Huerfano County CO Archives Biographies.....Manzanares, Anthonio 1880 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 February 8, 2009, 9:55 pm Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918) ANTHONIO T. MANZANARES. Anthonio T. Manzanares, filling the office of postmaster at Walsenburg, was born in Cucharas, Colorado, on the 1st of June, 1880, a son of J. M. and Rita (Tafoya) Manzanares. The father is a farmer who belongs to one of the pioneer families of New Mexico, but he settled in Colorado as early as 1843. He has filled the office of justice of the peace and is regarded as one of the substantial citizens of his community. Both he and his wife are yet living and they have reared a family of seven children, six of these being daughters. Anthonio T. Manzanares, the only son, was the sixth in the family and began his education in the public schools of his native county, while later he attended the Normal at Chillicothe, Missouri, and also the high school at Walsenburg. He was graduated with the class of 1900 and afterward took up the profession of teaching, which he followed successfully for three years in Huerfano connty. On the expiration of that period he turned his attention to newspaper work and was connected with local papers until 1914. On the 1st of January of that year he assumed the duties of postmaster at Walsenburg, to which office he was appointed by President Wilson. He is making an excellent record in the position, promptly, faithfully and systematically discharging his duties and looking after every interest of the office. On the 21st of April, 1909, Mr. Manzanares was married to Miss Nellie Deus and they have become the parents of three children, Juanita, Eugene and Cecelia. Mrs. Manzanares is a representative of one of the old families of the southwest of German extraction and her grandfather, Captain Deus, who in early manhood was driven from his country by its ruling head, took refuge in the land of the free. He espoused the cause of his adopted country at the time of the Civil war and in other ways was prominently connected with public affairs in the community in which be lived. In his political views Mr. Manzanares has ever been a stalwart democrat since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He and his family are connected with the Catholic church and he is a third degree member of Sacred Heart Lodge, the P. S. & J. Lodge and the Knights of Columbus, in which he has held office. He also belongs to the Spanish-American Club. He is greatly interested in Colorado and its development and is a public-spirited citizen, highly respected by all with whom he has been brought in contact. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF COLORADO ILLUSTRATED VOLUME II CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1918 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/huerfano/bios/manzanar284nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cofiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb