In the Christmas Day pardon of Macario Leyba in 1907, Territorial New Mexico’s Governor George Curry explained that the custom of granting what he called “Holiday Pardons” to deserving inmates of the Territorial Penitentiary in Santa Fe had been found to have “excellent moral effect in that institution.” Gender,…
Born on April 4, 1823 in Mansfield, Ohio, the son of Gavin Mitchell. Of Scotch-Irish ancestry, Mitchell was married in January 1855 to Jennie St. John, by whom he was the father of Henry St. John and a child who died in infancy. After studying law with John K….
Born in 1800 in Nelson (now Spencer) County, Kentucky, the son of John Donaldson and Frances (Brent) Connelly. A Roman Catholic of Irish ancestry, Connelly was married in Chihuahua, Mexico in 1838 to a Mexican woman, by whom he was the father of three sons, including Peter. Following the…
Born in Worcester, Otsego County, New York on August 30, 1831, the son of Allen and Anna Maria (De Les Dernier) Sheldon. Of English and French ancestry, Sheldon married Mary Green Miles of Elyria, Ohio in December 1868. Sheldon moved with his parents to Lagrange, Ohio, where he attended…
Born on November 19, 1816 in Sherman, Fairfield County, Connecticut, the son of William and Jane Louisa (Ely) Giddings. Giddings was the brother of Adeline, Abner, William P., Jane E., Louisa, Emma, Ely, John, Ezra, Czar, and Eusebia. A Congregationalist whose English ancestors came to Massachusetts in 1635, he…
Born in Flushing, New York on July 3, 1840, the son of William R., a nursery proprietor, and Charlotte G. (Collins) Prince. Prince was the brother of Charlotte, Seraphine, and William. An Episcopalian of Mayflower ancestry, he was married on December 1, 1879 to Hattie E. Childs, who died…
Born on December 15, 1871 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of James John, a mining executive, and Anna Hex (Osborne) Hagerman. Of German ancestry, Hagerman never married. Hagerman attended school in Milwaukee and studied for a time at Colorado College. He received a B. Litt. degree in 1894 and…
Born on January 11, 1849 at Yazoo City, Mississippi, the son of William, a physician and planter, and Harriet (Beale) Mills. An Episcopalian, Mills was married at West Haven, Connecticut on January 14, 1885 to Alice Waddingham, by whom he was the father of Wilson W., Alice L., and…
Biographical essay of Territorial Governor George Curry. George Curry, the second to the last Territorial Governor of New Mexico, was born April 3, 1861 at Greenwood Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, located north of Baton Rouge. As the eldest of the four sons of George Alexander and Clara Madden…
The Civilian Government and Military Commanders Bitterly Disagree on Native Relations In this document, the civilian government and military commanders bitterly disagree on how to handle relations between Native Americans and the local residents. In this document, the civilian government and military commanders bitterly disagree on how to handle…
