Rio Grande County CO Archives Biographies.....Veerkamp, James P. May 7, 1862 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     This prominent professional man of the San Luis valley, who owns and

occupies one of the finest residences in Monte Vista, and enjoys a high rank at

the bar and one of the most lucrative and representative practices in that part

of Colorado, is almost wholly a self-made man, having earned by his own

exertions the money to pay his way through the higher schools and the law

department of Missouri University at Columbia, was born near Troy, Lincoln

county, Missouri, on May 7, 1862, and is the son of Bartholomew and Sarah

(Brown) Veerkamp, the former a native of Hanover, Germany, and the latter of

Lincoln county, Missouri.  The father was successful in farming and raising live

stock, and an esteemed citizen of his locality.  He was a Democrat in political

allegiance until 1861, then became a Republican over the issues involved in the

Civil war.  He died on November 17, 1903, at the age of seventy-eight years. 

The mother is still living at the old Missouri home.  The son attended the

common schools until he was about twenty years old, then taught school in Texas

and Missouri to earn money for the purpose of securing a more advanced and a

professional education. At the age of twenty-three he attended high schools at

Dexter, Iowa, and in 1886 entered the law department of the Columbia (Missouri)

University, having previously prepared himself for his professional course in

that institution by diligent study and attentive reading of the text books on

law while teaching school.  He was examined and admitted to the bar at Mexico,

Missouri.  In 1892 he opened a law office at Stockton, Missouri, and continued

his practice there until 1899, then moved to his present location, Monte Vista,

this state.  He has a general practice, appearing before all the courts and

conducting all kinds of cases, and is looked upon as one of the leading

attorneys of the San Luis valley.  In addition to his legal reputation, he has

that of being a public-spirited and progressive citizen, and a generous and

considerate man, and the distinction he enjoys in all respects is well deserved

and based on demonstrated merit.  Fraternally he is connected with the Odd

Fellows and the Woodmen of the World.  He is a Republican in politics, and while

living in Missouri served as docket clerk in the state senate in 1892 and 1893.

 On February 16, 1896, he was married to Mrs. Emma Hedges, a native of Missouri,

born in Pulaski county.  

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



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