PAGE, James, b 1886; 1905 Bio, Mesa County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/mesa/bios/pagej.txt --------------------------------------- Donated August 2001 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- James Page Station agent for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad at Whitewater, Mesa county, since June, 1886, secretary of school district No. 3 during the last fifteen years, and for about twenty-one years postmaster here and elsewhere, James Page has been of material service to the people and the public utilities of the county and this portion of the state. He was born in Williams county, Ohio, in 1856, and is the son of John and Margaret (Murray) Page. The father is a native of London, England, and came to the United States in 1840, settling in Williams county, where since that time he has been profitably engaged in farming, and where he still resides. His mother was a native of Ireland and came to this country with her parents in childhood. They also settled in Williams county, and there she was reared and educated and married. There also she died in 1864, at the age of thirty years. They were the parents of four children, of whom their son James was the second. He grew to manhood on the paternal homestead and was educated at the neighboring district schools, remaining at home until he reached the age of twenty. He then started the business of life for himself, farming for a year, at the end of which he moved to Iowa, where he again engaged in farming and studied telegraphy of evenings. After completing his course and acquiring facility in the art, he went to work for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and remained in its employ five years in Iowa. In 1882 he came to Colorado and for four years resided at Riverside, Chaffee county. In June, 1886, he settled at Whitewater as station agent for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and has served the great corporation in that capacity at this point ever since. In the public life of this community he has been active, zealous and serviceable, applying to its every interest all the force of a vigorous mind and the wisdom acquired in a wide experience. He has been secretary of his school district for fifteen years and postmaster of the village almost ever since his advent into it. In 1882, before leaving Iowa, he was married to Miss Ella Park, of Fairfax, that state. Their children are John, Janet, Arthur and Fred. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.