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augustus and thomas macon

Posted: 24 Nov 2002 9:30AM GMT
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I am looking for information about two brothers, Augustus and Thomas Macon, and their families. They were both lawyers. practicing in Canon City and Denver, in the late 1800's. According to census information, they were born in Kentucky of parents born in Virginia. I am looking for information about them in Colorado but also clues as to who their parents were.
Augustus Macon was my gg grandfather.

Here is what I have to date:

1870 Colorado Census
Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado, Fed. Pop. P. 236
Thomas Macon, age 40, lawyer, born in Kentucky
Mary Macon, age 32, house, born in Virginia
Selden Macon, age 10 at home, born in Iowa
Willie Macon, age 7, at home, born in Iowa
1880 United States Census

Household 1, Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado
Virginia Macon, white, married, female, age 39 (1841), keeps house, born in Virginia, father and mother born in Virginia
Addie Macon, daughter, single, white, female, age 8 (1872), born in Colorado, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Virginia

Household 2, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
Edgar D. Stone, single, white, male, telegraph operator
Charles A. Batson, single, white male, telephone clerk
William H. Hauser, single, white, male, telephone clerk
Charles M. Ellinger, single,white, male, telephone switchman
Howard W. Hanna, single, white, male, telephone switchman
J. H. Bright, single, white, male, tel
Thomas Macon, married, white, male, practicing lawyer, born in Kentucky, parents born in Virginia
George H. Mills, single, white, male, clerk in law office
Sire J. Greene, single, white, male, civil engineer

Household 3, Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado
Thomas Macon, head of household, married, white male, age 50 (1830), born in Kentucky, lawyer, parents born in Virginia
Mary V. Macon, wife, married, white, female, age 39 (1841), born in Virginia, keeps house, father born in New Jersey, mother born in Pennsylvania
Selden Macon, son, single, white, male, age 19 (1861), born in Iowa, at school, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Virginia
William Macon, son, single, white, male, age 16 (1864), born in Iowa, at school, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Virginia
Ann Harrison, mother, widow, white, female, age 74 (1806), borne in Pennsylvania, at home, parents born in Pennsylvania
Lucy Beech, domestic servant
Lucy Ervin, visitor, married, white, female, age 60, born in Virginia, parents born in Virginia
Lucy Ervin, visitor, single, white, female, age 22, born in Iowa, parents born in Virginia

Household 4, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado
Augustus Macon, head of household, married white male, age 45, born in Kentucky, attorney at law, parents born in Virginia
Virginia Macon, wife, married, white female, age 38, born in Virginia, keeping house, parents born in Virginia
Fannie L. Macon, daughter, single white female, age 16, born in Nebraska, at school, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Virginia
Mary V. Macon, daughter, single white female, age 14, born in Nebraska, at school, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Virginia
Ada Macon, daughter, single white female, age 9, born in Fremont County, Colorado, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Virginia

Household 5, Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado
Sister Eliabeth, head of household
Fannie Macon, single, white, female, pupil at school - age 16, born in Nebraska

Colorado State Archives
“A Short History of the Colorado State Penitentiary
by Gerald E. Sherard - Volunteer for the Colorado State Archives
Penitentiary Site Development
The Colorado State Penitentiary had its inception on January 7, 1868, when the Territorial Legislature declared that such an institution should be established in Colorado at Canon City for the protection of society against offenders of the law. Thomas Macon of Canon City, an attorney who had reached the west only a short time before, had been elected to the Territorial Legislature; and it was he, who spear-headed the drive to locate the prison in Canon City. His support of Denver to receive designation as the state capital instead of Golden had earned him the backing of a sufficient number of legislators from the northern part of the state to have Canon City selected as the prison site.

Other Family History Library Records

Thomas M. Macon born in May, 1830, Christian County, Kentucky, married to Mary Virginia Harrison in 1854 in Burlington Iowa, died May 26, 1908 in Denver, Arapahoe County Colorado, buried in Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
William P. Macon , born July 29, 1863 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, died on Feb. 11 1896, in Denver, Colorado, buried in Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
Augustus Macon, married to Virginia Megeath on May 27, 1862 in Monroe, Missouri
Virginia Megeath , born March 11, 1834, Loudoun County, Virginia

Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery, Canon City, Colorado
Augustus Macon, died 1906

Ancestry.com, family tree
Tillie Macon, born 1852, Virginia, Father- Augustus Macon, Mother – Henrietta Megeath
Henrietta Megeath married Augustus Macon, 1848

Emery Family Tree
Thomas M. Macon, born May, 1830, Christian County, Kentucky, married 1854, Burlington, Iowa, died May 26, 1908, Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado
Mary Virginia Harrison (wife) born Nov. 1, 1836, Salem, Virginia, died July 11, 1908, Denver, Colorado
William P. Macon (son) born July 29, 1863, Oskaloosa, Iowa, died, Feb. 11, 1896, Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado
Seldon Macon, born Nov. 23, 1860, died, Aug. 3, 1881, Denver, Colorado


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