JAMES WILLIAM
JARVIS
James William Jarvis, a well known and successful
garage proprietor of Durango, is also actively identified with
ranching and live stock interests in La Plata county. His birth
occurred in Custer county, Colorado, on the 17th of October, 1877,
his parents being George Henry and Ingo Mary (Archbutt) Jarvis, the
former a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, while the latter was born
in London, England. He received a high school education in his youth
and since putting aside his textbooks has been engaged successively
in cattle raising, in activities as an Indian trader, in general
merchandising, in the livery business and in the conduct of an auto
sales and service station, being now proprietor of a well patronized
garage in Durango.
Mr. Jarvis has been active in public affairs and has
made a commendable record as city commissioner. Fraternally he is
identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
On the 22d of July, 1900, at Aztec, Nex Mexico, Mr.
Jarvis was married to Ida Ethel Ferguson. They are the parents of
two sons and two daughters, as follows: Irvin James, who wedded
Marian Hopper; Vernon Charles, who married miss Evelyn
Schellenberger; Jentra Pearl, and Mary Louise.
History of Colorado, 1927 |