Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-04-12
SANTA FE n M, WEDNESDAY, APRIL H. 1906
GATHERED TO HIS FATHERS.
Jose Felipe chaves Of BeIen Meets
Death Quietly in His Home
Tuesday Morning Last.

The news of the death of Jose Fe.
lipe Chaves of Belen which reached
this city yesterday was not unexpect.
ed although received with great sor.
row by his relatives and friends in the
Capital Mr.. Chaves died at Belen in
his family home on the morning OF
Tuesday, the 11th instant, a cerebral
hemorrhage being the immediate
cause of his death. He has been in
i'll health for several months and con-
fined to his~residence during that time.
Deceased was born in 1884 at Las
Padillas, a village on the Rio Grande
in northern Valencia County. He came
of one of the oldest and most influen-
tial families in the Territory, his
grandfather Jose Xavier Chaves, hav.
ing been a governor general of New
Mexico under Spanish rule and his
father Jose Chaves a governor under
the Republic of Mexico. Deceased re-
ceived very liberal education for his
time and was successful and prom1-
nent business man for many years un-
til his retirement. He amassed for.
tune in freighting from Westport to
Santa Fe ON the historical Santa Fe
trail for many years, in trade and in
sheep raising He was a very intelli-
gent man, great student and a mas.
ter of several languages. Up to with
in few years ago he was actively in
terested in several New Mexico bank.
ing institutions. After the death of
his wife in 1899 he retired from active
business. He was Democrat in poll
tics but took very little active part in
political strife. He held several off,
ces in his county, such as county COM
missioner and probate Judge and was
the only Democrat to enjoy that dis
tinction from and since the close of
the war Mr. Chaves was an honored
citizen and man of honor. He was
very charitably inclined and very Of.
ten acted upon this inclination. He
leaves son. Jose Chaves, who is a
broker in New York and two daugh-
tiers as well as several sisters and a
great number of relatives. He was al
ways considered very wealthy, al
though 1t is not possible to estimate
the amount of his wealth at this time
as his business affairs were only
known to himself. In his will Jose
Chaves, his only son, is named as exec
utor. The funeral will take place to-
forenoon at 10 o'clock at Be.
len and will be attended by his son
and daughters, by his many relatives
and by great number of friends in
the Rio Grande Valley. His remains
will be inferred In the very hand
some and costly mausoleum which he
built for the remains Of his wife in
the Belen Catholic Cemetery. Last
but not least 1t might be remarked
here that Mr.. Chaves subscribed for
the Daily New Mexican nearly 43
years ago and has been subscriber
and reader ever since. Five years
ago he wrote the editor of this paper
saying that when by some accident
the New Mexican failed to reach him
Of a morning, he felt that something
was missing and his breakfast at
which he was wont to read the paper
was tasteless and insipid without the
paper.
A good, kind and moral man has
been gathered to his fathers in the
fullness of years by Mr.. Chaves' de-
mise. His memory will be cherished
'or many years by the many whose
good fortune it was to meet him in his
ife time.