US Marshal, 905 Menaul Blvd.-In 1904 U.S. Marshall Creighton Foraker built a 2-room structure on a 60-acre farm just north of the Albuquerque Indian School.
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Here is part of a letter from the Eulogy from a family member which gives a wonderful description of Creighton May Foraker.
Creighton May Foraker, Sr., who was born on a family farm in Hillsboro, Ohio in 1861. He came to New Mexico in the 1880's to make his fortune, first as a miner, then as a rancher. He owned a ranch near Silver City, NM when he saw Minerva Hall across the street one day and said to his friend, "That is the woman I am going to marry."
Minerva Eugenia Hall had been born in New York State in 1873, but she was mainly raised in Maquoketa, Iowa. Her parents later moved to Oklahoma. She was visiting in Silver City, New Mexico in 1884. She and Creighton were married on August 12, 1895 and they lived in a primitive cabin on the ranch in Silver City when they were first married.
Then, in 1897, Creighton May Foraker, Sr. was appointed United States Marshall for the Territory of New Mexico by President William McKinley. The fact that Creighton's brother, Joseph Benson Foraker, was a United States Senator from Ohio, and that McKinley was also an Ohio Republican, may have had some influence on the appointment.
Nevertheless, by all accounts, when Creighton May Foraker, Sr. took on the office of U.S. Marshall, he brought a new degree of professionalism, objectivity and efficiency to an office that had been muddied with unseemly partisanship and self-aggrandizement. C.M. Foraker had a reputation for honesty and integrity, a trait passed on to his children and grandchildren.
After being appointed U.S. Marshall, the Forakers first moved to Santa Fe, the Territorial Capital. But in 1899, they moved to Albuquerque, which was more centrally located. He held the office of U.S. Marshal until New Mexico became a State in 1912.
At that time, the combination of state and national politics and the move toward statehood operated in favor of appointing an Hispanic politician to the office, Secundino Romero from Las Vegas, that could deliver the New Mexico Republican delegation to candidate William H. Taft for Presidency. C.M. Foraker died in 1917, at the age of fifty-six, of diabetes, just a few months before the discovery of insulin.
Creighton May Foraker, Sr., left Minerva Hall Foraker a widow when she was forty-four years old and she had four living children who at that time were ages 18 (Charles Burch, Sr.), 14 (Mary Louise), 12 (Creighton May, Jr.), and 10 (Margaret [Peg] Hall). Minerva Foraker never remarried. She continued to manage the farm and make it a profit operation throughout her life.
Partial Eulogy For: Mary Louise Foraker
August 1, 1989
Given by: Jane Foraker Thompson, PhD
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He was the last territorial marshal of New Mexico before it became a state in 1912.
Foraker is credited with modernizing the function of the Marshal's Office and bringing it into the 20th century.
He was marshal from 1897 to 1912 and did things like instituting salaries rather than bounties for deputies. He also was the first to add cars and telephones for law enforcement in New Mexico.
Other children not listed:
Charles Burch Foraker (1899-1958)
Mary Louise Foraker (1903-1989)
Creighton May Foraker Jr. (1905-1957)
Margaret Hill Foraker (1907-1958)
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Here is part of a letter from the Eulogy from a family member which gives a wonderful description of Creighton May Foraker.
Creighton May Foraker, Sr., who was born on a family farm in Hillsboro, Ohio in 1861. He came to New Mexico in the 1880's to make his fortune, first as a miner, then as a rancher. He owned a ranch near Silver City, NM when he saw Minerva Hall across the street one day and said to his friend, "That is the woman I am going to marry."
Minerva Eugenia Hall had been born in New York State in 1873, but she was mainly raised in Maquoketa, Iowa. Her parents later moved to Oklahoma. She was visiting in Silver City, New Mexico in 1884. She and Creighton were married on August 12, 1895 and they lived in a primitive cabin on the ranch in Silver City when they were first married.
Then, in 1897, Creighton May Foraker, Sr. was appointed United States Marshall for the Territory of New Mexico by President William McKinley. The fact that Creighton's brother, Joseph Benson Foraker, was a United States Senator from Ohio, and that McKinley was also an Ohio Republican, may have had some influence on the appointment.
Nevertheless, by all accounts, when Creighton May Foraker, Sr. took on the office of U.S. Marshall, he brought a new degree of professionalism, objectivity and efficiency to an office that had been muddied with unseemly partisanship and self-aggrandizement. C.M. Foraker had a reputation for honesty and integrity, a trait passed on to his children and grandchildren.
After being appointed U.S. Marshall, the Forakers first moved to Santa Fe, the Territorial Capital. But in 1899, they moved to Albuquerque, which was more centrally located. He held the office of U.S. Marshal until New Mexico became a State in 1912.
At that time, the combination of state and national politics and the move toward statehood operated in favor of appointing an Hispanic politician to the office, Secundino Romero from Las Vegas, that could deliver the New Mexico Republican delegation to candidate William H. Taft for Presidency. C.M. Foraker died in 1917, at the age of fifty-six, of diabetes, just a few months before the discovery of insulin.
Creighton May Foraker, Sr., left Minerva Hall Foraker a widow when she was forty-four years old and she had four living children who at that time were ages 18 (Charles Burch, Sr.), 14 (Mary Louise), 12 (Creighton May, Jr.), and 10 (Margaret [Peg] Hall). Minerva Foraker never remarried. She continued to manage the farm and make it a profit operation throughout her life.
Partial Eulogy For: Mary Louise Foraker
August 1, 1989
Given by: Jane Foraker Thompson, PhD
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He was the last territorial marshal of New Mexico before it became a state in 1912.
Foraker is credited with modernizing the function of the Marshal's Office and bringing it into the 20th century.
He was marshal from 1897 to 1912 and did things like instituting salaries rather than bounties for deputies. He also was the first to add cars and telephones for law enforcement in New Mexico.
Other children not listed:
Charles Burch Foraker (1899-1958)
Mary Louise Foraker (1903-1989)
Creighton May Foraker Jr. (1905-1957)
Margaret Hill Foraker (1907-1958)
US Marshal, 905 Menaul Blvd.-In 1904 U.S. Marshall Creighton Foraker built a 2-room structure on a 60-acre farm just north of the Albuquerque Indian School.
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Here is part of a letter from the Eulogy from a family member which gives a wonderful description of Creighton May Foraker.
Creighton May Foraker, Sr., who was born on a family farm in Hillsboro, Ohio in 1861. He came to New Mexico in the 1880's to make his fortune, first as a miner, then as a rancher. He owned a ranch near Silver City, NM when he saw Minerva Hall across the street one day and said to his friend, "That is the woman I am going to marry."
Minerva Eugenia Hall had been born in New York State in 1873, but she was mainly raised in Maquoketa, Iowa. Her parents later moved to Oklahoma. She was visiting in Silver City, New Mexico in 1884. She and Creighton were married on August 12, 1895 and they lived in a primitive cabin on the ranch in Silver City when they were first married.
Then, in 1897, Creighton May Foraker, Sr. was appointed United States Marshall for the Territory of New Mexico by President William McKinley. The fact that Creighton's brother, Joseph Benson Foraker, was a United States Senator from Ohio, and that McKinley was also an Ohio Republican, may have had some influence on the appointment.
Nevertheless, by all accounts, when Creighton May Foraker, Sr. took on the office of U.S. Marshall, he brought a new degree of professionalism, objectivity and efficiency to an office that had been muddied with unseemly partisanship and self-aggrandizement. C.M. Foraker had a reputation for honesty and integrity, a trait passed on to his children and grandchildren.
After being appointed U.S. Marshall, the Forakers first moved to Santa Fe, the Territorial Capital. But in 1899, they moved to Albuquerque, which was more centrally located. He held the office of U.S. Marshal until New Mexico became a State in 1912.
At that time, the combination of state and national politics and the move toward statehood operated in favor of appointing an Hispanic politician to the office, Secundino Romero from Las Vegas, that could deliver the New Mexico Republican delegation to candidate William H. Taft for Presidency. C.M. Foraker died in 1917, at the age of fifty-six, of diabetes, just a few months before the discovery of insulin.
Creighton May Foraker, Sr., left Minerva Hall Foraker a widow when she was forty-four years old and she had four living children who at that time were ages 18 (Charles Burch, Sr.), 14 (Mary Louise), 12 (Creighton May, Jr.), and 10 (Margaret [Peg] Hall). Minerva Foraker never remarried. She continued to manage the farm and make it a profit operation throughout her life.
Partial Eulogy For: Mary Louise Foraker
August 1, 1989
Given by: Jane Foraker Thompson, PhD
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He was the last territorial marshal of New Mexico before it became a state in 1912.
Foraker is credited with modernizing the function of the Marshal's Office and bringing it into the 20th century.
He was marshal from 1897 to 1912 and did things like instituting salaries rather than bounties for deputies. He also was the first to add cars and telephones for law enforcement in New Mexico.
Other children not listed:
Charles Burch Foraker (1899-1958)
Mary Louise Foraker (1903-1989)
Creighton May Foraker Jr. (1905-1957)
Margaret Hill Foraker (1907-1958)
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Here is part of a letter from the Eulogy from a family member which gives a wonderful description of Creighton May Foraker.
Creighton May Foraker, Sr., who was born on a family farm in Hillsboro, Ohio in 1861. He came to New Mexico in the 1880's to make his fortune, first as a miner, then as a rancher. He owned a ranch near Silver City, NM when he saw Minerva Hall across the street one day and said to his friend, "That is the woman I am going to marry."
Minerva Eugenia Hall had been born in New York State in 1873, but she was mainly raised in Maquoketa, Iowa. Her parents later moved to Oklahoma. She was visiting in Silver City, New Mexico in 1884. She and Creighton were married on August 12, 1895 and they lived in a primitive cabin on the ranch in Silver City when they were first married.
Then, in 1897, Creighton May Foraker, Sr. was appointed United States Marshall for the Territory of New Mexico by President William McKinley. The fact that Creighton's brother, Joseph Benson Foraker, was a United States Senator from Ohio, and that McKinley was also an Ohio Republican, may have had some influence on the appointment.
Nevertheless, by all accounts, when Creighton May Foraker, Sr. took on the office of U.S. Marshall, he brought a new degree of professionalism, objectivity and efficiency to an office that had been muddied with unseemly partisanship and self-aggrandizement. C.M. Foraker had a reputation for honesty and integrity, a trait passed on to his children and grandchildren.
After being appointed U.S. Marshall, the Forakers first moved to Santa Fe, the Territorial Capital. But in 1899, they moved to Albuquerque, which was more centrally located. He held the office of U.S. Marshal until New Mexico became a State in 1912.
At that time, the combination of state and national politics and the move toward statehood operated in favor of appointing an Hispanic politician to the office, Secundino Romero from Las Vegas, that could deliver the New Mexico Republican delegation to candidate William H. Taft for Presidency. C.M. Foraker died in 1917, at the age of fifty-six, of diabetes, just a few months before the discovery of insulin.
Creighton May Foraker, Sr., left Minerva Hall Foraker a widow when she was forty-four years old and she had four living children who at that time were ages 18 (Charles Burch, Sr.), 14 (Mary Louise), 12 (Creighton May, Jr.), and 10 (Margaret [Peg] Hall). Minerva Foraker never remarried. She continued to manage the farm and make it a profit operation throughout her life.
Partial Eulogy For: Mary Louise Foraker
August 1, 1989
Given by: Jane Foraker Thompson, PhD
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He was the last territorial marshal of New Mexico before it became a state in 1912.
Foraker is credited with modernizing the function of the Marshal's Office and bringing it into the 20th century.
He was marshal from 1897 to 1912 and did things like instituting salaries rather than bounties for deputies. He also was the first to add cars and telephones for law enforcement in New Mexico.
Other children not listed:
Charles Burch Foraker (1899-1958)
Mary Louise Foraker (1903-1989)
Creighton May Foraker Jr. (1905-1957)
Margaret Hill Foraker (1907-1958)
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