MATHEW T. ULEN.

MATHEW T. ULEN.
Mathew T. Ulen is now living retired in Laramie, making his home at No. 514 Grand street. He was born on the 13th of June, 1843, on the boundary line between Missouri and Iowa. His father, the late Samuel Z. Ulen, was a native of Kentucky and a descendant of Benjamin Ulen, a native of England, who came to America with the English army, with which he served as a lieutenant. Shortly afterward, however, he deserted the English forces and became a spy for the American revolutionists. He became a noted Indian fighter and was instrumental in leading the Kentucky forces in driving the Indians out of the state, so that no longer could Kentucky be called "the dark and bloody ground." He lived to the remarkable old age of one hundred and twenty-five years and during the last quarter of a century was an invalid. Samuel Z. Ulen, the father of Mathew T. Ulen, was a prosperous farmer who removed to Illinois during the latter '30s, locating in Pulaski county, where he passed away at the age of sixty-seven and a half years. During the period of the Civil war he tried to enlist but the colonel refused to accept his services on account of the fact that he had six sons and a foster son who were already serving in the army, the regiment commander telling him to return home and care for his farm. In early manhood he married Margaret Ann Thompson, a native of Greenup, Kentucky, and a daughter of one of the old pioneer families of the Blue Grass state, of Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson departed this life in 1865 at the age of forty-seven years, the father dying in the month of March and the mother in August. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Z. Ulen had twelve children, eleven of whom reached adult age, eight sons and three daughters. Seven of the number served in the Civil war, one of these being the foster son. It will thus be seen that the family has long been noted for bravery and for an intense military spirit, which was manifested not only by these brothers but by the father and the grandfather. It is related that on one occasion during the period of his warfare with the Wyandotte Indians the Indian chief expressed in the presence of Esquire Frazier great admiration for the ability of Benjamin Ulen at the time that he was pursued by the Indians back of Hanging Rock. In the chase the Indians drove him to the beetling crag that gave the town its name. The red men thought surely they had Ulen in their clutches, for they were all on one side and the precipice on the other, but as they reached the edge of the rock Ulen could nowhere be found. He had leaped over the crag and hastened to his canoe, which he had hidden at the mouth of Osborne's run and had made good his escape. The Indian chief in discussing the matter expressed disappointment that they had not killed him or that he had not killed himself by the fearful leap, for Ulen had no use whatever for the Indians and made it his practice to kill every redskin that he met in the woods in order to drive the Indians out of Kentucky. The English government also placed a large reward on his head at the time of the Revolutionary war. The spirit of his ancestors was shown in Mathew T. Ulen when, in response to the country's call for troops to aid in the suppression of the rebellion in the south, he joined Company B of the One Hundred and Forty-third Illinois Infantry, with which he served for nine months, when he was compelled to return home on account of ill health. He afterward migrated to the west and on the 1st of October, 1874, took up his abode in Denver and a short time later removed to Cheyenne, arriving there November 20, 1874. The following year he came to Laramie, where he arrived on the 12th of November, 1875, at which time the city had a population of about one thousand. He entered the real estate and loan business in the fall of 1891, which he continuously and successfully followed for almost a quarter of a century, or until March, 1913, when he retired from active business life, since which time he has spent his days in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. On the 26th of July, 1872, at the St. Charles Hotel, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Mr. Ulen was married to Miss Addaline Carpenter, a native of Jeffersonville, Indiana, born March 28. 1848, and a daughter of George Carpenter, who was a pioneer of Illinois and was a direct descendant of Thomas Carpenter, who came to America with the British army, but he, too, became convinced of the righteousness of the cause of the colonists in their struggle for independence. The mother of Mrs. Ulen, Mrs. Erminda Carpenter, died in Jeffersonville, Indiana, at the age of thirty-four years. She was born in Knox county, Tennessee, was a lifelong member of the Baptist church and was a very devout Christian woman of a most lovable character. She had a twin sister and the two sisters died within a few days of each other, both being buried in the same grave. Both possessed unusually strong characters and well balanced minds and their lives were the expression of a decided piety. Mrs. Ulen's twin sister was named Annaline, while her younger brother was Charles E. Carpenter, of Laramie, judge of the second judicial district, who died suddenly at Casper, Wyoming, on December 28, 1912. To Mr. and Mrs. Ulen was born one child, who was named in honor of her grandmother, Erminda and who died when five years old. Politically Mr. Ulen has always been a republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and he belongs to the American Protective Association and to the Grand Army of the Republic, thus maintaining pleasant relations with his old military comrades with whom he followed the stars and stripes on the battlefields of the south. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church and are devout Christian people, highly honored and respected wherever known and most of all where they are best known. Back of each is an ancestry honorable and distinguished, both coming of families whose records figure prominently upon the pages of history. The example of their worthy forbears they have followed and they in turn receive the respect and goodwill which are ever accorded people of genuine personal worth.

Mathew T. Ulen is now living retired in Laramie, making his home at No. 514 Grand street. He was born on the 13th of June, 1843, on the boundary line between Missouri and Iowa. His father, the late Samuel Z. Ulen, was a native of Kentucky and a descendant of Benjamin Ulen, a native of England, who came to America with the English army, with which he served as a lieutenant. Shortly afterward, however, he deserted the English forces and became a spy for the American revolutionists. He became a noted Indian fighter and was instrumental in leading the Kentucky forces in driving the Indians out of the state, so that no longer could Kentucky be called "the dark and bloody ground." He lived to the remarkable old age of one hundred and twenty-five years and during the last quarter of a century was an invalid.
Samuel Z. Ulen, the father of Mathew T. Ulen, was a prosperous farmer who removed to Illinois during the latter '30s, locating in Pulaski county, where he passed away at the age of sixty-seven and a half years. During the period of the Civil war he tried to enlist but the colonel refused to accept his services on account of the fact that he had six sons and a foster son who were already serving in the army, the regiment commander telling him to return home and care for his farm. In early manhood he married Margaret Ann Thompson, a native of Greenup, Kentucky, and a daughter of one of the old pioneer families of the Blue Grass state, of Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson departed this life in 1865 at the age of forty-seven years, the father dying in the month of March and the mother in August. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Z. Ulen had twelve children, eleven of whom reached adult age, eight sons and three daughters. Seven of the number served in the Civil war, one of these being the foster son. It will thus be seen that the family has long been noted for bravery and for an intense military spirit, which was manifested not only by these brothers but by the father and the grandfather. It is related that on one occasion during the period of his warfare with the Wyandotte Indians the Indian chief expressed in the presence of Esquire Frazier great admiration for the ability of Benjamin Ulen at the time that he was pursued by the Indians back of Hanging Rock. In the chase the Indians drove him to the beetling crag that gave the town its name. The red men thought surely they had Ulen in their clutches, for they were all on one side and the precipice on the other, but as they reached the edge of the rock Ulen could nowhere be found. He had leaped over the crag and hastened to his canoe, which he had hidden at the mouth of Osborne's run and had made good his escape. The Indian chief in discussing the matter expressed disappointment that they had not killed him or that he had not killed himself by the fearful leap, for Ulen had no use whatever for the Indians and made it his practice to kill every redskin that he met in the woods in order to drive the Indians out of Kentucky. The English government also placed a large reward on his head at the time of the Revolutionary war.
The spirit of his ancestors was shown in Mathew T. Ulen when, in response to the country's call for troops to aid in the suppression of the rebellion in the south, he joined Company B of the One Hundred and Forty-third Illinois Infantry, with which he served for nine months, when he was compelled to return home on account of ill health. He afterward migrated to the west and on the 1st of October, 1874, took up his abode in Denver and a short time later removed to Cheyenne, arriving there November 20, 1874. The following year he came to Laramie, where he arrived on the 12th of November, 1875, at which time the city had a population of about one thousand. He entered the real estate and loan business in the fall of 1891, which he continuously and successfully followed for almost a quarter of a century, or until March, 1913, when he retired from active business life, since which time he has spent his days in the enjoyment of a well earned rest.
On the 26th of July, 1872, at the St. Charles Hotel, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Mr. Ulen was married to Miss Addaline Carpenter, a native of Jeffersonville, Indiana, born March 28. 1848, and a daughter of George Carpenter, who was a pioneer of Illinois and was a direct descendant of Thomas Carpenter, who came to America with the British army, but he, too, became convinced of the righteousness of the cause of the colonists in their struggle for independence. The mother of Mrs. Ulen, Mrs. Erminda Carpenter, died in Jeffersonville, Indiana, at the age of thirty-four years. She was born in Knox county, Tennessee, was a lifelong member of the Baptist church and was a very devout Christian woman of a most lovable character. She had a twin sister and the two sisters died within a few days of each other, both being buried in the same grave. Both possessed unusually strong characters and well balanced minds and their lives were the expression of a decided piety. Mrs. Ulen's twin sister was named Annaline, while her younger brother was Charles E. Carpenter, of Laramie, judge of the second judicial district, who died suddenly at Casper, Wyoming, on December 28, 1912. To Mr. and Mrs. Ulen was born one child, who was named in honor of her grandmother, Erminda and who died when five years old.
Politically Mr. Ulen has always been a republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and he belongs to the American Protective Association and to the Grand Army of the Republic, thus maintaining pleasant relations with his old military comrades with whom he followed the stars and stripes on the battlefields of the south. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church and are devout Christian people, highly honored and respected wherever known and most of all where they are best known. Back of each is an ancestry honorable and distinguished, both coming of families whose records figure prominently upon the pages of history. The example of their worthy forbears they have followed and they in turn receive the respect and goodwill which are ever accorded people of genuine personal worth.