Residence of HARRY L. GILPIN-BROWN, on his ranch, Livermore, Colo.
Mardos CollectionResidence of HARRY L. GILPIN-BROWN, on his ranch, Livermore, Colo.
Residence of CHARLES GILPIN-BROWN, on his ranch, Livermore, Colo.
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twelve years. Meantime he and his brother purchased one hundred and twenty acres of his present homestead. From time to time they bought other tracts and made improvement on the property. Here he has resided since 1868 and has given his attention principally to farming, although he still owns mining interests in Gilpin County. He was reared in the Democratic faith, but has little time for politics and no inclination to strive for office.
In Gilpin County, in 1886, Mr. Aulsebrook married Miss Carrie Kloth, who was born in Galena, Ill., of German parentage, and received a fair education. The year after their marriage they settled upon their present farm, and here they have since resided. They are the parents of three children, viz.: Perry, who was born in Gilpin County April 24, 1887; Lena, who was born in Gilpin County July 7, 1889; and William, who was born on the home farm in Douglas County August 7, 1896. The farm property is well improved and speaks volumes for the care and cultivation bestowed upon it by its owner. In addition to raising general farm products, he handles cattle and has on his farm about one hundred head of fine cattle.
HARLES GILPIN-BROWN. Among the ranches of Larimer County, and indeed among those in the state, there are few that excel in improvements the one owned and occupied by the subject of this article. Coming to this country from England, instead of the almost perpetual fogs of his native home, he has enjoyed the almost perpetual sunshine of his mountain home. His place comprises twelve hundred acres, in one body, situated on Lone Pine and Rabbit Creeks, and irrigated by many miles of private ditches. About two hundred acres are planted to alfalfa, while much of the remaining tract is utilized as pasturage for his graded Shorthorn cattle. The land is situated twenty-four miles from Fort Collins and one and one-half miles from Livermore, adjoining Leslie Horsley's ranch on the east. Upon it stands one of the most attractive homes in the county. Built of frame, three stories in height, surrounded on three sides by a broad piazza, it contains fourteen commodious rooms, furnished with taste and elegance, and supplied with hot and cold water and all the conveniences of modern life. The surrounding scenery is wild and picturesque; in the rearward stretch the mountains, grand and rugged in their stately beauty. Their presence has a value besides that of gratifying an esthetic taste, for they temper both the heat of summer and cold of winter and prevent undue extremes of temperature.
On his father's landed estate, Sedbury, near Richmond, England, Charles Gilpin-Brown was born September 24, 1857. His father, George Gilpin, was a son of John Gilpin, of an old Engish (sic) family. He was an only son and until 1840 bore the name of Gilpin, but on account of the heirship of some property, he added the name of Brown, making the family name Gilpin-Brown. He was a large land owner and was proprietor of the estate, Sedbury, in Yorkshire, also lord of the manor of Arkendale, consisting of twenty-two thousand acres, twenty miles from Sedbury. His father, who was an Episcopalian clergyman, was also lord of the manor of Arkendale. One of his most famous ancestors was Bernard Gilpin, who lived in the time of Queen Mary, and, being police to the clergy, had to suffer the penalty. He was condemned to be beheaded and was on the way to London when he broke his leg. Fortunately for him, while his limb was healing, the queen was beheaded, and thus his life was saved. For years it had been a favorite saying of his that everything that happened was for the best; and certainly this proved true at that time.
Fraternally George Gilpin-Brown was a Mason. For some time he served as a magistrate. He died in December, 1887. His wife, who was Louisa Dundas, was a member of an old family and is now living at Sedbury. Of their twelve children all but two are living. George Thomas is a magistrate and resides at the family manor, Sedbury. William lives in Lincolnshire and Frances at Sedbury. Edward, who took part with the Ninety-second Highlanders in the Afghanistan campaign of 1876-78, was promoted from lieutenant to captain for meritorious service. He also served through the Egyptian campaign. He now lives in Regina, Canada, and is captain of the Regina mounted police. Louisa lives at Sedbury; Charles is next in order of birth; Octavia is at Sedbury; Harry L. is represented on another page of this volume; Helen remains at the old home place and Frederick is a first lieutenant in the English navy.
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