Cleofas Acosta
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Cleofas Acosta
born April 04, 1870 in El Polvo, TX Died April 15, 1934 in Terlingua, TX Buried in the Terlingua cemetery |
Refugia Valenzuela
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Cleofas Acosta was born circa 1866 in Polvo, Texas. He lived in the Terlingua area from 1897 to 1934. In 1900 he was living in the Terlingua as a boarder with Luis Baeza and his wife Pomposa Dominguez; he was working as a farm laborer at that time. In 1910, still in the Terlingua area, Cleofas was working as a freighter. According to the 1910 census, Santos Luján, age 26, and Victoriano Luján, age 20 were living with him. Both were shown as hired men with an occupation of teamster.
By 1916, probably earlier, Cleofas had become a regular freighter with the Chisos Mining Company (a).
· On 10 October 1916 he received $50.00 for hauling gasoline.
· On 26 October 1916 he received $50.00 for hauling.
· On 3 April 1917 he received $50.00 for hauling.
· On 12 September 1917 he received $50.00 for hauling.
· On 12 September 1917 he sold hay to the company for $3.90.
· On 6 June 1921 he received $84.97 for hauling distillates.
· On 16 June 1921 he received $77.31 for hauling distillates.
· On 25 June 1921 he received $77.35 for hauling distillates
· On 16 July 1921 he received $77.22 for hauling distillates.
· On 27 July 1921 he received $77.22 for hauling distillates
· On 29 January 1027 he received $76.65 for hauling distillates.
· On 1 February 1927 he received $75.17 for hauling distillates.
· On 21 February 1927 he received $75.91 for hauling distillates.
From 1921 onward, Cleofas was a voluntary participant in the Chisos Mining Company’s “health insurance” plan. He paid $1.50 per month to the Physician’s Account. In return, any doctor’s fees or medicine for him and his family were provided free of charge. Some historians have characterized this plan as unfair, mainly because the miners were required to participate. However, many non-miners associated with the company participated voluntarily (and actually paid a slightly higher fee than most of the miners), suggesting that many thought it was a good deal.
Cleofas married Refugia Valenzuela 4 June 1913. She was born in San Carlos, México circa 1890. Cleofas died 15 April 1934 in Terlingua of chronic myocardites. From July 1933 until his death he was attended by Chisos Mining Co. physician Dr. E.A. Montenyohl. He was buried in the Terlingua Cemetery on 16 April 1934. Refugia moved to Alpine soon after her husband’s death. She died there 30 March 1955 of apoplexy and was buried in the Alpine Mexican Cemetery (Holy Angels) the following day. Cleofas and Refugia had seven children:
By 1916, probably earlier, Cleofas had become a regular freighter with the Chisos Mining Company (a).
· On 10 October 1916 he received $50.00 for hauling gasoline.
· On 26 October 1916 he received $50.00 for hauling.
· On 3 April 1917 he received $50.00 for hauling.
· On 12 September 1917 he received $50.00 for hauling.
· On 12 September 1917 he sold hay to the company for $3.90.
· On 6 June 1921 he received $84.97 for hauling distillates.
· On 16 June 1921 he received $77.31 for hauling distillates.
· On 25 June 1921 he received $77.35 for hauling distillates
· On 16 July 1921 he received $77.22 for hauling distillates.
· On 27 July 1921 he received $77.22 for hauling distillates
· On 29 January 1027 he received $76.65 for hauling distillates.
· On 1 February 1927 he received $75.17 for hauling distillates.
· On 21 February 1927 he received $75.91 for hauling distillates.
From 1921 onward, Cleofas was a voluntary participant in the Chisos Mining Company’s “health insurance” plan. He paid $1.50 per month to the Physician’s Account. In return, any doctor’s fees or medicine for him and his family were provided free of charge. Some historians have characterized this plan as unfair, mainly because the miners were required to participate. However, many non-miners associated with the company participated voluntarily (and actually paid a slightly higher fee than most of the miners), suggesting that many thought it was a good deal.
Cleofas married Refugia Valenzuela 4 June 1913. She was born in San Carlos, México circa 1890. Cleofas died 15 April 1934 in Terlingua of chronic myocardites. From July 1933 until his death he was attended by Chisos Mining Co. physician Dr. E.A. Montenyohl. He was buried in the Terlingua Cemetery on 16 April 1934. Refugia moved to Alpine soon after her husband’s death. She died there 30 March 1955 of apoplexy and was buried in the Alpine Mexican Cemetery (Holy Angels) the following day. Cleofas and Refugia had seven children:
The information and photographs on this page were provided by Vanessa López and Bob Wirt.
"I started my family history research without any experience in 2009/2010. Since then, I have been overwhelmed with never ending information, but none of it came easy. Some days, I stayed up until 4am because of the joy I got from finding new information. The biggest breakthroughs came from Amalia Adelina Ochoa's research, Ancestry.com, and websites including Life Before The Ruins, Prima Elisa's Blog, and Familia's de Terlingua.
One of the main differences from the information on Life Before the Ruins is the "first" ancestor. It is written as Francisco Acosta, which may very well be the correct name, however on Ancestry.com, I found sources that say his name was Pedro de Acosta. Most of my information on the Terlingua Acosta's was learned on Life Before The Ruins and sourced on Ancestry.com.
Cleofas Acosta, my great-great grandfather, is buried in the Terlingua Cemetery (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=AC&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSsr=2121&GRid=84866304&)." Vanessa López
"I started my family history research without any experience in 2009/2010. Since then, I have been overwhelmed with never ending information, but none of it came easy. Some days, I stayed up until 4am because of the joy I got from finding new information. The biggest breakthroughs came from Amalia Adelina Ochoa's research, Ancestry.com, and websites including Life Before The Ruins, Prima Elisa's Blog, and Familia's de Terlingua.
One of the main differences from the information on Life Before the Ruins is the "first" ancestor. It is written as Francisco Acosta, which may very well be the correct name, however on Ancestry.com, I found sources that say his name was Pedro de Acosta. Most of my information on the Terlingua Acosta's was learned on Life Before The Ruins and sourced on Ancestry.com.
Cleofas Acosta, my great-great grandfather, is buried in the Terlingua Cemetery (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=AC&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSsr=2121&GRid=84866304&)." Vanessa López
This page was created July 22, 2014.