was young. She was the mother of seven children, only one of whom survives.
J. C. Hankins was born in Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa, January 19, 1858. His education was obtained in the common schools of his native town and in the Iowa State Agricultural College, at Ames, where he was a student for a year. His initial experience in business was as a clerk in a jewelry store. In 1879 he came to Colorado and at Gold Hill engaged in merchandising under the firm name of Rutter & Hankins. They carried a full line of general supplies, commenced on a small scale and gradually increased their stock and facilities for doing business. At the end of two years the partners sold out, and, removing to Boulder, embarked in the grocery and hardware business at the corner of Pearl and Fifteenth streets. They continued in this enterprise until December, 1888, in the meantime also running a branch store at Gold Hill. At the time that the partners concluded to dissolve their connection Mr. Hankins took charge of the Gold Hill store, and became the partner of T. C. Johnson. Together they transacted a large and paying business as Johnson & Hankins up to 1896, when our subject retired from the firm, selling his interest to Mr. Johnson. In February, 1889, the partnership of Hankins, Hiskey & Johnson had been organized, for the purpose of conducting a general store at Boulder, succeeding Isaac Berlin at that place. This was a very paying venture, but in the spring of 1894 Mr. Hankins sold his share to Mr. McNaughton. The firm of Hankins, Hiskey & Johnson were the prime movers in the organization of the Boulder Coal and Fire Clay Company and opened the Allen Bond mine, which was very actively and advantageously operated until a short time ago. It is situated about six and one-half miles from Boulder, and a branch of three and a-half miles of railroad was built by the owners in order to connect it with the Gulf Railroad, over which a large amount of coal has been shipped each year from the mine. Mr. Hankins has been treasurer of the company from the start and for the past three years has also been the
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