San Juan Prospector dated Jan. 4, 1924
Crescencio Torres died at Mercy Hospital in Denver, Sunday Dec. 30, 1923. Mr. Torres was operated on for appendicitis and lived only until the following day. The body was shipped to Del Norte and funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Catholic Church with interment in the Del Norte cemetery.
Crescencio was born at El Rito, New Mexico March 1, 1854. He was a descendent of the early Spanish explorers who helped to settle the west in the early days, facing all the dangers that the Spanish people went through in those days.
When Mr. Torres was two years of age, his parents came to the San Luis Valley, then, with a few other people, being the first to settle in Conejos. They lived there until 1867 when the family moved to La Loma, where a small village was established by the Spanish people.
In 1873 he was united in marriage to Piedad Espinosa, the daughter of another Spanish pioneer. To this union three children were born, one son and two daughters, Cirilo Torres; Mrs. Emilio Gallegos; and Mrs. Felix Gallegos, all residents of the San Luis Valley.
After his marriage, Mr. Torres became interested in farming and stock raising, and a few years later started hauling freight from Pueblo to Lake City with oxen. He continued this work until the railroad came to the valley. He then took up farming again until 1898 when he was employed by the government at the Indian reservation at Ignacio, Colorado. He remained in this employ three years, then purchased the Green Ranch three miles northwest of Del Norte. In 1909 he sold the farm and moved to Del Norte.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
Crescencio Torres died at Mercy Hospital in Denver, Sunday Dec. 30, 1923. Mr. Torres was operated on for appendicitis and lived only until the following day. The body was shipped to Del Norte and funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Catholic Church with interment in the Del Norte cemetery.
Crescencio was born at El Rito, New Mexico March 1, 1854. He was a descendent of the early Spanish explorers who helped to settle the west in the early days, facing all the dangers that the Spanish people went through in those days.
When Mr. Torres was two years of age, his parents came to the San Luis Valley, then, with a few other people, being the first to settle in Conejos. They lived there until 1867 when the family moved to La Loma, where a small village was established by the Spanish people.
In 1873 he was united in marriage to Piedad Espinosa, the daughter of another Spanish pioneer. To this union three children were born, one son and two daughters, Cirilo Torres; Mrs. Emilio Gallegos; and Mrs. Felix Gallegos, all residents of the San Luis Valley.
After his marriage, Mr. Torres became interested in farming and stock raising, and a few years later started hauling freight from Pueblo to Lake City with oxen. He continued this work until the railroad came to the valley. He then took up farming again until 1898 when he was employed by the government at the Indian reservation at Ignacio, Colorado. He remained in this employ three years, then purchased the Green Ranch three miles northwest of Del Norte. In 1909 he sold the farm and moved to Del Norte.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
San Juan Prospector dated Jan. 4, 1924
Crescencio Torres died at Mercy Hospital in Denver, Sunday Dec. 30, 1923. Mr. Torres was operated on for appendicitis and lived only until the following day. The body was shipped to Del Norte and funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Catholic Church with interment in the Del Norte cemetery.
Crescencio was born at El Rito, New Mexico March 1, 1854. He was a descendent of the early Spanish explorers who helped to settle the west in the early days, facing all the dangers that the Spanish people went through in those days.
When Mr. Torres was two years of age, his parents came to the San Luis Valley, then, with a few other people, being the first to settle in Conejos. They lived there until 1867 when the family moved to La Loma, where a small village was established by the Spanish people.
In 1873 he was united in marriage to Piedad Espinosa, the daughter of another Spanish pioneer. To this union three children were born, one son and two daughters, Cirilo Torres; Mrs. Emilio Gallegos; and Mrs. Felix Gallegos, all residents of the San Luis Valley.
After his marriage, Mr. Torres became interested in farming and stock raising, and a few years later started hauling freight from Pueblo to Lake City with oxen. He continued this work until the railroad came to the valley. He then took up farming again until 1898 when he was employed by the government at the Indian reservation at Ignacio, Colorado. He remained in this employ three years, then purchased the Green Ranch three miles northwest of Del Norte. In 1909 he sold the farm and moved to Del Norte.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
Crescencio Torres died at Mercy Hospital in Denver, Sunday Dec. 30, 1923. Mr. Torres was operated on for appendicitis and lived only until the following day. The body was shipped to Del Norte and funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the Catholic Church with interment in the Del Norte cemetery.
Crescencio was born at El Rito, New Mexico March 1, 1854. He was a descendent of the early Spanish explorers who helped to settle the west in the early days, facing all the dangers that the Spanish people went through in those days.
When Mr. Torres was two years of age, his parents came to the San Luis Valley, then, with a few other people, being the first to settle in Conejos. They lived there until 1867 when the family moved to La Loma, where a small village was established by the Spanish people.
In 1873 he was united in marriage to Piedad Espinosa, the daughter of another Spanish pioneer. To this union three children were born, one son and two daughters, Cirilo Torres; Mrs. Emilio Gallegos; and Mrs. Felix Gallegos, all residents of the San Luis Valley.
After his marriage, Mr. Torres became interested in farming and stock raising, and a few years later started hauling freight from Pueblo to Lake City with oxen. He continued this work until the railroad came to the valley. He then took up farming again until 1898 when he was employed by the government at the Indian reservation at Ignacio, Colorado. He remained in this employ three years, then purchased the Green Ranch three miles northwest of Del Norte. In 1909 he sold the farm and moved to Del Norte.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
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