MARCUS D. HOLBROOK.

MARCUS D. HOLBROOK.
Marcus D. Holbrook is one of the most progressive of the citizens of northern Wyoming and is filling the office of county clerk of Crook county. With faith in its future, he is doing everything in his power to advance the progress and upbuilding of the state and his labors are farreaching and resultant. He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on the 29th of July, 1857, and is a son of Marcus D. and Rebecca L. (Adams) Holbrook. The father was identified with the newspaper business and was a brother of Alva M. Holbrook, for many years a well known publisher of the New Orleans Picayune. Both the father and mother of Marcus D. Holbrook spent their entire lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Their son, Marcus D. Holbrook, was educated in the schools of that city, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, and after his textbooks were put aside he made his way westward to try his fortune in the new but rapidly developing country. He arrived in Dakota territory in 1883, settling in what is now Butte county, South Dakota, where he preempted one hundred and sixty acres of land. He then engaged in cattle punching and in ranching for three years and became familiar with the life of the open range and with everything connected with cattle raising on the plains of the west. In 1886 he arrived in Crook county, Wyoming, and the following year he returned to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in business for nine years, but the lure of the west was upon him and in 1896 he returned to Crook county, where he took up a homestead and concentrated his efforts upon ranching. He continued to further develop and improve his property as the years passed and recognition of his ability and worth led to his election to the office of county clerk in 1912. That he has made a most capable official is indicated in the fact that he has been twice reelected to the position and is now serving for the third term. In 1904, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mr. Holbrook was united in marriage to Miss Sally L. Hensel, who is a member of the Christian church and, like her husband, is most widely and favorably known in this section of the state. He is justly accounted one of the most prominent citizens of northern Wyoming and one whose labors have been an important factor in developing the growth and promoting the progress of his section of the state.

Marcus D. Holbrook is one of the most progressive of the citizens of northern Wyoming and is filling the office of county clerk of Crook county. With faith in its future, he is doing everything in his power to advance the progress and upbuilding of the state and his labors are farreaching and resultant.
He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on the 29th of July, 1857, and is a son of Marcus D. and Rebecca L. (Adams) Holbrook. The father was identified with the newspaper business and was a brother of Alva M. Holbrook, for many years a well known publisher of the New Orleans Picayune. Both the father and mother of Marcus D. Holbrook spent their entire lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Their son, Marcus D. Holbrook, was educated in the schools of that city, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, and after his textbooks were put aside he made his way westward to try his fortune in the new but rapidly developing country. He arrived in Dakota territory in 1883, settling in what is now Butte county, South Dakota, where he preempted one hundred and sixty acres of land. He then engaged in cattle punching and in ranching for three years and became familiar with the life of the open range and with everything connected with cattle raising on the plains of the west. In 1886 he arrived in Crook county, Wyoming, and the following year he returned to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in business for nine years, but the lure of the west was upon him and in 1896 he returned to Crook county, where he took up a homestead and concentrated his efforts upon ranching. He continued to further develop and improve his property as the years passed and recognition of his ability and worth led to his election to the office of county clerk in 1912. That he has made a most capable official is indicated in the fact that he has been twice reelected to the position and is now serving for the third term.
In 1904, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mr. Holbrook was united in marriage to Miss Sally L. Hensel, who is a member of the Christian church and, like her husband, is most widely and favorably known in this section of the state. He is justly accounted one of the most prominent citizens of northern Wyoming and one whose labors have been an important factor in developing the growth and promoting the progress of his section of the state.