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'''Jared L. Brush''' was the [[Lieutenant Governor of Colorado|ninth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado]]. He was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and served from 1895 to 1899 under governors [[Albert Washington McIntire]] and [[Alva Adams (governor)|Alva Adams]].<ref>[http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/offic/ltgov.html#Brush State of Colorado: Brush page]</ref>▼
▲'''Jared L. Brush''' (July 6, 1835 – April 24, 1913) was the [[Lieutenant Governor of Colorado|ninth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado]]. He was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and served from 1895 to 1899 under governors [[Albert
== Biography ==
He was born in [[Clermont County, Ohio]], on July 6, 1835. He moved to [[Iowa]] and then to [[Greeley, Colorado]], arriving in 1859. He was a prospector and rancher, who developed early irrigation systems and encouraged agricultural associations. He served as sheriff of [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld County]] in 1871, as a county commissioner from 1874 to 1877, and as a state assemblyman from 1879 to 1893. In 1896 he became a banker but continued to encourage agriculture and education, securing a state normal school for Greeley (later Colorado State Teachers College, now the [[University of Northern Colorado]]).<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/419670/University-of-Northern-Colorado Encyclopædia Britannica: University of Northern Colorado]</ref> He died April 24, 1913, in Greeley.
== Memory ==
The town of [[Brush, Colorado]] is named after Jared Brush.<ref>[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruns-bruyn.html#440.28.30 Political graveyard.]</ref>
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