Medical Record Jose Bonifacio Romero San Luis Valley Museum ~ Alamosa, Colorado
Jose Bonifacio Romero, one of the early settlers of Conejos County, was born near Santa Fe, N.M. in 1825. At seven years of age he was taken to Kentucky where he was educated in the common schools, returning to New Mexico in 1846. He engaged in the mercantile business until 1861, when he enlisted in Company G. New Mexico Volunteers, & served in the United States Infantry until the close of the war. For brave combat he was made captain of his company & at Fort Union was commissioned brevet major. After the muster out of the volunteers he was commissioned major of the Fiftieth Infantry, U.S.A., but resigned his commission on account of ill health & in 1866 was mustered out of the service in Santa Fe, N.M.
In 1870 Mr. Romero located in the San Luis Valley, buying a small ranch on the Conejos River. Soon after coming here he was appointed commissioner of the insane asylum at Pueblo, Colo., & continued to serve in that capacity for eighteen successive years, his term expiring in April 1897. He now devotes himself to ranching & farming *& owns three hundred & twenty acres, in two farms. The governor of Colorado, in 1874 appointed Mr. Romero brigadier-general of the second division of the territorial militia. Politically he has always been a Republican, active in local & state matters, & among the Mexicans of this county has been a leader, his judgement being sought by them in important affairs. For about twenty years he served as judge of elections. As secretary of the school board of district No. 4, which position he has held since 1884, he has been of great assistance in promoting the welfare of his home school & has advanced the educational interests of this locality. He served in the legislature of New Mexico from 1857 to 1860.
In 1852 Mr. Romero married Miss Maria Agapita Lopez, who was born in New Mexico in March 1834. They became the parents of seven children, namely: Maria Salome, Jose Amieto, Maria Rita, deceased; Jose Martin; Jose Elias, deceased; Jose Camilo, & Maria Ynecita, deceased. The four living are all married, & there are thirty-four grandchildren.
Medical Record Jose Bonifacio Romero San Luis Valley Museum ~ Alamosa, Colorado
Jose Bonifacio Romero, one of the early settlers of Conejos County, was born near Santa Fe, N.M. in 1825. At seven years of age he was taken to Kentucky where he was educated in the common schools, returning to New Mexico in 1846. He engaged in the mercantile business until 1861, when he enlisted in Company G. New Mexico Volunteers, & served in the United States Infantry until the close of the war. For brave combat he was made captain of his company & at Fort Union was commissioned brevet major. After the muster out of the volunteers he was commissioned major of the Fiftieth Infantry, U.S.A., but resigned his commission on account of ill health & in 1866 was mustered out of the service in Santa Fe, N.M.
In 1870 Mr. Romero located in the San Luis Valley, buying a small ranch on the Conejos River. Soon after coming here he was appointed commissioner of the insane asylum at Pueblo, Colo., & continued to serve in that capacity for eighteen successive years, his term expiring in April 1897. He now devotes himself to ranching & farming *& owns three hundred & twenty acres, in two farms. The governor of Colorado, in 1874 appointed Mr. Romero brigadier-general of the second division of the territorial militia. Politically he has always been a Republican, active in local & state matters, & among the Mexicans of this county has been a leader, his judgement being sought by them in important affairs. For about twenty years he served as judge of elections. As secretary of the school board of district No. 4, which position he has held since 1884, he has been of great assistance in promoting the welfare of his home school & has advanced the educational interests of this locality. He served in the legislature of New Mexico from 1857 to 1860.
In 1852 Mr. Romero married Miss Maria Agapita Lopez, who was born in New Mexico in March 1834. They became the parents of seven children, namely: Maria Salome, Jose Amieto, Maria Rita, deceased; Jose Martin; Jose Elias, deceased; Jose Camilo, & Maria Ynecita, deceased. The four living are all married, & there are thirty-four grandchildren.