Initially settled in Kiowa, Colorado as a stagecoach station manager after spending time as a bullwhacker and stagecoach driver. While at Lake Station (stagecoach station), met widow Martha (Mattie) Haynes Wallace (1839-1887); married her in Fort Wallace, Kansas, on April 30, 1868; four children born, Edith 1869, James A. 1871, Charles 1873 and a son Bela H. 1876. Remarriage on December 24, 1888 to Era Brond (1860-1930) brought a son, James ("Jay") Jr.
Postmaster in Pine Grove/Parker for 27 years; member of first Pine Grove District School Board over 10 years; Douglas County Commissioner; Justice of the Peace; 6th degree Mason; member of Union Lodge #7 F&AM in Denver.
In 1874 bought Twenty Mile House and through improvements in amenities and services established it as preferred stage stop on the Smoky Hill Trail and later rail stop. Envisioning a community at Pine Grove, he donated land for first school; donated land for J.S. Parker Cemetery; donated right of way for Denver & New Orleans Railroad and for the new Colorado Telephone Company through his property.
Sold his property in 1910 and moved to Denver. Upon his death a special train brought his remains to the cemetery he created in (by then) Parker.
Initially settled in Kiowa, Colorado as a stagecoach station manager after spending time as a bullwhacker and stagecoach driver. While at Lake Station (stagecoach station), met widow Martha (Mattie) Haynes Wallace (1839-1887); married her in Fort Wallace, Kansas, on April 30, 1868; four children born, Edith 1869, James A. 1871, Charles 1873 and a son Bela H. 1876. Remarriage on December 24, 1888 to Era Brond (1860-1930) brought a son, James ("Jay") Jr.
Postmaster in Pine Grove/Parker for 27 years; member of first Pine Grove District School Board over 10 years; Douglas County Commissioner; Justice of the Peace; 6th degree Mason; member of Union Lodge #7 F&AM in Denver.
In 1874 bought Twenty Mile House and through improvements in amenities and services established it as preferred stage stop on the Smoky Hill Trail and later rail stop. Envisioning a community at Pine Grove, he donated land for first school; donated land for J.S. Parker Cemetery; donated right of way for Denver & New Orleans Railroad and for the new Colorado Telephone Company through his property.
Sold his property in 1910 and moved to Denver. Upon his death a special train brought his remains to the cemetery he created in (by then) Parker.
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