Real estate appraisal card. 239 E. Sackett Avenue, lot 4, block 3, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was erected before 1886. In 1903-04, Lee Huston, a repairman with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and the family of James H. Huston, a carpenter, lived at this house. Besides carpentry, James was involved with important mining enterprises in the Salida area. He was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1840. He served with the 20th Illinois regiment during the Civil War. His wife Emma was born in Ohio in 1849. The couple married in 1869. Their son Oscar L., born in Kansas in 1870, lived with them in 1900 at a different address, as did a granddaughter, Pearl Houston, born in Colorado in 1892. By 1910, James and Emma lived at a different house with Pearl. James was still working as a carpenter. They also had several lodgers staying with them. James died in November 1910. His obituary noted that he was highly regarded by the community. He had lived in Salida for 15 years by the time of his death. By 1920, Emma was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Guy and Olie Hall.
Newton C. Kimberlin lived at this address in 1906 and worked as a repairman with the D&RG. Newton was born in 1856 in Illinois. His wife, Ella A. Kimberlin, was born in Iowa in 1861. They were married in 1880 and had two children by 1910: Frank S. (b.1891) and Ray E. (b.1901). Frank was born in Missouri and Ray in Kansas. Frank worked as a coach cleaner for the railroad in 1910. By 1920, Newton was working as a car inspector for the railroad and was living alone on East 2nd Street. By 1910, Lee H. Tomlin, a D&RG clerk, lived here with his wife Jessie. The Tomlins were married in 1910. Lee was born in 1891 in Colorado and Jessie in 1892 in Colorado. They had a roomer, Alva A. Fowler, who was a caller for D&RG. Alvie was born in 1891 in Colorado.
John August and Josephine Johnson resided at this location in 1922. August was a railroad fireman. August and Josephine were both born in Sweden, August in 1856 and Josephine in 1860. August came to the U.S. in 1880 and Josephine in 1881. They married in 1881. They had five children together. August died in February 1938 at the age of 82, after living in Salida for twenty years. In 1930 Henry and Caroline Cocking lived at this address. Henry was born in Cornwall, England in 1851. He came to the U.S. when he was twenty and came to Salida around 1893. Caroline was born in Indiana in 1852. Henry worked as a miner. He died in August 1938 at the age of 87, at the home of his stepson, G.A. Patton, who he had been living with at the time. Caroline had died couple of years earlier in 1936.
