Denver-Pueblo-San Juan County CO Archives Biographies.....Stimpson, William E. 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: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 January 1, 2009, 6:15 am Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918) WILLIAM E. STIMPSON. William E. Stimpson, state land agent at Denver, was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, February 24, 1873, and is a son of George B. and Georgia A. (Martin) Stimpson, the former a native of Watertown, Wisconsin, and the latter of Millersburg, Kentucky. In the early '60s George B. Stimpson removed westward with his family, first settling in Denver, where he remained, however, for but a short period. He next became a resident of Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he engaged in the real estate and investment business. After a time he removed to Pueblo, Colorado, where he continued in the same line of business until his death, which occurred in 1892. He held a number of public offices of trust, serving as city clerk of Cheyenne and after his removal to Pueblo as county clerk. He was also postmaster of that city for a number of years prior to his death. His wife died in San Diego, California, in June, 1917, when she was sixty-five years of age. Their family numbered a daughter and a son, the former being Mrs. Adelaide Anderson Haynes, of Denver. William E. Stimpson accompanied his parents on their removal from Wyoming to Pueblo, attended the public schools of that city and eventually entered the real estate business there. During the Spanish-American war he was appointed superintendent of documents and stamps, with headquarters at Pueblo, and continued in that department until 1901, when he took up mining in the San Juan district of Colorado at Silverton. There he operated successfully for four years, after which he received appointment to a position in the state treasurer's office, where he continued for one term. He afterward secured a clerical position in the state land office and later was appointed to a position in the state auditor's office, serving for one term in each of these positions. In 1909 he decided to embark in business on his own account and opened an office for the purpose of practicing as a state land attorney before the State Land Office of Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, he being the only state land attorney in the United States. Mr. Stimpson is exclusive agent for state school lands and is one of the best informed men in Colorado on this class of real estate. His business has grown from a modest beginning to one of large proportions. On the 15th of February, 1911, Mr. Stimpson was united in marriage to Miss Ellen C. Jackman, of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons as a member of Oriental Lodge, No. 87, while in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-second degree. He is also a member of the Denver Athletic Cluh and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. A self-made man, he has worked his way upward entirely through his own efforts and his persistency and energy have been salient features in his growing prosperity. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF COLORADO ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 1I CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1918 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/denver/bios/stimpson192nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cofiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb