Chaffee County CO

Biography of Alexander M. Irving

Alexander M. Irving was born in Chambersburg, Pike county, Illinois, January 16, 1842. He attended the common schools of his native place and thus acquired the foundation for his present educational advantages. When he had reached the age of sixteen, his father died and he was compelled to earn his own living and assist his mother, and was engaged in work upon the farm until the mutterings of coming war spread over the land in 1861, when he espoused the cause of the Union, and enlisted in Company H, Ninety-ninth Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in August of the year … Read more

Progressive Men of Western Colorado

Early Life in Colorado

This manuscript, in its essence, is a collection of 948 biographies of prominent men and women, all leading citizens of Western Colorado. In this context, Western Colorado encompasses the counties of Archuleta, Chaffee, Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Lake, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, San Juan, and San Miguel.

Chaffee County, Colorado Cemetery Records

Most of these cemetery listings are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. The following cemeteries have gravesite photographs hosted at the Colorado Tombstone Photo Project Cleora Cemetery Buena Vista Mount Olivet Cemetery Centerville Brown’s Canyon Cemetery Centerville Cemetery Granite Granite Cemetery Poncha Springs Poncha Springs Cemetery Salida Fairview Cemetery View Photographs The following cemeteries have transcriptions hosted at the Colorado USGW Archives Baumdicker-Langhoff Cemetery Giebfried Cemetery Riverside Cemetery Arbourville Arbourville Cemetery Buena Vista Mt. Olivet Cemetery Centerville Centerville Cemetery Granite Granite Cemetery Poncha Springs … Read more