Montezuma County CO Archives Biographies.....Wattle, Theodore W. May 25, 1840 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     One of the first settlers on the Mancos and now the oldest resident of

Montezuma county by continuous occupancy of her soil, Theodore W. Wattle is one

of the patriarchs of this section of Colorado and has been a prominent figure in

all phases of its history.  He was born in Mercer county, Ohio, on May 25, 1840,

and is the son of Augustus and Susan E. Wattle, the former a native of

Connecticut and the latter of Massachusetts.  In 1855 the family settled in

Kansas, and they lived in that state through all the troublous times of the

border wars and the agitation begun by old John Brown, who was an intimate

friend of Mr. Wattle’s parents.  On July 24, 1861, Mr. Wattle enlisted in

defense of the Union as a member of Company D, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, in which he

served until September, 1865, having many trying experiences and seeing all the

horrors of war at close view.  He participated in a number of the leading

battles of the contest but escaped unharmed.  After his discharge he returned to

his Kansas home and engaged in farming there until 1876, when he moved to this

state and settled for a short time in La Plata county.  During the same year he

took up the ranch on which he now lives, being one of the first settlers on the

Mancos, as has been noted.  For a number of years thereafter he was occupied in

prospecting, and in 1885 he turned his attention wholly to farming and the

development of his stock business. He has transformed his wild land into a

beautiful and productive farm, and from a small beginning has built up a stock

industry of good proportions, handling only pure bred Shorthorn cattle, of which

he has a large herd.  He also conducts on his place an extensive and profitable

apiary, this product having a high rank in the markets and being sought after

with eagerness.  When Montezuma county was organized he was appointed county

assessor, and he was afterward once elected to the office.  He is a member of

the order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Taltec Lodge, No. 73, at Mancos.  In 1885

he was married at Durango to Miss Melvina Hammond, a native of New Brunswick. 

They have two children, their son Howard H. and their daughter Ruth.  

Additional Comments:
From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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