April 16, 1858 – February 6, 1909
Brief Sketch of the Life of James Orlando Pace
James Orlando Pace was born April 16, 1858 in Payson, Utah to James Pace and Ann Webb, his father's third wife. He was the only son among eight children born to Ann Webb Pace. In 1861 he moved with his family to New Harmony, Utah. On April 15, 1876 he and Nancy Orpha Boggs were married in Washington, Utah. In 1882 James and Nancy left southern Utah taking their three young daughters in a covered wagon joining his father and mother and sister, Mary Adelia Pace Tyler, and her family to migrate to the Gila Valley of southern Arizona. They joined John Moody and Margaret Lenora Pace Moody, his sister, who had been called by the LDS first presidency to settle in the Gila Valley a year earlier. The Moodys, Paces, and Tylers were among some of the first settlers in the valley and were founding pioneers of the town of Thatcher. James Orlando Pace farmed the Thatcher, Arizona property with his father, James, and when the older man died in 1888, he continued on until 1905 when he took Nancy and probably the 7 younger children to Virden, New Mexico. There he acquired a large parcel of land (280 acres) in the upper Duncan Valley and assisted in the development of that valley. James also was a wagon freighter running routes from Lordsburg, New Mexico to Bowie and Globe, Arizona. The family continued to prosper until 6 February 1909, when James was killed in a wagon accident as he returned from a trip to Lordsburg, New Mexico. He was 50 years old. Nancy Pace, age 49, was left a widow with 7 unmarried children. She sold the property in Virden and returned to Thatcher to live out her long life.
April 16, 1858 – February 6, 1909
Brief Sketch of the Life of James Orlando Pace
James Orlando Pace was born April 16, 1858 in Payson, Utah to James Pace and Ann Webb, his father's third wife. He was the only son among eight children born to Ann Webb Pace. In 1861 he moved with his family to New Harmony, Utah. On April 15, 1876 he and Nancy Orpha Boggs were married in Washington, Utah. In 1882 James and Nancy left southern Utah taking their three young daughters in a covered wagon joining his father and mother and sister, Mary Adelia Pace Tyler, and her family to migrate to the Gila Valley of southern Arizona. They joined John Moody and Margaret Lenora Pace Moody, his sister, who had been called by the LDS first presidency to settle in the Gila Valley a year earlier. The Moodys, Paces, and Tylers were among some of the first settlers in the valley and were founding pioneers of the town of Thatcher. James Orlando Pace farmed the Thatcher, Arizona property with his father, James, and when the older man died in 1888, he continued on until 1905 when he took Nancy and probably the 7 younger children to Virden, New Mexico. There he acquired a large parcel of land (280 acres) in the upper Duncan Valley and assisted in the development of that valley. James also was a wagon freighter running routes from Lordsburg, New Mexico to Bowie and Globe, Arizona. The family continued to prosper until 6 February 1909, when James was killed in a wagon accident as he returned from a trip to Lordsburg, New Mexico. He was 50 years old. Nancy Pace, age 49, was left a widow with 7 unmarried children. She sold the property in Virden and returned to Thatcher to live out her long life.
Family Members
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Emma Ann Pace Jolley
1856–1924
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Margaret Lenora Pace Moody
1860–1923
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Mary Adelia Pace Tyler
1864–1949
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Ruth Elmina Pace Alger
1866–1938
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Ellena Amanda Pace Jolley
1869–1887
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Sarah Ellen Pace Cunningham
1872–1890
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Gen William Byram Pace
1832–1907
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James Finis Pace
1834–1834
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Mary Ann Pace Goddard
1835–1915
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Warren Sidney Pace
1837–1903
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Martha Elmina Pace Pearce
1840–1925
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Margaret Angeline Pace Rawson
1842–1929
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John Ezra Pace
1845–1932
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Amanda Lucinda Pace Sorenson
1850–1939
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James Wilkerson Pace
1852–1893
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Jeff Pace
1854 – unknown
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Willard Pace
1856–1911
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Wilford Woodruff Pace
1858–1928
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Eugenia Pace Richey
1861–1886
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Jefferson Davis Pace
1863–1941
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Lucinda Alvira "Cindy" Pace Redd
1864–1968
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Margaret Dixie Pace Blackburn
1866–1968
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Ann Louise Pace Mathis
1868–1943
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Electa Pace Campbell
1877–1901
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Talitha Cumi Pace John
1879–1961
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Nancy Evaline Pace Allen
1881–1973
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Orlando Pace
1884–1951
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Annie Laura Pace Johnson
1887–1969
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Lena Pace Foster
1889–1967
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Ruth Pace Houlihan
1891–1993
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Josephine Pace Foster
1895–1988
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James Francis Pace
1896–1978
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Dora Pace Bradshaw
1898–1992
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Hyrum Martin Pace
1900–1990
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George Irivin "Irv" Pace
1901–1981
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Washington Hugh Pace
1903–1962
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