Biographical Sketch of John L. Routt


Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Pages 596 - 597. This online edition © 1997, James L. McMillan.

Born: Eddyville, Kentucky, 1826.
Died: Denver, Colorado.

Was brought in his infancy by his parents to Illinois. Served as captain of Company E, Ninety-fourth Illinois Infantry, through the Civil War. Was appointed Governor of the Territory of Colorado by President Grant, and after its admission as a State in 1876, he was twice elected as its chief executive. Mr. Routt was probably the first man among the Disciples to pay $10,000, in one sum, to the work of the church. This he did toward the erection of the First Christian Church in Denver, Colorado, of which he was a member.


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