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James Orlando Pace

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James Orlando Pace

Birth
Payson, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death
6 Feb 1909 (aged 50)
Virden, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
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James Orlando Pace
April 16, 1858 – February 6, 1909

Brief Sketch of the Life of James Orlando Pace

James Orlando Pace was born April 16, 1858 in Payson, Utah to James Pace and Ann Webb, his father's third wife. He was the only son among eight children born to Ann Webb Pace. In 1861 he moved with his family to New Harmony, Utah. On April 15, 1876 he and Nancy Orpha Boggs were married in Washington, Utah. In 1882 James and Nancy left southern Utah taking their three young daughters in a covered wagon joining his father and mother and sister, Mary Adelia Pace Tyler, and her family to migrate to the Gila Valley of southern Arizona. They joined John Moody and Margaret Lenora Pace Moody, his sister, who had been called by the LDS first presidency to settle in the Gila Valley a year earlier. The Moodys, Paces, and Tylers were among some of the first settlers in the valley and were founding pioneers of the town of Thatcher. James Orlando Pace farmed the Thatcher, Arizona property with his father, James, and when the older man died in 1888, he continued on until 1905 when he took Nancy and probably the 7 younger children to Virden, New Mexico. There he acquired a large parcel of land (280 acres) in the upper Duncan Valley and assisted in the development of that valley. James also was a wagon freighter running routes from Lordsburg, New Mexico to Bowie and Globe, Arizona. The family continued to prosper until 6 February 1909, when James was killed in a wagon accident as he returned from a trip to Lordsburg, New Mexico. He was 50 years old. Nancy Pace, age 49, was left a widow with 7 unmarried children. She sold the property in Virden and returned to Thatcher to live out her long life.
James Orlando Pace
April 16, 1858 – February 6, 1909

Brief Sketch of the Life of James Orlando Pace

James Orlando Pace was born April 16, 1858 in Payson, Utah to James Pace and Ann Webb, his father's third wife. He was the only son among eight children born to Ann Webb Pace. In 1861 he moved with his family to New Harmony, Utah. On April 15, 1876 he and Nancy Orpha Boggs were married in Washington, Utah. In 1882 James and Nancy left southern Utah taking their three young daughters in a covered wagon joining his father and mother and sister, Mary Adelia Pace Tyler, and her family to migrate to the Gila Valley of southern Arizona. They joined John Moody and Margaret Lenora Pace Moody, his sister, who had been called by the LDS first presidency to settle in the Gila Valley a year earlier. The Moodys, Paces, and Tylers were among some of the first settlers in the valley and were founding pioneers of the town of Thatcher. James Orlando Pace farmed the Thatcher, Arizona property with his father, James, and when the older man died in 1888, he continued on until 1905 when he took Nancy and probably the 7 younger children to Virden, New Mexico. There he acquired a large parcel of land (280 acres) in the upper Duncan Valley and assisted in the development of that valley. James also was a wagon freighter running routes from Lordsburg, New Mexico to Bowie and Globe, Arizona. The family continued to prosper until 6 February 1909, when James was killed in a wagon accident as he returned from a trip to Lordsburg, New Mexico. He was 50 years old. Nancy Pace, age 49, was left a widow with 7 unmarried children. She sold the property in Virden and returned to Thatcher to live out her long life.

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