Talk:Edward A. Tovrea

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Tovrea Family

Why is there so little about Edward A Tovrea? He was a wealthy pioneer who created several enterprises and begat children and grandchildren who were also successful. Nothing is mentioned about his wife but I found her easily enough.

Maybe someone could merge the various small topics about the Tovrea family members into one topic that's more informative and which might encourage others to contribute more since it would be easier to add more information about the family as a whole when maybe there's not much individually? I also read about Tovrea Castle but there's not much about its actual history.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39799863/della-tovrea https://www.wheretraveler.com/phoenix-scottsdale/play/phoenixs-castle-intrigue http://www.saltriverstories.org/items/show/12 https://stockyardssteakhouse.com/history/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13435622/edward-ambrose-tovrea https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix-Tovrea_Land_and_Cattle_Co._Administration_Building_-1919.JPG https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/117283753/ https://law.justia.com/cases/arizona/supreme-court/1966/7589-0.html

His packing plant was sold in 1947 to Cudahy http://tovreacastledocents.blogspot.com/2013/03/cutahy-purchase-of-tovrea-meat-packing.html who would eventually move it's headquarters to Phoenix 9 years later https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cudahy_Packing_Company

http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/stuartfamily.xml&doc.view=content&brand=default&anchor.id=0#series8

Edward Ambrose Tovrea, 1861-1932

Edward A. Tovrea was born to Arthur T. and Rose (Hood) Tovrea (both Native Americans of French English ancestry) in Sparta, Illinois on March 20, 1861. He was educated in the public schools of his native state. In 1897 he moved to Northern New Mexico, where he engaged in freighting and construction contracting.

In 1883, he moved westward into Yavapai County, Arizona, where he freighted between Ashfork, Jerome, and Phoenix. He later moved to Phoenix, where he established a prosperous meat market and began his career in the meat packing industry. From Phoenix he moved to Jerome and then to Bisbee in 1901 where he established a slaughterhouse from which he supplied his retail meat markets located in the Bisbee, Warren, and Douglas areas. In 1919 Tovrea moved back to the Salt River Valley and founded the Arizona Packing Company in Phoenix. This business later became the Tovrea Packing Company.

As one of the early pioneers of the Southwest, Tovrea played a major part in its development. He was active in the civic and political interests of the community, having served as mayor of Jerome from 1899 to 1900 and as a member of the Constitutional Convention of Arizona (1910).

Edward Tovrea was twice married: first to Lillian Isabella Willott (1865-1926) in 1885 and second to Della Gillespie. He had five children by his first wife: John Arthur (1886-1936), Fred E. (1888-1898), Harry Raymond (1890-1947), Clyde (1893-1916), and Philip Edward (1894-1962). Edward Tovrea died died of kidney and heart disease in Phoenix, Arizona on February 7, 1932.

I would edit this myself but I don't like editing other peoples topics. Please examine and see if any of the information provided can help expand this topic

Armorbeast (talk) 09:03, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]