Dolores County CO Archives Biographies.....McGrew, J.B. October 25, 1864 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     J.B. McGrew, of Dolores, the genial and accommodating host of the Southern


Hotel, who is a native of Lexington, Missouri, born on October 25, 1864, is a


pioneer of 1880 in Colorado, and the son of Calvin L. and Martha (Ward) McGrew,


natives of Kentucky.  In 1873 the family moved to New Mexico and there followed


the stock business until 1879.  They then moved their stock to Colorado, and


continued the business until 1900, it being carried on under the supervision of


the mother after the death of the father in 1895.  She is now living at Durango,


this state.  There are three children in the family:  Irving W., a resident of


Maple Creek, Canada, and engaged in the stock business; J.B., the immediate


subject of this review; and Christina B., the wife of John G. Huggins,


proprietor of the Durango Telegraph.  Mr. McGrew sold his stock in 1900 and


bought the Southern Hotel at Dolores, and this he has elevated to a high rank


among houses of entertainment in the West, making it one of the best of its kind


to be found in this section of the country.  He is well fitted by nature and


experience for the exacting duties of a boniface, and discharges them in a way


that makes his house popular and retains the friendship of all who once become


his guests.  The hotel is up-to-date in its appointments and is conducted on a


broad and modern style of enterprise that meets the requirements of the


traveling public, and makes it a home for its permanent residents.  Nothing is


wanting to its completeness for houses of its class, and no effort on the part


of the host to make it satisfactory to its patrons is omitted.  Mr. McGrew is a


prominent member of the Masonic order, belonging to Durango Lodge, No. 46.  He


was married in 1899 to Mrs. Emma Reed, a native of Illinois.  Their family


consists of themselves and two children of Mrs. McGrew by her former marriage,


her son John and her daughter Kate.  Aside from his business Mr. McGrew is held


in the highest esteem as a public-spirited and broad-minded citizen, and is a


welcome addition to the best social circles.

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From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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