Jesus E. Gomez
29 Mar 1863 - 9 Feb 1940
bornBavispe, Sonora, Mexico
diedTempe, Arizona, USA
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BiographyCowboy; Farmer.Kidnapped by Apaches as a boy, he later served as an Army scout under generals George Crook and Nelson Miles during the Apache campaigns, and was one of the soldiers present at Geronimo's surrender. He came to Tempe to work for W. W. Jones, married his oldest daughter, Kathryn, and took over the operation of Jones' ranch at Blue Point, on the upper Salt River.
Owned land near Tempe in 1900.
He owned 23 acres in section 17, in 1924.
Irene Gomez Hormell, genealogy notes
Gloria Parra Leon, genealogy notes
Mary J. Gomez, biography form, ASU Archives
Laura Jones Curry, THM oral history
TN, 11 Jan 1896
TDN, 14 Apr 1971
Kathryn J. Gomez obit, AR, 18 Apr 1947
Margaret Jones Frank obit, TDN, 8 Feb 1985
BIO-Jones
BIO-Jones, W.W.
BIO-Gomez
HPS-175
Adele Gomez obit
Federal census (Tempe), 1900, 1910
TH-231
Solliday, Journey to Rio Salado, pp. 71-72
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
Person TypeIndividual
