particularly John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s Colorado Fuel & Iron, during the 1913 to 1914 strike and civil unrest known as the Colorado Coalfield War. Ammons left office on January 12, 1915, and retired from public service. Personal life On January 29, 1889, Ammons married Elizabeth Fleming in Denver, Colorado. They had five children, including Bruce, Elizabeth, Teller. Ammons had contracted a severe case of the measles that permanently impaired his eyesight. Ammons' son Bruce Ammons became a rancher in Grand county, Colorado. He also secretly married Margaret Gates. Ammons' daughter Elizabeth Ammons, became an accomplished equestrienne. She married Henry Louis Larsen and later became the First Lady of American Samoa and First Lady of Guam. Ammons' son Teller Ammons became a Governor of Colorado. On May 20, 1925, Ammons died in Denver, Colorado. Ammons is interred at Fairmont Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. References External links Governor Elias M. Ammons Collection at the Colorado State Archives Elias Milton Ammons at ballotpedia.org Elias M. Ammons at ourcampaigns.com 1860 births 1925 deaths Colorado Democrats Colorado Republicans Colorado state senators Governors of Colorado Democratic Party governors of Colorado Members of the Colorado House of Representatives People from Macon County, North Carolina Speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives Burials at Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)