http://www.memoriallibrary.com/CO/1898DenverPB/pages/pbrd0134.htm
BRADFORD H. DUBOIS, president of the State Sanitary Board, has been very successfully connected with the mining interests of Colorado. Coming to Colorado in 1877, he, with Gen. John A. Logan, Governor Routt and J. V. Holcomb, hired a large carriage for the season and, amply provided with provisions, set out for the mining regions of the state, In July of that year they arrived in Oro. In February of the next year Leadville, three miles below Oro, was located and named. At the suggestion of J. J. DuBois, the only brother of our subject, the original name of Stabtown was changed to the more pleasing and appropriate appellation of Leadville. After some months among the mines, in November, 1877, General Logan and Mr. DuBois returned to Illinois; but in the spring of the next year the latter again went to Leadville, where he engaged in mining. With three others he located the Maid of Erin, which has produced nearly $6,000,000 and paid dividends to the amount of about $3,000,000. This mine is still being worked and is one of the most famous in the world. After some time, by consolidation, the Henrietta and Maid Consolidated Mining Company was incorporated in 1884. The same gentlemen also discovered and located the best portion of the Crystallite, that has since become famous, but their interest in this they soon sold. In addition to other mining interests Mr. Dubois is vice-president of the Hill Top Mining Company, which is in active operation, and owns the largest lead-producing mine in Colorado.
Tracing the record of the DuBois family, we find that Louis Dubois was born in France, but on account of religious persecution fled to Holland, where he married. In 1624 he came to America and was one of the original twelve
patentees of Ulster County, N. Y., where he bought a large tract of land at New Paltz. His Son, Jonathan, had a son, Cornelius, who was a captain in the Revolution. Next in line of descent was Mathelsohn, a large land owner. His son, John B. DuBois, our subject's father, was born near Kingston, Ulster County, and engaged in the mercantile business at Libertyville until his retirement, when fifty-two years of age. For years he held the office of supervisor. His wife was Mary Hand, who was born in Libertyville, and died in Denver in 1895. Her father, Abel Hand, was born in Connecticut, removed to New York and carried on a mill at Libertyville, later going to Palatine Bridge, the same state, where he died. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He had only two children, sons, and they reside in Colorado, J. J. being proprietor of a ranch six miles east of Denver.
Born in Ulster County in 1853, our subject attended the Libertyville school and New Paltz Academy, then was a student in the Illinois University at Champaign, remaining there until the close of the junior year. Later he engaged in business in Decatur, Ill., where he remained until his removal west. In 1885 he became interested in ranching, purchasing a tract one-half mile from the city limits, and at once proceeded to improve its seven hundred and fifty acres, which he irrigates from the High Line ditch, beside having artesian water in every field. General farm products are raised here, also standard bred horses, several of which have made world's records, and Jersey cattle.
Politically Mr. DuBois is a Democrat. He made his headquarters in Leadville until 1885, when he removed to Denver. Under the administration of Governor Mclntire he was appointed president of the state sanitary board, and when Governor Adams became chief executive he was again chosen for this responsible position. In Denver he married Mrs. Eva (Speer) Moore, the first girl born in Lawrence, Kan., of which her father, John Speer, was one of the most prominent pioneers, also editor of the abolition paper that excited the wrath of the slavery supporters. In his family there were eight children, the eldest of whom, John, a married man, was murdered August 21, 1863, and the second son, Robert, who it is supposed was murdered, was buried on the day his older brother was killed.
The third son, William, is a railroad man in Wichita, Kan.; Mary, Mrs. Wood Neff, died in Topeka in 1886; Eva was next in order of birth; Rosa died when a young lady; Hardin lives in Denver; and Joseph was accidentally killed by a playmate when seven years of age. Mrs. DuBois was educated in the University of Kansas, at Lawrence, and when a young woman was married to Charles D. Moore, who was born in Bridgeton, N. J., and grew to manhood in Kansas, but in 1881 removed to Robinson, Colo., where he was manager of the Robinson mine until his death in 1886. He left one daughter, Edna. The year after her husband's death Mrs. Moore came to Denver, where afterward she was married to Mr. DuBois. She is a member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, and a lady of fine mental endowments, whose superior attributes of character attract many friends.
***************************
pg 12, The Denver Post, Thursday, November 26, 1919
BRADFORD DU BOIS, PIONEER COLORADO CAPITALIST, DIES
Was One of Most Prominent of Early Day Racing Men.
Bradford H DuBois, better known as "Brad" DuBois, capitalist and one of the most prominent of the early racing men, died at his home, 1360 Corona Street, late Wednesday. Death was due to a complication of diseases from which he had been suffering since last May.
Mr. DuBois was 64 years old and was born in Libertyville, New York of an illustrious French family. He attended New Paltz academy and later the University of Illnois, where he graduated in 1876 with a degree of B.A. The following summer he came to Colorado and located at Leadville. He assisted in the building up of that town and was responsible for changing its former name, Slab Town, to the present one.
His keen insight enabled him to become identified with such mining properties as the Maid of Erin, Henriette and Yak Tunnel, in which he held interests at the time of his death.
The Maid of Erin was one of the most profitable mines of the region, producing more than $3,000,000 in dividends, of which Mr. DuBois and his brother, the late Maj. J. J. DuBoisi, received a quarter.
Later Mr. DuBois and his brother engaged in the raising of thorobred horses, and became nationally known as fair and square sportsmen. They conducted a large breeding farm near Denver, which thirty years ago bore their name, and produced many trotters and pacers that established records at race meets.
After the death of his brother, more than twelve years ago, Mr DuBois retired from active business. Since the death of his wife, last January his health had been gradually falling.
Three nephews and three nieces survive Mr. DuBois. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from Rogers funeral parlors, with interment at Fairmount cemetery.
BRADFORD H. DUBOIS, president of the State Sanitary Board, has been very successfully connected with the mining interests of Colorado. Coming to Colorado in 1877, he, with Gen. John A. Logan, Governor Routt and J. V. Holcomb, hired a large carriage for the season and, amply provided with provisions, set out for the mining regions of the state, In July of that year they arrived in Oro. In February of the next year Leadville, three miles below Oro, was located and named. At the suggestion of J. J. DuBois, the only brother of our subject, the original name of Stabtown was changed to the more pleasing and appropriate appellation of Leadville. After some months among the mines, in November, 1877, General Logan and Mr. DuBois returned to Illinois; but in the spring of the next year the latter again went to Leadville, where he engaged in mining. With three others he located the Maid of Erin, which has produced nearly $6,000,000 and paid dividends to the amount of about $3,000,000. This mine is still being worked and is one of the most famous in the world. After some time, by consolidation, the Henrietta and Maid Consolidated Mining Company was incorporated in 1884. The same gentlemen also discovered and located the best portion of the Crystallite, that has since become famous, but their interest in this they soon sold. In addition to other mining interests Mr. Dubois is vice-president of the Hill Top Mining Company, which is in active operation, and owns the largest lead-producing mine in Colorado.
Tracing the record of the DuBois family, we find that Louis Dubois was born in France, but on account of religious persecution fled to Holland, where he married. In 1624 he came to America and was one of the original twelve
patentees of Ulster County, N. Y., where he bought a large tract of land at New Paltz. His Son, Jonathan, had a son, Cornelius, who was a captain in the Revolution. Next in line of descent was Mathelsohn, a large land owner. His son, John B. DuBois, our subject's father, was born near Kingston, Ulster County, and engaged in the mercantile business at Libertyville until his retirement, when fifty-two years of age. For years he held the office of supervisor. His wife was Mary Hand, who was born in Libertyville, and died in Denver in 1895. Her father, Abel Hand, was born in Connecticut, removed to New York and carried on a mill at Libertyville, later going to Palatine Bridge, the same state, where he died. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He had only two children, sons, and they reside in Colorado, J. J. being proprietor of a ranch six miles east of Denver.
Born in Ulster County in 1853, our subject attended the Libertyville school and New Paltz Academy, then was a student in the Illinois University at Champaign, remaining there until the close of the junior year. Later he engaged in business in Decatur, Ill., where he remained until his removal west. In 1885 he became interested in ranching, purchasing a tract one-half mile from the city limits, and at once proceeded to improve its seven hundred and fifty acres, which he irrigates from the High Line ditch, beside having artesian water in every field. General farm products are raised here, also standard bred horses, several of which have made world's records, and Jersey cattle.
Politically Mr. DuBois is a Democrat. He made his headquarters in Leadville until 1885, when he removed to Denver. Under the administration of Governor Mclntire he was appointed president of the state sanitary board, and when Governor Adams became chief executive he was again chosen for this responsible position. In Denver he married Mrs. Eva (Speer) Moore, the first girl born in Lawrence, Kan., of which her father, John Speer, was one of the most prominent pioneers, also editor of the abolition paper that excited the wrath of the slavery supporters. In his family there were eight children, the eldest of whom, John, a married man, was murdered August 21, 1863, and the second son, Robert, who it is supposed was murdered, was buried on the day his older brother was killed.
The third son, William, is a railroad man in Wichita, Kan.; Mary, Mrs. Wood Neff, died in Topeka in 1886; Eva was next in order of birth; Rosa died when a young lady; Hardin lives in Denver; and Joseph was accidentally killed by a playmate when seven years of age. Mrs. DuBois was educated in the University of Kansas, at Lawrence, and when a young woman was married to Charles D. Moore, who was born in Bridgeton, N. J., and grew to manhood in Kansas, but in 1881 removed to Robinson, Colo., where he was manager of the Robinson mine until his death in 1886. He left one daughter, Edna. The year after her husband's death Mrs. Moore came to Denver, where afterward she was married to Mr. DuBois. She is a member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, and a lady of fine mental endowments, whose superior attributes of character attract many friends.
***************************
pg 12, The Denver Post, Thursday, November 26, 1919
BRADFORD DU BOIS, PIONEER COLORADO CAPITALIST, DIES
Was One of Most Prominent of Early Day Racing Men.
Bradford H DuBois, better known as "Brad" DuBois, capitalist and one of the most prominent of the early racing men, died at his home, 1360 Corona Street, late Wednesday. Death was due to a complication of diseases from which he had been suffering since last May.
Mr. DuBois was 64 years old and was born in Libertyville, New York of an illustrious French family. He attended New Paltz academy and later the University of Illnois, where he graduated in 1876 with a degree of B.A. The following summer he came to Colorado and located at Leadville. He assisted in the building up of that town and was responsible for changing its former name, Slab Town, to the present one.
His keen insight enabled him to become identified with such mining properties as the Maid of Erin, Henriette and Yak Tunnel, in which he held interests at the time of his death.
The Maid of Erin was one of the most profitable mines of the region, producing more than $3,000,000 in dividends, of which Mr. DuBois and his brother, the late Maj. J. J. DuBoisi, received a quarter.
Later Mr. DuBois and his brother engaged in the raising of thorobred horses, and became nationally known as fair and square sportsmen. They conducted a large breeding farm near Denver, which thirty years ago bore their name, and produced many trotters and pacers that established records at race meets.
After the death of his brother, more than twelve years ago, Mr DuBois retired from active business. Since the death of his wife, last January his health had been gradually falling.
Three nephews and three nieces survive Mr. DuBois. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from Rogers funeral parlors, with interment at Fairmount cemetery.
http://www.memoriallibrary.com/CO/1898DenverPB/pages/pbrd0134.htm
BRADFORD H. DUBOIS, president of the State Sanitary Board, has been very successfully connected with the mining interests of Colorado. Coming to Colorado in 1877, he, with Gen. John A. Logan, Governor Routt and J. V. Holcomb, hired a large carriage for the season and, amply provided with provisions, set out for the mining regions of the state, In July of that year they arrived in Oro. In February of the next year Leadville, three miles below Oro, was located and named. At the suggestion of J. J. DuBois, the only brother of our subject, the original name of Stabtown was changed to the more pleasing and appropriate appellation of Leadville. After some months among the mines, in November, 1877, General Logan and Mr. DuBois returned to Illinois; but in the spring of the next year the latter again went to Leadville, where he engaged in mining. With three others he located the Maid of Erin, which has produced nearly $6,000,000 and paid dividends to the amount of about $3,000,000. This mine is still being worked and is one of the most famous in the world. After some time, by consolidation, the Henrietta and Maid Consolidated Mining Company was incorporated in 1884. The same gentlemen also discovered and located the best portion of the Crystallite, that has since become famous, but their interest in this they soon sold. In addition to other mining interests Mr. Dubois is vice-president of the Hill Top Mining Company, which is in active operation, and owns the largest lead-producing mine in Colorado.
Tracing the record of the DuBois family, we find that Louis Dubois was born in France, but on account of religious persecution fled to Holland, where he married. In 1624 he came to America and was one of the original twelve
patentees of Ulster County, N. Y., where he bought a large tract of land at New Paltz. His Son, Jonathan, had a son, Cornelius, who was a captain in the Revolution. Next in line of descent was Mathelsohn, a large land owner. His son, John B. DuBois, our subject's father, was born near Kingston, Ulster County, and engaged in the mercantile business at Libertyville until his retirement, when fifty-two years of age. For years he held the office of supervisor. His wife was Mary Hand, who was born in Libertyville, and died in Denver in 1895. Her father, Abel Hand, was born in Connecticut, removed to New York and carried on a mill at Libertyville, later going to Palatine Bridge, the same state, where he died. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He had only two children, sons, and they reside in Colorado, J. J. being proprietor of a ranch six miles east of Denver.
Born in Ulster County in 1853, our subject attended the Libertyville school and New Paltz Academy, then was a student in the Illinois University at Champaign, remaining there until the close of the junior year. Later he engaged in business in Decatur, Ill., where he remained until his removal west. In 1885 he became interested in ranching, purchasing a tract one-half mile from the city limits, and at once proceeded to improve its seven hundred and fifty acres, which he irrigates from the High Line ditch, beside having artesian water in every field. General farm products are raised here, also standard bred horses, several of which have made world's records, and Jersey cattle.
Politically Mr. DuBois is a Democrat. He made his headquarters in Leadville until 1885, when he removed to Denver. Under the administration of Governor Mclntire he was appointed president of the state sanitary board, and when Governor Adams became chief executive he was again chosen for this responsible position. In Denver he married Mrs. Eva (Speer) Moore, the first girl born in Lawrence, Kan., of which her father, John Speer, was one of the most prominent pioneers, also editor of the abolition paper that excited the wrath of the slavery supporters. In his family there were eight children, the eldest of whom, John, a married man, was murdered August 21, 1863, and the second son, Robert, who it is supposed was murdered, was buried on the day his older brother was killed.
The third son, William, is a railroad man in Wichita, Kan.; Mary, Mrs. Wood Neff, died in Topeka in 1886; Eva was next in order of birth; Rosa died when a young lady; Hardin lives in Denver; and Joseph was accidentally killed by a playmate when seven years of age. Mrs. DuBois was educated in the University of Kansas, at Lawrence, and when a young woman was married to Charles D. Moore, who was born in Bridgeton, N. J., and grew to manhood in Kansas, but in 1881 removed to Robinson, Colo., where he was manager of the Robinson mine until his death in 1886. He left one daughter, Edna. The year after her husband's death Mrs. Moore came to Denver, where afterward she was married to Mr. DuBois. She is a member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, and a lady of fine mental endowments, whose superior attributes of character attract many friends.
***************************
pg 12, The Denver Post, Thursday, November 26, 1919
BRADFORD DU BOIS, PIONEER COLORADO CAPITALIST, DIES
Was One of Most Prominent of Early Day Racing Men.
Bradford H DuBois, better known as "Brad" DuBois, capitalist and one of the most prominent of the early racing men, died at his home, 1360 Corona Street, late Wednesday. Death was due to a complication of diseases from which he had been suffering since last May.
Mr. DuBois was 64 years old and was born in Libertyville, New York of an illustrious French family. He attended New Paltz academy and later the University of Illnois, where he graduated in 1876 with a degree of B.A. The following summer he came to Colorado and located at Leadville. He assisted in the building up of that town and was responsible for changing its former name, Slab Town, to the present one.
His keen insight enabled him to become identified with such mining properties as the Maid of Erin, Henriette and Yak Tunnel, in which he held interests at the time of his death.
The Maid of Erin was one of the most profitable mines of the region, producing more than $3,000,000 in dividends, of which Mr. DuBois and his brother, the late Maj. J. J. DuBoisi, received a quarter.
Later Mr. DuBois and his brother engaged in the raising of thorobred horses, and became nationally known as fair and square sportsmen. They conducted a large breeding farm near Denver, which thirty years ago bore their name, and produced many trotters and pacers that established records at race meets.
After the death of his brother, more than twelve years ago, Mr DuBois retired from active business. Since the death of his wife, last January his health had been gradually falling.
Three nephews and three nieces survive Mr. DuBois. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from Rogers funeral parlors, with interment at Fairmount cemetery.
BRADFORD H. DUBOIS, president of the State Sanitary Board, has been very successfully connected with the mining interests of Colorado. Coming to Colorado in 1877, he, with Gen. John A. Logan, Governor Routt and J. V. Holcomb, hired a large carriage for the season and, amply provided with provisions, set out for the mining regions of the state, In July of that year they arrived in Oro. In February of the next year Leadville, three miles below Oro, was located and named. At the suggestion of J. J. DuBois, the only brother of our subject, the original name of Stabtown was changed to the more pleasing and appropriate appellation of Leadville. After some months among the mines, in November, 1877, General Logan and Mr. DuBois returned to Illinois; but in the spring of the next year the latter again went to Leadville, where he engaged in mining. With three others he located the Maid of Erin, which has produced nearly $6,000,000 and paid dividends to the amount of about $3,000,000. This mine is still being worked and is one of the most famous in the world. After some time, by consolidation, the Henrietta and Maid Consolidated Mining Company was incorporated in 1884. The same gentlemen also discovered and located the best portion of the Crystallite, that has since become famous, but their interest in this they soon sold. In addition to other mining interests Mr. Dubois is vice-president of the Hill Top Mining Company, which is in active operation, and owns the largest lead-producing mine in Colorado.
Tracing the record of the DuBois family, we find that Louis Dubois was born in France, but on account of religious persecution fled to Holland, where he married. In 1624 he came to America and was one of the original twelve
patentees of Ulster County, N. Y., where he bought a large tract of land at New Paltz. His Son, Jonathan, had a son, Cornelius, who was a captain in the Revolution. Next in line of descent was Mathelsohn, a large land owner. His son, John B. DuBois, our subject's father, was born near Kingston, Ulster County, and engaged in the mercantile business at Libertyville until his retirement, when fifty-two years of age. For years he held the office of supervisor. His wife was Mary Hand, who was born in Libertyville, and died in Denver in 1895. Her father, Abel Hand, was born in Connecticut, removed to New York and carried on a mill at Libertyville, later going to Palatine Bridge, the same state, where he died. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He had only two children, sons, and they reside in Colorado, J. J. being proprietor of a ranch six miles east of Denver.
Born in Ulster County in 1853, our subject attended the Libertyville school and New Paltz Academy, then was a student in the Illinois University at Champaign, remaining there until the close of the junior year. Later he engaged in business in Decatur, Ill., where he remained until his removal west. In 1885 he became interested in ranching, purchasing a tract one-half mile from the city limits, and at once proceeded to improve its seven hundred and fifty acres, which he irrigates from the High Line ditch, beside having artesian water in every field. General farm products are raised here, also standard bred horses, several of which have made world's records, and Jersey cattle.
Politically Mr. DuBois is a Democrat. He made his headquarters in Leadville until 1885, when he removed to Denver. Under the administration of Governor Mclntire he was appointed president of the state sanitary board, and when Governor Adams became chief executive he was again chosen for this responsible position. In Denver he married Mrs. Eva (Speer) Moore, the first girl born in Lawrence, Kan., of which her father, John Speer, was one of the most prominent pioneers, also editor of the abolition paper that excited the wrath of the slavery supporters. In his family there were eight children, the eldest of whom, John, a married man, was murdered August 21, 1863, and the second son, Robert, who it is supposed was murdered, was buried on the day his older brother was killed.
The third son, William, is a railroad man in Wichita, Kan.; Mary, Mrs. Wood Neff, died in Topeka in 1886; Eva was next in order of birth; Rosa died when a young lady; Hardin lives in Denver; and Joseph was accidentally killed by a playmate when seven years of age. Mrs. DuBois was educated in the University of Kansas, at Lawrence, and when a young woman was married to Charles D. Moore, who was born in Bridgeton, N. J., and grew to manhood in Kansas, but in 1881 removed to Robinson, Colo., where he was manager of the Robinson mine until his death in 1886. He left one daughter, Edna. The year after her husband's death Mrs. Moore came to Denver, where afterward she was married to Mr. DuBois. She is a member of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, and a lady of fine mental endowments, whose superior attributes of character attract many friends.
***************************
pg 12, The Denver Post, Thursday, November 26, 1919
BRADFORD DU BOIS, PIONEER COLORADO CAPITALIST, DIES
Was One of Most Prominent of Early Day Racing Men.
Bradford H DuBois, better known as "Brad" DuBois, capitalist and one of the most prominent of the early racing men, died at his home, 1360 Corona Street, late Wednesday. Death was due to a complication of diseases from which he had been suffering since last May.
Mr. DuBois was 64 years old and was born in Libertyville, New York of an illustrious French family. He attended New Paltz academy and later the University of Illnois, where he graduated in 1876 with a degree of B.A. The following summer he came to Colorado and located at Leadville. He assisted in the building up of that town and was responsible for changing its former name, Slab Town, to the present one.
His keen insight enabled him to become identified with such mining properties as the Maid of Erin, Henriette and Yak Tunnel, in which he held interests at the time of his death.
The Maid of Erin was one of the most profitable mines of the region, producing more than $3,000,000 in dividends, of which Mr. DuBois and his brother, the late Maj. J. J. DuBoisi, received a quarter.
Later Mr. DuBois and his brother engaged in the raising of thorobred horses, and became nationally known as fair and square sportsmen. They conducted a large breeding farm near Denver, which thirty years ago bore their name, and produced many trotters and pacers that established records at race meets.
After the death of his brother, more than twelve years ago, Mr DuBois retired from active business. Since the death of his wife, last January his health had been gradually falling.
Three nephews and three nieces survive Mr. DuBois. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from Rogers funeral parlors, with interment at Fairmount cemetery.
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
