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She was born in Nebraska and married Henry Jens, a German immigrant. US Census records show her living in the Clifton area of Mesa County, Colorado by 1910. Together they settled on land at what is now the intersection of E and 32 Roads in Clifton, on what they called the Locust Ranch. They grew fruit. She was related to Mesa County Oral History Project interviewee Thelma (Kettle) Moore.
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Early Grand Junction, Colorado resident. He later moved to Clifton, where he operated a peach orchard. He worked for the newly created Grand Valley Drainage District in Mesa County beginning in 1925. Father of James Groves, a Colorado Supreme Court Justice.
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Early Grand Junction, Colorado resident, who later lived in Clifton Colorado. Wife of John W. Groves and the daughter of Alonzo Mann. Mother of James Groves, a Colorado Supreme Court Justice.
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He was born in Illinois. His father, Ezra Jaynes, was a Civil War veteran and suffered gunshot wounds in the war. Doctors advised him to move to a dryer climate for his health. Oscar went with his father to Grand Junction in 1891, and together they bought land in the First Fruitridge area. Oscar returned to Illinois to marry his childhood sweetheart in 1899. During that time he worked as a pharmacist and taught school. They returned to Grand Junction...
