Saguache County CO Archives Biographies.....Marold, Carl Louis December 3, 1873 - ? ************************************************ 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: Judy Crook jlcrook@rof.net March 3, 2006, 8:04 pm Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado The great state of Illinois, which even within the memory of men now living was the far frontier of this country, and waiting for colonization, settlement and redemption to the purposes of civilization, has furnished a vast amount of brain and brawn, bone and sinew, for the development and cultivation of the farther west, and among its contributions in this respect Carl Louis Marold, of Saguache county, this state, may be mentioned with respect and consideration. For he is one of the citizens of Colorado, who in youth took the burden of life on his own shoulders and has since born it bravely and with credit. He was born in McHenry county, Illinois, at the town of Marengo, on December 3, 1873, and is the son of John B. and Matilda (Hartmann) Marold, natives of Germany who emigrated to the United States in 1868 and settled in the Prairie state. The father was a tinner and worked at his trade in that state until 1880, then moved to this state and took up his residence at Saguache where he followed his trade until his death on November 5, 1899. In 1887 he bought a ranch, and from then to the end of his life carried on its affairs in connection with his mechanical work. In politics he was independent, always voting for the man and not for the party. His family comprised six children, all of whom are living. They are Franz, Rudolph, Hedwig, Carl L., Annie and Oscar. Carl received a common-school education, going to work as soon as he was able, and at the age of seventeen began to make his own living independent of help from anyone. He accompanied his parents to Colorado in 1880. In 1900 he bought a ranch which contains ninety-three acres of land that can all be cultivated. It is located a mile and a half southeast of Saguache, convenient to a good market, a few miles form a railroad station, and is all fenced and has good buildings of sufficient capacity for present needs. An independent water right furnishes it with due irrigation and makes it very productive. Crops of hay and grain are raised with success and cattle prove a profitable resource. All its operations are conducted with vigor and good judgment, and while it is steadily rising in value, all that it is is the product of its owner’s well applied industry and judicious management. He has also purchased what is known as the home ranch formerly owned by his mother, comprising one hundred and sixty acres of fine alfalfa land, making two hundred and fifty-three acres of land under one fence and irrigated by the same ditch, a first-class water right. The subject owns a fine herd of cattle which comprise the chief source of his revenue. In political affairs Mr. Marold ardently supports the principles and candidates of the Democrat party, and in local matters of benefit to the community he takes a citizen’s active and helpful interest. Accepting the conditions of life in Colorado as he found them, and omitting no effort on his part to make the most of them, he has found the state a good place to live and thrive in, and is not backward in proclaiming its merits to homeseekers on all occasions. Among the people who have witnessed his efforts and shared the benefits of his aid and example he is well esteemed, and he does his part to merit their good opinion in honest industry and upright living. On January 25, 1905, he married Miss Hope Jones, a graduate of the Saguache county high school. Additional Comments: From Progressive Men of Western Colorado. Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/saguache/bios/marold216gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb