s/o Jacob Borst and Mary Magdalena (Emrich) Borst
h/o Alice Frances (Hotchkiss) Borst
m/o William Chalmers, Borst, Frederick Chittenden Borst, Charles Risley Borst, and Fanny Borst
Denver Post, Colorado. February 2, 1915. Tuesday, p 4. (note day is Feb 2,with death being the day before, not the Feb 22 on marker--)
WILLIAM W. BORST, 76, FIRST SUPERINTENTDENT OF RIO GRANDE RAILROAD, DIES
After Two Years' Illness Career of Activity Is Ended
He Served Thru Civil War As Lieutenant Under Gen. Palmer
William W. Borst, first general superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company and an active figure in the building of the Kansas & Pacific, the first railroad to be built into Colorado from the East, died at his home, 1900 Emerson street, yesterday after an illness of two years. He is survived by three sons and a daughter. One of his sons is W. C. Borst, principal of the North Denver Trade school. C. R. Borst, teacher of mechanical drawing in the Manual Training High school, is another, and the third is F. C. Borst, efficiency engineer of Erie, Pa. His daughter is Mrs. W. A. Riner of Cheyenne.
Mr. Borst was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., March 6, 1839. He was educated in Jefferson college and during the Civil war served under Gen. William J. Palmer as a lieutenant in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry. After the war he remained with General Palmer, being purchasing agent for supplies used in the construction of the Kansas & Pacific railroad. In 1871 he was made general superintendent of the Rio Grande by General Palmer and in 1880 he went to the Santa Fe as superintendent of its western division. He returned to the Rio Grande in 1884 to become assistant general superintendent at Pueblo. In 1888 he was elected superintendent of the Denver Consolidated Electric company, serving until 1895. In that year he was made receiver for the Denver, Lakewood & Golden railway, with which concern remained until 1903, when he retired from active pursuits.
Notice of the funeral will be given when distant relatives are heard from.
h/o Alice Frances (Hotchkiss) Borst
m/o William Chalmers, Borst, Frederick Chittenden Borst, Charles Risley Borst, and Fanny Borst
Denver Post, Colorado. February 2, 1915. Tuesday, p 4. (note day is Feb 2,with death being the day before, not the Feb 22 on marker--)
WILLIAM W. BORST, 76, FIRST SUPERINTENTDENT OF RIO GRANDE RAILROAD, DIES
After Two Years' Illness Career of Activity Is Ended
He Served Thru Civil War As Lieutenant Under Gen. Palmer
William W. Borst, first general superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company and an active figure in the building of the Kansas & Pacific, the first railroad to be built into Colorado from the East, died at his home, 1900 Emerson street, yesterday after an illness of two years. He is survived by three sons and a daughter. One of his sons is W. C. Borst, principal of the North Denver Trade school. C. R. Borst, teacher of mechanical drawing in the Manual Training High school, is another, and the third is F. C. Borst, efficiency engineer of Erie, Pa. His daughter is Mrs. W. A. Riner of Cheyenne.
Mr. Borst was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., March 6, 1839. He was educated in Jefferson college and during the Civil war served under Gen. William J. Palmer as a lieutenant in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry. After the war he remained with General Palmer, being purchasing agent for supplies used in the construction of the Kansas & Pacific railroad. In 1871 he was made general superintendent of the Rio Grande by General Palmer and in 1880 he went to the Santa Fe as superintendent of its western division. He returned to the Rio Grande in 1884 to become assistant general superintendent at Pueblo. In 1888 he was elected superintendent of the Denver Consolidated Electric company, serving until 1895. In that year he was made receiver for the Denver, Lakewood & Golden railway, with which concern remained until 1903, when he retired from active pursuits.
Notice of the funeral will be given when distant relatives are heard from.
s/o Jacob Borst and Mary Magdalena (Emrich) Borst
h/o Alice Frances (Hotchkiss) Borst
m/o William Chalmers, Borst, Frederick Chittenden Borst, Charles Risley Borst, and Fanny Borst
Denver Post, Colorado. February 2, 1915. Tuesday, p 4. (note day is Feb 2,with death being the day before, not the Feb 22 on marker--)
WILLIAM W. BORST, 76, FIRST SUPERINTENTDENT OF RIO GRANDE RAILROAD, DIES
After Two Years' Illness Career of Activity Is Ended
He Served Thru Civil War As Lieutenant Under Gen. Palmer
William W. Borst, first general superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company and an active figure in the building of the Kansas & Pacific, the first railroad to be built into Colorado from the East, died at his home, 1900 Emerson street, yesterday after an illness of two years. He is survived by three sons and a daughter. One of his sons is W. C. Borst, principal of the North Denver Trade school. C. R. Borst, teacher of mechanical drawing in the Manual Training High school, is another, and the third is F. C. Borst, efficiency engineer of Erie, Pa. His daughter is Mrs. W. A. Riner of Cheyenne.
Mr. Borst was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., March 6, 1839. He was educated in Jefferson college and during the Civil war served under Gen. William J. Palmer as a lieutenant in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry. After the war he remained with General Palmer, being purchasing agent for supplies used in the construction of the Kansas & Pacific railroad. In 1871 he was made general superintendent of the Rio Grande by General Palmer and in 1880 he went to the Santa Fe as superintendent of its western division. He returned to the Rio Grande in 1884 to become assistant general superintendent at Pueblo. In 1888 he was elected superintendent of the Denver Consolidated Electric company, serving until 1895. In that year he was made receiver for the Denver, Lakewood & Golden railway, with which concern remained until 1903, when he retired from active pursuits.
Notice of the funeral will be given when distant relatives are heard from.
h/o Alice Frances (Hotchkiss) Borst
m/o William Chalmers, Borst, Frederick Chittenden Borst, Charles Risley Borst, and Fanny Borst
Denver Post, Colorado. February 2, 1915. Tuesday, p 4. (note day is Feb 2,with death being the day before, not the Feb 22 on marker--)
WILLIAM W. BORST, 76, FIRST SUPERINTENTDENT OF RIO GRANDE RAILROAD, DIES
After Two Years' Illness Career of Activity Is Ended
He Served Thru Civil War As Lieutenant Under Gen. Palmer
William W. Borst, first general superintendent of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company and an active figure in the building of the Kansas & Pacific, the first railroad to be built into Colorado from the East, died at his home, 1900 Emerson street, yesterday after an illness of two years. He is survived by three sons and a daughter. One of his sons is W. C. Borst, principal of the North Denver Trade school. C. R. Borst, teacher of mechanical drawing in the Manual Training High school, is another, and the third is F. C. Borst, efficiency engineer of Erie, Pa. His daughter is Mrs. W. A. Riner of Cheyenne.
Mr. Borst was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., March 6, 1839. He was educated in Jefferson college and during the Civil war served under Gen. William J. Palmer as a lieutenant in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry. After the war he remained with General Palmer, being purchasing agent for supplies used in the construction of the Kansas & Pacific railroad. In 1871 he was made general superintendent of the Rio Grande by General Palmer and in 1880 he went to the Santa Fe as superintendent of its western division. He returned to the Rio Grande in 1884 to become assistant general superintendent at Pueblo. In 1888 he was elected superintendent of the Denver Consolidated Electric company, serving until 1895. In that year he was made receiver for the Denver, Lakewood & Golden railway, with which concern remained until 1903, when he retired from active pursuits.
Notice of the funeral will be given when distant relatives are heard from.
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