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Andrew Oleson, Gypsum, Colorado. Mr. Oleson is seated for a formal photograph, in suit with bowtie.
Born in Tornum, Nord-Schleswig, Denmark, October 22, 1864, Andrew attened German Trades schools, learning shoemaking. He joined his father in Colorado in 1883. Andrew worked in Red Cliff at first and then joined his family on the homestead in Gypsum Valley, the Sam Oleson Place. In 1902, he purchased the Shippey Place in Gypsum Valley which he owned...
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Sam Lemon and his brother-in-law, Carl Stewart, seated on rocks. Outbuilding in background.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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From left to right: Urdine Bell Messersmith Lea, father George Washington Messersmith, and Andrew Elias (Andy) Messersmith.
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William Henry Lea stands outside his home in Gypsum, Colorado. His son, William Oscar (Willie), is peeking through the window on the right side of the photograph.
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George Washington Messersmith sits on a small porch with his granddaughters, Mary Ellen (left) and Evelyn Urdine Douthit (right). The photo was taken around 1930 in front of Urdine Bell & William Henry Lea's home in Gypsum, Colorado (George Washington's daughter and son-in-law). The log cabin in the picture was also on the property and once was home to William Lea's mother, Johanna Harrison Lea, and his sister, Ada Lea (Sprague).
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Formal portrait of Barclay Hockett. He was born July 19, 1813, at Wilmington, Ohio, and died at Gypsum, Colorado, on June 7, 1915. He was an early settler of Eagle County, arriving at Battle Mountain in 1882, and moving to Eagle a year later. He homesteaded near Gypsum.
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Portait of Andrew Elias Messersmith of Gypsum, Colorado. Andrew is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Andy married Ouida Lucille Gerard, the daughter of George Nathaniel Gerard who came to Gypsum with his brother, Andrew Robert Gerard, from Indiana.
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Portait of Andrew Elias Messersmith of Gypsum, Colorado. Andrew is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Andy married Ouida Lucille Gerard, the daughter of George Nathaniel Gerard who came to Gypsum with his brother, Andrew Robert Gerard, from Indiana.
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George Washington Messersmith sits on a small porch with his granddaughters, Mary Ellen (left) and Evelyn Urdine Douthit (right). The photo was taken around 1930 in front of Urdine Bell & William Henry Lea's home in Gypsum, Colorado (George Washington's daughter and son-in-law). The log cabin in the picture was also on the property and once was home to William Lea's mother, Johanna Harrison Lea, and his sister, Ada Lea (Sprague).
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William Henry Lea stands outside his home in Gypsum, Colorado. His son, William Oscar (Willie), is peeking through the window on the right side of the photograph.
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From left to right: Urdine Bell Messersmith Lea, father George Washington Messersmith, and Andrew Elias (Andy) Messersmith.
