History of Nevada 1913 Biographies

Bradley, John R [page 1090] JOHN R. BRADLEY. One of the most favorably known and representative citizens of the State of Nevada was John R. Bradley. He was the son of the late Governor L. R. Bradley, and was born near the City of Richmond, Virginia, March 17, 1835. When ten years of age his parents moved from Virginia to Missouri. In 1852 with his father he crossed the Plains to California, driving a large band of cattle. In the early sixties the family removed to Nevada, and settled in Elko County, where he and his father engaged extensively in the cattle business. He afterward entered into partnership with George Russell, under the firm name of Russell & Bradley. The firm conducted a mercantile business in Elko for several years. This business was afterward disposed of. Russell & Bradley continued extensively in stock-raising until 1895, when the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Bradley continued in the stock business as a partner in the firm of Bradley & Sons and Mason & Bradley. In 1899 Mr. Bradley disposed of his holdings to his son, Lewis L. Bradley, and removed to Reno, where he was the head of the J. R. Bradley Company of Reno, but gave no personal attention to the business. In politics Mr. Bradley was a Democrat, and served the people of Elko County as County Commissioner. In 1856 he visited Missouri and was united in marriage in 1857 to Mary Elizabeth Hitt. To this union were born two sons, Lewis L. and Jeff Bradley, and two daughters, Maud, wife of Jay Clemmons of Reno, and Dita, wife of Frank B. Glenn, of San Francisco. Fraternally Mr. Bradley was a member of Elko Lodge No. 15, F. & A. M. He died at his home in Reno February 14, 1902.

Bradley, Lewis Lee [page 1130] LEWIS LEE BRADLEY. Upon the pages of Nevada's History is engraved the name of Lewis Lee Bradley. He was one of the most prominent men in Eastern Nevada. He was from a family prominent in the affairs of this State politically, socially and commercially, from its first settlement. He was a son of the late J. R. Bradley and a grandson of ex-Governor L. R. Bradley, and he had an acquaintance as extensive as any man in the Commonwealth. He was born in Stockton, Cal., Nov. 17, 1866. When but five years of age his parents removed to Elko and later to Austin, where they resided for several years, after which he went to Mineral Hill. Mr. Bradley attended the public schools, after which he became a student in the Pacific Business College in San Francisco. After completing his education he embarked in the cattle business at the age of eighteen and assumed the management of the Mason & Bradley Cattle Co., now the Mary's River Land & Cattle Co., at Deeth. Some years ago Mr. Bradley purchased the Commercial Hotel at Elko, Nev., which has an atmosphere of comfort hard to describe. On the 25th of February, 1891, Mr. Bradley was united in marriage to Miss Mary H. Armstrong, a native of Star Valley, and a daughter of Bejamin Armstrong, who was one of the prominent men in Eastern Nevada. There were two daughters born of this marriage — Beulah, now the wife of J. Snelson, who assumed the management of the hotel, and Alice May, who resides at home. Fraternally Mr. Bradley was affiliated with Elko Lodge No. 15, F. & A. M., having joined in 1900, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In politics he supported the Democratic party, but never aspired to office. Mr. Bradley died at Carson City.

Brown, George S [page 1074] HON. GEORGE S. BROWN is numbered among the representative attorneys of the Silver State and has made his home in Nevada since 1897. He is a native of New York, his birth occurring November 26, 1865, in Brooklyn. He attended the public schools of Rochester, where his parents removed when he was quite young. At the age of sixteen he went to Providence, R. I., where he attended and graduated from Brown's University in 1888. He then attended Columbia Law School and was admitted to the Bar in New York State, May, 1890. He came west and located in Tacoma, Wash., where he engaged in the practice of law in that city and Everett from 1890 to 1897, when he removed to Elko, Nevada, to take charge of the legal department of a mining corporation, remaining in Elko until January, 1911. He then came to Reno and entered the law firm of Mack & Green, where he remained until May 1, 1912, when he formed a co-partnership with Samuel W. Belford under the firm name of Brown & Belford. While Judge Brown was a resident of Elko County he served for eight years as District Judge of the Fourth Judicial District. He was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth P. Foster, April 30, 1895. To this union three children were born — one dying in infancy, the two living are Philip F., born December 7, 1896, and Margaret C, born October 19, 1902. Judge Brown is now serving as president of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. of Reno.

Carville, Edward Peter [page 1088] EDWARD PETER CARVILLE. Prominent among the young attorneys of Eastern Nevada, and who is held in the highest esteem by his fellow citizens, is Edward Peter Carville, of Elko. He is a native of Mound Valley, Nevada, where he was born May 14, 1885. He pursued his education in the public schools, graduating in 1906, and in order to gain a broader literary and legal knowledge he entered Notre .Dame College in Indiana 'and graduated from the law department in 1909 and was admitted to the Bar on December 23, 1909. He took up the practice of law at Elko. On November 18, 1912, Mr. Carville formed a copartnership with Chas. A. Cantwell, under the firm name of Cantwell & Carville, and on January i, 1913, he took the office of District Attorney of Elko County. His political allegiance is given to the Democracy, and in the work of the party he takes an active and helpful interest. Mr. Carville was united in marriage to Miss Irma Marie Callahan, a native of South Bend, Ind., August 29, 1909. One son was born by this union — Edward Deming Carville, born October 15, 1912. Mr. Carville and wife are members of the Catholic Church.

Coll, Daniel [page 1115] DANIEL COLL was born in Ireland in 1848, received his education in his native land and came to America in 1870, locating in New Jersey. He followed the moulding trade until 1874, when he went to San Francisco via the Isthmus route. He followed his trade in San Francisco for a time and came to Nevada, locating first in Virginia City and then Eureka, where he mined in both camps. He then returned to California overland and mined for a time. Returning to Nevada he followed mining in White Pine and Elko Counties. He ran the Cottage hotel in Elko County for eighteen years. In 1893 he removed to Reno, where he has remained since. Mr. Coll has mining interests still in different parts of Nevada. 1884 he married, and his children are Charles, William, Grace, Edna, wife of R. J. McFadden, and Daniel, Jr., of Reno. Mr. Coll is a Democrat and a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.

Curler, Benjamin [page 1120] HON. BENJAMIN CURLER was born in Addison County, Vt., September 27, 1834. He was educated in B. B. Allen's High School, Vergennes, Vt., and he acquired his legal education in Illinois and Nevada. In 1855 he removed to Rock Island County, Ill., where he taught school and studied law. In 1856 he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda A. Thompson, formally a school teacher, a native of New Haven, Vt., and a daughter of James Thompson, a representative man of that place. His wife accompanied him on his trip across the Plains and they located at Carson City, Nevada, where Mr. Curler became engaged in building. He later removed to Churchill County, where he was elected a member of the last Territorial Legislature, and later he was chosen District Attorney of Churchill County, serving two years, and District Attorney of Nye County for two years, and District Attorney for Esmeralda County. In 1866 he was elected District Judge of the district comprising Nye and Churchill Counties, serving in that capacity for eight years. 1867 he removed to Belmont, the county seat of Nye County. In 1890 he removed to Reno, where he has since carried on a general law practice. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Curler, but three are now living, Benjamin F., an attorney, residing at Elko; Alice, wife of S. H. Rosenthal, of Reno, and Bertha L., wife of George T. Robson. Mr. Curler is a member of the Odd Fellows and has been a representative of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. He is a Past Grand Chancellor of the K. of P., and was a representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in 1888-1889.

Doughty, James C [page 1105] JAMES C. DOUGHTY, postmaster of Elko, has proved most capable in the discharge of his duties, his administration of the affairs of the office giving general satisfaction for the past six years. He was born in California, October 8, 1866, and is a son of James C., who crossed the Plains in 1856, passing through what is now the State of Nevada, which was then an undefined part of the Territory of Utah. Its population was almost entirely made up of miners or men connected in some way with that industry, and indirectly deriving their support in that way. The father of our subject went on to California, where he remained until the Civil War broke out. He enlisted and took an active part in fighting the Indians in Nevada. He was stationed at Unionville and Fort Churchill, and established Fort McDermott, and was placed in command after McDermott was killed in 1865. He finally settled in Elko County in 1867, where he died at Carlin in 1891, and his wife died in 1897. James C, acquired his education in the public schools of Elko and Reno. He took up railroading, and was in the employ of the S. P. R. R. for eight years as engineer. He taught school in Elko for six years and was identified with the First National Bank of Elko for three years. Mr. Doughty was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Pettinger, a native of Virginia City, May 14, 1905. He is affiliated fraternally with the Masonic Lodge, Odd Fellows and K. of P. He was Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons, 1909-10; Grand Master of Masons, 1910-11, and served as Grand Patron of the Eastern Star, 1912-13.

Farrington, Edwards S [page 1176] HON. EDWARD S. FARRINGTON, one of the leading attorneys of the Nevada Bar, was born in Yreka, Siskiyou County, Cal., September 6, 1856. His parents removed to Maine, where he completed his education in Amherst College. He attended the Hastings Law School and was admitted to the Bar in 1886. He taught school in Elko County. He is a Republican, and was nominated on two occasions for Congress. In 1892 Judge Farrington was married to Mrs. Celia Taber of Austin, Nevada. He is a member of the Odd Fellows.

Glidden, Bruce [page 1217] BRUCE GLIDDEN. One of the leading members of the Elko Bar is Bruce Glidden, a member of the law firm of Williams & Glidden. He is a native of Ohio, being born at Portsmouth. He received his education in the public schools, after which he graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1890. He located in Chicago, where he took up the practice of law, remaining there for one year, when he removed to Colorado, where he remained until 1902, when he located in Nevada and practiced his profession in Goldfield, Tonopah, Rawhide, and other camps. In 1912 Mr. Glidden removed to Elko. In his chosen profession he has almost entirely confined his practice to mining localities. The firm of Williams & Glidden now enjoy a large clientage in Eastern Nevada.

Greenfield, George H [page 1198] REV. GEORGE H. GREENFIELD, the subject of this sketch, was born in Northeastern Pennsylvania on January i, 1873. In 1897 he came to Nevada from the University of Denver, where he had just received his degree in Theology. During his previous residence in Philadelphia he received his academic education at the University of Pennsylvania. The son of a Methodist clergyman, he naturally entered the Methodist ministry and was ordained by Bishop Hurst. In the Methodist conference of Nevada he has served the following churches: Genoa, Austin, Winnemucca and Virginia City. In 1901 a call was received to the Presbyterian Church of Elko, Nevada, and Dr. Greenfield accepted, becoming at the time a member of the Sacramento Presbytery. Since September, 1901, he has served faithfully and well the Elko Presbyterian Church. Dr. Greenfield married a native daughter. In 1899 he was married to Miss Eva K. Dangbergi the daughter of the late Hon. H. F. Dangberg, one of the early settlers of Carson Valley. During his pastorate at Elko, Dr. Greenfield has traveled extensively as lecturer and social director on several cruises. He has made one trip around the world, one to South America, and one to* the Holy Land and Egypt. He is the author of two books of travel, "Around the World on the Cleveland" and "Sight-Seeing in South America." The crowning work of his ministry at Elko was the building of a $20,000 institutional church, a part of which has been formally leased to the Elko Y. M. C. A.

Harris, Joseph C [page 1162] JOSEPH C. HARRIS, who is now the efficient Sheriff of Elko County, was born May i, 1878, at Fort Collins, Colo. His father, Thomas, came to this State in 1876 and remained for a time, when he returned to Colorado. Again in 1880 he returned to Nevada with his family and settled in Elko County, where he bought a ranch, where he has since made his home, and is numbered among the representative farmers. He is also largely interested in the stock business. Joseph C. received his education in the public schools, after which he became identified with the Southern Pacific Railroad for a time, and when the Spanish-American war broke out he enlisted in Colonel Torrey's rough riders and went to Florida, where he was mustered out. He returned to Nevada and served as a guard at the Nevada State Prison for a period of over three years, when he went to Elko and was appointed under Sheriff by Sheriff Clark for three years. In 1910 he was elected Sheriff of Elko County, where he is still looking after the public welfare. Sheriff Harris was united in marriage to Miss Ora E. Bright, a native of Carson City. To this union have been born three sons, Harold, Jesse and Raymond. Fraternally he is a member of No. 719 B. P. O. E. of Ogden, Utah.

Henderson, Charles B [page 1080] CHARLES BELKNAP HENDERSON, son of J. J. Henderson and Sarah Henderson, and a grandson of Governor Bradley, and a nephew of C. H. Belknap, for many years a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada, is one of the foremost men of Nevada in social, political, business and professional circles. He was born in the City of San Jose on June 8, 1874, and received his academic education, after having finished the public schools of Elko, Nevada, at the University of the Pacific at San Jose. In 1892 and 1893 he was a student at Stanford University and in the fall of 1893 he entered the University of Michigan, graduating from its legal department in 1895 with the degree of L.L. B. In 1896 he took post graduate work in the University of Michigan to fit him more completely for work in his chosen profession. After his graduation he commenced the practice of law in San Francisco and later moved to Nevada, where he soon became and still remains a prominent member of the Nevada Bar. As District Attorney of Elko County for four years he conducted and was identified with many important criminal cases, in addition to his civil practice. In 1901 Mr. Henderson was united in marriage to Miss Ethel B. Smith, the daughter of one of Elko County's most prominent and influential citizens. Two promising sons, Wellington and Charles B., Jr., have blessed the union. Mr. Henderson has always taken much interest in political and civic matters. He has represented Elko County in the Legislature and since 1906 has been a regent of the State University. When the Spanish War broke out he was commissioned a Lieutenant of Troop M of the Second Regiment of United States Volunteer Cavalry and was one of those who nearly succumbed to the typhoid fever in Florida and was invalided home. In addition to his professional work, Mr. Henderson has been actively engaged in business and has varied and substantial business interests. He is largely interested in the Henderson Banking Company and the Elko Water and Light Corporation. He has also large holdings in some of the largest ranching and stock raising corporations in the west, namely the Nevada Land and Live Stock Company, The Palo Alto Land and Live Stock Company and the Antelope Valley Land and Cattle Company.

Hull, Quincy W [page 1221] QUINCY W. HULL, now serving as Post Master at Ely, is one of the representative men of White Pine County. He was born in Erie County, N. Y., in 1849. His parents died when he was young and he was taken to Ohio by relatives and later to Wisconsin, where he received a limited education. He learned the printing trade in Zanesville, Wis., which he followed some time. He removed to Nevada in 1874 and located in Elko, where he became identified with the Post Office and later was appointed Post Master under Grant's administration and again under Hayes. Mr. Hull served as Deputy Treasurer of Elko County for two terms and as County Treasurer one term. He also served as Wclls-Fargo agent for seven years. He removed to Utah and served as Deputy Post Master at Mercur and as Police Judge for two years. He returned to Elko, where he remained for two years, and in 1906 he removed to Ely, and in 1908 he was appointed Post Master, which office he has since held. In politics Mr. Hull is a Republican and has been a member of the Masonic Lodge in Wisconsin since 1873. In r88o he married Mary McCall of Sacramento, Cal. Their three children are Edmund Q., assistant Post Master of Ely, Nev.; Percy Warren, assistant Auditor of the N. N. R. R., and Walter G., operator at East Ely.

Hunter, Thomas [page 1223] HON. THOMAS HUNTER, who is one of the representative men of Nevada, has been a resident of the Commonwealth since 1869. He is a native of Nova Scotia, where he was born July 20, 1851. His father, John Hunter, was a native of Scotland, and was there married to Miss Esther Casey, a lady of Scotch and English ancestry. In 1861 John Hunter came to California and located in Oroville, Butte County, where he did placer mining, and was later joined by his wife and nine children, who made the trip in safety via Cape Horn. They matte their home in Oroville, where the father engaged in mining and later in farming. In 1864 he removed to Washington and in 1869 located in Elko, but had previously moved to Idaho City, Idaho, where he mined, and there his wife died in 1866. Thomas, the subject of this sketch, was educated in Stockton, California. He became interested in the stock business in Oregon and Nevada and has extensive mining interests. He owns a ranch of six thousand acres near Elko and is one of the representative stockmen of Nevada. In politics Mr. Hunter is a Democrat. He was elected to the State Senate and served two terms. He is a member of the K. of P. and the Masonic Fraternity, in which he received the Master degree in Elko Lodge, No. 15, in 1875, and is now a Past Master of his lodge. He was united in marriage to Miss Adda Lytton, a native of California, in 1878. Five children have been born to this union: J. George, Edith, wife of H. Wallace, Alice, Irene and Hattie. The family are members of the Episcopal Church.

Keyser, Joseph L [page 1101] JOSEPH L. KEYSER. Numbered among the representative business men of Eastern Nevada is Joseph L. Keyser. He was born in Missouri in 1851, where he was reared. He received his education in the public schools, and in 1868-69 he attended William Jerell College at Liberty, Clay County, Mo. He came West, locating in Elko, June 13, 1872, where he has since made his home. Mr. Keyser has been engaged in the undertaking business in his town for many years. He is a graduate of Eliab Myers College of Embalming in 1903, and attended Prof. Horace Eckles' School of Embalming in Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Keyser for some years was identified with building and contracting in his town. He served as Justice of the Peace by appointment in 1886 and served one term. In 1902 he took over the undertaking business established by A. J. Pullman, and now has one cf the most commodious and best equipped buildings in Nevada for that purpose. In politics Mr. Keyser upholds the doctrines of the Democratic party. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic Lodge and has been Master of No. 15, F. & A. M., of Elko for four years. He is one of the organizers of the Baptist Church, in which he takes an active part. December 30, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret F. Yeates, a native of Wisconsin and a pioneer of Nevada. Their three children are: John Harold, Charles Paul, Jessie, wife of S. R. Steele of Elko. Mr. Keyser is a member of the State Board of Embalmers.

Kline, Walter G [page 1257] WALTER G. KLINE has the distinction of being a native son He was born in Virginia City, September 27, 1872. His father, Fred Kline, a native of New York State, crossed the Plains and came to Nevada in the early days, where he followed his trade — harness making. He engaged in business in Virginia City, which he followed until 1880. Mr. Kline's mother, Hattie Berry, was also a native of the Empire State. Mr. Kline's father returned to his native State and was married, bringing his bride with him on the second journey. There were eleven children in the parents' family, of whom five are dead. The living are Albert S., Gertrude, wife of Fred Morrill; Kate, wife of Warren G. Williams, residing in Oregon; Arthur, and Lewis, of Portland, Ore., and our subject, Walter G. Mr. Kline's parents removed to Reno in 1880, where he acquired his education, and at the age of sixteen learned the harness making trade. He has been in business in Reno many years, and in 1912, while holding his interest in the manufacturing and retail store, he entered upon new duties and is now traveling for himself. In politics he is a Republican. Fraternally he is a member of the K. of P. and Moose. He married Miss Alberta Benson, of Elko, August 31, 1900. Their children are Lawton B., Walden G., and Aubrey L. The parents of Mr. Kline reside in Reno.

Lyons, James S [page 1135] JAMES S. LYONS, who is successfully engaged in general farming near Steamboat Springs, Washoe County, was born in County Meath, Ireland, December 6, 1864. He received his education in the public and private schools of his native land. At the age of twenty he came to America and located in Cambridge, Washington County, N. Y., where he found employment at farming for five years. He came West in 1890 and located at Deeth, Nevada. He farmed for a time, after which he went with the Southern Pacific Railroad in the machine shop and ran an engine until 1894. He then rented a farm in Elko County for two years, after which he purchased a ranch, remaining here until 1904, when he removed to Washoe County and bought the old Hardan ranch at Steamboat. He disposed of the Hardan ranch February, 1912, and in April the same year he purchased what was known as the Crane ranch, consisting of two hundred and fifteen acres, on the Virginia road, which has one of the oldest water rights in Nevada. Mr. Lyons was married November 3, 1892, to Miss Effie Lawrence, of Star Valley, Elko County. Their six children are Lawrence, Shanley, Mildred, Gerald J., Clarence T., Lucille, and James S., Jr. He has served as Past Master at Steamboat Springs for two years, and he is a member of the school board of his district. Mr. Lyons and family are members of the Catholic Church.

Massey, William A [page 1227] HON. WILLIAM ALEXANDER MASSEY was born at Oakfield Perry County, Ohio, on the 7th day of October, 1856, and was taken by his parents in the spring of 1865 to Edgar County, Ill. He there attended the common schools and subsequently was sent to U. C. College at Merom, Ind., and Asbury University at Greencastle, Ind., but did not take a degree. He studied law at Paris, Ill., and commenced the practice of that profession at Sullivan, Ind., on the 29th day of October, 1877; he was married at Merom, Ind., on the 3rd day of September, 1879, of which marriage two sons were born, Robert R. Massey, a dentist in Illinois, and William H. Massey, a physician in San Francisco, Cal. In 1886 he came to the Coast, stopping for a short time at San Diego, and finally settling at Tuscarora, in Elko County, where he remained for about five years prospecting and mining. While living in Elko County his wife died. He was elected to the Assembly from Elko County, and after serving his term as Assemblyman, engaged in the practice of law at Elko, was elected District Attorney for Elko County without opposition in 1894, and was elected Justice of the Supreme Court in 1896. On the 12th day of February, 1898, he was married to Miss Anna Sheehan, of Elko, at Carlin, Nevada. He resigned the office of Justice of the Supreme Court on the 1st day of September, 1902, and removed to Reno, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of law. On the 1st day of July, 1912, he was appointed by Governor Oddie United States Senator to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of the late Senator George S. Nixon, and served in the Senate until the 29th day of January, 1913.

McDonald, Daniel C [page 1137] DANIEL C. McDONALD.— It would be difficult to name a citizen of south eastern Nevada who is more widely known among his fellow mining men and who enjoys the confidence and trust of those with whom he is associated than Daniel C. McDonald. He is a native of Nova Scotia, his birth having occurred September 8, 1859. He acquired his education in the public schools of Nova Scotia and New Bedford, Mass. At the age of seventeen he started west with the view of going to San Francisco, but stopped at Elko, Nevada, and has been a resident of the sage brush State since. He became identified with mining at an early age and found employment in the mines and smelters in Eureka, Tybo, Pioche and other camps. He spent much time in prospecting and came to the Robinson district in 1883. He became active in mining operations in 1885 and has the distinction of being the original locator of the Ruth and McDonald Ely Copper Co., the Success Mining Co., in which Senator Thomas Kearns and David Keith of Salt Lake are interested, and various other important properties. In politics Mr. McDonald is a Democrat and served in the State Legislature in 1895. He served as Mayor of Ely for one term and is now chairman of the County Commissioners of White Pine County. He is a member of the American Mining Congress. Was united in marriage to Miss Minnie M. Comins, daughter of ex-Senator H. A. Comins, October 10, 1894. To this union were born Ruth, born October 13, 1896, and Roy Neil, born February 4, 1907.

McElroy, Daniel [page 1148] DANIEL McELROY, one of the well-known and representative real estate men of Eastern Nevada, was born in Green County, Ohio, August 24, 1865. He received his education in the Xena public schools. At an early age he learned the flour milling trade with his father, who was one of the highly esteemed men of his locality. Mr. McElroy remained with his father in the milling business until he reached the age of twenty-one, when he went to Princeton, Ind., later to Kansas City, Omaha, and Salt Lake City. In 1900 he removed to Elko, where he became identified with the W. T. Smith Co., and had the management of their flour-mill for five years. He then engaged in the real estate and live stock business. Fraternally Mr. McElroy is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and has held various chairs. He has taken all the degrees, including the Shrine. He was united in marriage to Miss Luella Salisbury, a native of Kansas, May 12, 1882, who died in 1889. Mr. McElroy has been twice married; his second union was to Miss Janie Eppard, of Missouri, in 1900. By his first marriage there were three children, one having died in infancy. The others are James Frederick, age twenty-five, who is the agent for the W. P. R. R. at Beowawe, Nevada, and Elverton, who is agent at Campus for the W. P. R. R. To the second marriage there were born John, age eight, and one other child, who died at the age of one year.

McIntosh, C H [page 1256] C. H. McINTOSH is one of the well-known and prominent attorneys in Nevada. He has the distinction of being a native son, being born in Elko, August 9, 1875. He acquired his education in the public schools of this State, after which he entered the Law Department of the University of California. He has spent all his life in Nevada. His parents are John Albert Mclntosh and Mary Hathaway (nee Munson), married in Elko November 18, 1874. Mr. Mclntosh's father has been a merchant in the State for many years and is numbered among the substantial men of the Commonwealth.

Miller, Major H [page 1259] MAJOR H. MILLER. — Prominent among the county officials of Elko County is Major H. Miller. He was born in Randolph County, Mo., January 7, 1855. His father being one of the representative farmers of that locality. He received his education in the public schools and the Fayette College of Fayette, Mo. He began at an early age to learn the drug business, which he followed until 1877, when he removed to Elko. Here he followed ranching for a time and then entered the employ of Russell & Bradley as bookkeeper, which position he held for two years. He has served Elko County as Deputy County Treasurer for two years, Deputy County Assessor for four years, Deputy Recorder, Deputy County Superintendent of Schools, and Deputy County Surveyor. He had the position as bookkeeper for W. T. Smith for some time and also acted as Deputy County Treasurer at the same time. He engaged in the lumber business with John Payne at the same time he acted as County Treasurer, serving one term. Mr. Miller sold his interest in the lumber yard and then engaged in the drug business for two years, after which he ranched in Pleasant Valley for four years. He disposed of his ranch and was appointed State Bank Examiner during Governor Sparks' administration, which office he held one year. He returned to Elko and served his county as Deputy Clerk and Treasurer. He was elected County Treasurer in 1908, which office he now holds. He has a thorough knowledge of the duties of his position and is proving an efficient and competent official. In politics Mr. Miller is a Democrat and is justly deserving the high regard in which he is held by his fellow citizens. He was married in March, 1883, to Miss Emma Moody of California and their three children are Osborn M., Hanley E. and Jerald P.

Moffat, William [page 1235] WILLIAM MOFFAT was born February 17, 1875. He is a son of Henry and Adriana Moffat. His father was a native of Rhode Island and his mother from Maine. Mr. Moffat's parents went to California and located in San Francisco in 1854, where his father was numbered among the leading and public-spirited citizens. He was extensively identified with the business interests of San Francisco and was for many years engaged in the wholesale butcher business. He was largely interested in the cattle business throughout Nevada. He died in San Francisco January 24, 1913. William, the subject of this sketch, received his education in the public schools of San Francisco and in 1893 he came to Nevada to purchase cattle for the San Francisco market. In 1902 he removed to Reno, where he has since resided, he having purchased the palatial home and stock farm formerly owned by ex-Governor John Sparks in May, 1911. Mr. Moffat is extensively engaged in the cattle and sheep industry of this State, being identified with the Nevada Land & Live Stock Company of Elko and Humboldt Counties, the Palo Alto Land & Live Stock Company of Elko County. The Antelope Valley Land & Cattle Company of Douglas County and Mono County, Cal. (the latter was formerly the property of Thomas B. Rickey) and Moffat & Humphrey Bros.' Land & Cattle Co. of Reno. Mr. Moffat was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Sullivan of San Francisco in 1905. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic Lodge and is a stockholder in the wholesale butcher business in San Francisco under the firm name of H. Moffat & Company.

Patterson, Edward O [page 1125] EDWARD O. PATTERSON, County Clerk and Treasurer of Ormsby County, was born at Silver Mountain, Alpine County, Cal., August 18, 1867. He is a son of Robert and Ellie (Calhoun) Patterson. His father was largely interested in mining projects in the State and located in Virginia City in 1868. Edward acquired his education in the public schools, the Oakland Military Academy and the University of Nevada. At an early age he was identified with the hotel business and later he learned the printers' trade at Elko, which he followed for some years. In 1907 he was elected to his present office. Mr. Patterson was united in marriage to Miss Leona Dare Burke, of Carson City, in 1900. To this union were born Martha June, born June 14, 1901; Leona Dare, born October 23, 1903, and Edward O., born February 3, 1905. Mr. Patterson is receiver for the Nye and Ormsby County Bank.

E. Reinhart Company [page 1232] E. REINHART COMPANY, wholesale and retail dealers in general merchandise at Winnemucca, have the most extensive establishment of its kind in the State of Nevada. The business was established in 1868 by Simon Reinhart, Sr., who came to America from Germany in 1859. He located in Victoria, B. C., after coming to this country, and in time sold out and came to Winnemucca. Benjamin Reinhart, after coming to America from Germany, located in Elko, Nevada, where the business was established under the firm name of Reinhart Brothers. In 1865 Eli Reinhart came to America from Germany, and located in Marysville, California, where he carried on a men's furnishing goods business, and came to Winnemucca and became interested in the business in 1868. In 1872 Eli Reinhart bought out the interest of Benjamin and Simon Reinhart, Sr., in Winnemucca, and the latter carried on the business in Elko, which business is still in existence and is being managed by one of the sons of Benjamin Reinhart, and is now incorporated and called the M. Reinhart Company. In 1875 N. Delbunco came to Winnemucca and became interested with Eli Reinhart, and a co-partnership was formed under the firm name of E. Reinhart & Company. In 1886 Mr. Delbunco sold his interest to Eli Reinhart, and the business was continued until the death of Mr. Reinhart in 1892, when his nephews — Moses, Edward, Amson and Simon Reinhart — took over the business and continued the same under the name of E. Reinhart & Company until February 17, 1900, when it was incorporated under the style of E. Reinhart & Co., Inc., with a capital stock of $150,000. In 1913 the articles of incorporation were amended and the capital stock was increased to $181,000 and the following were the officers and directors of the corporation, which was then styled E. Reinhart Company: Edward Reinhart, president; Simon Reinhart, vice-president; Moses Reinhart, secretary; Amson Reinhart, treasurer. Moses came to Winnemucca in 1876, Edward in 1878, Anson in 1882 and Simon, Jr., in 1887. They were educated in the old country and acquired their thorough business training from their uncles in this country, so they have been thoroughly qualified to carry on the great concern built up for them. In the fall of 1912 the company erected a new concrete building adjoining the present store, which is a metropolitan structure, and in very few cities can be found a more up-to-date or a better systematized store than is now being conducted by this concern. Moses Reinhart was born in Oberlustadt, Germany, on June 27, 1860. He was educated in Germany and came to Winnemucca in 1876, where he married Miss Marie Ruckteschler, also a native of Germany, in 1888. Their three children are Oscar, Edna and Helen. Fraternally Mr. Moses Reinhart is affiliated with the Masonic Fraternity, he being a thirty-second degree Mason and also a Shriner. Edward Reinhart was born in Oberlustadt, Germany, in 1862, and took up his residence in Winnemucca in 1878. He married Miss Dora Levi, a native of Mannheim, Germany, in 1889. To this union Else Z. was born October 10, 1890. Simon Reinhart, Jr., was born in Oberlustadt, Germany, in 1866 and came to Winnemucca in 1887. He was united in marriage to Miss Leontine Schwarzschild of San Francisco in May, 1909. To this union was born Alice Johanna in San Francisco on May 6, 1910. Amson Reinhart was born in Oberlustadt, Germany, in 1865. He came to Winnemucca in 1882. Was united in marriage to Miss Rosalie Loeb, a native of Frankenthal, Germany, in 1892. The Reinhart Brothers are numbered among the highly honored and representative business men of Nevada. In addition to the vast mercantile business which they control, they are individual stockholders and control the stock of the Winnemucca Water and Light Co. They are also heavy stockholders in the Winnemucca State Bank and Trust Company. Among their other holdings is the Reinhart Land and Live Stock Company, which owns many thousand acres of land along the Humboldt River, and of which Moses Reinhart is president, Simon Reinhart, vice-president, and Edward Reinhart, secretary. This is a close corporation.

Russell, George [page 1168] GEORGE RUSSELL, a leading merchant and business man of Elko, first came to Nevada in 1860, when he drove a pack team from Placerville, Cal., to Virginia City. He has been engaged in various lines of commercial and industrial activity ever since. Merchandising, farming and stock business has been the occupation in which he has made his principal success, but like many of the earlier pioneers he has also mined. Mr. Russell was born in Bengor, County Down, Ireland, on the 15th day of April, 1837, and when a mere boy he came to America, and in 1852 he sailed for California via Cape Horn, landing in San Francisco in May, 1853. He followed mining in Placer County, Cal., for some years, after which he ran a pack-train from Placerville to Virginia City, which was in 1860. He returned and made his home in Placer County, where he served as Assessor for two years. In 1863 he removed to Eastern Nevada, where he was identified with the freighting business. He has made his residence in Elko County many years, where he has large ranch and cattle interests. For twenty-five years he was associated with the firm of Russell & Bradley of Elko. In 1909 Mr. Russell purchased the controlling interest in the W. T. Smith Company general merchandise store of Elko. He is president of the Russell Land and Cattle Company. In 1893 he served as a member of the State Legislature and during the World's Fair in 1903 Mr. Russell was chosen as National Commissioner and served as chairman of the Live Stock Commission. He was Democratic candidate for Governor of the State of Nevada in 1898 but was defeated. He was united in marriage in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1868, to Miss Martha A. Marchand. To this union were born five children: George, Jr., identified in the cattle and mercantile business with his father; Eliza M., wife of Dr. J. R. Eby of St. Anthony, Idaho; Margaret R., wife of E. R. Newman of Elko, who is manager of the store; Ruth A. and Mattie, both of Elko. Fraternally Mr. Russell is a member of the Odd Fellows.

Sheehan, Jerry [page 1208] JERRY SHEEHAN. In taking up the personal history of Jerry Sheehan we present to our readers one who has a very wide acquaintance in this State, and who is honored and esteemed by all who know him. He was born in Wyoming, May 19, 1870, and received his education in the public schools and the University of Nevada when it was located at Elko. After his schooling he became identified with ranching and shortly afterwards he accepted a position with the Southern Pacific Railroad as telegraph operator, which he held for two years, and then entered the train-service of the road, which position he held to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned. Mr. Sheehan resigned his position as passenger conductor to accept an appointment as County Recorder and Auditor of Humboldt County of an unexpired term, and at the general election in 1902 he was elected without opposition. In 1906 he resigned to accept a position as clerk in the First National Bank of Winnemucca. He has been promoted to assistant cashier, and in 1907 he was made cashier, which office he now holds, and has proved an able worker for the bank. Mr. Sheehan has the honor of being the first president of the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce. He is a stockholder and director in the Nixon National Bank of Reno. He is largely identified in the stock and land interests of the State, being associated with John C. Taylor of Lovelock. Mr. Sheehan was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Muller of Humboldt County February 4, 1895. To this union were born two daughters, Evelyn and Grace, residing at home, where they enjoy with their mother a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

Taber, Erroll J L [page 1191] JUDGE ERROLL JAMES LIVINGSTON TABER of Elko, who has served as District Judge of the Fourth Judicial District since 1910, is one of the eminent members of the Nevada Bar. He was born at Austin, November 29, 1877. He received his early educational training in the public schools of Elka, where he moved with his family in 1884. He later attended the Lincoln Grammar School in San Francisco, graduating in 1893, and the Lowell High School, San Francisco, in 1896. He then attended the Santa Clara College at Santa Clara, Cal., from 1896 to 1898, and the St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., 1898-1900, after which he took up his law studies at the Columbia University School of Law in New York City from 1901 to 1904, graduating in 1904 with the degree of LL. B. He returned to Nevada, where he pursued his studies in the law office of his step-father, Judge E. S. Farrington, at Elko, in 1904. Judge Taber was elected District Attorney of Elko County and served from 1908 to 1910, when he was elected District Judge of the Fourth Judicial District. He was united in marriage to Miss Frances M. Smiley, December 27, 1904. Their three children are: William F., born September 30, 1905; Wallace E., born March 20, 1907; F. Dorothy, born July 9, 1911.

Talbot, George F [page 1188] HON. GEORGE FREDERICK TALBOT, jurist, was born at Ledyard, Connecticut, April 6, 1859. He comes from Colonial and Revolutionary ancestry of English, Scotch and Irish descent. His father was Henry Monroe Talbot, and his mother, who is still living, was before her marriage Myra Ann Ayer, daughter of Colonel George Ayer. He is a descendant of Captain James Stoddard, who fought in the Continental Army, and Captain John Williams, kin of Roger Williams, who was killed by the British at Groton Heights, Connecticut, in 1787. He is also a descendant of Captain Jared Talbot, the Indian fighter in Plymouth Colony more than a century before the Declaration of Independence, and the ancestor of Captain Silas Talbot, who at one time commanded the Constitution. When a few years of age he was brought by his mother by way of Panama to California, his father having come previously to that State overland. When nine years of age he went with his father and others by wagons from California to Elko County. Nevada, while the Indians were yet hostile, and before the connection of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific in 1869. He was educated in the common schools of California in 1868, in a log school house in Nevada in 1869, 1870 and 1871, and in Connecticut from 1872 to 1875. When sixteen years of age he went into the world for himself, and worked upon farms in Connecticut and Nevada to earn money with which to complete his education. From 1875 until 1879 he pursued special courses of study in higher mathematics, physics, Latin, political economy and science of government at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Later he read Blackstone's and Kent's Commentaries by himself and pursued his legal studies at Elko, Nevada, with Hon. R. R. Bigelow, who was later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada. He was admitted to all the courts of the State and began the practice of law in 1881. He was successful from the beginning and soon had a large clientele. He was elected District Attorney of Elko County in 1884 and re-elected ifi 1886, and was not a candidate in 1888. While District Attorney he worked hard for economy and purification of the county government. In 1890 he was urged forward by friends and was elected by the State at large as one of the four District Judges. Division into districts having been made, he was in 1894 elected Judge of the Fourth Judicial District, comprising the eastern tier of counties, and re-elected without opposition in 1898. He was elected Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada in 1902 for a term of six years, and re-elected in 1908. Under the Constitution, by reason of being the senior Justice in commission, he was Chief Justice during the years 1907 and 1908, and will become Chief Justice again during the years 1913 and 1914. He is a close student of the law and of public affairs and takes a deep interest in matters pertaining to the welfare of the people. For some years he has been the president of the Nevada Historical Society. His decisions are marked by close analysis, clearness, justice and impartiality. Notable among his opinions, sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States, is the one in the Boyce case, upholding an act of the Legislature providing for an eight-hour day for men laboring in mines, smelters and ore-reduction works, and the one in Nash v. McNamara, involving the construction of Federal statutes relating to the right of re-location of mineral lands upon the public domain, in which he declined to follow the rule laid down by the Supreme Court of the United States in Lavignino v. Uhlig, and pointed out the reasons which made the decision in that case unsatisfactory under legal principles and the language of the act of Congress. Later the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Farrell v. Lockhart, modified its views and changed the rule it had previously stated in the Uhlig case to conform to the one announced by Judge Talbot when as Chief Justice he wrote the decision in Nash v. McNamara.

Voight, Fred C [page 1269] FRED C. VOIGHT, a native of Nevada and one of the prominent men of Elko, was born May 7, 1880, in the Lamoille Valley. He is a son of Henry and Helene, both natives of Germany. The father followed the sea as a sailor, and located in Santa Rosa, after which he came to Nevada in 1870. He returned to the old country in the early seventies, when he was married. He then returned to the Sagebrush State with his bride and located in Elko County. Here he took up land, and added to his holdings until he is now numbered among the representative and well-to-do farmers of his locality. He is now retired and resides in Elko, having leased his ranch. Four children blessed the family: Matilda, wife of D. W. Peters, of Fallon; Harry G., of Elko; Caroline, who died at the age of twenty-nine, and our subject. Fred C. was educated in the public schools and Business College. He followed ranching until October, 1909. After spending one year in California he returned to Elko and was elected County Clerk in 1910, and took office in January, 1911. He was again elected to the same office in 1912 for a two-year term. He was married to Miss Ida B. Drown, of South Fork, Elko County, who died July 25, 1909. To this union were born three children, one of whom died in infancy, Fred Henry, born March 6, 1906, and Karl Christian, born May 7, 1908. Mr. Voight is a member of the Woodmen of the World.

Weathers, William M [page 1277] WILLIAM M. WEATHERS, the present County Assessor of Elko County, Nevada, is a native son of Star Valley, where his birth occurred on the 12th of August, 1876. He received his education in the graded and high schools of Elko. After his schooling he became largely interested with his father and brothers in stock and ranching in Star Valley. His father, William W., is a native of Alabama and was one of the sturdy pioneers who located in Nevada in 1872, and the family now have four thousand acres. William M. was appointed Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Clark and served in this capacity four years, and in 1906 he was elected to the office of County Assessor, which position he still holds. His integrity, activity and energy have been the crowning points of his success. Mr. Weathers is a Democrat and has taken a keen interest in public affairs. He is a member of the B. P. O. E. of Reno and the K. of P. of Elko.

Williams, Otto T [page 1265] OTTO T. WILLIAMS, one of the representative attorneys of Nevada, who resides in Elko, was born April 13, 1875, in Kansas. In 1880 he removed to Nevada with his parents, who located in the Carson Valley and received his early education at Genoa. At an early age he learned the printer's trade in the office of the Genoa Courier across the street from the historic log cabin, the first house erected in the State. In 1896 Mr. Williams graduated from the University of Nevada, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and on June 1, 1901, he was admitted to the Bar in Nevada. Since that time he has resided and practiced law in Elko. In 1904 he was elected District Attorney of Elko County. During the two years he filled this office he prosecuted the two Indians, Johnny and Ibapah, both of whom were afterward hanged, this being the last case in Elko County in which the death penalty has been inflicted. Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Fredericka Lord, a daughter of F. C. Lord, of Virginia City, February 7, 1902. To this union have been born Frederick Yale, born December 16, 1902, and Otto T., born April 28, 1911.

Biographies from History of Nevada, 1913