First Governor, First Lady

First Governor, First Lady
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0865410631
ISBN-13 : 9780865410633
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Book Synopsis First Governor, First Lady by : Joyce Burke Lohse

Download or read book First Governor, First Lady written by Joyce Burke Lohse and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Long Routt was born in 1826 in Eddyville, Kentucky. He married Hester Ann Woodson in 1845 in Bloomington, Illinois. They had five children. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. Hester died in 1872 and John married Eliza Pickrell, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Pickrell and Mary Ann Elkin, in 1874 in Decatur, Illinois. They had one daughter. John was appointed territorial governor of Colorado in 1875. He also served as state governor and mayor of Denver City.


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