William Naylor

Part 2

Although William moved to Loveland about 1873 and soon settled in the Thompson Valley 2 1/2 miles NE of town, no land records have been found prior to 1885.  He may well have filed for a land grant much earlier, perhaps it took him longer that expected to satisfy the requirements, or perhaps he leased land for a while, while deciding whether Loveland was where he wanted to stay.  What we do know is that in 1885 he received a federal land grant of160 acres.  He purchased an additional 160 acres the following year. 

William was involved in building extensions to Louden ditch, succeeding in running water through it in 1880.  He was head of the Louden ditch company for twenty years according to his biography in the History of Larimer County.  

Fort Collins Courier
14 Sep 1904

Newspaper articles through out the 1890s and early 1900s link him to various water projects in the area.  

William and Ellen continued to farm until 1904 when they retired to the city.  They had purchased three lots at the corner of Seventh St and Cleveland Ave (147) the prior year.    

In 1919, William and Ellen sold the house which was moved from the lot.  They were living with their daughter while a new house was being built when Ellen suddenly dropped dead from heart problems.

William's daughter Cora and her husband are living with William in 1920.  

The Long Beach Press noted: Died Feb. 28, 1921. Aged 77. He came to Long Beach from Loveland, Colo., four months ago to visit his daughter, Mrs. W.H. Trindle, 2267 Elm Ave. He died of acute indigestion. He was a member of the G.A.R. in Loveland, where he will be buried. Also survived by sons Edgar W., J.S., and Carl Naylor; daughters Mrs. Cora Farnsworth of Loveland, Miss Eva Naylor of Denver, and Mrs. Fern Thomas of Washington.

The Loveland Herald of 28 Feb noted:   "William Naylor, brother of James Naylor city councilman for Loveland, died this morning at Long Beach, Cali.  He was spending the winter with his daughter, Mrs. W H Trindle of Long Beach.  The cause of his death is not known but he died after but a few hours illness...... Naylor is one of the oldest residents of Loveland, coming here 40 years ago."

William and Ellen are buried in Loveland Burial Park.

More:

Local Loveland: Louden Ditch Company and Personel

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William Naylor

Part I

William Naylor was born 28 Sep 1844 in Shelbina, Missouri, the second of six children of Edward Ralph Naylor and Cornelia Myers.   His father died when he was just fourteen, leaving William and his four younger brothers to help run the farm.

Civil was soon disrupted life in Missouri, pitting family against family as the inhabitants of the area took sides in the battle.  William enlisted as a private in D company 14 Missouri Cavalry just a month before the final battle of the  Civil War, but his late entry into the war did not save him from the fate that met so many of the participants.  According to pension papers filed in 1890 in Loveland, Colorado, William was suffering from scurvy at the time the troops were dispatched to Fort Levenworth in Kansas to be discharged. The scurvy resulted in mouth disease and the loss of teeth. Furthermore, on the trip to Fort Levenworth, which was by open boat he developed pneumonia which developed into lifelong lung disease. Military hospital records show hospitalization in March and Sep of 1865 for diantura.

According to an affidavit by Orson Oakes, "...he was suffering at the date of our discharge from the service in Oct 1865; that claimant lived with me about one year after his discharge from the service and he was then suffering from said Lung trouble and continued to so suffer up to the time he left my house in Shelby Co MO, about the Spring of 1868."

"That the facts stated above are personally known to the affiant by reason of being a member of my company and seeing him nearly everyday while in the service, and also seenig [sic] him daily after his discharge in 1865 and until the Spring of 1868.  And know that he was not able on account of his disabilities to do any manual labor.  And I further know that at the time of his discharge at St. Louis MO claimant was in such poor condition of health that I and his brother had to take him home to Shelby County, MO, and as long as I knew him he was still suffering from said lung trouble."

According to an affidavit by his brother John, "I was with my brother William Naylor who is my brother during his time of service in the army and on till the year of 1873, i took care of the said William Naylor while he as sick in the army and after he was discharged from the Service.........."

According to his brother Edward, "By being with him on his return home; he was confined to his bed something like three weeke at Shelbyville MO immediately after his discharge befor he was able to be moved Home.  At the end of that time, I went after him in a wagon and brought him home on a feather bed. (about ten miles) and he was confined to bed for some time after I got him home, and was never strong afterwards the doctor doctered him for Scurvy for a year or more after coming out the army, and he had Pneumhony [sic] when discharged.  And his lungs have been week ever Since he came out the army and teeth loose from scurvy"

While no picture of William has shown up in family records we do have the following description of William from his induction into service 1865.

While recovering in the home of Orson Oakes, William had a chance to get to know Orson's daughter Ellen.  On 20 Feb 1868 they were married in Shelbyville.  Within a few years they had moved to Loveland, Colorado, where they had seven children.

1. Annie Dora 
2. Edgar William   2 Feb 1872 Shelbina MO - 4 Oct 1933 CO m. Georgia Virden
3. Mary Eveline (Eva) 20 Apr 1875 CO - 4 Oct 1946 CO m. James Clyde m2 Soule
4. James Francis 16 Jan 1879 CO - 19 Nov 1937 CO m Daisy F Andrews m2. Edith
5. Carl Chester  20 Aug 1881 CO - 15 Oct 1923 CO m. Elizabeth Kroh
6. Cora May 1 Sep 1883 CO - 27 Feb 1970 CA m. Owen M. Farnsworth m2. S Lee Mosher
7. Fern Marion  22 Mar 1886 CO - 1961 WA m. Frank Leonidas Thomas

To be continued

Walter

1867 Dallas Co, IA
1930 Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA

Walter, the fifth of eleven children of Aaron Trindle and Eliza Jane Smith, was born in Dallas Co. IA in 1867.  He was only the second child and the first son to live past the age of two.  The family moved to Colorado shortly after the marriage of his older sister in 1877 and there on 18 Dec 1889 in Loveland he married Annie Dora Naylor.
"Mr. Walter H. Trindle and Miss Dora A. Naylor were married on Wednesday, December 18, at the residence of the brides parents, north of this town. Rev. Mr. Griffith officiating. Only the families of the contracting parties were present.  Mr. Trimble is one of our brightest of young men who has a host of friends and the bride is a charming young lady who is much admired in society circles.  We wish them a prosperous journey through life and that their pathway may be strewn with roses." FORT COLLINS WEEKLY COURIER


Walter was employed by the Great Western sugar Corporation  in Loveland .  Over the next 17 years five children extended the family. In 1910 he was transferred to Long Beach, California, where in 1918 they bought a house at 2260 Elm Street.


Beulah Garrison recalls "  I was 11 when he died and I don't remember him very well.  He was a big man and very quiet.  He had 5 Chihuahua dogs and a big brown leather chair.  When he came in and sat down they all flew into his lap.  They hated everyone else and just tolerated Grandma.  I knew him with a huge red mustache and he drank from a mustache cup.  (Greg's picture reminded me a lot of him)  I don't remember him playing with me at all.

He was an excellent carpenter and built the Holly Sugar Factory in Santa Ana that was in use until the middle 1990's, when it was torn down.  Whe he lived in long beach he built busses and was much sought after because he was left handed and could use tools in places difficult for a right handed man (actually he was totally ambidexterous) "

Walter died in Long Beach on 30 Dec 1930.  His death certificate attributes his death to apoplexy due to high blood pressure.  He is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood.

Annie Dora remarried but is buried next to Walter.

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