Also known as Dr. James de la Mothe Borglum, Dr. James Miller Borglum and Jens Moller Borglum. He was buried in a receiving vault in Forest Lawn Cemetery with the expectation that his famous sons would eventually build a magnificent mausoleum in which to bury him. It appears that never happened, and that possibly he was cremated and his remains returned to the family, although many of his family members, including his wife, are buried in Forest Lawn.
He was originally a woodcarver and abandoned that practice to study medicine. [The Sun (New York, N.Y.), May 13, 1918, page 4.] He lived in Idaho, Ogden, Utah, and Fremont, Nebraska before finally settling in Omaha, Nebraska.
Numerous sources state that he was a Mormon and married both Ida Mikkelson and her younger sister Christina Mikkelson.
Omaha Daily Bee, August 30, 1909:
Dr. James M. Borglum, died in his apartments at the Barnard, Park avenue and Leavenworth street, at 9:35 last night. So far as known death was due to injuries sustained a few days previous when his horse crowded him over on a paved street downtown. He was sitting in his chair, conversing with his granddaughter, Miss Dorothy Darlow, when death cut off his speech.
"I think I will take you out buggy riding with me tomorrow," the doctor said to his granddaughter, and those were his last words.
While his injuries had caused him some pain and uneasiness, they had not alarmed either him or his family, and his death was a terrible shock. He had not determined just exactly where he was injured. Mrs. Borglum and other members of his family were in the room at the time and had not thought of the doctor's condition being so grave. Death approached without apparent pain and there was no exclamation to indicate suffering. Dr. Borglum simply ceased speaking and died as if he had fallen asleep.
Nothing has been done or will be done as to funeral arrangements until other members of the family are heard from. It is probable, however, that interment will be in an Omaha cemetery.
Dr. Borglum was the father of the famous sculptors, Gutzon and Solon Borglum of New York. His other children are: August M. Borglum, musician; Mrs. Anna Darlow, widow of the late Alfred Darlow; Arnold S. Borglum of the Darlow Advertising Agency; Misses Theodora and Harriet Borglum of Amador, Cal. All members of the family have been notified and are expected to come for the funeral.
Dr. Borglum was born in Hjorring, Denmark, August 18, 1839. He had lived in Omaha for over thirty years. He came to this city in 1874, but soon after went to Fremont, where he practiced for awhile, then returned to Omaha and remained here continuously since.
He was a student of Dr. W. H. H. Sisson, who came to Omaha in 1868 from New Beford, Mass., but Dr. Borglum was graduated from the St. Louis Homeopathic Medical college in 1874 and came directly to Omaha. He had been in other towns in the west, but was identified with this city as one of its oldest physicians. He was well preserved for a man of his years.
Omaha Daily Bee, September 3, 1909:
Funeral services over the body of Dr. J. M. Borglum, who died Sunday, were held Thursday morning at the late residence, the Barnard.
Five sons and the oldest grandson, Gutzon, August, Solon, Arnold and Frank Borglum and Clarence Darlow acted as pallbearers, in accordance with an old Danish custom prevalent in the family. The sixth and oldest son, Miller Borglum, was unable to attend, as it was feared that the strain of the funeral would be too much for his health. He was to have completed the list of sons to bear the casket to its temporary resting place in the Forest Lawn receiving vault. A magnificent mausoleum to contain the body is to be designed by Gutzon and Solon Borglum, who are sculptors.
Rev. John Williams of St. Barnabas' church conducted the services and music was provided by J. H. Simms and his quartet.
Omaha Daily Bee, October 25, 1909, page 5:
Forest Lawn Buries Large Number ----
Since the organization of the Forest Lawn Cemetery association to the present, 11, 530 interments have been made, according to the annual report. These figures include several hundred bodies removed from the Prospect Hill cemetery. Of the 320 acres in the cemetery twenty-five acres have been sold. During the last few years improvements costing $60,000 were made, the latest improvement being the macadamizing of the roadways. C. N. Dietz has erected a magnificent mausoleum, which is attracting considerable attention. The Borglum mausoleum will be erected in a year or two for the body of Dr. J. M. Borglum, which is now in the receiving vault.
He was originally a woodcarver and abandoned that practice to study medicine. [The Sun (New York, N.Y.), May 13, 1918, page 4.] He lived in Idaho, Ogden, Utah, and Fremont, Nebraska before finally settling in Omaha, Nebraska.
Numerous sources state that he was a Mormon and married both Ida Mikkelson and her younger sister Christina Mikkelson.
Omaha Daily Bee, August 30, 1909:
Dr. James M. Borglum, died in his apartments at the Barnard, Park avenue and Leavenworth street, at 9:35 last night. So far as known death was due to injuries sustained a few days previous when his horse crowded him over on a paved street downtown. He was sitting in his chair, conversing with his granddaughter, Miss Dorothy Darlow, when death cut off his speech.
"I think I will take you out buggy riding with me tomorrow," the doctor said to his granddaughter, and those were his last words.
While his injuries had caused him some pain and uneasiness, they had not alarmed either him or his family, and his death was a terrible shock. He had not determined just exactly where he was injured. Mrs. Borglum and other members of his family were in the room at the time and had not thought of the doctor's condition being so grave. Death approached without apparent pain and there was no exclamation to indicate suffering. Dr. Borglum simply ceased speaking and died as if he had fallen asleep.
Nothing has been done or will be done as to funeral arrangements until other members of the family are heard from. It is probable, however, that interment will be in an Omaha cemetery.
Dr. Borglum was the father of the famous sculptors, Gutzon and Solon Borglum of New York. His other children are: August M. Borglum, musician; Mrs. Anna Darlow, widow of the late Alfred Darlow; Arnold S. Borglum of the Darlow Advertising Agency; Misses Theodora and Harriet Borglum of Amador, Cal. All members of the family have been notified and are expected to come for the funeral.
Dr. Borglum was born in Hjorring, Denmark, August 18, 1839. He had lived in Omaha for over thirty years. He came to this city in 1874, but soon after went to Fremont, where he practiced for awhile, then returned to Omaha and remained here continuously since.
He was a student of Dr. W. H. H. Sisson, who came to Omaha in 1868 from New Beford, Mass., but Dr. Borglum was graduated from the St. Louis Homeopathic Medical college in 1874 and came directly to Omaha. He had been in other towns in the west, but was identified with this city as one of its oldest physicians. He was well preserved for a man of his years.
Omaha Daily Bee, September 3, 1909:
Funeral services over the body of Dr. J. M. Borglum, who died Sunday, were held Thursday morning at the late residence, the Barnard.
Five sons and the oldest grandson, Gutzon, August, Solon, Arnold and Frank Borglum and Clarence Darlow acted as pallbearers, in accordance with an old Danish custom prevalent in the family. The sixth and oldest son, Miller Borglum, was unable to attend, as it was feared that the strain of the funeral would be too much for his health. He was to have completed the list of sons to bear the casket to its temporary resting place in the Forest Lawn receiving vault. A magnificent mausoleum to contain the body is to be designed by Gutzon and Solon Borglum, who are sculptors.
Rev. John Williams of St. Barnabas' church conducted the services and music was provided by J. H. Simms and his quartet.
Omaha Daily Bee, October 25, 1909, page 5:
Forest Lawn Buries Large Number ----
Since the organization of the Forest Lawn Cemetery association to the present, 11, 530 interments have been made, according to the annual report. These figures include several hundred bodies removed from the Prospect Hill cemetery. Of the 320 acres in the cemetery twenty-five acres have been sold. During the last few years improvements costing $60,000 were made, the latest improvement being the macadamizing of the roadways. C. N. Dietz has erected a magnificent mausoleum, which is attracting considerable attention. The Borglum mausoleum will be erected in a year or two for the body of Dr. J. M. Borglum, which is now in the receiving vault.
Also known as Dr. James de la Mothe Borglum, Dr. James Miller Borglum and Jens Moller Borglum. He was buried in a receiving vault in Forest Lawn Cemetery with the expectation that his famous sons would eventually build a magnificent mausoleum in which to bury him. It appears that never happened, and that possibly he was cremated and his remains returned to the family, although many of his family members, including his wife, are buried in Forest Lawn.
He was originally a woodcarver and abandoned that practice to study medicine. [The Sun (New York, N.Y.), May 13, 1918, page 4.] He lived in Idaho, Ogden, Utah, and Fremont, Nebraska before finally settling in Omaha, Nebraska.
Numerous sources state that he was a Mormon and married both Ida Mikkelson and her younger sister Christina Mikkelson.
Omaha Daily Bee, August 30, 1909:
Dr. James M. Borglum, died in his apartments at the Barnard, Park avenue and Leavenworth street, at 9:35 last night. So far as known death was due to injuries sustained a few days previous when his horse crowded him over on a paved street downtown. He was sitting in his chair, conversing with his granddaughter, Miss Dorothy Darlow, when death cut off his speech.
"I think I will take you out buggy riding with me tomorrow," the doctor said to his granddaughter, and those were his last words.
While his injuries had caused him some pain and uneasiness, they had not alarmed either him or his family, and his death was a terrible shock. He had not determined just exactly where he was injured. Mrs. Borglum and other members of his family were in the room at the time and had not thought of the doctor's condition being so grave. Death approached without apparent pain and there was no exclamation to indicate suffering. Dr. Borglum simply ceased speaking and died as if he had fallen asleep.
Nothing has been done or will be done as to funeral arrangements until other members of the family are heard from. It is probable, however, that interment will be in an Omaha cemetery.
Dr. Borglum was the father of the famous sculptors, Gutzon and Solon Borglum of New York. His other children are: August M. Borglum, musician; Mrs. Anna Darlow, widow of the late Alfred Darlow; Arnold S. Borglum of the Darlow Advertising Agency; Misses Theodora and Harriet Borglum of Amador, Cal. All members of the family have been notified and are expected to come for the funeral.
Dr. Borglum was born in Hjorring, Denmark, August 18, 1839. He had lived in Omaha for over thirty years. He came to this city in 1874, but soon after went to Fremont, where he practiced for awhile, then returned to Omaha and remained here continuously since.
He was a student of Dr. W. H. H. Sisson, who came to Omaha in 1868 from New Beford, Mass., but Dr. Borglum was graduated from the St. Louis Homeopathic Medical college in 1874 and came directly to Omaha. He had been in other towns in the west, but was identified with this city as one of its oldest physicians. He was well preserved for a man of his years.
Omaha Daily Bee, September 3, 1909:
Funeral services over the body of Dr. J. M. Borglum, who died Sunday, were held Thursday morning at the late residence, the Barnard.
Five sons and the oldest grandson, Gutzon, August, Solon, Arnold and Frank Borglum and Clarence Darlow acted as pallbearers, in accordance with an old Danish custom prevalent in the family. The sixth and oldest son, Miller Borglum, was unable to attend, as it was feared that the strain of the funeral would be too much for his health. He was to have completed the list of sons to bear the casket to its temporary resting place in the Forest Lawn receiving vault. A magnificent mausoleum to contain the body is to be designed by Gutzon and Solon Borglum, who are sculptors.
Rev. John Williams of St. Barnabas' church conducted the services and music was provided by J. H. Simms and his quartet.
Omaha Daily Bee, October 25, 1909, page 5:
Forest Lawn Buries Large Number ----
Since the organization of the Forest Lawn Cemetery association to the present, 11, 530 interments have been made, according to the annual report. These figures include several hundred bodies removed from the Prospect Hill cemetery. Of the 320 acres in the cemetery twenty-five acres have been sold. During the last few years improvements costing $60,000 were made, the latest improvement being the macadamizing of the roadways. C. N. Dietz has erected a magnificent mausoleum, which is attracting considerable attention. The Borglum mausoleum will be erected in a year or two for the body of Dr. J. M. Borglum, which is now in the receiving vault.
He was originally a woodcarver and abandoned that practice to study medicine. [The Sun (New York, N.Y.), May 13, 1918, page 4.] He lived in Idaho, Ogden, Utah, and Fremont, Nebraska before finally settling in Omaha, Nebraska.
Numerous sources state that he was a Mormon and married both Ida Mikkelson and her younger sister Christina Mikkelson.
Omaha Daily Bee, August 30, 1909:
Dr. James M. Borglum, died in his apartments at the Barnard, Park avenue and Leavenworth street, at 9:35 last night. So far as known death was due to injuries sustained a few days previous when his horse crowded him over on a paved street downtown. He was sitting in his chair, conversing with his granddaughter, Miss Dorothy Darlow, when death cut off his speech.
"I think I will take you out buggy riding with me tomorrow," the doctor said to his granddaughter, and those were his last words.
While his injuries had caused him some pain and uneasiness, they had not alarmed either him or his family, and his death was a terrible shock. He had not determined just exactly where he was injured. Mrs. Borglum and other members of his family were in the room at the time and had not thought of the doctor's condition being so grave. Death approached without apparent pain and there was no exclamation to indicate suffering. Dr. Borglum simply ceased speaking and died as if he had fallen asleep.
Nothing has been done or will be done as to funeral arrangements until other members of the family are heard from. It is probable, however, that interment will be in an Omaha cemetery.
Dr. Borglum was the father of the famous sculptors, Gutzon and Solon Borglum of New York. His other children are: August M. Borglum, musician; Mrs. Anna Darlow, widow of the late Alfred Darlow; Arnold S. Borglum of the Darlow Advertising Agency; Misses Theodora and Harriet Borglum of Amador, Cal. All members of the family have been notified and are expected to come for the funeral.
Dr. Borglum was born in Hjorring, Denmark, August 18, 1839. He had lived in Omaha for over thirty years. He came to this city in 1874, but soon after went to Fremont, where he practiced for awhile, then returned to Omaha and remained here continuously since.
He was a student of Dr. W. H. H. Sisson, who came to Omaha in 1868 from New Beford, Mass., but Dr. Borglum was graduated from the St. Louis Homeopathic Medical college in 1874 and came directly to Omaha. He had been in other towns in the west, but was identified with this city as one of its oldest physicians. He was well preserved for a man of his years.
Omaha Daily Bee, September 3, 1909:
Funeral services over the body of Dr. J. M. Borglum, who died Sunday, were held Thursday morning at the late residence, the Barnard.
Five sons and the oldest grandson, Gutzon, August, Solon, Arnold and Frank Borglum and Clarence Darlow acted as pallbearers, in accordance with an old Danish custom prevalent in the family. The sixth and oldest son, Miller Borglum, was unable to attend, as it was feared that the strain of the funeral would be too much for his health. He was to have completed the list of sons to bear the casket to its temporary resting place in the Forest Lawn receiving vault. A magnificent mausoleum to contain the body is to be designed by Gutzon and Solon Borglum, who are sculptors.
Rev. John Williams of St. Barnabas' church conducted the services and music was provided by J. H. Simms and his quartet.
Omaha Daily Bee, October 25, 1909, page 5:
Forest Lawn Buries Large Number ----
Since the organization of the Forest Lawn Cemetery association to the present, 11, 530 interments have been made, according to the annual report. These figures include several hundred bodies removed from the Prospect Hill cemetery. Of the 320 acres in the cemetery twenty-five acres have been sold. During the last few years improvements costing $60,000 were made, the latest improvement being the macadamizing of the roadways. C. N. Dietz has erected a magnificent mausoleum, which is attracting considerable attention. The Borglum mausoleum will be erected in a year or two for the body of Dr. J. M. Borglum, which is now in the receiving vault.
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