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Van Every, Herbert

Herbert Van Every dates his residence in Adams county from the spring of 1888, at which time he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land which he has since converted into a valuable and productive farm. He was born in Ontario, Norfolk county, Canada, on the 9th of May, 1S66, a son of John F. and Lucy (Kew) Van Every, who are likewise natives of Ontario, where the father followed the occupation of farming and where he and his wife still make their home. They have a family of eight children, of whom Herbert is the fourth in order of birth. An uncle, Hiram Van Every, now deceased, crossed the plains in the early '60s, in that period when everything was wild, when Indians were far more numerous than the white settlers
and when travel caused the people to face not only many hardships and privations but also many dangers. He settled in Arapahoe county and continued to follow farming here until his death. His widow is living at the home of Richard Talbot and Herbert Van Every is his only living nephew in Colorado.

In the graded schools of his native county Herbert Van Every pursued his education and after his textbooks , were put aside remained upon the home farm for a few years, but the opportunities of the west attracted him and in the spring of 1888 he came to Colorado, making his way to Arapahoe county, now Adams county, where lie secured a homestead claim of one hundred and sixty acres. Not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made upon the place at that period, but with characteristic energy he began the development of the farm and has since converted it into a valuable property. He has upon the place a fine residence, a large and substantial barn and all necessary improvements. He irrigated the land and has devoted
his attention to the raising of grain and alfalfa. He now leases eighty acres of his place but owns altogether one hundred and seventy-five acres, having added to the original tract.

On the 21st of June, 1898, Mr. Van Every was married to Miss Edith Cline, a daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Woodley) Cline. Both of her parents were natives of Ontario, Canada, and in 1867 they crossed the plains, settling in Arapahoe county, Colorado, where they passed away. Mrs. Van Every attended District School No. 3 and afterward was graduated from the East Denver high school. For four years she engaged in teaching in Districts Nos. 3 and 53 and is a lady of liberal education and culture who is doing great good in the world. By her marriage she has become the mother of four children: Cline, Ruth, John and Kent.

Mr. Van Every gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He served as school director of District No. 11 for a number of years and was at one time county chairman of the progressive party. Hunting constitutes his favorite sport and from this he gains his relaxation. His wife is a member of the Royal Neighbors, also of the First Baptist church of Denver and of the Red Cross and is thus actively assisting In war work.

History of Colorado, Vol. 4, by Stone, Wilbur Fiske (1833-1920), ed., c. 1918, pp. 567-568

Wilson, Hon. Albert M.

Hon. Albert M. Wilson is numbered among the leading and influential citizens not only of Manitou but also of the state. At the present time he is serving as a member of the general assembly and his public-spirited devotion to the general good prompts his earnest study of every question which comes up for consideration and settlement in the state legislature. No one questions the integrity of his motives nor ever finds his position an equivocal one concerning any point of vital interest to the commonwealth. Moreover, as the years have passed he has made for himself a most creditable position in business circles and while he has retired from mercantile lines at Manitou he is still the owner of valuable ranch property and also has bank
stocks and other interests of importance.

Mr. Wilson was born in Dubuque, Iowa, September 13, 1863, a son of James and Mary J. (Lawrence) Wilson, both of whom were natives of Ohio. Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, he completed his education in the high school, after which he worked upon the home farm with his father until 1885. In that year he removed to Thayer county, Nebraska, and farmed in that district for two years. In 1887 he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in that part of Arapahoe county, Colorado, which is now Yuma county and began the development of the property but later sold. For four years he traveled out of Denver for the Heinz Pickle Company. and in 1894 he removed to Manitou, where he owned and conducted the leading
market of the city for twenty-three years. He built up a business of large and substantial proportions and followed most progressive and honorable methods in its conduct. He sought at all times to please his patrons, recognizing that satisfied customers are the best advertisement, and that he did so was indicated by the continued growth of his trade. In 1917, however, he disposed of the market and in a measure is now living retired. However, he is still the president of the Cave of the Winds Company and he is the owner of a thousand acre ranch near Peyton, Colorado, while of the Bank of Manitou he is one of the stockholders, directors and the vice president. Indolence and idleness being utterly foreign to his nature it would be
impossible for Mr. Wilson to content himself without some business connections. He is recognized as a man of keen discrimination who readily recognizes the value or the obstacles of any business situation, and overcoming the latter, he utilizes the former to the best possible advantage.

Mr. Wilson was married to Miss Martha French, of St. Joseph, Missouri, and they occupy a prominent social position in Manitou. In politics Mr. Wilson has always been a republican and is now representing his district in the state legislature. Honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable position in business and financial circles, not alone by reason of the success he has achieved, but also owing to the straightforward business policy which he has ever followed. The same course marks his political career and in the exercise of the prerogatives of his
office he places the general good before partisanship and the welfare of his community before personal aggrandizement.

History of Colorado, Vol. 3, by Stone, Wilbur Fiske (1833-1920), ed., c. 1918-19, pp. 450-451

Young, Joseph William

Joseph William Young, a rancher near Parker, upon which place he has resided for three years, was born in Atchison county, Missouri, January 16, 1867, a son of James Wesley and Martha (Bradley) Young. He comes of Revolutionary war ancestry on the paternal side, the family being originally from Virginia, and on the mother's side he is of English lineage.

Joseph W. Young was educated In the schools of Colorado, for the family came to this state in 1872, when he was a lad of but five summers. They located first about two miles south of Littleton and afterward removed to Melvin. Colorado, in Arapahoe county, where Joseph W. Young remained for twenty-two years. For seventeen years he was in business in Denver but three years ago came to his present large ranch In the vicinity of Parker and has had exceptionally fine crops during the past two years. He is now extensively engaged in ranching and his business is bringing to him well merited success.

There is no feature of Colorado's development and upbuilding with which he is not familiar. In the early days he attended for a time the old Cherry Creek school, one of the first country schools established outside of Denver in Arapahoe county. As a boy he remembers distinctly riding along by the side of Colerow, the noted and belligerent Indian chief. To the family home the Indians came for food, which was always given them, and this they never forgot. Mr. Young has lived to witness remarkable changes as the work of development and improvement has been carried steadily forward and his memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present.

In Denver, twenty-five years ago, Mr. Young was united in marriage to Miss Mary Agnes Montgomery, a daughter of Frank L. and Elizabeth E. (O'Neil) Montgomery, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work, and they became the parents of three children, of whom the son. Lester Lee Young, Is now in the army with the Thirty-second Engineering Corps, in service in France. The daughters, Mildred and Josephine, are at home.

Mr. Young is one of the best informed men in his county. He has always been a great reader and possesses a fine library, with the contents of which he is largely familiar, spending many of his happiest hours there In the companionship of the master minds of all ages.

History of Colorado, Vol. 4, by Stone, Wilbur Fiske (1833-1920), ed., c. 1918, p. 412