Wife of John W. Iliff, Colorado cattleman. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Henry Fraser. Her mother died at an early age and she was raised in Chicago by an aunt & uncle. By 1868, Elizabeth Fraser was employed as a sales representative by the Singer Sewing Machine Company and had established an agency for Singer in Denver, Colorado. There she met John Wesley Iliff. Two years later they were married in Chicago with Rev. E.J. Goodspeed, the pastor of New Baptist Church, officiating. The new couple established their home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where John Wesley Iliff's cattle business was headquartered. Elizabeth found the frontier community of Cheyenne crude. When the Wyoming legislature passed a law permitting women to vote, she feared having to serve on a jury with her social inferiors. In 1872, she persuaded her husband to move to Denver. John Wesley Iliff's death left Elizabeth with small children to raise and one of the largest cattle businesses in the West to manage. Both tasks she was able to handle with shrewdness and skill. She also invested in Denver real estate, and had stock in the German National Bank, the City National Bank in Denver, and the Union Stockyards in Chicago. Because she was such a good businesswoman, the Iliff fortune grew during her tenure as administrator. She resigned as administrator in 1883, after having sold half interest to J.W. Snyder and his brother, Dudley. In 1898, she sold the last of the Iliff cattle herd. She was co-founder of the Iliff School of Theology, instrumental in closing the school and establishing it anew in 1910, separate from the University of Denver.
On December 27, 1883 she married Henry White Warren, an Episcopalean Bishop who was originally from Massachuetts. He died July 12, 1912 in Denver.
In 1920 her daughter, Louise Iliff, had John Iliff's 65 ton monument and his remains moved from Riverside Cemetery to Fairmount Cemetery where Elizabeth was buried the same year next to him and her second husband, Bishop Henry Warren.
On December 27, 1883 she married Henry White Warren, an Episcopalean Bishop who was originally from Massachuetts. He died July 12, 1912 in Denver.
In 1920 her daughter, Louise Iliff, had John Iliff's 65 ton monument and his remains moved from Riverside Cemetery to Fairmount Cemetery where Elizabeth was buried the same year next to him and her second husband, Bishop Henry Warren.
Wife of John W. Iliff, Colorado cattleman. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Henry Fraser. Her mother died at an early age and she was raised in Chicago by an aunt & uncle. By 1868, Elizabeth Fraser was employed as a sales representative by the Singer Sewing Machine Company and had established an agency for Singer in Denver, Colorado. There she met John Wesley Iliff. Two years later they were married in Chicago with Rev. E.J. Goodspeed, the pastor of New Baptist Church, officiating. The new couple established their home in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where John Wesley Iliff's cattle business was headquartered. Elizabeth found the frontier community of Cheyenne crude. When the Wyoming legislature passed a law permitting women to vote, she feared having to serve on a jury with her social inferiors. In 1872, she persuaded her husband to move to Denver. John Wesley Iliff's death left Elizabeth with small children to raise and one of the largest cattle businesses in the West to manage. Both tasks she was able to handle with shrewdness and skill. She also invested in Denver real estate, and had stock in the German National Bank, the City National Bank in Denver, and the Union Stockyards in Chicago. Because she was such a good businesswoman, the Iliff fortune grew during her tenure as administrator. She resigned as administrator in 1883, after having sold half interest to J.W. Snyder and his brother, Dudley. In 1898, she sold the last of the Iliff cattle herd. She was co-founder of the Iliff School of Theology, instrumental in closing the school and establishing it anew in 1910, separate from the University of Denver.
On December 27, 1883 she married Henry White Warren, an Episcopalean Bishop who was originally from Massachuetts. He died July 12, 1912 in Denver.
In 1920 her daughter, Louise Iliff, had John Iliff's 65 ton monument and his remains moved from Riverside Cemetery to Fairmount Cemetery where Elizabeth was buried the same year next to him and her second husband, Bishop Henry Warren.
On December 27, 1883 she married Henry White Warren, an Episcopalean Bishop who was originally from Massachuetts. He died July 12, 1912 in Denver.
In 1920 her daughter, Louise Iliff, had John Iliff's 65 ton monument and his remains moved from Riverside Cemetery to Fairmount Cemetery where Elizabeth was buried the same year next to him and her second husband, Bishop Henry Warren.
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