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Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)

CHARLES L. HENDERSHOT.

    Charles L. Hendershot, of Denver, has always devoted his attention to a
calling in which advancement must depend entirely upon individual effort and
merit. The influence of family or friends avails one little in the practice of
law. The individual must possess a knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence,
with ability to accurately -apply these principles, and his clients must find
him at all times devoted to their interests. Meeting all the requirements of the
successful attorney, Charles L. Hendershot is now practicing in Denver and the
court records attest the ability which he has displayed in handling various
important cases. He comes to the west from Marion county, Iowa, where his birth
occurred on the 18th of June, 1869. He is a son of Isaac B. and Margaret E.
(Hart) Hendershot, the former a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, while the
latter was born in Marion county, Iowa. The father's birth occurred in the year
1S33 and in 1865, when a young man of about thirty-two, he removed to Iowa,
where he engaged in the raising of live stock, making a specialty of handling
cattle. His business affairs were wisely, carefully and successfully conducted
and he remained a valued and substantial resident of Marion county to the time
of his demise, which occurred in 1907. His wife was reared and educated in that
county and there remained to the time of her death, which occurred in the year
1917, she having survived her husband for a decade.

    Mr. and Mrs. Isaac B. Hendershot reared a family of seven children, of whom
Charles L. Hendershot was the second in order of birth. His youthful experiences
were those of the farm-bred boy who divides his time between the acquirement of
an education, the work of the fields and the pleasures of the playground. After
he had mastered the branches of learning taught in the public schools of his
native county he continued his studies in the University of Iowa at Iowa City
and, having determined upon the practice of law as a life work, he there
concentrated his efforts and attention upon preparation for the bar. He was
graduated from the law department with the class of 1896 and at once entered
upon the practice in Marion county, where he remained until 1898. Thinking that
the new and growing west would offer better opportunities, he then made his way
to Pueblo, Colorado. There he did not immediately take up law practice but
entered the service of the United States government as special land agent,
continuing in the department from 1898 until 1906, when he resigned to again
enter upon the practice of his profession. In the latter year he located in
Walsenburg, Colorado, where he continued his residence from 1906 until 1913 and
was very successful in his professional work there. In the latter year he came
to Denver, where he has since remained, and in his practice he has specialized
in land law and particularly law relating to oil lands. He has built up a very
extensive practice in this connection and the extent and importance of his
business shows him to be acknowledged an authority upon this branch of practice.
He has closely studied every phase bearing upon land titles and the titles of
oil properties and he can readily cite precedent and principle and is able to
most wisely counsel his clients as to the course which they should pursue.

    In July, 1890, Mr. Hendershot was united in marriage to Miss Emma A.
McCulley, a daughter of Henry M. and Eleanor (Potter) McCulley, of Marion
county, Iowa. They have become parents of two children: Margaret, who was born
in Marion county, Iowa, and was educated at the University of Colorado and
graduated from the University of Denver with the class of '18; and Charles, who
was born in Pueblo, Colorado, August 5, 1905, and is attending the Denver
schools. The parents are consistent and faithful members of the Episcopal church
and Mr. Hendershot stands very high in Masonic circles, exemplifying in his,
life the beneficent spirit of the craft. He has attained the Knight Templar
degree in the York Rite and he belongs also to Denver Lodge, No. 17, B. P. 0.
E., while his membership relations further extend to the Denver Club and to the
Denver University Club. Along strictly professional lines he is connected with
the Denver County & City Bar Association and the Colorado State Bar Association.
He is well known socially and he and his family occupy a fine home on Columbine
street, in one of the best residential sections of Denver. The hospitality of
their home is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. Mrs. Hendershot is
prominent in Red Cross work, taking an active and helpful part in supporting and
promoting that organization. Mr. Hendershot has never had occasion to regret
his, determination to remove to the west, for here he found business
opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has made steady progress.
His professional prominence is uniformly attested by those who know him and his
acquaintance in the city is constantly broadening.


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HISTORY OF COLORADO

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1918


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