The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-04-28
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Perhaps we may as well begin with

Perhaps we may as well begin with
MAYOR BREsNAHES,
who has for so long a time been a resi-
dent of Cheyenne, and become so thor
oughly identified with its interests that
it seems scarcely necessary to give him
more than a passing notice. Mr.. Bres-
nahen is not yet thirty years of age, is
of medium height and weighs about
n hundred and seventy-iye pounds.
A native of Ireland, he removed with
his parents to America in 1857, when
eight years old and settled at Phelps,
Ontario county, New York, where he
remained until 1867. During the sum-
mel of that year he removed to Jules
burg, Colorado, and purchased the
butchering establishment of Moore &
Stanton, where he carried on a thriving
business in his line. He return
ed to New York and cOnsummated Il
marriage, bringing his wife with him
to Colorado, and three years later came
to Cheyenne, where he has since resided.
Mr.. Bresnahen has served the people
here well and faithfully, both in a ter
ritorial and municipal capacity. His
first position of trust was that of city
trustee for the period of one year. lie
was afterwards elected trustee for the
period of two years. AT the close of
the first year he became Mayor of the
city as successor to Hon. |. G. Whipple,
filling the position with marked credit
to himself and the city. AS Il member
of the upper branch of the Fourth Legis-
lative Assembly he bore q conspicuous
part.
r. 4. CAswELL,
the three years councilman from the
First ward, is the largest member of the
Board, weighing three hundred and
fourteen pounds. He is a native Of the
state of New York and was born at
Fort Burlington, on Oneida Lake, Sep
TENDER 1G, 1880. When seven years
old he removed with his parents to st.
Claire, on the river of that name in
Michigan; and from thence in 1874 to
La Fayette, Indiana, at which place he
remained until the United States be-
came engaged in var with Mexico.
Mr.. Caswell's patriotic nature would
not permit him to remain in the quiet
confines of the Hoosier State when he
saw, what he deemed, an effort on the
part of a foreign power to infringe upon
the rights of the government under
which he had been born and reared.
He enlisted and rendezvoused at New
port Barracks, Kentucky, going from
thence to New Orleans and across the
Gulf to Vera Cruz, landing there under
the fire of the guns of the enemy; thence
to the Halls of the Montezumas in the
City of Mexico. At the close of the
war he was honorably discharged, since
which time he has been engaged in the
printing, show and hotel business. Mr..
Caswell came to Cheyenne from San
Francisco in 1876. He has been very
successful in business here.
a. II. REEL.
The three years term member of the
Council from the Second ward, known
all over this western country as
"Heck'' Reel, is Il native of Jackson
vile, Illinois, is about forty years of
age, and one of the best looking MEM
bers of the Board. He weighs about
160 pounds and is five feet ten inches
in height, is as straight as an arrow,
and has dark hair and whiskers' Mr..
Reel removed to Pittsfield, Ills, where
he learned the carpenterlng trade,
and in 1860 removed to Colorado, drawn
hither by the Pixies Peak excitement.
For three years thereafter he was en-
gagged in mining, after which he fol-
lowed freighting from the Missouri
river to Salt Lake until 1867. During
Mr.. Reels residence in Denver, he en-
tered the matrimonial state. He is
one of the earliest settlers of Cheyenne;
in fact, was here ut the time of its
birth. For a long time he was a menu
Der of the livery and freighting firm of
Abney 81 Reel, of this city. In 1871 he
abandoned the livery business, and has
since devoted his attention to stock
raising, freighting and government
contracting. Mr.. Reel is not without
experience, having served as
a member of the Denver Board of
Trustees, and was also a member of
the Fourth Legislative Assembly of
this Territory.
j. W. HAMMOND.
Who in part represents the Third
ward, is President Of the Council and
Chairman Of the Committee on Police.
He has resided here too long, and is
well know to need more than a
brief biography at u hands. Mr..
is 4 Pennsylvania, born in
York county, April 8, 1S47. He early
emigrated to Ashland county, Ohio,
where he resided until 1864, at which
time he removed to Iowa, settling at
Fairfield, in the extreme southern por-
ton of the State, In 1871 he located
our midst as deputy under DIR. Silas
Reed, then Surveyor General of the
Territory, which position he held for
four years. His ability and suavity