Dennis Chávez (christened "Dionicio") was born in Los Chávez, Valencia County, New Mexico on April 8, 1888. His parents, David and Paz (Sanchez) Chávez were members of families that had lived in Los Chávez for generations. In 1895, David Chávez moved his family to the Barelas section of Albuquerque…
Biographical information about Thomas B. Catron. CATRON, THOMAS BENTON: Republican; born near Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., October 6, 1840; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1860; served 4 years in Confederate Army during the Civil War; moved to New Mexico…
Born on October 14, 1819 near Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio, the son of Samuel Loree, a farmer, and Nancy (Sanders) Axtell. Axtell was the brother of Silas H., Ephraim S., Sarah A., Rufus S., Mary R., Martha D., Nancy K., Josephus S., Phebe J., Pamela G., and Julien…
Arms, Indians, and the Mismanagement of New Mexico: Donaciano Vigil By David J. Weber Donaciano Vigil was born in Santa Fe on September 6, 1802. He received an unusually good education for a frontiersman–his father, Juan Cristóbal Vigil, reportedly educated his sons at home. As one merchant later recalled,…
By: R.E. Twitchell Biography of F. M. Bojorquez, a rancher and stockman of Sierra County, living at Arrey, was born in San Bernardino, California, on the 18th of March, 1865, a son of Jesus and Lawrence Bojorquez, who in the early '40s crossed the Atlantic from Barcelona, Spain. F….
By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Ceran de Hault de Lassus de St. Vrain, born May 5, 1802 in Spanish Lake, Missouri, was the fourth child of Jacques Marcellin Ceran de Hault de Lassus de St. Vrain and Marie Félicité Dubreuil. Ceran's grandfather, a French Flemish noble displaced…
Judge A. A. Freeman Opinion: Ellis vs. Newbrough and Howland The opinion of Judge Freeman, issued by the New Mexico Supreme Court 19 August 1891 defies easy summary. Lee Priestly probably did the best job, calling it “ten rollicking pages of ridicule.” Transcript: JESSE M. ELLIS, Appellee, v. JOHN…
Biography of Alfred Alexander Freeman, noted politician and judge. Alfred Alexander Freeman was born in Tennessee on Feb. 7, 1838, and by 1859 had been admitted to the practice of law. He enjoyed a successful political career in Tennessee, elected several times to the state legislature and losing a…
By Rick Hendricks The matter began simply enough. In early 1802, Captain Antonio García de Tejada informed Commandant General Pedro de Nava that the chaplain of San Carlos presidio, fray Luis Salgado, had denied the sacrament of the Eucharist to several young women. Father Salgado responded that the captain…
By Mark Thompson* Would litigating four cases over land in New Mexico, two ending with appeals to the New Mexico Supreme Court, another two ending with appeals to the United States Supreme Court, be worth the expense of lawyers and other costs? Maybe. What if the land contained…
