Lafayette Head

Who was Lafayette Head?

Lafayette Head was the first Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1876 to 1879 under John Long Routt.

Lafayette Head was born at Head’s Fort, Howard County, Missouri. His grandfather, William Head, was a Revolutionary War veteran and a pioneer settler of central Missouri, arriving about 1811. Lafayette's parents, Alfred R. Head and Margaret Heard, also had daughters Eliza Jane and Barthena. Alfred Head died in 1830. In 1841 Margaret Head married John Arnold, widower of one of Alfred Head's sisters. The following year they had a son, Jesse Arnold.