New Mexico

Biography of Charles Trumbull Hayden

Charles Trumbull Hayden, whose name is linked with the early history of Arizona, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, April 4th, 1825. When eighteen years old he taught school in New Jersey, and afterwards near New Albany, Indiana, and in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1848 he loaded a wagon with merchandise, and left Independence, Missouri, for Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he marketed his goods and returned in the fall. He continued in business at Independence for some time, but when the gold excitement began in 1849, he outfitted a train of ox teams, and started over the Santa Fe Trail. … Read more

Byram, Kenneth L. – Obituary

Kenneth L. Byram, 1309 Thomas Dr., Las Cruces, New Mexico, passed away Sunday. He was a retired school teacher, a member of Lanesboro Masonic Lodge, and a veteran of WWI. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Byram, Las Cruces, sons, Kenneth Byram, Mankato, Minn., Howard Byram, Chicago, Ill., Russell Byram, Cherry Point, GA. Corp, Kery Byram, U.S. Marine Corp, Theron Byram, Doren Byram, both of Las Cruces; daughters, Mrs. Margarita Bostrom, Omaha, Neb., Ruth Elaine Byram, Las Cruces, sister, Mrs. Hollis Herndon, Tracy, Calif. Arrangements pending with Harding-Orr & McDaniel Montana Ave. The El Paso Times, March 21, 1972 Contributed by: … Read more

Biography of Frost, D.M.

D. M. Frost, editor and proprietor of Ford County Globe, published at Dodge City, Kansas, established December 25, 1887. The paper is largely devoted to the livestock interests of the West, and the official organ of the Western Kansas Stock-Growers’ Association. Circulates largely among stockmen, and has a circulation of 700 copies per week. Mr. Frost first located in the State in 1868, at Sheridan, then the terminus of the Kansas Pacific Railway, where he held a clerkship in a general mercantile establishment, but only for a brief period, and early in the spring of 1879 he emigrated to New … Read more

New Mexico WW2 NMCG Prisoners of War

BUSTAMENTE, Lawrence Robert, Pfc., USMC. Mother, Mrs. Celina Lopez, 306 1/2 S. 1st St., Gallup. GILBERT, Roy Del, Lieutenant, Civil Engineer Corps, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Agnes R. Gilbert, 1715 E. Silver Ave., Albuquerque. GILMAN, Earl Wilton, Radioman 2c, USN. Mother, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Gilman, 523 S. 6th and Baca, Belen. MARQUEZ, Trancito Garcia, Cpl., USMC. Father, Mr. Simplicio G. Marquez, PO Box 691, Gallup. SANFORD, Egbert Everett, Pfc., USMC. Mother, Mrs. Nellie Sanford, Montezuma.