All Eagle Valley Library District locations will be closed on Sunday, March 31. Regular library hours will resume Monday, April 1​.

Abraham Lumley

Image of Abraham Lumley
Birth Date: February 25, 1848
Death Date: February 12, 1930
Age at Death: 81
Sex: M

Marriages

Jeanette D. "Nettie" Flumerfelt Lumley

[Spelled Flummerfelt in obituary] in Hampton, Iowa.

Burial Details

Cemetery Name: Municipal Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Orchard Mesa, Colorado

Obituaries

Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - February 21, 1930

ABRAHAM LUMLEY DIED IN GRAND JUNCTION HOSPITAL.
Western Colorado Pioneer and Long Time Resident of Eagle Passes Away February 12.
An illness which had continued for more than a year past resulted in the death early this morning at St. Mary's hospital of Abraham LUMLEY, pioneer resident of western Colorado and father of Charles LUMLEY, sheriff of Mesa county. He succumbed this morning at one o'clock states the Grand Junction Sentinel of February 12. Hopes for his eventual recovery at the hospital, where he had been confined for he past eleven months, had been abandoned some time previously.
Abraham LUMLEY had lived in western Colorado practically continuously since 1879, and would have been 82 years of age this month. He was born in New London, Canada, on February 25, 1848. At the age of 16 years he moved with his family to Franklin county, Iowa.
In Hampton, Iowa, he was united in marriage to Nettie FLUMMERFELT [Flumerfelt in Findagrave], to which union three children were born. They were Charles LUMLEY of Grand Junction, Mrs. Rose FULFORD of Berkeley, Calif., and Mrs. Delia May MOORE, who passed away in Iowa 12 years ago. Mr. LUMLEY and his family first came to Colorado in 1879, at which time they settled in Leadville. After living there a short time, they moved to Tincup, a mining camp near Gunnison, residing there until 1888. In the latter year, they again changed their residence to Aspen, remaining there a few years before finally locating in Eagle. Mr. LUMLEY was a leading citizen of this community for many years, being first attracted to the New York mountain mining district at Fulford. For years he was in business here, and a leader in all of the town's activities.
A number of years ago, Mr. and Mrs. LUMLEY had moved to California, making their home in Lost Angeles, with their daughter, Mrs. FULFORD. Mrs. LUMLEY passed away in Los Angeles December 12, 1924. Three years ago Mr. LUMLEY went to Grand Junction to make his home, but his health was failing steadily and he was finally taken to the hospital.
In addition to his two living children, Mr. LUMLEY is survived by two sisters, Mrs. John T. SPROULE of New York City and Frances PERSONETTE of Hampton, Iowa, and one brother, James LUMLEY of Hampton. Other brothers and sisters preceded him in death. He is also survived by six grandchildren, and a niece, Mrs. Jesse Thomas of Eagle.
Mr. LUMLEY, during his many years of residence in western Colorado, had enjoyed a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, especially in Eagle. He was a member of the Eagle camp of the Woodmen of the World.
Friends all over Eagle county will learn with sorrow of the passing of another of the pioneers who was so active in building up this community.

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8 - February 12, 1930

Comments

Headstone says birth year is 1847.