Parents William Pickens and Malinda Tunnell.
=======================
Del Norte Prospector dated Nov. 30, 1934
Jack Pickens, one of Del Norte’s best known and beloved characters, died Sunday evening at St. Joseph’s Hospital. A weak hear and the ravages of pneumonia were responsible for his death.
At the time of his death, Mr. Pickens was 65 years old. He had lived in Del Norte sind 1892 and was prominently identified with the early day mining activity of Summitville. In 1926, Mr. Pickens and the late Judge Jesse C. Wiley, his close friend, succeeded in negotiating a lease on property at Summitville and started development work in July of that year.
A secret that Jack Pickens had held in strictest confidence for twenty-three years was then revealed. The story of the famous “Golden Pinnacle” bonanza strike was told. It was one of the richest gold strikes ever made in Colorado. Jack, a miner at Summitville, stumbled onto the rich ore by accident. Unable to secure a lease, he kept the secret of the find for nearly a quarter of a century. Judge Wiley negotiated the lease finally and the discovery was made known.
Mr. Pickens came to Colorado from his native state, Tennessee. He was born in northern Tennessee on May 27, 1869. After two years at Cripple Creek, he came to Del Norte and went to Summitville. That was in 1892, the year of the Creede boom. In January , 1901, Mr. Pickens was married to Clara Amada Weber. John Wesley Pickens was “Jack” to hundreds of friends and acquaintances. He was loyal to his friends, a good husband and father and one of Del Norte’s respected citizens. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Masonic Temple, with the Masonic order in charge. Rev. J. G. Williams gave the funeral services.
He is survived by his widow and nine children, Buddy, John, Eugenia, Hazel, Mrs. Alfred Speizer, Mrs. W. E. Goodrow, Cecil Pickens, all of Del Norte, Mrs. Emma Broberg of Colorado Springs, and Mrs. Clara Spencer of Kansas City. There are eight grandchildren. In addition, his is survived by three brothers, Sam, Will, and Jay, and four sisters, Mary, Clyde, Emma, and Lizzie, all of Jonesboro, Tennessee.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
=======================
Del Norte Prospector dated Nov. 30, 1934
Jack Pickens, one of Del Norte’s best known and beloved characters, died Sunday evening at St. Joseph’s Hospital. A weak hear and the ravages of pneumonia were responsible for his death.
At the time of his death, Mr. Pickens was 65 years old. He had lived in Del Norte sind 1892 and was prominently identified with the early day mining activity of Summitville. In 1926, Mr. Pickens and the late Judge Jesse C. Wiley, his close friend, succeeded in negotiating a lease on property at Summitville and started development work in July of that year.
A secret that Jack Pickens had held in strictest confidence for twenty-three years was then revealed. The story of the famous “Golden Pinnacle” bonanza strike was told. It was one of the richest gold strikes ever made in Colorado. Jack, a miner at Summitville, stumbled onto the rich ore by accident. Unable to secure a lease, he kept the secret of the find for nearly a quarter of a century. Judge Wiley negotiated the lease finally and the discovery was made known.
Mr. Pickens came to Colorado from his native state, Tennessee. He was born in northern Tennessee on May 27, 1869. After two years at Cripple Creek, he came to Del Norte and went to Summitville. That was in 1892, the year of the Creede boom. In January , 1901, Mr. Pickens was married to Clara Amada Weber. John Wesley Pickens was “Jack” to hundreds of friends and acquaintances. He was loyal to his friends, a good husband and father and one of Del Norte’s respected citizens. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Masonic Temple, with the Masonic order in charge. Rev. J. G. Williams gave the funeral services.
He is survived by his widow and nine children, Buddy, John, Eugenia, Hazel, Mrs. Alfred Speizer, Mrs. W. E. Goodrow, Cecil Pickens, all of Del Norte, Mrs. Emma Broberg of Colorado Springs, and Mrs. Clara Spencer of Kansas City. There are eight grandchildren. In addition, his is survived by three brothers, Sam, Will, and Jay, and four sisters, Mary, Clyde, Emma, and Lizzie, all of Jonesboro, Tennessee.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
Parents William Pickens and Malinda Tunnell.
=======================
Del Norte Prospector dated Nov. 30, 1934
Jack Pickens, one of Del Norte’s best known and beloved characters, died Sunday evening at St. Joseph’s Hospital. A weak hear and the ravages of pneumonia were responsible for his death.
At the time of his death, Mr. Pickens was 65 years old. He had lived in Del Norte sind 1892 and was prominently identified with the early day mining activity of Summitville. In 1926, Mr. Pickens and the late Judge Jesse C. Wiley, his close friend, succeeded in negotiating a lease on property at Summitville and started development work in July of that year.
A secret that Jack Pickens had held in strictest confidence for twenty-three years was then revealed. The story of the famous “Golden Pinnacle” bonanza strike was told. It was one of the richest gold strikes ever made in Colorado. Jack, a miner at Summitville, stumbled onto the rich ore by accident. Unable to secure a lease, he kept the secret of the find for nearly a quarter of a century. Judge Wiley negotiated the lease finally and the discovery was made known.
Mr. Pickens came to Colorado from his native state, Tennessee. He was born in northern Tennessee on May 27, 1869. After two years at Cripple Creek, he came to Del Norte and went to Summitville. That was in 1892, the year of the Creede boom. In January , 1901, Mr. Pickens was married to Clara Amada Weber. John Wesley Pickens was “Jack” to hundreds of friends and acquaintances. He was loyal to his friends, a good husband and father and one of Del Norte’s respected citizens. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Masonic Temple, with the Masonic order in charge. Rev. J. G. Williams gave the funeral services.
He is survived by his widow and nine children, Buddy, John, Eugenia, Hazel, Mrs. Alfred Speizer, Mrs. W. E. Goodrow, Cecil Pickens, all of Del Norte, Mrs. Emma Broberg of Colorado Springs, and Mrs. Clara Spencer of Kansas City. There are eight grandchildren. In addition, his is survived by three brothers, Sam, Will, and Jay, and four sisters, Mary, Clyde, Emma, and Lizzie, all of Jonesboro, Tennessee.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
=======================
Del Norte Prospector dated Nov. 30, 1934
Jack Pickens, one of Del Norte’s best known and beloved characters, died Sunday evening at St. Joseph’s Hospital. A weak hear and the ravages of pneumonia were responsible for his death.
At the time of his death, Mr. Pickens was 65 years old. He had lived in Del Norte sind 1892 and was prominently identified with the early day mining activity of Summitville. In 1926, Mr. Pickens and the late Judge Jesse C. Wiley, his close friend, succeeded in negotiating a lease on property at Summitville and started development work in July of that year.
A secret that Jack Pickens had held in strictest confidence for twenty-three years was then revealed. The story of the famous “Golden Pinnacle” bonanza strike was told. It was one of the richest gold strikes ever made in Colorado. Jack, a miner at Summitville, stumbled onto the rich ore by accident. Unable to secure a lease, he kept the secret of the find for nearly a quarter of a century. Judge Wiley negotiated the lease finally and the discovery was made known.
Mr. Pickens came to Colorado from his native state, Tennessee. He was born in northern Tennessee on May 27, 1869. After two years at Cripple Creek, he came to Del Norte and went to Summitville. That was in 1892, the year of the Creede boom. In January , 1901, Mr. Pickens was married to Clara Amada Weber. John Wesley Pickens was “Jack” to hundreds of friends and acquaintances. He was loyal to his friends, a good husband and father and one of Del Norte’s respected citizens. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Masonic Temple, with the Masonic order in charge. Rev. J. G. Williams gave the funeral services.
He is survived by his widow and nine children, Buddy, John, Eugenia, Hazel, Mrs. Alfred Speizer, Mrs. W. E. Goodrow, Cecil Pickens, all of Del Norte, Mrs. Emma Broberg of Colorado Springs, and Mrs. Clara Spencer of Kansas City. There are eight grandchildren. In addition, his is survived by three brothers, Sam, Will, and Jay, and four sisters, Mary, Clyde, Emma, and Lizzie, all of Jonesboro, Tennessee.
~Courtesy of Rosalind Weaver
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
