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Jose Sotelo
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Jose Sotelo

1848 - ABT 1871
diedTempe, Arizona, USA
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BiographyCame to Tempe c1870.
Worked on the Kirkland-McKinney Ditch in 1870. He was a shareholder in the Tempe Irrigating Canal Co. on April 12, 1871. He was chased by Apaches, and drove his horse into the Salt River trying to escape, and drowned, c1871.
Federal census, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900
Maria Sotelo Miller bio, ASU Archives
Tempe Old Settlers Book
Florence Cath. Church, Marriage Register, 1873-1876
Maricopa Cty Superior Court, Manuela Sotelo probate
TH-231.01
Solliday, Journey to Rio Salado, pp. 56, 62
Person TypeIndividual