EUGENE ALEXANDER.

This prominent stockman and Progressive citizen of the New Fork country of Uinta county, Wyoming, was born in Onondaga county, New York, on February 5, 1844, where his parents, William and Maria (Ives) Alexander, were born and reared, and after long lives of usefulness were laid to rest amid the scenes they loved and the institutions they had improved by their labors and their influence for good. The father was a man of prominence in local affairs, serving two terms as sheriff of the county, and being active and potential in all matters contributing to the welfare of the community. His wife died in 1861, aged sixty-four years, and he in 1862, aged sixty-five, both being of old Colonial stock and English ancestry. Their son, Eugene, was the eleventh of their twelve children, of whom eight are still living. He was educated in the schools of his native, county, thereafter engaging in driving stage between Fort Kearney and Albiaville for the Holliday Overland Stage Line for two years. In 1866 he went to Yankton, S. D., and was employed by the U. S. government in freighting, and in other capacities, for about three years and during this time he built a government warehouse above Fort Sully on Ash Bend at the mouth of the Cheyenne River.   At the end of his government service he settled on a ranch on the Missouri River, ten miles west from Yankton, and remained there until the spring of 1880, then going to the Niobrara country where he ranched for four years. He then sold his ranch and removed to Bear Lake, Idaho, with his cattle, wintering there two years. In 1888 he came to Wyoming and located on the ranch which is now, and has since been, his home, and which consists of 240 acres. Here he and his family own land lying four miles in extent along the creek, a tract of about 720 acres, the most of which is fine meadow, furnishing excellent grazing for their cattle. They have all the land under fence and well improved, making it show in every feature their enterprising and Progressive spirit, and tributary in all respects to the support of their herds of superior cattle and horses.   Mr. Alexander was married, at Yankton, S. D., on June 6, 1867, to Miss Nancy Butler, a native of Armstrong county, Pa., and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Replinger) Butler, also natives of that state, descendants of old New Jersey Colonial families of English ancestry. Mrs. Alexander was made postmistress of the office which bears their name when it was established in 1900. They have five children, Charlotte, married to James Redmond of Montpelier, Idaho; Frank; Eugene E., living at Fort Washakie; Charles C.; William J. The sons are much sought for as guides for hunting parties, being well trained for the business and having a thorough and accurate knowledge of the country.  Biographie Index

DAVID ANDERSON

The sons of Scotland inevitably make their mark in whatever part of the world they may happen, through the mutations of time and travel, to cast their lot, and the able gentleman whose name opens this biographical record is no exception to the rule. David Anderson, the contractor and builder at Evanston. Uinta county, Wyoming, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on January 2, 1853, a son of David and Margaret (Ferguson) Anderson, the former of whom was born in 1707 near the city named, where he was reared a farmer. The father died in Glasgow, December 31, 1852, a devout member of the Presbyterian church, his remains being interred at the little village of Chryston. Mrs. Margaret (Ferguson) Anderson was a daughter of James and Alargaret (Connel) Ferguson, who were also farming people. James and Margaret Ferguson were married in 1810, and were probably born about 1774. The mother, Margaret Anderson, died on December 21, 1884, in Glasgow, where her remains were interred in Janefield cemetery. David Anderson was the youngest in a family of three boys and three girls, who all had the advantage of a solid education in the excellent public schools of Glasgow. After quitting school, voung Anderson learned the trade of a joiner, after which he engaged in the manufacture of furniture in Glasgow for about five years, and a few years later, in 1885, came direct to Evanston, Wyo., and at once entered upon the career of contracting and building which he has since carried on with eminent success, many of the finest buildings in Evanston and the surrounding country being the result of his handicraft. Mr. Anderson makes many judicious ventures in real-estate, principally in city lots, on which he erects buildings adapted to business or dwelling purposes and is the owner of some of the finest edifices of Evanston. He was united in marriage, in Evanston, on December 21, 1894. with Miss Annie B. Black, an adopted daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Black, which union has been blessed with four children, namely: David and Elizabeth (twins) born November 4. 1895, but of these. Elizabeth died at the age of five months; John B., born June 14, 1897; Margaret, born March 16, 1900. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church, to the support of which they are munificent in their contributions and in which faith they are rearing their children and themselves strictly adhere. When Mr. and Mrs. Anderson came to Evanston, John Black, an adopted brother of Mrs. Anderson, had been a resident of the city for over a year, acting in the capacity of bookkeeper for Blyth & Fargo, but he was called away from earth on November 24, 1894, and his mother on the 28th day of, December 1895, the remains of both being interred in Evanston. The Anderson family is classed with the pioneers of the city, being highly esteemed for many personal virtues.   Biographie Index

HENRY WILLIAM BANKS.

This representative citizen of Hilliard Flats is a native of England, where he was born in Staffordshire near Bilston. on July 5. 1838. a son of William and Lydia (Cooksey) Banks, natives of England, where his father was an important man and a successful mine owner for a long term of years, and where his death occurred at an advanced age. His mother also came of an old time English family and, like his father, died in England. Henry William Banks received the advantages of a public school education and also instructions under tutors and at excellent private schools during his early youth and, upon assuming the responsibilities of life for himself, engaged in the grocery business which he conducted for about five years. He was a thoughtful and a devout youth and while engaged in merchandising prepared himself for a classical life by close application to and study of religious and theological works and, entering the ministry of the Primitive Methodist church, he preached with great acceptability for about five years. Devoting himself then to civil engineering he became interested in mining and to this important enterprise he devoted about twenty years of his active life, and then, in 1882, emigrated to the United States and settled at Alma, Wyoming, where his first connection with American industries was as one of the bosses of the pit in a mine. In 1885 he came to Hilliard Flats and located 160 acres of government land and also purchased a ranch also containing 160 acres, it being one of the finest on Hilliard Flats, and on this fine estate he has since made his home and developed the property into a profitable and attractive ranch, which he conducted with eminent success for some years but, fortune having favored his efforts, he is now living practically retired from active business operations, and his home is one of the pleasantest places of Uinta county. On October 18, 1862, Mr. Banks was married in England to Miss Elizabeth Robinson, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Wastel) Robinson, natives of Yorkshire, England, where her father was a farmer. Mr. Banks has always taken an active part in political affairs, and has been prominently connected with the. Republican Party with whose principles and policies he has been in pronounced accord and to which he gives his active support. His intelligent presentation of public matters has caused his opinion and judgment to be highly respected and won him a host of friends in his party relations. He has not placed himself as a seeker for political office, but has accepted the useful position of school trustee and is also the justice of the peace for his precinct. In local circles he is widely known as a public spirited man and a leader in all public enterprises to which his time, attention and financial support are freely given.  Leadership and prominence do not come to individuals as occurrences of chance, but, like everything else, they are subject to the universal laws of development and selection, and arise from powers inherent in and centered in the organization of the man himself. The leader places his individuality upon a movement, and its success is well assured. Men everywhere flock to second the efforts he has originated and to support him by their combined energies and creative skill. Such has been the history of many successful causes and of critical epochs in the lives of nations. The same qualities are required to originate and develop affairs and plans of action in small communities and in the smaller civil and political divisions as to forward national affairs to success. The difference is merely one of degree, and Mr. Banks has ably demonstrated by his successful results in the past that he possesses the necessary elements of character and abilities to win honors in a wider field and amid larger opportunities.  (Source Progresive Men of Wyoming)  Biographie Index

NEWELL BEEMAN

Newell Beeman, a prominent merchant and man of affairs of Evanston,. Wyoming, was born at Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y., in 1844, the son of Thomas and Elvira (Colwell) Beeman. His father was born in Hackensack, N. J., on January 7, 1804, going to Phelps when a boy of ten years, where he lived on a farm till 1867, when he moved to Fenton, Mich., where he died in September, 1884. His politics were Democratic until 1856 when he joined the new Republican party, and he was an active member of the Presbyterian church, as was his wife, who was born at Seneca Castle, N. Y., in 1810 and died at Fenton, Mich., in 1893. She was a home loving woman and the mother of five children, four of whom survive, one having died in infancy. Mr. Beemans  paternal grandfather, Josiah Beeman. a coppersmith by trade, was born in Connecticut but moved to New Jersey when young and later to Phelps, N. Y., where he died. His wife Sally (Crane) Beeman was a native of New Jersey. Going to Michigan from New York at the age of 92 years she died at Williamstown in that state, aged 94 years.   The parents of Elmira Colwell Beeman, mother of Newell Beeman, were Daniel and Thankful (Payne) Colwell. natives of Rhode Island.   Daniel moved to Seneca Castle, N. Y., where he lived the life of a farmer until his death at the age of 75. Thankful Payne left Rhode Island with her parents, who settled at Seneca Castle, N. Y., where she was married with Mr. Beeman and lived to be 87 years old, being a very charming and refined old lady.  Newell Beeman received his early education at the district school of Phelps, N. Y., and following this he attended the Phelps Union Classical School and Bryant & Strattons Commercial College, from which reputable school he was graduated in 1863. His first employment was in a hardware store in Buffalo, N. Y., where he remained for a year and then was engaged in the store of the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co., in New York City. Here he remained three years and then went to Quincy, Ill., and worked for the hardware company of Chas. E. Allen about four years, during which time he was quite an extensive traveler. His next change was to St Louis where he kept books about a year and then returned to New York to work in the office of Clark, Wilson & Co., where he remained until 1871, then came to Almy, Wyo., and worked for the Rocky Mountain Coal & Iron Co. for two years, following this employment he took a trip to Texas, staying about a year and returned to Almy to resume labor with the company he had left, but this time as superintendent, and so he continued until 1886.  Meanwhile he had engaged in mercantile ventures at Almy and was interested in a store at Evanston, now known as the Beeman & Cashin Mercantile Co. The company he represented as superintendent and manager closing its business in May, 1900, in 1892 Mr. Beeman moved with his family to Salt Lake City, which city has since been his home. He is a man of business and to business he gives close attention. In addition to the interests already noted he has a branch dry goods store at Rock Springs, Wyo., and is interested in the Commercial National Bank of Salt Lake City, having been a member of its board of directors for several years.  Politically he is a Republican and has held county offices in Uinta county at various times.  Mr. Beeman was first married in July, 1872, at Phelps, N. Y., with Miss Damaris Peck, a native of Phelps and a daughter of Hiram and Louisa (Wetmore) Peck, her father being a prominent Democrat, at one time sheriff of Ontario county, N. Y., where he passed his life and was buried, his death occurring in 1890.  His wife was a native of Western New York, an active member of the Baptist church and a strong temperance worker who died in 1895 and was buried at Phelps. Mrs. Beeman died in 1877 and is also buried at Phelps. She was a noted singer and an active worker in the circles of her Baptist church, being survived by her husband and two daughters, Edna L., Mrs.  W. H. Dayton of Salt Lake City, and Damaris A., who resides with her father. Mr. Beeman married his present wife in 1877 at Quincy, III., and she was formerly Miss Anna J. Harvey, born in Quincy, a daughter of Samuel and Annie G. Harvey. Her father, born in England in 1805, came to the United States when a young man, settled near Quincy, 111., and followed farming until his death in the eighties.  His wife, Annie G., was born in Germany and came to this country when a child with her parents, who also settled at Quincy, Ill., where she is still living. Mr. Beeman has one child by his present wife:   Alice J. Beeman.  (Source Progresive Men of Wyoming)  Biographie Index

JOSEPH BENZON.

JAMES BLIGHT.

Another of the up builders of Uinta County, Wyoming, of English birth is James Blight, an enterprising farmer residing three quarters of a mile west of Almy, who was born in Devonshire, England, on November 12, 1845, a son of Philip and Jane (Britton) Blight, also natives of the same shire and the parents of six children.  Philip Blight, a son of John and Ann (Farley) Blight, was a farmer by calling. He was born in Devonshire in 1819 and came to the United States in 1872. with his second  wife, whose maiden name was Ann Harding. For one year they lived in Salt Lake City, Utah, thence they came to Almy. but now reside in North Evanston, being members of the Church of Latter Day Saints. James Blight while a resident of Almy followed his trade and earned sufficient money to purchase the ranch he now owns, which he purchased about 1900, and where he is now delightfully situated, employing his time in the profitable pursuits of farming and cattle raising.  His ranch comprises 160 acres, and no tract of land, of equal proportions, in the neighborhood is kept in better condition or presents a more pleasant prospect to the eye of the passerby. In belief Mr. Blight is a Freethinker, with which school he is popular in the extreme. He has also served his fellow citizens on the school board of District No. 2, Almy, with very marked ability.  James Blight was married in England on December 13. 1867. to Miss Eliza Overbury, daughter of John and Sarah (Farley) Overbury, natives of Gloucestershire, the former of whom was a son of John and Ann (Done) Overbury, natives of the same country. The marriage of James and Eliza (Overbury) Blight was crowned with nine children, Sarah, who died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 26, 1871, at the age of one and one-half years; James, born on March 17, 1874, died in Randolph, Utah, on March 22, 1874; William, Jr., born on August 5, 1876, died in Almy. Wyo., on February 19, 1895; Oliver, born on February 12, 1879, died in Almy on April 14, 1879; Rose Ann, born on November 27, 1880, is the wife of Peter N. Hood, of Scofield, Utah; May. born February 19, 1883, married Enoch Turner, of Evanston, a farmer; Eliza, born February 4, 1885; Bessie, born December 5. 1887; Philip, born on May 25, 1890, died in Almy on November 24, 1890. The family are all members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, in which Mr. Blight is first counselor of his ward and also a teacher, being an industrious and prosperous farmer, and is indeed the winner, through his perseverance and good management, of all his present good fortune. he has gained the unqualified esteem of all his neighbors, and his walk through life, which has always been upright, fully entitles him to the high place he holds. He is made of the best stuff from which is built the substantial frame of a young and growing state, and his presence in Wyoming has been one of usefulness to its citizens, as well of profit to himself.  Biographie Index

SAMUEL BLACKHAM.

One of the oldest and most respected citizens of Evanston, Wyoming, and a pioneer frontiersman, Samuel Blackham, was born in Stockport, Lancashire, England, on September 28, 1834, a son of Samuel and Martha (Robinson) Blackham. The father was born in Staffordshire, England, in 1800, and died in 1873 at Stockport, where he is also buried. He was a blacksmith and the son of another blacksmith, another Samuel, also buried at Stockport, who lived to be ninety-three years of age. His wife, grandmother of Samuel of Evanston, was Lucy, born in Staffordshire and buried in the same place. Martha (Robinson) Blackham was born in Lancashire, England. She was a Mormon and came to Salt Lake City, Utah, whither she brought her family to America in 1856, leaving her husband in England. Her father was James Robinson, and she died in 1889 at the age of eighty-two and is buried at Moroni, Utah. Samuel Blackham of Evanston went to work in the mills of England at sixteen years and continued to be there employed until he reached the age of twenty-one, when he came with his mother to America. While she went to Salt Lake City he stopped at Laramie, Wyo., working for the government the first winter.  In the spring he went to Leavenworth, Kan., and in 1858 to St. Joseph, Mo., in the vicinity of which place he remained two years, and here in 1860 he married, then moving to Allegheny City, Pa., to work at the trade of stone masonry which he had learned in America. In 1862 he went to Salt Lake City and remained six years, and afterwards was in Kaysville, Utah, for two years. He first came to Evanston in 1870, being engaged in mining for some years, but afterwards and ever since he has followed his trade as a stonemason. He has occupied his present, prettily situated and attractive home continuously for the past thirty two years. In politics Mr. Blackham is a Democrat, and at present he is the constable of the town. He was its first marshal, and has held the position of special deputy for the county for sixteen years.  He is an Odd Fellow and a charter member of the first encampment founded here. As already noted Mr. Blackham was married in 1860.  Mrs. Blackham was formerly Mary A. Lamb, a daughter of Alfred and Mary A. (Crew) Lamb, being born in Lancashire, England. She came to the United States with her parents in 1853, and she is qualified by birth and breeding to be the wife of a pioneer. Her father when a lad came home one day to find his stepmother beating his little sister, who was sick at the time. He interposed and struck his stepmother and this so angered his father, a wealthy and titled gentleman of London, that he disinherited Alfred, whom he, however, sent to college. On finishing his course the boy still refused to apologize for his earlier conduct to his stepmother and the father then cast him off. Thereupon the youth started out for himself in the world, his brothers, Benjamin and James, leaving home with him. At the junction of the streets in the great city of London the three brothers shook hands and parted, each taking a different road, but hoping that the fates might some time bring them together again. James became a colonel in the army and Benjamin a sea captain, but he has never since seen Benjamin. He has never forgotten the harsh conduct of his father and stepmother, nor can he ever forgive the unjust treatment he received.  Alfred Lamb was married in England to Mary A. Crew, a woman cast in the finest of heroic molds, ever ready to help the needy, and a famous nurse of the afflicted. She nursed in County Manchester during the cholera epidemic and in London when the black fever was raging there. She and her husband nursed each other in turn when the plague overtook them.  Mr. Lamb came to America in 1853 and left his family at Mineral Point, Iowa, and went to Utah to there make a home for them, but he was a Quaker and could not tolerate the beliefs and practices of the Mormons, and so started back alone to his family at Mineral Point, having only his gun. A hardy and determined man, he shot his living on the way through the wilderness, across which he had to travel. Coming to the Platte River with its treacherous quicksand, he pinned up a note saying that if he succeeded in crossing safely he would pin another announcement to that effect on the opposite bank, but if he failed to cross successfully he asked the finders of the first note to warn his wife and children not to come to a fate so detestable as awaited them in Utah.  He, however, succeeded in reaching his family safely after his hard and perilous journey. So incensed was he against the Mormons that he destroyed the records of his property locations, which were in the center of what is now the city of Ogden. From Mineral Point, Iowa,  Mr.  Lamb went to St. Joseph, Mo., where he engaged in the shoe business. Later he moved to Kansas City and still later to Evanston, Wyo., where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1873, at the age of eighty, his wife dying in the same year, aged seventy-three. Both are buried in Evanston. Mr. and Mrs. Blackham, of whose forebears we have tried to give some account, find their chief delight at home.  Mrs. Blackham is a purely domestic woman and both, as parents, have a family in which they may well take both pride and joy. The children have numbered twelve: Samuel, Mary, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Rosetta, Lydia, Lucy, Martha, Alfred, Olive, Thomas and Dolly, and nine survive: Martha, Alfred and Dolly having passed away. The girls are not only the pride of their parents, but the joy of all that know them, having that lively, cheery disposition that brings gladness wherever they may be. Their father is among the oldest pioneers in this section, and yet a hale, hearty, well preserved man.  (Source Progressive Men of Wyoming)  Biographie Index

THOMAS BLYTH.

ADIN E. BROWN

This well-known stockman, whose ranch is located seven miles north of Evanston, Uinta county, Wyoming, was born in Summercoates, Derbyshire, England, on December 19. 1853, a son of William and Hannah (Clark) Brown. The father was engaged in mining in England and is now a farmer in Providence, Utah, being a member of the Latter Day Saints church. Mrs. Hannah (Clark) Brown was called from earth at Almy on January 25, 1882, at the age of forty-six years, and her remains were there interred, James and Martha (England) Clark, the parents of Mrs. Hannah Brown, were also natives of England, the former being a son of Josiah and Mary (Skevington) Brown and an engineer by profession. In 1871 the Brown family came to the United States and settled in Utah. At the age of nine years Adin E. went to work in the mines of England, and mining was his occupation until he had attained his majority, when, about 1873, he entered eighty acres of his present homestead, which is now jointly owned by himself and wife and is located in Almy. Mrs. Harriet Brown, wife of Adin Brown, owned 160 acres at Hilliard, Wyo., about twenty-five miles south of Evanston, which is now jointly owned by herself and husband. Adin E. Brown was married in Almy on September 28, 1873, to Miss Harriet Bower, a daughter of William and Martha (Davis) Bower, natives of Bunsley, Nottinghamshire, England, who came to Uinta county, Wyo., on July 4, 1872. The father of Mrs. Brown was a son of Christopher and Helen (Housley) Bower, also natives of England. William Bower was born on July 19, 1832, was a farmer, and died at Croydon, Utah, on July 21, 1890; his widow now resides in Dempsey, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Adin E. Brown had twelve children, of whom one was the wife of William Nisbitt, and departed this life on March 10, 1894; William H. married Miss Nellie Aikten, and is living in Lafayette, Colo.; Herbert is married to Mabel Godber and resides in Hilliard, Wyo.; Annie E., wife of Benjamin Benjamine of Spring Valley, Uinta county, Wyo.; Maud M., died in infancy: Adin. Jr., died July 7, 1900, aged seventeen years, nine months and sixteen days; Frank married Elizabeth Boan and lives in Spring Valley, Wyo.; Charles Milton, died an infant; Harriet H. and Lyman are still living, and the two others died in infancy. Mr. Brown is one of the most enterprising farmers and cattlemen in Uinta county and by his industry he has done much to develop the prosperity of the community. The family enjoys the esteem of all their neighbors, and the neatness and thrift which characterize his ranch are matters of universal admiration and commendation. He is the "architect of his own fortune," and deserves all the praise which is accorded him. He is the kind of a man that a newly settled section of a country most profits by in securing as a resident, and the citizens of Uinta county may well congratulate themselves at having his presence among them.  Biographie Index

JAMES BROWN.

James Brown, a prominent citizen and man of affairs of Evanston, Wyoming, was born on May 24. 1861, at Calderbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the son of James and Isabella (Dick) Brown. His father was also a native of Lanarkshire, having been born in Carluke, of that shire, on September 21, 1834, but his education was received at Glasgow up to the age of fifteen years, when he was apprenticed to the trade of mechanical engineering, which he followed until 1882, or near his fiftieth year. At this time he came to America, and journeyed west to Evanston, Wyo. It was no longer necessary for him to continue work at his trade, and he spent the last ten or twelve years of his life in retirement in Bear Lake county, Idaho.  He died on his birthday in 1896, being exactly sixty-two years old. His remains lie buried in the cemetery in the town of Liberty, Idaho. Mrs.  James Brown, nee Isabella Dick, mother of the present James, was born on August 10, 1838, in Carmyle, Scotland, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Brown) Dick, and was married in i860. She died in Bear Lake County, Idaho, on the morning of July 4, 1894, a little over two years before her husband. Her father also emigrated from Scotland to America, crossing the plains by ox teams to Salt Lake City, where he lived the life of a farmer. James Brown, the subject of this notice, came to the United States in 1878, being then seventeen years of age and master of the blacksmiths trade. He located first in Salt Lake City, where he followed his trade of blacksmith for a year and a half, and from Salt Lake City he went to the Almy coal mines in Wyoming and remained there six months, thereafter in Evanston, Wyo., he continued at his trade for thirteen years. Here he was appointed deputy county clerk under John R. Arnold, and in the fall of 1894 he was elected county clerk of Uinta County and has been three times reelected to that office. He is a Democrat in his political affiliations and a man of enterprise and energy in every relation.  He is president of the Medical Butte Oil Co., and the secretary of the Last Chance Oil Co.  He was ordained a bishop of the Church of Latter Day Saints of Evanston on November 11. 1883, by Apostle Albert Carrington, of Salt Lake City and has since held this office. He married on July 27, 1882, Miss Christiena Hunter, born in Salt Lake City, a daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Patterson) Hunter, who came from Scotland and crossed the plains in an ox wagon. This union has been blessed with seven children, James, Elizabeth or Bessie, Isabella, Ticna, Adam, William G. and Frank.  (Source Progresive Men of Wyoming)  Biographie Index

JOSEPH BROWN.

To his stalwart English ancestry Mr. Joseph Brown, the subject of this review, is indebted for an inheritance of physical vigor, great powers of endurance and a tenacity of purpose that have proven of great benefit to him in his unaided battle with lifes conflicting forces. Handicapped in many ways, commencing life in early childhood as a fatherless member of a family of ten children, labor has ever been his lot. He has diligently endeavored by industry, persistent endeavor and mental activity to rise superior to the conditions originally surrounding him, and today he has the proud satisfaction of knowing that his position of independence has been worthily won by his own ability, and that his numerous friends honor and esteem him for his personal worth and good citizenship.  Joseph Brown was born in 1842, in England, the son of John and Ann (Bartlett) Brown. His early years were passed in earnest strivings for an education and in laboring to aid in the support of his widowed mother and brothers and sisters. Right loyally did he devote his energies to this purpose, and may well feel a proud satisfaction in the faithful performance of filial duties. This could he the best accomplished through labor in the mines, and here he toiled and planned, year after year, until, in 1866, he saw his way clear to the accomplishment of a long cherished purpose, his emigration from England. Crossing the Atlantic, he made his first American home at Pittsburg. Pa., and, after remaining for five or six years, he came to Utah, and there, in 1872, to Almy. Wyo. Here he again became connected with the mining industry, following it steadily for many years, in the meantime entering a homestead claim of eighty acres, on which he engaged in cattle raising, and where he has developed a fine property.  He has never been an idler, always a producer of value to the land, and merits, and has obtained, the regards of the people of his home.  Mr. Brown was first married to Miss Mary A.  Jenkins, who died after a brief matrimonial existence and was buried in Pennsylvania. His second marriage was with Miss Thirza Sims, a daughter of John and Mary A. (Phillips) Sims. (For ancestral history see the record of John Sims elsewhere in this volume.) They are the parents of the following named children : John; Mary A., deceased; Joseph; Sarah; Hannah ; David; Lizzie; Rose ; Lillie, deceased ; Thirza; Alfred, deceased. Mr. Brown deserves great credit for the earnest life he has lived and for the success he has attained. He is one of the representatives of a class, that, under the present progress of industrial methods and inventions, will soon be a matter of history, rather than a living entity, the sterling, honest, industrious English miner. He and also his family stand high in the regards of their associates and take part in all matters of public interest.  (Source Progresive Men of Wyoming)  Biographie Index

HARRY M. BULLOCK.

Born in Provo, Utah, on May 28, 1862, and the son of early Mormon emigrants, who. in their devotion to their conception of right, endured the dangers and perils of the long journey across the wearying distance of the great plains and the resulting hardships of the establishment of civilization in an apparently barren desert, Harry M. Bullock, now a representative stockman of Uinta County, Wyoming, has seen much of both the pleasant and the unpleasant sides of pioneer existence. His parents were Jarred J.  and Rhoda L. (Greene) Bullock, his father being a native of New York and his mother of Illinois. The conditions of his childhood were those of the place and period, attendance at the primitive public schools intermingled with labor and youthful sports. His father removed to Uinta County in 1872 and established a stock business on the then almost illimitable range.  He was prosperous, and when Harry was twenty years old he embarked in the same undertaking, in 1888 taking up the land forming the original center of his finely improved tract of 480 acres, which is not only eligibly located, but well improved, with a commodious residence and barns, sheds, corrals and the necessary accompaniments of an increasing and prosperous stock business. By his energetic efforts Mr.  Bullock has greatly improved his estate, making it most desirable in attractiveness and comfort, as well as in productiveness, and has brought it fully up to the highest standards of a stockmans home. He is interested in public matters as a member of the Democratic political party, and exercises a beneficial influence in his community in furthering all schemes and plans of public and private improvement. He is considered as one of the most useful citizens of the community and his families are accorded position in the ranks of the best society. By his marriage with Miss Nancy C. Johnson, a daughter of Snelling M. and Sally H. (Greer) Johnson, natives of Georgia, he brought the southern quality of courtesy to grace his home and also a willing and cheerful companion and helpmeet.  .His widowed mother resides at Meadowville, Utah. Their children are, Evan M., Lionel and Rhoda M.  (Source Progresive Men of Wyoming)  Biographie Index

ISAAC BULLOCK.

The son of early pioneers and a native son of Wyoming, having been born on September J9 1857, on Willow Creek, at old Fort Supply, then located near the present site of the little town of Robertson, Mr. Bullock is most surely entitled to the name of a pioneer. And well has he justified the name, for he has from childhood battled witn the rugged elements of undeveloped nature, and by his own efforts has wrung prosperity and a cheerful home out of most adverse appearing conditions. His parents were Isaac and Electa (Wood) Bullock, natives of New Hampshire and of Ohio, his paternal grandparents being Benjamin and Martha (Kimball) Bullock, farmers of New Hampshire. Isaac Bullock, Sr., was a man of strong mental powers, possessing great magnetism and energy, and as a leader of the Mormon church exercised a position of influence. He came to Utah in very early days, in 1849, and here he met and married, his bride having preceded him to the land of hope and promise, coming hither in 1848.   After their marriage they located at Fort Supply in 1856, and the father was thereafter high in the councils of the Church of the Latter Day Saints and had the lofty distinction of being the president of the high priests quorum for several years before his death, which occurred in 1891. His widow is now a resident of Provo, Utah. Isaac Bullock, Jr., was the eldest of the children of his parents and received the educational advantages of the schools of Utah, thereafter engaging in farming, to which and to stock raising he has steadily and successfully devoted himself, making the base of his operations in various portions of Utah, even his present residence being in that commonwealth. He came to this section in 1882 and took up the 160 acres which formed the nucleus of his present valuable estate of 538 acres, and here his stock operations have been extensive and of great scope and importance, bringing him annually satisfactory returns and being of swift cumulative growth, his choice herds of cattle being the admiration of all beholders. Mr. Bullock became the head of a family on November 23, 1862, the date of his marriage to Miss Mary Webb, at Salt Lake City, Utah. Mrs. Bullock is a daughter of Pardon C. and Jane (Lee) Webb. She has been an able helpmeet to her husband and their pleasant home is a center of cordial hospitality, both occupying a high position in the regard of their numerous friends. They have seven children. Effie. Lucille, Owen, Electa, Irene, Gideon W. and Allen L. Mr. Bulloch is a devoted adherent to. the fortunes of the Democratic party, but is not an aspirant for political or public office, honors or emoluments.  (Source Progresive Men of Wyoming)  Biographie Index

O. W. BURLEIGH.

This representative citizen of Almy, Wyoming, comes from one of the oldest and proudest families of England, where the name stands high on the rolls of knightly, military and professional achievement. The first American ancestor emigrated from England to the Massachusetts Colony not many years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, and representatives of the name are now found in nearly all of the states of the Union. Mr. Burleigh is a son of Ithiel and Sarah (Van Etten) Burleigh, and was born in Seneca County, N. Y., in 1848. The father, born in Connecticut in 1818. learned the carpenters trade and wrought at this in various locations, finally settling in the city of Corning.  Steuben County, N. Y., where he now maintains his home. He is a son of John Burleigh, and his paternal ancestors gave faithful service in the early French and Indian Wars of New England and in the Revolution. Mrs. Sarah V. Burleigh was born in New York in 1821 and died in 1855, and lies buried in the beautiful cemetery at Coming, N. Y. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the mother of two children, O. W., our subject, and Louisa, who died in 1875 and is also buried at Corning. Samuel Van Etten. the maternal grandfather of Mr. Burleigh, was a native of New York and for his soldierly conduct in the American army of the Mexican War. received a pension in his later years. The name is perpetuated in the village of Van Etten, lying on the border of Chemung and Tioga counties, N. Y. The early life of Mr. Burleigh was passed in attendance at the excellent public schools of his native state and still later in agricultural labors as a farmer in western New York, he here attaining vigor and health, qualifying himself for the arduous life of a miner, in which so many of his subsequent years were passed.  In 1875 he became identified with mining in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, and was profitably engaged therein until 1889, when he came to Almy. Wyo., and for five years was a miner here, then returning to Pennsylvania and its mining operations for a period of four years, when he again came to Almy, and he is now one of the popular citizens of that Progressive town.  Mr. Burleigh has been twice married. His first union was with Miss Ida Collins, at Corning, N. Y., in 1870. She was called from earth after a useful life of beneficent activity in 1892, leaving two children, Ithiel and Cecil. In 1899 occurred the marriage of Mr. Burleigh and Miss Mary Crompton, a native of Wyoming and a daughter of William and Hannah (Hobson) Crompton, of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Burleigh have one child, an interesting lad. Glenn.  (Source Progresive Men of Wyoming)  Biographie Index

JOHN P. BYRNE.

The second son of Moses and Catherine (Cardon) Byrne, who is extensively engaged in stockraising on his productive ranch on the Big Muddy, two miles south of Piedmont, Uinta county, Wyoming, was born in Slatersville, Utah, on March 31, 1857. Inheriting from his able ancestors keen perceptive faculties, courage, self reliance, thrift and sagacity, his practical spirit led him in early youth, after receiving the educational advantages of the public schools of Wyoming, to devote himself to acquiring a knowledge of stockraising by connecting himself with that industry as a herdsman of cattle. During the years in which he followed this vocation he acquired a valuable knowledge of the business and, in 1884, he located himself upon a desert claim of 120 acres, where he still maintains his residence. This property he has greatly improved and developed, adding to it by purchase 640 acres of land, while in his agricultural operations he utilizes a large amount of acreage which he leases. Mr. Byrne has devoted himself to the raising of cattle of a high grade as a specialty, and has made valuable improvements upon his property to afford suitable accommodations and facilities for his profitable branch of stockraising.   He has a business acquaintancc extending over a wide area of country, and is familiar with the resources as well as the needs of the section. His perseverance and determination, coupled with intelligence and capability have wrought out for him a degree of success of which he may well be proud.  On St. Valentines day, in 1884, a happy concourse of friends in Piedmont, Wyo., witnessed the nuptial ceremony of Mr. Byrne and Miss Edith A. Clair, a native of England, a commencement of a wedded life that has continued to the present with the utmost harmony. Eight children are living of ten that have been born of their union. The names in order of birth are as follows: John W, died at the age of two years; Maud I., Lewis P., Nellie C, died at the age of seven years: Mabel V.; Robert C.: Edna M.; Walter M.; Mamie E.; Henry R..  In political matters Mr. Byrne affiliates with the Democratic party, and with his family is connected with the Church of the Latter Day Saints. In using his privileges as a citizen he looks more to men and principles than to party, and supports for office only those whom he believes to be worthy. By persevering industry and consecutive attention to the line of business activity he early marked out for himself, he has attained competence, a position of influence, is surrounded by material evidence of prosperity, being now honored and respected by a.large circle of friends, while his home is noted for its hospitality.  (Source Progresive Men of Wyo)  Biographie Index

JOSEPH W. BYRNE.

One of the leading, prosperous and truly representative ranchmen of western Wyoming is the one of whom we now write, Joseph W.  Byrne, whose valuable and well improved home ranch and residence is located on the Big Muddy, six miles south of Piedmont in Uinta county, Wyo. He was born in Ogden, Utah, on August 26, 1855, the oldest child of Moses and Catharine (Cardon) Byrne, of whom individual mention is made on other pages of this volume. Acquiring the foundation of a solid education in the common schools of Wyoming, he early engaged in practical business as a freighter, conducting this occupation for himself and in the employ of others for four years.  Seeing the great possibilities of stock raising in Wyoming, in 1881 he took up a desert claim of government land and engaged in ranching, in 1887, he made his permanent home on the school section, where he now resides, this he has finely improved and developed, adding to its acreage until his home estate contains three sections and a half. He also owns 280 acres located thirty miles north of Piedmont, and his whole landed possessions comprise about 3,000 acres. His specialty in stock raising has been horses, of which he has produced and owns large numbers, some of them being of the very finest strain. The wealth of Mr. Ryrnes landed estate does not consist entirely in its agriculture and stock raising possibilities, for on his property is some promising and valuable oil territory. Always active in public affairs, Mr.  Byrnes time and counsel has frequently been asked and given in matters relating to the public welfare. He has performed the duties of school trustee with conceded ability, while his fitness for the position, his energetic character and other qualifications has made him a nominee of the Populist party for state senator and in the election he received a very complimentary vote. At Aspen, Wyo., on September 30.  1884, Mr. Byrne was united in marriage with Miss Winifred L. Mum ford, a daughter of Hice and Robie N. (Washburn) Mumford, natives of Pennsylvania and descendants of old Colonial stock, active in its early history and the Revolutionary period of that commonwealth. Mr.  and Mrs. Byrne have had seven children, of whom five are now living. Their names are C. Leslie. Cecil M., Lenora A. (died at the age of eleven years), Myrtle A., Ralph L.. Cardon (died in infancy) and Joseph N.   Mr. Byrne has shown great energy and wise judgment in the cultivation and improvement of the new lands he has purchased and developed and has become known as one of the leading stockmen of this section of the state. His sound judgment and common sense have been manifested in all departments of his personal affairs and also in those of public character with which he has been connected. Successful in business, happy in his family relations, with a large circle of friends who appreciate his many good qualities, Mr. Byrnes condition in life is enviable.  (Source Progresive Men of Wyo)  Biographie Index

MOSES BYRNE.

There is nothing more interesting than to make an examination of the life of a selfmade man, and to analyze those principles that have enabled him to pass on the rugged highway of life many who, at the outset of their careers, were more advantageously endowed by fortune. Few men who sought prosperity in the wild West in the pioneer days were men of wealth. Generally speaking their only capital was two strong arms, a determined will and executive ability, and this was the class of men who made the great states of Utah and Wyoming, yes, and other western slates, what they are today, men who faced hardships and privations and have converted the deserts covered by sage into productive ranches and who have aided in bringing the state of Wyoming into its present Progressive and prosperous condition. These are the men who deserve to have their names honorably inscribed on the pages of The Progressive Men of Wyoming, and among them all there is none more deserving than the venerable gentleman whose name heads this review.   The paternal ancestors of Mr. Byrne run back in an unbroken line for many generations in Ireland, where the family has been connected with the agricultural activities of the Emerald Isle. Moses Byrne, now a retired merchant of Piedmont, Wyoming, was born in Laftsvich, England, on June 2, 1822, and he was a son of Dennis and Jane (Scasebrick) Byrne, who were natives of Ireland, where they were married. Mr. Byrne was named from his paternal grandfather, also Moses Byrne, and until he was sixteen years old he somewhat intermittently attended the government schools of England and at that age he was apprenticed on a merchant vessel sailing the Atlantic, to acquire a knowledge of seamanship. Following the seas for a number of years, he had some notable adventures and narrow escapes from death, but received no injuries that disabled him.  Meeting some faithful missionaries of the Church of Latter Day Saints in 1853, he became interested in their doctrine and becoming a convert to their religion he cast in his lot in life with them, emigrating to the United States in 1854, and, crossing the long miles of weary distance, arrived in Utah on October 29th of that year.  Here he assumed family relations and formed the nucleus of a permanent home by his marriage union on October 21, 1854 of the same year to Miss Catherine Cardon, a daughter of Philip and Martha N. (Turner) Cardon, and engaged in agricultural operations near Salt Lake until 1861.  Mrs. Byrne was a native of Piedmont, Italy, and her parents were for a long time residents in the romantic valley of Piedmont. Her father was of French ancestry and her mother of English origin, but the Cardon family existed in France previous to 1600, when .the family made its home in the. beautiful valley of Piedmont on the borders of Italy and France, in order to avoid the persecution they as Huguenots were receiving in their native land on account of their religion.  In 1861, Mr. Byrne removed to Wyoming with his family and for a number of years was a railroad contractor in the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad.  He immediately located with his family at Piedmont, named from the Italian valley, and engaged extensively in the manufacturing of charcoal, in the transportation of which he utilized over fifty teams. The magnitude of his operations and the necessities of the community and his employees caused him to open a mercantile establishment at Piedmont, which he successfully conducted until his retirement from business operations a few years since. During the forty years of his residence in Wyoming, Mr.  Byrne has steadily and without exception maintained the character of a worthy, reliable and honest citizen. For years his counsel upon any and all questions of public interest has been implicitly relied upon by all who have known him.  His political faith has been that of the Democratic Party and in its cause he has labored earnestly and well. Fraternally, he is identified with that ancient order, the honored Brotherhood of Free and Accepted Masons, with which order he became affiliated in England, the place where he is still maintaining his membership. Mrs.  Byrne, although a very modest and unassuming lady, is noted for her strength of character and business ability, and has been in every way a true helpmeet to her husband and has had much to do with his unqualified success.  They have had thirteen children, eight are now living. We here enter a brief record of them in order of birth: Joseph W., who resides six miles south of Piedmont, and of whom a personal sketch appears in another part of this work; John P., James B., who died at the age of sixteen years: Alice, widow of the late Thomas Hinshaw; William H., who is married and living on a ranch twenty miles north of Piedmont; Charles L., died in 1901 at the age of thirty-seven years; Albert, who died at the age of twenty-eight years; Edwin W., who maintains his residence at Woodruff, Wyo.; Francis, who is a resident of Piedmont; Arthur, who died in infancy; Minnie and Mary, twins, of whom Minnie is now the wife of Fred W.  Kendall, of Uinta, Utah; while Mary died at the age, of two years and seven months. The youngest child, Katie, married San ford Fife, of Riverdale, Utah, where they are now. residing.  None of the present generation of Uinta county has been more identified with its every phase and development during the last half century or has today a higher place in the esteem and love of its people, than the honorable and venerable Moses Byrne. His life during the whole of his long residence here has been one of activity, not only in his own interests but in those pertaining to the public weal. He is a representative of that energetic class of men who have made the western portion of the United States famous on account of the enterprise and determination with which they have undertaken and pushed to completion plans for the betterment of their own and childrens material condition and also the business and moral interests of the communities where they have resided.  (Source Progresive Men of Wyo)  Biographie Index

 

 

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