Caroline (Kuehn) Thoborg
Marriages
Peter Thoborg - January 25, 1880
at Davenport, Iowa
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - November 3, 1939
CAROLINE THOBORG PASSES AWAY SATURDAY. Death Claimed One of County's Pioneer Women After Short Illness.
Eagle county has lost one of its most honored, respected and loved pioneers in the passing away Saturday night, October 28, 1939, of Caroline THOBORG.
Mrs. THOBORG and her husband, Peter THOBORG, came to Leadville, Colo., from Davenport, Iowa, in the early 80's when Leadville was a booming mining town. The THOBORG family had known GRANT and JAMES, pioneer Leadville mining and smelting men who had moved to Leadville from Davenport, and this was, perhaps, one of their reasons for coming west. After a few years in Leadville, they believed it best to engage in agricultural pursuits, so they moved to the Eagle valley in the spring of 1885, and settled upon the property east of Eagle known as the Thoborg ranch. They developed this property from rough sagebrush into a splendid productive ranch,and remained on the ranch until in 1904, when they moved into the town of Eagle and built a home. At one time they owned most of the townsite of Eagle. Peter THOBORG passed away on February 6, 1928.
Mrs. THOBORG was a charter member of the Eagle Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, and was very active in its work from the time it was granted a charter until her death.
Caroline KUEHN was born July 20, 1859, in Davenport, Iowa, and was there married to Peter THOBORG on January 25, 1880, and passed away at Eagle, Colo., October 28, 1939, at the age of 80 years, 3 months, and 8 days. She is survived by three daughters, Mabel THOBORG and Blanche T. NESBITT of Los Angeles, Calif., and Alice T. BACON, of Eagle, Colo.
Funeral services were held in Eagle for the deceased lady Wednesday afternoon. That evening the body was taken by train for Los Angeles,Calif., to be laid to rest beside that of her husband, Peter THOBORG.
Who's Who in Colorado, 1938 page 435
Alice T. Bacon, "Eagle County," p.427-436:
THOBORG, CAROLINE: Pioneer;
b Davenport, Ia, July 20, 1859; ed pub sch Davenport; m Peter Thoborg Jan 1880 Davenport, Ia; d Mabel, Mrs Alice T Bacon, Mrs Blanche T Nesbitt; 1880 came to Colo, 1885 to Eagle Co; among first families to settle permanently in Eagle Vallley; OES (Eagle Lodge), Pioneers Assn, Garden Club; Meth; Rep; hobby, flower gardening; res, Eagle.
