KOEHNE, Theodore, b 1864 1905 Bio, Delta County, Colorado

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Donated September 12, 2001

Transcribed by Judy Crook <jlcrook@rof.net> from the book:

Progressive Men of Western Colorado 

Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill.



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Theodore Koehne

  The subject of this brief memoir belongs to that great body of German citizens

of our country which has done so much in many ways for its development and

improvement, and has left the mark of his thrift and enterprise in several

localities.  He was born in Saxony on June 29, 1864, the son of Ferdinand and

Julia (Stolz) Koehne, both also Saxons by nativity.  The father was a farmer and

became a resident of Colorado in 1886, locating in the vicinity of Paonia, Delta

county, where he passed the rest of his life, dying there in 1899.  Five

children were born in the household who are living, and all in Colorado but one

son.  Mr. Kohene emigrated to this country in 1882, and after a residence of a

few months in Texas came to Colorado and made his home at Lake City for a short

time, then moved to Paonia, buying forty acres of land.  He then, for some time,

worked out on other ranches to earn money wherewith to improve his own, on which

in 1887 he planted an acre and a half in fruit, which he afterward extended to

eight acres.  In 1892 he sold this place and bought another which he improved

and sold.  He continued to buy and sell properties with good results until 1902,

when he purchased the ranch on which he now lives, which comprises eighty acres

of good land, twelve of which are in fruit and twelve in alfalfa, the rest of

the place not being yet under active cultivation.  He also conducts a dairying

business, supplying cream and butter to the town trade, having a fine herd of

thirteen Jersey cows for the purpose.  On July 25, 1882, he united in marriage

with Miss Mertie M. Hollister, who was born in Iowa on July 25, 1867, and is the

daughter of Isaac and Amelia (Staples) Hollister, natives of Massachusetts, both

of whom are now residents of Denver.  Her father was a soldier in the Civil war,

and rendered good service to the cause of the Union.  Five children have been

born in the Koehne household, three of whom are living, Ray, Marie and Zeta. 

Earl and Irwin, twin brothers, died at the age of eight months.  Fraternally Mr.

Koehne is connected with the Woodmen of the World, and politically he is a

Republican.  He devotes his time mainly to his business, however, finding in it

congenial and profitable employment.  His ranch is located three miles from

Hotchkiss, Delta county, and is one of the most promising and productive in its

neighborhood.



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