Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameJeremiah Wesley Bothwell
Birthabt 1851, Garden Plain, Whiteside Co., IL, USA
Census1860, USA, IL, Whiteside Co., Garden Plain Age: 9
Census1870, USA, IL, Whiteside Co., Garden Plain Age: 19
Census1880, USA, IL, Whiteside Co., Colma Age: 29
Census1900, USA, IA, Wapello, Ottumwa Ward 7 Age: 49
Census1910, USA, CO, El Paso Co., Colorado Springs Ward 3 Age: 59
Census1920, USA, CO, El Paso Co., Pct. 61 Age: 69
Death5 Sep 1925, Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO, USA170, Dates of death and burial are tentative, investigation continuing. Age: 74
Burial4 Oct 1925, Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO, USA
Alias/AKAJay , J.W., Jerry
FatherJeremiah Bothwell (~1819-1898)
MotherSarah Marinda Bates (ca1820-1888)
Other spousesMiriam A. “Minnie” Fralick
Divorce6 Jul 1925, Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., CO, USA5, Colorado Springs (CO) Gazette 7-7-1925
Div MemoJeremiah Filed For Divorce Charging Cruelty
SpouseMary A. Unknown
Notes for Jeremiah Wesley Bothwell
Jeremiah and his brother, Benjamin, left Illinois May 1, 1871, headed West. Their mother, Sarah, received letters from them from Nebraska. Benjamin’s letter was postmarked in Osceola on May 12 and was received on May 20. Jeremiah’s was postmarked May 15 in Omaha and arrived May 20.149
According to the Milligan Nebraska Centennial Book, published in 1988, Jeremiah filed a homestead claim (Application 5661) on Sept. 4, 1871, on 80 acres in the W 1/2 SE 1/4 Section 22 of Glengary Township, Fillmore Co., NE and gave it up on Nov. 18, 1872. It was taken over by his mother, Sarah Bates Bothwell.
In Oct., 1871, Jeremiah was back in Clinton, IA., where he married Marium Fralich on Oct. 5. They apparently settled in Sterling, Whiteside Co., where he worked in the Sterling Coffin Factory.
On March 8, 1885, he wrote to his mother and noted that he “quit the coffin business soon after I was out there and took charge of a furniture factory” in Burlington, IA. In another letter, dated May 10, 1892, his letterhead identified him as “J.W. Bothwell, dealer in Groceries and Provisions, Queensware, etc. in Ottumwa, IA.149
From about 1901 through his death in 1925, Jeremiah apparently lived in Colorado City (now part of Colorado Springs), El Paso Co., Colorado.
The 1920 edition of The R.L. Polk Directory Co.'s Colorado Springs and Manitou city directory listed Jeremiah living with his wife, Miriam A., and running the Bothwell Auto Paint Shop, 2629 w. Colorado. In 1902 The Giles city directory of Colorado Springs, Colorado City and Manitou, Jay W. listed as grocer, wife listed as Miriam A. He was owner of The Enterprise Market and had a telephone in the store, phone number Main 487 A
In 1898, he and his wife lived in Gilmore, IA 9Humbolt Independent, 11/3/1898.
According to the Milligan Nebraska Centennial Book, published in 1988, Jeremiah filed a homestead claim (Application 5661) on Sept. 4, 1871, on 80 acres in the W 1/2 SE 1/4 Section 22 of Glengary Township, Fillmore Co., NE and gave it up on Nov. 18, 1872. It was taken over by his mother, Sarah Bates Bothwell.
In Oct., 1871, Jeremiah was back in Clinton, IA., where he married Marium Fralich on Oct. 5. They apparently settled in Sterling, Whiteside Co., where he worked in the Sterling Coffin Factory.
On March 8, 1885, he wrote to his mother and noted that he “quit the coffin business soon after I was out there and took charge of a furniture factory” in Burlington, IA. In another letter, dated May 10, 1892, his letterhead identified him as “J.W. Bothwell, dealer in Groceries and Provisions, Queensware, etc. in Ottumwa, IA.149
From about 1901 through his death in 1925, Jeremiah apparently lived in Colorado City (now part of Colorado Springs), El Paso Co., Colorado.
The 1920 edition of The R.L. Polk Directory Co.'s Colorado Springs and Manitou city directory listed Jeremiah living with his wife, Miriam A., and running the Bothwell Auto Paint Shop, 2629 w. Colorado. In 1902 The Giles city directory of Colorado Springs, Colorado City and Manitou, Jay W. listed as grocer, wife listed as Miriam A. He was owner of The Enterprise Market and had a telephone in the store, phone number Main 487 A
In 1898, he and his wife lived in Gilmore, IA 9Humbolt Independent, 11/3/1898.
Research notes for Jeremiah Wesley Bothwell
In 1900 census, wife listed as Minnie or Miriam. Indicated they had been married 20 years and had had 2 children, both deceased.
1903 Denver City Directory listed residence as 324 23rd Street. and listed him and his brother, David, as proprietors of Bothwell Brothers Grocers at 1760 Curtis.
324 23rd was David’s residence.
Clerks in the grocery were listed as Edward and Jeremiah w. Jr., both residing at David’s address.
In 1910 census he was listed as John W. and wife as N.A., married 15 years (abt 1895) and listed as 1st marriage for both. She listed as mother of 2, none living. Ages for both listed as about 10 years younger than they actually were.
In 1920 census, lived at 903 Walnut St., El Paso Co., CO. Wife listed at Miriam A.
He attended school at Jennings Seminary in Whiteside County in 1870
1903 Denver City Directory listed residence as 324 23rd Street. and listed him and his brother, David, as proprietors of Bothwell Brothers Grocers at 1760 Curtis.
324 23rd was David’s residence.
Clerks in the grocery were listed as Edward and Jeremiah w. Jr., both residing at David’s address.
In 1910 census he was listed as John W. and wife as N.A., married 15 years (abt 1895) and listed as 1st marriage for both. She listed as mother of 2, none living. Ages for both listed as about 10 years younger than they actually were.
In 1920 census, lived at 903 Walnut St., El Paso Co., CO. Wife listed at Miriam A.
He attended school at Jennings Seminary in Whiteside County in 1870