Chaffee County CO Archives Biographies.....Halsey Jr., John Smith May 16, 1873 - ? ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Crook jlcrook@rof.net February 28, 2006, 1:20 pm Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado John Smith Halsey, Jr., the younger of the two living sons of John Smith Halsey, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work, and one of the enterprising and progressive young men of Chaffee county, Colorado, was born at Swatow, China, on May 16, 1873. He was a boy of about eight years old when the family located at Buena Vista, and he received his early education in that town, his father employing a tutor for his two sons. He afterward attended the public schools, and later a college at Faribault, Minnesota. After leaving college he was for two years a student at the Golden (Colorado) School of Mines. He then became interested in the mining industry, opening an assay office at Buena Vista. In the spring of 1898 he went to old Mexico and during the next three years, or nearly that period, was in the employ of a mining company near the city of Mexico, returning to Buena Vista in the fall of 1900. After the death of his mother he was associated with his brother in the drug trade until in the division of his father’s estate the drug store was assigned to his brother. He then bought the book and stationery store which he is now keeping. Fraternally Mr. Halsey belongs to the order of Elks, with membership in the lodge of the order at Leadville. On August 30, 1901, he united in marriage with Miss Margaret E. Ryan, a native of Tennessee, the marriage taking place at Leadville. Mr. Halsey has inherited in a large measure the energy and public-spirit of his father, and is always ready to do his part in any undertaking for the advancement of the community in any commendable way. He is recognized as a young man of force and capacity, and is held in the highest esteem throughout the county. Additional Comments: From Progressive Men of Western Colorado. Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/chaffee/bios/halseyjr200gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb