NORMAN W. BELLROSE, M. D.
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ing one of the largest stockmen of his section. In addition to his agricultural interests he owns a number of mines in Gilpin County. He and his wife were the parents of eight children, five of whom are now living.
In the public schools of Gilpin County the subject of this sketch received his education. At the age of twenty he became all employe in the Berthoud roller mills, with which he has since been connected. In 1896 he was selected by the board of directors as general manager of the null, and under his capable supervision the business has flourished to an unusual degree. He is one of the stockholders of the company, whose interests are safely guarded while in his hands. He believes in Republican principles and is stanch in support of them. For three years he held the office of town clerk of Berthoud. His time, however, has been given so closely to his business that he has little opportunity to mingle in public affairs.
The marriage of Mr. Newell took place in 1897, uniting him with Miss Isa Fenton, daughter of W. L. Fenton, of this city; and by her he has a daughter, Dora. Fraternally he is identified with Columbia Lodge No. 99, K. of P., in which he has passed the chairs. He and his wife attend the Presbyterian Church and are popular in the best social circles of their town. He is the only business man of Berthoud who was born in Colorado, and possesses the enterprise that is peculiarly noticeable in the west.
ORMAN W. BELLROSE, M. D., a prominent physician of Weld County and mayor of Eaton, is a native of Vermont, having been born in Swanton, that state, December I, 1865. His father, Joseph Bellrose, was a native of Canada, but through most of his life a resident of Vermont. For twenty-five years he was connected with the Barney Marble Company of Swanton, continuing with them until their retirement from business in 1887. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in Company K, Sixth Vermont Infantry, as a private, for a period of ninety days. On the conclusion of that term he re-enlisted, remaining in the service until the conflict was ended. He married Miss Lucy Beore, a native of New England. To them were born six children: Lucy, wife of Joseph Campbell, a resident of Turner's Falls, Mass.; Joseph G,, a prominent druggist of Burlington, Vt., who was elected secretary of the state board of pharmacy for a term of one year, and subsequently appointed by the governor for a term of five years, and has also been an active factor in securing the adoption of pharmaceutical laws in that state; Peter W., at present engaged in the milling business at Swanton, Vt.; Julia A., wife of A. B. Laviolett, an employe of the Grant Granite Works, at Barrie, Vt.; David H., a contractor and builder, of Denver, Colo.; and Norman W., our subject.
The early education of Dr. Bellrose was acquired in the public schools of his native town, and at the age of fifteen he entered the employ of a druggist, with whom he remained until he attained his majority. Subsequently he entered the medical department of the University of Vermont, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D., in 1889. During his collegiate career he was a prominent member of the Delta Mu fraternity, serving in various official capacities. He was elected chairman of the executive committee of the class of '89. He stood high in his classes and won the approbation of the faculty for thoroughness and close application.
On conclusion of his education Dr. Bellrose took charge of Dr. G. H. Gorham's practice at Alstead, N. H., where he remained until October, 1889. He then removed to Evans, Weld County, Colo., and in May, 1890, he settled permanently in Baton, his present residence. Since establishing himself in Eaton he has rapidly attained a prominent position among the medical fraternity of northern Colorado, and is recognized by his fellow towns people as a sterling and upright citizen. May 19, 1891, he established the City drug store, of which he is still the proprietor and manager. He is a member of the American Medical Association; the American Public Health Association; the Colorado State Medical and Pharmaceutical Association, and the Weld County Medical Association, and is president of the latter organization. He is also medical examiner of the Equitable, New York Life, Mutual Life of New York and Mutual Benefit of New Jersey insurance companies, and others. Fraternally he is connected with seventy-six Lodge No. 14, F. & A. M., of Swanton, Vt., and Eaton Lodge, I. O. O. F. He is a contributor to the journal of the American Medical
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March 1, 1893, Dr. Bellrose married Henrietta, daughter of John and Ann (Dickson) Trenholme, of Richmond, Province of Quebec, Canada. William Trenholme, great-grandfather of Mrs. Bellrose, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to America about 1820, settling on the St. Francis River, between Montreal and Quebec, and founded the town of Trenholmeville, where succeeding generations of the family have resided.
Dr. and Mrs. Bellrose are the parents of two children: Kenneth William and Norman Dewey. Politically the doctor is a stanch Republican, and in 1898 was elected mayor of his town, although the nomination was unsought by himself. He is a member of the Congregational Church and a firm advocate of the temperance cause. Socially he and his wife are among the leaders of Eaton, and his charming residence, one of the most imposing in Eaton, is ever open for the entertainment of their many friends.
UTHER HIXSON, a well-known citizen of Boulder, first came here in 1870, and, feeling assured that it had a bright future in store, decided to cast in his lot with its people. For the past three years he has been superintendent of the contracting department of the McAllister Lumber & Supply Company. About a quarter of a century ago he embarked in the contracting and building business here and has kept steadily employed, in the meantime having put up many of the best and most substantial structures in this section, among others the state university, the sisters' academy and the Methodist Episcopal Church. Always deeply interested in educational matters, he has acted as a member of the board here for the past nine years and was its president one year. During this period the high school and Highland school were erected and many improvements made, both in the system of educating the young and in giving them better facilities.
Our subject is the eldest of the thirteen children of Jonathan and Catherine (Somers) Hixson, natives of Westmoreland and Somerset Counties, Pa., respectively. The father went to Ohio in early manhood and engaged in cultivating a farm near Shanesville, Tuscarawas County, until shortly before his death, at the ripe age of eighty years. His father, Amos, was born in Massachusetts and lived in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He departed this life when in his eighty-eighth year. Mrs. Catherine Hixson was a daughter of Jacob Somers, a pioneer farmer of the Buckeye state and a veteran of the war of 1812. His father was a hero of the Revolutionary war.
Luther Hixson was born in Shanesville, Ohio, October 19, 1843, and grew to manhood upon a farm. He received ordinary school advantages and learned the carpenter's trade with an uncle. When not yet eighteen years of age, in July, 1861, the young patriot, following the example of his worthy ancestors, volunteered his services to his loved country. He joined Company G, Fifty-first Ohio Infantry, which company had organized in May for three months' service, but were not accepted as the state quota was already filled. Mr. Hixson was mustered in at Camp Meigs, Ohio, and sent south by way of Camp Dennison, and later was drilled at Camp Mitchell, near Louisville, Ky., by General Mitchell himself. Then, being placed under the command of General Nelson, they were transferred to Camp Wycliffe, Ky., and finally ordered to reinforce General Thomas. The time of drilling and camp life under which he and his comrades had been chafing was now past and from that time on they had all the active service they could possibly desire. After taking part in the battle of Shiloh Mr. Hixson participated in that of Stone River. Here he was wounded in the right groin and had a narrow escape, as a box of cartridges in his watch pocket stopped the bullet and saved his life. In a short time he managed to regain his senses and had just bravely loaded his gun preparatory to resuming the combat when he was shot near the right shoulder-blade. He was sent to the hospital, and as soon as he was able to move around the plucky youth was back in the ranks. At Tullahoma he arrived in time to take the gun from the relaxing grip of a wounded comrade and fought stanchly in the action that followed. At Chickamauga he was placed in the skirmish line and was wounded by a spent ball, which he carried throughout the battle. Among other famous engagements in which he had a
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hand are those of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Tunnel Hill (Ga.), Dalton, Resaca, Kingston, Burnt Hickory, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, Lovejoy Station, Spring Hill (where he was with General Thomas), Franklin and Nashville. In the last-mentioned encounter Hood's army was completely routed and numerous prisoners were taken. When news of the surrender of Lee came he was in Eastern Tennessee, and with other "veterans" was soon sent to Texas to look after affairs there which needed attention. Several months were required to effect the entire surrender of the western rebels, but at last it was accomplished and Mr. Hixson was mustered out as first duty-sergeant and was granted an honorable discharge at Columbus, Ohio, in the first week in December, 1865.
After spending a few weeks at home, young Hixson started for the west in search of a home and fortune. Locating in Jefferson, Iowa, he engaged with his brother-in-law in the hardware and agricultural implement business, but the indoor life proved too confining for one who had passed over four years in the field. Therefore he sold out and turned his attention to building and contracting for bridges, and in the fall of 1866 he settled in Fort Calhoun, Neb. In company with a Mr. Hughes he made out the abstract for Washington County, Neb. In the spring of 1867 he and seventy-five ex-soldiers took passage in the first boat leaving Sioux City for Fort Benton, Mont., arriving at their destination after a trip of forty-one days. There Mr. Hixson engaged in mining and farming, also working at his trade, for which labor he received $14 a day. November 1, 1870, he started for Colorado by team and vent to Greeley. He did not like the prospects there and was on his way to Caribou when he arrived at Boulder. Here he concluded to stay, and the following morning started work at his trade. He has never seen occasion to regret his decision that he would permanently remain here, for he has prospered and enjoyed his identification with the town's interests. He owns a finely improved farm two miles east of Boulder and superintends its cultivation.
The marriage of Luther Hixson and Eveline L. Milk took place in Boulder June 25, 1873. Mrs. Hixson is a native of Cattaraugus County, New York. The couple have three children; Howard H., a steamfitter and plumber of Boulder; Thomas Edison, whose education was acquired in the high school and State University, and who is now engaged in mining at Caribou; and Alice Mary, of the class of 1901, University of Colorado.
Fraternally Mr. Hixson belongs to Boulder Lodge No. 45, A. F. & A. M.; is a member of Boulder Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F.; a charter member of the encampment and a charter member of Canton Boulder No. 13 and its first captain. He is also past commander of Nathaniel Lyon Post No. 5, G. A. R. Politically he is a silver Republican. When the English Lutheran Church was organized here he was prominently connected with the enterprise and is now a trustee.
UDOLPH KOENIG, formerly mayor of Golden and commissioner of Jefferson County, came to Weld County in 1889 and is now the owner of seven hundred acres here. He is one of the largest cattle dealers in this locality, having on his place about two hundred head of fine cattle besides a number of horses. While stock-raising has been his principal occupation, he also engages in general farming, desiring to raise enough feed for his stock. In addition to his other interests he is secretary of the Hillsborough and the Farmers' Ditch Companies.
A native of Switzerland, born in 1843, the subject of this sketch is a son of Christian and Magdalena Koenig. His father brought the family to the United States in 1856 and settled in Allegheny County, Pa., but after seventeen years devoted to general farming there he came to Colorado in 1873, settling in Golden. He died there during the same year at seventy-seven years of age. When a boy, his son, our subject, attended the public schools of Allegheny County. In 1867 he came to Colorado and began the manufacture of fire brick at Golden, which business he followed for five years. In 1879 he was made president and general manager of the Golden Smelting Company and remained in the position until 1888, shortly before his removal to Weld County.
The first presidential vote cast by Mr. Koenig was for Abraham Lincoln, and he has continued to be a Republican from that day to this. While
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. in Golden he took an active part in local politics, and was one of the most influential residents of the city. In educational matters, too, he has been warmly interested, and his service as secretary of school district No. has been helpful to the cause of education in his locality. Fraternally he is identified with Golden Lodge No. 1, A. F. & A. M., of which he was treasurer for ten years, and Golden Chapter No. 5, R. A. M. In 1881 he married Miss Emma Schupbach, by whom he has seven children.
ETER TURNER, who resides in Berthoud, Larimer County, and has followed the occupations of farmer, miner and stone-mason through his active life, was born in Franklin County, Va., in 1838. He spent the years of his boyhood and youth in the Old Dominion, and from there, in 1857, he went to Iowa, where he remained for four years, engaged in farm pursuits. When the tide of emigration began to turn westward to the mines of the mountains he resolved to seek his fortune in the far west, as Colorado was then considered. Having no family, he felt free to brave the hardships and dangers of frontier life. Accordingly, in 1861, he crossed the plains, and, arriving in Central City, embarked in gulch mining, at which he continued for some years.
Returning to Iowa in 1864, Mr. Turner married Miss Elizabeth Searcy. Not wishing to bring his young wife to the frontier, he settled upon a farm in Iowa, and there he engaged as a tiller of the soil, also following the stone-mason's trade, until 1873. He then again crossed the plains, accompanied by his family, making the long journey with a team and wagon and camping at night by the wayside. Indians were troublesome at that time, and the family suffered no little anxiety, fearing au attack from the savages.
For four years Mr. Turner followed milling in the then new camp of Sunshine, which afterward became a noted mining camp. From Boulder County, in 1876, he removed to his present homestead, which was then barren, unimproved land. He took up a quarter section of land, embarked in farming and built the first house between the Big and Little Thompson. In 1884 he laid off lots, which he sold for building purposes, and the town of Berthoud now stands on a part of his original acreage.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner are the parents of six children, namely: Beverly B.; William; Susan Sunshine, who was the first child born in Sunshine camp and who for four years has been a teacher in the graded public schools, being active and successful in educational work; Mattie, wife of Fenton Matthews; Gustavus Adolphus and James Adelphus. The family attend the United Brethren Church, of which Mrs. Turner is an active member. She is identified with the aid society in connection with the church, and holds the position of vice-president of the society. In fraternal relations Mr. Turner is identified with the Odd Fellows, while his wife is noble grand of the Order of Rebekah.
LFRED E. JOHNSON, who was the pioneer gardener in the Prospect Valley, six miles from Denver, and who has prospered in his enterprises here, was born near Boros, Sweden, March 19, 1854, the son of John A. and Sarah (Johnson) Johnson. He was one of a family of five children, three of whom survive, himself and two sisters, Anna J., wife of August Anderson, of Sweden, and Christine C. His father is still living in the vicinity of Boros, where his entire life has been passed. Farming has been his chosen occupation, but, in addition to it, he has engaged in lumbering and the raising of cattle. He is now eighty-six years of age.
With the exception of two years spent in work for neighboring farmers, the subject of this sketch remained beneath the parental roof until he was twenty-five years of age. In the spring of 1880 he came to America, landing in New York, but spending only one night there. He went direct to Providence, R. I., where he worked at any occupation he could find. Finally he secured steady employment with Budlong & Sons, the extensive gardeners at that place. In the spring of 1885 he returned to visit his parents and friends in Sweden, and after a pleasant stay of a few weeks, he came back to his American home. He spent the summer of 1885 in Rockford, Ill., where he was employed in gardening. From there he came to Colorado, and in the winter of 1885-86 he worked for the Denver Water Company. In the spring of 1886 he secured work in Grandview,
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