People

: Thomas Botten "Tommy" Thompson; An early settler of the Cedaredge, Colorado area. He was born in Norway to Thormod and Ingeri Thormodsen and came to the United States in 1868, arriving with his parents when he was about twelve years old. The family settled in LaGrande, Iowa. According to his grandson Dwain Thomas Jackson, the family changed their name from Torgerson to Thompson upon arriving in the United States, but Norwegian census records show the family name as Thormodsen. He married Hilde Enge in Marshall, Iowa in 1884. They came to Delta County, Colorado in 1893, going first to Paonia before settling near Cedaredge, presumably as homesteaders. They followed his brother, who had moved to the area prior to 1885. The US Census shows that Tommy and Hilde divorced sometime before 1900. He was a farmer whose land was located three miles north of Cedaredge, near Young’s Creek.

: Thomas Burke Foy; He was born in Pennsylvania, and moved to the Utah Territory in 1850.

: Thomas C. "Tom" Charles; He was born to Thomas J. Charles and Catherine (Kavanaugh) Charles in Georgetown, Colorado. His father was a quartz miner. His mother was an Irish immigrant and housewife. His parents moved to the Fruitvale area of Mesa County in 1905 and sent for Tom to join them in 1907. They settled near the present location of the Memorial Gardens cemetery, where they grew apples, pears and peaches on forty acres. His father died in 1908. 1910 US Census records show Tom’s older sister and brother-in-law as living with the family on the farm. He attended local schools, spent one year at the Colorado Agriculture College in Ft. Collins (now Colorado State University), and went to the Hoel-Ross Business College in Grand Junction. He married Clara M. Karly in 1915. From 1915 to 1923, they lived in Nebraska, but returned to Mesa County. He became involved as a tent maker in the tent and awning business from 1928 to 1933. He was later the purchasing agent for the City of Grand Junction. *Photograph from the 1912 Grand Junction High School yearbook.

: Thomas C. Pierce; A farmer in Loma, Colorado. He raised colts, milk cows, turkeys, chickens, pigs, corn, wheat, beans, and had a large garden on 60 acres. He married Mary (Powers) Plaisted (then Mary (Powers) Kessinger) in 1928. They were married during the 1930’s.

: Thomas Clancey; Early resident of Crested Butte, Colorado. Died in the Jokerville Mine Explosion on January 24, 1884.

: Thomas Conway; Father Conway was a priest at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Grand Junction, Colorado in the early 1900s. Along with the Sisters of Charity, he spearheaded the founding of the Holy Family School, which began as the St. Joseph’s School, in 1916.

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