Daigle, Thomas L

Born ?? (French Canadian)
Died circa 1913 in Arvada, Colorado

Husband of ?? (wife’s name not known – she died in 1879 –she was from Nashville, Tn)

Father of James Benjamin Daigle

Brother of Walter, Martha Holt (she died in Omaha, Ne), Julia Bridges (theater traveled)

He had a pet monkey from a circus. Brought the monkey in to warm in the winter, monkey burnt it’s feet and died.

The father of Thomas L Daigle (name unknown) served in the Civil War, was captured and put in Libby Prison.

* Libby Prison was a Confederate Prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It gained an infamous reputation for the harsh conditions under which prisoners from the Union Army were kept.
The prison was located in a three-story brick warehouse on Tobacco Row. Prior to use as a jail, the warehouse had been leased by Capt. Luther Libby and his son George W. Libby. They operated a ship's chandlery and grocery business. Libby Prison, used only for Union officers, opened in 1861. It contained eight rooms, each 103 by 42 feet (31.4 by 12.5 metres). Lack of sanitation and overcrowding caused the death of many prisoners between 1863 and 1864. Because of the high death toll, Libby Prison is generally regarded as second in notoriety only to Andersonville Prison in Georgia. In 1864, the Union prisoners were moved to Macon, Georgia, and Libby Prison was then used for Confederate military criminals.
In 1880, the building was purchased by Southern Fertilizer Company. Nine years later, it was disassembled and moved to Chicago, Illinois, where it was rebuilt to serve as a war museum. After it failed to draw enough crowds the structure was again dismantled, this time to be sold in pieces as souvenirs.
“The building is of brick, with a front of near one hundred and forty feet, and one hundred feet deep. It is divided into nine rooms; the ceilings are low, and ventilation imperfect; the windows are barred, through which the windings of James River and the tents of Belle Isle may be seen.”