Link to the Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration: Historical Records Index Search
http://accipiter.state.co.us/archive/publicrecordsearch.do
I found several records for Van Valkenburg:
Record Type: Probate
Name: Van Valkenburg, Galen B.
County: Boulder
Year: 1896 Month: Day:
Origin: Boulder County
Case No.: 1032
Record Type: Governor Appointments
Name: Van Valkenburg, R.J.
County:
Year: 1880 Month: May Day: 15
Origin: Governor
Governor: Pitkin
Kind of Appt: Notary Public
Book: 3; Page: 394
Access to these is through email to the department and includes a fee. I have not yet tried to get copies.
Showing posts with label Richard Jeptha VanValkenburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Jeptha VanValkenburg. Show all posts
Monday, January 31, 2011
Monday, February 15, 2010
Edward Van Valkenburg 1850 U.S. Census
1850 Census Record with Edward Van Valkenburg and Alice Van Valkenburg, Richard and Cordelia Van Valkenburg with their children Martha Jane, Alice, and Galen.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Galen Briggs Van Valkenburg Census Record 1910.
He is listed as the stepson of John McNeill and Mary Rebecca Crouch Van Valkenburg McNeill.
I also found census records for Galen B. Van Valkenburg and Richard Jeptha Van Valkenburg.
He is listed as the stepson of John McNeill and Mary Rebecca Crouch Van Valkenburg McNeill.
I also found census records for Galen B. Van Valkenburg and Richard Jeptha Van Valkenburg.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Joseph Risdon Powell - Biographical Sketch
JOSEPH R. POWELL, vice-president and secretary of the Long's Peak Coal Company, and a prominent citizen of Erie, Weld County, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., December 14, 1845, a son of John J. and Eliza McG. (Risdon) Powell. He was one of six children, of whom, besides himself, two daughters survive, namely: Caroline, wife of H. L. Krigbaum, of Scranton, Pa.; and Mary A., Mrs. W. M. Darling, also of Scranton.
A native of Burlington, N. J., born March 17, 1813, John J. Powell served an apprenticeship to the brick-layer's trade in Philadelphia when he was a young man, and after his marriage, which took place in Mount Holly, N. J., he settled with his young wife in Brooklyn, N. Y. While there he erected the first gas works built in the city of New York. Afterward he erected gas works in every seaboard town from Maine to Georgia. At the breaking out of the war he embarked in business at White Sulphur Springs, Va., where he arched a number of tunnels. On his return to Scranton, Pa., to visit his relatives he was obliged to remain there, not being permitted to go south of the Mason and Dixon line; and his outfit, which he had left in Virginia, was confiscated. It was not long after this that he contracted rheumatism, which prevented him from re-engaging in active work. He lived retired until his death June 3, 1871. His father was a native of New Jersey and a successful contractor and builder.
When the subject of this sketch was about fifteen years of age his father lost all he had through confiscation. The son, obliged to begin in the world for himself, secured employment as a fireman on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. At twenty years of age he was running a passenger engine on the same road, being one of the youngest engineers on the system. February 14, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Van Valkenburg, a native of Bradford County, Pa., and the daughter of Rev. R. J. Van Valkenburg. In 1868, with his wife, he came west, traveling by rail to Cheyenne, and thence going by stage to Blackhawk, where he secured work as an engineer. Previous to coming to this state he had gone to Omaha, where he was promised an engine, but after waiting for two weeks without securing work he returned to New York, and after consulting his wife they decided to come to Colorado.
For a time Mr. Powell continued engineering and mining on his own responsibility, but when the Colorado Central Railroad was built into Blackhawk in 1872, he made application for and was given a freight engine, which he ran for two weeks, and was then given a passenger engine. In 1873 he retired from railroading and began prospecting, which he continued until 1882. During the latter year he came to Erie and entered the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad and during the five years that followed he worked for the company at Erie, Rock Springs, Carbon and Como, where he held the position of chief engineer of the company's mines. At Erie he embarked in the hotel business in 1887, continuing in that business until the summer of 1891, when he commenced to prospect for coal. In partnership with William Nicholson, in June, 1892, he leased his present property and immediately began to sink the shaft of the Long's Peak Coal Company, which he has since operated with Mr. Nicholson, the latter being president, while he is vice-president and secretary. In December of the same year, when the United Coal Company bought an interest in the company, Edward P. Phelps was made treasurer. The company is now sinking another shaft about one mile south of Erie, which promises to develop some of the best coal in this region (sic).
Fraternally Mr. Powell is connected with Garfield Lodge No. 50, A. F. & A. M., of Erie, of which he is the present master. He is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which denomination in America his maternal ancestors were among the founders. His mother was a cousin of Dr. Adam Clark, author of Clark's Commentaries. Mr. and Mrs. Powell became the parents of four children, namely: Harry A., deceased; Alice M., wife of W. J. Breckel, who is engaged in the jewelery (sic) business at Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Emma R., wife of C. M. Morning a railroad man, now holding a position in the office of the superintendent of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad at McCook, Neb; and Richard T., deceased.
Source: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/CO/1898DenverPB/pages/pbrd0349.htm
A native of Burlington, N. J., born March 17, 1813, John J. Powell served an apprenticeship to the brick-layer's trade in Philadelphia when he was a young man, and after his marriage, which took place in Mount Holly, N. J., he settled with his young wife in Brooklyn, N. Y. While there he erected the first gas works built in the city of New York. Afterward he erected gas works in every seaboard town from Maine to Georgia. At the breaking out of the war he embarked in business at White Sulphur Springs, Va., where he arched a number of tunnels. On his return to Scranton, Pa., to visit his relatives he was obliged to remain there, not being permitted to go south of the Mason and Dixon line; and his outfit, which he had left in Virginia, was confiscated. It was not long after this that he contracted rheumatism, which prevented him from re-engaging in active work. He lived retired until his death June 3, 1871. His father was a native of New Jersey and a successful contractor and builder.
When the subject of this sketch was about fifteen years of age his father lost all he had through confiscation. The son, obliged to begin in the world for himself, secured employment as a fireman on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. At twenty years of age he was running a passenger engine on the same road, being one of the youngest engineers on the system. February 14, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Alice Van Valkenburg, a native of Bradford County, Pa., and the daughter of Rev. R. J. Van Valkenburg. In 1868, with his wife, he came west, traveling by rail to Cheyenne, and thence going by stage to Blackhawk, where he secured work as an engineer. Previous to coming to this state he had gone to Omaha, where he was promised an engine, but after waiting for two weeks without securing work he returned to New York, and after consulting his wife they decided to come to Colorado.
For a time Mr. Powell continued engineering and mining on his own responsibility, but when the Colorado Central Railroad was built into Blackhawk in 1872, he made application for and was given a freight engine, which he ran for two weeks, and was then given a passenger engine. In 1873 he retired from railroading and began prospecting, which he continued until 1882. During the latter year he came to Erie and entered the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad and during the five years that followed he worked for the company at Erie, Rock Springs, Carbon and Como, where he held the position of chief engineer of the company's mines. At Erie he embarked in the hotel business in 1887, continuing in that business until the summer of 1891, when he commenced to prospect for coal. In partnership with William Nicholson, in June, 1892, he leased his present property and immediately began to sink the shaft of the Long's Peak Coal Company, which he has since operated with Mr. Nicholson, the latter being president, while he is vice-president and secretary. In December of the same year, when the United Coal Company bought an interest in the company, Edward P. Phelps was made treasurer. The company is now sinking another shaft about one mile south of Erie, which promises to develop some of the best coal in this region (sic).
Fraternally Mr. Powell is connected with Garfield Lodge No. 50, A. F. & A. M., of Erie, of which he is the present master. He is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which denomination in America his maternal ancestors were among the founders. His mother was a cousin of Dr. Adam Clark, author of Clark's Commentaries. Mr. and Mrs. Powell became the parents of four children, namely: Harry A., deceased; Alice M., wife of W. J. Breckel, who is engaged in the jewelery (sic) business at Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Emma R., wife of C. M. Morning a railroad man, now holding a position in the office of the superintendent of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad at McCook, Neb; and Richard T., deceased.
Source: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/CO/1898DenverPB/pages/pbrd0349.htm
"Erie: Yesterday and Today" about Richard Jeptha Van Valkenburg
Rev. Richard J. Van Valkenburg.
The Sociology and History Classes of Erie High School, Advisor - Mrs. Karen Adelfang. (lst edition) April, 1967. (2nd edition) February, 1974.
The Rev. Richard Jeptha Van Valkenburg (#765,3l - Vol. I, page 312) was born Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1823 of a very patriotic family. His grandfather fought in the War of 18l2. At the age of eighteen, he entered the ministry. When President Lincoln put out his call for men to serve in the Civil War, he read the President's message from his pulpit which resulted in a Company of Volunteers. Later, he distinguished himself as a chaplain in the Union Army. Van Valkenburg married Cordelia Briggs, and they had four children. At the close of the Civil War, he left Pennsylvania seeking a renewal of his health, which had been lost as a result of wounds incurred in the war.
After wandering through Wyoming and Colorado as a Circuit Minister for a year (He is still known in Wyoming as the "Sweet Singer of Hymns"), he and Cordelia settled in Erie, Colorado. Within a few months he had organized a Sunday School which met every week in his home. Thus it was in 1867 that the Rev. R. J. Van Valkenburg did more than he realized for he had organized the beginning of the Methodist Church in Erie, CO, and had made his name immortal in the community.
This minister was also the moving force behind the establishment of the Town of Erie, CO., which was named for his place of birth, Erie, PA. Colorado, in the 1860s and '70s was no place for a "milquetoast" minister. Churches were outnumbered by saloons and parlor houses. In towns that didn't have church buildings, ministers held services in school rooms, private homes, and, if no other space was available, in saloons.
They traveled from one town to another (circuit riders) in all kinds of weather, sometimes preaching sermons in three or four mining camps or valley towns in one day. A great deal of courage, endurance, determination, and a deep commitment to one's faith was required to be a minister in Colorado in the early days. During the years that followed, Van Valkenburg ministered to the people in the communities of Erie and Longmont, Colorado, and other nearby towns. He preached sermons and conducted weddings and funerals.
He also served Erie, CO, in the capacities of mayor, postmaster, police judge, president of the school board, and justice of the peace. He helped organize the town of Erie, CO, officially dated November l4, 1874, but in a notation with some papers taken from the cornerstone of the Erie Methodist Church in 1972, he had written "the town was laid out in 187l". He organized the I.O.O.F. (Oddfellows) Lodge, and at one time served as representative to the State Legislative from Weld County. He also owned the Erie Hotel.
On March l, 19l2, shortly before his death, he and his wife celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary. This was a good example to all of the "thousand and one" couples for whom he had performed marriage ceremonies during his long ministerial career. It is not known what became of his four children, but a grand-daughter later lived in Longmont.
Article from A. H. "Pete" (great grandson of Richard Jeptha VV) and Jeanne Van Valkenburg of Walden, Colorado
I found this article at http://www.navvf.org/news/sp98/sp98_erie.html
The Sociology and History Classes of Erie High School, Advisor - Mrs. Karen Adelfang. (lst edition) April, 1967. (2nd edition) February, 1974.
The Rev. Richard Jeptha Van Valkenburg (#765,3l - Vol. I, page 312) was born Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1823 of a very patriotic family. His grandfather fought in the War of 18l2. At the age of eighteen, he entered the ministry. When President Lincoln put out his call for men to serve in the Civil War, he read the President's message from his pulpit which resulted in a Company of Volunteers. Later, he distinguished himself as a chaplain in the Union Army. Van Valkenburg married Cordelia Briggs, and they had four children. At the close of the Civil War, he left Pennsylvania seeking a renewal of his health, which had been lost as a result of wounds incurred in the war.
After wandering through Wyoming and Colorado as a Circuit Minister for a year (He is still known in Wyoming as the "Sweet Singer of Hymns"), he and Cordelia settled in Erie, Colorado. Within a few months he had organized a Sunday School which met every week in his home. Thus it was in 1867 that the Rev. R. J. Van Valkenburg did more than he realized for he had organized the beginning of the Methodist Church in Erie, CO, and had made his name immortal in the community.
This minister was also the moving force behind the establishment of the Town of Erie, CO., which was named for his place of birth, Erie, PA. Colorado, in the 1860s and '70s was no place for a "milquetoast" minister. Churches were outnumbered by saloons and parlor houses. In towns that didn't have church buildings, ministers held services in school rooms, private homes, and, if no other space was available, in saloons.
They traveled from one town to another (circuit riders) in all kinds of weather, sometimes preaching sermons in three or four mining camps or valley towns in one day. A great deal of courage, endurance, determination, and a deep commitment to one's faith was required to be a minister in Colorado in the early days. During the years that followed, Van Valkenburg ministered to the people in the communities of Erie and Longmont, Colorado, and other nearby towns. He preached sermons and conducted weddings and funerals.
He also served Erie, CO, in the capacities of mayor, postmaster, police judge, president of the school board, and justice of the peace. He helped organize the town of Erie, CO, officially dated November l4, 1874, but in a notation with some papers taken from the cornerstone of the Erie Methodist Church in 1972, he had written "the town was laid out in 187l". He organized the I.O.O.F. (Oddfellows) Lodge, and at one time served as representative to the State Legislative from Weld County. He also owned the Erie Hotel.
On March l, 19l2, shortly before his death, he and his wife celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary. This was a good example to all of the "thousand and one" couples for whom he had performed marriage ceremonies during his long ministerial career. It is not known what became of his four children, but a grand-daughter later lived in Longmont.
Article from A. H. "Pete" (great grandson of Richard Jeptha VV) and Jeanne Van Valkenburg of Walden, Colorado
I found this article at http://www.navvf.org/news/sp98/sp98_erie.html
