Denver County, History of Colorado, BIOS: STIMPSON, William E. (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 154-155


WILLIAM E. STIMPSON.

	William E. Stimpson, state land agent at Denver, was born in 
Cheyenne, Wyoming, February 24, 1873, and is a son of George B. and 
Georgia A. (Martin) Stimpson, the former a native of Watertown, 
Wisconsin, and the latter of Millersburg, Kentucky. In the early '60s 
George B. Stimpson removed westward with his family, first settling in 
Denver, where he remained, however, for but a short period. He next 
became a resident of Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he engaged in the real 
estate and investment business.  After a time he removed to Pueblo, 
Colorado, where he continued in the same line of business until his 
death, which occurred in 1892. He held a number of public offices of 
trust, serving as city clerk of Cheyenne and after his removal to 
Pueblo as county clerk. He was also postmaster of that city for a 
number of years prior to his death. His wife died in Sail Diego, 
California, in June, 1917, when she was sixty-five years of age. Their 
family numbered a daughter and a son, the former being Mrs. Adelaide 
Anderson Haynes, of Denver.

	William E. Stimpson accompanied his parents on their removal from 
Wyoming to Pueblo, attended the public schools of that city and 
eventually entered the real estate business there. During the Spanish-
American war he was appointed superintendent of documents and stamps, 
with headquarters at Pueblo, and continued in that department until 
1901, when he took up mining in the San Juan district of Colorado at 
Silverton. There he operated successfully for four years, after which 
he received appointment to a position in the state treasurer's office, 
where he continued for one term. He afterward secured a clerical 
position in the state land office and later was appointed to a position 
in the state auditor's office, serving for one term in each of these 
positions. In 1909 he decided to embark in business on his own account 
and opened an office for the purpose of practicing as a state land 
attorney before the State Land Office of Colorado, Wyoming and New 
Mexico, he being the only state land attorney in the United States. Mr. 
Stimpson is exclusive agent for state school lands and is one of the 
best informed men in Colorado on this class of real estate. His 
business has grown from a modest beginning to one of large proportions.

	On the 15th of February, 1911, Mr. Stimpson was united in 
marriage to Miss Ellen C. Jackman, of Colorado Springs, Colorado. 
Fraternally he is connected with the Masons as a member of Oriental 
Lodge, No. 87, while in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-
second degree. He is also a member of the Denver Athletic Club and his 
political allegiance is given to the republican party. A self-made man, 
he has worked his way upward entirely through his own efforts and his 
persistency and energy have been salient features in his growing 
prosperity.