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Hotelier and Innkeeper Politicians in Colorado

Charles Boettcher (1852-1948) — of Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo.; Boulder, Boulder County, Colo.; Leadville, Lake County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Kölleda, Germany, April 8, 1852. Republican. Hardware business; co-founder and vice-president, Great Western Sugar Co.; co-founder and president Ideal Cement Company; vice-president, Brown Palace Hotel Company; real estate investor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1916 (alternate), 1928. German ancestry. Died, in his suite at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colo., July 2, 1948 (age 96 years, 85 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.   Relatives: Son of Frederick Boettcher and Susanna Boettcher; married to Fannie Augusta Cowan; father of Claudius Kedzie Boettcher; grandfather of Charles Boettcher II (who married Anna Lou Pigott).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Claudius Kedzie Boettcher (1875-1957) — also known as Claude K. Boettcher — of Denver, Colo. Born in Boulder, Boulder County, Colo., January 10, 1875. Republican. Packing business; banker; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman, Denver and Intermountain Railway; president, Brown Palace Hotel; director, Great Western Sugar Co.; director, Denver Dry Goods Co.; vice-president of several electric utilities; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1936 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1944. Episcopalian. German ancestry. Died in Denver, Colo., June 9, 1957 (age 82 years, 150 days). Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.   Relatives: Son of Charles Boettcher and Fannie August (Cowan) Boettcher; married, January 29, 1900, to De Allen McMurtrie; married 1920 to Edna Case McElveen; father of Charles Boettcher II (who married Anna Lou Pigott).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Spencer Penrose (1865-1939) — of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 2, 1865. Republican. Copper mining business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1904 (alternate), 1916; promoter and developer of the Pikes Peak region; builder of the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort; philanthropist; delegate to Colorado convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., 1939 (age about 73 years). Cremated; ashes interred at Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun, Colorado Springs, Colo.   Relatives: Son of Sarah Hannah (Boies) Penrose and Richard A. F. Penrose; brother of Boies Penrose; married 1906 to Julie Villiers (Lewis) McMillan (daughter of Alexander Lewis); grandson of Charles Bingham Penrose; grandnephew of Edward MacFunn Biddle; second great-grandnephew of Edward Biddle and Charles Biddle; first cousin thrice removed of James Biddle, John Biddle (1792-1859) and Richard Biddle; first cousin four times removed of John Scull; second cousin of Edward MacFunn Biddle Jr.; second cousin twice removed of John Cadwalader (1805-1879), James Stokes Biddle, Charles John Biddle and Thomas Biddle; third cousin once removed of John Cadwalader (1843-1925) and John Biddle (1859-1936); third cousin twice removed of Edward Scull; fourth cousin of Francis Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin once removed of George Ross Scull, Robert Spencer Scull and Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr..   Political family: Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Israel C. Smith (1838-1899) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Denver, Colo.; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in 1838. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; hotel proprietor; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th Michigan District, 1893-97. Episcopalian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in 1899 (age about 61 years). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.   Relatives: Married 1867 to Ada Elizabeth Meeker (granddaughter of Edward Mundy).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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